Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1409: Chapter 894: Ten Thousand Treasures Store, Zhongli Xiayi

"Ten Thousand Treasures Store!"

Yang Zhenshan looked up at the largest and most luxurious store on the street, even the plaque alone showed the prowess and grandeur of the Ten Thousand Treasures Store.

"The plaque is a high-grade magical treasure, tsk tsk, this Ten Thousand Treasures Store is truly quite extravagant!"

Yang Zhenshan sighed and walked through the grand entrance of the Ten Thousand Treasures Store.

He had stayed with Yun Xiao in the cave dwelling for three days to see if there would be any disturbances in the city before deciding to take a stroll.

Yun Xiao went to visit old friends, while he came to the Ten Thousand Treasures Store.

"Welcome, esteemed elder, to our store. Please, proceed to the third floor!"

A maid noticed Yang Zhenshan, her eyes briefly flashed, and her smile became even brighter as she invited Yang Zhenshan to the third floor.

Yang Zhenshan followed the maid, using his spiritual sense to scan the counters on the first and second floors. Pills, artifacts, and talisman arrays were all available for sale. There was no shortage of medicinal herbs, spirit fruits, spiritual materials, and ores.

Among them, many spiritual materials he couldn’t even recognize.

"Your store seems to have an abundance of spiritual materials!" Yang Zhenshan remarked casually.

The maid leading the way heard this and showed a proud expression, smiling as she said, "Of course, in terms of a complete range of products, no store in the entire Wanhua Western Region can surpass our Ten Thousand Treasures Store!"

Upon arriving at the door of a private room, the maid opened the restriction seal on the door and added, "Please wait here, the steward of our store will be here shortly!"

The private room was very spacious, and elegantly furnished. Yang Zhenshan noticed that his spiritual sense couldn’t penetrate the walls of the room.

He nodded slightly and casually sat down at the tea table, taking a sip from the prepared tea.

The tea wasn’t particularly good, but it wasn’t bad either—probably on par with Spiritual Dew Tea.

He didn’t have to wait long, as a bowl of tea wasn’t yet finished when a female cultivator with features like a painting walked into the room.

This female cultivator had her hair coiffed high, her head full of vermilion hairpins adorned with tiny, transparent crystal stones, giving her an unexpectedly noble and compelling aura.

More importantly, this female cultivator was also a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

"Greetings, fellow cultivator! I am Zhongli Xiayi. Pleased to meet you!" Zhongli Xiayi gracefully greeted, her smile like a spring breeze, making one naturally feel a sense of closeness.

Yang Zhenshan returned the courtesy with a hand over fist, "I am Yang Zhenshan, pleased to meet Fairy Zhongli!"

"You may call me Xia Yi," Zhongli Xiayi said, as she sat opposite Yang Zhenshan, elegantly opened the teapot lid and, using mana, withdrew the tea inside, replacing it with a freshly brewed batch.

"Xia Yi Fairy!"

Yang Zhenshan smoothly replied.

"Yang, you must be fairly new to White Cloud Immortal City?" Zhongli Xiayi said as she placed the tea anew in front of Yang Zhenshan. Her every move carried a carefree, graceful realm, causing her actions to seem pleasing rather than abrupt.

Of course, you would not perceive it as vulgar; enchanting yet not seductive.

"Indeed!" Yang Zhenshan once again sipped the tea, feeling that this time, the tea had risen in quality, comparable to Jingyu Chun’s level.

"May I ask which immortal realm you hail from?"

"Haha, Sea of Spirit!"

"Ah, from the Sea of Spirit—I’ve heard it is reputed for its abundance of talents and flourishing Martial Arts!"

"Martial Arts! Haha, I presume the Fairy holds little regard for Martial Arts?"

"How could that be? All paths of cultivation in this world are grand paths, whether Martial Arts or Immortal Path, they just differ in their roads but ultimately lead to the same destination!"

"Different roads, different heavens, different statuses!" Yang Zhenshan chuckled.

Zhongli Xiayi nodded slightly, "There’s no difference between Martial Arts and Immortal Path. The difference lies amongst Martial Artists and Immortal Cultivators; strength forms the basis for status."

Yang Zhenshan stroked his beard, thoughtfully.

He understood Zhongli Xiayi’s point; Martial Arts and the Immortal Path lead to the same destination, which isn’t entirely wrong, though not wholly correct either. Based on his understanding, he felt there was a slight flaw in this line of thought.

Because Martial Arts evolved from the Immortal Path—it’s an offshoot.

Different paths leading to the same goal, indeed; Martial Arts’ realms have always been following the realms of the Immortal Path, just trailing slightly behind.

"Wise words, Fairy!" Yang Zhenshan smiled.

"Haha, my words are not wise; I just know of some Great Powers in Martial Arts!" Zhongli Xiayi chuckled.

"Oh! Great Powers of Martial Arts! I’m quite narrow-minded, not knowing what realm Great Powers in Martial Arts belong to! Please enlighten me, Fairy!" Yang Zhenshan humbly asked.

The three realms of Martial Arts: Innate, Golden Body, Divine Soul. Yang Zhenshan wasn’t sure what lay beyond Divine Soul.

It’s not that Yang Zhenshan was uninformed, rather the Martial Arts of Sea of Spirit ceased at the Divine Soul Realm.

"Naturally, it’s the Golden Core Realm!" Zhongli Xiayi replied.

Yang Zhenshan was taken aback, "Martial Arts Golden Core?"

"Yes, different paths leading to the same goal. Martial Arts can also reach the Golden Core Path!" Zhongli Xiayi explained.

"Is that so?" Yang Zhenshan fell into contemplation.

Even though he had given up Martial Arts, his cognition and understanding of it remained profound. In the Spirit Origin Land, most people practiced Martial Arts.

So, the question arises: Can Martial Artists undergo Core Formation?

It seems plausible!

Golden Body Realm casts the Spirit Base, Divine Soul Realm refines the Divine Soul; the Spirit Base combined with the Divine Soul is enough to compensate for the lack of spiritual apertures.

Divine Soul Realm Martial Artists’ physiques are undoubtedly comparable to Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Divine Soul Realm Martial Artists can also compensate for the shortcomings in Divine Soul, refining further to even exceed Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

The final piece is mana; previously, it was mentioned that Golden Body Realm Martial Artists could wield mana, though they struggled to accumulate it compared to Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

However, upon reaching the Divine Soul Realm, Martial Artists improve significantly in efficiency in forming mana and their methods of using it are nearly on par with Foundation Establishment Cultivators.