Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1533 - 953: Divine General Chessboard (Part 2)

”I need third-rank spiritual materials!” Xuanzhen said.

Yang Zhenshan’s mouth twitched slightly, ”You’re really shameless!”

Xuanzhen said matter-of-factly, ”I’m your subordinate now, and I’ve even given the Wuzhen Taoist Palace to your Yang family, shouldn’t you give me something in return?”

Yang Zhenshan thought for a moment, alright, Xuanzhen made a valid point.

Although the Wuzhen Taoist Palace is a self-contained system, it is like a state within a state in the Spirit Source Land, but in reality, the Wuzhen Taoist Palace is under the dual control of the Immortal Hall and Ziwei Tower.

Simply put, the Wuzhen Taoist Palace is a departmental institution under the Immortal Hall and Ziwei Tower, not an independent sect.

Xuanzhen’s reasoning was so sound that Yang Zhenshan didn’t know how to refute it.

”I’ll help you exchange for a type of third-rank spiritual material at the Ten Thousand Treasures Store!”

”Just one type?”

”How many do you want?” Yang Zhenshan looked at him speechlessly.

Xuanzhen pondered for a moment, then said, ”Fine, just one type then. I need a type of ore with a Yin soul attribute, one that can ensure the Yin soul doesn’t perish!”

”Yin soul! What are you planning to do?” Yang Zhenshan frowned slightly.

Yin soul attributes generally involve matters related to evil, ghostly entities, and divine souls.

For example, the Seven Treasures Soul Suppressing Tower and the Soul Suppressing Lock both fall under the Yin soul attribute.

Similarly, the Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner and the Yin Soul Array are primarily refined using spiritual materials with a Yin soul attribute.

Yang Zhenshan is not fond of techniques and magical treasures related to evil and ghostly entities, so such items are almost impossible to find in the Spirit Source Land.

”Don’t worry, I want to refine a Divine General Chessboard!” Xuanzhen said.

”Divine General Chessboard? What’s that?” Yang Zhenshan asked with curiosity.

”It’s a type of magical treasure similar to the Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner! But the Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner enslaves ghostly entities, while the Divine General Chessboard creates Divine Generals!” Xuanzhen explained.

”Is there a refining method? Let me see!” Yang Zhenshan was even more curious.

Xuanzhen took out a Jade Scroll and handed it to him, and he examined it with his spiritual sense.

After reading it, his expression became quite peculiar.

What Divine General Chessboard, it’s just an alternative form of the Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner.

The so-called Divine Generals are ghostly entities, but not ordinary ones.

Ghostly entities are divine souls nurtured in special environments, and those with divine souls are either Immortal Cultivators or Martial Artists above the Martial God Realm.

The special environment for nurturing ghostly entities refers to places with a high concentration of Yin energy.

Thus, ghostly entities belong to the Yin soul attribute.

The essence of Divine Generals is the same as ghostly entities, both being transformations of divine souls.

However, Divine Generals are not of the Yin soul attribute but are shaped by divine light from the Golden Light Divine Spell, so they can also be called Golden Armor Divine Generals.

They are like soldiers for cultivators to command.

”You actually have such a good thing hidden away!” Yang Zhenshan looked at Xuanzhen with dissatisfaction.

Xuanzhen said awkwardly, ”This is my last resort!”

The Divine General Chessboard clearly seemed like a good item, and although Divine Generals are similar to ghostly entities, the combat power of the Golden Armor Divine Generals is much stronger than that of ordinary Ghost Generals, and their potential is enormous, with great growth potential.

However, this Divine General Chessboard must be used in conjunction with the Golden Light Divine Spell, and Yang Zhenshan’s cultivation in the Golden Light Divine Spell really isn’t sufficient, so he was only envious and didn’t plan on refining such a Lifebound Magical Treasure for himself.

”Why don’t you give this to Jizhen for research first, and I’ll help you exchange for the spiritual material later!” Yang Zhenshan said.

Having such a Lifebound Magical Treasure would surely enhance Xuanzhen’s strength greatly.

Yang Zhenshan didn’t mind helping Xuanzhen exchange for the spiritual material, as Xuanzhen was his own, and Xuanzhen’s increase in strength also meant an increase in the strength of the Spirit Source Land.

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After sending Xuanzhen away, Yang Zhenshan found Yu Qingyi.

Yu Qingyi had not been in seclusion recently; instead, she was focusing on cultivating inner peace and harmony.

She had planted many bright and colorful spirit grass by the lakeside and tended to them with a calm heart every day.

Whether a martial artist or a cultivator, both need to cultivate peace of mind and harmony because cultivation is too monotonous, and everyone needs a hobby to mitigate the frustration from this monotony.

Yu Qingyi’s cultivation had reached the mid-Golden Body Realm bottleneck, but she had been stuck at this bottleneck for more than three years.

In three years, her cultivation hadn’t progressed at all, which left her feeling a bit agitated and frustrated.

In order to calm her mind, she started gardening, hoping to use it to divert her attention.

At this moment, a woman was standing beside Yu Qingyi, appearing to be in her forties and wearing a simple blue narrow-sleeved jacket.

This woman was none other than Yang Yunxue.

”Dad!”

Upon seeing Yang Zhenshan arrive, Yang Yunxue’s face showed a gentle smile.

As the youngest of the second generation of the Yang family, Yang Yunxue had a low presence in Spirit Source Land, rarely involving herself in official matters, spending most of her time and energy taking care of her children.

Unlike Yang Zhenshan, Yang Yunxue was very attentive to her descendants, caring for both great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

Additionally, Liang Jinyan’s laid-back nature didn’t incline him to manage affairs, so the couple rarely attracted attention.

However, in terms of cultivation, neither of them had fallen behind; both were now Martial Artists of the Golden Body Realm.

In contrast, Yang Yunyan and Jiang He hadn’t reached the Golden Body Realm yet.

It seemed unlikely for Yang Yunyan and Jiang He to reach the Golden Body Realm.

They both started late, and early on, they wasted a lot of time. Although their cultivation reached the Innate Realm later on, their qualifications were not great, making their progress very slow.

Currently, neither of them had touched the breakthrough bottleneck.

Bear in mind, Yang Yunyan and Jiang He were now both over 130 years old.

Yang Zhenshan felt quite helpless about this.

For the people of Spirit Source Land, the Golden Body Realm is a barrier that’s not too difficult to cross.

With consistent cultivation, most people have the opportunity to hit the threshold of the Golden Body Realm, though failure could result in death, but the success rate is quite high.

Only a minority of people fail to reach the threshold of the Golden Body Realm, and Yang Yunyan and Jiang He were two of those.

Yu Qingyi was using her True Yuan to mature a spirit grass, the flower bud that hadn’t yet blossomed gradually blooming into a brilliant flower under her nurturing.

Yang Zhenshan stepped forward, infusing a wisp of mana into the spirit grass, making it grow more luxuriantly in an instant.

”What brings you here?” he asked casually.

Yang Yunxue replied with a smile, ”I had nothing to do, so I came to accompany mother!”

Yu Qingyi rolled her eyes and said, ”She has a great-grandson who has been found to have a spiritual aperture and wants you to personally guide him!”

”To think you’d keep this from your father, do you think that’s fair?”

Yu Qingyi directly pierced through Yang Yunxue’s pretense.

”Mother! I was afraid dad wouldn’t agree!” Yang Yunxue laughed.

Yang Zhenshan didn’t mind Yang Yunxue’s little scheme. In fact, such little scheming from Yang Yunxue was quite normal.

Over the years, he had indeed neglected these children; he hadn’t even seen his own son Yang Mingzhao for an entire year, let alone others.

After a long time without contact, even between father and children or daughters, there could be some estrangement.

Fortunately, such estrangement was minor, just creating a slight sense of distance.

”Where’s the child?”

”At the disciple residence, should I bring him over?” Yang Yunxue looked at Yang Zhenshan expectantly.

Yang Zhenshan slightly shook his head, ”No need, I’ve already seen him!”

With his spiritual sense scanning, everything in the disciple residence came into view within his Sea of Consciousness.

A seven or eight-year-old boy was seen clearly by him.

”His aptitude is not bad, but I don’t have time to train him.”

He really had no time to train a child; his current focus was on preparing for Core Formation.

Yang Yunxue felt a little disappointed when she heard this.

Yang Zhenshan smiled and said, ”Have He Xuan teach him. He Xuan hasn’t taken a disciple yet, he might as well take this one!”

Zhang Hexuan had already reached Foundation Establishment, and his alchemy was not inferior. Most importantly, he had never taken a disciple.

Yang Jizhen, Ma Qiuyan, and Ning Yun had already accepted several disciples, even Cui Yang had two, but Zhang Hexuan still hadn’t taken any.

”He Xuan! That will do.” Yang Yunxue thought for a while and found Zhang Hexuan acceptable.

Although Yang Zhenshan couldn’t personally guide him, having Zhang Hexuan as a teacher was not a bad choice either.

She was quite satisfied with this arrangement.