Chapter 75

Qian Chunlai not only had his thigh joint shot through by Yang Junshan with a seven-stone heavy bow, but the rune arrow also shattered a piece of bone at the joint, with several bone fragments flying out of the flesh and landing in the accumulated water, never to be found again. Thus, Qian Chunlai became a cripple.

This matter did not end there. When the news of Qian Chunlai being hit in the buttocks by Yang Junshan's son for the second time while causing trouble in Tuqiu Village spread far and wide, even Liu Zhen, the town's guardian, could not blame the people of Tuqiu Village. After all, Yang Junshan was still a child under thirteen years old, and this time Qian Chunlai had indeed caused too much trouble.

However, a cripple could not become an outer disciple of the Heaven-Shaking Sect. Although Liu Zhen, out of old friendship, still reported Qian Chunlai's name, the once popular Qian Deputy Guardian was quickly rejected by the Heaven-Shaking Sect. Instead, Meng Shan, the village chief of Tumeng Village, who was previously unknown, got a big break and became the actual deputy guardian of the barren land town, ready to take over the position of guardian once Liu Zhen stepped down.

Qian Chunlai, now a cripple, still walked around the guardian's office, but the once gentle and refined "Qian Deputy Guardian" now looked much more gloomy and dark. Especially after the Heaven-Shaking Sect selected its outer disciples, Qian Chunlai's gaze was like that of a venomous snake hiding in the dark, making many people keep their distance from him.

After returning home, Yang Junshan was called to the hall by Yang Tiangang.

"Have you explained everything to Junping?" Yang Tiangang asked while digging the tobacco in his pipe.

Yang Junshan nodded and asked, "How is my cultivation progressing?"

Yang Junshan smiled bitterly and said, "I still haven't reached perfection!"

Yang Tiangang, however, had an unsurprised look on his face and said, "The two high-quality spirit veins you have awakened must have a space far larger than ordinary people, so it's natural that the speed of reaching perfection will slow down."

What Yang Tiangang didn't know was that Yang Junshan had not just two spirit veins but also a hidden bone marrow spirit vein awakened by an excellent-quality spirit marrow. The space of this hidden spirit vein was even larger, almost twice the size of an ordinary cultivator's spirit vein.

If he only had two spirit veins, despite the space being far larger than ordinary people, Yang Junshan's cultivation speed was not slow. Thanks to the relatively dense spiritual energy in the Spirit Spring Cave, the batch of jade coins obtained in Qiwu Mountain, and the support of six Law Cloud Pills, Yang Junshan quickly filled the two spirit veins with earth spiritual energy.

However, now that he had three spirit veins, and the third one was a spirit vein expanded by an excellent-quality spirit, even with diligent cultivation, Yang Junshan had only filled one-third of this spirit vein with earth spiritual energy.

Yang Tiangang blew out a smoke ring and said, "Although your cultivation is still a distance from advancing to the fourth level, our Yang family is not without the means to prepare in advance. To lay the foundation for your immortal roots, you need to choose your own life-bound spell, so I plan to send you back to the old house in Qingshi Town to select a few spells from the Yang family's library to prepare for the future."

Yang Junshan smiled and asked, "Father, you can just choose the spells for me. Besides, you probably know a third of the spells in the old Yang family's library, even if you haven't cultivated them. Why not just teach them to me directly instead of going back to Qingshi Town?"

Yang Tiangang glared and said, "How would I know what spells are suitable for you? Besides, I've only cultivated seven or eight of the spells in the library and know only about ten. That's far from a third. What if there's a spell that's suitable for you, but I don't know it?"

Yang Junshan laughed and said nothing. Yang Tiangang took another puff of his pipe and said, "However, no matter what spell you choose as your life-bound spell, there are three spells you must cultivate: 'Stone Breaking Spell,' 'Earth Shaking Spell,' and 'Sand Flying Spell.' These three spells are simplified versions of our Yang family's inherited 'Earth Splitting Spirit Spell.' Cultivating any of these three spells will greatly benefit your future cultivation of the 'Earth Splitting Spirit Spell.'"

In the cultivation world, there are said to be 108,000 spell inheritances, but only 3,000 spirit spell inheritances. Each spirit spell is a closely guarded secret in the cultivation world. The Yang family of Qingshi Town could become a prominent family in the town partly because of this spirit spell inheritance.

Yang Tiangang continued, "Above spirit spells are treasure spells. It is said that our Yang family's 'Earth Splitting Spirit Spell' is derived from a treasure spell inherited by the Heaven-Shaking Sect. Unfortunately, despite our many years of effort, we have not even obtained the 'Earth Covering Treasure Spell' above the 'Earth Covering Spirit Spell,' let alone the treasure spell inheritance. Now, the Yang family is almost about to change its name to the Wang family, which is truly a disgrace, hmpf!"

Seeing that Yang Tiangang was getting agitated when talking about the Yang family, Yang Junshan changed the subject, "Father, where is Mother? I haven't seen her much recently!"

"Your mother?" Yang Tiangang was indeed distracted and laughed, "She has been obsessed with the spirit spell inheritance you brought back from the Stone Village Chief Shi Jiutong's home!"

The spirit spell inheritance recorded on the stone slab that Yang Junshan stole from the Stone Village Chief Shi Jiutong's home was called the 'Branching and Flourishing Spirit Spell.' It was a wood attribute spirit spell focused on support, with not too strong offensive power, which did not match the earth attribute cultivation method of the Yang family, but it complemented the wood attribute cultivation method of Han Xiumei.

Despite this, Han Xiumei was eager to cultivate it. The value of a spirit spell inheritance was undeniable, and obtaining this inheritance was already a stroke of luck for the Yang family. There was no need to consider what type of spirit spell it was.

Moreover, even if the 'Branching and Flourishing Spirit Spell' was slightly weaker than ordinary spirit spells, it was still much more powerful than ordinary spells.

Although Han Xiumei had already advanced to the Martial Person Realm, she did not have a suitable magical tool to use. During the last battle with the Martial Person Realm cultivator Shi Nansheng from the upper reaches of the Qinsui River, she was completely suppressed. However, if she could cultivate this spirit spell, her strength would be greatly enhanced.

However, the life-bound spell Han Xiumei cultivated before advancing to the Martial Person Realm was not closely related to the 'Branching and Flourishing Spirit Spell.' Now, it would be difficult for her to directly cultivate this spirit spell as her life-bound spirit spell after advancing to the Martial Person Realm.

Despite the slow progress, Han Xiumei was still enthusiastic about researching her life-bound spirit spell.

After explaining Han Xiumei's cultivation of the spirit spell, Yang Tiangang laughed and scolded, "You are becoming more and more useless. You actually dared to steal from Shi Jiutong's home just because you obtained some array formation inheritance. It's only because we are simple villagers with lax defenses. If the true array formation masters in the cultivation world knew you used array formations for such despicable deeds, our Yang family would be flattened!"

Yang Junshan laughed and said, "At the time, I was angry. Shi Jiutong took advantage of others, and he even colluded with the despicable Qian Chunlai. Who would have thought that this fat man's home had a spirit spell inheritance? I was so scared that I just grabbed the stone slab and ran!"

Yang Tiangang sighed and said, "Old Shi was lucky to obtain a spirit spell inheritance, but he was severely harmed by you. The protective array formation at his home was easily breached, which is clearly the work of an array formation master. The spirit spell inheritance was stolen, and the incident with the spirit fields upstream of the Qinsui River left him bedridden for three months. Not only did he lose weight, but his cultivation also declined when I saw him in town last time."

After saying this, Yang Tiangang threw a bulging black bag to Yang Junshan. Yang Junshan picked it up and weighed it, immediately beaming with joy, "Fifty? You are really generous!"

Yang Tiangang said, "The family is relatively well-off recently, so I'm giving you a break. This trip to Qingshi Town is not just to learn a few spells, but also to handle some other matters. If you do well, there will be rewards. You will have to stay in Qingshi Town for a long time, and these jade coins will come in handy."

Yang Junshan had never been to the county town of Mengyu County before. Five years ago, when Yang Tiangang's family moved from Qingshi Town, they passed through Mengyu County but did not stay long. This time, on the way to Qingshi Town, Yang Junshan needed to visit a senior and take the opportunity to see what differences there were in the county town he had visited several times in his previous life.

The person Yang Junshan came to visit was Chen Ji, an inner disciple of the Heaven-Shaking Sect, who had previously served as a mountain guardian at Baique Mountain. When Yang Junshan came out of the mountain, Chen Ji recognized his excellent physical qualities and offered to help him with any difficulties in body tempering in the future.

Yang Junshan did not take Chen Ji's words seriously at the time. With the memories of his previous life, his knowledge and experience were not inferior to Chen Ji's. Moreover, with the疑似顶级的锻体秘籍《山君图》，能够指点他的至少也得是真人境修士。

直到去年蝗灾过后，有一次杨田刚提到了梦瑜县三大豪强之一的熊家嫡长子成为了撼天宗的真传弟子，这突然让杨君山想起了前世的一个人。

前世熊家晋升为名门后，在梦瑜县可谓一手遮天。撼天宗为了牵制熊家，避免其尾大不掉，免去了熊家真人境老祖梦瑜县令的职位，改由一位撼天宗真人境长老陈纪担任梦瑜县令。

这位陈县令上任后，果然联合宁、余两家着手限制、制衡熊家，使得熊家处处受挫，熊家上下将这位陈县令恨到了骨子里。

后来撼天宗一日之间烟消云散，瑜郡周围凶狼环伺，熊家率先打起了反旗，试图将整个梦瑜县掌控在自家手中，这位忠于撼天宗的陈县令自然在熊家排除异己的行列，熊家两大真人境修士联手将其围杀，不料却被这位陈县令临死反扑重创了其中一人，事后此人坚持了一年多最终仍旧伤重不治。

前世的那位陈县令以锻体术闻名，特别是临死一战，在修为、人数均落下风的情况下依旧能够重创熊家一位真人境修士，凭借的便是强横的肉身所带给他的顽强的生命力。

如果前世的那位陈纪陈县令果真就是此时的守山修士陈纪的话，那么此人的重要性自然无须多言，更何况杨君山看重此人可不仅仅是因为他日后会成为真人境修士那么简单。