Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 987 Red Clouds and Red Souls
After finding the formula for the Nine Cauldrons Divine Elixir, Yang Zhengshan continued to take stock of his other gains.

There were many other gains, mainly ores and magical artifacts.

In particular, besides the three hundred sets of armor obtained from the warehouse in the palace ruins, there were also hundreds of other miscellaneous magical artifacts.

With so many magical treasures, Yang Zhengshan certainly couldn't use them all, so he simply handed them over to Ziwei Tower for disposal.

The Merit Hall of Ziwei Tower should record these in a book, and then set prices according to grade and function. In the future, if anyone takes a fancy to a certain magic weapon, they can go to the Merit Hall to exchange it with merit points.

After taking stock of all the spoils, Yang Zhengshan invited Hong Fuxiu and Kota over.

Xuanzhen followed along.

Why won't you let me go?

As soon as they arrived at Lingquan Mountain, Xuanzhen asked Yang Zhengshan with a resentful look on his face.

He just talked a lot with Hong Fuxiu and Kota, including his experience and gains from this trip to the Sun Cave.

Xuanzhen was incredibly envious.

Magical treasures, spiritual artifacts, ores, spiritual plants, as well as spiritual objects that have reached the Core Formation stage and the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill.

He felt sad that he didn't get a share of all the gains.

"..."

Yang Zhengshan looked at Xuanzhen speechlessly, "We almost didn't make it back!"

"If they can come back, I can definitely come back too!" Xuanzhen said with dissatisfaction.

"Hehe, alright, just say what you want, and I'll give it to you!" Yang Zhengshan said irritably.

Upon hearing this, Xuanzhen's eyes lit up. "I heard you obtained many complete sets of armor!"

"Hmm, what do you need that thing for?"

"For my divine general!"

Xuanzhen now has twelve golden-armored divine generals. These generals also have weapons and armor, but their weapons and armor are transformed using the Golden Light Divine Incantation and are not real magical treasures.

If these twelve golden-armored generals were all equipped with magic-grade weapons and armor, their strength would naturally increase significantly.

“I’ve put all those things in the Hall of Merit. You can go and redeem them yourself if you want!” Yang Zhengshan said.

"You need merit points to exchange for them from the Hall of Merit, and I don't have any!" Xuanzhen said, trying to get away with it.

Yang Zhengshan didn't know what to say.

"Rules are rules!"

"Then lend me some merit points!" Xuanzhen said without the slightest embarrassment.

Yang Zhengshan had no choice but to say, "Alright, I'll lend you 200,000 merit points!"

The merit system was jointly established by Taiwei Tower and Ziwei Tower, with the aim of distributing resources more fairly so that everyone in the Spirit Source Land has the opportunity to obtain high-grade resources.

Although Yang Zhengshan is the master of the Spirit Source Land, he cannot arbitrarily break the rules of the Spirit Source Land.

Therefore, he also had to follow the salary system and merit system of the Spirit Source Land, and he also had a salary based on cultivation level and a salary based on position.

Of course, he still has a lot of merit points, because he is also an alchemist. He can exchange a batch of pills he refines for a large number of merit points by throwing them into the Hall of Merit.

Moreover, the Hall of Merit could not provide him with many resources, so his merit points were only going in and not going out. So far, he has accumulated more than two million merit points.

"That's more like it!" Xuanzhen chuckled.

Yang Zhengshan ignored him and instead had Hong Fuxiu and Kota sit down in the hall.

"I've almost finished taking inventory of everything. Some things are hard to distribute, so I've converted them into merit points for you. You can exchange them for anything you need at the Merit Hall!"

"Firstly, it's a spiritual artifact, so this precious mirror is yours!"

Yang Zhengshan handed the magical mirror to Hong Fuxiu.

They entered the Sun Cave Heaven as a group of four, but the distribution of the spoils could not be divided equally among them.

Because the four individuals had different strengths, they also exerted different amounts of effort in the Sun Cave.

As the leader, Yang Zhengshan should definitely take the lion's share, especially since he ensured the safety of Hong Fuxiu and Kota this time, so it is very reasonable for him to take two magical artifacts.

Hong Fuxiu accepted the precious mirror with great joy and thanked her profusely, saying, "Thank you so much, Master!"

"Well, next up are the nine-patterned bodhi seeds, two for each of you!" Yang Zhengshan then took out four more porcelain bottles and handed them to Kota.

Kota grinned so hard his gap-toothed grin was showing. "Your subordinate thanks you for your kindness, Lord!"

Yang Zhengshan waved his hand, "This is not a favor, this is what you deserve!"

"In addition, there are those eight spirit pines. I won't hide it from you, those eight spirit pines can be used to extract a medicine similar to the Dew of Oblivion, which is also a kind of Core Formation spiritual object!"

"I will extract the potion from it, but I'm not sure exactly how much I can extract. Once I've extracted it, I'll share some with you!"

He certainly wouldn't kill those eight spirit pines; he was hoping they could thrive in the Spirit Source Land.

However, you don't need to kill the pine trees to extract medicine; just cut some branches and leaves.

Yang Zhengshan doesn't need too many medicines; three doses will be enough, one for each of the three of them.

If needed in the future, one can simply cut branches and leaves from the spirit pine tree to extract the essence.

"Okay, we'll do whatever you say, OP!" Kota said憨憨地.

He wasn't stupid; they were able to enter the Sun Cave Heaven and escape unscathed entirely thanks to Yang Zhengshan's protection.

Now that Yang Zhengshan has given them a magical artifact and four nine-patterned Bodhi seeds, they have already made a huge profit, far exceeding their expectations.

"And there's also the Burning Heart Fruit, I'll give you one too!" Yang Zhengshan handed them another jade box.

The effects of the Burning Heart Fruit are similar to those of the Dew of Oblivion, and should be quite similar to those of the medicine extracted from the Spirit Pine.

However, different spiritual objects have different characteristics. The main function of the Dew of Oblivion is to break through obsessions, the main function of the Heart-Burning Fruit is to temper one's character, and the main function of the Spirit Pine is to suppress inner demons.

The three have very similar medicinal properties, but their focuses are different.

Yang Zhengshan left behind a Heart-Burning Fruit as a precaution. As for Yunxiao, he had already swallowed the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill, so Yang Zhengshan had no need to give him any other spiritual items.

One Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill is worth at least six Core Formation Spiritual Objects.

Yunxiao has already gained a great advantage.

"As for those magical treasures and ores, I'll convert them into two million merit points for you. You can exchange them for whatever you need at the Merit Hall!"

As he spoke, Yang Zhengshan took out two more jade tokens and handed them to them.

If all those magical treasures and ores were converted into spirit stones, the amount would be in the hundreds of millions.

Magical artifacts, under normal circumstances, are priced between tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of low-grade spirit stones.

The three hundred sets of armor and magical artifacts alone are worth fifty million low-grade spirit stones.

Yang Zhengshan gave them two million merit points, which wasn't a lot, but it wasn't a small amount either.

In the Land of Spirit Origin, two million merit points are already a very large number.

After the allocation was completed, Kota and Hong Fuxiu were very satisfied and thanked Yang Zhengshan again.

Yang Zhengshan waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Alright, we're all family, there's no need for all these thanks!"

"From now on, you can stay in the Spirit Source Land with peace of mind. First, choose a place to build a cave dwelling, and then cultivate diligently for a period of time!"

"In the future, I will recruit more people to join the Spirit Source Land. At that time, I expect there will be many things that you will need to handle!"

Kota said sincerely, "Please give your orders, Master!"

After chatting for a while, Yang Zhengshan saw them off.

After they left, Yang Zhengshan got busy.

He first cut some branches and leaves from the spirit pine tree, and then threw these branches and leaves into the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace to refine them.

The refining process wasn't difficult, so he simply handed it over to Zhang Hexuan to handle.

Then Yang Zhengshan found Ning Yun and handed Lin Daoyuan and Yue'e over to her, asking her to send them back.

At this moment, Lin Daoyuan and Yue'e were still in the icy coffin. They were not dead, but they were seriously injured and their sea of ​​consciousness was damaged. They would definitely not be able to recover in a short time, and even if they did recover, they would be left with some sequelae.

Yang Zhengshan estimated that the two men's cultivation levels would never improve again, and their spiritual sea would become their fatal weakness.

To put it simply, these two are practically useless.

But this is already the best possible outcome for the two of them.

After handing the two over to Ning Yun, Yang Zhengshan spent several more days teaching Hong Yun the "Yellow Springs Refining Scripture".

Hongyun's soul is not weak now. Under the nurturing of the Seven Treasures Soul-Suppressing Pagoda, its soul has reached the standard of a Yin Soul Ghost Cultivator.

However, because it lacks cultivation techniques, its consciousness remains in a state of confusion and ignorance.

Yang Zhengshan passed on the "Yellow Springs Refining Nerve" to it, and soon its consciousness awoke from its chaotic state.

However, the ghost cultivator Hongyun did not have the memories of Hongyun. It was like an ignorant child, simple and naive.

Even though a person becomes a ghost, their soul remains the same, but their self-awareness is actually different.

After becoming a ghost, it's almost like becoming a new life.

Most ghosts, due to their environment, tend to be cruel and vicious in their self-awareness, while a small number of ghosts become wandering gods, or divine generals, whose self-awareness tends to be peaceful.

Yang Zhengshan knew that Hongyun was dead, but he still couldn't bear to let Hongyun leave this world completely.

Therefore, he has kept Hongyun's soul as a continuation of Hongyun in this world.

He nurtured the ghost cultivator Hongyun as if he were raising a child, a child named Hongyun.

A few days later, in the main hall of Lingquan Courtyard.

A chestnut horse kept swaying around Yang Zhengshan.

It was only the size of a palm, its body resembling a wisp of crimson smoke, barely maintaining the shape of a horse, though its outline was not very distinct.

The little horse frolicked around Yang Zhengshan.

It doesn't look like a horse; it looks more like a butterfly.

Inside the main room, Yu Qingyi, Hongyun, and Qingxia all looked at the little creature with curiosity.

"Is this Hongyun?" Yu Qingyi asked.

“It’s not Hongyun!” Yang Zhengshan stretched out his palm, and the little creature landed affectionately in his palm, making a silent hissing sound.

"It has no memory of Hongyun, only some habits left behind by Hongyun!"

"From now on, let's call it Red Soul."

Honghun was very close to Yang Zhengshan, and also showed affection towards Yu Qingyi and others.

This is because it possesses the habits left by Hongyun, the habits of a horse, and the habits of Hongyun.

“It’s still very weak, Hongyun, you’ll be in charge of taking care of it from now on!” Yang Zhengshan looked at Hongyun with a mischievous smile on his face.

Hongyun reached out and took the red soul. "Master has finally decided to rename it!"

"Hehe~~" Yang Zhengshan chuckled softly, then looked gently at the little red soul.

Hongyun was his partner, a partner who charged into battle with him, a partner who had been with him for nearly a century.

He really couldn't bear to part with Hongyun.

As for the name, both the man and the horse used the same name. Hongyun had objections before, but Yang Zhengshan got the horse Hongyun first, and then met Yu Qingyi.

So even though Hongyun had objections, Yang Zhengshan did not change Hongyun's name.

Later, Hongyun came to terms with it and stopped caring about these things.

(End of this chapter)