Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1405: Chapter 892: White Cloud Immortal City

“It’s fine if you don’t go. After all, I can come back anytime!” Yang Zhenshan laughed.

He was going to the White Cloud Immortal City to collect materials for refining the Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron and the Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword.

His cultivation had now reached the bottleneck of the mid-stage Foundation Establishment. It wouldn’t be long before he could strive for the late-stage Foundation Establishment.

Therefore, the matter of the Lifebound Magical Treasure could not be delayed any longer.

Although Qingli Immortal City was now prosperous, it was still far from White Cloud Immortal City. Many rare spiritual objects and materials could not be found in Qingli Immortal City, but were quite common in White Cloud Immortal City.

“Yan’er and Yang’er are about to reach Foundation Establishment. Can you leave now?” Yu Qingyi asked.

Ma Qiuyan and Cui Yang were now at the peak of the Qi Refining Ninth Layer, both preparing for the upcoming Foundation Establishment.

According to their plan, Ma Qiuyan would likely reach Foundation Establishment this year, while Cui Yang might have to wait until next year.

Yang Zhenshan laughed, “No problem, Xuanzhen and Jizhen can protect them, and I will also return at the crucial moment!”

The Foundation Establishment process takes about two to three months. Protection is not needed in the early and late stages; the real need arises when taking the Foundation Establishment Pill.

“As long as you have a plan in mind!” Yu Qingyi smiled and said.

The two of them strolled along the lakeside chatting idly until the twilight’s glow dyed the lake’s surface a fiery red, and then they returned to their courtyard.

The next day.

Yang Zhenshan arrived at Xuanqing Sect.

He was heading to White Cloud Immortal City, naturally not going alone. Mainly because he hadn’t been there before, he didn’t know the way, and he wasn’t familiar with White Cloud Immortal City, so he needed a companion.

He came to Xuanqing Sect to see if Yun Xiao would be interested in going with him to White Cloud Immortal City.

“Haha, what brings you here?”

At Immortal Fate Peak, Yun Xiao cheerfully welcomed Yang Zhenshan into the Luoxia Pavilion.

“I’m here for a reason.” Yang Zhenshan laughed.

The two sat down at the tea table, and Yun Xiao’s disciple hurriedly served tea.

“What’s the matter?” Yun Xiao asked curiously.

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In fact, Yang Zhenshan had come to Yun Xiao quite often over the years. Every year, he would send a Demon Essence Pill, and sometimes, he would come to exchange cultivation insights with Yun Xiao and Yun Xi. Alternatively, if he lacked a certain material, he would come to Yun Xiao and Yun Xi for help.

As time went by, the two became quite familiar, and they were now considered good friends.

“I’m going to White Cloud Immortal City. Do you want to come?” Yang Zhenshan took a sip of tea and asked directly.

Yun Xiao was slightly surprised, “White Cloud Immortal City isn’t very peaceful recently!”

“Oh, what’s going on?” Yang Zhenshan wasn’t aware of these things. Yun Xiao had previously told him that the workshop near White Cloud Immortal City in the Wanhua Mountain Range was attacked. However, Yang Zhenshan didn’t have sources for news from White Cloud Immortal City, so he wasn’t sure what changes were occurring there now.

By now, the Secret Martial Guards were of little help to him. They found it difficult to provide accurate and useful intelligence.

This situation arose because the spies within the Secret Martial Guards were all martial artists. Their identity constraints limited their ability to gather intelligence within the Immortal Cultivation World.

Take Qingli Immortal City, for example; martial artists simply couldn’t access the upper echelons of the White Cloud Commerce and could only analyze situations from obvious information. However, this analysis was often inaccurate and could have significant deviations.

Moreover, the Secret Martial Guards’ capabilities were limited to the Qingli Dynasty. Beyond that distance, they could not venture to gather intelligence.

Though Yang Zhenshan could provide Jade Tokens to the Secret Martial Guards, these tokens, after all, were keys to entering the Spirit Source Land. They were not suitable for large-scale use, as they could easily be used by outsiders to enter the Spirit Source Land.

Therefore, the Secret Martial Guards needed to transform. First, they would select Immortal Cultivators to join them. Secondly, they would shift focus from external intelligence gathering to internal monitoring.

This ‘internal’ refers not to the Spirit Source Land but to the power range of the Spirit Source Land, including the Sea of Spirit, Qingli Immortal City, the western Stormy Sea Area, the Ten Thousand Miles Sea Domain, and the Da’an Dynasty.

Of course, this isn’t to say that the Secret Martial Guards would stop gathering external information. They would still gather intelligence on various forces but only focus on a few significant forces.

Like White Cloud Immortal City.

This time, Yang Zhenshan planned to go to White Cloud Immortal City to establish a foothold there for intelligence collection regarding the White Cloud Immortal City.

However, this effort would only yield a small amount of overt information, merely allowing Yang Zhenshan to understand the visible changes in White Cloud Immortal City.

“I’m not entirely sure about the specifics, but I’ve heard that White Cloud Immortal City seems to have provoked the demons in the depths of the Wanhua Mountain Range, and now the cultivators from White Cloud Immortal City don’t dare venture deep into the Wanhua Mountain Range!” Yun Xiao said.

The demons in the Wanhua Mountain Range were not like the Yun Que Clan of Cangyu Mountain. While the Yun Que Clan was quite powerful, they maintained good relations with many human clan forces due to the surrounding human presence.

However, the demons deep within the Wanhua Mountain Range were more powerful and fierce, and their relationships with human forces were very complex.

“I see! No wonder recently the White Cloud Commerce has been acquiring a lot of strategic resources in Qingli Immortal City!” Yang Zhenshan remarked, connecting it to recent changes in Qingli Immortal City.

In the past two or three years, the White Cloud Commerce had acquired many talismans, elixirs, and magic artifacts in Qingli Immortal City, and the Spirit Source Land profited greatly as a result.