Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 875: Chapter 640: Sooner or Later, There Has to Be a Beginning

"How about letting Ming Zhao go?" Yang Zhenshan glanced at Yang Cheng’an beside him, and the boy immediately perked up his ears upon hearing this.

Don’t be fooled by his young age; he’s quite thoughtful.

Upon hearing this, the Zhu family member hesitated to speak.

He actually wanted to ask, if one becomes the King, does it mean one doesn’t have to abide by the Yang family’s rules?

Women, of course, don’t want their husbands to have many wives.

However, before she could ask, Yu Qingyi directly refused, "No way, I don’t want him to become any King!"

The Zhu family member breathed a sigh of relief, while Yang Cheng’an buried his head in his bowl again, feeling like crying because Grandma wouldn’t allow it!

Yang Zhenshan nodded, "Alright, I’ll ask Chengyou and Chengzhang tomorrow to see if either of them is interested!"

After dinner, the Zhu family member took the children back to their courtyard, while Yang Zhenshan and Yu Qingyi returned to their bedroom and whispered to each other.

"Should we let the children visit the Spiritual Spring Space?" Yu Qingyi asked with some hesitation.

Currently, the Spiritual Spring Space is already large enough, forming a circular area with a radius of over a hundred miles—several dozen times larger than Star Moon Island.

A space this large is sufficient to accommodate many people living inside.

Of course, the resources within the space aren’t complete, and if many people were to live inside, a lot of supplies would need to be imported from outside.

And the reason Yu Qingyi didn’t want Yang Mingzhao to become King was because of the Spiritual Spring Space.

All those emperors, noble titles, and wealth, none of it mattered to her as much as cultivation.

Becoming an emperor would mean focusing on governance, which would inevitably hinder cultivation. If an emperor is obsessed with cultivation, then there’s no need to be an emperor.

The two can’t be attained at the same time; even if Yang Zhenshan possessed many Spirit Fruits, he could never make an emperor constantly busy with national affairs become an Innate Martial Artist.

Not becoming an Innate Martial Artist means the lifespan is cut by at least half, and Yu Qingyi didn’t want a future with gray-haired elders mourning black-haired youth.

Yang Zhenshan pondered a moment, then simply took Yu Qingyi into the Spiritual Spring Space.

There’s no problem with long-term residence in the Spiritual Spring Space; Yang Zhenshan has already introduced various food crops and many economic crops like tea, sugar cane, cotton, mulberry, and hemp, along with silkworms, of course.

Additionally, the mountains within the space aren’t just rock; they also contain minerals, and Yang Zhenshan found Iron Pyrite in this space.

As for whether there are other minerals, Yang Zhenshan isn’t sure, as he hasn’t thoroughly searched.

Moreover, the Spiritual Spring Space is still expanding, and the expansion rate is much faster than before.

Initially, the Spiritual Spring Space’s radius expanded by only about one yard per year.

Later, when Yang Zhenshan’s cultivation breakthrough reached Innate, the Spiritual Spring Space’s radius expanded a hundred yards at once, then continued to expand at about ten yards per year.

Now, the radius of the Spiritual Spring Space can expand a hundred yards a year.

If the radius is fifty kilometers, the Spiritual Spring Space’s area is approximately 7,900 square kilometers.

With the radius expanding by a hundred yards a year, that’s about 333 meters, roughly equal to expanding by a hundred square kilometers.

A hundred square kilometers, Star Moon Island is under 200 square kilometers.

This means the Spiritual Spring Space can expand to the size of a Star Moon Island within two years.

Yang Zhenshan and Yu Qingyi took a walk around the Spiritual Spring Space and made some new discoveries.

A spring eye has emerged at the mountain top in the northern section of the Spiritual Spring Space.

This mountain sits at the boundary of the space, with only half of its slope exposed, the other half still beyond the boundary, and even the exposed half doesn’t reach the summit, possibly only a small portion.

"This spring eye is much smaller than the other one!" Yu Qingyi cupped the pure spring water and took a sip, "It’s all the same Spiritual Spring."

Yang Zhenshan looked down the mountain and said, "The spring water will flow southward, but if we want to connect with the river to the south, it’ll probably have to take a big detour, who knows where it will end up!"

Having a new spring eye is a good thing, but this new spring eye will bring unknown changes to the terrain and water system of the entire space.

As more spring water gushes out, it will certainly form lakes and rivers. Given the current terrain, this spring eye is definitely flowing southward, but the specific area it flows through needs careful verification.

The issues Yang Zhenshan considers aren’t just about a single spring eye; a new spring eye appearing means the water system and terrain within the Spiritual Spring Space cannot be fully determined yet.

More spring eyes might appear in the future, along with more snowy mountains, leading to more rivers and lakes.

Then, as the landscapes change, will the southern plains turn into an ocean?

This means the current Spiritual Spring Space is not suitable for establishing large residential areas.

If one were to build a city, with the expansion of the Spiritual Spring Space, numerous rivers may appear, turning the area of the city into deep sea—then wouldn’t all that effort be for nothing?

However, if only a village is built in the mountains, there wouldn’t be so many concerns.

"Do you think it’s suitable for habitation here?" Yang Zhenshan asked.

Yu Qingyi looked up at the lush mountain forest and said, "Eventually, there must be a beginning!"

Yang Zhenshan agreed that this was true. With such a large space, sooner or later he would bring human settlers into it; lacking human presence just doesn’t make it feel like a complete world.

And having humans here would allow him to make better use of this space.

Just he and Yu Qingyi could only take care of that small piece of Spiritual Spring Mountain.