Chapter 13 – Hundred Sparrows (for Alliance Head)

Early morning of the second day, Yang Junshan carried Sang Mu Gong on his back and hung two pots of iron arrows on the back of the small packhorse. He followed behind his father and was escorted by Han Xiumei and her younger sister to the outside of Tuqiu Village.

There were even a few spiritual cavities in the village that were detected, and people of the same age who also had to go to the Banyan Mountain to search for Celestial Spirits were brought to the village by their clan masters to gather. When they saw Yang Tiangang, they all greeted him.

Yang Tiangang’s birth to the Chenyu County was not a secret in the Tuqiu Village, but in their eyes, the Chenyu County could be considered to be part of the Prominent Class, since the Banyan Mountain had already gone through two rounds of raids, so the remaining immortal items should not be placed in their eyes.

A few of the Tuqiu Village’s villagers’ eyes moved around. Could it be that the rumors that came from the Chenyu County were true, that the Yang Tiangang family was truly disregarded by the family, and that as a direct descendant Yang Junshan could not even receive a single piece of the Celestial item from the family?

This thought flashed across everyone’s mind, but on the surface, they maintained sufficient respect for the Village Head, since Yang Tiangang’s position was something they had gained three years ago. Although Yang Tiangang had been strong in the Tuqiu Village all these years, but he had always been fair in his conduct of things, and many of them were convinced of Yang Tiangang, which was also the reason why a foreigner from the Yang Family was able to quickly gain a foothold in the Tuqiu Village.

The three youths heading towards Banyan Mountain together were roughly the same age as Yang Junshan, and were also familiar with Yang Junshan on normal days. On the left, there was a slightly shorter, but stronger, youth called Hao Zhuang, who was one of Zhang Huzi’s lackeys.

The other wahirteen year old girl called Xu Jing, who was a disciple of the Tuqiu Village’s Xu family. I heard that her aptitude is not bad, and she had three immortal spiritual cavities, similar to Zhang Huzi’s cultivation aptitude. However, Xu Jing’s immortal spiritual cavities are said to be behind her ears, which is extremely valuable.

The number of immortal spiritual cavities in the body would determinerson’s cultivation aptitude. However, the location of a spiritual cavities in the body would also determine the possibility of having special talents. The possibility of having special talents appearing in the facial features was extremely high.

And it was precisely because of this that this little girl could be considered a prideful person in the Tuqiu Village. Even for a young master like Yang Junshan, a disciple of an expert in martial arts realm like him, even if it was the son of the Xu Family Patriarch, Xu Lei, he would still let her off some steam.

There were also rumors saying that the Xu family’s leader, Xu Sanniang, had already arranged a marriage for her son and when the two of them become adults, it would happen because of Xu Jing’s talent.

Although Xu Sanniang was the only Martial Realm Cultivator of the Xu family, and although she had a lot of prestige in the Xu family, she still could not find a suitable husband for the Xu family. As the only son of hers, Xu Lei was not too pleased by the Xu family elders, and wanted to pave the way for her son to control the Xu family in the future.

Yang Junshan was naturally clear about this matter, and he also knew that Xu Jing’s arrogance had far surpassed Xu Sanniang’s expectations. Even though she had already arranged a marriage with Xu Lei, after this trip to the Banyan Mountain, she would definitely attract the attention of the mountain guarding cultivators of the Heaven-Shaken Sect. At that time, a small Xu family would already gradually grow out of her sights.

The third young man looked to be much older than Yang Junshan and the rest, the one that Yang Junshan recognized was called Su Baozhang, and was older than Yang Junshan by three years.

Three years ago, he had clearly missed the opportunity to open the Banyan Mountain’s encirclement. Who knew how many Jade Coins he had saved up this time, in exchange for the right to go to Banyan Mountain from the town.

Although Su Baozhang had rejected the offer for three years, in the end, he still obtained a chance, and even if it was a chance for some people, it was still extremely valuable. In fact, there were many similar things, even though Su Baozhang had rejected the offer for three years, but in the end, he still obtained a chance, and even if it was a chance for some people, it was extremely valuable, even if it was a chance for some people.

The entire Tuqiu Village had abouhousand households, with a population of around five or six thousand. Naturally, there were more than the four youths between the ages of twelve and fifteen, but most of the youths of the same age had difficulty possessing the talent to cultivate. Even if they did manage to do so, they were still unable to bear the high cost of entering the Immortal Spirit Enclosure.

Of course, people like Zhang Huzi and Xu Lei had long prepared some Immortal Spirit Stones for them, so they would naturally not go to Banyan Mountain to take risks. Originally, Yang Junshan did not need to go, but in his previous life, he did not even care about the middle grade Celestial Earth Stone, so he did not put it in his eyes anymore.

In his previous life, Yang Junshan had similarly gone to Banyan Mountain with the four people in front of him, but after entering the mountain, they went their own separate ways, and in the end, Yang Junshan returned in a sorry state. Of the other three, other than Xu Jing who reaped some rewards, Su Baozhang was not much better off.

Seeing that all the villagers were here, Yang Tiangang nodded his head and said: “Let’s go, do not miss the timing!”

Each of the six counties in the Yuxian had enclosures for raising immortal spirits. These enclosures would open once every three years, and every time they opened, it was for the Heaven-Shaken Sect disciples to enter the enclosures for the first round of harvesting. The best quality immortal spirits that were nurtured within the enclosures for three years would naturally fall into the hands of the Heaven-Shaken Sect disciples.

After the Heaven-Shaken Sect, the disciples from the various large and small sects and rich clans entered the second round. After the remaining elixirs were collected for a while, it was only the third group’s turn to enter the competition grounds. In terms of reputation, the third group was aimed at the youths below fifteen years of age that had the talent to cultivate in the city, and Yang Junshan and the rest were precisely the last group of people to enter the competition grounds.

However, after two rounds of harvesting, there were already very little immortal spirit objects left in the surrounding area. Even if there were some that remained, they were things that the people from the first two batches did not want, many of them were low-grade immortal spirits and so it could be considered as a blessing to be able to get a mid-grade immortal spirit.

Even so, the competition for the third round’s entry quota was still extremely intense in the entire Yuxian. Although the third round’s entry quota was for cultivators of the appropriate age in the entire county, the Heaven-Shaken Sect cultivators guarding the encampment count a limited number of celestial spirits in name, so the number of cultivators of the same age entering the encampment was privately limited. Other than the assigned quota for each town and village, the rest of the places to enter were used to exchange for Jade Coins s.

Initially, Tuqiu Village only had three spots to enter the enclosure. Other than Yang Junshan, two of the spots went to Hao Zhuang and Xu Jing, the other two also came from the other two powers other than Village Head.

As for Su Baozhang’s spot, naturally he would have to use the Jade Coins s from the town to exchange for it. However, Yang Junshan knew that this spot was originally not something that could be traded for just having Jade Coins s, especially fooor and weak family like Su Baozhang. Yang Tiangang had only seen him as 15 years old, and his whole family had saved up a large amount of Jade Coins s without even being able to get a place in the town.

In his previous life, Su Baozhang wanted to repay a debt of gratitude and help Yang Junshan look for immortal spirits, but unexpectedly, she was rejected by the arrogant Yang Junshan. After that, Yang Junshan was disappointed when he found a low ranked immortal spirit, while Su Baozhang was also satisfied when he found a low ranked one.

The Tuqiu Village was about two hundred li away from the Banyan Mountain, and with the packhorse beast’s speed, they ran for about an hour, but in the entire Tuqiu Village, they were only two packhorse beasts in the hands of Yang Tiangang and his son, the other three and the parents who were with them on the journey to the Banyan Mountain. They hired a packhorse beast carriage in the town, and with that, it would take them at least four hours to reach the Banyan Mountain.

Along the way, Yang Tiangang and his son slowed down their steps so that the carriage could catch up, but the rest of the carriage was not as comfortable as they were now, even though the driver’s skill was extremely high, with over two hundred li of bumps, most of the people inside had cultivations, so they would probably loshird of their Profound Spirit Qi, but luckily, it was in the afternoon when the Banyan Mountain grounds opened, so they still had time to rest once they arrived.

Along the way, they met two or three groups of cultivators from different villages who were also heading towards the Banyan Mountain. Yang Tiangang knew most of these people well, so he went along with them.

Usually, they were surrounded by a great formation laid down by the Heaven-Shaken Sect. Looking up from the foot of the mountain, the entire mountain was covered in clouds and mist, and only when the great formation was opened could one see the entire enclosing grounds. There were even Heaven-Shaken Sect cultivators standing guard day and night at the enclosures, and they were only opened up three times every three years for the three groups of cultivators to enter and leave.

In the twenty-five villages of the five towns of Mengyu County, there were an average of four to five cultivators between the ages of twelve and fifteen. Adding in the quota given in private, the total age of the third wave of appropriate cultivators was around two hundred people.

These two hundred young men were gathered under the Banyan Mountain. Adding the various village Village Head s, the youth’s parents, and the others, there were almost four hundred of them. There were even some carriages and livestock.

Everyone dismounted and took the time to recuperate, but Yang Junshan turned to look at his father who was riding a packhorse, on which hung a large carved bow.