Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 977 Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill, Nine-Patterned Bodhi Seed
"Don't underestimate him!" Yun Ge said softly, then added, "They're here, probably looking for us. Don't get into a conflict with them later. We can't afford to make enemies everywhere right now!"

Upon hearing this, Yunfan and Yunbi, though indifferent to Yang Zhengshan, knew that Yunge's words made sense.

They haven't been able to contact True Lord Baiyun yet. Just as Yang Zhengshan said, they are now like stray dogs, except that these stray dogs are very strong.

"Senior Yun Ge, would you mind meeting me for a chat?"

Yang Zhengshan did not approach Yun Ge and his group's flying boat directly, but stopped not far away from the flying boat and asked them through telepathy.

"Hehe, Fellow Daoist Yang, please board the ship. Due to the special circumstances, I will not personally disembark to welcome you!" Yun Ge replied with a smile.

At this moment, they were near the battlefield of the free-for-all. Although they were still some distance away from the battlefield, they should not make any big moves to avoid attracting attention.

Yang Zhengshan didn't waste any words. He approached the flying boat, and with Yun Ge, he opened the corner of the flying boat's formation. The four of them filed in.

Upon seeing Yun Ge, a slight stirring occurred to him.

Yun Ge seems different now than before. The Yun Ge of the past gave people a very kind feeling. His chubby face always had a warm smile on it, and he gave people a feeling of being bathed in a spring breeze no matter who he was facing.

Now, Yun Ge exudes a more menacing aura. Although he still wears a warm smile on his face, a fierce glint lies hidden deep within his eyes.

This is normal. The Baiyun lineage has experienced a great calamity, so it is only right that Yunge has undergone some changes.

Moreover, Yunhai was killed in battle.

Yunhai died protecting his fellow disciples in battle, and in an extremely tragic way. The entire Baiyun Daoist lineage must bear the hatred brought about by Yunhai.

"Greetings, Senior Yun Ge!"

"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Yang!"

The two sides exchanged greetings and simple pleasantries.

Yun Ge sized up Yang Zhengshan and his group of four. He was fairly familiar with Yang Zhengshan and Yun Xiao, but he was quite unfamiliar with Kota and Hong Fuxiu.

Although Kota and Hong Fuxiu were guest elders of Wanbaohang in Baiyun Immortal City, they only stayed in Baiyun Immortal City for two years before Yang Zhengshan invited them to the Lingxiu Sea. In addition, since they were only guest elders responsible for combat, they had almost no reputation in Baiyun Immortal City.

"You two are actually guests of Wanbaohang?" Yun Ge said calmly after hearing Yang Zhengshan's introduction.

He didn't have much affection for Wanbaohang, or rather, his affection for Wanbaohang disappeared after the Battle of Baiyun Immortal City.

When the demonic beasts besieged Baiyun Immortal City, Wanbaoxing did not lend a hand, but instead watched Yunhai die in battle.

Although Wanbaoxing later personally killed the Golden-Winged Eagle Demon King and helped drive away the Earth-Shaking Tiger Clan, that happened after the complete collapse of the Baiyun Daoist lineage.

While the Baiyun Daoist lineage still had the power to resist, Wanbaoxing had no intention of making a move; otherwise, they wouldn't have had to flee in such a sorry state.

Yun Ge was kind to Yang Zhengshan because he had known Yang Zhengshan for a long time and understood that Yang Zhengshan was powerless to help at the time.

He was somewhat displeased with the other retainers of Wanbaohang.

Yang Zhengshan noticed the displeasure on Yun Ge's face and explained, "Fellow Daoist Kou and Fellow Daoist Hong are also guest elders of my Yang family. Back when the Netherworld Sect invaded the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty, I invited the two of you to stay in my Yang family. They have always been with my Yang family!"

Upon hearing this, Yun Ge's displeasure immediately vanished. Since Kota and Hong Fuxiu had always been with the Yang family, they had no connection to the battle of Baiyun Immortal City. Even if Yun Ge were to take his anger out on them, he couldn't do so.

"What are your plans next, senior?" Yang Zhengshan asked, changing the subject.

Yun Ge stared at him. "What are your thoughts, Fellow Daoist Yang?"

Yang Zhengshan laughed and said, "To be honest, senior, I came here this time hoping to acquire a few Core Formation spiritual items!"

“A few items! Hehe, you’re not greedy at all!” Yun Ge said.

A few items may sound like a lot, but for Sun Cave Heaven, it's hardly considered greedy.

The Sun Cave Heaven is a true treasure land, containing countless spiritual beings that have reached the Core Formation stage.

Many treasures that are rarely seen elsewhere can be easily found here.

For example, spiritual artifacts, third-tier spiritual materials, and Core Formation spiritual objects.

"So what brings you here?" Yun Ge asked.

Yang Zhengshan said, "I would like to cooperate with Senior Yun Ge!"

"Oh, how do you want to collaborate?"

"Advance and retreat together!"

"Hehe, can we stand together through thick and thin?" Yun Ge looked at Yang Zhengshan with great interest.

Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and said calmly, "Why not? Cooperation naturally requires mutual help and support. As for the items, whoever gets them first gets them; there's no need to elaborate on that. If we encounter a powerful enemy, we can also join forces to deal with it!"

"For example, the demon race and the Underworld Palace!"

As he said this, he looked out of the airship.

The battlefield was now even more lively, or more precisely, the battlefield closest to them was even more lively.

The battle between Tianye Laogui and Zhang Mo has reached a fever pitch. Their battle is unlike the battles Yang Zhengshan has encountered before, which were just a few people fighting each other.

The battle between Tianye Laogui and Zhang Mo, however, was much larger in scale.

Zhang Mo has quite a few ghost soldiers and blood corpses under his command. Just now, only Zhang Mo and Duan Qiankun went there, but now more than ten ghost soldiers and hundreds of blood corpses have gathered around Zhang Mo.

The blood corpses were just cannon fodder; the key was the dozen or so Yin soldiers, who were all martial artists at the Divine Soul Realm and Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Tianye Laogui had also gathered many of his subordinates, so the battle between the two sides was no longer a fight between a few people, but had developed into a major war.

The battlefield was filled with eerie atmosphere and gusts of cold wind. The ghost cultivators of the Yellow Springs Palace and the Yin soldiers of the Impermanent Ghost Sect were engaged in a fierce battle. Judging from the situation, there were at least forty or fifty powerful warriors involved.

Looking at the group of ghost cultivators, a sinister glint flashed in Yun Ge's eyes.

By this time, he already knew that everything Baiyun Immortal City had encountered was a conspiracy by the Yellow Springs Palace.

"Cooperation is fine, but there's one thing you absolutely must get for us!" Yun Ge said in a deep voice.

"what?"

"Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill!"

"Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill, what is that?" Yang Zhengshan asked in confusion.

Yun Ge was silent for a moment, then looked at Yun Bi. Yun Bi stepped forward and took out a magic mirror. A beam of spiritual light shone into the mirror, and an unfamiliar scene immediately appeared on the mirror.

This should be the interior of a palace, where there is an alchemy furnace, and around the furnace are many shelves with many porcelain bottles and medicinal herbs.

Yang Zhengshan squinted at the shelves, his heart pounding.

With just one glance, he saw more than ten kinds of third-tier spiritual herbs.

However, his pounding heart quickly cooled down.

Those medicinal herbs have all lost their medicinal properties and have become nothing more than empty shells.

"What a waste!" he sighed inwardly.

"The pills inside the alchemy furnace are the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pills!" Yun Bi said.

Yang Zhengshan then focused his attention on the alchemy furnace, and under Yun Bi's control, the mirror gradually transformed into a scene inside the furnace.

A pill the size of a pigeon egg floated in the dim alchemy furnace. The pill was white and emitted a soft glow. Its surface was covered with densely packed pill patterns.

Yang Zhengshan looked at the red patterns and felt a little confused.

"This is a third-tier pill?"

The number of pill patterns indicates the quality of the pill; the more patterns, the higher the quality. "That's right, a top-grade third-tier Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill!" Yun Bi said casually, staring at Yang Zhengshan.

She was actually quite curious about Yang Zhengshan, and didn't understand why Yun Ge valued him so much.

"What exactly is the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill? What are its effects?" Yang Zhengshan asked, puzzled.

Yun Ge said calmly, "It can make people refine fake pills!"

"Fake pill?" Yang Zhengshan still didn't understand; the term "fake pill" was new to him as well.

However, Yunxiao interjected at this moment, saying, "It's the external alchemy method!"

Yang Zhengshan looked at him, waiting for his explanation.

Yunxiao continued, "The so-called false core refers to the golden core condensed from external objects. Foundation Establishment cultivators form a golden core through cultivation and pass through the tribulation of lightning. This is the true core, also known as the inner core method."

"In contrast, the golden core that Foundation Establishment cultivators forcibly condense using external objects is a fake core. Condensing a fake core does not require undergoing a tribulation of lightning, nor does it receive any rewards from the tribulation of lightning."

"These fake cores are mostly used by Golden Core cultivators to cultivate their second Golden Core. However, in ancient times, many cultivators chose to condense fake cores in order to improve their cultivation level and lifespan!"

"If a Foundation Establishment cultivator cultivates a false core, they will no longer be able to form a golden core through cultivation. There are many disadvantages to cultivating a false core, such as making it more difficult to improve one's realm, especially in terms of supernatural abilities and techniques, it is very difficult for a false core cultivator to comprehend supernatural abilities."

"Furthermore, in terms of lifespan, even a pseudo-core cultivator is inferior to a golden core cultivator."

Yang Zhengshan suddenly realized, "So this fake elixir is a shortcut to condensing the golden elixir!"

“That’s right! But these are all methods from ancient times, and such methods no longer exist today!” Yunxiao said.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly. He did not doubt whether Yunxiao's words were true or false, nor did he investigate where Yunxiao knew these things.

It's perfectly normal for Yunxiao to know these things.

Don't forget that there is an ancient formation beyond the clouds, and that ancient formation is the outpost of the Sun True Sect.

It's quite normal that the Lingxiu Three Sects and Cangjian Mountain obtained countless ancient texts and cultivation techniques from them in the past, and thus knew some ancient cultivation methods.

As for the flaws of fake pills, when there is no hope in the path of cultivation, the flaws of fake pills are not flaws at all; they are a new path.

Besides, a fake elixir is still a golden elixir, just a little inferior to a real golden elixir.

For most cultivators, being able to condense a pseudo-core is already considered an immense stroke of good fortune.

Take the people around Yang Zhengshan, for example. Who can guarantee that they can condense a golden core and become a golden core cultivator?
Yunxiao?

He himself didn't even have such extravagant hopes; he was just unwilling to accept it.

Xuanzhen?

He didn't even dare to dream of such a thing.

Kota and Hong Fuxiu, they were probably just imagining things.

There were also Ye Guyun and others from Hidden Sword Mountain, who were all hoping to try their luck before they died.

Perhaps only Jian Changhe truly dares to think and act, but what are his chances of success?

Therefore, for the vast majority of cultivators, condensing a false core is more anticipated than condensing a golden core, because condensing a false core is easier.

As for Master Zangji's understanding of the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill, it's not entirely wrong.

Many ancient texts in the cultivation world exaggerate the facts about various things.

Such things as having an endless lifespan, dying as long as heaven and earth, and shining as brightly as the sun and moon.

These are phrases that are frequently seen in classical texts.

In particular, descriptions of some high-level elixirs often use ambiguous or misleading terms.

The reason for this situation is mainly that some of the classic texts were written by low-level cultivators.

If a Foundation Establishment cultivator were to describe the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill, how would he describe it? Naturally, he would exaggerate its effects to express his desire for it.

"A fake pill, a Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill!" Yang Zhengshan looked at the pill radiating a soft glow in the mirror, and his heart surged with emotion.

He also wanted that Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill!

Although he doesn't use this pill now, he doesn't mind possessing such a divine pill.

With the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill, he had a safety net.

If he is unable to condense a golden core in the future, he can choose to condense a false core!

Besides, even if he doesn't need it, he can give it to someone else.

It would be great to have Yu Qingyi use it.

Not only Yang Zhengshan, but also Yunxiao, Kota, and Hong Fuxiu all revealed greedy expressions when they looked at the divine pill in the mirror.

That's human nature; we can't blame them.

Of course, they were only greedy, not completely consumed by greed; in just a moment, the greed on their faces subsided.

“I can help you, but what will we get in return?” Yang Zhengshan asked.

Yunxiao had been watching Yang Zhengshan closely, noticing his clear, bright eyes and the faint smile on his chubby face.

"Yunbi! Show them!"

Yunbi shone another beam of spiritual light into the mirror, and the scene in the mirror immediately changed.

This time it seems to have moved outside the palace, where an ancient tree has appeared.

The tree trunk appears to be forged from ancient black iron, yet it gleams with a faint jade-like sheen. Golden mystic patterns flow within the cracks in its bark, like naturally formed runes breathing slowly. The branches twist and turn like the claws of a dragon, with a seven-colored spiritual mist swirling among them. Upon closer inspection, tiny specks of light, like stardust, flicker within the mist, as if the Milky Way had been shattered and scattered among the branches.

The leaves are a deep blue-green, with veins that are gilded and shimmering. The edges of the leaves are inlaid with a halo of shimmering white light. The most peculiar thing is the fruit, which is shaped like a hanging bead. It is translucent as if frozen, and a hazy shadow can be seen inside. The peel is covered with silver star patterns. When you look at it, the star patterns will ripple with light, as if a miniature world is sealed inside.

"Is that a Bodhi tree?" Yang Zhengshan could not determine what kind of tree it was just by looking at its shape.

"That's right, it's a nine-patterned Bodhi tree. Look at the fruit trees on it, there are twelve of them!"

"The Nine-Patterned Bodhi Seed can induce a state of sudden enlightenment, especially at the end of the Nine Tribulations of Lightning, it can allow one to directly comprehend their own path of enlightenment!"

Yun Ge's voice was full of seduction.

This is a nine-patterned Bodhi seed. Yang Zhengshan had previously obtained a three-patterned Bodhi seed. In order not to waste that three-patterned Bodhi seed, Yang Zhengshan specially used his own lifespan to awaken its activity and planted it in the Spirit Source Land.

Right now, there is a nine-patterned Bodhi tree, and there are nine mature nine-patterned Bodhi seeds.

The importance of sudden enlightenment is self-evident.

Even if it's not for the purpose of forming the Golden Core, a sudden enlightenment would be of great benefit to Yang Zhengshan, allowing him to advance his withering and flourishing supernatural power to a new level.

However, if the goal is to form the elixir, a nine-patterned Bodhi seed represents not only the success of the elixir formation, but also the path to enlightenment in the future.

To put it simply, passing the first eight levels of the Nine Tribulations means you are one step closer to successfully forming your core, but passing the ninth level means you have already become a Golden Core cultivator.

The ninth level of Heavenly Gift represents your potential in the Golden Core Realm.

The more insights you gain, the greater your potential for future growth.

In short, if you can consume a nine-patterned Bodhi seed when undergoing the ninth tribulation of lightning, it means that your future path of cultivation can be longer.

(End of this chapter)