Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1803: Chapter 1092: Yue Yao’s Gift (2)

"Alright, hurry up and go cultivate!"

Yang Zhenshan said, shooing him away.

This bull-nosed old Daoist really could be annoying sometimes.

Just as Xuanzhen left, Han Fei came running over again to report: "Reporting to True Monarch, someone outside the Blessed Land seeks an audience. The visitor claims to be the Moon Jade Demon King of the Spirit Deer Clan!"

For the past ten years, Han Fei had been in charge of guarding the Transmission Hall of Jade City, so any news from outside was passed on by him. Especially matters that required Yang Zhenshan to make a decision—he had to personally come to report them.

"Moon Jade Demon King!" Yang Zhenshan felt somewhat puzzled.

He had no dealings whatsoever with the Moon Jade Demon King, nor had he ever met her.

The Wind Valley Spirit Deer Clan was rather special. Although they were also a powerful Demon Clan under the Wanhua Demon Court, because the Wind Valley Spirit Deer Clan disliked conflict, their reputation in the outside world was not very large.

Many people only knew that the Wanhua Demon Court had three Lords and eight Elders, but as for which eight Demon Kings those eight Elders were, most Human Race Cultivators couldn’t name them. Among them, the one most easily overlooked was this Moon Jade Demon King.

Yang Zhenshan currently had no desire to deal with the Wanhua Demon Court, so he refused: "Just say I’m in closed-door cultivation and it’s inconvenient to receive guests!"

"Understood!" Han Fei answered, then left the Pill Hall.

...

The mountain gate of the Yang Family Blessed Land was built in the east, between two peaks. A gate-tower a bit over two zhang high had been erected there, bearing four large gilded characters: Yang Family Blessed Land.

However, on the hill south of the mountain gate, six pavilions had also been built, serving as the Immortal Welcoming Pavilion where the Yang Family Blessed Land received outside guests.

This sort of frontage naturally could not compare to the Hengshan Sect, but for the current White Jade City, it was already good enough.

On ordinary days, not many people came running to visit the Yang family. Only occasionally would someone show up, and most of them were refused by Yang Zhenshan.

Yue Yao sat in one of the newly built pavilions, gazing at the distant undulating mountain ridges, but her heart was filled with unease and fear.

On her way here to the Yang Family Blessed Land, she had received a transmission from Wind Valley: the Ghost Soldiers army of the Unpredictable Ghost Sect had begun marching south. Hundreds of thousands of troops were crossing layer after layer of mountain ranges, continuously advancing southward. It was estimated that it wouldn’t be long before they reached the region of True Yang Immortal City.

True Yang Immortal City was now the dividing line of the Wanhua Demon Court. South of the city was territory under the Demon Court’s control; north of the city was an area the Demon Court had long since abandoned.

One had to know that True Yang Immortal City currently had almost no defensive strength. On the surface, the Qingyuan Fox Clan was responsible for garrisoning True Yang Immortal City, but in reality, the Qingyuan Fox Clan had already sent tens of thousands of Fox Demons into Qingyuan Cave Heaven.

At this moment, True Yang Immortal City was as empty as a bubble—one poke and it would burst.

And once True Yang Immortal City fell, that Ghost Soldiers army could head south and enter the heartland of the Wanhua Demon Court.

If the Wanhua Demon Emperor did not come forward to unify the strength of the various Demon Clans, then their Demon Clans were very likely to be slowly devoured step by step by the Ghost Soldiers army of the Unpredictable Ghost Sect.

With the situation having developed to this point, the ancestral land of their Spirit Deer Clan was already unsafe; the Ghost Soldiers army of the Unpredictable Ghost Sect could appear at their gates at any time.

Originally, Yue Yao had still been hesitating over whether to come take a look at the Yang Family Blessed Land. After receiving this news, she no longer hesitated and came here directly.

"Yang Qingyu of the Yang family pays respects to the Moon Jade Demon King!" Yang Qingyu came before Yue Yao and bowed with cupped hands.

"When will True Monarch Yang receive me?" Yue Yao asked somewhat anxiously.

In truth, she did not know whether Su Qingfu’s proposal was right or wrong; it was just that she now had very few places she could choose.

Either find a place with fairly dense Spiritual Energy in the western part of the Yunxiao Mountain Range as a resting place for the Spirit Deer Clan, or go elsewhere to search for a new clan territory. But both of these options had one major problem—namely, they might not be able to find a suitable place.

Any place with dense Spiritual Energy already had an owner. Perhaps they could seize one, but they would definitely pay a considerable price.

Just like the western region of the Yunxiao Mountain Range—the places truly suitable to serve as clan lands were only two, Hidden Sword Mountain and Cangyu Mountain. Both places possessed Third-stage Spiritual Veins, barely sufficient to meet their basic needs for Spiritual Energy.

But were Hidden Sword Mountain and Cangyu Mountain really that easy to take?

Besides Hidden Sword Mountain and Cangyu Mountain, there was the Sea of Spirit and Qingli Immortal City, and in addition a few other locations had Second-stage Spiritual Veins.

Yet Second-stage Spiritual Veins could not meet their most basic requirements for Spiritual Energy, much less their needs for resources.

So she could only come to the Yang Family Blessed Land to try her luck, because the Yang family possessed a Grotto Heaven.

The Spiritual Energy density of the vast majority of Grotto Heavens could be compared to that of Third-stage Spiritual Veins. If the Yang family also had such a Grotto Heaven, it would certainly be able to satisfy the basic needs of their Spirit Deer Clan.

"My apologies, Ancestor is in closed-door cultivation and cannot receive guests at the moment!" Yang Qingyu said.

Yue Yao’s brows knitted slightly. "There’s no way to invite True Monarch Yang out of seclusion?"

"We juniors do not dare disturb Ancestor’s closed-door cultivation!" Yang Qingyu replied respectfully.

Yue Yao was somewhat suspicious; she was doubting whether Yang Zhenshan was truly in closed-door cultivation.

Unfortunately, she had no way to verify it.

In fact, whether it was true or not, the Yang family’s intent to refuse was already very obvious.

Yue Yao hesitated for a moment, but in the end still chose to give up on pestering them.

Continuing to entangle herself here was meaningless and might even offend the Yang family.

Even if the Spirit Deer Clan could not enter the Yang family’s Grotto Heaven, they would still choose to reside on the Spirit Vein near the Yang family and become the Yang family’s neighbors.

At such a time, she naturally did not wish for the Spirit Deer Clan to have a future neighbor with strained relations.

"Since that’s the case, this king will come visit again another day. I hope little friend can convey the goodwill of our Spirit Deer Clan to Yang."

As she spoke, she took out a broad box, more than three chi wide and over seven chi long, though its height was only about five cun.

"I ask little friend to accept this gift on behalf of True Monarch Yang!"

Yang Qingyu hesitated for a moment. "This doesn’t seem proper!"

"Please, accept it."

"I take my leave!"

Yue Yao did not wait for Yang Qingyu to continue refusing and directly turned into a streak of seven-colored flowing light, vanishing.

Yang Qingyu had no choice but to bring this unexpected gift back and deliver it to Yang Zhenshan.

...

Inside the Pill Hall.

Yang Zhenshan opened the wooden box and, looking at the contents, was momentarily stunned.

"Are these antlers?"

The items inside were indeed antlers, crystal-clear and translucent, pure as white jade.

"Master, these are not ordinary antlers; they are Fuzhu’s horns." Golden Crow suddenly spoke.

"Fuzhu?" Yang Zhenshan had never heard this name before.

Golden Crow said, "Fuzhu was a Divine Beast of ancient times, born with four horns, outwardly pure, always solitary. Fuzhu used its horns to absorb the essence of sun and moon, so its horns were like jade trees hung with dazzling flowers."

"However, this horn isn’t from the Divine Beast Fuzhu itself; it should be the horn of Fuzhu’s descendant."

Yang Zhenshan suddenly understood. Weren’t Fuzhu’s descendants demon beasts?

It was quite possible the Spirit Deer Clan possessed Fuzhu bloodline, so the spirit deer would grow horns similar to Fuzhu’s.

He stretched out a finger and rubbed the horn, then brought it to his nose to sniff, then put it to his mouth to taste.

After tasting it, his eyes lit up.

"This is actually a superb medicinal material, containing pure sun and moon essence. It can be used for refining many kinds of Elixirs!"

"Its value is higher than that of ordinary Third-stage Spiritual Objects!"

Golden Crow cackled with laughter. "My previous master once used this stuff to refine Elixirs, though I forgot what kind he refined. Back then I was still young and don’t remember things clearly!"

Yang Zhenshan nodded slightly. "Such a large pair of antlers should be enough to refine a lot of Elixirs. Sigh, I feel a bit embarrassed accepting this gift. I don’t even know what Yue Yao wants."

Once you eat someone’s food, your mouth is constrained; once you take someone’s gift, your hands are tied. He wanted this stuff, but he was afraid Yue Yao would make an excessive demand.

After thinking it over, he still decided to put the item away first and wait until he saw Yue Yao in the future to see how things stood before speaking.

If Yue Yao’s request wasn’t excessive, he would agree to it. If it was too much, then he could only return the item.

But regardless of what Yue Yao asked for, Yang Zhenshan would not cooperate with the Wanhua Demon Court again.

Being screwed over once was enough; Yang Zhenshan had no intention of tripping twice in the same pit.

He only hoped Yue Yao wouldn’t提出过分的要求.