Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 939 Counterattack
The three of them quickly arrived at the side room on the second floor. Yang Chengxu lay on the couch, staring blankly at the curtains.

"What are you looking at? Are you stupid?"

Yang Zhengshan patted his face and said.

Yang Chengxu snapped out of his daze, a smile more painful than a grimace appearing on his pale face. "Grand Uncle!"

"Let me take a look first!" Yang Zhengshan directly used his spiritual sense to check his injuries.

His dantian was severely damaged, and even his spiritual foundation was collapsing. The only saving grace was that his dantian was not shattered.

While examining his injuries, Yang Zhengshan fell into deep thought.

Yang Chengxu looked at him expectantly, and Yang Mingzhi couldn't help but ask, "Father, can it be cured?"

Yang Zhengshan pondered for a moment and said, "Completely curing it will be difficult, but I should be able to preserve your cultivation level. However, you will probably find it difficult to make any further progress in the future!"

Damage to the dantian and collapse of the spiritual foundation are injuries that are worse than death for a Golden Body Realm martial artist.

Especially the spiritual foundation, which is the foundation of a Golden Body Realm martial artist's cultivation. Once damaged, it is extremely difficult to recover.

However, Yang Chengxu's eyes lit up with surprise when he heard Yang Zhengshan's words, "Really!"

He thought he would become a cripple in the future, but he never expected that he could still retain his cultivation.

"Really, when have I ever lied to you!" Yang Zhengshan said irritably.

After saying that, he took out the Divine Wood Cauldron, circulated his magic power, and blue spiritual energy flowed out of the cauldron, sprinkling onto Yang Chengxu's body, and then entering his dantian along the meridians and acupoints.

After the Water of Transformation is combined with pure wood-attribute spiritual power, it possesses powerful vitality and can quickly repair bodily injuries.

As Yang Chengxu felt that intense vitality, his whole body felt refreshed, and even his dantian, which had been in excruciating pain, became numb.

Yang Zhengshan ignored his reaction, casually picked up a Golden Flame Stone, used his powerful magic to extract the metal elemental spiritual power from the Golden Flame Stone, and then forcibly poured it into Yang Chengxu's spiritual foundation.

Yang Chengxu did not cultivate wood-attribute techniques, but metal-attribute ones, which is why he did not cultivate the Wood Transformation Body Nourishing Technique.

When a spirit foundation collapses, it is necessary to stabilize it. The simplest and most direct way is to reshape the spirit foundation with powerful spiritual energy of the same attribute. However, reshaping a spirit foundation is extremely difficult, and Yang Zhengshan is also unable to do it. All he can do is use powerful spiritual energy to help Yang Chengxu's spirit foundation re-condense.

While this cannot completely solve the problem of spirit origin collapse, it can stabilize the spirit origin and prevent it from continuing to collapse.

After stabilizing his spiritual foundation, Yang Zhengshan continued to use the Divine Wood Cauldron to infuse Yang Chengxu with a large amount of life force until his dantian had recovered to about 70-80% of its original state, at which point he stopped.

"This is all we can do. The rest is just rest and recuperation!"

"You should be able to recover your previous cultivation level in three to five years. If you can recover well, you might even be able to improve your cultivation level again in the future!"

Yang Zhengshan comforted him.

It will be difficult for Yang Chengxu's injuries to be fully healed, but it's not impossible.

Such injuries can only be healed slowly.

"Thank you, Grand Uncle!" Yang Chengxu's expression relaxed as he got up from the bed and expressed his gratitude.

"Okay, you should rest for now. I'll go check on Qinwu; his leg is a problem too!"

After saying that, he left Yang Chengxu's room and went to the room next door.

"How about it?"

"Hehe, he won't die! Is Uncle Chengxu alright?" Yang Qinwu was still in the mood to laugh.

"It's nothing." Yang Zhengshan stepped forward to check his leg.

Both legs were severed three inches below the knees, and the wounds were very clean.

"Where's the crippled leg?"

"I can't find it!" Yang Mingzhi shook his head slightly.

Yang Zhengshan used a healing spell to help the wound heal.

"When I have time, I'll refine you a batch of Rejuvenation Pills and Restructuring Pills. You can start taking care of them for now!"

Compared to damage to one's spiritual foundation, limb regeneration is much easier for immortal cultivators.

In the art of immortal cultivation and alchemy, there are many pills related to the regeneration of severed limbs, such as the Tendon and Bone Regeneration Pill and the Bone and Flesh Reshaping Pill. When used together, these two pills can regenerate severed limbs.

Both of these pills are second-tier pills, and both are relatively rare.

Even if Yang Zhengshan wanted to refine it, it would take him a considerable amount of time and effort.

Anyway, Yang Qinwu wasn't in a hurry; he could just wait for Yang Zhengshan to have time to refine it.

He then went to see Yang Chengze, whose left arm had been severed and required a remedy to regenerate the severed limb.

Yang Zhengshan gave him a simple treatment, and then went to check on the others.

Ding Qiu was also seriously injured, with countless broken bones. However, such injuries were considered minor for a Golden Body Realm martial artist.

Yang Chengze, Yang Mingwu, and others were all injured, but none of them were considered seriously.

Finally, Yang Zhengshan arrived at the garden outside the pavilion and looked at Yang Minghao, who was buried in the ground.

The guy's lower body was in the ground, only his upper body was on the ground.

"Dad! You're here!" Yang Minghao exclaimed happily when he saw Yang Zhengshan.

"Hmm, not recovered yet?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

Yang Minghao raised his broken arm and said, "Almost there, it doesn't feel very flexible!"

The Wood Transformation Body Cultivation Technique is so extraordinary that reattaching severed limbs is a matter of minutes. Unfortunately, this technique can only be practiced by martial artists with the wood attribute. If everyone could practice it, casualties would be much lower.

"Then you can continue to raise it!"

Yang Zhengshan checked on all the wounded before calming himself down and returning to the Sifang Hall.

Casualties were inevitable, and the purpose of establishing the Yujing Guard was to prepare for wars that could occur at any time.

In this battle, the Yujing Guard suffered heavy casualties, and the Lingyuan region inevitably saw the entire city draped in white mourning clothes, which was unavoidable.

In fact, compared to the martial arts families and clans of the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty, the residents of the Land of Spiritual Origin are already considered fortunate. More than sixty years have passed since Yang Zhengshan began large-scale migration to the Land of Spiritual Origin.

For more than sixty years, no large-scale wars have broken out in the land of spiritual origin, nor have there been many accidents. Everyone has lived in peace and tranquility.

But so much has happened in the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty over the years. In the last war with the Netherworld Sect, countless innate martial artists of the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty were killed or wounded. And the previous calamity of the Wuxiang Sect caused one-third of the three sects and twelve families to disappear.

Compared to that, the casualties of only a few thousand people in Yujingwei are really nothing.

After sending all the seriously wounded back to the Spirit Source Land, Qu Changkong returned to Yang Zhengshan and reported, "We have received news that the remnants of the Youyu Sect are retreating towards Xianling City!"

"Xianling City! Doesn't that mean we'll run into the Xuanqing Sect's detachment?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"If nothing unexpected happens, they will run into each other!" Qu Changkong said.

Yang Zhengshan leaned back in his chair, deep in thought. "Have you found any trace of Sheng Youhuang?"

"Not yet," Qu Changkong said.

Sheng Youhuang is a martial artist at the Divine Soul Realm, so tracking her is not easy. Not to mention Sheng Youhuang, even those martial artists at the Golden Body Realm would find it difficult to accurately grasp their whereabouts.

Yang Zhengshan said, "Have Yunxiao lead the detachments of the major clans to support the detachments of the Xuanqing Sect. If possible, take Xianling City directly!"

This battle has essentially severed ties with the Netherworld Sect. Since the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty has achieved a great victory, there's no reason not to press the attack.

"What if Sheng Youhuang is also among the remnants of the army!" Qu Changkong said worriedly.

"It's alright, they have my Soul Raven. If they run into Sheng Youhuang, I can go to their aid at any time!" Yang Zhengshan said.

Yang Zhengshan had anticipated this situation. He had already assigned Hunya to accompany the two detachments, so that he could provide support should they encounter an insurmountable enemy. In fact, he was fully aware of the current situation of the two detachments.

The detachment of the Illusion Moon Sect has already engaged in battle with the reinforcements from the Netherworld Prison Sect on the banks of the Yi River. The Netherworld Prison Sect's reinforcements are quite numerous, with more than a dozen teams along the Yi River. However, these teams come from different aristocratic families, with forces ranging from three to five thousand to as few as a thousand.

They did not gather together, but rather marched independently, without any subordinates or entanglements.

Therefore, the Illusion Moon Sect's detachment easily captured a reinforcement force of over three thousand men, and then marched wildly southeastward.

In contrast, the situation on the Xuanqing Sect's side is more troublesome. They have already arrived at the city of Xianling, where a considerable number of reinforcements have gathered. Although they are not under each other's command and have no connection with each other, they have nonetheless gathered in Xianling.

Faced with the Xuanqing Sect's massive army besieging the city, they naturally united to fight back.

Just as the Xuanqing Sect was preparing to launch an attack on Xianling City, news of the Youyu Sect's defeat in Wuxiang City also arrived.

In the temporary camp.

Yunxi looked at the contents of the message talisman, her face showing both surprise and joy.

"Master, is there any news?" Chu Lingxiao asked.

"There's good news, and there's bad news too!" Yunxi put away the communication talisman.

"What's the good news?" Chu Lingxiao was more interested in the good news.

"We achieved a great victory in Wuxiang City. The army of Youyumen has been completely defeated. Youyumen suffered heavy casualties, with more than half of its Foundation Establishment cultivators and Golden Body Realm warriors lost. The Supreme Elder of Youyumen, Li Xuanxiao, was killed on the spot by the Mountain Lord, and Sheng Youhuang fled in a sorry state!" Yun tide said.

Chu Lingxiao's eyes widened. "Really!"

"Yes, this was sent by my senior brother, so it can't be fake!" Yun tide said with a smile.

Chu Lingxiao was overjoyed, and at the same time, his tense nerves relaxed.

She was genuinely afraid that Wuxiang City would fall, and if it were breached, they would have no way out.

"Great! Hahaha, even Li Xuanxiao has been killed. The Netherworld Sect has suffered a huge loss this time!"

She shouted in surprise.

Yang Chengche, who was standing next to him, asked, "What's the bad news?"

Yun tide said with a solemn expression, "The remnants of the Youyu Sect are retreating towards Xianling City. We must be prepared to be attacked from both sides!"

"The remnants! How many are left?" Yang Chengche asked, frowning.

“There are probably still over ten thousand remnants! Sheng Youhuang might be among them!” Yun tide said.

"This..." Chu Lingxiao was filled with worry again.

Sheng Youhuang is a powerful expert in the Divine Soul Realm. In the Netherworld Sect, Sheng Youhuang ranks second among the four Supreme Elders, second only to Wang Henglie.

Faced with such a powerful opponent, they had absolutely no confidence to fight back.

Compared to Chu Lingxiao's worries, Yang Chengche was not too worried, because Yang Zhengshan's Soul Crow was in his hands.

"We can't stay here any longer. We need to retreat immediately and intercept the remnants of the Netherworld Sect!"

Yang Chengche said.

If they stay here, they will face a pincer attack once the remnants of the Netherworld Sect retreat. Rather than waiting for the remnants of the Netherworld Sect to come and attack them, it is better for them to take the initiative to fight against the remnants of the Netherworld Sect.

"That's right, let's not delay, let's go now!"

Yunxi understood this principle and, without any hesitation, immediately ordered the army to set up camp and move away from Xianling City.

At this time, no news had been received in Xianling City, and their evacuation left Xianling City very puzzled and confused.

However, their doubts did not last long. Just over an hour later, they received news of the army's defeat at the front.

Faced with this situation, chaos erupted within Xianling City.

The main reason is that too many forces have gathered in Xianling City at this time.

There were disciples from the Netherworld Sect itself, as well as aristocratic families affiliated with the Netherworld Sect, and local forces from Xianling City.

These people all have their own thoughts.

The disciples of the Netherworld Sect naturally wanted to go and support the defeated remnants of the army, but the aristocratic families who had come from afar did not want to participate in the war anymore. Since even the Netherworld Sect had been defeated, they naturally did not want to go and die.

The local forces in Xianling City were focused on defending the city, since their roots were there.

The three forces each had their own ideas and could not reach a consensus for a time. They could only watch helplessly as the Xuanqing Sect's army moved away from Xianling City.

The next day, the remnants of the Youyumen army clashed with the Xuanqingzong army four hundred miles west of Xianling City.

With their army routed and morale low, how could they possibly be a match for the Xuanqing Sect's army?

The two sides had just clashed when the remnants of the Youyumen army collapsed once again. A group of defeated soldiers fled in all directions, disregarding everything else.

Sheng Youhuang was not among these remnants of the army, so within an hour, the Xuanqing Sect's army had scattered and defeated them.

And so, the Youyumen's formidable army was completely routed.

In the following days, the two detachments of Xuanqing Sect and Huanyue Sect reported one victory after another. After learning of the defeat of Youyumen's army, Huanyue Sect had no more worries and marched south along the Yi River for more than 2,000 miles.

After the Xuanqing Sect and the aristocratic families joined forces, they also captured Xianling City.

……

Inside the Four Directions Hall of Wuxiang City.

Jian Changhe sat in the main seat, and everyone gathered in the hall.

"A counterattack! We must launch a counterattack! We must fight our way into the heart of the Netherworld Gate!" Yang Zhengshan naturally didn't want to miss such a golden opportunity.

If the Netherworld Gate can attack us, they can certainly attack us too.

Jian Guyun frowned and said, "Won't this push the Netherworld Sect too far? Don't forget that the Netherworld Sect still has two Divine Soul Realm warriors!"

Although they used the power of the Azure Gold Sword to kill Li Xuanxiao, Wang Henglie and Sheng Youhuang were still in the Netherworld Sect.

Using the Azure Sword came at a great cost, and Jian Changhe has not yet recovered.

Under such circumstances, if the Netherworld Sect is pushed too far, Jian Changhe will probably have to fight desperately to cope.

Jian Guyun looked at Jian Changhe, a hint of worry in his eyes.

Jian Changhe lowered his eyes slightly and asked, "Elder Yang, do you intend to swallow up the Netherworld Prison?"

Yang Zhengshan was taken aback and looked at him strangely, "Can Hidden Sword Mountain swallow up the Netherworld Gate?"

"No!" Jian Changhe said.

“That’s it, we can’t swallow up the Netherworld Gate!” Yang Zhengshan said.

Even if they could kill both Wang Henglie and Sheng Youhuang, Cangjian Mountain still couldn't swallow Youyu Sect. This involved not only the conflict between Cangjian Mountain and Youyu Sect, but also many other forces.

Baiyun Immortal City can allow Youyu Gate to swallow the Lingxiu Sea, but it will not allow Cangjian Mountain to swallow Youyu Gate.

The reason is simple: no matter how strong the Netherworld Sect is, it is still just a sect that mainly focuses on martial artists, while Hidden Sword Mountain is a sect of immortal cultivators, and it once had a Golden Core True Monarch.

The Netherworld Gate is unlikely to threaten the status of White Cloud Immortal City, but Hidden Sword Mountain might.

Besides Baiyun Immortal City, there are also immortal cultivation families in the Southern Wilderness to the south of Youyu Gate, and many immortal cultivation forces in the east as well.

Moreover, Hidden Sword Mountain currently lacks sufficient power to take over the territory of the Netherworld Sect.

They could take it, but couldn't hold it.

(End of this chapter)