Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 110: Chapter 1067: Mixed Yuan Body Refinement Technique, Thousand Mechanism Hand

After leaving the General Mansion, he couldn’t wait to open the book he carried in his bosom.

Eight Trigrams Wandering Dragon, Mixed Element Body Refining Skill, Hu Ben Qi Decision, Bloodbath Saber Skill, Thousand Mechanism Hand, and so on, the majority were Martial Arts cultivation techniques, including movement techniques, body refining skills, energy skills, as well as swordsmanship and saber skill, etc.

Thousand Mechanism Hand, for instance, turned out to be a method for throwing hidden weapons.

This was the first time Yang Zhenshan had encountered so many Martial Arts cultivation techniques, and they all seemed to be of fine quality, much better than those he bought in bookstores.

These techniques should be about the same level as the Kui Niu Skill that Zhou Lan gave him; although not considered divine techniques or secret tomes, they were some relatively uncommon skills.

Returning to the little courtyard in the fortress city, Yang Zhenshan plunged into the study and began to closely examine the cultivation techniques in his hands.

Currently, there are four techniques he is cultivating: Kui Niu Skill, Yang Family Spear Technique, Wind Chasing Sword Skill, and Light Body Step Skill.

However, he had mainly focused on the Kui Niu Skill and Yang Family Spear Technique, and for the Wind Chasing Sword Skill and Light Body Step Skill, he had only practiced them briefly, barely reaching the entry level.

The Yang Family Spear Technique, though fundamental, is also a combat technique used on the battlefield, which is highly practical for Yang Zhenshan.

In contrast, the Wind Chasing Sword Skill and Light Body Step Technique were more like a seasoning for Yang Zhenshan when the practice became monotonous.

It’s not that he was uninterested in practicing other techniques, but rather he hadn’t found other techniques that were particularly useful to him, so he didn’t distract himself with miscellaneous practices.

Now that he had acquired so many techniques, he could select one or two practical ones to practice.

Yang Zhenshan flipped through all the techniques, understood the characteristics and traits of each, and finally selected two that suited his cultivation.

As a Military Officer, the cultivation techniques he practiced naturally had to priority combat effectiveness, and should not be like those Jianghu Martial Artists who chose techniques that were more sophisticated and skilful.

Of course, this isn’t to say that other techniques are useless. As part of a Martial Arts Family, accumulating various techniques represents the family’s heritage.

If Yang Zhenshan wanted the Yang family to become a prominent Martial Arts Family, then a vast collection of Martial Arts techniques would be required as a heritage.

The greater the variety of techniques, the more choices for the younger generation of the family.

So even if Yang Zhenshan doesn’t need these techniques, they can be preserved for the family’s legacy, for future martial artists like Yang Yunxue and Lin Zhan to select and cultivate techniques that fit their preferences or are suited to them.

The two techniques he has now chosen to practice are the Mixed Element Body Refining Skill and Thousand Mechanism Hand.

The Mixed Element Body Refining Skill is not a technique for the Body Refining Realm, but a cultivation technique for strengthening the body for Martial Artists in the Postnatal Realm.

Progressing into the Postnatal Realm in Martial Arts does not mean there is no further need to temper the body.

In fact, in Martial Arts cultivation, the body is always the most crucial foundation, regardless of the realm.

Because of the Spiritual Spring Water, Yang Zhenshan’s constitution is already far superior to martial artists of the same realm; if he cultivated the Mixed Element Body Refining Skill, his physique could probably reach an incredibly exaggerated level.

As for the Thousand Mechanism Hand, it is a technique for hidden weapon skills, primarily for training the arms, wrists, and hands for strength and agility, and it includes numerous techniques for deploying hidden weapons.

Yang Zhenshan wasn’t looking to train in hidden weapons, but he valued the Thousand Mechanism Hand’s ability to train the strength of his arms, wrists, and hands, which was very beneficial for his Short Spear throwing.

Having decided which techniques to cultivate, Yang Zhenshan packed away the other techniques and then spent half a day earnestly studying the Mixed Element Body Refining Skill and Thousand Mechanism Hand.

He only stopped when Yang Mingcheng and Jiang He returned.

“Dad, we bought a total of seven shops!”

Yang Mingcheng laid six property deeds in front of Yang Zhenshan.

Yang Zhenshan looked through them and found these shops were located in good areas, each one of them no less valuable than Luo Shang’s cloth shop.

1,500 taels for seven shops meant that each one was only just over two hundred taels.

Yang Zhenshan had not paid attention to the previous prices of shops in the fortress city, but he knew for sure that these prices were very cheap, as the price of shops in Anning County was much higher.

How populous is Anning County?

In the fortress city alone, there were thirty or forty thousand soldiers, not to mention the numerous government offices and the residences of officials, each with a large number of constables and servants.

Even if the prices of these shops did not return to their original levels, as long as they recovered to about seventy to eighty percent of the original, Yang Zhenshan could make several hundred taels of Silver.

“Very good!” Yang Zhenshan nodded his head in satisfaction, “Go and rest for a while. After lunch, we’ll head back!”

“Alright!”

Yang Mingwu answered and left the study with Jiang He.

The lunch was simple fare bought by Yang Mingwu’s servant Wu Da from a restaurant, and after eating, they left the fortress city.

On the way back to the city, Yang Zhenshan took a detour to inspect the Fire Road Piles and signal towers along the way.

Spring plowing had ended, and a new round of training had begun.

New recruits still went to Yinghe Castle for training, but old soldiers stayed at the Fire Road Piles and signal towers for training.

Yang Zhenshan encouraged the old soldiers to practice as well, and he had established a series of reward standards; especially for those who became Martial Artists, not only would they receive reward silver, but they would also get an increase in rations.

Therefore, the enthusiasm for cultivation was high among everyone.

After inspecting two Fire Road Piles and six signal towers in succession, Yang Zhenshan felt very pleased.

By the time he returned to Yinghe Castle, it was dusk.

“Grandpa, Grandpa~~”

Just as he entered the backyard, the little rascal Yang Chengye ran over with a delighted face.

Following behind him was another little meatball, Yang Chengmao.