Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

Chongshan Pass, the front hall of the Marquis's Mansion.

At this time, Yang Zhengshan was meeting a guest, and his guest was Ji Zhen, the leader of Hengdao Sect.

In the hall, after some polite exchanges between Yang Zhengshan and Ji Zhen, they sat down separately. Ji Hai stood behind Ji Zhen, and Yang Mingcheng was the only one beside Yang Zhengshan.

Holding the tea, Yang Zhengshan said with a smile: "I have long admired the name of Senior Ji, and I am very happy to meet you today!"

Ji Zhen is almost eighty years old, more than twenty years older than Yang Zhengshan, so it is reasonable for him to call himself a junior.

And when he said that he admired Ji Zhen, it was not flattery to Ji Zhen. Ji Zhen was the best master in Liaodong, and Hengdao Sect dominated Jizhou. However, both Ji Zhen and Hengdao Sect had a very good reputation in Liaodong.

Reputation may be biased, but for decades, Ji Zhen and Hengdao Sect have had a good reputation, which is enough to show that their style of doing things is very upright.

Yang Zhengshan and Ji Hai have dealt with each other many times. In recent years, Tenglongwei and Chongshan Town have cooperated with Hengdaomen a lot. He can also see that Hengdaomen has a good style.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Ji Zhen is a hero of his generation.

So Yang Zhengshan really has a respect for Ji Zhen.

"The Marquis guards the border, protects the safety of the people, and saves the people from fire and water. He is the role model of our generation of warriors! It is my blessing to meet the Marquis!" Ji Zhen stroked his snow-white beard and said.

The two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

After laughing, Yang Zhengshan took a sip of tea and said, "Senior Ji should have entered the realm of innateness, right?"

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the hall was quiet.

Ji Zhen stroked his beard with a calm expression. Ji Hai looked at Ji Zhen's silver hair with a gleam in his eyes.

Speaking of which, Ji Hai didn't know whether his master had broken through to the Xiantian realm. Although he had such a guess, Ji Zhen had never made it clear to him, so he was not sure.

As for Yang Mingcheng, he looked at Ji Zhen curiously. Yang Zhengshan had told him before that Ji Zhen might have reached the Xiantian realm. Now that he saw the real person, he was full of curiosity.

After all, this was the first Xiantian warrior he had seen, no, it should be the second one, but he didn't know that Yang Zhengshan had already broken through.

Ji Zhen smiled, "Compared to the Marquis, I am still a step slower!"

Yang Zhengshan smiled, "Speed ​​is not important, as long as you can cross this threshold!"

Ji Hai was stunned, then he suddenly raised his head and looked at Yang Zhengshan with an incredible look.

This means that both of them have broken through to the Xiantian realm.

If only Ji Zhen said that he had broken through, he would be more happy than surprised, but knowing that Yang Zhengshan was also a Xiantian warrior, he would only be surprised!

"Dad is a Xiantian warrior?" Yang Mingcheng's reaction was a beat slower, and he couldn't help asking.

"Well, you are so old, but you are still making a fuss!" Yang Zhengshan glanced at this fool, and looked at Ji Hai. Although he was surprised, he did not mean to interrupt.

"Haha, Mingcheng is straightforward. I envy him for having such a successor!" Ji Zhen looked at Yang Mingcheng with admiration.

Being honest and sincere is not a shortcoming. On the contrary, for people who are close to him, this is the most trustworthy character.

In martial arts, being honest and sincere is also the best character. The path of martial arts requires being down-to-earth. It is not a good thing for martial artists to be too smart.

On the contrary, those who are stubborn and more honest will go further.

Treat martial artists with sincerity, and martial artists will treat me with sincerity.

Although there is a saying that a teacher is a father for life, the relationship between a master and a disciple is not as close as that between a father and a son.

Ji Zhen has no children, and the closest person to him is his disciple.

So he likes disciples like Yang Mingcheng the most.

This is not to say that Ji Hai is not good, but that if he can accept Yang Mingcheng as his apprentice, it would be a blessing that he has been looking forward to.

Unfortunately, Yang Mingcheng is impossible to worship him as his master. With Yang Zhengshan as his father and the heir of Jing'an Marquis Mansion, Yang Mingcheng will definitely not worship Hengdaomen.

Yang Mingcheng felt a little embarrassed when he heard Ji Zhen's praise.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and said, "This Marquis asked the senior to come here because I have something to ask the senior!"

"My Lord, just speak directly, and I will tell you everything I know!" Ji Zhen said.

"How many innate warriors are there in Darong?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

He knew very little about the innate warriors of Darong. First, he had always lived in the northeast of Darong. Not to mention the Darong Jianghu, he knew very little about the innate warriors in the Darong court.

The second is that his previous identity and status were relatively low. He was a farmer in the countryside, and he rose to prominence only a few years ago, so he had very little contact with martial arts masters.

In comparison, Ji Zhen's experience is much richer, and he is in the martial arts world, with a wide range of sources of information, and his understanding of innate warriors is definitely far greater than Yang Zhengshan.

Ji Zhen thought for a while and said, "It's not too much, but it's not too little!"

"Oh, how many are there exactly?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

Ji Zhen shook his head slightly, "I don't know, but I estimate that there should be no more than forty innate warriors in the entire Darong!"

"So many?" Yang Zhengshan was stunned.

He thought it was amazing that Darong had more than a dozen innate warriors, but he didn't expect there would be nearly forty!

"Well, the life span of an innate warrior is much longer than that of an ordinary person. The long-lived ones can even live to the age of three hundred years. Some old antiques like to stay in the deep mountains and old forests. Unless you are familiar with them, you don't even know their existence!" Ji Zhen said.

Innate warriors like to avoid the world. This does not mean that they will completely detach from the secular world, but that they have no desire for the secular world. Whether it is power, money or beauty, they are no longer very attractive to them.

They pursue the highest level of martial arts.

Therefore, they rarely appear in the rivers and lakes and the court.

Of course, they will not completely detach from the secular world. They also need basic living materials and resources for cultivation.

But if they want basic materials, they can ask their disciples to prepare them. Since they are innate warriors, how can they not have a few disciples.

Even if they don't have disciples, they can buy them themselves. It is estimated that few people will care if an old man appears in the town.

As for cultivation resources, secular resources are no longer of much use to them. Even precious medicines are rarely worthy of their attention.

Just like Ji Zhen, maybe it won't be long before he will pass the position of the leader of Hengdao Sect to Ji Hai. At that time, he will live in seclusion in Hengdao Sect and will not go out for more than ten years or even decades. After decades, few people in the secular world will probably remember him.

Even if he does not live in seclusion in Hengdao Sect, if he wants to go out for a walk, he will not go to prosperous places, but to some deep mountains and old forests.

He has already experienced the prosperity of the world, which is no longer attractive to him, but there are still many natural treasures hidden in the deep mountains and old forests, which is what he wants.

Maybe he will also go to communicate with people of the same path, but his people of the same path are probably like him, basically out of the secular world.

Therefore, it is rare to see innate warriors in the secular world.

"If there are so many innate warriors, we should also have innate warriors in Liaodong, right?" Yang Zhengshan continued to ask.

"Yes, but which old senior lives in seclusion in Changqing Mountain, I have only heard of it, but I have never seen it!" Ji Zhen said.

Well, this is a hermit who likes to live in the mountains and forests!

"What about the court? Are there any innate warriors?" Yang Zhengshan was still more curious about the innate warriors in the court.

Ji Zhen pondered for a moment and said, "Does the Marquis know the Three Valleys?"

"Three Valleys!" Yang Zhengshan shook his head.

Ji Zhen explained, "It is Wanfu Mountain, Wanshou Mountain and Wansui Mountain to the west of the capital! The three mountains are the Three Valleys!"

Yang Zhengshan suddenly realized that he certainly knew these three mountains. There was a Mahayana Temple on Wanfu Mountain, but he had never been there.

"The Three Valleys are where the court worships innate warriors. There should be seven or eight innate warriors there!"

"In addition, there are also some innate warriors among the nobles in the court!"

At this point, Ji Zhen looked at Yang Zhengshan and smiled, "For example, the Changping Marquis's Mansion!"

"Changping Marquis's Mansion!" Yang Zhengshan showed a look of surprise again.

"The grandfather of the current Changping Marquis has never passed away!" Ji Zhen said.

Yang Zhengshan's pupils suddenly shrank.

He really didn't know about this.

Meow!

Changping Houfu is actually so hidden?

Their Yang family and Changping Houfu are relatives, but they don't know that Changping Houfu has an ancestor in the realm of innateness.

"Otherwise, why do you think Changping Houfu can be passed down for more than 300 years!" Ji Zhen said.

Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard. He always thought that Changping Houfu was unwilling to integrate into the circle of nobles to avoid the emperor's suspicion. Now it seems that Changping Houfu simply disdains to integrate into the circle of nobles.

"What about other nobles?" Yang Zhengshan continued to ask.

Ji Zhen shook his head slightly, "I don't know about this. The reason why I know that Changping Houfu has a congenital master is because Changping Hou was a general in Chongshan Town before. As for other nobles, I can't contact them and don't know them!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, "Then in the imperial city?"

Ji Zhen smiled helplessly, "I have never been to the imperial city!"

Yang Zhengshan was sweating. His question was a bit difficult.

If it was about the Jianghu, Ji Zhen would be well-informed, but if it was about the court and the imperial city, it was normal that Ji Zhen didn't know.

Yang Zhengshan remembered the three old eunuchs he had seen beside Emperor Chengping!

It seems that there should be more than a dozen innate warriors in the court, almost half of Darong.

I just don't know what kind of strength and cultivation these innate warriors have.

Entry, control of qi, mystery, subtlety, and entry into the Tao!

There are five levels in the innate realm. Are there any innate warriors at the Tao level?

If there are, Yang Zhengshan wants to ask for advice.

Although Yang Zhengshan has the Tao level in the innate realm, to be honest, his understanding of this level is very shallow.

Then Yang Zhengshan exchanged some cultivation experiences with Ji Zhen.

Compared with Ji Zhen, Yang Zhengshan is much worse in foundation and his understanding of martial arts is also more superficial.

And Yang Zhengshan's cultivation in the innate realm is much deeper than Ji Zhen, and he has his own understanding of control of qi.

Both of them benefited a lot from the exchange.

However, the biggest beneficiaries were Yang Mingcheng and Ji Hai.

Both of them had already started practicing Xiantian Gongfa and were in the stage of condensing Xiantian Zhenqi. Even if they could only understand a few words of Yang Zhengshan and Ji Zhen's exchange, it was still a great gain.

After some communication, Yang Zhengshan and Ji Zhen were both reluctant to leave, so Yang Zhengshan simply let Ji Zhen stay in the Marquis' Mansion for two days.

The main reason was that both of them had reached the Xiantian realm and had never communicated with people of the same path. Today, they met people of the same path, so they were reluctant to part.

Uh, is it a bit annoying to say this?

Anyway, that's what I mean!

Just like a couple who have just confirmed their love, they have endless topics to talk about, and they are excited about everything they do, and they wish they could stay together all the time.

Two days later, Yang Zhengshan still sent Ji Zhen away. Although he still wanted to communicate with Ji Zhen for a few more days, Ji Zhen still had to go to Kyoto and it was not appropriate for him to stay in Chongshan Pass for too long.

As for why he had to go to Kyoto, it was not difficult to understand.

To become a Xiantian warrior, you must tell the court.

For the court, Xiantian warriors are an unstable factor. Informing the court will also avoid any misunderstandings and troubles in the future.

Of course, Yang Zhengshan has no plans to expose his cultivation level yet, and he asks Ji Zhen and Ji Hai to keep it secret for him.