Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1712: Chapter 1045: I Trust Mr. Yang!

”Uh!”

The Green Bull Demon King hadn’t expected Yang Zhenshan’s attitude to change so fast. He was stunned for a moment, but still smoothly said, ”Since a fellow Daoist invites me, Old Niu naturally couldn’t ask for more!”

Now the two of them were like a willing gentleman and a willing lady. Yang Zhenshan took the chance to lead the Green Bull Demon King out of the Void, but he didn’t go to Small Cloud Peak. There were too many people and too much gossip there; it still wasn’t suitable for the Green Bull Demon King to show himself. He brought the Green Bull Demon King to a remote stretch of wilderness.

In the green mountains, Yang Zhenshan set out tea and fruits under a tree.

”Please, Brother Niu!”

Yang Zhenshan warmly poured a cup of tea for the Green Bull Demon King.

The Green Bull Demon King’s figure was tall and burly, even taller than Kou Ta by a whole head.

Two horns grew on his head, grey-green in color, shimmering with spiritual light. His eyes were big and round, and he had a large nose with nostrils that pointed upward.

Mm, he looked very ugly.

But that was just how Demon Clan looked after Transformation. They liked to take on human form and keep that form for long periods of time, but they would still retain some of their own features.

Take those horns for example. The Green Bull Demon King could put them away, but he just liked to keep them exposed.

Of course, it was also possible that his horns had some special ability and were his Lifebound Spiritual Artifact.

”Many thanks, fellow Daoist!” The Green Bull Demon King thanked him with a good temper.

”Haha, Brother Niu, no need to be so polite. And don’t call me fellow Daoist either. If you don’t mind, you can call me Brother Yang or Little Brother Yang!” Yang Zhenshan looked at the Green Bull Demon King, his attitude growing even more enthusiastic.

He’d long heard that the Green Bull Demon King was a kind old bull, and sure enough, this one’s temperament really did seem very gentle.

The Green Bull Demon King felt completely different from those ferocious, domineering Demon Kings—more like an honest, straightforward man. Mm, about the same as his eldest son Yang Mingcheng, honest and honest.

Yang Zhenshan’s enthusiasm even made the Green Bull Demon King a bit embarrassed. ”Then I’ll just call you Brother Yang, fellow Daoist Brother Yang!”

”Good, good, good, I, Yang, recognize you as my brother!” Yang Zhenshan laughed loudly.

Just like that, the two of them started calling each other brothers.

Then Yang Zhenshan started chatting with Old Niu about the Unpredictable Ghost Sect. As expected, Old Niu poured out his grievances to Yang Zhenshan, one moment condemning the Unpredictable Ghost Sect’s atrocities, the next cursing their unbridled behavior, and sometimes even bringing up Wanhua Demon Court’s inaction.

It was clear his heart was full of resentment.

After a hearty chat, their relationship immediately drew a lot closer, especially the Green Bull Demon King’s impression of Yang Zhenshan, which suddenly became much more friendly.

Feeling the time was about right, Yang Zhenshan asked, ”Brother Niu, what requirements do you have for your Dao Field? If it’s convenient, I can help you find a suitable place!”

When the Green Bull Demon King heard this, he immediately said, ”That’s great. Brother Yang being willing to take Old Niu in really helps me out a lot!”

”Hehe, I wouldn’t call it helping. Brother Niu, tell me your requirements for a Dao Field first, and I’ll see if there’s a suitable place!” Yang Zhenshan chuckled.

”Actually, I don’t have many demands. It’d be best if you could arrange a more secluded place for Old Niu. Brother Yang, you know the Unpredictable Ghost Sect wants to kill me. Though in my heart I’d love to slaughter those bastards, I also understand that with my strength I can’t beat them at all, so it’s better for me to lie low for now!” The Green Bull Demon King said honestly.

When your strength is inferior, some grievances are inevitable.

The Green Bull Demon King might be honest, but he wasn’t stupid in the slightest. Seeking fortune and avoiding calamity—Old Niu understood that perfectly well.

Yang Zhenshan nodded to show he understood. ”Then what requirements does Brother Niu have for the environment and the Spirit Vein?”

”Sigh, as for the Spirit Vein Rank, naturally the higher the better. I also want to find a place to properly cultivate, but for the moment I don’t have too high demands for those. As long as I have a place to settle down, that’s enough.” The Green Bull Demon King said.

The place he wanted to settle down in naturally wasn’t just any random backwater mountain. For a Golden Core Cultivator or Demon King, Spirit Veins were indispensable cultivation resources, and Spiritual Energy was a necessity for survival.

Just as people need food, Golden Core Cultivators and Demon Kings need Spiritual Energy with every breath to replenish themselves. To them, Spiritual Energy is food—the foundation that keeps their Daoist Body running normally.

If they live in a place with low Spiritual Energy concentration, there won’t be a problem in the short term, but over time the Mana in their bodies will start to decline.

They can use Spirit Stones and Spiritual Objects to replenish their Mana, but using Spirit Stones and Spiritual Objects is far less gentle than naturally absorbing Spiritual Energy.

Therefore, the Green Bull Demon King must find a shelter that has a Spirit Vein. A low Spirit Vein Rank and low Spiritual Energy concentration are problems that can be solved—at worst you just arrange some Spirit Gathering Arrays or Spirit Ascension Arrays.

But if there’s no Spirit Vein supporting it, Spirit Gathering Arrays and Spirit Ascension Arrays won’t last for very long.

This was the main reason why, after escaping from Yu Yuan’s hands, he still hadn’t found a place to settle down until now.

Almost every place with a Spirit Vein already had an owner, and any Spirit Vein Land without an owner would definitely be very remote and not easy to find in a short time.

After hearing the Green Bull Demon King’s words, Yang Zhenshan put on a thoughtful expression.

”Brother Niu, I actually have a very good place in mind. Not only can it satisfy your cultivation needs, it can also free you from the Unpredictable Ghost Sect’s trouble. It’s just that there are quite a few rules in that place.”

”What place?” The Green Bull Demon King’s eyes lit up when he heard that.

Yang Zhenshan didn’t answer right away, instead acting as if he were in a bind. He hesitated for a long time, and only when the Green Bull Demon King couldn’t help but ask again did he finally say, ”The Spiritual Energy concentration in that place is very high, comparable to a Third-rank top-grade Spirit Vein Blessed Land, and it’s cut off from the outside world. As long as Brother Niu doesn’t go out, the Unpredictable Ghost Sect definitely won’t be able to find you.”

”It’s just~~”

At this point, Yang Zhenshan paused.

”Just what?” The Green Bull Demon King couldn’t help asking.

Yang Zhenshan gave a light cough. ”Ahem, it’s just that once Brother Niu goes there, you won’t be able to leave for a short time.”

”A short time? How long?” The Green Bull Demon King felt something was off.

”A hundred years!” Yang Zhenshan said.

For a Demon King with a five-thousand-year lifespan, a hundred years really was a short time.

”A hundred years!” The Green Bull Demon King fell into hesitation. What he was hesitating over wasn’t the length of a hundred years, but rather what kind of place Yang Zhenshan was talking about.

He was already a homebody bull. In the past, he’d gone hundreds of years without leaving his clan’s territory. Now, having him stay in one place for a hundred years was perfectly in line with his wishes.

If the environment was good enough and the Spiritual Energy concentration high enough, he’d have no problem staying in one place for a thousand years.

The question was, what exactly was this place?

”Can I go take a look at it first?” The Green Bull Demon King hesitated for a moment, then still asked.

Yang Zhenshan said, ”Once you go in, you won’t be able to come out. If Brother Niu trusts me, I can guarantee that place will definitely suit you very well. If you don’t trust me, I can help you look for another place instead!”

The Life Realm Immortal Palace was his turf; he was both the master of the Life Realm Immortal Palace and its Artifact Spirit. At present, he had already grasped quite a bit of the palace’s power and could control the Heaven and Earth Dao Intent within it.

Simply put, inside the Life Realm Immortal Palace, his combat strength could increase severalfold.

As long as the Green Bull Demon King went in, he would be completely at Yang Zhenshan’s mercy.

However, Yang Zhenshan did not want to use coercion to force the Green Bull Demon King to join the Life Realm Immortal Palace; he much preferred that the Green Bull Demon King willingly integrate into it.

That way, it would be equivalent to having another Demon King Level existence under his command, a Demon King even stronger than Yun Xiao.

Yang Zhenshan didn’t expect the Green Bull Demon King to risk his life for him; he only wanted the Green Bull Demon King to help him cultivate all sorts of Spirit Plants.

The Green Bull Demon King fell into inner turmoil—did he trust Yang Zhenshan?

Wasn’t that just a joke?

He had only just met Yang Zhenshan; how could he possibly trust him?

Although his impression of Yang Zhenshan was quite good, he still wouldn’t so easily trust a Golden Core Cultivator he had just met.

Yet his intuition kept telling him that Yang Zhenshan had no intention of harming him.

Intuition was a very mysterious thing, especially for Cultivators; many times, intuition was even more accurate than their own senses.

Some Cultivators even specialized in cultivating this sort of Cultivation Technique, turning this baseless intuition into precise premonitions and foresight.

Just like Yang Qingyu’s Spirit Rhinoceros Sensing Scripture, she had extremely accurate premonitions about unknown matters.

The Green Bull Demon King, although not particularly accomplished in this area, had great confidence in his own intuition.

His experience and knowledge told him he shouldn’t trust Yang Zhenshan, but his intuition told him Yang Zhenshan wouldn’t harm him.

The two conflicting mindsets left him tangled up inside.

Seeing him remain silent for a long time, Yang Zhenshan decided to advance by retreating. ”Brother Niu, no need to agonize over it. If that place doesn’t suit you, I’ll find a Spirit Vein Land for you somewhere in the Yunxiao Mountain Range!”

”Don’t worry, I’ll find you a secluded Spirit Vein Land so you won’t be disturbed by the outside world.”

As soon as he heard this, the Green Bull Demon King immediately felt much more at ease and thought that he shouldn’t doubt this enthusiastic Daoist friend he had just met.

”No need, I trust Brother Yang won’t harm me. Brother Yang, just take me to that isolated Spirit Vein Blessed Land!”

Hearing this, Yang Zhenshan grew elated inside.

He’d finally talked this Old Niu into it!

No, wait!

How could this be called talking him into it?

This was a sincere invitation, a warm-hearted act of assistance.

He, Yang, hadn’t lied to him; not a single word he’d said was false.

That was what he thought in his heart, but on his face he still maintained a warm, kind expression. ”Brother Niu, do you want to think it over a bit more? Once you go, you won’t be able to leave for a hundred years!”

”No need to think it over, I trust Brother Yang!” the Green Bull Demon King said decisively, as if he truly had complete faith in Yang Zhenshan. In reality, he still felt a bit uneasy inside; he was even pondering whether he would fall into a trap later, and how he should escape if that happened.

Seeing how firm he was, Yang Zhenshan said, ”Very well, Brother Niu, don’t resist. I’ll take you over.”

The Green Bull Demon King nodded and let Yang Zhenshan grab his arm.

The next instant, the two of them entered the Immortal Palace.

Looking at the magnificent palace complex before him, suffused with Dao Rhyme, and recalling the instant they had entered just now...

”A Grotto Heaven!” The Green Bull Demon King immediately understood what Yang Zhenshan meant by ”isolated from the world.”

Yes, wasn’t a Grotto Heaven precisely something isolated from the world?

And wasn’t a Grotto Heaven the best place to hide?

”This is the Life Realm Immortal Palace. Below is the Life Realm Spirit Source Land, where many of my descendants and juniors are. Brother Niu, you can choose a palace here as your cultivation spot!”

”To avoid the Life Realm Immortal Palace being exposed, I can only wrong Brother Niu by having you stay here for a hundred years. After a hundred years, you’ll be free to enter and leave the Spirit Source Land as you wish!”

Yang Zhenshan said with a cheerful smile.

The hundred years was just a restriction, mainly to guard against the Green Bull Demon King revealing information about the Life Realm Immortal Palace after leaving.

With those hundred years, Yang Zhenshan believed he could cultivate the Green Bull Demon King into one of his own, making him regard this place as his home.

Of course, if the Green Bull Demon King harbored disloyalty, Yang Zhenshan wouldn’t mind slaughtering the bull and taking his core.

A Demon King’s whole body was full of treasures, especially the Demon Core, which could be refined into several Top-grade Demon Yuan Pills.

The Green Bull Demon King had no idea Yang Zhenshan was entertaining thoughts of slaughtering him for his core; at this moment he was completely thrilled, immersing himself in the dense Spiritual Energy.

The concentration of Spiritual Energy in the Immortal Palace had already reached the level where it condensed into mist; one could say this was the highest density Spiritual Energy could reach—any higher and it would turn into Spiritual Liquid.

So saying that the Immortal Palace had a Spiritual Energy density comparable to a Third-rank top-grade Spirit Vein was no exaggeration.

In the main world, the highest Spirit Vein Rank was Third-rank top-grade; there was no Fourth-order.

”This place is great, haha! Brother Yang, from now on this Old Niu will just stay here!” the Green Bull Demon King said excitedly.

His previous clan grounds had only a Second Rank Top Grade Spirit Vein, barely enough for cultivation.

Now that he had come to this Immortal Palace, the feeling really was like he had entered an Immortal Realm.

”As long as Brother Niu likes it. I’ll take Brother Niu to pick out a palace,” Yang Zhenshan said with a smile.

With that, he led the Green Bull Demon King on a tour around the Immortal Palace.