Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 609: Chapter 512, Yanping 5th year, late spring April.

”Why can Xue’er visit though?” Yang Wanqing asked.

Yang Zhenshan stretched his hand and gently tousled her hair bun, smiling, ”Although you call her sister, you must not really treat her as one. She might even be older than your mother!”

Yang Wanqing stared blankly at Yang Zhenshan, somewhat doubting whether he was talking nonsense.

”She is the Palace Master of Snow Spirit Palace! Her cultivation technique is quite special. Though she appears young, she is actually much older than you,” Yang Zhenshan explained.

The first time he met Xue Qiaoer, he really thought she was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, but now having met her again, he understood that Xue Qiaoer was not a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl at all.

Yang Zhenshan guessed that Xue Qiaoer might be in her twenties or thirties, and the possibility of her being any older was not very likely.

Even if the cultivation techniques of Snow Spirit Palace were special, they wouldn’t make one eternally young.

”Moreover, her strength, she probably possesses a strength similar to your grandmother!” Yang Zhenshan added.

”That powerful?” Yang Wanqing gasped in disbelief, her mouth agape.

Her grandmother was Qingyi Yu, who possessed the cultivation of a Half-step Innate.

And Xue Qiaoer, who looked just like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, also possessed the strength of a Half-step Innate, which she found unbelievable.

Yang Zhenshan chuckled, ”You underestimate your sister Xue’er too much.”

”Have you noticed those four maidservants by her side?”

Yang Wanqing shook her head.

”Those four maidservants, they all look like they are in their twenties, but each one of them has a cultivation of Postnatal Sixth Layer or higher!” explained Yang Zhenshan.

These were the obervations Yang Zhenshan had made over time.

That Granny Xue was unfathomable, and Xue Qiaoer, as well as the maidservants beside her, were all formidable martial artists.

The only one somewhat normal was Xue Zhongjin, who had a cultivation around the Postnatal Eighth Layer.

Yang Wanqing was still in shock, and Yang Zhenshan smiled, ”That’s why she can go to the Jinlong Dynasty and you cannot!”

”Although Grandpa could ask them to look after you, you would only become a burden to them, and that wouldn’t be beneficial for you at all!”

”Oh!” Yang Wanqing responded, somewhat disheartened.

Yang Zhenshan thought for a moment, ”Well then, after a while, your Aunt Yun Qiao will come to the Capital City, and you can go out and have fun with her then!”

Wang Yunqiao’s visit to the Capital City was due to Wang Mingzhe’s marriage affair. While Yang Zhenshan and Qingyi Yu could decide on this matter, Yang Zhenshan felt it was better to have Wang Yunqiao come to the Capital City to help make decisions.

”Go out and have fun with Aunt Yun Qiao?” Yang Wanqing first felt delight, then quickly realized something, ”After Aunt Yun Qiao finishes her business, doesn’t she plan to return to Chongshan Town?”

”Yes, you can go with her to Chongshan Town!” said Yang Zhenshan with a beaming smile.

Yang Wanqing deflated, ”Oh, never mind then, I’d rather stay in the Capital City!”

”Ha ha ha~” Yang Zhenshan laughed, amused by her pouty expression.

Dissuading Yang Wanqing from wanting to travel, Yang Zhenshan resumed studying the elixir recipe for Jade Bone Ice Heart Pill.

This Jade Bone Ice Heart Pill was much more difficult to refine than the Bone Strengthening Pill.

And he had only one Ice Heart Fruit available, so he must be cautious.

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Years drift by like flowing water, and the leaves fall in a flurry.

Though Yang Zhenshan was in the Capital City, he had already distanced himself from the power center of the court.

Whether it was the Cabinet Six Ministries or the Five Army Commandery, he really couldn’t interfere.

Even though Emperor Yanping highly trusted him, it couldn’t change this fact.

And Yang Zhenshan didn’t feel disappointed or lost about this, as this was a deliberately maintained result.

Since he had let go of Chongshan Town, there was no need to burden himself further.

Already being an Innate Martial Artist, he had no need to involve himself in the court’s strife for power.

Thus, Yang Zhenshan was contented and enjoyed this carefree life without burdens.

Cultivating, refining medicine, socializing, doting on his grandchildren, his life was leisurely but not dull.