Chapter 85: Long Yan ascends to the Purple Mansion! The Great Emperor makes a private visit
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"Dad, Yi Ya... Yi, congratulations on your bloodline entering the Holy Body, I want to reward Yi Ya~~" After reaching the seventh level, Wang Lixian can already speak, and there is still a milky sound in her sweet voice.
Although she has reached the seventh level, in terms of ideological maturity, she is not much different from a five or six-year-old human girl.
"This is all thanks to our Xian'er." Wang Shouzhe said with a kind smile: "Xian'er, whatever reward you want, dad can think of a way."
He is extremely doting on his daughter Wang Lixian, and is willing to do anything as long as it is within his ability.
"Er baa ah ah ~~" Wang Lixian immediately became excited when he heard this and said excitedly, "I have been too tired from studying recently. I want to take a babble vacation and not go to the clan to study babble for half a year~~~~"
Just after Wang Lixian reached the seventh level, she was arranged by Liu Ruolan to join the clan school.
However, considering that her body is a huge tree of life, she is also very busy on weekdays. She must not only gather spiritual energy as the core of the spirit gathering formation, but also practice with Wang Shouzhe.
Even if her body could be transformed into a smaller one, it would still be inconvenient to travel to and from the clan every day.
Therefore, Wang Shouzhe specially asked her to branch out like a sapling and directly stationed in the clan school to receive formal education.
This is also one of the innate magical powers of the Tree of Life. The abilities of the branches are much weaker than the main body, but the senses are shared, and there is no problem in using them to feel the world and learn cultural knowledge.
Nowadays, the Wang family's ethnology gentlemen have gradually become accustomed to teaching all kinds of small animals, and they are also used to Liu Ruolan inserting some strange species into the ethnology from time to time.
They have treated everyone equally.
Even if she is a tree or a fish, she cannot escape the daily ruthless destruction of ethnic studies such as the questions asked by the ethnology teacher in class, endless examinations, and extracurricular homework.
If someone's academic performance fails, the person who deserves corporal punishment will still be punished, the homework will be doubled, and the parents will be asked to talk to them.
These are the absolute powers given to the family clan by the Wang family. Regardless of whether it is the elder Wang family or the clan leader and his wife, they must abide by the rules.
Wang Lixian is a tree, and her mind is not fully developed yet. How good can she be expected to do?
Wang Shouzhe and Liu Ruolan were basically invited to go to the clan school in turn from time to time. They were criticized by the clan master, who said that the linkage between the clan school and the parents should be strengthened. Parents should not let their children go, and as clan leaders, they should take good care of them.
head.
This made Wang Shouzhe feel ashamed, and he had long wanted to find an opportunity to catch Wang Lixian's studies.
Therefore, when Wang Lixian mentioned this, his face fell: "This is absolutely not possible. If I agree to this, your mother will never let me go."
While talking, Wang Shouzhe pulled out a stack of test papers: "Anyway, our practice has come to an end. When I have time, dad will personally make up for you. These are test papers that dad has carefully prepared for you."
"Bah, bah, bah, daddy, please cross the bridge and tear down the river." Wang Lixian protested, waving the branches sadly and angrily.
"That's called burning the bridge across the river. Xian'er, Xian'er, you have a lot of weaknesses in your homework."
"Boooooooooo, I'm still young."
For a moment, the scene of repaying filial piety to a loving father and daughter suddenly turned into a frenzy.
This is one of Wang's daily routines. No matter what time, Wang will never relax her children's homework.
Another half month has passed.
Just when father and daughter were increasingly at odds with each other and were about to break away from their father-daughter relationship, a piece of bad news reached the Wang family.
After hearing the news, Wang Shouzhe immediately left Ping'an Town and temporarily entrusted Wang Lixian's homework to Liu Ruolan. As for whether the two of them would cause a rift between mother and daughter, Wang Shouzhe couldn't care too much for a while.
One day later.
Baidaowei, Zhongshan Island.
Zhongshan Island is where the main residence of the Baidao Zhong family is located.
During the growth of the Wang family, the Baidao Zhong family was an aristocratic family that could not be avoided.
Especially Brother Zhong Xingwang, Zhong, helped the Wang family a lot, which was a timely blessing for the weak Wang family at the time.
And Wang Shouzhe was also very grateful to him. After the Wang family grew up, he started a lot of cooperation with the Baidao Zhong family, and the Zhong family also developed vigorously.
Unconsciously, the relationship between the two families became closer and closer.
The bad news this time came from the Baidao Zhong family.
The sea is endless.
The sky is as clear as a wash, with only a few white clouds blowing in the wind. The sea is also rarely calm, reflecting the same color of the sea and sky, which is indescribably clear and blue.
Two red-crowned cranes with pure white feathers flapped their wings and flew elegantly across the sky at high speed. Behind them, towed was a large-sized, seemingly extremely spacious spirit wood flying chariot.
On the body of the flying chariot, there is an eye-catching emblem painted with golden lines, which is the emblem of the Wang family in Changning. Moreover, it is also the exclusive emblem of Wang Shouzhe, the head of the Wang family in Changning.
Dragged by the two cranes, the flying chariot was flying across the sky at an extremely fast speed in the direction of Zhongshan Island.
According to the conventional flying chariot route, the flying chariot must first arrive at Donggang along Anjiang, and then follow the route along the coastal road to Baidaowei.
This is also for the safety of the flying chariot.
You know, when a chariot is flying on the sea, the most feared things are sudden hurricanes, powerful flying beasts, and losing its direction.
There are ships coming and going on the route all year round, and all the tyrannical beasts along the route have been cleared away. The climate changes on the route are also monitored at all times. Even if there is a hurricane, you can know it in advance. There are many navigation marks along the route, so it is not easy to lose your way.
It can ensure the safety of flying chariot to the greatest extent.
But Wang Shouzhe's flying chariot set off from Ping'an Town, followed the land to the east, and directly crossed part of the outer territory and the sea in a straight line, so he was not afraid of any danger at all.
Because the people sitting on this flying chariot are Wang Shouzhe and Longyan Patriarch.
Over the past few decades, the strength of the two of them has long been different from what it used to be. It is the ferocious beasts that should be feared, not them, because they can fly in such a straight line so boldly.
At this moment, many people have gathered on Zhongshan Island.
As the main residence of the Zhong family, Zhongshan Island has always been very lively, but today, there are particularly many people on Zhongshan Island. In the square specially built near the port to facilitate the landing of flying chariots, there will be people from time to time.
A flying chariot descended, making it look particularly busy.
This situation occurred because the elder Zhong Xingwang of the Baidao Zhong family had exhausted his life span and was on his deathbed. These people came to see him off on his last journey.
Although Elder Zhong Xingwang is not a big shot in the Baidao Guard, he is still a prominent figure with a high status and a high reputation. In addition, he has lived long enough and is always kind to others, so he is very popular.
In the entire Hyakushima Guardian family, large and small, there are many people who have received his favor.
At this moment, he was dying, and many eighth- and ninth-grade families heard the news and came to see him for the last time, which not only showed their feelings but also strengthened the human relationship with the Zhong family.
With so many representatives of aristocratic families coming, Baidao Zhong would naturally send someone to receive them.
At this moment, in the square at the port, a young man and several juniors were welcoming guests.
This young man's name is "Zhong Yuankai", and he is one of the celestial beings carefully cultivated by the younger generation of the Baidao Zhong family. He is only over forty years old this year, and he has reached the third level of the Lingtai realm. He has great influence in the entire Baidao Guard's sphere of influence.
All of them are influential figures among the younger generation.
Facing many representatives of aristocratic families, he behaved gracefully and calmly.
Even under the deliberate flattery of all the Lingtai Realm family heads or ancestors, his posture remained humble and polite, but inadvertently revealed a strong self-confidence.
Indeed, compared to those Lingtai-level elders from eighth- and ninth-grade aristocratic families who have almost exhausted their potential, his starting point and the platform he stands on are completely different, and his mentality is of course different.
Suddenly.
Someone noticed the two-crane flying chariot approaching rapidly in the sky.
"Fifth-level spiritual birds riding a flying chariot!"
At the port, the crowd suddenly became excited.
The ancestors of Lingtai, who were from eighth- and ninth-grade families and were more than a hundred years old, no longer had the calmness of the past. They seemed to have seen some great spectacle. They were all so excited that their faces turned red.
Their eyes were also full of excitement and incomparable envy.
It's no wonder that the strength of the fifth-level spiritual bird is equivalent to that of a human Xuanwu monk in the Heavenly Realm. In terms of life level, those two spiritual birds are much higher than them.
An ordinary ninth-grade family, let alone buying a fifth-grade spiritual bird, would not be able to afford it even if it were to raise it without breaking the bank.
In fact, even for a seventh-grade family, unless they are like the Wang family of Changning, who cannot judge by common sense, it will be very difficult to raise a fifth-grade spiritual bird.
Not to mention that two ends appeared at once, and they were only used to pull a flying chariot.
"It is the car of the head of the Wang family in Changning." Zhong Yuankai was so excited that he recognized the emblem on the flying chariot almost instantly, and shouted hurriedly, "Yuansheng! Hurry! Inform Ancestor Xiangyang to come and greet you."
The young man named Yuan Sheng was about to run back obediently.
However, Zhong Yuankai reacted and took the initiative to move forward before him, and rushed towards the main house.
Yuan Sheng's speed is too slow, so he should run faster. The visit of the head of the Wang family is a huge event, and there is no room for neglect.
Unexpectedly, Zhong Yuankai hadn't even taken two steps.
In the direction of the Zhong family's main house, there were two majestic heavenly and human auras rising up almost simultaneously, in no particular order, and flying rapidly towards this direction.
At the same time, there were two deep and powerful voices.
"The head of the Shouzhe family came to visit the Zhong family. Xiangyang missed the welcome. Please forgive me."
"I have met the head of the Shouzhe family for ten thousand years."
At the same time as the voice fell, the two ancestors of the Zhong family, Zhong Xiangyang and Zhong Wannian, had already soared into the sky, greeted the flying chariot, and saluted from afar.
"It turned out to be the head of the Wang family in Changning who came in person..." The representatives of the small families at the scene suddenly started whispering, feeling shocked and excited at the same time.
The Wang family of Changning was the most powerful person in Longzuo County.
Even though they are only sixth-grade on the surface, everyone actually regards them as fifth-grade. It is even said that the strength of many fifth-grade families in other counties is far inferior to that of the Wang family. After all, not only do they have a person in the Purple Mansion realm,
Puppet, and a seventh-level spiritual beast from the Zhen clan, Yuanshui Qinglong.
The most important thing is that the Wang family is extremely rich and has led the entire South Six Guards to gradually prosper.
The Baidao Zhong family has made a lot of money in recent years by following the Wang family's footsteps, and is already ambitiously preparing to hit the sixth rank within a hundred years.
After the Baidao Zhong family became rich, the eighth- and ninth-grade families in Baidaowei, and even the non-ranking families, also benefited a lot. Relying on fishing in the sea, cultivating seafood in the sea, clams, pearls and other industries,
They also made a lot of money.
As a result, those small families who were not in the first level began to cultivate "Lingtai species" in an attempt to break into the ninth level. And the ninth level began to cultivate second and even third level Lingtai monks, planning to break into the eighth level.
As for those families who were originally at the eighth level, they were full of plans on how to advance to the seventh level.
In the final analysis, these are all taking advantage of Wang's industrial chain.
Just when Zhongshan Island was boiling, the curtain on the flying chariot swung slightly, and a figure in a green shirt appeared in front of Ancestor Xiangyang without a trace.
It was Wang Shouzhe.
After returning the gift to Patriarch Xiangyang, his gentle and humble voice sounded out: "Ancestor Xiangyang, you are an old man, so don't try to undermine Shouzhe."
When Zhong Xiangyang heard this, he smiled and supported Wang Shouzhe: "Shouzhe came to my Zhong family and made my Zhong family shine~"
After so many years, the oldest ancestor of the Baidao Zhong family has become old and will soon be promoted to the ancestor tablet of the Zhong family.
Taking advantage of the situation, Zhong Xiangyang took a look at Wang Shouzhe and found that he still looked like a handsome young man. He was even more graceful and elegant than before, and his eyes were much deeper and calmer.
However, this is nothing.
What left him speechless the most was that he could no longer see through Wang Shouzhe's cultivation, as if it was a bottomless cold pool.
The gap is too big.
It’s true that comparing people to each other will lead to death, and comparing goods to goods will lead to throwing away things.
After the two parties exchanged a few words.
Wang Shouzhe immediately looked solemn and got down to business: "Please, Patriarch Xiangyang, take us to see Brother Zhong for the last time."
Us? Could it be that that person is here too?
Zhong Xiangyang glanced at the flying chariot and was shocked. Unexpectedly, that person also cared about his old love so much.
He did not dare to delay any longer and said quickly: "Master Shouzhe is coming with me."
"Thank you, Ancestor Xiangyang."
At that moment, two ancestors, Zhong Xiangyang and Zhong Wannian, led the way. Wang's Double Crane Flying Chariot did not stop at the port at all, but drove all the way to the depths of the island and landed directly in the Zhong's main house.
Patriarch Longyan then got off the flying chariot and greeted each other with the two ancestors of the Zhong family.
Then, under the leadership of the two ancestors, Wang Shouzhe and Longyan ancestors quickly arrived at Zhong Xingwang's house.
Zhong Xingwang has never married a wife in his life, and the people waiting outside the door are his grandnephews and grandnephews.
Suddenly, the veiled Ancestor Longyan stopped.
There was a complex look in her eyes: "Shouzhe, go check on his condition first, and then report to me."
"Yes, ancestor."
Wang Shouzhe responded.
The two heavenly ancestors Zhong Xiangyang and Zhong Wannian personally led the way, and he was quickly brought to Zhong Xingwang's bed.
In front of the bed, several male nephews of Zhong Xingwang were guarding the bed. When they saw the three people arriving, they immediately stood up and saluted: "Greetings, ancestor."
Zhong Xiangyang waved his hand, motioning for them to stand aside and not block the bed.
At this moment, Zhong Xingwang was lying on the bed, his eyes closed tightly and his breath was as thin as a thread.
Wang Shouzhe didn't bother to say hello to the juniors, and immediately stepped forward to grab his wrist. A ray of life-origin mysterious energy followed his meridians and entered his body, exploring his condition.
Wang Shouzhe frowned and secretly said, "Not good."
Brother Zhong has completely exhausted his lifespan, and his vitality has been extinguished. Even the profound energy, the source of his life, is no longer able to save him.
Moisturized and stimulated by this mysterious energy, Zhong Xingwang cheered up a little, raised his dull eyes and looked at Wang Shouzhe, and said weakly: "Shouzhe is here."
"Brother Zhong."
Wang Shouzhe's expression was a little gloomy. He held his withered hand and thought of all the help Brother Zhong had given him when he was a young boy. He couldn't help but feel sad.
"Shou Zhe." Zhong Xingwang's face flushed, as if he was having a flashback, and he felt much more energetic, "Don't be sad, your brother's life is worth it!"
"Thanks to you for asking me for life-extending elixirs from Changchun Valley several times, otherwise I would have left long ago, brother."
Under normal circumstances, the maximum lifespan of a Lingtai-level monk is two hundred years, but this is a theoretical lifespan. In fact, there are not many Lingtai-level monks who can live past 190 years.
Today, Zhong Xingwang has lived to be 218 years old.
This was actually because Wang Shouzhe used the profound energy from the origin of life several times to help him sort out his meridians and moisturize his energy and blood, which greatly extended his lifespan.
However, Wang Shouzhe didn't want his rare magical skills that could help people extend their lives to be publicized and cause all kinds of unnecessary trouble, so he announced that he had obtained the longevity fruit and longevity pill from the Changchun Valley.
"Master Shouzhe," Patriarch Xiangyang also consoled him, "Longevity is a destiny, and the fact that he can live to this day is thanks to your blessing."
Ancestor Xiangyang also wants to extend his life, but now he is over 390 years old, and he is already considered to have an extremely long life among the ancestors in the Heavenly Realm. Even if he spends a huge price to find the heavenly materials and earthly treasures used to extend his life,
He won't live for a few more years.
He can just think about it and leave some more money for the children~
"Brother Zhong, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?" Wang Shouzhe asked.
"My grandnephews are all fine. The Zhong family is taking care of them, so I don't have to worry about them." Zhong Xingwang shook his head, but looked at Wang Shouzhe, with a hint of hope in his eyes, "If you must say anything,
If I have a wish... I hope that my senior can break through to the Purple Mansion Realm as soon as possible and become the all-powerful Master of the Purple Mansion. Then I can live a wonderful and disaster-free life."
"My ancestor has arrived, I will invite her in." Wang Shouzhe said.
"Don't!" Zhong Xingwang suddenly became very nervous when he heard this, "I don't want my senior to see me looking so withered and ugly."
However, before Wang Shouzhe could speak, the cold voice of Longyan Patriarch had already sounded in the room: "Zhong Xingwang, even before, I didn't think you were that good-looking."
"Study, senior sister..." Zhong Xingwang was embarrassed for a while.
"Shouzhe, Ancestor Xiangyang, please get out," the voice of Ancestor Longyan sounded.
"Yes, Ancestor/Ancestor Longyan." After Wang Shouzhe and others responded, they all retreated together with all the juniors, leaving only Zhong Xingwang.
Wait until everyone has left.
Ancestor Long Yan suddenly appeared in his room, and then waved his sleeves, and a vast icy mysterious energy surged up, sealing and isolating the entire room.
As for Wang Shouzhe and others, they were waiting outside the courtyard.
After waiting for a stick of incense.
The space around Wang Shouzhe fluctuated slightly, and Ancestor Longyan appeared out of thin air. His figure was as curling as an icy mist, making it impossible for anyone to catch it.
There was a hint of sadness that was difficult to conceal in her cold eyes.
"He went."
"Ancestor, please show mercy." Wang Shouzhe's heart twitched, and he sighed to comfort Ancestor Longyan.
When Zhong Xingwang's nephews and grandchildren heard this, they immediately rushed in and burst into tears.
"Ancestor Xiangyang, are there any ferocious beasts in the nearby sea?" Ancestor Longyan said in a cold voice, as if there was a rage in his heart that he could not vent.
Zhong Xiangyang's old face froze, and he hesitated slightly: "Five hundred miles south of the Baidao Guard, there is an evil dragon island, with a sixth-order evil dragon coiled around it. I have launched several encirclement and suppression campaigns, but they have been run away by it.
He returned to Evil Dragon Island to stir up trouble and retaliate, and killed many of our Hundred Island Guard fishermen."
"That's it... Shouzhe, if you have nothing else to do, just see your junior brother off at Baidao Guard for the last time." Patriarch Longyan said, "After I finish my work, I will go directly back to the Wang family for retreat."
As soon as she finished speaking, she took a step out casually, and in the next moment she appeared above the Zhong family's main house, and then turned into a frost-white shock and headed south.
"This, this, this... such a powerful aura, terrifying speed." Zhong Xiangyang looked extremely shocked on his face, "Could it be that Ancestor Longyan's cultivation level... has..."
"This happened not long ago. We, the Wang family, don't want to publicize it to the outside world yet." Wang Shouzhe cupped his hands and said, "Please ask Xiang Yang and Wannian, our two ancestors, to keep it secret for us for the time being."
"We must keep our mouths shut." Zhong Xiangyang and Zhong Wannian hurriedly responded.
At the same time, their hearts were as shocked as a stormy sea.
The ancestor of Longyan is not much older than Zhong Xingwang, right? This becomes the Zi Mansion!?
In this way, wouldn't the Wang family be a serious fifth-grade family?
If you add in the Wang family's other built-in strengths, they are not afraid even if they encounter a weaker fourth-grade family.
This made them deeply moved.
Once upon a time, the Wang family was still a small aristocratic family that needed to look up to them. But in the blink of an eye, it turned into such a behemoth that even the prosperous Baidao Zhong family could only look up to them.
This is really an amazing miracle~
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At the same time that Wang Shouzhe and Baidaowei were seeing Zhong Xingwang off for the last time.
A large passenger and cargo ship sailed down the river from the middle reaches of Anjiang River and entered the lower reaches of Anjiang River.
The owner of this big ship was a casual practitioner. After many years of business, he gradually accumulated original capital, and his business grew bigger and bigger, so he simply bought a second-hand big ship and started a big business.
Because he also started out as a foot trader and thus made a fortune, the owner of the ship also took great care of the casual foot traders, allowing them to spend some money to ride on his ship or rent some cabins. Therefore, there were dragons and snakes on this big ship.
Mixed, everyone is there.
bow.
There were two old men standing against the side of the boat, looking at the coast of Anjiang River. Next to them, there was a young girl with lively eyebrows.
Although the three of them were dressed simply, they still couldn't hide their luxurious temperament, which was quite different from the real businessmen on the ship.
Especially the old man standing in the middle, standing there with his hands behind his back, gives people a feeling of being as unshakable as a mountain. It is obvious that he is not an ordinary person.
He looked at the high embankments along the Anjiang River and asked: "Is this the... 'Anjiang Flood Control Embankment' whose construction cost is so exaggerated?"
"Sir," the white-faced and smiling old man next to him replied, "Looking at the structure and scale, I'm afraid that's it. Wang's flood control engineering team has been repairing the Qianli River for thirty years. The embankment has cost 690 million gold..."
"Hmph, no wonder that fellow Wang Shouzhe is running up and down, planning to build the Anjiang water conservancy project." The dignified old man raised his eyebrows and muttered, "How much corruption has been committed in the process..."
These three people and the two old men are naturally Emperor Longchang and Lao Yao.
Now [Di Zi'an] has been supervising the country for decades and has accumulated a lot of experience. He is completely able to handle the affairs of the government independently. Emperor Longchang is becoming more and more leisurely.
When this person is free, he can easily get into trouble.
The other "girl" dressed in ordinary clothes is Wu Xuening, the great genius of the royal family.
She has been practicing in the Holy Land for these years. This time she was going home to visit relatives, but she was caught by the playful Emperor Longchang and accompanied her in private for a private visit.
If calculated according to ordinary people, she is already in her forties, but she still looks like a girl. Locally, many girls her age are already married, but by the standards of the capital city, She is still a child now~
Wu Xuening said dumbfounded: "Grandpa, no, grandpa. I heard from An Ye that the Wang family built water conservancy projects at cost. Patriarch Shouzhe has paid a lot of money over the years. If you don't believe in Patriarch Shouzhe, you won't do it." Don’t you believe An Ye’s words?”
"Of course I believe An Ye's words." Emperor Longchang raised his head arrogantly and said dissatisfiedly, "However, I'm afraid that An Ye will be deceived by some people. That fellow Wang Shouzhe is extremely cunning. The so-called return to the countryside to farm is to retreat. For Jin. Among the national policies for economic development of Emperor Zi'an, which one does not have his shadow behind it?"
"In my opinion, they should stop writing letters all day long. Emperor Zi'an can simply move the court to Changning Guard~"
Every word he said was full of jealousy.
The emperor's son, An Jianguo, did not ask for advice from an old emperor with more than 3,000 years of experience, but instead hooked up with Wang Shouzhe all day long. How could this make him feel so embarrassed?
Hum, I have been an emperor for thousands of years, am I not as experienced as the emperor as Wang Shouzhe?
Isn't the Changning Wang family known as the "Local Emperor" of Longzuo County? I want to take a closer look this time to see how well he can manage his territory?