Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 993 Dual Cultivation of Immortals and Martial Arts
"Where is Yang Zhengshan?!"

Jing Shui's gaze swept around, and she was puzzled as to not find Yang Zhengshan.

His memory was still stuck before he went into seclusion, and he knew nothing about what had happened in the past few decades.

In his mind, Yang Zhengshan should be a guest elder of the Illusion Moon Sect, and should be fighting for the Illusion Moon Sect at this time.

Yue'e's expression was complicated, and she didn't know how to explain for a moment, so she could only say, "He is not in the sect!"

In fact, Yang Zhengshan is still a guest elder of the Illusion Moon Sect. He has not resigned from this position, and the Illusion Moon Sect has not dismissed him either.

However, since the Yang family is now one of the three major clans, everyone seems to have forgotten about this matter.

Jing Shui didn't ask any more questions. He had some guesses in his mind, but now was clearly not the time to get to the bottom of things.

His cloudy gaze fell on Zhang Mo again, and he asked, "May I ask your honorable name?"

Zhang Mo's gaze darkened slightly. "Zhang Mo of the Impermanent Ghost Sect!"

"The Impermanent Ghost Sect? Never heard of it!" Jing Shui thought for a moment and gently shook her head.

"Since you have dared to trespass into my Illusion Moon Sect at night, then this old man has no choice but to experience your strength!"

With that, he flicked his withered hand, and in the next moment, the thousands of lush green plants around the lake suddenly burst forth with dazzling sword energy, shooting out like a volley of arrows, piercing through the hazy moonlight.

These sword energies were not strong; each one was only two feet long. However, when the dense array of sword energies swept across the indigo dome, it resembled a long river.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Mo's expression changed slightly.

Suddenly, his body swelled more than ten times its normal size, and he slapped out a huge, blood-red palm.

Puff puff puff~~
The dense sword energy rushed into the blood-red palm, creating ripples on the surface of the palm like pebbles thrown into water.

At the same time, Zhang Xian's figure flashed and appeared in front of Master Jingshui.

With a swing of his fist, the shadow of his fist, like a millstone, pressed down on the mirror-like water cover with immense power.

Jing Shui's sunken eyes shifted slightly, and instantly thousands of sword energies gathered around him, forming a golden protective shield.

With a bang, the fist slammed into the protective shield, but it didn't budge the shield at all.

"Your strength is weaker than I expected; you must not have broken through normally!"

Jing Shui said with certainty.

He knew very well how strong a martial artist in the Divine Soul Realm was. Zhang Xian's attack looked powerful, but it lacked the strength of a martial artist in the Divine Soul Realm.

He was right. Zhang Xian did take a shortcut. He was a Divine Soul Realm martial artist forcibly cultivated by Zhang Mo using resources.

Although his cultivation level had reached the Divine Soul Realm, his strength was somewhat weaker than that of ordinary Divine Soul Realm martial artists.

Of course, even if his strength is weak, he is still a martial artist in the Divine Soul Realm.

"So what? Dealing with an old codger like you who's practically buried in the ground is more than enough!" Zhang Xian's expression remained unchanged as his sharp fists pounded relentlessly against the protective shield.

Seeing this, Jing Shui lowered her gaze slightly, completely ignoring Zhang Xian's attack.

"Although I don't know the inside story, since you've trespassed into my Illusion Moon Sect today, don't blame me for killing you!"

As the aged voice faded, Jing Shui abruptly raised her head.

Those sunken eyes had somehow acquired a golden hue.

Golden light, like a sword, shot out, and the three-inch sword light pierced into Zhang Xian's eyes with a soft thud.

Ah~~
Zhang Xian was caught off guard and felt a sharp pain, followed by a scream.

The next moment, Jing Shui suddenly stretched out her right hand, her withered palm protruding from her tattered sleeve like a chicken claw.

His movements looked slow, but were actually surprisingly fast.

He placed his palm down on Zhang Xian's head, gripped it tightly, and with a bang, the huge head exploded like a watermelon.

"A martial artist at the Divine Soul Realm? Heh, you're far inferior to me!"

The two exchanged blows in just a few breaths. Before Zhang Mo could completely block Jing Shui's golden sword energy, Zhang Xian was crushed to death by Jing Shui.

Yang Shenwu was still on guard against Yue'e.

Zhang Xian died so suddenly, just as unexpectedly as Duan Qiankun's death before him.

Zhang Mo's face turned even uglier, and he looked at Jing Shui in disbelief.

"how is this possible?"

“What’s impossible?” Jing Shui shook the blood off her palm.

“You are not a Foundation Establishment cultivator!” Zhang Mo said.

Jing Shui shook her head slightly, "No, I am a Foundation Establishment cultivator!"

As he spoke, he brought two fingers together, the tips of which emitted a gleaming golden sword light.

"This is the Geng Metal Sword Qi of Grass and Wood, so how can it not be the Qi of a Foundation Establishment cultivator?"

Zhang Mo was stunned, his eyes fixed on the sword energy at Jing Shui's fingertips.

That was indeed sword energy formed from magic power, but it was different from ordinary magic power sword energy, because it was more like the true essence sword energy of a martial artist.

What is the difference between magical sword energy and true essence sword energy?
Actually, there are still differences.

The spiritual power of a Golden Body Realm martial artist is weak, and their control over true essence is far inferior to that of a celestial cultivator's control over magical power.

The spiritual power of martial artists in the Divine Soul Realm has increased, but since their bodies contain true essence and magical power, the circulation of their true essence and magical power is relatively slower.

Therefore, warriors at the Divine Soul Realm prefer straightforward combat and do not use complex spells.

However, Master Jingshui's sword energy does not seem to be a simple magical sword energy!

Zhang Mo flashed back to normal, then stared intently at Jing Shui.

"Dual cultivation of immortality and martial arts?"

Jing Shui raised his eyelids, withdrew his palm, and then took a step, covering more than ten zhang. In the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of Zhang Mo.

"You have a good eye, but it's too late!"

His hunched body suddenly burst forth with dazzling golden light, and the thousands of sword energies that had just disappeared instantly condensed again, enveloping his body like a long river.

Cultivating both immortal and martial arts is actually a contradictory practice.

Because whether it is the true essence of a martial artist or the magical power of an immortal cultivator, its essence is the spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

The difference between True Essence and Magic Power lies in the fact that Magic Power contains the power of the soul, while True Essence is simply pure spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Therefore, immortal cultivators have more flexible control over Magic Power.

Under normal circumstances, a martial artist in the Divine Soul Realm will gradually transform their true essence into mana. However, this transformation does not mean turning the true essence they currently possess into mana. Instead, it requires adjusting the meridians and dantian to withstand the mana.

Because martial artists cultivate true essence, their meridians and dantian have become accustomed to its presence. To change this situation, they need to continuously nourish their meridians and dantian with magical power.

This process is also the process by which a martial artist in the Divine Soul Realm gradually moves closer to becoming a cultivator of immortality, and then uses the methods of immortality cultivation to form a core.

That's why there's a saying that even a martial artist at the Divine Soul Realm can form a Core.

Therefore, martial artists at the Divine Soul Realm can actually be considered to be practicing both immortal and martial arts.

But the problem is that Jing Shui is clearly a cultivator of immortality, so how did he become a cultivator of both immortality and martial arts?
Not only does practicing martial arts bring him no benefit, but it also slows down the progress of immortal cultivation.

Zhang Mo couldn't quite understand it, and he didn't have time to think about it right now.

The sword energy from the mirror had already reached him, and Zhang Mo's eyes suddenly turned blood red. In the next instant, he actually managed to catch the Gengjin sword energy in his palm.

He firmly grasped the sword energy in his palm.

The sharp sword energy didn't harm him in the slightest.

"No matter who you are, you are no match for me!"

Jing Shui's gaze darkened slightly, and the sword energy around him became even more dazzling. At the same time, he took out a bamboo staff and struck Zhang Mo hard.

He is indeed a practitioner of both immortal and martial arts, but he differs from those martial artists in the Divine Soul Realm. Martial artists in the Divine Soul Realm transition from the martial path to the immortal path, while he cultivates the immortal path while simultaneously practicing martial arts.

His path of cultivation is primarily based on the Dao of Immortality, supplemented by the Dao of Martial Arts.

However, this path of cultivation did not exist before; it only began when he sensed that his lifespan was nearing its end.

That is, it started more than 20 years before I met Yang Zhengshan.

As for why he suddenly started practicing martial arts after reaching the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

The reason is simple: his lifespan is running out, and he has no hope of achieving the Golden Core stage. In order to extend his lifespan, he suddenly had the idea that he could first cultivate as a martial artist. As long as his martial arts cultivation can reach the Divine Soul Realm, he can extend his life by two hundred years.

Compared to the Core Formation stage, advancing to the Divine Soul stage is undoubtedly easier.

Moreover, with his Foundation Establishment cultivation, his martial arts training was even more effective, allowing him to start at the Innate Realm and reach its peak in just twenty years.

He sought Yang Zhengshan to refine the Turtle Breath Pill not to break through to the late Foundation Establishment stage, but to break through to the Divine Soul Realm.

This method of prolonging life is not so easy, because there are two difficult problems to overcome. One is how to condense true essence while possessing magical power.

Simply put, magic power is the combination of true essence and divine soul power. The meridians and dantian of a martial artist in the Divine Soul Realm cannot adapt to magic power, while the meridians and dantian of a cultivator in the Immortal Realm are filled with divine soul power and magic power.

In this situation, if the meridians can independently carry the true essence...

Under normal circumstances, immortal cultivators cannot do this.

Unless someone can rebuild a large circulation system of meridians and dantian within the body.

Mirror Water reconstructed a new major cycle within his body, which enabled him to cultivate martial arts simultaneously.

The second question is how to break through to the Divine Soul Realm in martial arts without affecting one's immortal cultivation.

A breakthrough is a process that changes the whole body. A breakthrough in martial arts cultivation will inevitably affect one's immortal cultivation, even if the two meridians are clearly distinct.

Therefore, the Turtle Breathing Pill is needed. The Turtle Breathing Pill can make people enter a state of turtle breathing, in which the body and soul will enter an extremely slow state.

In this state, the body's magical power almost stagnates, and the body's true essence also enters a dormant state.

Thus, Mirror Water can slowly, little by little, break through and change itself.

It took him more than thirty years, at an extremely slow pace, to complete the breakthrough and become a Divine Soul Realm martial artist.

Therefore, he is now both a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator and a Divine Soul Realm martial artist.

His lifespan was extended by more than two hundred years.

……

The bamboo cane, like a sword, struck Zhang Mo hard.

Zhang Mo is no pushover either. He not only has the cultivation of the peak of Foundation Establishment, but has also mastered the Devouring Spirit Dharma Body.

Moreover, his Devouring Spirit Body is different from Yang Zhengshan's. Yang Zhengshan cultivates the Devouring Spirit Body mainly to improve his physical constitution, while Zhang Mo cultivates the Devouring Spirit Body to improve his strength.

Zhang Mo swallowed the blood-fiend energy and the yin-fiend energy, just like the ghostly soldiers and puppets.

To put it simply, he trained himself into a ghost soldier. Of course, his soul was intact, and there were no restrictions in his sea of ​​consciousness.

Therefore, his body can not only change size, but is also as hard as iron and impervious to swords and spears.

Zhang Mo raised his hand to block Jing Shui's bamboo staff. The next moment, the two figures kept intersecting, and sword energy and ghost energy kept colliding.

One possesses a powerful physique and numerous sinister methods, while the other is a practitioner of both immortal and martial arts, possessing both the magical control of an immortal cultivator and the close combat ability of a martial artist.

The two fought to a standstill, and for a time it was impossible to determine who was superior.

Meanwhile, Yang Shenwu and Yue'e were locked in a fierce battle.

Standing on the platform of the Moon-Viewing Pavilion, Yueqing watched the battle unfolding above the lake, and her resentment finally eased considerably.

"Sect Master, what do we do now?" Yue Su returned to her side and asked.

Neither a Divine Soul Realm martial artist nor a Foundation Establishment cultivator could be a match for her, a Golden Body Realm martial artist.

She had rushed there with the intention of dying, but she never expected that Jing Shui would actually appear.

The battle between the two sides is currently evenly matched, but it's difficult for these people to intervene.

"Wait, the rescue should be here soon!" Yueqing said softly.

The rescue team arrived very quickly.

The two sides fought for a short while before two streaks of light flew in from the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty.

"How is this going?"

Under the bright moonlight, Jian Qingxiao looked at the battle below and asked in confusion.

"I don't know!" Liu Yue shook her head slightly.

With Yang Zhengshan in seclusion and Yunxiao missing, only three Foundation Establishment cultivators remain in Mianyun Continent: Jian Qingxiao, Yunxi, and Liuyue.

With the three of them in charge, it's enough for Mianyun Continent.

"Which one should we help?" Jian Qingxiao asked.

Liu Yue's gaze was fixed on the hunched figure. "Help the Supreme Elder first!"

She felt the figure was familiar, but she couldn't quite place it.

Jing Shui has changed drastically compared to before. Not only has her appearance become much older, but even her aura has changed.

It's difficult for a cultivator to change their aura, but Jing Shui's aura naturally changed after transforming from a celestial cultivator into a Divine Soul Realm martial artist.

Without exchanging any pleasantries, the two flew towards Yue'e's direction.

The next moment, sword energy soared into the clouds, heading straight for Yang Shenwu.

"grown ups!"

Yang Shenwu immediately called out.

He was already outmatched by Yue'e alone, and now with two more Foundation Establishment cultivators arriving, he was instantly forced into a disadvantageous position.

Zhang Mo also noticed Liu Yue and Jian Qingxiao. His face darkened, and he gritted his teeth, saying, "Let's go!"

At this point, it's clear they're not going to gain any advantage.

If we don't leave now, he might not be able to leave later.

Regardless of Yang Shenwu's actions, Zhang Mo transformed into a beam of light and escaped from Mirror Water's sword energy.

Yang Shenwu reacted quickly, following closely behind Zhang Mo.

"Want to leave!"

Jing Shui's bamboo cane suddenly blocked Yang Shenwu's path.

His idea was simple: it was almost impossible to keep both of them, but keeping only one would be no problem at all.

In fact, Jing Shui chose the wrong target. He should have kept Zhang Mo, but unfortunately he didn't know Zhang Mo's identity and only thought Yang Shenwu was despicable.

After all, the Wuxiang Sect and the Huanyue Sect were allies in the past, and Yang Shenwu was also an ally of the Huanyue Sect in the past.

Now, Yang Shenwu has actually led a group to attack the Illusion Moon Sect, which is tantamount to betrayal in Jing Shui's mind.

Therefore, he hated Yang Shenwu even more.

"Wait for me……"

Before Yang Shenwu could utter a single word, he was surrounded and attacked by four people.

He was quite strong, but he couldn't withstand the combined attack of four people.

In particular, among these four people are Yue'e and Jingshui, two martial artists at the Divine Soul Realm.

(End of this chapter)