"Good fellow, with Patriarch Xiaohan's momentum, he must have already reached the third level of the Lingtai realm, right?" Liang Haofeng and Sun Yunfei looked at that scene with somewhat shocked expressions on their faces.
Wang Xiaohan is the second person in the Lingtai realm of the Ping An Wang family. He was already in his sixties when he broke through. Among the many Lingtai realm ancestors in Changning Guard, he was a late bloomer.
However, it has only been nineteen years since he broke through to the Lingtai realm, but his cultivation has skyrocketed upwards like a reverse growth.
The reason is for no other reason than Ping An Wang's wealth.
Once the Lingtai seeds of most ninth-grade families break through to the Lingtai realm, their cultivation resources will gradually fail to keep up. This is because even just to maintain their cultivation and combat power requires a large amount of spiritual flesh, spiritual rice, and solid foundation. To support it with Peiyuan and other elixirs, it would cost at least seven to eight hundred or thousands of gold a year.
For a poorer ninth-grade family, after deducting all expenses for a year, it is still a question whether the balance can exceed one thousand gold.
If the Lingtai realm wants to go further, the consumption will be a bottomless pit. Spending thousands of gold a year is just the beginning, and can only allow the cultivation to grow slowly.
If the ancestor of the ninth-grade family in the Lingtai realm opens up cultivation in order to pursue rapid advancement in cultivation, thousands of gold a year may not be enough. He will be like a gold-swallowing beast, squeezing the cultivation resources of the younger generations of the family. At that time, the family will The foundation will be gradually hollowed out.
Moreover, such a huge amount of training is not cost-effective. In the middle stage of the Lingtai realm, life span will not increase even in the later stages. If you cannot reach the heavenly realm, it will be in vain.
This is also the reason why most of the ninth-grade family ancestors who stick to their original positions are only at the beginning of the Lingtai realm, and they really cannot afford to practice! They can only rely on themselves and slowly polish their cultivation with extremely limited resources. You may not be able to reach the middle stage of Lingtai realm in a lifetime.
However, ancestor Xiaohan was different.
Under Wang Shouzhe's strong arrangements, Ancestor Xiaohan made a lot of contributions every year, rotating the property of his in-laws and families, guarding the Qianma Town property, and participating in various family tasks.
Especially in recent years, as Patriarch Xiaohan is an elder of the Lingtai Realm, the combined annual support and subsidies amount to at least seven to eight thousand gold or more, which is enough for him to practice in a more luxurious way.
Therefore, Patriarch Xiaohan’s stamina was very strong.
Moreover, a few years ago, Wang Shouzhe used a marrow cleansing pill to increase the bloodline of ancestor Xiaohan, and then used the Wedding Clothes Blood Gu to pulse his blood to the second level of the Lingtai Realm.
With such bloodline and cultivation, he would be considered an elite disciple in the academy.
"Hahaha~ Sister Zhenrong, you didn't tell me in advance when you returned to your parents' home." Wang Xiaohan flew across the river like a roc with amazing momentum. "Fortunately, Shouzhe just got the news and asked me to Came to pick you up."
As he finished speaking, others had already landed on the ferry pier.
"Brother Six."
Wang Zhenrong was so excited that she immediately stepped forward to salute.
At the same time, everyone from the Gongsun family came forward to greet each other, greeting each other and exchanging pleasantries.
Liang Haofeng and Sun Yunfei on the side looked at each other with envy. The Ping An Wang family and the Shanyang Gongsun family were both too powerful.
Not to mention the Ping An Wang family who is now the Celestial Being Wang Clan. Even the Shanyang Gongsun Clan, there are three Lingtai level people among the people who come to attend the Celestial Being Banquet.
Even Gongsun Yan, who was only in his thirties, had already broken through to the Lingtai realm last year.
For a moment, the two little ancestors of the ninth-grade family became a little embarrassed, unable to move forward or retreat from the side.
Fortunately, Wang Xiaohan also recognized the two of them. After entertaining the Gongsun family, he said hello and chatted with them.
Liang Haofeng and Sun Yunfei were immediately flattered and cautiously started talking to Wang Xiaohan.
This made Liang Haofeng feel filled with emotion. He was also an ancestor of the Lingtai realm, but he was born into a different family and had a different fate.
…
time flies.
Outside the main entrance of Ping An Wang's main residence.
There are temporary pavilions built in the huge square paved with countless square bluestones.
This time, everyone in the Wang family, young and old, has already taken action.
Especially the younger generation of the Wang family, anyone over the age of fourteen has been assigned tasks and is entertaining guests from all walks of life.
The person in charge is Wang Shounuo, the third oldest member of the "Shou" generation.
The once handsome young man has now become a forty-year-old mature man. The hardships of life and his married life have made him mature and slightly fatter. He also has two mustaches on his upper lip, which is the same as when he was young.
There is a big difference.
At this moment, he was wearing a brocade robe and standing among a group of young people, feeling quite calm and confident.
far away.
A convoy of five or six carriages slowly appeared in sight.
Wang Shounuo said: "These are the Yingxiu Wu family and the Yingxiu Hang family, two ninth-grade aristocratic families. Zong Yao, please bring your brother Zongcai to receive them together and give him some experience."
Wang Shouzhe's control over Ping'an Town has always been extremely strict. Today's control channels are even spreading outward. Once any team from aristocratic families enters Wang's control range, Wang will immediately receive the news.
Wang knew clearly which family came and where the team went.
As Wang Shounuo finished speaking, a handsome young man of eighteen or nineteen stepped out, cupped his hands and said, "Yes, third uncle."
Wang Zongyao is the second son of Wang Shouyi, the second eldest son of the "Shou" generation. At the age of 19, he has sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, a majestic and heroic appearance, but he does not have the impetuousness of young people, but exudes a calm demeanor.
No wonder.
The Ping'an Wang family has extremely high demands on the younger generation of clan members.
All members of the Wang clan, regardless of gender, must join the clan to learn basic knowledge at the age of five. At the age of twelve, they are eligible to start applying for some simple family tasks.
Starting at the age of fourteen, while attending family studies, you also have to follow your elder brothers, sisters, or elders to participate in some family affairs. When you graduate from family studies at the age of sixteen, you need to formally participate in managing family affairs.
Therefore, although Wang Zongyao is only nineteen years old, he has already been polished to maturity and experience, and has already begun to take charge of some family projects.
As Wang Zongyao came out of the queue, on the other side, a boy of thirteen or fourteen years old quickly came out of the queue, cupped his hands and said: "It's father."
This kid is naturally Wang Zongcai.
He is the eldest son of Wang Shounuo, and his mother is from the Yingxiu Lu family lineage.
When he was born, the Wang family had already entered a period of rapid development. Therefore, he had lived in an extremely favorable environment since he was a child. He also grew tall and strong. At only fourteen years old, he was already almost as tall as an adult.
The two brothers followed the order and soon met the motorcade of the Yingxiu Wu family and the Yingxiu Hang family. They began to entertain the guests with courtesy, without showing any slightness because the other party was from a ninth-grade family.
The Yingxiu Wu family is leading the team this time with the Lingtai realm ancestor Wu Yunkun. The Yingxiu Chen family is leading the Lingtai realm ancestor Chen Yuyang. Both of them are mature figures and have a clear understanding of their own status, so
There was no dissatisfaction because Wang sent two juniors to receive him.
After all, this banquet of heaven and man is a big event for the entire Changning Guard.
Every one of Changningwei's aristocratic families must send someone here. There are already dozens of aristocratic families.
Not to mention that the Wang family has made a lot of friends over the years. Among the six southern guards of Longzuo County, it is rare for a heavenly family or an eighth-grade family to be invited.
Under such circumstances, Wang's reception staff must be stretched thin, and they naturally understand.
What's more, the two juniors who came to greet them were considered to be the best among men, both in terms of appearance and strength, and they had given them enough face.
But this also made them shocked and envious.
That Wang Zongyao, who was only eighteen or nineteen years old, was already experienced and experienced, and his cultivation had already reached the eighth level of the Qi Refining Realm.
And Wang Zongcai is only thirteen or fourteen years old, but his cultivation is already at the peak of the fifth level of Qi Refining Realm.
The two ancestors also brought the younger generation of heroes in the family and let them come out to see the world. But even the best heroes in the family were far behind these two.
Sure enough, the atmosphere of the Heavenly Family is not comparable to that of the ninth-grade family.
Under the reception of Wang Zongyao and Wang Zongcai, the steward quickly registered the list of congratulatory gifts, and sent family generals and servants to put the congratulatory gifts brought by the two aristocratic families into the treasury one by one.
After doing this, Wang Zongyao and his younger brother led the way to where they lived.
The banquet between gods and humans would not start until some time later, so they naturally needed to settle down first.
"Two ancestors, our accommodation has been arranged. Please follow us to the restaurant in front to check in." Wang Zongyao said.
"Tavern?"
The two ancestors, Wu Yunkun and Chen Yuyang, were slightly stunned.
Although they had known that there were so many visitors, it was probably not their turn to stay in the guest house of the main house, but even if they were mentally prepared before coming, they would still feel somewhat uncomfortable about being slighted.
Hasn't the Wang family thought about building more villas in recent years?
But following the guidance of Wang Zongyao and Wang Zongcai, they were invited to the "restaurant" in Wang's compound next to Zhuwei Lake. They were stunned by the scene in front of them.
It was a huge and strange building, more than twenty feet high and more than fifty feet wide. It was arched and surrounded the bank of Zhuwei Lake.
Its walls are all paved with white, smooth terrazzo, and the windows are all inlaid with large pieces of pure ocean glass, which shine brightly in the sunlight.
As a luxury product, foreign glass has only gradually become popular in the past ten years.
Especially the Lu family, who also lives in Yingxiu, has more and more foreign glass products in the family. In order to save face and keep up with the trend, the Yingxiu Wu family and the Yingxiu Chen family often buy foreign glass products through Lu family.
Normally, they are kept as treasures and only displayed when distinguished guests come. Wang actually used such pure large pieces of foreign glass to make windows...
This is inlaid with foreign glass, it is clearly shining dry gold~
Even the ancestor was shocked, let alone the juniors who followed the ancestor. They were all dumbfounded, looking up at this magnificent twenty-story building in trance.
It is the tallest building in Changning Guard, only twelve or thirty feet tall. Where have they ever seen such a magnificent building?
And this is not the most shocking thing.
As they stepped into the lobby, they clearly felt what grandeur was.
Hanging down from high in the sky, gorgeous and complicated foreign glass lamps illuminate people, spotless ground, and pillars so thick that two people need to hug them...
What they saw in front of them was almost dizzying.
In the lobby, a special area has been set up for casual chatting. Some children from aristocratic families who came early are sitting in twos and threes on soft leather chairs drinking tea and chatting. The maids of the restaurant bring them some exquisite snacks from time to time.
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"Why do these foreign glass lamps glow? They are so beautiful." A pretty but shy girl from the Yingxiu Wu family asked curiously, blinking her moist eyes.
"Miss Lingyun." Wang Zongyao replied politely, "This is the formation lighting system developed by Aunt Xiaoxiao, her master, and my fourth uncle. The principle is to drive the spiritual stone through the formation, and convert it into
When spiritual energy is injected into the glass lamp, it can emit light of various colors."
"Aunt Xiaoxiao? Is she Senior Lu Xiaoxiao from the Lu family?" Wu Lingyun blinked her pretty eyes and said with some admiration, "Senior Xiaoxiao is already in the Lingtai realm before he is thirty, and he is also a rare formation master.
He is truly the idol of our female monks.”
"Miss Lingyun, you are also very strong." Wang Zongyao praised, "I heard that our Chang Ningwei's overall score in the Academy Examination this year was good. A total of three people passed the preliminary examination, and among them, Miss Lingyun's score was the first.
Moreover, you are already at the peak of the sixth level of the Qi Refining Realm when you are only seventeen years old. If you work hard and sprint, you can reach the seventh level by the age of eighteen, and you are sure to enter the Academy."
"Fourth Young Master, you are overly praised." Wu Lingyun's cheeks were slightly red and she lowered her head and said, "Originally, I thought my grades were good, but when I saw you, Fourth Young Master, I realized that there was someone out there. I just didn't know that Fourth Young Master, you have such outstanding potential.
,Why don’t you take the Academy Preliminary Examination?”
The others also looked at Wang Zongyao with curious eyes. He was at the eighth level of the Qi Refining Realm at the age of nineteen. As long as he participated, he was guaranteed to be the first.
Wang Zongyao did not answer in a hurry, but first led Wu and Chen to check in.
Checking in was a rule and strategy formulated by his fourth uncle, and he did not dare to change it at will.
When registering with the maid at the front desk of the hotel, he explained humbly: "There are too many brothers and sisters in the family who go to the academy. We have to leave some people in the family to develop and strengthen the family. Besides, I am too weak to go to the academy."
It’s boring.”
Too weak...
The young people, including Wu Lingyun, all looked at Wang Zongyao with strange eyes. If the fourth young master Zongyao is too weak, then what are the "juniors" of their family?
They are truly worthy of being the heavenly beings of the Wang family. The gap between them is huge.
Everyone praised Wang Zongyao and thought he was too modest.
"Well... the fourth brother is modest, and indeed a bit weak." Wang Zongcai on the side looked upright and said truthfully, "If he goes to the academy with his strength, he can only follow others and shout cheers, but he should be honest and loyal to the family.
Let’s develop.”
Wang Zongyao's handsome face darkened slightly: "Sixth, save some face for your brother. Give me some time to develop, and I can still get a core of the academy."
"What's the use of the core, if it's not being beaten every day?" Wang Zongcai shook his head and sighed, "The atmosphere in the academy is not good now. All peaks and branches are trying their best to recruit young geniuses to be their successors, and they will only beat the cores of other branches."
"This is not because..."
Wang Zongyao wanted to say that these were the bad habits brought out by his two aunts after they entered school. Especially the sixth aunt Luo Qiu, who beat up all the core disciples who could beat him within a few years of entering school.
"So, if you can't go to the academy now and you can't get a direct pass, don't go there." Wang Zongcai said distressedly, "Those like us who can't get a direct pass should just farm at home."
Several young people from the Wu family and the Chen family were dumbfounded. Shouldn't you go to the Academy to study and practice in peace? Why does it sound like a devil's cave?
The two ancestors Wu and Chen were also dumbfounded when they heard that they would not go to the Academy if they could not be their direct descendants? Such a request, I am afraid that even a sixth-grade family would not dare to make such a request.
Wu Lingyun, in particular, was so frightened that her face turned pale. She pulled Wu Yunkun's sleeve and said, "Grandpa Zu, can I not go to the academy? I don't want to be beaten."
Wu Yunkun's face was a little stiff: "Lingyun, don't be fooling around. With your talent and strength, would it be possible for you to get married casually if you didn't go to the academy? If you stay at home, your family won't be able to support you on the spiritual platform. You're like this Isn’t this life going to be wasted?”
There is already a Lingtai species in the family, which takes up too many cultivation resources. In the future, it is necessary to save some money to buy the Heavenly Spirit Pill to attack the Lingtai realm. With the Wu family's background, there is no way to support a second Lingtai species.
This is the sadness and helplessness of a low-income family.
Wu Lingyun fell silent.
If you cannot achieve the spiritual altar, you will be just a mortal. You will be old when you live to be fifty or sixty years old, and you may end up in a coffin at any time starting from your seventy or eighty years old.
In the Lingtai realm, one can live for two hundred years, and a person who is over a hundred years old is considered a young person.
This is a world of difference.
If she had poor qualifications, she wouldn't want to do it, but her qualifications were okay. Since she had the opportunity, how could she not give it a try?
Later, Wang Zongyao helped them check in and sent them to the fifteenth floor.
During this period, Wu Lingyun had been silent and ignorant. Even when she saw the "spiritual ladder" driven by the formation, she was a little listless and couldn't get out of her mind.
I don’t really want to go to the Academy anymore, but I don’t want to live like a mortal. It’s really hard.
The person who was arranged in the same suite with her was Chen Yushan, the second daughter of the Chen family. She looked around excitedly and saw new things everywhere: "Sister Lingyun, look, there is a mechanism here. As long as you press it, the lights in the room will light up." Already."
"Sister Lingyun, look, look, look, you can see the entire Zhuwei Lake from this angle, it's so beautiful~"
"Sister Lingyun, there are instructions for this bathroom. If you unscrew this mechanism, water will flow out. Well, hot water will be supplied at 12 o'clock. Hey, what is this? This, this, this, is actually a toilet... I'm so embarrassed."
"Oh my god, this bed is so soft. What kind of fairy life do the people of the Celestial Wang family live? This is so happy!"
Although Wu Lingyun was also quite interested, she was still in a very low mood, so she could only accompany Chen Yushan to see what was new.
"Sister Lingyun, Fourth Young Master Zong Yao is really good-looking, gentle and elegant. If you can marry him, life will be much easier."
Wu Lingyun was suddenly shocked: "Yushan, you are only fourteen years old, and you are already thinking about getting married? Moreover, you are still the legitimate daughter of the family, so you can marry into another ninth-grade family and become a eldest wife."
"Madam, what good is a great lady?" Chen Yushan pouted and said, "The ninth-grade aristocratic family is too poor and downcast. Even if you become a lady, you will just live a hard life together. Fourth Young Master Zong Yao Although he is only a direct disciple, looking at Chang Ning Wei, who is the legitimate son of a noble family who can compare with him?"
"My great-grandfather said before he brought me to see the world, except for Wang Zong'an, the fifth son of the Wang family, if you like any unmarried young talents from the Wang family, just tell him and he will find a way to match them." Chen Yushan said without any scheming, "Besides, it is not shameful for a ninth-grade legitimate daughter to marry a seventh-grade straight lineage. There are many similar situations in various cities and guards. My grandfather said that in the future, the Wang family may not only be in the seventh grade..."
Every sentence seemed to poke into Wu Lingyun's heart, and seemed to open a door to a new world for her.
If it is the Fourth Young Master Zong Yao, it seems to be quite good...
…
While everyone in the family is busy, Wang Shouzhe, the head of the family, is not idle either.
For this feast of gods and humans, Wang Shouzhe abided by the rules, and all the heavenly and human families in Nanliuwei sent out invitations one by one. If nothing unexpected happened, they would send people to support it.
Anyone who can become the head of a Celestial Family is not stupid. Who would offend a newly promoted Celestial Family for no reason? It’s not like they are full.
All told, there must be more than a dozen celestial families. These celestial families can only rely on Wang Shouzhe and Longyan Patriarch to personally receive them.
As for the female relatives of the Heavenly Family, they also had to be entertained by Gongsun Hui, Liu Ruolan, Wang Luomiao, Wang Liyao and other legitimate female relatives with high status.
If you randomly ask a junior to receive the Celestial Family, this will be a lack of etiquette and will only increase the hatred between the two parties.
In a courtyard dedicated to entertaining guests by the Wang family.
Wang Shouzhe was personally entertaining Lei Yangyu, a representative of the Heavenly Being Lei family who came to congratulate him.
The two sat across from each other, sipping spiritual tea.
The fragrance of tea lingered around, but Lei Yangyu's face was rather gloomy. He glanced at Wang Shouzhe from time to time, as if he had a big opinion against him.
"Brother Yangyu, come and try this crystal persimmon." Wang Shouzhe greeted him with a smile on his face, "This is one of the specialties of Changchun Valley in Xuegong. I asked my friends in Xuegong to chill it before using it.
This spiritual persimmon was brought day and night by the flying chariot and the stars. This spiritual persimmon..."
Before Wang Shouzhe finished speaking, Lei Yangyu interrupted him mercilessly: "Wang Shouzhe, I, Lei Yangyu, regard you as a brother, but you insist on treating me as your elder! This matter, no, these two matters
You have to give me an explanation, otherwise I, Lei Yangyu, will sever ties with you!"
"Explain, of course I have to explain." Wang Shouzhe slapped his chest loudly, then turned to glare at a handsome young man, "Lao Qi, now that the matter has come out, you will be with Yan Yun as soon as possible.
If you get married, your family will flourish as soon as possible and your family will prosper."
That young man was Wang Shouye who was sent by Wang Shouzhe to learn alchemy. He looked bitter and depressed: "Fourth brother, I just want to make an elixir in peace, and I don't want to get married."
"Nonsense!" Wang Shouzhe said with a straight face, "You want to make elixirs quietly, but what are you doing to ruin the girl's innocence?"
"It's...Yan Yun, she..."
"Lao Qi, be careful." Wang Shouzhe said with a straight face, "No matter what happens, the matter has reached this point, you just accept it. I also know my sister Yan Yun, and she is obsessed with you. Next,
We should propose marriage, we should get married, and those who should have children should have children."
Wang Shouye looked helpless and said, "Yes, fourth brother."
"Don't have such an expression. Adding more people to the family is also making a contribution to the family." Wang Shouzhe patted his shoulder and encouraged him, "At this point, you have to learn from your father. In recent years, you have contributed to the family."
Added a boy."
When this matter was mentioned, Wang Shouye was quite speechless. His father, Wang Dinghai, was becoming more lively as he got older.
Not counting Wang Shouming, the eighth eldest child of the generation named Shou, and Wang Luoqing, the ninth eldest child of the generation named Luo, they gave birth to a younger brother two years ago, Wang Shoucheng, the ninth eldest child of the generation with the courtesy name Shou.
This is great, Wang Shouxin, the eldest in the "Shou" generation, is already sixty-three, and Wang Shoucheng, the youngest is only two years old. Wang Guangning, the oldest in the "Shi" generation, still has to take care of the two-year-old baby
Called "Grandpa Nine".
"Yes, fourth brother, I'll try my best."
Wang Shouye sighed in his heart, in order to complete the family mission, he should have two children. It would be too difficult to have five children like his father Wang Dinghai.
"Okay, okay." Lei Yangyu was relieved, "Although my direct descendant of the Lei family is marrying your direct descendant of the Wang family, my virtuous son-in-law will be a great alchemist in the future, so that's not the case.
It’s an insult to my Lei family. Brother Shouzhe, from now on our Lei family and Wang family will be in-laws.”
Wang Shouzhe stared at him secretly, "You have changed your face so quickly."