Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 905: Chapter 653: The Tower Is About to Collapse; One Person Alone Cannot Hold It Up

Currently, only one person from the Yang family remains in Chongshan Town, and that is Yang Chengye.

Ji Hai has a deep understanding of Liaodong and Chongshan Town.

Especially his knowledge of the Liaodong Yangs, which he knows like the back of his hand.

It’s not that he deliberately investigated the Liaodong Yangs, but rather that their Hengdao Sect often collaborates with the Liaodong Yangs, maintaining a very close relationship.

In the eyes of outsiders, Hengdao Sect could even be considered part of the Liaodong Yangs’ sphere of influence.

If Hengdao Sect is the strongest sect in Liaodong’s worldly society, then the Yang family is the overlord.

Compared to the Yang family, Hengdao Sect is insignificant.

Not to mention the people around Yang Chengye, just take Yang Mingwu, Yang Chengze, Yang Chengxu, are they not all powerful innate martial artists now?

The most fearsome are Song Dashan, Yang Chengze, and Yang Chengxu who are currently in Beiyuan Town.

Back then, Emperor Yanping, in order to weaken the Yang family’s power in Chongshan Town, deliberately sent them all to Beiyuan Town. He probably didn’t anticipate that after the Yang family went to Beiyuan Town, they would transform it to resemble Chongshan Town.

Of course, Beiyuan Town and Chongshan Town are still different; the Yang family has yet to reach deep-rooted power in Beiyuan Town.

Ji Zhen stroked his white goatee and said, ”Yang Mingcheng, Yang Mingzhi, and Yang Minghao have long been innate martial artists, this is not a secret!”

”As for how many innate martial artists there are in the Yang family now!”

As he spoke, a glint of light flashed in Ji Zhen’s eyes, ”I recall Yang Zhenshan had quite a few personal followers, didn’t they all follow the Yang family to Star Moon Island?”

Ji Hai’s face suddenly filled with shock, ”Master, are you saying they are also innate martial artists?”

Ji Zhen took a deep breath, ”Han Fei only followed Yang Zhenshan for a few years and is now an innate martial artist, what about those personal followers who have been with Yang Zhenshan all along?”

Ji Hai couldn’t sit still any longer, he sprang up suddenly.

They all knew the Yang family was strong and that they had developed well overseas these past years, but no one knew exactly to what extent the Yang family had grown in strength.

”The old marquis had twenty personal followers, and the Yang family had three hundred guards, many of whom started following the old marquis from An Yuan City, it’s been thirty years now!”

”Han Fei also started following the old marquis at that time.”

”Twenty personal followers and three hundred guards, even if only ten percent could become innate martial artists, that’s still more than thirty!”

”But within the Yang family, there are also many servants, it’s said that the family servants are all required to practice cultivation!”

”Master! This~~”

He was utterly bewildered.

Suddenly, it was as if he discovered a world-shattering secret.

A secret even he couldn’t believe, he doubted his own mind, wondering how he came up with such an unreliable conclusion.

Ji Zhen was equally flabbergasted; he had never considered this issue before, but now upon careful thought, he felt their conjecture might indeed be true.

The current Yang family might have dozens of innate martial artists, thirty? Forty? Fifty? Or even more!

Whether it’s thirty or fifty, it’s an extremely exaggerated number.

And their hypothesis is not unfounded. Just look at the experiences of Yang Chengze, Yang Chengxu, and Han Fei, anyone who followed Yang Zhenshan almost invariably became a martial arts master.

The longer one followed Yang Zhenshan and the closer their relationship with him, the higher their cultivation level.

Suddenly, a flash of spiritual light struck Ji Zhen’s mind!

Their Hengdao Sect also seems to conform to this logic!

What was the Hengdao Sect like before, and what is it like now?

He himself was able to break through to the Innate Realm because of Yang Zhenshan’s beverages!

Ji Hai was able to break through to the Innate Realm, possibly because of those beverages and tea leaves.

Thinking of this, waves surged through Ji Zhen’s heart.

Many people know the Yang family’s beverages and tea have very good effects.

But few would have thought these could help martial artists reach the Innate Realm.

Firstly, the effects of Spiritual Spring Water are relatively slow, only with prolonged and substantial consumption can there be a noticeable effect.

Secondly, Yang Zhenshan never completely concealed this, always sending them as ordinary gifts.

During festival seasons, the Yang family would send out large amounts of beverages and tea.

Back then when the Yang family still had a shop in the Capital City, they would exchange beverages for treasure medicines, which led people to believe the view that although these beverages and tea leaves were remarkable, they weren’t as precious as treasure medicines.

Thus nowadays most people consider these beverages and tea leaves more as nourishing remedies, mainly effective for strengthening the body and healing injuries, while overlooking Spiritual Spring Water’s most vital effect—’enhancing potential.’

Ji Zhen naturally drank a lot of Hundred Herbs Brew, and even now, during festivals, the Yang family sends some gifts over, within which beverages and tea are the main gifts.

Perhaps due to receiving too much, or perhaps due to becoming accustomed to the presence of these beverages and tea, they ignored their true value.

Ji Zhen could not help but take another deep breath, ”It seems we have no choice!”

What choice is there!

The future of Hengdao Sect lies with the Yang family!

Not only because of how much beverage and tea Hengdao Sect received from the Yang family before but because if the sect wishes to continue thriving, they cannot do without the Yang family’s beverages and tea!

Hengdao Sect only has a way forward by aligning with the Yang family, with it comes more opportunities and a better future.