C73 Fourteen

It had been over a year since the outbreak of the locust plague. Yang Junshan was now 14 years old, and the year had passed quite smoothly in Yu County. The spirit farmlands of the affected counties were starting to recover gradually.

However, due to the huge locust disaster of the previous year being too fierce, coupled with the unfavorable protection of the various counties, the locust disaster of the second year occurred again on a small scale. Although it was quickly eliminated, it still caused a certain amount of losses, and with the addition of the recovery of the spirit farmland itself taking time, the harvests of the next year were only seventy percent of those of the previous years.

Although the spirit field of the Tuqiu Village had also been destroyed by the giant locust larvae, but with Yang Junshan's reminder, Yang Tian had long been prepared for this. He had eliminated all these disasters in their infancy, and the harvest of the second year of the Tuqiu Village's Spirit Valley had already returned to its perennial level.

During this year, the food tax of the Heaven Shaking Sect had also been restored to the same level, and the vast majority of the Spirit Cultivators naturally complained about this. Many of the Spirit Cultivators in the villages were only able to maintain their own cultivation, and the growth of the young cultivators was also affected by the further reduction of their cultivation resources; some parents were even willing to lower the cultivation level of the Spirit Valley so that they could take care of the future generations.

As for the decline in cultivation, the reduction in lifespan, and even death, caused by the Spirit Valley being insufficient to maintain their cultivation, all these were reported to be unending.

The originally complacent villagers all became silent. They silently watched everything that was happening in the surrounding villages and cherished the fact that their current living conditions were not easy to come by. Yang Tian Gang's prestige had also risen to an incomparable level through this silent comparison.

Yang Junping followed behind Yang Junshan as they sprinted towards the west mountain. The two of them didn't stop at all as they made their way to the pomegranate forest.

Yang Junshan's breath didn't change at all, but Yang Junping had already started to pant. After all, he was only a twelve-year-old child, and although he diligently practiced Mang Ox Fist and Lying Tiger Painting under Yang Junshan's supervision every day for the last two years, which made his physical body extremely outstanding among his peers, the gap between him and Yang Junshan was not small at all.

"Brother, what are you doing here? You're exhausting me, but you can't slow down on the way. I just tested my spiritual cavities, and the spiritual qi has yet to circulate through my entire body!"

Sitting on the ground, Yang Junping stretched out his arms and said, "Brother, quickly pick a pomegranate for me, I'm dying of thirst!"

One month ago, Yang Tian had brought Yang Junping back to the Yang family's residence in the Verdant Stone Town in Chenyu County to undergo the aptitude test. Just like in his previous life, Yang Jun had three spiritual cavities, and one of them was in the middle of his left and right palms.

Compared to his previous life when he found out that Yang Junping had a pair of Immortal's Apertures, Yang Tian was not able to find a match with a pair of Immortal's Apertures, causing him to have a regretful expression.

When his son brought the pair of bear paw immortal spirits back from the Hundred Sparrow Mountain, Yang Tian had thought of exchanging them for jade coins or other cultivation resources. One must know that even though this pair of middle-grade immortal spirits was comparable to high-grade ones, their rarity was still above that of high-grade ones.

However, in the end, he was still persuaded by Yang Junshan, saying that he still had two siblings. What if one of them had a pair of immortal spiritual cavities?

He had never thought that his son's words would actually come true. His second son actually had a pair of immortal spiritual cavities, and the most precious thing was that they actually appeared in his palm.

Once I'm happy, my son will naturally be unlucky as well. The expectations towards my second son immediately increased, and after returning to the Tuqiu Village, Old Yang began to personally practice Yang Junping, teaching him hands-on how to use the "Overlapping Earth Spirit Method", teaching him how to receive spiritual energy, and even began to correct his daily fighting stance with the Raging Bull Fist.

In the words of Old Yang, your big brother risked his life to bring back a pair of middle-grade immortal spirits. If you didn't work so hard to make this pair of immortal spirits go blind, then this father will take this opportunity to clean up as soon as possible!

When Yang Junshan said he would take him to play in the West Mountain, Yang Junshan was immediately overjoyed and quickly agreed. After being drilled to death by his father these days, even if Han Xiumei asked for help for her son's help, it was still blocked by Yang Tian. Only his brother, Yang Junshan, was showing more and more face in front of his father, daring to call him out of the house to play.

Yang Junshan picked up a huge, red-skinned pomegranate from the tallest tree in the forest and threw it to him. Yang Junping looked at it with a surprised expression and then picked up a piece of rotten twig and leaves from under the tree.

Yang Junping didn't have the time to peel off the pomegranate in his hands. He stood up and walked to the edge of the cave. At the bottom of the cave was a stone slab. This slab of stone was exactly the same as the Spirit Sealing Stone in his backyard.

"Bro, what is this? Are you hiding something good here?"

Yang Junshan gave a playful "hehe" laugh and leaned forward to pull open the Spirit Sealing Stone. A surge of surging spirit energy suddenly gushed out of the cave behind the stone slab. Being caught off guard, Yang Junping directly sat down on the ground with his head raised, and only after sneezing three times was he able to recover.

However, after recovering, Yang Junshan couldn't find trouble with his brother anymore. Instead, he laid down on the ground, peeped around the edge of the cave and looked down. This time, he was a lot more careful.

"Brother, this is the spirit cave you found?" "No wonder you often go to the west mountain. I thought you were going to play with Tigress, but it turns out that there's such a good place here. The spiritual energy here is even denser than our spiritual well!"

Yang Junping first praised him, then said with dissatisfaction, "Brother, you are too ungrateful, you only brought me here now!"

"Nonsense!" Yang Junshan laughed and scolded, "What can I do if I brought you here earlier? However, the immortal spiritual cavities were unfathomable, and he did not start cultivating. His body could not even absorb a single bit of spiritual energy, and instead brought you up the mountain every day. Instead of arousing suspicion, what should we do if we expose this place? "

Seeing his big brother jump into the cave, Yang Junping quickly followed and continued, "Then you can't keep it a secret from me. You found this place, dad. Do you know?"

Before Yang Junshan could reply, the gurgling spirit spring water in the cave had already attracted his attention. He immediately cheered and threw away the pomegranate. He ran over to the pool, scooped up the spring water and took two big gulps.

On the west side of the cave, there was a raised stone platform, and on top of it, there was a Spirit Sealing Box, a small barrel of ink runes, and a piece of limestone. On the brush holder, there was also a brush, and on the stone platform, there were some scattered talismans, and some of them had already been drawn with a lot of talisman markings, and on top of them was a piece of Frigid Mountain Stone paper that had been carved into the Golden Leopard.

Feeling the dense and cool spiritual energy in the cave, Yang Junshan said with envy, "Brother, this place you found is really good. Can I come here to cultivate in the future?"

Yang Junshan smiled and said, "Nonsense, today I brought you here to tell you that you can come here to train anytime from now on. Yang Junshan laughed," Now I brought you here to tell you that you can come here to cultivate anytime from now on.

Yang Junping patted the limestone beneath him, "I'm worried too, brother, you don't know how much I liked that pair of bear paw immortal spirits. I feel that pair of immortal spirits were born to be mine to refine, I've been impatient for a long time, now I have this spiritual acupoint to help me with it at least twice the result with half the effort."

"But ?" Yang Junping was worried again. "I have to go to the west mountain often to cultivate, how can I explain it to my father?"

Yang Junshan laughed, "Do you think your brother doesn't know that I found such a precious piece of Feng Shui? Do you think he is really worried that I will run up to the west mountain every day? Sometimes, it's good that I haven't come home for a few days and nights? "

"Father knows this place?"

Yang Junshan replied, "Of course I do. He didn't ask us about it just to give us space for ourselves!"

Yang Junping nodded his head and said, "I guess father is worried too. Besides, it's somewhere we can't see!"

Yang Junshan nodded, "It's good that you understand. From now on, this is your territory. From now on, when I start cultivating, you have to bring her here."

Yang Junping laughed, "You often go to the West Mountain, but at least you still have the excuse of a tiger girl. What about me, even a fool would suspect me if I saw the two of them running up the West Mountain one after another."

Yang Junshan said, "In the past, I was afraid that someone would steal from us after discovering this cave. So what if people find out about this Spirit Spring Cave now?" "Who dares to rob our Yang family in Wasteland Town?"

Yang Junping also laughed when he heard this, "That's true. Nowadays, everyone in Wasteland Town says that our father is one of the top three powerhouses in this town. Besides Liu Shentu, no one else in Wasteland Town is a match for him!"

Yang Junshan also laughed, "From now on, not only does this Spirit Spring Cave belong to our Yang Family, in the future, this entire Western Mountain will also belong to our Yang Family!"

Suddenly, Yang Junping seemed to have thought of something. He sat up and asked, "Brother, you told me that you're going to stay here. Are you going on a long journey?"

Yang Junshan was surprised, "How did you know?"

Yang Junping replied, "Of course. This year, Xu Jing was taken by Liu Zhen to the county town and became an outer disciple of Heaven Shaking Sect. Soon after, Zhang Hu's father also found him an apprentice job at the smithing workshop in the county city. A few days ago, it was said that Xu Lei was also introduced to the Yu Family, one of the three powerful families in the county."

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