Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1192: Chapter 793: Then What’s There to Be Afraid Of? He Doesn’t Even Know Us!

Leaving Green Jade City, they returned to Lingxi Mountain safely without encountering any trouble.

Just as Yang Zhenshan had said, Lian Shengqian searched for three days in Green Jade City but couldn’t find a trace of Yang Zhenshan, nor discover his identity.

"Damn it, find him! You must find him for me!"

Frustrated, Lian Shengqian returned to the Lian family, angrily arranging for others to continue searching for Yang Zhenshan’s whereabouts and identity.

He was a direct blood relative of the Lian family, roughly equivalent to the status of Lu Jianghua in the Lu family, so he could still mobilize part of the Lian family’s resources.

This time, Yang Zhenshan had truly offended him, making it hard for him to swallow his anger, vowing to find Yang Zhenshan.

"You go, tell Sheng He, let him help investigate that person’s identity within the Xuanqing Sect!"

However, Lian Shengqian did have some means. The reputation of the Lian family wasn’t useful in the Xuanqing Sect, but the Lian family also had members who joined the Xuanqing Sect.

As long as they could trace the records when Yang Yanze and the other two were tested, they could learn about Yang Zhenshan’s identity and background.

However, this matter was not easy, depending on the identity and status of their Lian family members in the Xuanqing Sect, and it would also take some time.

...

On another side, after joining the Xuanqing Sect, Yang Qinting stayed outside Green Jade City for three days before being led into the mountain gate by an Outer Sect steward of the Xuanqing Sect.

The Xuanqing Sect has twenty-four peaks, of which four belong to the Outer Sect: Washing Sword Peak, Spirit Essence Peak, Immortal Peak, and Cloud Peak.

Newly entered disciples, with unsteady foundations, need to temper their bodies and refine their temperaments at Washing Sword Peak.

The peak’s name "Washing Sword" implies shedding mundane impurities, like a newly forged blade, waiting to reveal its edge.

Washing Sword Peak is equipped with basic cultivation caves and practice grounds, dedicated for disciples to practice foundational cultivation techniques, understanding the fundamental roots of Martial Arts.

Each new disciple has a cave on Washing Sword Peak as their residence. The cave isn’t large, approximately forty to fifty square meters, divided into an inner and outer chamber, with the inner serving as a bedroom for rest and the outer as a place for cooking and dining.

Honestly, the living conditions for Outer Sect disciples aren’t good and could even be described as basic.

Building a house outside casually would be more comfortable than living in such a cave, but Washing Sword Peak has always been this way. Living in such a cave is to hone the disciples’ temperament and make them understand that joining the Xuanqing Sect isn’t for enjoyment but for focusing on Martial Arts cultivation.

After receiving the uniform, identity token, and other necessities of Outer Sect disciples, Yang Qinting arrived at his own cave.

Cave No. 7 of Group A is roughly located at the mountainside of Washing Sword Peak, considered one of the more advanced caves.

In front of the cave, there was a small courtyard that could be used as a practice area or for planting some flowers and plants.

However, this cave seemed uninhabited for several years, as various weeds had grown in the courtyard.

Yang Qinting walked to the stone door of the cave, placing his token in the slot on the stone door, which immediately opened.

The cave was somewhat dim, but it appeared relatively clean.

The air didn’t feel stuffy or cold; instead, it was quite fresh.

"There should be an array here, right?"

Yang Qinting first checked the outer chamber, which had only a stove, a stone table, and a few stone stools, with nothing else.

The inner chamber contained only a stone bed, without even bedding.

"It really is quite simple!" Yang Qinting scratched his head, already imagining his hard life ahead.

Yang Qinting placed his bundle on the stone bed and opened it to check its contents.

"Great-grandfather gave me quite a few things: thirty spirit stones, three hundred spirit crystal coins, three hundred various spirit pills, and three catties of spiritual tea, but unfortunately no spiritual wine!"

"However, I still need to purchase some things here, and I have no idea whether daily necessities are expensive here or not!"

Earlier, a steward had explained the situation of the Outer Sect to them. There is a Hundred Things Pavilion on Washing Sword Peak that sells all kinds of daily necessities and materials.

However, the Hundred Things Pavilion doesn’t accept silver, only spirit stones and spirit crystal coins.

As an Outer Sect disciple of the Xuanqing Sect, Yang Qinting receives one spirit stone per month as cultivation resources.

That’s right, just one spirit stone.

It’s just enough to meet his daily needs.

If he wants more cultivation resources, he must either rely on family support or work within the Sect to earn spirit stones.

The Xuanqing Sect has no handyman disciples, and Outer Sect disciples are basically handyman disciples responsible for all the chores in the Sect.

This includes cleaning, farming, tending spirit plants and mutant beasts, working part-time at the Hundred Things Pavilion, and more.

Moreover, they must choose one chore to perform and cannot do nothing.

They can earn between two and five spirit stones per month.

Don’t think this is little. Five pieces per month amount to sixty per year, while the Lingxi Yang Family used to earn only twenty or thirty spirit stones a year.

Though called chores, they’re actually a form of welfare, meant to train disciples, not to exploit them.

Yang Qinting bought some daily necessities and then began his cultivation life in the Xuanqing Sect.

...

At Lingxi Mountain, the Yang family ancestral home.

"Family Head, this was sent by Young Master Lu!"

Wang Lei placed a wooden box in front of Yang Zhenshan and said.

"Lu Jianghua?"

"Yes, it’s him!"

Yang Zhenshan opened the wooden box, and inside were several land covenants, two shops in the Martial Arts workshop, and three land covenants for spirit fields near Nanqing Mountain.

"What’s this? Did the person who came say anything?" Yang Zhenshan asked.

"Only that it’s a small token of Young Master Lu’s gratitude. Also, the Martial Arts workshop suffered heavy losses this time, with many merchants exterminated. Young Master Lu hopes the workshop can recover quickly!" Wang Lei answered.

Yang Zhenshan nodded slightly. He had sheltered Lu Jianghua, and Lu Jianghua sent him a thank-you gift. This was considered reciprocation.

As for the shop in the workshop, it seemed to be a gift to Yang Zhenshan as a thank-you note, but it was actually Lu Jianghua’s way of garnering his support.

Previously, the Lingxi Yang family had no industry in the workshop, so Yang Zhenshan naturally wouldn’t care about any attacks on the workshop. But now that Lu Jianghua had given him two shops, Yang Zhenshan couldn’t stand by idly in the future.

This expressed gratitude and also tied the Lingxi Yang Family to the workshop, showing Lu Jianghua’s shrewdness.

"This is the Spirit Flame Foundry shop!" Yang Zhenshan looked at a land covenant, frowning slightly.

Wang Lei leaned over to take a look, "That’s right, it’s the Qiu Family’s Spirit Flame Foundry. It seems they also encountered misfortune!"

Yang Zhenshan felt somewhat heavy-hearted, not at all delighted about obtaining the shop.

He and Old Qiu had some acquaintance, and now Old Qiu was forced to Yu Mountain Town, with his descendants involved in the workshop attack.

Since Lu Jianghua sent this land covenant, it suggested that the Qiu Family was probably exterminated.

"Go inquire about the Qiu Family’s situation, see if there are any survivors!" Yang Zhenshan said.

He still wanted to help the Qiu Family if there were any survivors, offering them shelter.

But if there were none, he couldn’t do anything about it.

Wang Lei responded and then left for Nanxia County.

By this time, the Ancient County had emerged from the chaos of the Three Counties Market attacks. Lu Fusheng personally took action, and the people sent by the three dynasties were like chickens and dogs, easily eliminated.

Although Lu Fusheng’s intervention stabilized the situation, it also exposed the Lu family’s manpower shortage.

The war between the Lingxiu Three Sects and the Nether Prison Sect was ongoing, and the Lu family’s situation was becoming more challenging.