Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 972 The Hidden Array

Seeing that Yang Zhengshan showed no other abnormalities, Yunxiao was relieved.

He then hurriedly flew downwards, but soon returned with two magical artifacts in his hands.

"I noticed they fell down just now, haha, they're still here!"

Yunxiao waved the two magical artifacts in front of Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan also revealed a bright smile. There were two magical artifacts, one of which was a flying sword, no wonder Yunxiao was so happy. The other one looked like a mirror.

"Look!"

Yunxiao handed the two magical artifacts to Yang Zhengshan, who looked at them but couldn't figure out what they were.

The treasures are covered in dust; to restore their spiritual brilliance, they must be slowly refined.

Judging from their materials and aura, they are spiritual artifacts.

However, to understand their power, they need to be completely refined.

"I'll keep it for now and distribute it when we get back!"

As he spoke, Yang Zhengshan threw the two spiritual artifacts directly into the warehouse of the Spirit Source Land.

Yunxiao didn't say much, just nodded slightly, his face still beaming with joy.

This was something they had agreed upon: aside from the Core Formation items, all the spoils would be given to Yang Zhengshan first, and then distributed after the event. The Core Formation items would be kept by whoever grabbed them first.

"Come on, let's go down and take a look!"

Seeing that no one was coming, Yang Zhengshan put away the Azure Wood Purple Lightning Sword, but he did not dispel the dark clouds in the sky.

The thick, dark clouds possess a powerful deterrent effect, preventing them from being harassed by others for a short period of time.

Looking down at the palace ruins, Yang Zhengshan's eyes gleamed.

The harvest time has come.

He plunged down and began scraping the ground thoroughly.

What does "scraping the ground three feet deep" mean?

Very simple.

Since we can send things into the Spirit Source Land, let's send the entire palace ruins into the Spirit Source Land.

Stones or miscellaneous items, take everything you can with you.

Yang Zhengshan didn't even spare the corpses.

Yunxiao, Hong Fuxiu, and Kota specifically selected eye-catching treasures, while Yang Zhengshan was indiscriminate, throwing everything he could see into the Spirit Source Land.

"Your methods are truly impressive!" Yunxiao watched as Yang Zhengshan made a stone pillar disappear, unsure of what to say.

"Hehe, there are some formations on it, but I don't know what kind of formations they are!" Yang Zhengshan laughed.

"Master Yang, we've found some good stuff!" Kota ran over and said.

"What good stuff is this!"

Yang Zhengshan stopped collecting scrap and followed Kota into a relatively intact house in the ruins.

The houses here are all made of arrays. Although most of the arrays are no longer effective, a small number of them can still maintain some function.

Among them, the most common formation is the one that isolates spiritual consciousness.

Kota and Hong Fuxiu found a warehouse. When Yang Zhengshan and Yunxiao entered the warehouse and saw what was inside, their eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

"Is this a magic weapon?"

"Standard magic weapon?"

Yunxiao said, dumbfounded.

Yang Zhengshan looked at the messy warehouse and nodded slightly. "It should be!"

The warehouse in front of them was filled with armor and weapons, not ordinary armor and weapons, but armor and weapons of the magic weapon level.

They all used the same standard, including knives, spears, swords, and halberds.

Yang Zhengshan picked up a long spear and tested it; it wasn't a spiritual weapon, but a magical artifact.

Immortal cultivators also possess melee weapons and magical treasures, as they also have many body-refining techniques and can practice martial arts.

It's just that very few immortal cultivators specialize in physical cultivation techniques.

The Sun True Sect is an ancient sect from ten thousand years ago. At that time, martial arts had not yet flourished, and there were probably no martial artists, or rather, the number of martial artists was relatively small.

These magical artifacts were likely used by the Sun True Sect to equip their cultivator armies.

"Should I put it away first?" Yang Zhengshan looked at Kota and Hong Fuxiu.

Kota nodded slightly. "Please accept this, Master Yang."

More than 300 sets of armor; if stored in storage bags, it would probably require several bags.

Carrying too many storage bags would be a hassle, so they didn't mind Yang Zhengshan putting those things away first.

As for whether Yang Zhengshan would distribute the spoils to them after they left, they didn't have that worry.

If they don't even have this much trust, then there's no point in them following Yang Zhengshan.

In fact, Yang Zhengshan didn't have much use for these standard magic treasures. There were only a few Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Spirit Source Land, which was not enough to form a cultivator army. Even if he obtained more standard magic treasures, they would just gather dust in the warehouse.

However, since it was something he had found for free, Yang Zhengshan decided to send everything to the Spirit Source Land.

The four then began searching the palace ruins.

There should have been seven magical artifacts here before, but they only got three. The remaining four disappeared, probably taken away by someone.

Despite Yang Zhengshan's imposing demeanor earlier, he couldn't stop some people from leaving, since those who came here to try their luck were all Foundation Establishment cultivators with some strength.

There weren't many spiritual artifacts, but there were many magical treasures. The magical treasures left in the ruins, plus those on the bodies of the Foundation Establishment cultivators from outside, numbered over a thousand.

In addition, just as Yang Zhengshan had thought, there were several warehouses inside the site, all storing ores.

Although most of them are second-tier ores, they are diverse in type and large in quantity, and their value is difficult to estimate in a short time.

"As expected of an ancient sect, they actually stored so many ores!" Yunxiao stood in the full underground warehouse, looking at the ores that shimmered with various spiritual lights, his face full of astonishment.

Yang Zhengshan casually picked up a piece of crimson jade. "This should be a third-grade spirit ore, the Fire-Breaking Glazed Jade. Fellow Daoist Hong, you can use this as your natal magic weapon!"

They had just found a large quantity of Tier 2 ore, and now they have discovered a warehouse full of Tier 3 ore.

The entire warehouse contained thousands of Tier 3 ores, with various attributes.

To be honest, Yang Zhengshan wouldn't have believed it if so many Tier 3 ores hadn't been laid out right in front of him.

Over the years, he has exchanged some third-tier spiritual materials from Wanbaohang. However, for each type of third-tier spiritual material he exchanges, he has to use some pills to exchange for contribution points.

Those pills were all made by him with time and effort. It would take him about three or four years to exchange them for a third-grade spiritual material at Wanbaohang.

And now?

There were thousands of third-tier ores laid out in front of him.

Unfortunately, these are all ores, not spiritual objects that can form a core.

However, some of these ores will make it less troublesome to refine natal magic weapons in the future.

Yang Zhengshan stepped forward without ceremony and threw the ores directly into the Spirit Source Land.

"Let's go, the thunderclouds are about to dissipate, we shouldn't stay here any longer!" The reason no one has come to disturb them for so long is because the thunderclouds in the sky have a powerful deterrent effect, making others afraid to come and check easily.

However, the thunderclouds were only forcibly generated by Yang Zhengshan using the Xuanlei Talisman, and could not be maintained for too long.

"What a pity! If we had searched more carefully, we might have found some good stuff!"

The four flew close to the ground, leaving the palace ruins. Kota couldn't help but look back at the palace ruins and said with a regretful expression.

“There are good things everywhere here, there’s no need to stay in one place!” Yang Zhengshan said.

In such a dangerous environment, the worst thing you can do is to be greedy.

There might be some good stuff there, but searching for it would take a lot of time. If they lingered there for too long, they would inevitably encounter other explorers, and then another big battle would be inevitable.

The four of them entered the mountains and forests again, concealing their tracks and quietly moving through the woods.

At this moment, there were still many battle fluctuations around them, and even a terrifying sword intent could be faintly heard from afar.

Despite Yang Zhengshan's fierce and overwhelming performance just now, there aren't actually any particularly strong experts on this side.

Most of the true masters have gathered in the central area of ​​the cave, which is the Sea of ​​Blazing Sun.

Yang Zhengshan took out the map and glanced at it briefly. The ruins they had just visited should be the Blazing Sun Palace in the Twelve Palaces, which was the place where the Sun True Sect refined weapons.

The best of the twelve palaces should be Chaoyang Palace, which is the alchemy ground of the Sun True Sect. At the same time, there are many medicinal fields and spiritual fruit forests near Chaoyang Palace.

According to the information provided by Jinwu, Chaoyang Palace should be located in the northeast of the Blazing Sun Sea, but they are currently in the southwest of the Blazing Sun Sea.

"Forget about Chaoyang Palace. Even if we go there now, we won't be able to get anything good!"

"As for the other palaces, they are probably all in the midst of a chaotic battle right now."

"Next, we either explore the surrounding areas and try our luck at finding something we can get, or we'll go to the Sea of ​​Blazing Sun and openly rob it!"

Yang Zhengshan stood on a cliff, gazing at the surging sea of ​​clouds in the distance.

"Besides that, there are actually some other places you can try your luck in!"

Besides the twelve palaces and twelve halls, there are also many immortal cultivators' cave dwellings in the True Yang Heaven, and even the Daoist temples of Golden Core cultivators.

Unlike the Twelve Palaces and Twelve Halls, which are located in different directions in a regular pattern, these immortal cultivators' cave dwellings are scattered throughout the True Yang Heaven.

Unfortunately, the information provided by Jinwu was too vague, and Yang Zhengshan was unable to determine the location of those caves.

Just as Yang Zhengshan was hesitating whether to go to the Sea of ​​Blazing Sun first or look for traces of the cave nearby, Yunxiao suddenly transformed into a streak of light and flew over.

"Something seems off over there!" Yunxiao said, pointing to the canyon below the cliff.

Yang Zhengshan followed his finger and looked in the direction he was pointing. "Something's not right? Something's not right?"

“Use your spiritual sense to investigate!” Yunxiao said.

Yang Zhengshan released his spiritual sense as instructed, and immediately he knew what Yunxiao meant by something amiss.

"There's a formation, or even a concealed formation!"

Generally, second-tier formations have the function of blocking spiritual sense. However, if they only have the function of blocking spiritual sense, they cannot hide from spiritual sense, because spiritual sense can easily find that the formation area cannot be viewed.

The true concealment formation uses the formation to disguise itself, so that when outsiders use their spiritual sense to search, the scenery within the formation's coverage area will be disguised to match the surrounding environment, thus deceiving others' spiritual sense search.

The location Yunxiao mentioned was not far from them, only a dozen miles away, and Yang Zhengshan had already checked it with his spiritual sense and found nothing unusual.

Of course, his inspection was only a cursory glance; he did not examine it carefully.

Now that Yunxiao pointed out the anomaly, Yang Zhengshan took a closer look and immediately discovered the problem.

breath!

An aura that is completely out of place with its surroundings.

A subtle yet mysterious fluctuation.

If Yunxiao hadn't pointed it out, Yang Zhengshan wouldn't have noticed this slight anomaly.

"Bring Kota and Hong Fuxiu back, let's go take a look!"

After getting away from the palace ruins, they rested for a while in the mountains. Then they split up and began searching the surrounding area. There were many spiritual plants in the mountains, including some second- and third-tier ones.

Although it was a matter of luck, they still wanted to give it a try, so the four of them temporarily split up and began searching the surrounding area.

Otherwise, Yunxiao wouldn't have noticed the anomaly over there.

A moment later, Kota and Hong Fuxiu returned.

The four of them headed straight for the formation.

Beneath the sheer, ochre-red mountainside, nine massive pine trees, each as thick as a person's embrace, take root in the shape of the Big Dipper. Pale golden light floats between their trunks. This is nothing special, as spiritual plants are everywhere here, and many of them emit a faint spiritual glow.

However, when you scan the area with your spiritual sense, you'll feel that something is amiss.

Yang Zhengshan stared intently at the nine sacred pines, a ray of blue light flashing in his eyes.

This is the Eye of Life, capable of observing the life force of all things.

There is also the Eye of Death, which allows you to see the death aura on other people.

It's just a minor ability that comes with the Dao of Withering and Flourishing.

The Golden Light Eye that Yang Zhengshan used before was also a minor ability attached to the Golden Light Divine Mantra. Using golden light to enhance his vision allowed Yang Zhengshan to observe things in great detail.

Under his observation, the nine sacred pines before him were brimming with vitality.

The abundant vitality of the plant far exceeded that of any spiritual plant Yang Zhengshan had ever seen before.

"A third-tier spiritual plant! It's actually a third-tier spiritual plant! And it's a third-tier spiritual plant that has been growing for ten thousand years!"

Yang Zhengshan narrowed his eyes, his gaze sweeping over the pine trees.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with these sacred pines?" Yunxiao asked, noticing Yang Zhengshan staring intently at the pines.

Yang Zhengshan let out a heavy sigh of relief. "These spirit pines are all third-tier spirit plants!"

"What!" Yunxiao exclaimed in astonishment.

Kota and Hong Fuxiu, who were checking the situation, also stopped what they were doing and looked at Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and a slight smile appeared on his lips. "We're in luck; it seems we've found a treasure trove!"

It's normal that Yunxiao couldn't see the difference in the spirit pines, because those nine spirit pines should be nodes of the formation, and their aura was hidden by the formation. If Yang Zhengshan hadn't been able to observe the vitality of the spirit pines, he wouldn't have been able to detect their abnormality.

Lingsong is merely a node of the formation, that is, a part of the formation, not something hidden inside the formation.

Even the Spirit Pine is a third-tier spiritual plant, so what good things are inside the formation?

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's break the formation quickly!" Yunxiao said.

"Can you break the formation?" Yang Zhengshan looked at Yunxiao, then at Hong Fuxiu and Kou Ta.

The three looked at each other in disbelief. "No way!"

Okay, none of the three of them are formation masters, and none of them are good at breaking formations.

"So don't rush, take your time!" Yang Zhengshan stepped forward to study it.

On the surface, there are only nine sacred pines and a cliff, nothing unusual. However, Yang Zhengshan could sense an extremely subtle fluctuation that was leaking from inside the formation, meaning that the formation in front of him had a loophole.

After all, it's a formation from ten thousand years ago. Even a third-order formation will inevitably develop some flaws after ten thousand years of wear and tear.

(End of this chapter)