Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1166: Chapter 781: The War Between the Three Lingxiu Sects and the Nether Prison Sect

”Your Majesty, a Divine Wood Envoy seeks an audience!”

As Yang Jijue was attending to memorials, an elderly eunuch with a pale and beardless face quietly spoke.

This elderly eunuch was none other than Li Shangxi.

Li Shangxi was undoubtedly a veteran of this Imperial City, having served Emperor Yanping, Emperor Jianxing, and now Yang Jijue. He had served five emperors in total.

In terms of seniority, there were likely very few in the entire Da’an Dynasty who could compare to him.

”Envoy, who has come?” Yang Jijue asked.

According to the rules set by Yang Zhenshan, there were no hierarchies between Divine Wood Island and the Da’an Dynasty. The Yang family had no subordinate relationship with the Da’an Dynasty. Although the Da’an Dynasty was the Yang family’s legacy, it did not entirely belong to them; it belonged to the millions of people of the Da’an Dynasty.

To prevent other members of the Yang family from unduly interfering in the politics of the Da’an Dynasty, Yang Zhenshan had clearly delineated the boundaries from the beginning.

The Yang family had the right to supervise the Da’an emperor but had no power to interfere with the Da’an administration. If the Da’an emperor was a foolish ruler, the Yang family could enact the act of deposing the emperor.

Previously, this rule was not formalized, but in recent years, after the connection between the Spirit Source Land and Divine Wood Island, the Clan Council established many rules, including the supervisory authority over Da’an and Dajing.

Removing emperors could not be done arbitrarily; it required the consent of the Clan Council.

However, the supervisory authority over the emperor remained with the Foreign Affairs Hall.

Additionally, the Foreign Affairs Hall would dispatch personnel to be stationed in Da’an, and those stationed in Da’an were referred to as Divine Wood Envoys.

”It is Master Yang Chengxu!” Li Shangxi said.

Yang Jijue stood up and asked, ”Who is he?”

Well, he did not know Yang Chengxu. In fact, he was not very familiar with many members of the Yang family. The Yang family now had a large population, and Yang Jijue had dozens of brothers in his generation, many of whom he had never met.

As for Yang Chengxu, judging by the generation name, he should belong to his grandfather’s generation.

”Master Yang Chengxu in his early years was one who followed the old ancestor, just like Master Yang Chengze!” Li Shangxi was relatively familiar with the senior generation of the Yang clan.

Upon hearing this, Yang Jijue understood Yang Chengxu’s identity.

The Liaodong Yang family, those who first followed Yang Zhenshan, should be elders of the Clan Council.

After the connection between the Spirit Source Land and Divine Wood Island, the Clan Council, in recent years, has established many rules, many of which concern the relationship between the Spirit Source Land and external forces, and the concealment of many matters regarding the Spirit Source Land.

The existence of the Spirit Source Land should not be blatantly exposed to the world, so the Clan Council has established many rules concerning the secrecy of the Spirit Source Land.

This includes hiding the existence of the Yang family, altering the system of Divine Wood Island, and reducing the number of people traveling outside from the Spirit Source Land.

Hiding the Yang family means hiding the Spirit Source Land, erasing many historical records related to the Yang family, altering many relationships between forces and the Yang family, such as changing the name of the Yang family’s business to Divine Wood Company.

Divine Wood Island was renamed Divine Wood Sect, establishing a sect system.

For example, restricting the number of people from the Foreign Affairs Hall traveling outside; in the future, without special circumstances, the Foreign Affairs Hall will only arrange a dozen or so people in Divine Wood Island, the Da’an Dynasty, and the Dajing Dynasty.

Now it is certainly impossible to cover up the existence of the Yang family, but after several decades to a hundred years, it’s estimated that the world will have forgotten about the Yang family.

In the Imperial Study Room, Yang Chengxu, dressed in a blue long gown, appeared like an ordinary person before Yang Jijue.

”Greetings, Your Majesty!”

”Greetings, Uncle Grandfather!”

The two exchanged courtesies. Since Yang Chengxu was of the same generation as Yang Chengye, Yang Jijue addressed him as Uncle Grandfather.

”Please take a seat, Uncle Grandfather!” Yang Jijue invited.

Yang Chengxu didn’t stand on ceremony and sat beside the tea table in the study room. The current Imperial Study Room was much the same as it had always been. Yang Zhenshan had often sat at the spot by the tea table, though this tea table was no longer the original.

”You may all leave now!”

Once the tea was served, Yang Jijue dismissed everyone before speaking again to Yang Chengxu, ”Uncle Grandfather, is there something the family instructs?”

Yang Chengxu produced a booklet and said, ”The Family Head has instructed that this Cultivation Technique should be spread throughout the world. Anyone who can master it may enter the Spirit Source Land to cultivate!”

Yang Jijue, surprised, took the Green Wood Skill and leafed through it. He was also a Martial Artist, with cultivation at the Postnatal Fifth Layer, but this Cultivation Technique did not seem particularly remarkable to him.

”What is this?” he asked, puzzled.

Yang Chengxu laughed, ”This is an Immortal Dao Skill. According to the Family Head, to cultivate the Immortal Dao Skill, one must possess a spiritual aperture. Besides the Family Head, only two people in the entire Spirit Source Land possess a spiritual aperture, and none could be found on Divine Wood Island!”

Speaking of spiritual apertures, Yang Chengxu shook his head in disappointment.

He himself didn’t have one, nor did any of his many descendants.

”Immortal Path!” Yang Jijue’s face showed a trace of intrigue.

This was his first time hearing about the Immortal Path. Before the connection of the Spirit Source Land and Divine Wood Island, he had already ascended the throne and thus had not been to the current Spirit Source Land, remaining mostly unaware of its condition.

”Is this a technique obtained from the Stormy Sea Area to the east?” he asked.

”Yes, the Family Head has already converted to the Immortal Path. The Family Head hopes to have more Immortal Cultivators join the Yang family, hence the intention to gather individuals with spiritual apertures in Da’an,” Yang Chengxu explained.

Yang Jijue slightly nodded, ”This is not difficult; I will encourage the masses to cultivate this technique!”

Promoting the Green Wood Skill posed no challenge to the court; a few incentives would attract many to practice this technique.