Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather Chapter 1307: 847: Taking Over Yang Family Town, a Grand Entrance (Part 3)

He might act all high and mighty before others, but in front of An Yuxing, he wouldn't dare pull that stunt.

Just who is An Yuxing? He's practically a half-master to Yang Zhenshan.

During the time Yang Zhenshan first stepped into the Innate realm, An Yuxing offered heaps of pointers, sparing Yang Zhenshan from countless wrong turns.

“Take a seat; you're a Yang, but I'm no Yang! Please, elder, sit!” An Yuxing gestured for Shi Pingshan to claim the top seat, settling himself in the spot right below.

Yang Mingzhi mulled it over briefly before occupying the principal chair.

Currently, he served as the host, Shi Pingshan the visitor, and An Yuxing the Guest Elder, making it proper for him to hold the main position.

The trio then shared a short, light-hearted exchange. Shi Pingshan aimed to gauge the Yang family's real situation and get a better read on Yang Zhenshan. Yet, with their recent introduction and limited familiarity, deep inquiries weren't appropriate. So, he uttered a handful of polite remarks before taking his leave.

Once Shi Pingshan departed, Yang Mingzhi turned his attention to handling Yang Family Town's key matters.

Only around three hundred individuals were sent from Spirit Source Land to Yang Family Town, dozens among them from the Secret Martial Guards and Commerce Department. Those actually in charge of managing the town numbered just over twenty from Yang Chengzhang's team plus roughly ten from the Lingxi Yang Family.

The Lingxi Yang Family had Lingxi Mountain to manage too, limiting them to dispatching about ten people.

Getting Yang Family Town operational proved straightforward—simply hiring merchants, workers, and renters.

Previously, Lian Family Town functioned as the Lian clan's territory, populated mostly by Lian clansmen. Though now dubbed Yang Family Town, it wouldn't act as Yang clan land but rather as an operational hub.

Lian Family Town's selection as clan land by the Lians stemmed from its clear benefits. Nestled against the Sea of Spirit, merely over ten miles from the lakeside, it boasted some thirty miles of top-tier paddy fields by the shore perfect for spirit rice cultivation. Northward lay a hundred-acre fruit orchard filled with various Spirit Fruit Trees, some even Second-Order varieties.

Lian Family Town's prime worth rested in that Spirit Fruit Garden and its three thousand acres of spirit fields.

Beyond that, the Lian clan once commanded many vassal families south of the town. Further south rose the Wanlin Mountain Range, Lian holdings stretching over five hundred miles with more than seventy such affiliates.

Following the Beishi family's exit, droves of these affiliated families rushed in—not to stir conflict, but to present tribute gifts to the Yang family.

The Lian clan's destiny meant little to them; what mattered was how the Yang family would treat these affiliates moving forward.

The Yang family's position? Naturally, to uphold the existing order.

Come the following day, the Lian ancestral plaque gave way to Yang Mansion.

The once-deserted town sprang to life in an instant, thronged by nonstop streams of well-wishers bearing congratulations. Yang Chengzhang and Yang Xiangheng hustled to greet and see off the arrivals.

Not just local minor clans, but even distant houses dispatched their gifts of felicitation.

The Yangs supplanting the Lians differed from the Lu family's ousting of Dazhao's royal Wei clan. Back then, the Three Sects of Spirit favored infighting and scheming against one another. Today, however, they cared nothing for interfering in such affairs.

Furthermore, Lu Fusheng hadn't yet achieved his breakthrough at that point, unlike Yang Zhenshan now, who stood as a Foundation Establishment Cultivator. Naturally, no other clans wished to provoke a Foundation Establishment Immortal Cultivator.

Thus, the Yang family's takeover of the Lian holdings proceeded flawlessly, free of disruptions, unfolding in perfect harmony and goodwill.