Chapter 464 - Reward

After talking and laughing with Yang Qinzhang all the way to the south of the village, Yang Junshan finally realized something. After talking with his nephew for a while, Yang Junshan gave him a piece of talisman.

When they were almost to the south of the village, Yang Junshan suddenly realised that if he was at Peng Shitong’s spirit pellet opening ceremony, most probably all of the people of Xishan Village would not even look at Peng Shitong, the new alchemist, but would actually cheer for him, the guardian of the Xishan Village.

Yang Junping had specially arranged such a ceremony for Peng Shitong, and it was obvious that he had done so with his heart, but Yang Junshan did not want to go fight over the host.

Even though Yang Junshan had reacted and left quickly, the news of him coming to the south of the village to participate in the furnace opening ceremony quickly spread throughout the entire Xishan Village. However, when everyone was waiting anxiously, they realized that Yang Junshan had never appeared.

Although the villagers were disappointed, Yang Junping heaved a sigh of relief. At this time, the pill fragrance that was being released from the temporary pill house that was being built for Peng Shitong became even stronger, and Yang Junping anxiously turned everyone’s attention back to Peng Shitong who was about to produce the pill.

The Spirit Strengthening Pill that Peng Shitong refined this time waype of spirit pellet used by cultivators to help strengthen their dantian after they broke through their martial arts realm.

This kind of spiritual pill’s quality was not high, and the difficulty of refining it was only slightly better than spirit rank pills used to heal injuries or to recover qi. However, it was sufficient to prove that the apprentice was an alchemist.

The fragrance in the air became stronger and stronger, many of the villagers who were not from Madame Yang greedily inhaled the fragrance that contained a certain amount of spiritual energy, causing the Madame Yang clansmen to sneer at it, their sense of superiority as powerful clansmen suddenly grew.

The pill furnace was the pill furnace that Yang Junshan had found in the Sunset Ridge. The pill fire was the oil lamp fire that Yang Junshan had found in the ruins of the Heaven-Shaking Peak.

In fact, Peng Shitong had already been out foeriod of time, under the personal guidance of his teacher Kong De Liang, she had refined three batches of Spirit Dans within the Great Cauldron Hall, but the success rate was not high, and the difficulty of refining the Spirit Dans he had chosen was also very low. Furthermore, he had not completed them all on his own.

However, Peng Shitong also knew that Kong De Liang had done his best to teach her. After he graduated, she would have to leave the Great Cauldron Hall s. In the future, if she really wanted to become an independent family alchemist, she would have to rely on her own hard work.

“The furnace is open. Quiet!”

The villagers who were waiting outside the pill room immediately became silent. At this time, the door to the pill room was opened, and Peng Shitong was seated cross-legged in front of a three feet tall gigantic pill furnace. He raised his hands, and the heavy lid rose up slowly, and a pill that was flickering with spiritual light flew out.

The surrounding people immediately cheered, as long as one pellet was successfully refined, that would mean that Peng Shitong had truly stepped into the realm of an alchemist.

Peng Shitong waved her hand, and the spirit pellet immediately flew into the jade bottle he had prepared a long time ago. Then, she waved her hand and the second spirit pellet flew out from the furnace, causing the villagers to cheer once again.

Unfortunately, just as everyone was looking forward to her refining the third pill, the lid of the pill furnace slowly fell off and the fragrance in the air was also gradually dissipating.

Although everyone still felt like it, but for a cultivator at the entrance of the Alchemy Master Realm, being able to concoct two Spirit Dans in one furnace was already considered normal. Under Yang Junping’s unsparing efforts, everyone gave waves of cheers to the first alchemist of the Yang family.

Yang Junshan had witnessed the process of the furnace opening secretly. Honestly speaking, Peng Shitong’s talent in pill refining could only be considered average, 20% success rate was way worse than the other true geniuses. Her ability to become an alchemist all depended on his own hard work.

Since the first time Yang Junshan saw this girl, Yang Junshan had seen how stubborn and strong she was. Her innate talent was also only average, not to mention that she was cultivating the half of the “Heart Fire Red Lotus” that Yang Junshan had taught her. Logically speaking, the better the cultivation method, the more emphasis she had on raising her foundation, thus her cultivation speed would not be that fast.

On the other side, after Yang Junping had instigated everything, he took advantage of the excitement of the villagers to announce that the competition would be held in seven days. All cultivators under the age of eighteen who had not reached the martial arts realm could sign up to participate.

“In this competition, those who can enter the top 16, regardless of whether they are direct descendents or disciples, will receive a Spirit Tier Skill Method, a reward of fifty Jade Coins, and a reward of one month of cultivation in the Western Mountain.”

When everyone heard it, they burst into an uproar, especially the Yang family’s branch disciples, all of them rubbed their fists, their fighting spirit overflowing. Even a direct descendant like Yang Qinzhang, who trained in the Spirit Ranking from the beginning, was very excited about the 50 Jade Coinnd the reward of entering the Western Mountain for one month.

From the moment Yang Junshan established the village protection formation, only Martial Realm Cultivator s were able to enter the Western Mountain to cultivate, or even peak Mortal Realm cultivators who were about to establish their dantian. The rest simply did not have the qualifications to enter the Western Mountain.

The richer the cultivation environment, the more harmful it was to low-level cultivators. Under the management of the father and son duo, the spiritual source area of the West Mountain became richer, but the lower the level of the cultivators, the more restricted they were from entering and exiting the West Mountain.

Furthermore, the Western Mountain was the key to controlling the entire village protection formation. Not only were there many restrictions on the mountain, but it was also filled with traps.

Aesult, when they heard that only the top sixteen could enter the Western Mountain to cultivate, the young disciples of Madame Yang all became excited.

However, Yang Junping did not only set up these as rewards, he also continued to say: “If you can enter the top eight, then you will be rewarded witundred Jade Coins, a bottle of Fa Yun Dan, and you will have to cultivate for two months.”

Everyone exclaimed again, but at this time, they all knew that Yang Junping would definitely receive another reward. The Imperial Censor quickly calmed down.

Unexpectedly, Yang Junping suddenly stopped talking, and stood there, seemingly listening attentively to something. Just when everyone was confused, Yang Junping suddenly laughed: “As for the first four, the original rewards are three hundred Jade Coins s, three Fa Yun Pills, and a period of three months from the Western Mountain. Now, we have to add a Spirit Martial Pill, and then we can enter the clan treasury to pick any three types of Spirit Materials!”

This time, no one cried out in alarm. They were all stunned!

A Spirit Martial Pill was the only type of pill that could be used for Mortal Realm, and there was only one type of effect. It was to help cultivators open up their dantian and advance their martial arts realm.

Although the Spirit Martial Pill could only be consumed by Mortal Realm cultivators, it was precisely because it could be used by Mortal Realm cultivators, that was why it was even more difficult to refine. One must know that Mortal Realm cultivators did not have the powerful physique and cultivation of Martial Realm Cultivator, and were able to suppress the impact brought by the huge amount of spirit energy contained within the Spirit Stage pellet.

Aesult, although the starting point for consuming the Spirit Pill was low, the quality of the Spirit Pill was extremely high. At the very least, Peng Shitong currently did not have the ability to refine such a Spirit Pill.

Furthermore, having a Spirit Martial Pill could almost increase the success rate of a cultivator at the fifth level of the Mortal Realm by thirty percent. Adding on to the hard work and foundation of the cultivator, it was practically guaranteed that the cultivator in the top four would advance into the martial arts realm.

As for the three spirit materials, they could also greatly shorten the time a cultivator needed to gather spirit materials and refine a lifeblood magic item.

“As for the clan cultivators who can enter the top two, in addition to the five hundred Jade Coinnd five bottles of Fa Yun Dan’s rewards, in the future, when they advance into martial arts realm, they will receive a clan magical equipment as a reward. The second place will receive a low-grade magic tool as a reward, and the first place cultivator will receive a mid-grade magic tool!”

“At the same time, these two are also qualified to enter the clan’s Inheritance Pavilion and freely choose a set of spirit arts for cultivation!”

This level of reward strength was unprecedented, a careful cultivator realised that when Yang Junping announced the first four rewards, there waeriod of silence, and then the rewards strength was announced. Thinking about the earlier news that Yang Junshan had already left his seclusion and went down the mountain, everyone naturally understood that it was Yang Junshan who had suddenly increased the rewards strength, and informed Yang Junping.

After announcing the schedule and arrangements for the Family Competition, Yang Junping secretly looked for Yang Junshan, and laughed bitterly: “Brother, the rewards this time are really too high, and in the future, the Family Competition will always be held again. With this example, it will not be easy to determine the scope of the rewards for the next time, but I can’t possibly get as big of a reward every time, right?”

Yang Junshan laughed and said: “These are all small matters. Let me ask you, how has the strength of the clan increased in the past two years?”

Yang Junping thought for a while, then said: “There has been an increase of two Martial Realm Cultivator s, but they are all aged cultivators, who have used the dense spirit energy that they have accumulated for a long time to advance to the next stage. With their age, they no longer have much potential, and there is also second brother, Uncle Tie Zhu, uncle, younger sister, and Su Tong who have advanced to the second stage, and not a single one to the third stage. However, not a single one to advance to the late stage of the martial arts realm, but both Hu Niu and Hu Niu have advanced to the great perfection stage, cultivating really quickly.”

Yang Junshan nodded his head and said: “Did you see that, the potential of the second and third generation of the Yang family are almost used up, the second generation’s elders are already demoralized, the fifth generation Jun Cheng and eighth generation Old Eighth Jun’s talent are limited, it’s already not bad that they are able to advance their martial arts realm, the eleventh generation Jun Cheng and Old Eighth Jun’s are probably not even strong enough, and the seventh generation is just you, Brother Bao Zhang, tenth sister, little sister and Miss Peng still have room to improve. As for Qian Hai, Bao Liang, they are not much better off than the sixth generation.