Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1036: Chapter 719: Land of Chaos

After understanding some situations, Yang Zhenshan went to communicate with Xuanzhen again; the spirit pills and such belonged to Yang Zhenshan, and he had no intention of sharing them with Xuanzhen.

Besides, these spirit pills didn’t have much use for Xuanzhen. What he needed was cultivation techniques for the Martial God Realm or elixirs that could prolong life.

Yang Zhenshan discussed those cultivation techniques with him for a while.

”So the cultivation techniques of the Dazhao royal family may not be suitable for me; I might need techniques with a wind attribute!” Xuanzhen said.

Yang Zhenshan nodded; these cultivation techniques inherently had attributes from the beginning.

Starting from body forging, to Refining Power, and then to condensing True Qi, they all shared the same attribute, complementing each other.

In contrast, the cultivation techniques they practiced were not only chaotic but also lacking attributes.

For instance, the Innate Cultivation Technique Yimu Chang Chun Skill that Yang Zhenshan practiced seemed like wood attribute, but in reality, it wasn’t. Its name actually came from the characteristics of Yimu Chang Chun and had no relation to attributes.

Yang Zhenshan speculated that cultivation techniques at the Martial God Realm might need to be more aligned with one’s own attributes.

Refining Golden Body, perceiving spirituality, and these processes should have a close connection with natural attributes.

Yang Zhenshan specialized in thunder attributes, Yu Qingyi specialized in wood attributes, Xuanzhen practiced wind attributes, and An Yuxing specialized in water attributes.

And just no one was practicing fire attributes.

”Can I practice this?” Li Shangyuan suddenly asked.

Yang Zhenshan looked at him, nodded, and said, ”If you want to practice, you can copy a version!”

Li Shangyuan hadn’t reached Enlightenment yet, so he lacked any attributes, but his cultivation technique was actually more compatible with water attributes.

Most of the cultivation techniques from Qinglan Island were compatible with water and wind attributes.

Of course, since Li Shangyuan hadn’t reached Enlightenment, he could change to other attributes now.

Yang Zhenshan pondered for a while, then said to Xuanzhen, ”There’s a Xuanqing Sect by the Sea of Spirit over there, considered a Taoist Sect. Don’t you want to try it?”

”Perhaps they’d be willing to accept you?”

Xuanzhen was startled; he hadn’t thought of that.

The Sea of Spirit had Three Sects and Twelve Clans. The Three Sects were Xuanqing Sect, Illusion Moon Sect, and Wuxiang Sect. The Xuanqing Sect was a Taoist Sect; if Xuanzhen went, he might get along with them.

”Why not try it? Even if it doesn’t work out, you won’t lose anything. Even if they refuse you, they probably won’t kill you!” Yang Zhenshan advised.

”Should I give it a try?” Xuanzhen said, a bit moved.

Yang Zhenshan grinned and said, ”We don’t need to go to the Dazhao Capital City; we don’t need those fire attribute cultivation techniques anyway, so let’s go straight to the Sea of Spirit!”

”That sounds good!” Xuanzhen nodded, agreeing with Yang Zhenshan’s idea.

One night passed, and early the next morning, the team set out again.

They no longer passed by Lushan County or the Dazhao Capital City but headed directly in the northeast direction towards the Sea of Spirit.

The Sea of Spirit was truly a Holy Land for cultivation; not only did it have Three Sects and Twelve Clans, but also many small sects and families, a gathering place for Martial Artists.

With Tian Hu, a local, leading the way, their journey proceeded smoothly.

Although Tian Hu’s strength was average, he was familiar with the western and northern regions of Dazhao, saving Yang Zhenshan and his companions much trouble.

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Spirit Origin Year 28, November.

Eastern Ancient County of the Dazhao Dynasty.

The cold northern wind howled through, bringing with it the freshness and purity of early winter.

The climate of the Dazhao Dynasty was somewhat different from that of Da Rong, especially in the northern regions, where, although all four seasons were distinct, the winter temperatures were lower, and it snowed a lot more.

Perhaps influenced by the cold air from the western sea, even with the entry into early winter, chilling cold winds had already arrived.

Yang Zhenshan’s group departed Divine Wood Island in June, entered Stormy Sea Area from Wind Island at the beginning of July, landed at Lushan County at the end of July, then traveled through hills and waters for nearly three months to finally reach the eastern region of the Dazhao Dynasty, the Ancient County.

The Sea of Spirit was roughly located in the northeastern part of the Dazhao Dynasty. Narrowly speaking, the Sea of Spirit was a large lake, but broadly, it comprised all the territories around the lake occupied by the Three Sects and Twelve Clans.

The Dazhao royal family was one of the Twelve Clans, yet only a small portion of the Dazhao Dynasty was close to the west coast of the Sea of Spirit.

On the map of the Dazhao Dynasty’s territories, it seemed like a hand stretching out to grab the edge of the Sea of Spirit from a distance.

And this hand was the Ancient County.

The shape of the Ancient County was like a thumbtack, with the slender nail piercing into the various forces at the edge of the Sea of Spirit.

East Splendor County was south of the Ancient County, and Heavenly Que City was very close to the Ancient County.

After the Lu family destroyed the royal family of Dazhao Dynasty at the Heavenly Que City, they did not crown themselves as kings or emperors but retracted their defenses, occupying half of East Splendor County and Ancient County, abandoning other territories of the Dazhao Dynasty.

Clearly, the Lu family had no intention of establishing a dynasty or becoming a royal family; they simply wanted to integrate into the Sea of Spirit and replace the Wei family as one of the Spirit Twelve Clans.

Naturally, Yang Zhenshan and his companions didn’t get too involved; during their journey, aside from traveling, they didn’t concern themselves with other matters, and thus successfully arrived at the Ancient County.

Once they entered the Ancient County, Yang Zhenshan and his companions noticed a difference.

During their journey, the counties they passed were all in chaos and the people were suffering, but the Ancient County presented a scene of peaceful prosperity, full of vitality.