"Sixth Brother, I can't afford to fight!"
Seeing Yang Hong so calm and arrogant, Yang Guang shook his head with a bitter smile.
"Sixth Brother, I can see that you are already an immortal cultivator now, with the power to move mountains and overturn seas."
Yang Hong nodded, he could indeed move mountains and overturn seas now.
"But Sixth Brother, immortal cultivators cannot interfere with the mortal world. That is an ironclad rule!
An ironclad rule that cannot be violated."
Yang Guang interrupted Yang Hong, who was about to speak, and continued his analysis.
"If I hadn't become emperor, I would have naively believed that with strength, I could do whatever I wanted, and that becoming an immortal cultivator would allow me to freely control the lives and deaths of mortals.
But having actually become emperor, I know too many secrets, and I don't dare to have such dangerous thoughts."
"The methods of immortal cultivators are too powerful. Even an immortal cultivator at the Qi Refining stage, using magic, can easily kill thousands upon thousands of Grandmaster martial artists.
Once immortal cultivators participate in mortal wars, a single person can destroy a dynasty or even an empire.
Therefore, the ancient sages established the rule long ago that immortal cultivators must not participate in mortal conflicts."
Yang Hong opened his mouth, wanting to tell Yang Guang that there were merit and karma in the world, and immortal cultivators did not dare to kill casually.
He then gave up. It was good for Yang Guang to have an ironclad rule in his heart as a restraint, lest he become arrogant in the future.
"Second Brother's lesson is well taken.
However, my two nieces don't need to go for a political marriage. I have a way to instantly boost the combat power of my Great Sui.
Second Brother, first take a good look at Uncle Ping's current strength."
Saying that, Yang Hong pointed to Yang Ping, who was standing beside him.
Yang Ping, at the opportune moment, released his Heavenly Human realm aura.
"Hiss~ Heavenly Human realm!"
"How is this possible? Uncle Ping, didn't your path to advancement be cut off?"
Upon seeing Yang Ping's state, Yang Guang gasped and exclaimed loudly.
The Qingping sisters also couldn't help but widen their eyes and open their small mouths.
"Your Majesty, this is the Sixth Prince's marvel. He just gave me a peach, and I successfully advanced."
Yang Ping said with a proud smile. His path to advancement had indeed been declared cut off, but with Yang Hong, there was no problem at all.
A single peach had solved the issue.
"Sixth Brother, that kind of peach... do you still have any of those peaches?"
When Yang Guang heard that a single peach could allow a Grandmaster whose path to advancement was cut off to reach the Heavenly Human realm, and not just an ordinary early Heavenly Human realm, his eyes were about to glow green.
"I have thousands upon thousands of those peaches. Second Brother, go and select some people first, preferably those who are older and loyal.
Gender and aptitude are not important."
"Good! Good! I'll go now!"
Just like Yang Ping before, hearing that Yang Hong was looking for people to improve their cultivation, Yang Guang turned and left immediately.
This time, Yang Hong did not stop him, and Yang Ping followed.
The Yang Qingping sisters wanted to leave but were reluctant, hesitating to speak.
"You are all still young and have the opportunity to cultivate immortals. Don't just practice martial arts and stop at the Heavenly Human realm."
"Sixth Uncle, we can cultivate immortals?"
The two sisters spoke in unison again, sounding very cute.
Yang Hong noticed that the two sisters had very large, bright, and watery eyes, making them very beautiful.
"You can all cultivate. In the future, all members of my Yang family will cultivate immortals.
Regardless of spiritual root aptitude, anyone can cultivate immortals."
Yang Hong said with certainty. He had the experiments of the Human Dao Island,
and it was completely feasible to cultivate martial arts first and then switch to immortal cultivation methods.
"Thank you, Sixth Uncle, for your divine grace!"
Upon hearing Yang Hong's willingness to bestow his methods, the two sisters were about to kneel down, but Yang Hong stopped them with his spiritual power.
"We are all family, stop kneeling.
You two go back first and tell your peers that within two years at most, I will start teaching you immortal cultivation methods."
"Yes, this junior will go and inform them now."
The two sisters ran out excitedly.
For a moment, only Yang Hong was left in the entire [Hall of Deliberate Neglect].
He also took the opportunity to wander around alone.
The spiritual plants by the Baolian Pond had degenerated. The Azure Jade Grapes and Moonlight White Tea trees from back then had all degenerated into ordinary plants, and were even inferior to the original eighth-grade ordinary plants.
Even with re-灌顶 (qián dǐng - direct infusion of power) cultivation, it would be difficult to regain their original aptitude.
"What a pity, my old friends.
But you don't need to worry, I will cultivate you back to your former glory."
As he spoke, Yang Hong infused his spiritual power into them.
"Ding~ You have infused 200 days of cultivation into an ordinary grape, receiving a hundredfold return, and gaining 20,000 days of cultivation."
"Ding~ The ordinary grape has accumulated enough energy and has begun to evolve... evolving into a first-grade low-tier spiritual plant, Azure Jade Grape."
The Azure Jade Grape was very cooperative, evolving successfully in one go.
"Ding~ You have infused 200 days of cultivation into an ordinary tea tree, receiving a fivefold return, and gaining 1,000 days of cultivation."
"Ding~ The ordinary tea tree has accumulated enough energy and has begun to evolve... evolving into a first-grade low-tier spiritual plant, Moonlight White Tea Tree."
Very good, the Moonlight White Tea Tree also evolved successfully.
However, Yang Hong only evolved these two and did not infuse any more.
He now had ninth-grade spiritual plants in his hands, and he didn't care much for ordinary spiritual plants, let alone ordinary plants?
Infusing these two plants was purely out of sentiment.
After strolling around the Hall of Deliberate Neglect, he also wandered around the entire Cold Palace.
Most of the old acquaintances were dead. He only saw two familiar faces: the former Consort Zhen and Consort Zhou. Their martial cultivation had also reached the Grandmaster realm, so they wouldn't die immediately.
Seeing Yang Hong return, both of them felt a sense of melancholy.
They didn't let him linger. Yang Ping soon came to find him.
"Hong'er, I've found 100 people first, all of them are relatively older members of the royal family."
"Then let's go."
Yang Hong wasted no time and turned into a palace in the Cold Palace.
"Yang Hong~ Little Six~"
As Yang Hong entered, many white-haired elders recognized him at a glance.
Yang Hong was the greatest contributor to the resurgence of the Great Sui imperial family.
"Elders, I am now going to bestow upon you a great opportunity to help you advance to the Heavenly Human realm."
"Heavenly Human realm?"
All the old men widened their eyes in disbelief, thinking they had misheard.
"These are some spiritual peaches. After you eat them, circulate your cultivation techniques, and I will help you break through."
After not seeing each other for many years, these elders still remembered Yang Hong, which warmed his heart. After a brief exchange of pleasantries, he got straight to the point.
"Elders, don't doubt it, I am now in the Heavenly Human realm!"
Seeing the elders' disbelief, Yang Ping directly released his Heavenly Human aura.
"It's true! It's really Heavenly Human, quickly give me a peach."
"I want two... I want three!"
The old men became agitated and rushed forward to snatch them.
"One per person, everyone will get one."
Under Yang Ping's distribution, each of the old men grabbed a peach and quickly devoured it.
Then, with the help of Yang Hong's powerful spiritual energy, they all advanced.
The advancement of 100 people was not difficult for Yang Hong.
His operational limit was to assist a thousand people in advancing simultaneously!
Of course, helping these elders was just the beginning. What he was about to do was destined to cause a tremendous stir in the world!