Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1560: Chapter 966: Great Opportunity

Three days later.

A streak of Tunneling Light quietly left Mianyun Continent.

Yang Zhenshan was steering the Jade Cloud Boat together with Yun Xiao and Yun Xi, leisurely heading in the direction of White Cloud Immortal City.

If he were going to White Cloud Immortal City alone, he could have just teleported straight there, but with Yun Xiao and Yun Xi in tow, that wouldn’t work; he could only fly over slowly.

Over these years Yun Xi had made great progress; not only had her cultivation reached mid-stage Foundation Establishment, her actual combat strength also seemed to have risen several tiers.

The reason for such a change was still thanks to Hidden Sword Mountain’s generosity.

Leaving everything else aside, the stipend Hidden Sword Mountain gave them was actually very generous, far more resources than they had received back in the Xuanqing Sect.

Of course, to Yang Zhenshan, the stipend from Hidden Sword Mountain was only so-so.

"Has Hidden Sword Mountain had any movements lately?"

Feeling bored on the road, Yang Zhenshan casually picked a topic to chat about.

"No. The Mountain Master has been in seclusion the whole time, and the elders hardly go out. The one we interact with the most is Jian Qingxiao." Yun Xiao said.

"Jian Qingxiao!" Yang Zhenshan recalled his last conversation with Jian Qingxiao. Clearly Hidden Sword Mountain had taken his words to heart and given up on the idea of Qingli Immortal City.

"Fellow Daoist Yun Xi, what kind of Magical Treasure do you want to refine?"

He turned to look at Yun Xi and asked.

Yun Xi chuckled softly. "Naturally, a flying sword!"

"Then what kind of spiritual materials do you want?"

"I don’t know either. I don’t understand Artifact Refining, I can only use whatever I happen to run into!"

Yang Zhenshan nodded. This was actually how most cultivators thought.

Third-rank Spiritual Materials weren’t like cabbages; you couldn’t just buy them whenever you wanted.

Most cultivators simply used whatever they happened to come across, only demanding a matching attribute; as for everything else, they could only leave it to luck.

"Does Senior Yang have any recommendations?" Yun Xi looked at Yang Zhenshan with anticipation.

It wasn’t easy for her to exchange for Third-rank Spiritual Materials; after all, unlike Yang Zhenshan she couldn’t trade for Third-rank Spiritual Materials from the Ten Thousand Treasures Store.

Previously, in order to exchange for a Third-rank Spiritual Material, Yun Xiao had run around for several years and emptied out all his savings before finally managing to obtain a single Third-rank Spiritual Material.

"You can actually go to Hidden Sword Mountain. Hidden Sword Mountain should still have some foundation left!" Yang Zhenshan said.

"I already asked. Hidden Sword Mountain won’t give them to me for free. If I want any, I can only use Third-rank Spiritual Materials to trade for them!" Yun Xi said.

"Then just exchange for any random Third-rank Spiritual Material first, and then go to Hidden Sword Mountain to trade it for a more suitable material." Yang Zhenshan said.

As a Sword Cultivator Sect, Hidden Sword Mountain definitely had a lot of Spiritual Materials used for refining flying swords; using some other materials to trade for one from Hidden Sword Mountain wasn’t difficult.

"We were thinking the same thing, though when the time comes we might need to ask Fellow Daoist Jizhen to help with the refining!" Yun Xi said.

Yang Zhenshan waved his hand. "That’s something you can just go to him about directly. I won’t get involved!"

Yun Xiao’s life-bound flying sword had been refined by Yang Jizhen, so naturally Yun Xi would also seek out Yang Jizhen to refine her own life-bound flying sword.

Other than Yang Jizhen, she probably wouldn’t be able to find another suitable candidate.

The three of them chatted idly along the way, so they didn’t feel that traveling was boring. But just as they crossed the Yunxiao Mountain Range and were only a bit over a thousand li from White Cloud Immortal City, Yang Zhenshan suddenly raised his head, golden light flashing in his eyes.

"What is it?" Yun Xiao asked.

"There’s a bird watching us!"

"A bird?" Yun Xiao and Yun Xi also raised their heads to look. Purple radiance flared in Yun Xiao’s eyes. "That’s a Golden-winged Eagle?"

"Mm, the Golden-winged Eagle Demon King is already dead, I didn’t expect Golden-winged Eagles would still be active near White Cloud Immortal City!"

Yang Zhenshan said with some surprise.

Logically speaking, after losing their Demon King, the Golden-winged Eagle clan should have retreated deep into the Wanhua Mountain Range and immediately relocated their tribe, yet they were still active here and had even fixed their gaze on them.

"Someone is driving them to keep watch on White Cloud Immortal City?" Yun Xiao’s mind turned, and he spoke.

"That should be right!"

Yang Zhenshan withdrew his gaze, not making any unusual movements.

"Senior, aren’t we going to hide our tracks first?" Yun Xi asked, puzzled.

"No need. Our destination is too obvious; hiding our tracks is meaningless!" Yang Zhenshan said.

Yun Xiao also nodded and said, "That’s right!"

The three continued on their way. That Golden-winged Eagle kept watching them from high in the sky, but it didn’t make any irregular moves.

They didn’t encounter any accidents all the way until they entered White Cloud Immortal City.

Clearly, that Golden-winged Eagle was only monitoring people entering and leaving White Cloud Immortal City.

White Cloud Immortal City was now under the control of the Cloud Wild Alliance. Order within the city had been restored, though it looked somewhat desolate.

That was normal. The demon beasts’ siege had not only caused massive casualties in White Cloud Immortal City, it had also robbed the city of its stable environment. In the past, cultivators from within ten thousand li around would come to White Cloud Immortal City to purchase resources, but now that everyone knew White Cloud Immortal City was not peaceful, they no longer dared to come.

Without outside cultivators, the business environment of White Cloud Immortal City had plummeted, and it had become much quieter.

But these things had nothing to do with Yang Zhenshan and the others. After entering White Cloud Immortal City, they first rented a cave abode, then began searching within the city for information on Third-rank Spiritual Materials.

In White Cloud Immortal City, Third-rank Spiritual Materials were a scarce resource. Aside from the Ten Thousand Treasures Store, which possessed a large stock of Third-rank Spiritual Materials, the various powers also stored some, and then there were the Third-rank Spiritual Materials obtained by Loose Cultivators through fortuitous encounters.

There were only three ways to obtain Third-rank Spiritual Materials. First was to gamble on luck and buy them from Loose Cultivators’ hands; this method was highly uncertain.

The second was to seek out Immortal Cultivation Families in the city to exchange with. Buying them with Spirit Stones was unlikely, but there was still a chance using some precious Second-Order Spiritual Material or Elixirs and Magical Treasures and the like.