Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 959 Picking up the bargains

The Demon Court is the master of the Wanhua Mountain Range and nominally commands more than thirty demon kings within the range. However, in reality, the Demon Court simply keeps to itself within the Wanhua Mountain Range and does not concern itself with the affairs of the northern part of the range.

It and the Golden-Winged Eagle Demon King were merely peripheral demon kings within the Demon Court, and were not valued by the Demon Court at all.

As for apologizing to the Golden-Winged Eagle Demon King, well, it didn't have much of a relationship with the Golden-Winged Eagle Demon King. This time, its joint attack on White Cloud Immortal City was just to vent its anger.

Now that True Monarch Baiyun is seriously injured and missing, and Baiyun Immortal City has been ravaged by them, it has finally vented its anger.

What does it matter whether the Golden-Winged Eagle Demon King is dead or alive?
Even the death of the Golden-Winged Eagle Demon King would be beneficial to him.

Ah!
With one less competitor, the Earthshaking Tiger Demon Clan can gain more living space and more cultivation resources in the northern part of the Wanhua Mountains.

After figuring this out, the Earthshaking Tiger Demon King's huge eyes flashed for a moment, and then it transformed into a burly man who was ten feet tall.

"I'm willing to give Wanbaohang some face, but you must not interfere in other battles. My children can't have come all this way for nothing!" It looked at Mo Hai.

Mo Hai glanced at the battle below and nodded slightly. "Alright, but you only have one hour. After one hour, you must leave White Cloud Immortal City!"

"it is good!"

The Earthshaking Tiger Demon King agreed without hesitation, then turned and left without even glancing at the Golden-Winged Eagle Demon King trapped in the cage.

From a distance, Yang Zhengshan heard their entire conversation, a faint hint of mockery flashing in his eyes.

Whether they are demons or humans, they are all driven by self-interest.

Can't the Earthshaking Tiger Demon King save the Golden-Winged Eagle Demon King?

No, it could have saved them, but it didn't.

Can't Wanbaohang save Baiyun Xiancheng?
No, they could have saved them, but they couldn't save them either!
Moreover, there is a Heavenly Mystery Pavilion within White Cloud Immortal City! To this day, no one from the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion has shown up.

Although there was no Golden Core True Monarch presiding over Baiyun Immortal City at this time, the power within Baiyun Immortal City was not incapable of contending with the two demon kings, but they had no intention of making a move.

Why?
It's probably a case of "it's none of my business, so I don't care."

Wanbaohang's capture and killing of the Golden-Winged Eagle Demon King was not only to help Baiyun Immortal City; they may have only coveted the Golden-Winged Eagle Demon King's body and demon core.

"Hey~~"

Yang Zhengshan sighed softly, feeling somewhat sorry for the cultivators in the city.

At this moment, Yunhai's desperate efforts seemed meaningless, and the cultivators' fight to the death also seemed somewhat ridiculous.

However, he only felt regret for a short while.

Because he was of the same kind as Wanbaohang and Tianjige, he also had no intention of helping Baiyun Immortal City, nor did he fight alongside the cultivators of Baiyun Immortal City.

……

With the Golden-Winged Eagle Demon King captured, the demon bird army naturally wouldn't let the matter rest.

Thousands of demonic birds and strange beasts charged toward Wanbaohang, intending to rescue the Golden-Winged Eagle Demon King. Unfortunately, Wanbaohang was protected by a great formation and had many Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Lady Wisteria controlled the ancient green vines, binding and dragging the demonic birds into Wanbaohang.

Master Mo Hai, Master Bai Shan, and others all displayed formidable strength, slaying a large number of second-tier alien beasts with a wave of their hands.

In the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty, second-tier beasts are already considered top-tier combat power, but here, second-tier beasts are just cannon fodder.

As the battle progressed to this point, the retainers of Wanbao Trading Company were naturally not idle either, and they all took action to hunt down the demonic birds. Even Yang Zhengshan was not idle. He set his sights on a golden-winged eagle that was in the middle stage of the second tier, and with a flash, he appeared on the back of the golden-winged eagle.

"Razer!"

The Azure Lightning Sword hovered in front of him. He formed a hand seal, and instantly a bolt of azure lightning shot out, crashing down on the Golden-Winged Eagle.

His lightning serpent was naturally inferior to the Heaven and Earth Myriad Clouds Thunder Demon-Slaying Array and the Golden Core Thunder Tribulation from before, but the lightning serpent still blasted a foot-wide wound into the Golden Winged Eagle's back and abdomen.

With the Azure Lightning Sword, Yang Zhengshan's lightning magic improved by more than one level.

Previously, his lightning magic was based on the Yi Wood Divine Lightning within the Qinghua Lightning Pearl. Now, he can use the Qing Wood Purple Lightning Sword as a base, inputting his magic power into the Purple Lightning Sword. The Purple Lightning Sword will automatically convert the Qing Wood magic power into Yi Wood Divine Lightning, saving him the step of converting Yi Wood Divine Lightning within his body.

Of course, this conversion also has its drawbacks, namely that the conversion speed is not very fast and it takes time to develop.

Yang Zhengshan could take a shortcut, simultaneously channeling the Yi Wood Divine Thunder from the Qinghua Thunder Pearl within his body and using the Purple Lightning Sword to transform the Yi Wood Divine Thunder. Although multitasking was a bit troublesome, it allowed him to better unleash thunder magic and to unleash even more powerful thunder magic.

The lightning bolt pierced through the Golden-Winged Eagle's body. Before the Golden-Winged Eagle could react, a large number of vines suddenly grew from Yang Zhengshan's feet, binding the Golden-Winged Eagle like a rice dumpling.

With a light swipe of his Azure Wood Purple Lightning Sword, he severed the Golden-Winged Eagle's head.

The entire process was smooth and seamless, without any unnecessary movements, as if it had been rehearsed countless times. The golden-winged eagle was killed by Yang Zhengshan without any resistance.

It's not that this second-tier golden-winged eagle isn't strong enough, but rather that Yang Zhengshan is now terrifyingly powerful.

With his late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation, the superior-grade magic weapon Azure Wood Purple Lightning Sword, and the unpredictable teleportation ability, killing a mid-stage second-tier demon beast would be a piece of cake.

After killing a golden-winged eagle, Yang Zhengshan threw it directly into the Spirit Source Land.

For cultivators, every part of a demonic beast is a treasure.

Especially the golden-winged eagle in front of us.

Their wings can be used as materials to make magical artifacts, their flesh and blood can be used to refine elixirs, and most importantly, they also have demon cores.

The value of a mid-grade second-tier demon core is self-evident.

As his gaze swept across the battlefield, Yang Zhengshan's mind raced. He moved swiftly, not engaging with the demonic birds, but instead taking advantage of the situation.

Just now, the Thunder Pool of the Heaven and Earth Clouds Thunder Extermination Array erupted, and many demonic birds were affected, leaving many demonic bird corpses in the city.

The others are one thing, but the corpses of these demonic birds are all unclaimed. If we don't take advantage of this opportunity, when will we?

Yang Zhengshan's figure then flashed repeatedly within the city, each time taking away a corpse, some of which were demonic birds, others of strange beasts.

However, he did not greedily take all the demon bird corpses for himself, but stopped after taking twelve demon bird corpses.

There's no way around it; taking too much would easily attract hostility from others.

Everyone else is fighting desperately, but you're just picking up the scraps here. Once the battle is over, people will hate you to death.

After making a quick profit, Yang Zhengshan turned around and joined the battle again.

He found Zhongli Xiayi's figure, clutched a stack of talismans, and began to fight around her.

As a talisman master, Yang Zhengshan rarely used talismans in combat because using talismans in combat also requires skill. Although he could draw talismans, he had not cultivated the skills to use them.

If you only use talismans as a trump card, then you don't need any special skills. But if you use talismans as a regular means of combat, then you need to cultivate the relevant skills of manipulating talismans.

Yang Zhengshan had never practiced the skills of using talismans; he only knew the simplest talisman-controlling techniques.

However, he had many talismans in his hand.

He activated one Thunder Talisman after another, unleashing a barrage of attacks on the surrounding demonic birds.

Zhongli Xiayi, who was in the middle of a battle, was startled by his sudden outburst.

Zhongli Xiayi looked exceptionally beautiful when she was fighting; she cultivated the Dao of Radiant Light.

Bathed in the beautiful glow of the sunset, his body moved like a rainbow across the battlefield, leaving behind a trail of dazzling flames wherever he went.

Just like fireworks, various colors of light bloom.

In comparison, Yang Zhengshan's method of bombarding the enemy with Xuan Lei Talismans appears extremely crude and devoid of any aesthetic appeal.

"Tsk tsk, alchemists are so rich, they use Xuanlei Talismans like they're free!" Zhongli Xiayi teased Yang Zhengshan while fighting.

"Hehe, if Fellow Daoist Zhongli needs it, this old man can give you some!" Yang Zhengshan once again unleashed a Xuan Lei Talisman, blasting a second-tier alien beast to death.

He could draw four types of second-tier talismans: the Cloud Soaring Talisman, the Golden Knife Talisman, the Minor Teleportation Talisman, and the Mystic Thunder Talisman. Over the years, although he only drew talismans in his spare time, he still accumulated a great many.

Of the four types of second-tier talismans, the Cloud Soaring Talisman and the Minor Teleportation Talisman were not very useful to him, and after he drew them, he basically gave them to his disciples and grand-disciples.

The Golden Knife Talisman was also an offensive talisman, but it didn't match his cultivation attributes, so he gave them all away.

He kept most of the Xuanlei Talismans.

Furthermore, Cui Yang's talisman-making skills have long surpassed his own, so people no longer need him to provide talismans, and he has accumulated quite a few talismans in his possession.

He had over a thousand Xuanlei Talismans in particular.

Zhong Lixia glanced at Yang Zhengshan with a captivating air, then unleashed a purple beam of light that slammed into a gray demonic bird.

The battle lasted for more than half an hour, and the demonic birds in the air were all killed by Wanbaohang's manager and guests.

Wanbaohang's strength is even greater than imagined, especially in terms of peak Foundation Establishment combat power, which is much stronger than that of the Baiyun Daoist lineage.

However, the most powerful one was Lady Wisteria. The Ten-Thousand-Year Green Vine was a spiritual artifact, and Lady Wisteria controlled it to capture and kill the Golden-Winged Eagle Demon King.

When the enormous corpse of the Golden-Winged Eagle Demon King lay in the plaza inside Wanbaohang, the demonic birds that had been besieging Wanbaohang in the air let out a mournful cry and scattered in all directions to escape.

Meanwhile, the horde of demonic beasts that had been rampaging through the city also withdrew under the orders of the Earthshaking Tiger Demon King.

After a great battle, Baiyun Immortal City was left in ruins.

The once bustling immortal city is now a ruin, littered with broken walls and severed limbs.

Grief and resentment permeated this ruined fairy city.

For the ordinary cultivators in the city, they did not understand the power struggles at the higher levels, nor did they know what conspiracies and schemes were involved. They only knew that all of this was caused by the demonic beasts.

They hated the monsters and wished they could tear them to pieces.

However, whether it was grief or resentment, the battle was over at this point.

……

Three days later.

In the land of spiritual origin, at Flaming Mountain, inside the Immortal Artifact Pavilion.

Yang Zhengshan and Yang Jizhen, along with several apprentices learning immortal cultivation techniques, were dealing with the corpses of demonic birds.

"Ancestor, these wings are still intact. Can they be used directly as the main material to refine a magic weapon?" Yang Jizhen said happily as he looked at the perfectly intact golden wings.

Yang Zhengshan looked at him and asked, "What kind of magical artifact are you refining?"

“Wings can be used for flight, or for attack!” Yang Jizhen said.

Yang Zhengshan raised an eyebrow. "Wings? Doesn't that mean you'll turn into a birdman?"

"Birdman!" Yang Jizhen was taken aback, then nodded in agreement. "That's not wrong."

"Do as you please!"

Yang Zhengshan didn't care what kind of magic weapon he was refining. Wing-type magic weapons were still very useful to Foundation Establishment cultivators, at least they could increase the flight speed of Foundation Establishment cultivators. However, they were of no use to him, because he could teleport.

He valued the flesh and blood of the demonic birds more than their wings. Of course, he had already put away the demonic cores. Now he was collecting the flesh and blood of the demonic birds.

This flesh and blood were not meant to be eaten, but rather used for alchemy.

Whether it's the flesh and blood of exotic beasts or demonic beasts, it contains rich spiritual energy.

This flesh and blood can be refined into many kinds of pills, especially those for demonic beasts and strange beasts.

Yang Zhengshan planned to use this flesh and blood to refine a batch of Beast Blood Pills for the Flying Slave Eagles to consume.

As a mythical beast cultivated in the Land of Spiritual Origin, the Flying Slave Eagle is no longer valued due to its low bloodline aptitude. However, Yu Qingyi has a special affection for the Flying Slave Eagle, just as Yang Zhengshan has a special affection for the Crimson Cloud Horse.

Therefore, he planned to use this batch of Beast Blood Pills to improve the bloodline aptitude of the Flying Slave Eagles, and ideally cultivate them into demonic beasts.

Just as Yang Zhengshan was preparing to refine the Beast Blood Pill, Ning Yun suddenly came over.

"Master, Jian Qingxiao from Hidden Sword Mountain requests an audience!"

Yang Zhengshan asked, "Where is she?"

“At the Wuzhen Dao Palace!” Ning Yun said.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, "I understand. You go and greet them first, I'll be there in a bit!"

This Wuzhen Dao Palace refers to the Wuzhen Dao Palace in the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty, not the Wuzhen Dao Palace in the Land of Spiritual Origin.

Yang Zhengshan quickly tidied up and then arrived at Wuzhen Dao Palace.

"Elder Qingxia, hehe, it's been a long time!"

It has been a long time since we last met. Ever since Yang Zhengshan went to Baiyun Immortal City, he has not seen Jian Qingxiao again.

His position as the head of the Guest Hall was merely a figurehead; Jian Qingxiao was in charge of all affairs of the Guest Hall.

"Hehe, Elder Yang is really busy with important matters." Jian Qingxiao was full of resentment.

At first, she was quite happy to be in charge of the Guest Elders Hall, after all, when Jian Changhe left her in the Guest Elders Hall, he had the intention of monitoring Yang Zhengshan and Yunxiao.

Yang Zhengshan liked to be a hands-off manager, and she was happy to see that happen.

However, as time went by, Yang Zhengshan actually went to Baiyun Immortal City, leaving everything in the Guest Hall to her, which made her extremely depressed.

"Hehe, I have indeed been quite busy lately. Elder Qingxia must have heard about the matter in Baiyun Immortal City!"

Yang Zhengshan chuckled and sat down opposite Jian Qingxiao.

Ning Yun served him tea.

Jian Qingxiao's expression turned serious. "What is the current situation in Baiyun Immortal City?"

"Not good at all! It's a complete mess!" Yang Zhengshan said.

Since the battle in Baiyun Immortal City ended, Baiyun Immortal City has been plunged into chaos.

With Yunhai killed in battle, Yunge, Yunfan, Yunbi, and others all missing, leaving only a group of nameless nobodys in the entire Baiyun Daoist lineage, completely incapable of taking control of Baiyun Immortal City.

What's even more troublesome is that True Lord Baiyun has disappeared without a trace, and his fate is unknown, which has tempted many people.

Although Baiyun Immortal City is now in ruins, its foundations still remain.

Given some time, Baiyun Immortal City can be restored to its former appearance.

If True Lord Baiyun is truly dead, then the future Baiyun Immortal City, this huge prize, will be enough to tempt many people.

Just like the previous Lingxiu Sea, the White Cloud Immortal City is far more attractive than the Lingxiu Sea.

Moreover, neither Wanbaohang nor Tianjige will occupy Baiyun Immortal City.

Needless to say, the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion doesn't have the power to occupy White Cloud Immortal City.

Wanbaohang has its own rules, which stipulate that Wanbaohang can only operate Wanbaohang's business in various places and cannot occupy territory.

Because if Wanbaohang tries to occupy territory, it will be considered an invader, and the local forces will regard Wanbaohang as an enemy, which will plunge Wanbaohang into endless struggles.

Therefore, Wanbaohang will not become the master of Baiyun Immortal City, nor will it step forward to take control of Baiyun Immortal City.

(End of this chapter)