Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1527 - 951: Jian Changhe and Situ Yuan

The elder nodded slightly, and with a gentle wave of his sleeve over the stone table, various spiritual materials were immediately presented on its pristine surface.

Yang Zhenshan didn’t say much and began selecting items, familiar with the process.

He wanted to refine the Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword, so it was best to choose spiritual plant materials with the Thunder Attribute.

After searching for a while, he was pleasantly surprised to find Golden Thunder Bamboo among them.

Golden Thunder Bamboo was originally his chosen material, but unfortunately, the bamboo at his home hadn’t matured yet. He had to find a substitute, and since there was Golden Thunder Bamboo here, he chose it without hesitation.

Besides the Golden Thunder Bamboo, he also selected a piece of Purple Cloud Stone.

Purple Cloud Stone is a Spirit Vein crystal, born at the intersection of Earth Veins and thunderclouds within the Purple Sky Earth Eye. The stone is semi-transparent like coagulated fat, with flowing purple mist inside, creating a slight tremor of thunderclouds when held.

However, Purple Cloud Stone is generally used for defensive Magical Treasures, providing them with immunity to Thunder Skills.

Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword is purely an offensive magic sword, so it wouldn’t typically use Purple Cloud Stone, but Yang Zhenshan is not a Thunder Attribute cultivator. He cultivates the Qingmu Longevity Scripture, a purely Wood Attribute cultivation technique, and although he also practices Qinghua Thunder Skill, his life-bound cultivation technique is Qingmu Longevity Scripture.

Therefore, his control over Thunder Skills is far inferior to cultivators who specialize in them.

Purple Cloud Stone can effectively compensate for this defect, preventing him from suffering backlash from Thunder Skills and allowing him to better control Wood Divine Thunder.

Moreover, he has a Thunder Stone in hand, which can enhance the Thunder Skills of the Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword. Purple Cloud Stone can neutralize the conflict between Thunder Skills and himself, perfectly enabling him to wield the Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword.

Once selected, the elder said no more and directly handed the two materials to Yang Zhenshan, who merely bowed in respect before slowly exiting the treasure trove.

He actually wanted to engage with this elder, but as he understood, the elder disliked unnecessary conversation; if you spoke too much, he would glare at you.

So Yang Zhenshan opted not to risk the elder’s ire.

Having acquired two desirable third-order spiritual materials, Yang Zhenshan walked out of the treasure trove.

Outside, the treasure trove had already quieted down, and both Zhao Tianhai and Li Deming had left, as did the onlookers.

"Where are those people?"

Yang Zhenshan asked Yang Zongyuan.

"They all left! That arrogant fellow left right after you entered the treasure trove!" Yang Zongyuan replied.

Yang Zhenshan pondered for a moment and said, "Forget it, let’s go back!"

Although he felt that those Divine Soul Realm martial artists were suspicious, this was the Ten Thousand Treasures Store; as a Guest Elder, it wasn’t his place to worry about these matters, so he just suspected they might have issues without delving further.

Returning to the courtyard, Yang Zhenshan handed the Golden Thunder Bamboo and Purple Cloud Stone to Yang Jizhen, instructing him to prepare for the refinement of the Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword.

When refining the same Magic Artifact, different materials can be used, resulting in minor differences in the artifact.

Using third-order spiritual materials to refine the Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword posed different challenges.

Although Yang Jizhen had practiced with second-order spiritual materials, creating a Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword to satisfy Yang Zhenshan required familiarizing himself with these third-order materials.

Yang Zhenshan decided to leave it to Yang Jizhen, waiting to assist once Yang Jizhen was ready to begin the refinement.

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Another half-year passed in the blink of an eye.

Cold, fierce winds swept in from the northern Minghai, bringing an overwhelming onslaught of snow.

Snowflakes transformed the rugged forests into towering ice peaks, with wild winds swirling snow foam into grotesque ice claws among the pavilions and towers, consuming the horizon into a chaotic white curtain.

White Cloud Immortal City was instantly transformed into Ice and Snow Immortal City.

This was a cold current from Minghai that appears every decade or so.

It’s said to be caused by the cold air erupting from the depths of Minghai.

Yang Zhenshan witnessed the cold current from Minghai for the first time. The western Yunxiao Mountain Range wouldn’t be affected by this cold current, a unique meteorological change to the northern region of the Wanhua Mountain Range.

Standing in the yard, Yang Zhenshan felt the icy temperature and couldn’t help but stretch lazily.

This chill could cause some discomfort for cultivators, especially those in the Qi Refinement Realm, whose cold resistance was inferior to Innate Martial Artists.

However, for Yang Zhenshan, it was nothing; not only did he not feel cold, but he found it quite delightful.

On the contrary, Yang Zongyuan was frozen into wearing a Fur Coat.

"Old ancestor, why is it so cold in White Cloud Immortal City?" Yang Zongyuan asked, somewhat irritated, looking at the snowflakes falling across the sky.

Yang Zhenshan gazed at the gray-white sky and said, "Earth veins affect the weather; this can be considered a kind of mystical phenomenon, haha."

Though he didn’t know what lay beneath Minghai, he could predict weather changes.

This cold current wasn’t going to last; it would return to normal within half a month.

"Ah, it’s so cold, I’ll go back to the Spirit Source Land!" Yang Zongyuan, shivering with discomfort, suggested.

"Suit yourself!" Yang Zhenshan responded indifferently.

Li Janning and Li Jannan had already returned to the Spirit Source Land. Their cultivation had reached the Qi Refining Ninth Layer, and they were rallying mana to prepare for Foundation Establishment. It wasn’t suitable to stay in White Cloud Immortal City, so they returned after staying there for three months.

"Then I’ll head back, and return once the weather settles!"

Yang Zongyuan felt it was best to leave first for now.