Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 946 Joining the Fun, Sealing Heaven and Earth
Yang Zongyuan lowered his head, caught in a dilemma.

"what happened?"

"I'm counting how many spirit stones I have!"

"Uh, how many spirit stones do you have?"

"It seems there are less than 50,000 spirit stones!" Yang Zongyuan said with a bitter face.

Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but burst into laughter, "Don't you have a lot of pills? You can take them out and sell them!"

Yang Zongyuan was not poor; on the contrary, among cultivators of the same realm, he was considered relatively wealthy.

After all, the position and salary in the Spirit Source Land are not low, and Yang Zongyuan is also an alchemist, so he is also rewarded for refining pills for the Spirit Source Land.

However, the reward was not very high, far less than what alchemists outside the industry earned.

Fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones were nothing to Yang Zhengshan, but for a cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining, it was a considerable fortune.

"Can we sell it?" Yang Zongyuan was somewhat tempted.

Yang Zhengshan said, "That depends on whether you have any extra pills!"

“Yes, I’ve collected quite a few Jade Marrow Pills!” Yang Zongyuan said.

Training an alchemist is very expensive, and the Spirit Source Land also spent a lot of resources training Yang Zongyuan.

In return, Yang Zongyuan had to sell the pills he refined to the Spirit Source Land at a very low price.

However, the requirements for the success rate of alchemists in the Spirit Source Land are not too high. As long as Yang Zongyuan's success rate is above the passing grade, he can accumulate a lot of pills.

Therefore, he had a lot of pills, especially Jade Marrow Pills, which numbered over a thousand.

"Then let's sell them! Jade Marrow Pills have a good market in White Cloud Immortal City!" Yang Zhengshan said nonchalantly.

"Alright, I'll sell the pills once we get to the Immortal City!" Yang Zongyuan said happily.

"Ah, I really envy alchemists. We don't have any pills to sell!"

At this moment, Li Jianing and Li Jianan walked over, looking at Yang Zongyuan with envy.

No matter where you are, alchemists are among the wealthiest small group of people.

Yang Zhengshan said irritably, "Whose fault is this? Who said they didn't like alchemy back then!"

Li Jianning chuckled and said, "It's not that I don't like it, it's just that I'm too dull-witted to learn this skill!"

"I think you're just lazy!" Yang Zhengshan bluntly exposed Li Jianing.

Li Jianning and Li Jianan were only eight years old when they became disciples. At that time, Yang Zhengshan also wanted to train them to become alchemists. Unfortunately, the two of them had no interest in alchemy at all. Even the more obedient Li Jianan could never grasp the essentials of alchemy.

In the end, Yang Zhengshan had no choice but to give up his idea of ​​training them to become alchemists.

"Master, could you give me some pills?" Li Jianing looked at Yang Zhengshan expectantly, her voice sweet and coquettish.

Yang Zhengshan shuddered. "Speak properly! Who did you learn this habit from!"

"Master dislikes me!" She pouted, her pretty eyes looking at Yang Zhengshan with watery eyes, as if she had suffered a great injustice.

Li Jianan stood to the side, covering her mouth and chuckling.

Yang Zhengshan's lips twitched slightly as he looked at Li Jian'an and asked, "Who did she learn this from?"

Li Jian'an smiled and said, "Junior Sister Huo!"

Yang Zhengshan was speechless for a moment.

This junior sister Huo is Yunxi's disciple, and she's also a restless one. Although she looks like a fairy, she acts like a street urchin.

Back in the Xuanqing Sect, this Junior Sister Huo was known as a demoness.

Later in Mianyunzhou, this Junior Sister Huo was also a troublesome person that everyone avoided.

The key is that she has excellent aptitude, and Yunxiao and Yunxi both cherish and protect her like a treasure.

"You don't learn the good stuff, you only learn this nonsense! Humph!" Yang Zhengshan adopted the authority of a master and glared fiercely at Li Jianing.

Upon seeing this, Li Jianning immediately dropped her playful expression and said in a serious tone, "This disciple will follow Master's teachings."

"Once we get to Baiyun Immortal City, behave yourself and don't cause me any trouble!" Yang Zhengshan added.

"Yes!" Li Jianing replied honestly, but her darting eyes betrayed her true thoughts.

Yang Zhengshan was also quite helpless.

This girl has been mischievous since she was little, and instead of becoming more eccentric as she grew up, she became even more so.

In contrast, Li Jian'an was unusually quiet. She stood there like a beautiful woman carved from jade, and she generally wouldn't speak unless asked.

The two sisters went to two extremes, which gave Yang Zhengshan a headache.

Just as the four of them were chatting and laughing on the cloud boat, a strong fluctuation of spiritual energy suddenly came from the mountains and forests ahead.

Yang Zhengshan's expression shifted slightly. He went to the bow of the ship, his eyes flashing with golden light as he looked down.

This time, their route was not from the northern part of the Yunxiao Mountains, but from the southern part, heading east along the outer perimeter of the Yunxiao Mountains.

Therefore, the area below them is now the southeastern part of the Yunxiao Mountains, which is two to three thousand miles away from the Wanhua Mountains. After flying another thousand miles, they can cross the Yunxiao Mountains and reach Baiyun Immortal City.

They fly at altitudes above the clouds, about three thousand meters above the ground, sometimes almost skimming over mountain peaks.

"Master, what's wrong?" Li Jianning also looked down.

However, her spiritual sense was weak and her eyesight was poor, so she didn't see anything special.

"There's a battle going on, and it's between Foundation Establishment cultivators!"

Yang Zhengshan's gaze pierced through the layers of clouds and mist, and he saw a chaotic battle breaking out in a valley dozens of miles away.

This is the Cloud Mountain Range, and it's quite far from White Cloud Immortal City, so it's normal for battles to occur here.

However, ordinary battles would not attract Yang Zhengshan's attention. The reason he was paying attention to the battle in front of him was because there were actually five Foundation Establishment cultivators and more than thirty Qi Refining cultivators in this battle.

This is already a battle of considerable scale.

"Where is the battle? Where is it?"

Upon hearing that there was a battle, Li Jianing became excited and kept looking down.

Yang Zongyuan and Li Jianan also rushed over, ready to watch the excitement.

Yang Zhengshan accelerated the flying boat, gliding through the misty sea of ​​clouds, and approached the direction where the battle was about to break out.

Okay, he wanted to go and see what the fuss was about!
Actually, what he did was wrong. It's not easy to get involved in the drama among immortal cultivators. You can easily get dragged into it, either by others or by innocent bystanders.

Therefore, most cultivators will avoid fighting battles that are unrelated to them.

But then again, people like to join in the fun, and cultivators are people too. Yang Zhengshan was no exception; he was also very interested in this unexpected battle and wanted to go and see what was going on.

The spiritual pressure exploded in the mountain valley, and various colored magical lights collided violently in mid-air. Some people swung out spiritual blades that were over ten feet long, while others raised transparent light shields. Dazzling silver light burst out at the point where the magical weapons clashed.

Fireballs and ice arrows, enveloped in talismanic light, roared into the sky, exploding into tiny fragments of spiritual light. A pillar of azure light shot straight through the air, its residual force sweeping across the cliff face, causing vegetation to either ignite or freeze amidst the crumbling rocks.

Amidst the chaos, cultivators were constantly being thrown back by the aftershocks, yet they still managed to pull out talismans from their storage bags and hurl them around wildly, causing the entire airspace to shimmer with spiritual light, boiling like a torrential downpour striking a lake.

Below the battlefield was a flying boat, several dozen feet long, which was destroyed and its broken pieces were scattered all over the ground.

This must have been an ambush. One side flew overhead in a flying boat, while the other intercepted and destroyed the flying boat. Then, a fierce battle broke out between the two sides in the mountains and forests.

"Wow, there are Foundation Establishment cultivators, and several of them!" Li Jianing exclaimed.

Although she had been cultivating for over thirty years, she had rarely participated in battles. This was the first time she had witnessed a true life-or-death battle between cultivators.

Not only her, but Li Jian'an and Yang Zongyuan were also watching with burning eyes and great excitement.

“Ancestor, that gray-robed cultivator seems very powerful; he can actually fight two opponents at once!” Yang Zongyuan said, pointing to a middle-aged man in gray robes below.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, his attention also focused on the gray-robed cultivator.

This gray-robed cultivator possessed the cultivation level of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage and practiced a water-attribute technique, but his combat skills focused on illusions.

Under his spell, many beautiful illusions appeared on the battlefield: withered wild grass twisted into dew-drenched bamboo forests, broken stumps sprouted pavilions, and falling petals transformed into fish swimming in the void; where three water shadows stepped, phosphorescent flames rose from the reeds, and the mountains and fields transformed into rivers, lakes, and seas; when the lake surface boiled, an upside-down crystal palace rose from the bottom of the lake.

It was eerie yet dazzling, filled with murderous intent.

Yang Zhengshan's spiritual sense swept over the layers of illusions, but he couldn't find the core of these illusions.

You must know that his soul is very powerful; even he cannot see through these illusions, let alone others.

It was precisely because of the mystery of these illusions that the gray-robed cultivator was able to completely outmaneuver his two enemies, both of whom were at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

This was the first time Yang Zhengshan had encountered a cultivator skilled in illusion techniques. He intently observed the gray-robed cultivator's every move, focusing on the foot-long black jade ruler in his hand.

This magical artifact is quite special. Its body is covered with flowing water patterns, and when it is waved, it sprays out a light blue mist. After the mist spreads, it creates various illusions.

This magical artifact may be the core of these illusions.

Just as Yang Zhengshan was observing the gray-robed cultivator, seven or eight more cultivators suddenly flew out from the forest and joined the battle.

The newly arrived cultivators were the gray-robed cultivator's enemies. Originally, the gray-robed cultivator only faced two enemies, but now he had to face four.

His other Foundation Establishment companion was in grave danger, and could die at any moment.

Just when Yang Zhengshan thought the battle was about to end, a voice suddenly reached his ears.

"We beg this fellow Daoist to lend a helping hand. If you are willing to help, the Luo family will surely reward you handsomely!"

The source of the voice was none other than the gray-robed monk.

In this situation, he was still able to transmit his voice to himself, which greatly surprised Yang Zhengshan.

However, what surprised Yang Zhengshan even more was the Luo family!

The Luo family of Baiyun Immortal City is no ordinary family, especially their patriarch, Luo Cheng, who is a well-known figure in Baiyun Immortal City.

Just by hearing his name, you can tell how famous Luo Cheng is.

One of the five elders of the Yunye Alliance, one of the seven top second-tier array masters of the Qianzhen Alliance, a seventh-rank guest elder of Wanbaoxing, and also the grand-disciple of Baiyun Zhenjun. His father was Baiyun Zhenjun's thirty-sixth disciple, but he passed away a hundred years ago.

Luo Cheng is one of the Foundation Establishment cultivators with the deepest background in Baiyun Immortal City, and the Luo family is also the most prestigious immortal cultivation family in Baiyun Immortal City.

But now someone is actually trying to kill the Luo family!

This is not a simple matter!

"Fellow Daoist, I am Luo Fengxia, and I request your assistance!"

On the battlefield, Luo Fengxia was extremely anxious. He was now facing four Foundation Establishment cultivators and was completely on the defensive. If it weren't for his skill in using illusion techniques to maneuver, he would have been surrounded and killed by these four long ago.

He could still maneuver around a bit, but his clansmen no longer had that opportunity.

He didn't know if the crowd of onlookers in the distance could help, but now he was grasping at a straw and making a final plea.

Yang Zhengshan sighed slightly; this matter couldn't be ignored.

He wasn't familiar with the Luo family, but he had met Luo Cheng a few times.

Luo Cheng is a formation master, and among the many guests of Wanbaohang, he belongs to the highest-ranking group.

Yang Zhengshan was an alchemist, and he didn't have much interaction with him, but since they were both guests of Wanbaohang, they would inevitably run into each other. Since they did run into each other, they should at least greet each other.

Over time, we developed a certain level of friendship.

I really shouldn't have joined in the fun; now I've gotten myself involved.

Of course, he could choose not to intervene, but if people knew that he stood by and did nothing when the Luo family was robbed, it would still affect his reputation.

"You guys be careful, I'm going to help!"

Yang Zhengshan gave Yang Zongyuan and the other two instructions, then vanished into the cloud boat in a flash.

The next moment, he appeared on the battlefield.

With his hands crossed, his spiritual sense enveloped the entire battlefield. The Seven Treasures Soul-Suppressing Pagoda in his sea of ​​consciousness emitted a soft glow, and the abundant magical power within his dantian surged forth through his meridians like a raging flood.

"Seale the heavens and sever the earth!"

Suddenly, a large number of vines appeared in the devastated forest. The vines grew and spread, covering more than ten miles of surrounding forest in the blink of an eye.

Above the sky, the Seven Treasures Soul-Suppressing Pagoda appeared, its body growing to ten zhang tall. Black chains extended from the sixth floor, weaving into a large net that descended upon the area.

The Soul-Suppressing Lock seals the heavens, and the Vine Technique seals the earth; the two combine to form a massive prison.

Yang Zhengshan's appearance was so sudden that no one had time to react.

By the time they realized what was happening, the Heaven-Sealing and Earth-Severing Secret Technique was already complete.

The area within a radius of more than ten miles was completely enveloped and covered by vines and soul-suppressing locks.

The vines and Soul-Suppressing Locks spread, instantly binding most of the people present. Only Luo Fengxia and two unknown Foundation Establishment cultivators escaped the Soul-Suppressing Locks' control.

Luo Fengxia was deliberately created by Yang Zhengshan, but it was the two unknown Foundation Establishment cultivators who blocked the binding of the Soul Suppressing Lock.

Yang Zhengshan's sudden appearance and attack allowed him to control the situation in a short time.

"Gentlemen, may I introduce myself to you?"

Yang Zhengshan looked at the two unknown Foundation Establishment cultivators.

It would be unwise to rashly intervene in the struggle between two forces. Although Yang Zhengshan wanted to help the Luo family, he did not want to get into big trouble because of them.

(End of this chapter)