Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1158: Chapter 777: Qi Refining Stage 8 (Part 2)

After calming down, he began to get involved in the affairs of the Spirit Source Land. The difference was that Jiang He focused mainly on various complicated matters, while Yang Mingzhi, after understanding the situation a little, dedicated his energy and time to cultivation.

He had already fallen behind a lot in these ten years.

Now, Yang Mingcheng and Yang Minghao’s cultivation had reached the peak of the Earth Evil Stage, and they were about to break through to the Heavenly Gang Stage, while his cultivation was still at the Qi Sea Stage.

Staying on Divine Wood Island had delayed his cultivation considerably, so now he needed to compensate quickly.

Similarly, Yang Chengye, Yang Chengyou, and others were adapting to life in the Spirit Source Land while starting to cultivate diligently.

These two fellows, one was once an Emperor and the other a King, both rulers of a nation, but in the Spirit Source Land, they still did what they needed to, whether as a grandson or a son.

As for their job placements, it was simple; just follow their old man’s lead.

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At the pavilion by the lakeside on the Spiritual Spring Mountain Plateau.

Yang Zhenshan woke from meditation with a look of joy on his face.

Qi Refining Eighth Layer!

This was his first breakthrough on the Immortal Path, and the process was very smooth, without any accidents, even surprisingly so.

"It was easier than I thought. Could I be a genius at cultivating immortality?"

Yang Zhenshan happily muttered to himself.

But he quickly realized that he was definitely not an immortal cultivation genius; if he were a genius, he should have broken through long ago, not delayed until now.

From Qi Refining Seventh Layer to Qi Refining Eighth Layer, he spent more than three years.

This time doesn’t seem long, but in fact, it is quite lengthy.

It’s important to know that in these three years, the number of Spirit Fruits Yang Zhenshan consumed was uncountable, especially the Green Jasper Spirit Peach, a Wood Attribute Spirit Fruit. Almost all the Green Jasper Spirit Peaches went into his stomach; even Yu Qingyi didn’t get many.

Although the Green Jasper Spirit Peach wasn’t a rare spiritual object, he ate a lot of them.

There were also the lotus seeds of the Taoist Intent Sacred Lotus, Spiritual Wine, and all kinds of newly made elixirs. Anything beneficial for cultivation in the Spirit Source Land, he used as much as he wanted.

However, despite all this, it still took him over three years to break through.

"According to my current progress, it will take at least five years to reach the Ninth Layer, and achieving Great Perfection at the Ninth Layer will probably take ten years. That means I need another fifteen years before I can attempt Foundation Establishment!"

"This pace is a bit slow!"

Yang Zhenshan frowned slightly.

If it weren’t for changing to the Immortal Path, he estimated he could attempt a breakthrough to the Martial God Realm within ten years.

But now he had already spent four years, and if he had to cultivate for another fifteen years, that would be almost twice the time.

"The speed of absorbing Spiritual Energy is still too slow. I need better elixirs to enhance my cultivation speed!"

"With the ’Void Refining Scripture,’ I no longer need to take the Nourishing God Pill, but I need elixirs to boost Spiritual Energy. The Martial Artist’s Qi Nourishing Pill should work, but the recipe for the Qi Nourishing Pill is in the hands of the Three Sects of Lingxiu, so it’s unlikely I’ll get it!"

Yang Zhenshan waved his hand and took a bamboo slip from the side.

This was an alchemy inheritance he obtained from an Ancient Relic Array, which recorded some elixir recipes of the Immortal Path.

Among them were more than a dozen elixir recipes such as the Fasting Pill and Jade Marrow Pill. Most of the recipes were for rather basic elixirs and not very useful to him.

There were only two elixirs that were of significant use: the Jade Marrow Pill and the Foundation Establishment Pill.

The spiritual pills of Martial Arts were actually derived from the elixirs of the Immortal Path, like the Nourishing God Pill, which is included here, just with a slightly different refining method.

There was also a difference in the grading of elixirs.

In this Sea of Spirit area, elixirs are divided into four grades: Mortal Pill, Spirit Pill, Divine Pill, and Immortal Pill, with each grade also divided into upper, middle, and lower qualities.

The corresponding stages are Postnatal Realm, Innate Realm, Martial God Realm, and Martial Immortal Realm.

Elixirs of the Immortal Path are graded as non-ranked, First-order, Second-order, and Third-order, which is actually similar to the division of Martial Arts elixirs. Non-ranked corresponds to mortal, First-order to spirit pill, Second-order to divine pill.

The difference lies in that while even Immortal Path elixirs are divided into upper, middle, and lower qualities, this grading is for the same type of elixir.

For instance, the Nourishing God Pill is a mid-grade Spirit Pill in the Martial Arts elixir grades, regardless of how well it’s refined, it’s still a mid-grade Spirit Pill.

But in the grades of Immortal Path elixirs, it belongs to a First-order elixir. A lower-quality one is a low-grade Nourishing God Pill, a slightly better quality one is a mid-grade Nourishing Body Pill, then comes the top-grade Nourishing God Pill, and finally, the top-grade Beautifying God Pill.

The grade of Martial Arts elixirs is fixed, while the grade of Immortal Path elixirs is finely classified based on the quality of the elixirs.

The grading of Immortal Path elixirs is also manifested in cloud patterns. All Immortal Path elixirs have cloud patterns, with one cloud pattern for low-grade, two cloud patterns for mid-grade, four cloud patterns for top-grade, and nine cloud patterns for supreme-grade.

Different grades of elixirs have different effects; the higher the grade, the greater the efficacy, and the less pill poison.

In terms of Immortal Path elixir grading, martial spirit pills do not even qualify as low-grade.

Yang Zhenshan didn’t know what Martial Arts Divine Pills were like, but he knew that spirit pills above them lacked cloud patterns and only had some runes.

The Nourishing God Pills he had taken before were actually the Martial Arts version, not the Immortal Path version.

Now he needed the Jade Marrow Pill, an elixir not available in the Sea of Spirit.

It’s categorized as a First-order elixir; its main ingredient for refining is the Jade Marrow Mushroom, supplemented by Ice Heart Fruit, Green Jasper Spirit Peach, Five Willow Roots, Green Jade Stone Powder, and more than ten other items.

Yang Zhenshan looked at these herbs; most of them were cultivated in the Spirit Source Land, but some might not be old enough and might need to be purchased from elsewhere.

Green Jade Stone Powder isn’t a spiritual medicine, but rather a mineral herb. Green Jade Stone is a Wood Attribute Spirit Stone, something not too difficult to buy.

"Material-wise, there’s not much of a problem, but I’ll need to recast the alchemy furnace. The Immortal Path’s alchemy furnace differs from the Martial Arts one, which is too rough to use many fine techniques!"

"Especially regarding the flame; the Flame Array isn’t suitable for refining these spirit pills; I need to use earth fire instead!"

"Earth fire, does Spirit Source Land have fire veins?"

Yang Zhenshan released his spiritual sense, connecting with the Origin Core, extending it across the entire Spirit Source Land.

Every piece of land has its veins, with the most common ones being undoubtedly Earth Veins and Water Veins, supporting mountains and rivers. In addition, there are fire veins and gold veins.

Fire veins contain earth fire; if there is a volcano or geothermal source, it originates from a fire vein.

Gold veins are often expressed in the form of mineral veins.

Besides that, there are Spirit Veins, which generally merge with other veins, such as a Spiritual Spring, which is actually the fusion of a Spirit Vein and a Water Vein.

The reason there are so many spirit lands and spiritual objects in the Sea of Spirit is due to the convergence of Spirit Veins and Water Veins underground.

The Spirit Source Land naturally has Spirit Veins and Water Veins, but whether there are fire veins, Yang Zhenshan truly did not know.

He overlooked the undulating forested hills, feeling the differences in Spiritual Energy within the woods.

Finding Earth Veins isn’t a simple task; in the outside world, he wouldn’t even be able to see Earth Veins, but in Spirit Source Land, he could give it a try.

It’s not just about using Spirit Stones to scan the underground vein situation; he couldn’t do that yet. He was observing the differences in Spiritual Energy in each area.

Earth Veins affect the attributes of Spiritual Energy on the surface; above Water Veins, Water Spiritual Energy is naturally the most abundant, and likewise, Fire Spiritual Energy is denser above Fire Veins.

Previously he couldn’t sense these subtle differences, but now that he had fused with the Origin Core, Yang Zhenshan could clearly perceive the differences in Spiritual Energy in Spirit Source Land.

As he sensed it, he found that Spirit Source Land appeared to be primarily based on water veins, starting from that spring in the north to the Spiritual Spring Mountain Plateau, then along the Spirit River all the way to the southern end, forming a very distinct water vein.

"Spiritual Spring, Spirit River? The Spirit River formed later; theoretically, the original Spirit River’s path was uncertain, so there shouldn’t have been a water vein, yet now there seems to be one!"

"Hmm, the Gold Spiritual Energy here is quite concentrated; it’s that Mystic Iron Ore deposit. Unfortunately, the quality is too low, not worth mining! But it can serve as a place for practitioners with Gold Attributes to cultivate!"