Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1171: Chapter 783: Green Glow Sword (Part 2)

Of course, Yang Zhenshan isn’t afraid of its challenge; the Green Wolf King is sure to break through earlier than he does, but that doesn’t mean it can defeat him after its breakthrough.

His realm might not match the Green Wolf King, but his combat power in the Spirit Source Land can definitely suppress it.

It’s not just because he has the ability to teleport in the Spirit Source Land, but also because he is the master of it.

As he trains in the Void Refining Scripture, he has already grasped a bit of the rule power of the Spirit Source Land.

Just a bit, but enough to suppress the Green Wolf King.

The Green Wolf King showed a pondering look, understanding what Yang Zhenshan meant by spiritual objects.

"A Martial Artist needs spiritual objects to forge a Spirit Base to break into the Martial God Realm, do you need it?" Yang Zhenshan asked again.

The Green Wolf King understood this time, shook its large head, and let out two low growls.

"Not needed!" Yang Zhenshan was somewhat surprised.

Mutant Beasts don’t need spiritual objects to break through?

Then how do they break through?

Yang Zhenshan was very curious.

"Well, I’ll come to see when you break through then!"

Since the Green Wolf King doesn’t need spiritual objects, there’s no need for him to worry, and after chatting casually with the Green Wolf King for a bit, he left.

The casual chatting was just Yang Zhenshan talking nonsense, while the Green Wolf King listened. Of course, Yang Zhenshan didn’t engage it in idle talk out of boredom; it was a way for him to build rapport with the Green Wolf King and also to help it learn human language.

The Green Wolf King couldn’t speak human words, but it could learn to understand them.

Now, Yang Zhenshan doesn’t need to gesture when communicating with it; there are some words it doesn’t understand, but as long as Yang Zhenshan explains a bit detailed, it can understand.

It can also express its meaning through actions.

Yang Zhenshan is actually teaching it to recognize characters too, though it’s quite difficult, and it will probably take it a long time to learn.

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In the early morning of the following day.

Yang Zhenshan brought Yu Qingyi to Snow Valley Town.

Although it wasn’t Yu Qingyi’s first time out of the Spirit Source Land, she hadn’t really strolled around here.

After years of intense cultivation, Yu Qingyi wanted to come out and clear her mind, so Yang Zhenshan brought her out.

Snow Valley Town now looks just the same, but the Yang family’s winery has become Snow Valley Town’s most famous store, and their Spiritual Wine the most renowned specialty of the town.

The cooperation between the Yang family and the Ji family is also going smoothly. The Yang family provides Spiritual Wine, and the Ji family sells it outside, profiting greatly together from the wine business over the years.

As for the Fan family restaurant, the Ji family has chased it out of Snow Valley Town.

This wasn’t instructed by Yang Zhenshan; it was done voluntarily by the Ji family.

As the saying goes, reciprocate kindness with kindness, the Ji family can’t overly target the Fan family, but they can indeed drive them out of Snow Valley Town.

The Fan family has been quite well-behaved these years, showing no intentions of targeting the Yang family winery.

This is actually not hard to understand, as the Yang family was able to fend off the Soul-breaking Blade attack, proving their strength. Neither the Ji family nor the Fan family dares to show malice toward the Yang family again.

Certainly, many secretly covet the Yang family’s Spiritual Wine, but so far, no one dares to provoke them directly.

Moreover, due to their cooperation, the Ji family considers the Yang family their most important ally, not only taking care of the Yang family’s business in Snow Valley Town but also helping fend off malice from the Cold Cloud Sect.

The Yang family now has two stores in Snow Valley Town; apart from the winery, there’s also a purchasing agency for various spiritual objects.

The Yang family has always been generous in the acquisition of spiritual objects, building a reputation in Snow Valley Town, and establishing long-term cooperative relationships with many hunting squads.

Hunting squads are a type of group in Snow Valley Town, comprising as few as three to five people, or as many as twenty to thirty, going into the mountains together to hunt.

They aren’t stable teams, just groups of familiar individuals banding together for mutual support.

However, they’re not entirely for hunting; it’s also for self-protection.

While rules exist in Snow Valley Town, once outside, especially when venturing into the mountains, no moral codes apply.

Murders for treasures, highway robberies, and even tailing to kill are commonplace occurrences.

Snow Valley Town is not a peaceful place, filled with various feuds, conspiracies, and plots.

However, these don’t have much to do with the Yang family, as they are solely in the business, not going into the mountains to hunt.

"Greetings, Family Head, Greetings, Mistress!"

Yang Zhenshan and Yu Qingyi appeared, and the shop clerks inside the store promptly greeted them with salutations.

"Hmm, where is Luo Zhen?" asked Yang Zhenshan.

"Manager Luo is in the study!" a clerk answered.

Yang Zhenshan and Yu Qingyi went to the study, and Luo Zhen promptly got up to salute.

"How’s business lately?" inquired Yang Zhenshan.

Yu Qingyi sat by the side, flipping through the account books, not wanting to check the accounts but merely seeing how the shop’s business was doing.

Yang Zhenshan had long let go of handling the business here; all the transactions were managed by Luo Zhen. However, the Foreign Affairs Hall monitors inside the Spirit Source Land, supplies are provided by the Treasure Hall, and the Clan Council conducts regular inspections, so there’s no need for Yang Zhenshan to personally interfere.

"Business is good; the winery yielded a profit of sixty-eight hundred Spirit Stones last month, and the purchasing agency acquired spiritual objects worth more than twenty-three hundred Spirit Stones last month, including three Cloud Tiger Cub juveniles!"

Luo Zhen clearly knew what Yang Zhenshan was interested in, thus he briefly mentioned the Cloud Tiger Cubs situation without lengthy reports.

As expected, Yang Zhenshan showed interest, "Cloud Tiger Cubs? The ones from the Sun family?"

"Yes, exactly that kind, and the three juveniles are only three months old, just the perfect age for rearing!" replied Luo Zhen with a smile.

Cloud Tiger Cubs are also a rare type of Mutant Beast, resembling a horse but with a white body and black tail, a single horn, tiger teeth, and claws, producing sounds like drum beats, capable of traversing clouds, and quite formidable in battle.

They belong to the horse genus and can breed with horses.

The Spirit Source Land already has Red Cloud Horses, and if these three Cloud Tiger Cubs grow up, they can completely mate with the Red Cloud Horses.

Yang Zhenshan had seen the Sun family’s Cloud Tiger Cubs and was deeply impressed, having long coveted them.

Unfortunately, those were the Sun family’s treasures, and they were never put up for sale.

Unexpectedly, they managed to get three wild juvenile ones in Snow Valley Town.

"Not bad, I’ll credit you with a merit!" Yang Zhenshan said with a smile.

"It’s my duty, I dare not claim credit. Moreover, this transaction was negotiated by Qu Chengliu; I mustn’t take the credit!" replied Luo Zhen.

Qu Chengliu is Yang Wanqing’s second son, who just turned forty this year and broke through to the Innate Realm three years ago, working in the Commerce Department. He currently serves as Luo Zhen’s deputy, primarily responsible for the business of the purchasing agency.

"Credit to all! It’s duly noted!" Yang Zhenshan certainly wouldn’t be stingy, smiling as he spoke.

The salaries and rewards in the Foreign Affairs Hall are the highest among the six halls of the Spirit Source Land, especially for those like Luo Zhen and Qu Chengliu who are employed in Spirit Source Land. Their salaries are double those of the same level positions in the other halls.

Chiefly, the ranks in the Clan Hall can be divided into ten levels: Hall Master, Vice Hall Master, Department Chief, Deputy Department Chief, Class Three Deacon, and Class Three Hall Members.

Some position titles vary, but overall, they are divided according to these ten levels.

Salaries are also distributed according to these ten levels.

The reason why the Foreign Affairs Hall’s salaries and rewards are high is that they have to work outside.

Don’t think working outside is good; the concentration of Spiritual Energy is lower than in the Spirit Source Land, and working outside certainly delays personal cultivation and prevents reunion with family, akin to a foreign mission, so the salaries and rewards are a bit higher.

Even though there are already two Pocket World Gates in the Spirit Source Land, using them consumes Spiritual Energy, and the Clan Council has strictly regulated their usage.

Therefore, people like Luo Zhen cannot return to the Spirit Source Land at will, except for special circumstances, they can only return after their service term ends.

For example, Luo Zhen’s term is five years, after which he can be transferred back to the Spirit Source Land, allowing someone else to take his position.