Chapter 27: Fruitful harvest and young and outstanding clansmen
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"Shut up, don't scold my brother." The seven-tailed fire fox jumped out to protect "brother" loyally and said, "If it weren't for brother Shouzhe, I would have died when I went through the catastrophe. Your Yuwen clan's ancestors and I are indeed
I have had a spiritual contract, enjoyed the worship of the Yuwen clan, and protected the Yuwen clan for a long time. But this does not mean that my private life also needs to be controlled by you, the Yuwen clan."
When Mrs. Bilian saw her getting angry, she suddenly got scared and said with a shy smile: "Ancestor Fire Fox, actually that's not what I meant. It's just that my ancestor has a simple and straightforward temperament, and I'm afraid that my ancestor will be deceived by others."
As she said that, she glanced at Wang Shouzhe faintly.
Ever since I met this guy, nothing good has happened. Every time I suffered a big loss at his hands, no, even the Firefox ancestor was almost kidnapped by him.
"Bilian, this ancestor has lived for so many years and has seen more people than you have eaten rice. Who can make me fall for this?" The seven-tailed fire fox waved its big fluffy tail, looking old-fashioned and said, "Shou
Brother Zhe is the best person I have ever met in my life."
Mrs. Bilian was speechless.
Wang Shouzhe's ability to drink ecstasy soup is quite impressive.
But now that the matter has come to this, she has no other choice. Fortunately, there is a spiritual contract between Yuwen and the Fire Fox ancestor. Otherwise, she is really afraid that the Fire Fox ancestor will be seduced by him.
"Ancestor Firefox wants to be a guest of the Wang family. Of course, it is all based on the ancestor's wishes. How can we, the younger generation, stop him?" Mrs. Bilian knew the temperament of Ancestor Firefox well, so she could only coax her with a smile, "But now, now
The ancestor has just made a breakthrough and needs some time to consolidate his cultivation. It is really not suitable to go out. Besides, your breakthrough to the seventh level is a great event. According to the rules, the clan needs to prepare a grand banquet for you and invite all the major families to come.
Come on, you always have to show off when the time comes."
Among the aristocratic families, whenever an ancestor breaks through the realm, he has to go through a certain process.
On the one hand, it is naturally to celebrate, and on the other hand, it is also to spread the news widely and deter potential opponents.
The current situation of the Yuwen clan can be said to be surrounded by a pack of wolves. It was not easy for Firefox to be promoted from the six-tailed to the seventh-tailed one. Naturally, it has to be widely publicized, so that the families who covet the Yuwen clan's piece of cake can take a good look at themselves. This can
It will save Yuwen a lot of trouble.
After hearing what she said, the anger of the seven-tailed fire fox dissipated a lot, and he reluctantly nodded: "Okay~ I will stay in the Yuwen clan for the time being, and then go and play with brother Shouzhe after my cultivation is consolidated."
"That's great~Thank you, Firefox ancestor."
Mrs. Bilian breathed a sigh of relief and quietly wiped the cold sweat from her forehead.
Fortunately, although Aunt Firefox is willful and has a bad temper, she is relatively clear-headed about big things, otherwise she really wouldn't know how to persuade her.
At this time, Ji Mingyu, Yuwen Jianye and others also walked in from outside Tianhu Pavilion. A group of people naturally made a fuss and made a fuss.
By this time, Wang Shouzhe's mission for this trip had been successfully completed.
Mrs. Bilian had two trays brought to her. In one of the trays, there was a stack of gold tickets, which was as thick as a thumb. In the other tray, there was a small jade box.
She signaled her servant to bring the gold ticket to Wang Shouzhe and said: "Patriarch Shouzhe, this is the hundred thousand gold promised to you. In addition, thanks to the help of Patriarch Shouzhe, the Fire Fox ancestor was successfully promoted. I, Yuwen, It cannot be without expression."
As she spoke, she opened the jade box in another tray and explained: "The Naling Jade Box contains some rare and special plant seeds that the Yuwen family has accidentally collected over the years. Some of them come from the outside world, Linjun, Foreign countries, and some found in ruins, each type has a detailed introduction. Knowing that the head of the Shouzhe family is a disciple of Master Changchun, there may be something in it that you can use."
Although she despises Wang Shouzhe for hooking up with the ancestor of Firefox, she also knows that she must not be hostile to Wang Shouzhe, but can only be friendly with him. After all, the Wang family is not only full of potential, but also has a strong backing, and has an excellent relationship with the Academy, which is not something that ordinary families can offend. Started.
Wang Shouzhe's eyes lit up.
Although Wang's business has been prosperous and profitable over the years, one hundred thousand gold is still a large sum of money, not to mention that the family needs money everywhere and cannot save much savings.
He came to Yuwen's and made so much money easily, so he was naturally in a good mood.
And these seeds are an unexpected surprise.
You must know that for Xuanwu monks like them who major in wood-based techniques, special plant seeds often mean more varied tactics and strategies.
Over the years, he has been paying attention to collecting special plants and cultivating them, and this is how he came up with the "Witch Series" and the Iron Python Vine and other combat items.
But with the combined efforts of the Wang family, the number of plant species that can be found is limited.
He has also plundered almost all the plants in the academy that can be leaked to the outside world. Now Master Changchun basically hides when he sees him, fearing that he will want those plants that the academy cannot leak to the outside world.
Speaking of which, Wang Shouzhe hasn't collected new plants for a long time.
It can be said that these seeds of Mrs. Bilian were sent to his heart.
After all, the Yuwen family is a large family that has been inherited for thousands of years. The plants that they can specially collect and preserve must have their own special features. As long as there is one of these seeds that he can use, it will have a great impact on his combat effectiveness. An increase.
It has to be said that Mrs. Bilian is worthy of being a strong woman who was able to accept orders when the Yuwen clan was weak and support the family by herself. This thank you gift alone is enough to show her exquisite thinking.
Although sometimes this woman's thoughts are quite weird and weird, and sometimes Wang Shouzhe can't figure out what she is thinking. But after all, this woman is still majestic!
"Madam is interested~"
Wang Shouzhe thanked Mrs. Bilian for her kindness, and happily collected all the jade boxes and golden tickets. How could he not be happy? This "simple" mission really gave him many benefits. Not only these. Harvest issues, and the improvement of bloodline has reached the third level peak, and also gained the "friendship" of the seven-tailed fire fox, which will also be a strong support in the future.
For Wang Shouzhe, the more simple tasks like this, the better.
After settling the payment, Wang Shouzhe stayed in the Yuwen clan for a few more days. Accompanied by the Yuwen clan members, he tasted all the delicacies of Xinchengwei, and then he set foot on the road home with satisfaction. He also felt like he was returning home.
After all, as the head of the family, it is always a little uneasy to be away from the family for too long.
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Almost at the same time.
Changningwei, Pingan Town.
The rugged Liuping Mountain remnant is like a huge crouching dragon, crossing from the south of Ping'an Town and diagonally across the Anjiang River, peeling off the entire Ping'an Town from the rolling mountains south of Anjiang.
At this time, summer is about to begin outside the mountains, but the spring scenery is just right in the mountains. Mountain flowers of all colors are blooming, adding a few colorful embellishments to the stretching mountains. Viewed from above, it seems as if a colorful canvas has been spread out.
Too beautiful to behold.
But under this canvas, it is not completely safe, but an unknown crisis lurks.
At this moment, in the remaining mountains of Liuping Mountain with complex terrain, there is a team of more than ten people, exploring and marching in the mountains.
Some common beasts of burden, such as packhorses and oxen, have no place in the complex mountains. Therefore, the tool beast responsible for transporting some personal supplies in this team is a goat-like creature called the Pan-horned Pack Sheep.
They are good at climbing rugged rock cliffs and walking on rugged mountain roads as well as walking on flat ground. They are good companions domesticated by the wild mountain people over the long years and can help humans carry small quantities of food in the mountains.
supplies.
The surrounding areas of the Wang family in Changning are mostly hills and mountainous areas, and the periphery is the long and steep remnants of the Liuping Mountains. Therefore, the Wang family in Changning obtained a group of Panjiao sheep through their own pasture channels, specifically for
Explore and patrol the surrounding mountains.
The remaining mountains of Liuping Mountain are towering and steep, with countless canyons and ravines. Even if the Wang family had been stationed in Ping'an Town for a hundred or two hundred years, they would not be able to penetrate deep into the mountains with a complex environment.
But this work must be done.
If we can't map all the surrounding mountain environments and eliminate some remaining ferocious beasts or other hidden dangers, then there will be invisible landmines that will suddenly erupt in the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.
Especially after the beast disaster that year, many ferocious beasts fled deep into the surrounding mountains. In the past sixty or seventy years, first- and second-order ferocious beasts have been found around Ping'an Town from time to time, and some have been bitten or even killed.
Vicious incidents involving humans and animals.
Therefore, the Wang family, which was gradually getting stronger, decided to allocate some manpower and material resources ten years ago to clean up the "snake, insect, rat, ant" in the "yard", and draw a detailed map of the mountain and various special locations.
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The so-called special places include some micro or small spiritual veins, mineral deposits, special medicinal materials, natural materials and earthly treasures, or some valley areas that are barely farmable, but farming will be very laborious, etc.
In the past ten years.
Wang is constantly "clearing the fog" in the surrounding mountains. About 30% of the overall work has been completed. Some special places have been discovered one after another, and they have been marked on the map one by one. If the time and opportunity are right, they can
Will be included in the family's development plan.
Because the Changning Wang family implements the family contribution value system, and the contribution system is continuously improved and perfected over time. Therefore, these exploration and patrol missions that are not very dangerous but have good contribution value are deeply loved by the younger generation of the family.
If you are lucky enough and discover some precious mineral deposits or small spiritual veins, you will be rewarded with a large amount of contribution points.
The only regret for the younger generation is that only tribesmen who are over sixteen years old, or who are under sixteen years old but have reached the Lingtai realm, are allowed to receive the "Clear Surrounding Environment" program after receiving relevant education and examinations.
"Misty Mission".
What the younger generation of the Wang family doesn't know is that this restriction was forcefully imposed by the head of the family, Wang Shouzhe. The reason is also very simple, to prevent some fools like the eldest niece Wang Lizi from appearing in the family and eating whatever they catch.
That's fine, I brought it back and fed it to the children.
Although that incident was a blessing in disguise for several children. But messing around is messing around. If you don't get benefits from messing around once, messing up is not messing up.
The Wang family in Changning already had a small population, but finally the younger generation became slightly prosperous. Wang Shouzhe was counting on them to work hard to reproduce the descendants and add more people for the rise of the Wang family.
If one person is lost for no reason now, doesn’t it mean that hundreds or even thousands of clan members will be missing in a thousand years?
Therefore, this exploration team is led by the younger generation of the Wang family, and is accompanied by a team of family members.
"Zong Yao." A young man with sharp eyebrows and a sword hanging from his waist, wearing a black outfit, frowned and said with a tired face, "We have been exploring for several days, are you really sure that this area
Are there traces of the second-order peak red-scale horned python in the area?"
"Uncle Eighth." The young man named Zong Yao replied respectfully, "Last time, several family members and I got lost, and accidentally found a mass of snake slough in this unexplored area. After we went back to identify it,
, it was found that it was the snake slough of the red-scaled horned python, and based on the known information, it is inferred that its realm is around the second-level peak."
These two good-looking and heroic young men are Wang Zongyao, the fourth eldest son of the Changning Wang family, who is the eighth generation, and Wang Shouming, the eighth eldest son of the seventh generation Wang family.
In terms of age, Wang Zongyao is already twenty years old, one year older than Wang Shouming.
The once ignorant children and naughty troublemakers in ethnic studies have now grown into leaders among the younger generation of the Wang family, and have begun to contribute to the development of the Changning Wang family.
"Zong Yao, I didn't mean to question your inference." Wang Shouming said slightly worriedly, "This time we took over the exploration mission in this area, we spent a lot of money and hired many experts including Brother Hu.
General, he also rented ten "Panjiao Pack Sheep" and rented a low-grade storage ring from the family treasure house. All the materials can support ten days of consumption. If there is no harvest, we will suffer a big loss.
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"Brother, I know you are worried about the 'snake gall' of the red-scaled horned python." A girl of seventeen or eighteen years old, dressed quite dashingly, said, "However, Zong Yao has been mature and steady since he was a child, so he dare not say anything about what he inferred.
Success, but there is always 80% to 90% success. Don’t be impatient. Most of the places where red-scaled horned pythons live have earth fire or fire spiritual veins. If we really find a fire spiritual vein, our previous investment will be a hundred times greater.
return."
This beautiful and heroic girl is none other than Wang Luoqing, the ninth eldest son of the Wang family's Luo generation. Like Wang Shouming, she is the second son and second daughter of Wang Dinghai, the sixth eldest son of the Ding generation.
Nowadays, the younger generation of the Wang family has a strong family and abundant resources. Whether it is the education or resources they received since childhood, they are not comparable to those of Wang Luotong and Wang Shounuo in their time.
Even if they are not the direct lineage but the direct lineage, the resources they enjoy are far stronger than the direct lineage Lingtai species of ordinary ninth-grade families.
As a result, the younger generation in the family has developed quite well. Wang Zongyao is only twenty years old and has already reached the eighth level of the Qi Refining Realm. The profound Qi he cultivated through Xuanyuan Jue has a solid foundation.
Although Wang Shouming was only at the peak of the seventh level of the Qi Refining Realm, his cultivation speed was slightly slower by half a beat because he tried to match the high-grade fire-type technique "Red Dragon True Technique" in his early years and successfully modified the "Red Dragon True Technique".
But purely in terms of combat effectiveness, Wang Shouming, who practices the Red Dragon True Art, is a bit more domineering and powerful.
Even Wang Luoqing, who is born as a daughter, has also practiced a middle-grade earth-type technique called "Earth Mysterious Technique" that can directly point to the realm of heaven and human beings. This technique is not strong at the beginning, but the more you practice it, the more mysterious it becomes.
Not only does it have amazing defensive capabilities, it also has the ability to change the terrain.
In fact, if you don't pursue the way of Zifu, some exercises that match you will be more suitable. It is impossible for everyone in the Wang family to follow the way of Zifu, and without the qualifications, they cannot afford it.
How could such favorable conditions be comparable to those of Wang Shouzhe and others when they were young?
In addition to Wang Luoqing, there is also a young lady from the Wang family in the team, that is Wang Lilian, the fourth child of the Li family.
She is currently eighteen years old, and although her cultivation is not at the top among the younger generation of the Wang family, she is already at the peak of the sixth level of Qi Refining Realm at a young age, which is comparable to Wang Shouzhe who just traveled through time.
She also participated in the discussion and said: "The family arranges these 'exploring the fog' tasks mainly to train us. When you go out, you must first think about getting nothing, so as not to be disappointed."
"Compared with this task, I am a little worried about Sister Li Yao. She has been going to the Academy for two or three months, and she must have enrolled in school by now. Sister Li Yao has always been very stubborn. When she was in the Clan Academy
In order for us to win, she often gets into trouble. I hope she will go well in the academy and not be bullied by some bad guys."
These young men from the Wang family, all around the age of seventeen, eighty or nineteen, grew up in the academy with Wang Liyao. They had gotten into trouble together and been punished together, and they had a very deep relationship with each other.
On the contrary, Luo Qiu, Luo Jing, and Wang Lizi are somewhat unfamiliar with each other because they are much older and they left the family early to go to the academy.
When mentioning Luo Qiu Luo Jing and others, these young people are more in awe and look up to them.
When Wang Li Yao was mentioned, several young people began to discuss her, but most of them believed that Li Yao would not suffer in the academy. Not to mention her personal strength, it was already at a level that her peers could not even look up to.
Let’s just say that the Wang family is not without a foothold in the academy, and is by no means that easy to bully.
"Calculate the time." Wang Shouming said, "Fourth brother sent Li Yao to the academy and it's almost time to come back. Let's work harder, hoping that this time we can explore a fire spiritual vein, so that fourth brother can
Happy and happy."
When Wang Shouzhe was mentioned, several young people showed expressions of admiration and excitement. The fourth brother/fourth uncle is a legend of the Wang family. It was he who led the declining family and brought the family step by step to where it is today.
Although there is currently only one Longyan ancestor in the family who is in the Heavenly Realm. However, no seventh-grade family in the South Six Guards of Longzuo County dares to underestimate the newly promoted Changning Wang family.
The young people of the Wang family were a little excited and continued to devote themselves to the arduous and boring process of exploration. The mountain roads that had not been explored for many years were rugged and dangerous, and there were often mountains and mountains, or ancient trees and thickets that cut off the road.
.Even if they are well-cultivated, they have to be careful.
A few days later.
This mountainous area was particularly desolate and terrifying. They lost three Panjiao pack sheep one after another, as well as some supplies. If they had not rented a storage ring before going out, they would have been short of supplies and would have had to retreat and accept the loss.
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Suddenly!
Wang Shouming, who practices the fire-based skill "Red Dragon True Art", said with a slight smile on his face: "I smell a fiery breath. The temperature in this area is rising in that direction."
When the temperature changes regionally, there are several situations in total. Either it is a place where earth fire leaks out, or it is a fire spiritual vein. Even more extreme, there may be some fire-type heavenly materials and earthly treasures landing here.
Of course, the most unlucky thing is that there is a high-level ferocious beast here. However, this area is close to the human gathering area. Under normal circumstances, the intelligence of the fifth-level ferocious beast is not low. There are no special circumstances. The farther away they are from the human gathering area.
The better.
"Sister," Wang Shouming said to Wang Luoqing, "it's up to you."
"Well!" Wang Luoqing took out a bead that exuded earth-colored brilliance and used the "Earth Mysterious Art" technique. The earth-colored bead fell to the ground and the light became brighter. Some soil and rocks gathered towards the earth-colored bead like running water.
And go.
Wang Luoqing continued to input earth-type profound energy, and she was sweating profusely after a while. When she finished her work, those earthy rocks, with earth-colored beads as the core, transformed into a small earth puppet only three feet tall. It was a little stupid.
He doesn't seem very intelligent.
But even this little earth puppet still aroused the envy of Wang Shouming, Wang Zongyao, and Wang Lilian. Luo Qing's little spiritual treasure is called "Earth Spirit Pearl".
This was not exchanged for her own contribution points, but was given as a gift by her eldest brother Wang Shouye. Wang Shouye was a clan member who inherited the alchemy inheritance, and could save a lot of family contribution points every year.
Seeing that there was such a good little earth spirit treasure in the family treasure house, I exchanged it for my sister Wang Luoqing. Don't underestimate this "earth spirit bead", although in the end it can only summon something equivalent to the peak of the Qi Refining Realm.
Earth puppets also cost more than 50,000 merit points.
In addition to the elders, only "trenches" like Wang Shouye can afford the exchange.
It is said that Wang Lizi, who had not been home for a long time, sent this "Earth Spirit Pearl" to the Academy, and Wang Zongsheng from the Academy sent it back. God knows where Wang Lizi got this thing?
This little spirit treasure is very useful. Some people who practice earth-based mystical skills can turn it into an earth puppet. Although its combat effectiveness and wisdom are worrying, it is most suitable for hard labor and transportation, or for exploring paths in dangerous areas.
Of course, Wang Luoqing's current cultivation strength is still very low, so the earth puppet created by the catalyst is very weak, that is, it can be used to explore paths.
Wang Luoqing took a short rest, and then began to direct the small earth puppet to move forward. The earth puppet was not big, but it made a lot of noise, and its clattering noises when walking were very eye-catching.
After a full hundred feet, she could no longer sense the Earth Spirit Pearl, so she stopped it.
Two generals were left to guard Panjiao's pack sheep and luggage, and everyone carefully followed the direction of the earth puppet. However, after they were more than ten feet away from the earth puppet, they stopped again, waiting for the earth puppet to continue exploring the path.
This goes on and on, and most of the day has passed.
Everyone has entered a blazing hot land, where many ordinary plants have disappeared, and only some highly heat-resistant weeds barely survive.
"This..." Wang Shouming observed some landforms and found some solidified magma stones. He immediately said slightly disappointed: "It seems that it is not a fire spiritual vein, but a place where earth fire leaked. I hope I can find some valuables."
Treasures from heaven and earth.”
"Careful! The earth puppet is broken."
Wang Luoqing's beautiful face changed slightly: "It moves so fast, it doesn't feel like the second level..."
Doesn’t it look like the second level? Wouldn’t it be the third level?
The young men of the Wang family immediately had serious expressions and got ready for battle. Although Wang Shouming was not the oldest, he was senior and took the command: "Brother Hu, you and your generals will form a formation first."
The general named Hu Brother is Wang Hu, the son of general Wang Zhong who has been passed down from generation to generation by the Wang family. He is one of the generals trained by the family. He is now thirty years old and his strength has reached the peak of the eighth level of Qi Refining Realm.
, he drew out his sword and shield, and said with steady eyes: "Formulate!"
A group of young and energetic generals, with Wang Hu as the center, formed a battle formation. The front row was for shields, and the back row was for strong bows.
At the same time, the Wang family also took out their strong bows and gathered their breath to prepare for the next fierce battle.
Just when they were ready, suddenly, a red "flame" rushed over very quickly, accompanied by a stench and fishy wind.