Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 957: Chapter 677: Yang Wanqing Becomes Slow-Witted

When he finished recounting those experiences, Yang Zhenshan, An Yuxing, and Liang Shengze all looked at Zhou Tianci with eyes full of astonishment.

"You actually were a pirate?" An Yuxing doubted whether he had heard it wrong!

A Martial Artist becoming a pirate is an extremely disgraceful thing both in Da Rong and Ten Thousand Miles Sea Domain, and An Yuxing found it truly unbelievable.

But Zhou Tianci, with an indifferent expression, said, "The rules over there are different from ours."

"Here, Martial Artists stand high above. But in Dazhao, Martial Artists are just a bit stronger than regular martial artists."

"Once we go to Dazhao, we first need to shed our lofty posture. We either rely on a faction, humbling ourselves, or we become outlaws or pirates."

"In the western sea domain of Dazhao, there are many pirate groups, and their leaders are all Martial Artists. These Martial Artists almost all come from the Ten Thousand Miles Sea Domain and the Skywind Sea Domain."

Upon hearing this, Yang Zhenshan, An Yuxing, and Liang Shengze all fell silent.

The information that Martial Artists, revered here, could only become pirates in Dazhao was a huge shock to them.

Actually, it’s not hard to understand. What if a Half-step Innate martial artist came to Da Rong?

If they’re simply traveling, they can safely wander around.

But if they wanted to obtain some Treasure Medicine, they would most likely have to resort to robbery.

As for Spirit Fruit, they wouldn’t even have the qualifications to rob it.

Of course, they could also use trade to acquire resources like Treasure Medicine, but the prerequisite for trade is that they already possess some Treasure Medicine, or they can craft Spirit Pills and forge Divine weapons.

In short, they must first possess certain resources themselves to trade for other resources.

Similarly, obtaining resources in Dazhao requires the same approach.

Yang Zhenshan stroked his beard and fell into deep thought; if he went to Dazhao, his situation would be much better than Zhou Tianci’s.

Because he himself possesses a large quantity of Spirit Fruit, and he can also craft many Spirit Pills.

He can trade with various factions to gain more Spirit Fruit and more resources.

However, in a foreign land, one must not stand out too much. Development must be slow and low-key, or else they’d surely be targeted by some factions.

Reflecting on this, Yang Zhenshan thought he should also venture into Dazhao.

But there’s no rush for this matter; it would not be too late to go to Dazhao after handling the issues on the Da Rong side.

The arrival of An Yuxing and the others also meant that Yang Chengye’s side was now complete with high-level combat strength.

Actually, Yang Zhenshan did not initially plan to seek help, mainly because there was no need for it.

Yang Zhenshan being by Yang Chengye’s side meant that Yang Zhenshan, Yu Qingyi, and Yang Mingcheng were all here.

Not to forget, Wang Lei, Li Chang, and the twenty Personal Followers were all currently by Yang Chengye’s side, and these twenty Personal Followers were all now Martial Artists.

Although their strength was among the weaker levels of Martial Artists, being originally soldiers, they were skilled in coordinated attacks.

The twenty Personal Followers are not much less than five top-tier Martial Artists.

This top-tier doesn’t refer to Martial Artists of the entry-path level but rather Da Rong’s top-tier Martial Artists like Wang He and Jian Chengfeng.

With twenty Personal Followers, Yang Zhenshan saw no need to find additional help; he didn’t even call Yang Mingzhi and Yang Minghao, not even Ding Qiu and Luo Jingsong.

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The fall of the Capital City and the self-immolation of Emperor Jianxing, once the news spread, caused a great upheaval across the land.

Immediately following were proclamations rapidly sent to Da Liang.

Although now the Da Rong warlords are entrenched and each frontier town holds its own troops, in name, the nine frontier towns are still part of the Da Rong Court; the officials and soldiers of each town are still officials and soldiers of Da Rong.

So when the news of the Capital City’s fall spread, factions everywhere hurriedly issued proclamations against Da Liang.

The first to issue a proclamation was Yang Chengye, who had been waiting for this moment for a legitimate opportunity to lead troops into the Capital City.

The second to issue a proclamation was Chen Hengchang of Jiangnan. Though he was a rebel king, he was also part of the royal family of Da Rong. His conflict with the court was an internal affair of the royal family, but now that a bandit had taken over the Capital City, he naturally had to make a statement.

He not only issued a proclamation but also began arranging troops towards the Capital City.

Then the Guo family of Yunling Town and the Sun family of Anxi Town also issued proclamations against Da Liang, and they too prepared to deploy troops to restore the king, though they were just posturing; they didn’t quite have the capacity to lead a large army to the Capital City at present.

Currently, the only ones capable of entering the Capital City to combat Emperor Tianwu of Da Liang are Yang Chengye and Chen Hengchang.

Thus, in this chaotic era of Da Rong, Yang Chengye and Chen Hengchang have become the focus.

Southern Border Town, Duke Xing Mansion.

Qu Changkong looked at the letter sent by Yang Chengye’s messenger, his heart filled with complex emotions.

Yang Chengye did not mention any intention to vie for the world in the letter, only a request for Qu Changkong to keep an eye on the Guo family in Yunling Town. However, Qu Changkong clearly understood that the Yang family had conceived ambitions.

"Grandfather, you called for me!" Qu Shaogong arrived at the study with Yang Wanqing and asked.

Qu Changkong looked at Qu Shaogong, then at Yang Wanqing, before handing them the letter in his hand.

"Take a look!"

Qu Shaogong took over the letter and began to read.

Yang Wanqing curiously tilted her head to look.

She is now the matriarch of Duke Xing Mansion, but she only manages the household affairs, rarely involving herself in the military and political matters of Southern Border Town.