Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1457 - 917: Tenderness Like Water

After distributing the Spirit Stones, the cultivator holding a folding fan approached Fang Shou and whispered, "Brother Fang, should we hide for a while next?"

"Hide? Why should we hide?" Fang Shou looked at him puzzled.

The folding fan cultivator said, "The Yang family from the Sea of Spirit is not easy to provoke. It’s said that they have more than two Foundation Establishment cultivators. If we infuriate the Yang family, we might not be able to leave the Sea of Spirit!"

As the only Immortal Cultivation Family in the Sea of Spirit, the Yang family is quite renowned. Many forces in the western part of the Yunxiao Mountain Range, the Qingli Dynasty, and the Wanlin Mountain Range have significant knowledge of the Yang family.

"Hehe, what’s there to fear? The Yang family is currently overwhelmed with their own affairs; they have no time to deal with insignificant Martial Arts Families." Fang Shou replied nonchalantly with a chuckle.

The folding fan cultivator furrowed his brow, "Indeed, the Yang family should be more focused on those major forces now, but we must be cautious, just in case."

"Brother Li, are you being overly cautious?" Fang Shou expressed some dissatisfaction when he saw the other talking too much nonsense.

Fang Shou is from the Cui Lake’s Fang family, an Immortal Cultivation Family located in the southeastern part of the Wanlin Mountain Range, about over five thousand miles away from the Sea of Spirit.

That area is no longer part of the Yunxiao Mountain Range but rather belongs to the Southern Wilderness.

There are also many Immortal Cultivation Forces in the Southern Wilderness, and some workshop cities, but the power of Immortal Cultivation Forces there is far inferior to those near the Yunxiao Mountain Range.

In the entire Southern Wilderness, there are only seven Immortal Cultivation Families, and the Cui Lake’s Fang family is one of them.

Compared to the resources abundant around the Yunxiao Mountain Range, the Southern Wilderness is undoubtedly much poorer. That vast land can’t satisfy the resource needs of the seven Immortal Cultivation Families, much less meet the cultivation requirements of many loose cultivators, leading to more intense competition among Immortal Cultivators in the Southern Wilderness.

Various robber cultivators emerge one after another, and conflicts between Immortal Cultivation Families occur in succession.

All along, the Cui Lake Fang family has wanted to join the Sea of Spirit and become one of the families there.

In recent years, they have been trying various ways to infiltrate the Sea of Spirit, even accumulating considerable power there.

Especially during the previous war between the Sea of Spirit and the Nether Prison Sect, they took the opportunity to win over a lot of power in the Sea of Spirit.

Now that the situation in the Sea of Spirit has greatly changed, it’s the best time for the Cui Lake Fang family to enter the Sea of Spirit.

They seized this opportunity, sending some clansmen to the Sea of Spirit first, intending to understand the strength of the sects and families there.

As the only Immortal Cultivation Family in the Sea of Spirit, the Yang family is naturally the focus of their attention.

So Fang Shou’s goal is not to plunder resources but to lure the snake out of its hole, compelling the Yang family to reveal their strength voluntarily.

His four companions were recruited temporarily, all robbers mixed in Southern Wilderness’s workshop cities.

The other three are brainless fools, which Fang Shou doesn’t take seriously. In comparison, Li Shangyuan is much smarter.

"Brother Fang, the Sea of Spirit is so vast, with countless unranked Martial Arts Families. Why should we provoke the Yang family?" Li Shangyuan shook his folding fan lightly, his tone calm and composed.

"But those Martial Arts Families aren’t as wealthy as the Yang family’s subordinate families. The Yang family has always been generous, and their subordinate families have accumulated considerable wealth over the years!"

"The four families we plundered before proved this very fact!"

"Brother Li, fortune favors the bold. If you aren’t willing to take even this bit of risk, why did we bother coming out? We might as well have stayed home," Fang Shou advised.

"Indeed, Brother Fang makes a good point!" The tall, thin cultivator agreed.

The other two cultivators also nodded repeatedly.

Li Shangyuan looked at Fang Shou with deep meaning, "Brother Fang makes a good point. In that case, I’ll follow Brother Fang!"

Seeing him no longer tangled, Fang Shou felt his mood lighten considerably.

"Haha, Brother Li, rest assured, I am not unprepared!"

"I’ve already contacted a few familiar Daoist friends, and they will arrive soon. By then, our strength will greatly increase. Even if the Yang family wants to capture us, we’ll have the power to resist!"

The first probing step was over, and since the Yang family hadn’t reacted, Fang Shou decided to increase manpower and further probe the strength and attitude of the Yang family.

"Oh! When will they arrive?" Li Shangyuan asked.

"Tomorrow!" Fang Shou revealed a sinister smile, "Once they arrive, we’ll make a big move, hahaha~~"

"Indeed, a big move, haha~~" The tall, thin cultivator echoed.

"Right, right, with Brother Fang, there’s always something for us!"

"This ticket will earn us more than ten years’ worth of loot we’ve done before!"

"That’s for sure, with Brother Fang here, are we afraid we won’t seize Spirit Stones?"

The other three cultivators were all excited, greed written all over their faces.

In just a short time, they had already split several tens of thousands of Spirit Stones. If they could do it a few more times, wouldn’t they be able to take over a hundred thousand Spirit Stones each?

Thinking about the piles of Spirit Stones entering their Storage Bags, the eyes of the three glistened greedily.

Li Shangyuan looked at their greedy appearances, a shadow of cunning flashing in his eyes.

He gently shook his folding fan and gazed northward.

"The Yang family from the Sea of Spirit? Is it that Yang family?"

...

White Cloud Immortal City, Ten Thousand Treasures Store.

In the teahouse on the third floor of the store, Yang Zhenshan and Zhongli Xiayi sat facing each other.

In a splendid attire, Zhongli Xiayi sat gracefully at the tea table, elegantly brewing, steeping, and pouring tea.

"I heard the Sea of Spirit hasn’t been very peaceful recently!"

She placed a green porcelain teacup in front of Yang Zhenshan.