Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1476 - 926: Purging Spirit Source Land (2)

”Send him to the mining grounds to serve for a hundred years!” Yang Chengmao said.

”Being a descendant of the Yang family, his punishment should be more severe. Let him stay in the mining grounds until he dies of old age!” Yang Zhenshan said coldly.

In the Spirit Source Land, there is no death penalty. The most severe punishment is to go to the mining grounds. In fact, even if the punishment is for a hundred years, Yang Jilin would basically be spending his whole life there. Yang Jilin is an Innate Martial Artist with a lifespan of about one hundred and fifty years, and he is now nearly forty.

However, what Yang Zhenshan said completely cut off the possibility of Yang Jilin coming out of the mining grounds.

Such a punishment is not light at all.

”And those four, drag them out and give them a hundred lashes with the military cane, as a warning to others!”

Yang Zhenshan pointed to the four brothers of Yang Mingcheng beside him.

”Ah, father, we did nothing wrong!” Yang Mingcheng said naively.

Yang Zhenshan glared at him, ”Two hundred lashes!”

”Big brother, don’t say anything!” Yang Mingzhao quickly pulled on Yang Mingcheng’s sleeve.

Yang Chengye looked around and couldn’t help but whisper, ”Grandfather, really beat them?”

Among them was his own father.

”Nonsense, they must be beaten until their skin breaks and blood is drawn!”

Yang Zhenshan said.

Upon hearing this, Yang Chengye cast a helpless glance at his father.

Yang Chengmao also felt helpless.

Let them be beaten, let them be beaten, it’s only two hundred canes, it won’t kill them.

Yang Mingcheng and his three brothers dared not say another word and could only obediently walk down themselves to take the caning in front of Ziwei Tower.

Considerately, Yang Zhenshan had even arranged the people who would do the beating.

”Gentlemen, please excuse us!” Wang Lei said with a grin, holding a Mystic Iron Rod.

”Using this?” Yang Mingzhao was startled when he saw the Mystic Iron Rod in his hand.

Wang Lei chuckled, ”Mr. Si’s cultivation has not yet reached the Golden Body Realm, so a regular iron rod will suffice.”

”That’s good, that’s good!” Yang Mingzhao breathed a sigh of relief.

He was relieved, but the faces of the other three brothers darkened.

”Is it necessary to be so harsh?” Yang Minghao muttered.

”Sigh, just take it!” Yang Mingzhi said helplessly, honestly lying on the tiger bench.

Wang Lei and Li Chang exchanged a glance, then raised their rods and struck hard.

If others were to beat these four brothers, they might show some restraint.

But Wang Lei and Li Chang would certainly not hold back.

The Mystic Iron Rod struck heavily each time, and even with bodies as tough as iron of a Golden Body Realm Martial Artist, they were still beaten until their flesh was torn.

Yang Zhenshan stood upstairs, watching this scene.

Do the four brothers of Yang Mingcheng deserve to be beaten?

Of course they deserve it!

As the second generation of the Yang family, they are the most powerful people in the Spirit Source Land, apart from Yang Zhenshan and Yu Qingyi.

Yang Zhenshan and Yu Qingyi don’t care about mundane affairs, but they have always been responsible for affairs in the Spirit Source Land.

Yang Zhenshan punishing them was both a punishment and a warning to everyone.

With this round of punishment, the Spirit Source Land should remain clean for decades.

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The unrest in the Spirit Source Land subsided in just three days.

Although many people were punished this time, the overall impact on the Spirit Source Land was not significant.

After all, it was clear that Yang Zhenshan was in charge. Who would dare to have any objections to him?

After the matters were concluded, Yang Zhenshan immediately instructed Yang Chengmao to arrange for people to take over the Wuxiang Sect and Wuxiang City.

The Wuxiang Sect and Wuxiang City are not like the Yang Family Town, which can be taken over with just a few hundred people.

Not to mention the situation of the Wuxiang Sect, just speaking of Wuxiang City, as the largest city under the control of the Wuxiang Sect and the only one directly governed by it, the scale of Wuxiang City is not inferior to the Xuanqing Sect’s Green Jade City.

Wuxiang City has a population of 300,000 and is one of the largest cities in the Sea of Spirit.

After the incident with the Wuxiang Sect, Wuxiang City fell into chaos, and although later on, disciples from the Xuanqing Sect maintained order, the city remained in turmoil, and the citizens were all in panic.

Outside Wuxiang City.

A mighty and murderous army came imposing in.

A force of three thousand, all cavalry, galloped in from the direction of the Wuxiang Sect.

In the blink of an eye, the army was already at the gates of Wuxiang City.

On the city walls, the disciples of the Xuanqing Sect on duty all became nervous.

”Elder, that is!”

A disciple approached Chu Lingxiao, asking nervously.

Chu Lingxiao glared fiercely at the army outside the city and said solemnly, ”No need to panic, it’s the Yang family’s troops!”

”Yang family? Which Yang family?” The disciple next to him was bewildered.

”Which Yang family could it be? Naturally, the Immortal Cultivation Family Yang family!” someone said.

”To think the Yang family has such an army!”

”Look at their mounts, all Mutant Beasts! Gale Grey Wolves, Cloud Tiger Cubs, and those horses, all Red Cloud Horses! Right, Red Cloud Horses are the Mutant Beasts sold by the Yang family!”

”Mutant Beasts are one thing, but look at their armor and weapons, they’re all spiritual weapons!”

A group of disciples from the Xuanqing Sect discussed fervently about the 3,000 Yujing Guards outside the city.

The current three ranks of Yujing Guard can be said to be armed to the teeth.

The soldiers of the Yujing Guard are generally divided into three types: spearmen, sword shield bearers, and archers, each equipped differently.

Spearmen possess a full set of top-grade spirit armor and wield a top-grade spiritual weapon spear, additionally equipped with eight mid-grade spiritual weapon short spears.

Sword shield bearers have a full set of top-grade spirit armor, with top-grade spiritual weapons shield and longsword, one each.

Archers are perhaps the most unique troop in the Yujing Guard. They, too, have top-grade spirit armor, but theirs is leather, not iron, offering slightly less protection. Their most important weapon is their longbow, but the most valuable thing they carry is the arrows in their storage bags.

A full three hundred arrows, all of spiritual weapon grade, with many reaching top-grade.

It can be said every archer’s storage bag holds three hundred spiritual weapons.

This setup is not something an ordinary force can achieve.

The 3,000 Yujing Guard halted under the gates of Wuxiang City, and their murderous aura instantly spread, causing the previously chatting Xuanqing Sect disciples to close their mouths involuntarily.

Chu Lingxiao gazed at the soldiers below, unable to suppress a cold gasp.

Three thousand soldiers is not much; even the Spirit Three Sects once had a city defense force in Anhu City. However, the military nature of the Spirit Three Sects’ army was lower than that of martial artists. In simple terms, the soldiers were more like martial artists, not disciplined soldiers.

In contrast, the three ranks of Yujing can be regarded as a proper army, organized entirely on a military model. Regardless of the level of cultivation among soldiers, they are a military force.

”Song Dashan, Guest Elder of the Yang family, here to take over Wuxiang City. Please, Elder of the Xuanqing Sect, open the city gates!” Song Dashan, riding a Cloud Tiger Cub, shouted from below.

The walls of Wuxiang City are more than six zhang high. For Innate Martial Artists, ordinary walls hold no significance since they can fly.

However, the walls of Wuxiang City are no ordinary walls but ones with arrays set on them.

Even if they’re only lower second-order arrays, they’re still very formidable in defense.

This was one of the reasons the Nether Prison Sect hadn’t attacked Wuxiang City before.

Chu Lingxiao stepped out from the walls, gently descending before Song Dashan.

”Chu Lingxiao of the Xuanqing Sect!”

”Song Dashan of the Yang family greets the senior!” Song Dashan cupped his fists in salute.

Chu Lingxiao observed Song Dashan, secretly thinking, ”Another unfamiliar Golden Body Realm Martial Artist! Just how many Golden Body Realm Martial Artists does the Yang family have?”

”Do you have the Yang family credential?”

She was somewhat related to the Yang family by marriage, her granddaughter Li Qianqian having married into the Yang family.

However, since Li Qianqian married into the Yang family, she hadn’t returned to the Xuanqing Sect.

As a result, her understanding of the Yang family was limited.

Nevertheless, she had gained much from the Yang family; the conditions Yu Qingyi had promised her years ago hadn’t been forgotten. Over the years, the Yang family had sent her many cultivation resources, and her cultivation had reached the late Golden Body Realm.

”I do!” Song Dashan produced a Jade Token and handed it to Chu Lingxiao.

Chu Lingxiao examined it, nodding slightly, then shouted to the disciples on the walls, ”Open the city gates!”

The Yang family’s credential is a Jade Token, already registered in Hidden Sword Mountain, Xuanqing Sect, and Illusion Moon Sect.

The main method of verifying the token’s authenticity lies in the restriction on the token.

However, the Jade Token Chu Lingxiao held was not the one that granted entrance to the Spirit Source Land, as it lacked the Spirit Seed of Yang Zhenshan. It was merely an ordinary token.