Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1625: Chapter 999: Life Realm Immortal Palace Artifact Spirit (2)

“I wonder if Senior could show me the method for a Foundation Establishment Cultivator to also cultivate Martial Arts!” Yun Xiao.

At the side, Yun Xi, upon hearing this, immediately cast a burning gaze toward Jing Shui.

For a Foundation Establishment Cultivator to seek Core Formation could be said to be unimaginably difficult; whether in terms of cultivation improvement or gathering Jie Dan Spirit Objects, both required an enormous amount of time.

The vast majority of Foundation Establishment Cultivators know that even by the end of their lifespan they will never touch the threshold of Core Formation.

But if their lifespan could be extended by two hundred years, there might be many Foundation Establishment Cultivators who could take a great step toward that threshold.

Take Jing Shui for example: he currently possesses Mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation, and also the cultivation of a Martial Artist at the Divine Soul Realm; if he cultivated for another two hundred years, it’s hard to say—he might really be able to complete Core Formation.

“I can!”

Jing Shui took out a Jade Scroll he had prepared long ago and handed it to Yun Xiao. “This old man originally wanted to ask True Monarch for some guidance as well.”

Yun Xiao received the Jade Scroll and examined it for a while. After finishing, his brows involuntarily furrowed.

This was a new path, but one filled with thorns; to cultivate both immortal and martial as Jing Shui had done was absolutely not something an ordinary person could accomplish.

However, he did not suspect that Jing Shui had kept anything back; with his experience and discernment, he had already seen the key to this cultivation path.

“As expected, there is no safe shortcut in this world!”

Yun Xiao shook his head and let out a sigh.

Jing Shui’s dual cultivation of immortal and martial arts sounded easy, but in reality it was also fraught with difficulties.

After one’s cultivation reached the Foundation Establishment Stage, to then also cultivate Martial Arts required the cultivator’s control over their own Mana to reach an extremely fine degree.

Don’t be fooled by Jing Shui’s cultivation being only at Mid-stage Foundation Establishment; in the past he had reached the Transformation Realm in the Dao of Spells, and his control over Mana had nearly reached the extreme limit of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Even Yang Zhenshan was far inferior to him in this regard.

Yun Xiao only tested it slightly and knew that even in his current state he could not achieve this.

“Senior Brother!” Yun Xi couldn’t help but speak.

Yun Xiao looked toward Jing Shui, who chuckled and said, “It’s fine! This old man also wants to find a few more fellow travelers on this path!”

Only then did Yun Xiao hand the Jade Scroll to Yun Xi, and after Yun Xi finished reading it, she directly sank into depression.

So hard.

Jing Shui’s path was simply unimaginable for her.

However, she was only depressed for a short while. She rose, cupped her fists, and bowed to Jing Shui. “Many thanks to Senior for bestowing this method!”

This path was very hard, but compared to Core Formation it was still much simpler.

She was still young right now and did not need to consider this path for the time being; she could charge straight toward the Golden Core Path first. If, after she was over two hundred years old, she still saw no hope on the Golden Core Path, she could try this path as well.

In the end, having such a path, at the very least, gave her a different choice.

“Since you don’t mind, I’ll be keeping this Jade Scroll here then!” Yun Xiao, said.

Jing Shui burst out laughing. “True Monarch, you’re just as shameless as ever!”

“Hey, this isn’t for myself, it’s for Yang,” Yun Xiao said with a smile. “You know he has quite a lot of disciples and descendants.”

“Very well, but when the time comes you’ll have to give this old man a few Foundation Establishment Pills!” Jing Shui said.

He also had descendants; Mei Qinghai was his great-grandson, and his cultivation had now reached the Peak of Qi Refining, ready to attempt Foundation Establishment at any time.

In the past he hadn’t been able to spare much thought for this great-grandson; now, however, he could ask for a Foundation Establishment opportunity for him.

“No problem!” Yun Xiao agreed very straightforwardly.

Foundation Establishment Pills were not rare Elixirs for the Spirit Source Land; both Zhang Hexuan and Yang Zongyuan could refine them. Exchanging a few Foundation Establishment Pills for such a dual immortal-and-martial Cultivation Technique was definitely a bargain.

After that, everyone chatted idly again, exchanging Cultivation Insights, analyzing the current situation, and also asking about Yun Xiao’s stance.

This was mainly because Lin Daoyuan and Yue E wanted to see what Yun Xiao thought of the current power structure around the Sea of Spirit.

“I don’t have any particular view. From now on I’ll just be an elder of the Yang family; as for specifics, we still have to look at what Yang intends!” Yun Xiao, directly pushed these questions onto Yang Zhenshan.

“Then will Master Yang have any designs on the Sea of Spirit, and how should we treat Hidden Sword Mountain?” Lin Daoyuan asked solemnly.

If only Jian Changhe had completed Core Formation, then there would be nothing for everyone to say; they could simply regard Hidden Sword Mountain as the authority henceforth.

But now Yun Xiao had also formed a core, and as for Yang Zhenshan, they had no idea what his situation was. Naturally, they had to seriously consider the situation of the Sea of Spirit.

If the Yang family fell out with Hidden Sword Mountain, where should they go?

Yun Xiao thought for a moment and said, “You don’t need to worry too much. Yang probably won’t care about these things. If nothing unexpected happens, he should maintain the status quo.”

These words were not something he said casually; they were a conclusion he reached after understanding the situation in the Spirit Source Land.

Is the Sea of Spirit useful to the Spirit Source Land?

The answer is yes!

But not very.

To the Spirit Source Land, the Sea of Spirit was merely a place for earning Spirit Stones; aside from that, the Sea of Spirit could no longer provide any other help to the Spirit Source Land.

The resources that the Sea of Spirit possessed, the Spirit Source Land also had, and in greater abundance than the Sea of Spirit.

As for the resources the Sea of Spirit did not have, the Spirit Source Land had many of those as well.

Moreover, there were still vast tracts of territory in the Spirit Source Land that had yet to be developed. Rather than spending time and effort seizing the Sea of Spirit, it would be better to devote that energy to developing the Spirit Source Land.

Therefore, Yun Xiao estimated that Yang Zhenshan would not have too many designs on the Sea of Spirit.

Lin Daoyuan and Yue E exchanged a look, then said, “We understand.”

Since Yang Zhenshan had no designs on the Sea of Spirit, then in the future they would naturally take Hidden Sword Mountain as primary.

…

Inside the Immortal Palace.

Yang Zhenshan spent several months and finally finished refining the Twelve Golden Crystal Lotus of Taixu.

At the instant of refinement, the twelve Golden Crystals bloomed with dazzling radiance, then yellow sprouts emerged, growing wantonly.

In just a short moment, large expanses of lotus leaves appeared on the surface of the lake; the leaves spread in sheets, quickly covering the crystal-clear lake water.

Yang Zhenshan hovered above the lake surface, carefully comprehending the Dao Rhyme coming from the Life Realm Immortal Palace.

He was like a statue, suspended motionless in midair.

After a long, long time, he finally returned from his comprehension.

“So this is the Life Realm Immortal Palace. I didn’t expect it to be like this!”

He muttered to himself, his expression somewhat strange.

The Life Realm Immortal Palace was a Grotto Heaven, yet not an ordinary Grotto Heaven.

The so-called Grotto Heaven was essentially a space opened up by a Great Power within the Void, which, after thousands of years of remodeling and repairs, became a small world.

Normally, a Grotto Heaven was neither a Spiritual Artifact nor a Spiritual Treasure, because it had no Artifact Spirit; all the laws within the Grotto Heaven followed the laws of the main world.

The Life Realm Immortal Palace was different; it was a Spiritual Treasure. The Life Realm within it—that is, the Spirit Source Land—could be understood as a Grotto Heaven, but the Immortal Palace itself was a real Spiritual Treasure.

To put it simply, within the Immortal Palace Spiritual Treasure was contained a Grotto Heaven, making the Grotto Heaven a part of the Spiritual Treasure.

But a Spiritual Treasure has an Artifact Spirit, so where was the Artifact Spirit of the Immortal Palace?

That’s right, this Artifact Spirit was Yang Zhenshan.

Yang Zhenshan’s Divine Soul was the Artifact Spirit of the Life Realm Immortal Palace; this was the conclusion he reached after his own comprehension and deduction.

He, a living person, had turned into an Artifact Spirit; to be honest, Yang Zhenshan had found this somewhat hard to accept at first.

But later, after thinking it through carefully, he felt that this didn’t seem to be a bad thing.

Spiritual Treasures and Spiritual Artifacts were different. The Artifact Spirits of Spiritual Artifacts had independent consciousness, but they did not have much autonomy; if they wanted to unleash their power, they still needed their masters to provide energy, otherwise they were nothing more than dead objects.

The Artifact Spirits of Spiritual Treasures, however, not only had independent consciousness, but also absolute autonomy. They possessed their own source of power; even without others providing energy, they could absorb Spiritual Energy on their own, transform it, and then use it to fight.

One could say that a Spiritual Treasure was a special kind of lifeform, and moreover, a lifeform that could cultivate and improve itself.

After refining the Twelve Golden Crystal Lotus of Taixu, Yang Zhenshan completely took control of the Life Realm Immortal Palace, and thus he also became the Artifact Spirit of the Life Realm Immortal Palace.

At the same time, he was also a Golden Core Cultivator.

This state was like a single soul possessing two bodies.