Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1076: Chapter 737: Marrying Off Feiyun (Part 2)

The Jade Spiritual Peach has the effect of refining True Yuan, and what he needs most now is precisely refining True Yuan. This is a process akin to grinding stone, requiring long-term cultivation to achieve. One Jade Spiritual Peach is roughly equivalent to three months of his cultivation, and these four can save him a year of cultivation time.

The Evergreen Nourishing Pill can balance the Yin and Yang of the Dantian and increase the chances of breaking through from the Earth Evil Stage to the Gang Qi Stage.

Coupled with a copy of the Green Wood Longevity Skill, it’s a Qi-attracting Cultivation Technique of the Innate Realm Heavenly Gang Stage, priced at eighty-two Spirit Stones in the Ten Thousand Skill Pavilion.

Of course, in Lan Peng’s hands, this Cultivation Technique definitely isn’t worth eighty-two Spirit Stones.

These three items are all carefully prepared for Yang Zhenshan.

Their value may not compare to a well-tamed Mutant Beast, but is definitely far beyond the value of the Flying Slave Eagle.

Frankly, Feiyun is not worth this price.

"General Lan, forget these things, Feiyun can be given to General Lan, but I have a condition!" Yang Zhenshan said calmly.

Lan Peng looked at him, a hint of displeasure flashing in his eyes.

He felt Yang Zhenshan was a bit oblivious to the situation, as he approached with sincerity, yet Yang Zhenshan still laid down conditions.

Nonetheless, he patiently said, "Mr. Yang, please say it!"

In fact, he was quite vexed. He wanted the Flying Slave Eagle but couldn’t resort to robbery. It should be known that eagle-type Mutant Beasts are very stubborn; if directly seized for taming, it might force the Flying Slave Eagle to death.

And if its owner were killed, the outcome would be troublesome. The eagle would fight desperately and surely wouldn’t submit.

Thus, in facing Yang Zhenshan, Lan Peng could neither forcibly seize nor press excessively, but could only obtain the Flying Slave Eagle’s approval by buying or exchanging.

Yang Zhenshan said: "Feiyun is actually my granddaughter’s spirit pet. It’s grown up alongside her. My granddaughter is pleased knowing Feiyun has a good home, but she’s still a bit attached."

"So, I’d like to wait until they hatch nestlings, then bring one back for my granddaughter to raise, sparing her the constant longing for Feiyun!"

Lan Peng showed an astonished expression, then laughed heartily: "This is simple, I agree. Once they have children, I’ll bring one over first."

He didn’t doubt Yang Zhenshan’s words, as the feelings between Martial Artists and spirit pets are very deep, little different from the feelings for their own family members.

If someone is truly reluctant, it absolutely shows.

As for sending a chick back, it’s actually not a big deal. Generally, when spirit pets are paired, the offspring are equally split between the two families.

However, eagle-type Mutant Beasts have some peculiarities; once they form mate relationships, they won’t separate again.

Yang Zhenshan putting forth such a condition instantly dispelled the slight dissatisfaction Lan Peng had felt earlier.

"Haha, it’s good that General Lan is willing, as today General Lan can bring Feiyun to leave together!" Yang Zhenshan laughed.

"That’s good. Jin Yu has been pestering me to come over these days, eager to leave with Feiyun!"

Lan Peng smiled kindly: "Certainly, these things Mr. Yang should still keep."

"I’ll be stationing at Nanqing Mountain frequently in the future, so we’re practically neighbors; I’ll inevitably trouble Mr. Yang then!"

Yang Zhenshan’s heart sank, "General Lan is stationing frequently at Nanqing Mountain?"

"Yes, it’s the order of the Great General!" Lan Peng said.

Upon hearing this news, Yang Zhenshan couldn’t help but feel vexed.

This is not a good thing!

Initially, he thought that with the downfall of the Xiang family, the Yang family could take the opportunity to expand slightly, occupying a few more peaks.

But now with Lan Peng occupying Nanqing Mountain, how can the Yang family expand?

Expand westwards?

Both west and north are desolate mountains, with no meaning for expansion.

Expand eastwards?

The families to the east are not easy to bully either, not inferior to the Xiang family.

Expansion is secondary; with Lan Peng stationed here with the Red Flame Army, Yang’s actions must be more cautious.

Lingxi Mountain will now live under Lan Peng’s watchful eye, hindering many of Yang Zhenshan’s operations.

Though vexed inside, outwardly Yang Zhenshan pretended to be pleased, laughing: "Then I ask General Lan to look after us in the future!"

"Haha, certainly, certainly!"

After chatting a bit longer, Lan Peng stood up to bid farewell, with Sky Cloud following Jin Yu and leaving; at least this fellow showed some sentiment, circling around Yang Zhenshan for a long time before departing.

Of course, what it wanted was not Yang Zhenshan, but Yang Wanqi. Unfortunately, Yang Wanqi was not suitable to come out to send it off at this time.

The items were indeed left by Lan Peng, and despite Yang Zhenshan’s intent to decline, he ultimately accepted them.

Watching Lan Peng’s figure disappear amidst the forest at the mountain’s base, Yang Zhenshan let out a gentle sigh.

"Alas, in the future, actions must be even more prudent!"

Standing behind him, Li Chang softly said: "Actually, this isn’t bad. With General Lan here, we can calmly accumulate strength."

Yang Zhenshan nodded slightly; this does make sense.

With a fierce figure like Lan Peng nearby, plus the kinship formed by the two eagles, surrounding Martial Arts Families definitely wouldn’t dare provoke the Lingxi Yang Family.

Yang Zhenshan now needs time; as long as there is enough, he can steadily cultivate to the Heavenly Gang Stage, and then find a way to seek breaking through to the Martial God Realm with the Golden Body Skill.

The day after Lan Peng’s departure, Yang Zhenshan went again to the Nanxia County workshop.

In the Spirit Flame Foundry, Yang Zhenshan took out a thick snake skin.

"Brother Qiu, come help me check this snake skin!"

As the saying goes, ’first acquaintance, second familiarity,’ Yang Zhenshan initially forged a spear here at the Spirit Flame Foundry and later customized a sword for Yu Qingyi here, so naturally, he became familiar with Qiu Jin.

Qiu Jin is about the same age as Yang Zhenshan, not yet a hundred years old, with cultivation also at the Earth Evil Stage.

The Qiu family has a hereditary Artifact Refining craft, and Qiu Jin’s two sons are good Forging Masters, though unable to refine Spiritual Artifacts yet, they can greatly assist Qiu Jin.

"Snake skin!" Qiu Jin’s eyes lit up when he saw the blue-black snake skin Yang Zhenshan produced.

"This is the snake skin of a Blue-eyed Cold Snake!"

Yang Zhenshan smiled: "Brother Qiu has a good eye, yes, it’s indeed the snake skin of a Blue-eyed Cold Snake."

Qiu Jin carefully examined the snake skin, which was very complete, with only minimal damage.

The entire set of snake skin was three zhang long and seven chi wide, half in soft white and predominantly blue-black, hard as iron.

The white soft snake skin was the belly skin of the big serpent, which, though soft, was extremely tough, not inferior to the blue-black snake skin.

"This is an Intermediate Mutant Beast! Hmm, the snake skin is very complete and can craft five sets of hard armor and five sets of soft armor! Brother Yang, do you want to craft it?" Qiu Jin smiled.

This was a big transaction indeed!

Even though his business was the only one of its kind in the workshop, he seldom received such a large deal.

"What about hard armor? And soft armor?" Yang Zhenshan asked.

"The hard armor can be modeled after Scale Armor, adding some materials to reach the level of Mid-grade Spirit Armor!"

"Soft armor needs only to protect the chest and abdomen, is lightweight, and can be worn regularly, barely noticeable when worn inside. However, soft armor can’t have additional materials added; once made, it would only count as Low-grade Spirit Armor!"

"But whether it’s hard armor or soft armor, neither are suitable for Brother Yang to wear. This snake skin is an Ice Attribute Spiritual Material, best used to craft Ice Attribute Spirit Armor!"

Qiu Jin explained.

"What effect will wearing it have?" Yang Zhenshan frowned slightly, asking.

"There’s no effect, it’s just that no additional Rune Spirit Array can be added. If an Ice Attribute Martial Artist wears it, I can add a Spirit Armor Array to use at critical moments for saving one’s life!" Qiu Jin said.

Yang Zhenshan realized, "Then just make it wearable without any Spirit Arrays!"

Under his command, there were presently no practitioners of Ice Attribute, thus there was no need to pursue Ice Attribute Spirit Armor.

"But the price may be quite high! Soft armor is fine, as it doesn’t require additional materials. But hard armor does require a lot of Spiritual Material; at least, each set of hard armor needs dozens of jin of Mystic Crystal Iron and Quenched Yellow Copper!" Qiu Jin said, a bit awkwardly.

Though he had opened this casting workshop, he wasn’t a qualified businessman; after all these years, he was still a bit awkward discussing prices.