It has been more than a year since the outbreak of the giant locust plague, and Yang Junshan has turned fourteen. For more than a year, the weather in Yu County has been relatively smooth, and the spiritual fields in the disaster-stricken counties and towns have also begun to gradually grow.
recover.
However, due to the ferociousness of the huge locust plague the previous year, and the unfavorable situation of the counties in resisting the disaster, the locust plague recurred on a small scale in the Lingtian areas of the affected counties and towns in the second year. Although it was quickly eliminated, it was still
A certain amount of damage was caused, and the recovery of the Lingtian itself also took time. Therefore, the Linggu harvest in the affected counties and towns in the second year could only barely recover to 70% of previous years.
Of course, this does not include Tuqiu Village. Although the spiritual fields of Tuqiu Village were also damaged by giant locust larvae, Yang Tianggang was reminded by Yang Junshan that he had already made preparations to prevent these disasters.
nipped in the bud, Tuqiu Village’s Linggu harvest in the second year has returned to normal levels.
This year, Shaking Tianzong's grain tax also returned to normal levels, and the vast majority of spiritual farmers naturally complained about this. The spiritual grains received by spiritual farmers in many villages were only used to maintain their own cultivation.
, the growth of many young monks has also been affected by the further reduction of cultivation resources; in order to take care of the growth of their offspring, some parents even reduce the spiritual grain needed to maintain their own cultivation, causing a decline in cultivation.
There is even more news that old spiritual farmers have experienced a decline in cultivation, shortened lifespan, or even died due to insufficient spiritual grain to maintain their own cultivation.
None of this happened in Tuqiu Village. The villagers of Tuqiu Village, who were originally quite complacent about this, also began to fall silent. They silently watched everything happening in the surrounding villages, and in comparison, they cherished their own homes even more.
Today's living conditions are hard-won, and Yang Tiangang's prestige has also risen to an unparalleled level amidst this silent contrast.
Yang Junping followed Yang Junshan and ran towards the west mountain. The two of them did not stop at all along the way until they reached the pomegranate forest.
Yang Junshan's breath was even and his face remained unchanged, but Yang Junping was already out of breath. After all, he was only a twelve-year-old child. Although he had practiced Mangniu Boxing and Crouching Tiger Figure every day under Yang Junshan's supervision in the past two years,
His physical endurance was outstanding among his peers, but the gap between him and Yang Junshan was not that small.
"Brother, what are you doing here? I'm exhausted. You can't slow down on the way. I just had my spiritual orifice tested, and the spiritual energy I received hasn't spread throughout my body yet!"
Sitting on the ground, Yang Junping rested his body half-lying on the ground with his hands, saying: "Brother, pick me a pomegranate quickly, I'm so thirsty!"
A month ago, Yang Tiangang took Yang Junping back to the Yang family's old house in Qingshi Town, Chenyu County for a qualification test. Just like in his previous life, Yang Junping had three fairy orifices, one of which was in the palms of his left and right hands.
Different from the expression of regret in his previous life when he learned that Yang Junping had a pair of fairy souls in his hand because he could not get a matching pair of fairy souls, Yang Tiangang, who was in high spirits at that time, almost shouted with excitement on the spot.
Three sounds.
When his son brought the pair of Bear Palm Fairy Spirits back from Baque Mountain, Yang Tiangang had also thought of exchanging them for jade coins or other cultivation resources. You must know that although the value of this pair of middle-grade Fairy Spirits is comparable to
It is high-grade, but its rarity is still higher than that of top-grade fairy spirits. If it is really used to exchange for cultivation resources, it will be a huge sum.
But in the end, Yang Junshan persuaded him, saying that he had two younger brothers and sisters, and what if one of them had a pair of fairy orifices?
Unexpectedly, his son's words turned out to be a prophecy. His second son really had a pair of fairy spirit orifices, and what was even more valuable was that they appeared in the palm of his hand, together with the pair of bear palm fairy essences.
It couldn't be a better fit.
As soon as I was happy, my son would naturally suffer the same misfortune, and his expectations for his second son immediately increased. After returning to Tuqiu Village, Lao Yang began to personally train Yang Junping, explaining to him the "Spiritual Art of Covering the Earth" step by step, and teaching him
How to attract spiritual energy, and even the posture of the daily bull punch began to be corrected step by step.
In Lao Yang's words, it means that your eldest brother worked hard to bring back a pair of middle-grade fairy spirits from Baique Mountain. You are lucky enough to have this qualification. If you don't know how to work hard, these good things will be in vain.
, I want to clean up the house as soon as possible!
When Yang Junshan said that he would take him to Xishan to play, Yang Junping was so happy that he jumped three feet high and hurriedly agreed. He had been drilled to death by his father these days. Even when Han Xiumei felt sorry for her son and asked for mercy, she was ignored by Yang Tiangang.
He blocked him back unceremoniously, and only his elder brother Yang Junshan, who was now gaining more and more face in front of his father, dared to call him out of the house to play.
Yang Junshan picked up a big red-skinned pomegranate from the tallest tree in the forest and threw it to him. Then under Yang Junping's surprised eyes, he lifted it among the dead branches and leaves under the tree, and found a disguised pomegranate.
The wooden raft was lifted up by Yang Junshan, revealing the cave below.
Regardless of peeling off the pomegranate in his hand, Yang Junping stood up and walked to the edge of the cave. He saw a stone slab placed at the bottom of the cave. This stone slab was exactly the same as the spirit-sealing stone slab on the spiritual well in the backyard of his home.
"Brother, what is here? Are you hiding something good here?"
Yang Junshan smiled jokingly, and leaned down to pull open the spirit-sealing stone slab. A surge of spiritual energy suddenly surged out from the cave behind the stone slab. Yang Junping, who was caught off guard, was hit by the fierce spiritual energy and raised his head.
I sat on the ground and sneezed three times in a row to regain my composure.
However, after regaining his composure, Yang Junshan did not bother to trouble his elder brother who was plotting against him. Instead, he lay down on the edge of the cave again and looked down. This time, he was more careful and was not smoked by the strong spiritual energy.
With.
"Brother, is this the spiritual cave you found? No wonder you often run to the West Mountain. I thought you were playing with Huniu. It turns out there is such a good place here. The spiritual energy here is comparable to our spiritual well.
Still rich!”
Yang Junping first praised him, and then said dissatisfiedly: "Brother, you are so uninterested that you brought me here now!"
"Nonsense!" Yang Junshan scolded with a smile: "What could you do if I brought you here earlier? I haven't tested the Immortal Spiritual Aperture, I haven't started practicing, and my body can't absorb even a trace of spiritual energy. Taking you up the mountain every day will arouse suspicion and expose what's going on here.
manage?"
Seeing his eldest brother jumping into the cave, Yang Junping hurriedly followed, and continued: "Then you can't hide it from me. You discovered this place, does daddy know?"
Before Yang Junshan could answer, the gurgling spiritual spring in the cave had already attracted his attention. He immediately cheered and threw the pomegranate in his hand without knowing where he had gone. He ran straight to the edge of the pool and drank the clear spring water.
Had two big mouthfuls.
Exhaling happily, Yang Junshan lay on the bluestone beside the small pool and looked around the cave. On the west side of the cave, there was a raised stone platform, on which were placed a spirit sealing box, a small bucket of talisman ink, and a piece of stone.
There is a sapphire inkstone, a talisman pen on the pen holder, and some scattered talisman papers on the stone platform. Some of them have many talisman patterns drawn on them. There is also a Hanshan stone paperweight carved into a leopard pressed on it.
In addition, there are some spiritual stones engraved with small talisman patterns, talisman feather arrows, etc., which Yang Junshan has always used to practice making talismans.
Feeling the rich spiritual energy and coolness in the cave, Yang Junshan said with envy: "Brother, this place you found is really good. Can I come here to practice in the future?"
Yang Junshan smiled and said: "I'm talking nonsense again. I brought you here today to tell you that you can come here to practice at any time in the future. The spiritual energy here is rich. I think it can greatly shorten the time for you to draw the spiritual energy. Dad is now worried about when you will summon the immortal.
Spirit, those pair of bear palm fairy spirits are eager to be pressed into your palms right now."
Yang Junping patted the bluestone under him and said: "I'm anxious too, brother. You don't know how much I liked those pair of bear paw fairies when I saw them. I feel that those pair of things were born to be mine."
I have already been impatient to refine them, but now I have this spiritual acupoint to help me get twice the result with half the effort."
"It's just," Yang Junping said worriedly again: "I have to go to Xishan to practice often. How should I explain to my father?"
Yang Junshan smiled and said: "Do you think your brother and my father will not know that I have found such a feng shui treasure land? Do you think he really trusts me to run to the West Mountain every day, and sometimes I stay up for several days and nights?"
"Dad, do you know this place?"
Yang Junshan said: "Of course I know, he didn't ask just to give us our own space!"
Yang Junping nodded and said: "I guess dad is also worried a lot, and it's in a place where we can't see!"
Yang Junshan nodded and said: "As long as you understand, this will be your territory from now on. When my little sister starts practicing, you have to take her here too."
Yang Junping smiled and said: "You often go to Xishan Mountain and you still have Huniu as an excuse. As for me, the two boys from the Yang family ran to Xishan Mountain one after another. Even a fool would be suspicious."
Yang Junshan said: "In the past, I was afraid of suspicion because I was afraid that someone would find this cave and rob it from us. Now, what if the Lingquan Cave is discovered by others? Who in Huangtu Town dares to rob our Yang family's things?"
Yang Junping also laughed when he heard this and said: "That's right. Nowadays, everyone in Huangtu Town says that our father is the top three masters in this town. I think except for Liu Zhenshou, no one in Huangtu Town can be my opponent!"
Yang Junshan also smiled and said: "From now on, not only will this Lingquan Cave belong to our Yang family, but the entire Xishan Mountain will also become our Yang family's!"
Yang Junping seemed to suddenly think of something at this time. He sat up and asked, "Brother, please tell me this. Are you going to travel far away recently?"
Yang Junshan was surprised: "How did you know?"
Yang Junping said: "There is no need to ask. This year, Xu Jing was first taken to the county by Liu Zhenshou and became an outer disciple of Shaotian Sect; followed closely by Zhang Huzi, his father also found a job for him in the weapon refining workshop in the county.
It's an apprentice's job; a few days ago, it was said that Xu Lei was introduced to the Yu family, one of the three most powerful families in the county, to do work, so I guess dad is going to send you out too."
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