Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 986 Taking stock of gains
The couple lingered tenderly for a while before finally emerging from the bedroom.

Arriving at the pine tree again, Yang Zhengshan stepped forward to check on its condition.

"These eight sacred pines have already shown signs of vitality and should be able to continue growing in a few years!"

"That ravaged pine tree still retains a glimmer of life; it should be able to sprout and grow again!"

Yu Qingyi pointed at Ling Song and said with her beautiful features.

Eight of the nine sacred pines were transplanted intact. The transplanting process inevitably resulted in the loss of some vitality and spirit, but as long as they can regain their vitality, they can be restored to their original state in a few years.

As for the ravaged pine tree, although it can sprout and grow again, it will take decades or even centuries to flourish.

Yang Zhengshan broke off a branch from a sacred pine tree and began to examine it carefully.

He didn't know the varieties and effects of these sacred pines, but that didn't matter. He could use his experience to judge the medicinal properties of the sacred pines and formulate prescriptions to refine pills or other medicines based on their medicinal properties.

He had previously studied the medicinal properties of these spiritual pines in the Sun Cave Heaven, and knew that they were effective against the soul. However, he had not studied them in detail at that time and only had a general understanding.

Now that he has time, he needs to study these sacred pines carefully.

"And this one, this green vine has a very strong vitality. I just planted it and it started to grow!" Yu Qingyi said, pointing to the scale vine not far away.

"Yes, thank you for your hard work, Madam!" Yang Zhengshan said with a smile.

"What's so hard about this!" Yu Qingyi gave him a charming little look.

That one glance was incredibly alluring, causing Yang Zhengshan's recently calmed mind to be stirred up by restless desires once again.

As an old married couple, he rarely has this kind of impulse anymore.

It was only because Yu Qingyi's tears had touched him that he felt like he had been given a second spring.

However, business was more important, so Yang Zhengshan had to suppress his impulse.

"Let me take a look at it first!"

He carefully studied the pine and the scaly vine, mainly to test their medicinal properties. This process was not complicated, and Yang Zhengshan did it with ease.

Several hours later, he had almost finished studying the medicinal properties of the pine tree and the scale vine.

As he had previously speculated, this spiritual pine tree does indeed have the effect of stabilizing one's Dao heart and suppressing inner demons. A potion similar to the Dew of Oblivion can be extracted from its branches and leaves.

As for the scaly vine, its roots are similar to those of a sweet potato. When Yang Zhengshan was digging it up, he noticed that these roots were not ordinary. Now, after further research, he has discovered that the vitality contained in the roots of the scaly vine has exceeded his expectations.

The life force contained in this scale vine alone could replenish his lifespan by a hundred years.

Of course, he wouldn't use this scale vine to replenish his lifespan. He could use lower-grade spiritual plants to replenish his lifespan, so there was no need to waste the vitality contained in the scale vine.

This scale plant is best suited for extracting the Fountain of Life.

"How was it?" Yu Qingyi asked curiously as Yang Zhengshan stood up from beside the scale vine.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and said, "Not bad. With this scale vine and those spirit pines, I've gathered about 70-80% of the spiritual materials I need to form my core!"

The three stages of Core Formation are: the Physical Stage requires the Fountain of Life, the Mana Stage requires the Supreme Demon Essence Pill, and the Soul Stage requires the Dew of Oblivion.

The scale vine can give him some life force for a short time.

Lingsong can extract a potion similar to the Dew of Oblivion.

In other words, of all the spiritual items he needed for the three stages of Core Formation, he only lacked the top-grade Demon Essence Pill.

As for the Golden Core Tribulation, the first three tribulations also require the Fountain of Life, but Yang Zhengshan felt that with his physique and abilities, he should be able to withstand the first three tribulations.

The middle three tribulations involve the infusion of spiritual energy. When the tribulations descend, one must not only withstand the damage from the tribulations but also quickly refine the spiritual energy infused by the tribulations.

Yang Zhengshan also had his own ideas about this, which was to use the lightning tribulation to nurture the Qinghua Thunder Pearl and the Qingmu Purple Lightning Sword.

Just to be on the safe side, Yang Zhengshan will prepare some pills to increase the speed of absorbing spiritual energy, and there shouldn't be any major problems.

The latter three tribulations correspond to inner demons, ignorance, and seeking the Dao.

The medicine refined by Ling Song can suppress inner demons. A clouded mind requires the Enlightenment Pill, and finally, the Heavenly Dao questions the mind. Once the pill is completed, one can attain enlightenment and use the Nine-Patterned Bodhi Seed.

Based on this calculation, Yang Zhengshan actually only lacks two kinds of spiritual items: top-grade demon essence pills and clarification pills.

He was confident he could refine the top-grade demon essence pill, and he had also obtained quite a few demon cores in the Sun Cave Heaven, which should be enough for him to refine the top-grade demon essence pill.

He had been researching the Tongming Pill for some time, but he would need to experiment several more times before he could successfully refine it.

Yang Zhengshan was confident that he could refine the top-grade Demon Essence Pill and the Clarity Pill.

In this way, Yang Zhengshan felt that he only needed ten years to gather the spiritual materials he needed to form the core.

"That's good!" Yu Qingyi smiled even more happily.

Yang Zhengshan pulled her into his arms again, "Come on, let's go see what else we've got!"

In a flash, the two arrived at Yang Zhengshan's treasure warehouse.

The warehouse contains a large amount of rare resources, as well as a lot of other miscellaneous items. Some of these are valuable items that Yang Zhengshan obtained from the palace ruins. He collected a lot of things at the time, but most of them were useless junk, with only a small portion being some useful magical artifacts and resources.

Most of the things were handed over to Ziwei Tower for handling, while some high-grade resources were sent to his warehouse.

It contains third-tier ores, some rare magical artifacts, and twelve nine-patterned Bodhi seeds.

Yang Zhengshan first examined the nine-patterned Bodhi seeds and, seeing that they were intact, was relieved.

Then he looked at the four magical artifacts: the gourd, the flying sword, the treasure mirror, and the alchemy furnace.

He would definitely keep the gourd for himself, the flying sword could be given to Yunxiao, and the treasure mirror could be given to Kota and Hong Fuxiu, regardless of whether they could use it or not, they should be given what they deserved.

Finally, there is the alchemy furnace, which is the furnace used to seal the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill. Its grade should be no worse than the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace.

Since he hadn't refined it, Yang Zhengshan didn't yet know the specific functions and grade of the alchemy furnace.

There's no rush to refine the spiritual artifact; it's not something that's easy to refine.

Yang Zhengshan then began to examine the messy things.

Some of these were directly taken into the warehouse by him and were not screened by Ziweilou.

For example, some people's storage bags.

Yang Zhengshan opened the storage bags one by one, and then he and Yu Qingyi sorted out the messy items.

After completing the classification, Yang Zhengshan first examined the jade slips.

The origins of these jade slips are complex; some came from the Sun Cave Heaven, while others came from people who entered the Sun Cave Heaven.

For example, when Yang Zhengshan killed Feng Guiyue and Wang Henglie, their storage bags naturally fell into Yang Zhengshan's hands, and the jade slips inside the storage bags naturally became Yang Zhengshan's spoils of war.

Most of the jade slips record cultivation techniques, many of which are quite good. These techniques can serve as the foundation of the Spirit Source Land.

A small number of cultivation techniques record various arts of immortal cultivation, such as alchemy, weapon crafting, talisman making, and formations. Yang Zhengshan even found three jade slips that recorded puppetry techniques, and one of them even recorded the blueprints for making a third-order puppet.

It wasn't the Lava God General, but the Flame God General. Yang Zhengshan didn't know what this Flame God General was either; it just looked very powerful.

"Huh, a ghost cultivation technique! The Netherworld Soul Refining Scripture!"

Yang Zhengshan held a jade slip, slightly surprised.

"Is there a problem?" Yu Qingyi asked.

"No, this technique is useful, I'll keep it for now!" Yang Zhengshan put away the dark jade slip in his hand.

He had always wanted to find a ghost cultivation technique for Hongyun to practice. Hongyun's soul was still in the Soul Returning Array of the Seven Treasures Soul Suppressing Pagoda. After decades of nurturing, Hongyun's soul was now very active, but because there was no ghost cultivation technique, it had not been transformed into a ghost cultivator.

Yang Zhengshan continued examining the jade slips, and soon he found another interesting one.

"Take this first, and deliver it to Qiuyan later!"

What's recorded inside?

“A complete set of large-scale flying boat design drawings should be the flying boat used by the Sun True Sect,” Yang Zhengshan said with a smile.

Yu Qingyi happily examined the contents of the jade slip, but unfortunately she couldn't understand them. She only glanced at it once before putting the jade slip away.

"Yan'er will definitely like this!"

"Ok!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded and picked up another jade slip to examine it.

Over the years, Ma Qiuyan has been researching the manufacture of large airships, and she has already achieved many results.

She couldn't design a large flying boat hundreds of feet long, but she had already built one tens of feet long with the help of Yang Jizhen and many weapon refiners.

This complete set of large airship design drawings should be of great help to her; perhaps she can directly manufacture the large airship according to these drawings.

After reading several more jade slips, Yang Zhengshan finally found what he was looking for.

His eyes shone brightly, he grinned, and his whole body radiated excitement and surprise.

"What good stuff do you have this time?" Yu Qingyi asked again, seeing his reaction.

Yang Zhengshan picked her up and spun her around, laughing loudly, "Haha, my wife, we can be a perfect couple now!"

Yu Qingyi was a little confused by his actions, but his happy expression made her smile happily.

"What is it that makes you so happy!"

Yang Zhengshan put her down and said mysteriously, "The formula for the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill!"

"Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill? What is that?" Yu Qingyi had no idea what the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill was.

"The Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill can help people condense a pseudo-core. Although pseudo-core cultivators are inferior to golden core cultivators in many ways, they have a lifespan of over two thousand years!"

Yang Zhengshan grinned and continued, "The key is that condensing a fake core is much easier than condensing a golden core; it doesn't require undergoing a tribulation of lightning!"

"My wife, I will definitely refine the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill for you, so that you can also live for two thousand years!"

He looked at Yu Qingyi with eyes full of tenderness.

His biggest worry wasn't whether he could form his core, but whether Yu Qingyi could.

Even if he cannot form a core, his soul has already merged with the origin of the Spirit Source Land. As long as the Spirit Source Land is not destroyed, his soul will not perish.

Therefore, even if he cannot form a golden core, he can still live on in the world.

Yu Qingyi is different. If she cannot break through to the Divine Soul Realm, her lifespan will only be a little over three hundred years. If she cannot form her core, her lifespan will only be a little over five hundred years.

Even if Yu Qingyi could transform into a ghost cultivator, ghost cultivators still have a lifespan limit.

The two had been together for over a hundred years, and Yang Zhengshan truly couldn't bear to let her go.

"The Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill is actually this powerful!" Yu Qingyi exclaimed in shock.

"Hmm, very powerful! With this, even if you can't condense a golden core, you can still condense a fake one!" Yang Zhengshan laughed.

Although there are many dangers involved, compared to living for two thousand years, any danger is worth trying.

Yunxiao's situation was an exception; he swallowed the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill without any preparation, so he faced much greater danger.

If we wait until Yang Zhengshan has mastered the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill, and then make thorough preparations for Yu Qingyi, the risk of Yu Qingyi condensing a fake pill should not be too high.

"Then can Mingzhao also condense a fake core?" Yu Qingyi asked.

She still misses her own son.

"Uh! You'll have to condense a fake core first!" Yang Zhengshan said.

A son is a son, and a daughter-in-law is a daughter-in-law. If this question were asked in the past, Yang Zhengshan would probably say that they are equally important.

But now, Yang Zhengshan still prefers Yu Qingyi.

After all, her son has grown up and has many children and grandchildren.

"You, you don't even know how to care for a child!"

"They're all so old, why should I still feel sorry for them!"

"Then you should take better care of them!"

What else could Yang Zhengshan say? He could only reply, "Alright, we'll definitely make some for them when the time comes!"

They were all family, and Yang Zhengshan naturally hoped they could live on so that he wouldn't have to bury his children.

However, the path of cultivation is full of difficulties and obstacles, and Yang Zhengshan could not guarantee that they would have a smooth journey.

Let's leave that topic aside for now. Yang Zhengshan took the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill formula and began to study it carefully.

The Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill is a third-tier pill, and a relatively difficult third-tier pill to refine.

The required materials are all rare third-tier spiritual herbs, and even some legendary rare and precious materials.

Its refining difficulty is far beyond what Yang Zhengshan can currently comprehend.

Let alone fully comprehend it, Yang Zhengshan is currently completely unable to understand this prescription.

Because much of the content is only accessible to Golden Core cultivators.

To refine the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill, Yang Zhengshan must first condense a golden core, and he may even need to have a more profound understanding of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

Although it was impossible to refine it now, Yang Zhengshan still carefully put the jade slip away.

What he needs to refine now is not the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill, but the Supreme Demon Essence Pill and the Clarity Pill.

(End of this chapter)