Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1037: Chapter 719: Land of Calamity (Part 2)

Especially the city of Shanggu, it is even more prosperous and bustling, a world apart from other counties.

The streets are wide and smooth, with the green stone slab roads shining with a gentle luster under the wear of time, and carriages and pedestrians are in constant motion. The streets are lined with taverns, buildings with ornate carvings and paintings, overhanging eaves and brackets, majestic and imposing.

The tavern’s sign sways in the wind, inscribed with the bold and grand characters "Drunken Immortal Tower," exuding a strong sense of mundane life.

Yang Zhenshan sat on the second floor of the tavern, looking through the window at the lively scene on the street.

The pedestrians on the street wore different clothes, some dressed in silk and satin with fluttering sleeves; others wore coarse cloth and linen garments, yet were clean and neat, exuding a simple aura.

Most importantly, martial artists crowded the place, experts abounded, with a scene of Innate Martial Artists everywhere, and Postnatal Martial Artists being as common as dogs.

In just a short moment, Yang Zhenshan spotted six Innate Martial Artists walking down the street below, and these were only those he could discern; there were some he couldn’t determine their cultivation.

"How many Innate Martial Artists are there?" Yang Zhenshan asked Tian Hu, who sat opposite him.

After three months together, Tian Hu had integrated into their small team, becoming Yang Zhenshan’s strategist.

"I’m not sure. Shanggu County has always been where Dazhao has the most martial artists. Innate Martial Artists from various places come to Shanggu County seeking cultivation methods or purchasing various cultivation resources, and many Martial Arts Families even think about settling in Shanggu County!" Tian Hu replied.

Yang Zhenshan nodded slightly, as this was similar to the siphon effect of big cities, the rich resources made martial artists from all over the Dazhao Dynasty flock toward Shanggu County.

If Shanggu County is like this, then the regions around the Sea of Spirit are probably similar.

Not to mention far, just the Sea of Spirit has a siphon effect on martial artists within ten thousand miles, attracting many Innate Martial Artists, making that number a terrifying figure.

Take Dazhao as an example, the entire Dazhao should have thousands of Innate Martial Artists, even if only thirty percent of them come to Shanggu County, that’s still over a thousand Innate Martial Artists.

A city with over a thousand Innate Martial Artists is unimaginable in the Ten Thousand Miles Sea Domain.

But in the Sea of Spirit, this is indeed a very common occurrence.

The areas around the Sea of Spirit have many cities similar to Shanggu County.

Yang Zhenshan gazed at the bustling street and fell into contemplation.

Xuanzhen had already parted ways with them, heading to the Xuanqing Sect, and Li Shangyuan also parted ways, taking his disciples out to explore.

Although they came with Yang Zhenshan, they were not Yang Zhenshan’s people; they each had their own goals, and it was impossible for them to follow Yang Zhenshan indefinitely.

So when entering Shanggu County, they parted ways with Yang Zhenshan.

Meanwhile, Chen Zhongshu and Lv Hua remained with Yang Zhenshan, having essentially joined the Yang family, becoming as one of them.

So the question arose, what should be their next step?

Directly seize territory and be king, take it by force?

This was obviously impractical!

Yang Zhenshan would probably be crushed by a joint effort from the Three Sects and Twelve Families as soon as he showed up.

Even without the Three Sects, just one of the Twelve Families could flatten Yang Zhenshan.

Not to mention, there are Martial God Realm experts among them.

Yang Zhenshan, no matter how self-confident, did not think he could stand against a Martial God Realm expert.

Logically, the cultivation technique of the Dazhao royal family would be the easiest to obtain, considering the Dazhao royal family has already perished.

Now, there’s no more Dazhao Dynasty, as Dazhao has fragmented into several divided regimes.

The Lu family in Heavenly Que City has no intention of contending for the world, so it’s estimated that a large dynasty may never appear again in this expansive territory.

Yang Zhenshan estimated this outcome might be exactly what the Three Sects and Twelve Families wanted.

They surely wouldn’t want a large dynasty as their neighbor!

Thus, the Lu family of Tianque would give up ruling and only wish to integrate into the Sea of Spirit.

However, Yang Zhenshan felt that obtaining the Dazhao royal family’s cultivation technique wouldn’t be easy because too many people are eyeing that technique now.

"Can’t be too impatient, haste makes waste!" Yang Zhenshan said to himself silently.

"Moreover, before cultivating a Martial God Realm technique, I still need to find other cultivation techniques to train in to form a complete system in my cultivation!"

"And then there are Spirit Fruits, Spirit Pills, Rune Secret Skills, etc., all of these things need to be collected slowly!"

"I am not Xuanzhen, I can take it slowly, I still have plenty of lifespan to patiently wait for opportunities!"

Counting the time, it has been fifty-nine years since he came to this world, which means he is now ninety-seven years old.

Living to a hundred years is just around the corner!

But he still has at least fifty more years of lifespan, maybe even more.

The Yimu Chang Chun Skill has life-extending effects, and there’s no doubt, his lifespan will definitely not be shorter than Xuanzhen’s; living to one hundred seventy or eighty is not a big problem.

"First find a place to settle down, then slowly plan, gradually integrate into the Sea of Spirit, and wait for the opportunity to contend for the Martial God Realm technique!"

"The Three Sects and Twelve Families, the Three Sects have been passed down for a thousand years, trying to win techniques from their hands is not easy, but the Twelve Families change every few decades, there should still be a chance."

"Also, concerning the Spirit Source Land, the existence of the Spirit Source Land must not be exposed here. Luckily, right now, only Li Chang and Wang Lei by my side know about the existence of the Spirit Source Land, so the risk of exposure is not great!"

Just when Yang Zhenshan was deep in thought, Li Chang walked in from the outside.