Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1711: Chapter 1044: Old Niu Is Truly a Great Talent!

It could even be perfectly reasonable to treat each other as enemies, and a big fight between both parties would be quite normal.

Of course, if one enters the Void, using Spiritual Sense to scan is a very normal behavior.

In the Void, Spiritual Sense serves as eyes and ears, and also as a mouth, all perception and communication must be done through Spiritual Sense.

”Old Niu has no ill intentions, I was just passing by and sensed a Golden Core cultivator’s Qi Mechanism, so I couldn’t help but come over out of curiosity!” the Green Bull Demon King said.

He wasn’t lying, he really was just passing by and happened to sense the Qi Mechanism released during Yang Zhenshan’s previous battle, which prompted him to hide in the Void to see who was fighting.

Of course, this kind of behavior was still quite rude, so Yang Zhenshan’s coming to hold him accountable for it was understandable.

”It was my impropriety, I ask for your forgiveness!” the Green Bull Demon King apologized sincerely.

Yang Zhenshan pondered for a moment and felt there was no need to make an enemy of a Demon King over this matter, so he said, ”Since it was just a misunderstanding, let’s let it go. However, the Yunxiao Mountain Range is the territory of my Sky Cloud Sword Sect, so I must ask you to leave as soon as possible!”

He didn’t want to become enemies with the Green Bull Demon King, nor did he want any associations with him, because after all, this guy escaped from the clutches of the Unpredictable Ghost Sect, and if they were to chase him persistently, even associating with him might incur trouble.

However, while he wanted the Green Bull Demon King to leave quickly, the Demon King wanted to stay in the Yunxiao Mountain Range.

”Well, uh, Old Niu wants to find a place to settle down, may I live in the Yunxiao Mountain Range?”

”No!” Yang Zhenshan said firmly.

”I am willing to join the Sky Cloud Sword Sect!” the Green Bull Demon King said.

He was now without connections, with nowhere to go, and being monitored by the Unpredictable Ghost Sect, so he was in urgent need of shelter from one faction.

Although the Sky Cloud Sword Sect is not a top-tier Golden Core force, it has several Golden Core Cultivators. Naturally, resisting the Unpredictable Ghost Sect is impossible, but it’s the best choice for banding together for warmth.

As of now, although the Green Bull Demon King is extremely resentful towards the Unpredictable Ghost Sect, he also knows that he simply cannot contend with them, so he wants to find a place to take refuge first, and the Sky Cloud Sword Sect is undoubtedly his best choice.

”I’m sorry, but my Sky Cloud Sword Sect is not accepting outsiders at the moment!” Yang Zhenshan refused without a second thought.

The Unpredictable Ghost Sect had just wiped out the Gray-horned Green Bull Clan, and if the Sky Cloud Sword Sect were to accept the Green Bull Demon King now, wouldn’t it be a slap in the face to the Unpredictable Ghost Sect?

If it were another Demon King, one without any involvement with the Unpredictable Ghost Sect, Yang Zhenshan might have considered it.

”Why must you be so ruthless? I sincerely seek refuge,” the Green Bull Demon King said, feeling somewhat aggrieved.

He really felt wronged, he was peacefully sleeping at home, and suddenly disaster struck, causing him to lose not only his home of hundreds of years but also hundreds of descendants.

Who wouldn’t feel wronged and angry in such a situation?

But he felt helpless, unable to fight back, full of grievances with nowhere to express, full of anger with nowhere to vent, and now even his desired refuge was being refused.

The more he thought, the more aggrieved the Green Bull Demon King felt.

”Why don’t you keep me by your side, Brother Daoist, I won’t bring you any trouble!”

”Moreover, I can help you with many things, I specialize in nurturing Spirit Plants, look, here are the Seven Patterns Bodhi Seed, Dao Heart Green Lotus, Green Profound Fruit Tree, and the Five Elements Spirit Tree that I cultivated myself!”

As he spoke, the Green Bull Demon King actually took out several small balls emitting a gentle radiance, each with an energy shield like glass on the surface, containing a Spirit Plant inside.

Yang Zhenshan stared at those small balls, directly dumbfounded.

”What are these?”

He could sense the strong vitality force inside the balls, indicating that the Spirit Plants inside were genuine.

But to think a small ball could nurture a Third-order Spirit Plant, this was a method he had never seen before.

Especially the Five Elements Spirit Tree, he wasn’t too interested in the other Spirit Plants, as those were valuable but not enough to move his heart.

But the Five Elements Spirit Tree was different; this was an apex existence among Third-order Spirit Plants.

The Five Elements Spirit Tree could produce Spirit Fruits of the gold, wood, water, fire, and earth single attributes and the perfect Five Elements Spirit Fruit.

Single attribute Spirit Fruits are Third-stage Spiritual Objects, while Five Elements Spirit Fruits are a rare and precious Third-stage Spiritual Object.

Five Elements Spirit Fruits are also a Jie Dan Spirit Object, capable of significantly increasing the success rate of Core Formation. Other Jie Dan Spirit Objects at best support Jie Dan in one specific aspect, providing support to the cultivator in all areas during Core Formation.

The Five Elements Spirit Fruit is different; it can change the cultivator’s five-element balance from the inside out, from the Dantian to the Sea of Consciousness, from the meridians and acupoints to the physical body, allowing the cultivator to reach a most perfect state, one best aligning with the Heaven and Earth Great Dao, enhancing the success rate of Core Formation comprehensively.

Aside from that, the Five Elements Spirit Fruit is also of great use to Golden Core cultivators, enhancing the stability of the Golden Core, harmonizing the Dao Body, enabling Golden Core cultivators to have a more solid foundation.

The Five Elements Spirit Tree’s value far surpasses that of some ordinary Third-in-order Spiritual Objects, which is naturally tempting to Yang Zhenshan.

In fact, there is a Five Elements Spirit Tree in the Spirit Source Land, obtained from the Wuxiang Sect’s orchard long ago.

However, the Five Elements Spirit Tree demands extremely harsh growth conditions. Even though the Spirit Source Land is full of Blessed Lands, Yang Zhenshan still couldn’t find a perfect environment for it to grow.

After decades, the Five Elements Spirit Tree in the Spirit Source Land has survived, but its growth rate hasn’t been fast. It’s expected to produce single-attributed Spirit Fruits in the future, but whether it can produce Five Elements Spirit Fruits depends on its own fortune.

But what was this now?

This Old Niu actually used a small ball to nurture a Five Elements Spirit Tree, and it seemed to be more vigorous than the one in the Spirit Source Land.

Yang Zhenshan found it somewhat incredible.

He too was a wood-attribute cultivator, and having realized the Withered and Flourishing Dao Intent, he had quite a bit of experience and insight in cultivating Spirit Plants, yet he was still unable to make the Five Elements Spirit Tree grow vigorously.

The Green Bull Demon King seemed to see Yang Zhenshan’s amazement and complacently explained, ”This is a Cultivation Ball, refined by me, Old Niu!”

”Don’t be fooled by it being just a top-grade Magical Treasure, it’s immensely beneficial to the growth of Spirit Plants!”

”Old Niu can, using my Divine Skills, understand the detailed conditions of the Spirit Plants, then use the Cultivation Ball to alter the spiritual energy concentration and property inside the ball, causing the Spirit Plants inside to grow much faster.”

”Hehe, as long as Brother Daoist is willing to shelter Old Niu, Old Niu is willing to gift you ten Third-order Spirit Plants!”

Yang Zhenshan’s heart began to pound.

What a talent!

This Old Niu is definitely a great talent!

What are ten Third-order Spirit Plants? Having this Old Niu is like having an endless stream of Third-order Spirit Plants.

If he could recruit this Old Niu into the Life Realm Immortal Palace, then in the future, the Life Realm Immortal Palace would have an abundance of Third-order Spirit Plants to use freely.

Moreover, this Old Niu’s Divine Skills should have significant uses in nurturing Spirit Plants, and this Old Niu has rich experience in Spirit Plant cultivation.

If this Old Niu can impart some Spirit Plant nurturing experience in the Spirit Source Land, the benefits to the Spirit Source Land would be enormous.

The Spirit Source Land has profound experience in cultivating Spirit Plants; from the very beginning, it was focused on Spirit Plant planting as its most core industry.

From Spiritual Medicine planting, Spirit Fruit planting, to even water-based Spirit Plant planting, over the past century, the Spirit Source Land has accumulated considerable experience and formed standards for large-scale planting.

However, the Spirit Source Land has a significant disadvantage: a lack of long-term heritage.

Many Spirit Plant growth timelines are measured in centuries, some even requiring millennia.

This also resulted in the Spirit Source Land being unable to summarize experience through experimentation with many Second and Third-order Spirit Plants.

In simple terms, the Spirit Source Land currently has profound experience and high standards in cultivating and planting First-order Spirit Plants, but it is quite lacking in heritage when it comes to Second and Third-order Spirit Plants.

And this Old Niu in front of him just happens to fill this gap in the Spirit Source Land.

”Ahem, Brother Niu, haha, I would certainly be willing to befriend Brother Niu. Brother Niu, why don’t we find a place to have a good chat!”

Thinking of being able to squander a large number of Third-order Spirit Plants in the future, Yang Zhenshan’s attitude immediately became amiable.

He is an Alchemist, most in need of various Spiritual Medicines, and this Old Niu right in front of him happens to be a brilliant Spirit Plant cultivator. If he can recruit this Old Niu under his command, it would be like a tiger gaining wings, like a fish in water, like a dragon ascending to heaven, with two swords combined, stronger becoming stronger, better becoming better.