Chapter 201: Holy Picture of Yuan Shui! Ruo Lan Awakens
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Wang Shouzhe thought about it briefly and had a general direction in his mind.
Xianzhi already has a girl named Xian'er, which is already causing him quite a headache. If one more Wang Lixian comes out, life will be too chaotic.
Moreover, he observed carefully and found that this young world tree had a calm and restrained temperament, and also had a natural nobility, which was quite a bit like the Wang boy's temperament.
"In that case, let's call you [Wang Zongshi]." Wang Shouzhe shook his tree trunk, looked gentle, and said with some hope, "I hope you can become a man who is worthy of our Wang family."
"Yeah~" Wang Zongshi seemed to feel his father's expectations. He gently rubbed the branch on his father's arm a few times, as if he liked the name very much.
In the next few days, Wang Ningxi and his team briefly dealt with the previous prizes. Those that needed to be used were used first, those that could be distributed were distributed first, and the rest were also summarized by category.
Wang Shouzhe, on the other hand, has been accompanying Wang Zongshi, teaching him some basic common sense and helping him to enlighten his mind.
After all, he had just been born, and it was the time when he needed the company of his parents. Even Liu Ruolan temporarily left the mahjong table and patiently accompanied Wang Zongshi through the most ignorant stage of his birth.
The days of leisure passed by in a flash.
The "intense" work of cleaning up the rankings has begun again.
This time, the one who took the field to brush up the rankings was Wang Lizi, one of the Wang's Tiankeng.
Like Wang Yingxuan, she was temporarily summoned from overseas battlefields to participate in family missions.
Although Li Ci is strong, she has too many uncontrollable factors, so we can only let her play early to avoid overturning.
Originally, Wang Lizi's qualifications had reached the peerless level B after inheriting the Heaven-Swallowing Book. Later, she reached the pinnacle of peerless level B by devouring the "Demon Meat Seed" on the battlefield outside the territory, surpassing Wang Shouzhe before entering the non-commissioned officer training academy.
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After using [Ji Gai], [Ji Gai Essence Edition], and [Immortal Gai], my qualifications have directly soared to [Tiannu C-level].
Such a huge improvement made Wang Lizi feel dizzy when she walked. When she walked towards the assessment simulation cabin, her expression was still a little dizzy.
Wang Ningxi was so frightened by her behavior that she hurriedly told Immortal Niyue to help Wang Lizi control her points.
You know, although Wang Lizi is from the "Li" generation, she is only one year younger than Wang Shouzhe. Her current cultivation level is already at the fifth level of the Purple Mansion Realm, and she is at the forefront of the entire Wang family.
In other words, Wang Liyao, Liu Ruolan, and Longyan Patriarch's cultivation levels could steadily surpass her.
If she is really having fun and shows off to her fullest, the people behind her will not be able to pick her up:
Regarding Wang Ningxi's request, Xianjian Niyue naturally said nothing and nodded in agreement: "Master Ningxi, please don't worry, I will take good care of Miss Lici."
At this time, Miss Sword Spirit Niyue is no longer as arrogant as before, and has become much easier to talk to. It is no wonder that during this period of time, she has come into contact with so many emperors and daughters, and every one of them is a person of unparalleled splendor.
In the past, she would have been satisfied if anyone could be chosen as her master.
Now that so many things appeared all at once, she felt extremely happy, and naturally it became easier to talk.
Before this time, how could she have imagined that she would actually be picky about her master?
"Well... Young Master Ning Xi, can I make a small request?" Thinking of this, Xianjian Niyue suddenly said with some embarrassment, "I think the head of the Shouzhe family is handsome and has the temperament of Yuan Ting.
Yue Zhi, I admire you so much, you can assign me to him later."
During Wang Shouzhe's previous assessment, Niyue was not able to use her, which made her feel a little disappointed. She was a top genius with more potential than the famous Little Holy Emperor~
"This...it's the same sentence. Don't be impatient and pick slowly." Wang Ningxi said with a smile, "We, the Wang family, still have many outstanding talents."
Is there anyone better than the head of the Shouzhe family?
Glancing at Wang Ningxi suspiciously, Fairy Sword Niyue suddenly became energetic and full of energy.
Soon, Wang Lizi lay down in the assessment cabin and began the assessment.
The previous ordinary assessment and business assessment were not difficult for her. Relying on her tyrannical strength, she easily passed them and then successfully entered the hero mode.
After entering the hero mode, she made a fuss just as Wang Ningxi expected. She started to get hot blood after beating her, and then started to charge into the battle with howling.
Unexpectedly, her personal combat power was at an all-time high. As soon as the Taotie Dharma Appeared, she immediately turned on the unparalleled mode, and her scores skyrocketed all the way.
There is no way around it. Devouring Bloodline is a bloodline talent that is extremely suitable for extraterrestrial battlefields. Not only is its body extremely powerful, but it is also completely unaffected by extraterrestrial demonic energy. It can even reverse absorb and use extraterritorial resources that other bloodlines cannot use to strengthen itself...
In short, this bloodline is really at home on the battlefield outside the territory, as if it has returned to its happy hometown.
In the future, if you grow to the magical power realm or even the Lingxu realm, it is entirely possible to become the main force in resisting battlefields outside the territory.
If not for this, Master Yunyang, who was still Master Yunyang at the time, would not have found a treasure when he met Wang Lizi, and would have surrendered her even if he lost his entire family.
As for these characteristics of the Devouring Bloodline, except for those who have actually been on battlefields outside the territory, the Wang family members are actually completely unaware of them. In fact, they don’t even know much about Wang Lizi. They only know that this aunt is very powerful and that’s it.
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But on this day, Wang Lizi really made everyone aware of the perversion and outrageousness of devouring blood.
Not to mention the devouring magical power, in terms of physical strength alone, she is not much weaker than the demon lord. In addition, after the blood transformation, she has gradually developed the devouring way from the great magical power to the direction of the great law. She has not paid attention to tactics at all.
She rushed over, but she didn't meet an opponent who could stop her.
And because she takes the lead every time she charges into battle, the morale of the battle group she leads is extremely high, and the casualty rate is extremely low.
Just a little bit, she reached the bottom of her recklessness.
Fortunately, at the last moment, her brain, which was gradually heating up during the charge, finally regained some sanity. In addition, the fairy sword Niyue was pulling Wang Lizi's hind legs beside her, racking her brains to help control the score. In the end, the assessment results came out, and the score was reversed.
It's not too outrageous either.
But even so, Wang Lizi still scored 93.25 points, 0.25 points more than expected.
This made her not only useless, but also guilty. Wang Ningxi announced on the spot that a sum of her family contribution points would be deducted. Originally, after Wang Lizi took the pile of qualification improvement liquid, she already owed the family a large amount of contribution points, so she spent all her family contribution points.
It’s far from enough to cover all your “deposits”. Now that you’re being deducted like this again, you’ll owe even more.
Wang Lizi's face fell instantly.
Her brain, which had become excited due to the passionate battle, felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured on her, and she suddenly sobered up.
It's over~ It's over~ If she had known that her contribution points would be deducted, she would have to show some restraint no matter what she said.
Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in this world, and it is too late for her to regret now.
But fortunately, next comes the exciting part of selecting prizes.
Because she had been involved in many affairs, there were not many things to choose from when she came here. But because of this, Wang Ningxi also relaxed the restrictions, and Wang Lizi could choose whatever she wanted.
Soon, Wang Lizi chose from the high-level prize pool, [Brew Knife Master’s Brewing Gourd], [Chaos Essence (a small bottle)], [Fairy Spirit Stone (a small bag)], and [Saint Emperor’s Guardian].
Piece rewards.
Among them, [The Brewing Gourd of the Master of the Wine Swordsman] was specially chosen by Wang Lizi because she felt it was very domineering. Others were all the Masters of the Wine Swordsman, but he was the Master of the Wine Sword. He must be an unconventional master like her, Wang Lizi.
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For the rest of the prizes, just take them casually, after all, there is no other choice.
In the super prize pool, there are even fewer choices, with only one [Fairy Beast Cub] and one [Lingxu Realm Peak Puppet Guard] left.
She closed her eyes and chose the puppet guard.
Anyway, they are all treasures that add to the family heritage, there is no substantial difference.
After selecting the rewards, within a few moments, Qi Ling Ai Pan took out all the rewards and handed them all to Wang Ningxi as expected.
Among them, the puppet at the peak of Lingxu Realm attracted the most attention.
There is no way around it. The puppet at the peak of Lingxu has already reached the highest level of combat power within the Wang family, so it naturally attracts much attention.
And this puppet at the pinnacle of the Lingxu Realm did not disappoint everyone in the Wang family.
The puppet that appeared in front of everyone looked like a middle-aged uncle with a square and resolute face. He was wearing a very cool armor and had a cool and cold temperament. At first glance, he really looked like an invincible god of war.
The puppet is extremely anthropomorphic and looks almost the same as a real person at first glance, except for its pair of eyes, which are polished with spar and slightly hidden in the shadow of the helmet, looking cool and cold.
Looking at him, the eyes of many members of the Wang clan began to shine, especially the male clansmen. Many of them could not help but relish in their hearts the prospect of saving up enough contributions to hire it as a temporary guard for themselves.
This is a puppet at the pinnacle of the Lingxu Realm, with top combat power second only to the Immortal Emperor and Immortal Lord. When he acts as his bodyguard, the scene must be extremely exciting.
Of course, they can just think about it. After finishing the assessment rewards later, because they used the qualification improvement liquid in advance, they will probably owe the family a large amount of contribution points, and it is unknown when they will be able to pay it back.
The Wang family has had some family puppets before, and they all have made great contributions and have a high status in the family, but they are basically named according to the generation with the character "Shou".
Now we have a total of three Lingxu Realm puppets and one Lingxu Realm peak puppet, which is a bit inappropriate for this generation.
After a brief discussion, everyone decided to call the ordinary Lingxu realm puppets the "Ding" generation, and the peak puppets the "Xiao" generation.
After some discussion.
The three Lingxu realm puppets are named [Wang Dinglong], [Wang Dingfeng] and [Wang Dinghu] respectively, while the Lingxu realm peak puppet is named [Wang Xiaojia].
The Wang family got four Lingxu puppets in a row, and there was a burst of joy inside.
With these puppets, the current embarrassment of the Wang clan, which has extraordinary potential but low strength, and the lack of truly strong people in the clan, has finally been partially solved.
At the same time, with the protection of these Lingxu puppets, the tribesmen can be much safer when they go out to perform tasks.
However, the puppet is very powerful, but it also consumes a lot of money.
Lingxu realm puppets like [Wang Dinglong] and others consume precious "top-grade spiritual stones" when driving. One filling requires five top-grade spiritual stones, which are worth 500 million dry gold.
Not to mention the peak puppet Wang Xiaojia, who needs to fill up a fairy spirit stone directly.
This is the Immortal Spirit Stone, a treasure that even the Immortal Emperor is interested in.
Fortunately, in non-combat mode, the puppets are in a semi-sleep state with low energy consumption. They will only run at high energy during real extreme fighting, and at that time, it will be a waste of money.
So it's quite worthwhile.
Time is precious, so I won’t introduce the other treasures for now.
Wang Shouzhe continued to lead his clan members to clean up their clan, and the next person to appear was Wang Shouzhe's granddaughter "Wang Yingxuan".
There is only one reason why the majestic female military god appears here, and that is, the ones in front of her are more ruthless.
Wang Yingxuan was originally extraordinary, and the inheritance of the scriptures she received was also relatively powerful, and the essence of heaven and earth given to her was much more than the ordinary scriptures. Now, after being blessed by Wang Shouzhe with [Ji Gai], [Ji Gai Essence Edition] and [Immortal Gai]
Later, her bloodline qualifications also reached the level of [Goddess C].
The following process naturally does not need to be described in detail.
Wang Yingxuan easily took the first place again, and her first-place score also reached 93.5 points.
The poor little Holy Emperor Gui Wushuang has been squeezed to the tenth place on the hero list, becoming the only character still on the list in ancient times.
However, there is not much time left for him, because in the next round, he will disappear from the list.
In the advanced prize pool, Wang Yingxuan can only choose "Essence of Chaos (a small bottle)", "Fairy Spirit Stone (a small bag)" times two, and "Guardian of the Holy Emperor", because apart from these three items, there are no other options.
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And in the super prize pool, there is only one reward [Fairy Beast Cub] left.
It's actually a fairy beast egg that needs to be hatched before a baby can be born.
At this point, a total of nine prizes in the super prize pool have been completely emptied.
In order to seize the empty prize pool, Wang Shouzhe worked overtime overnight to protect Wang Anye and asked him to use bloodline improving fluid to improve his bloodline qualifications.
Wang Anye's qualifications had already been upgraded to [Peerless Second Class] because of the magical thunder tribulation "sent" by Wei Qingyun and the effect of the book. Later, when no one knew it, he encountered several more adventures, and his qualifications were in the
Unknowingly, it has reached the level of peerless first-class.
It's just that he kept a low profile and only reported it to Wang Shouzhe without making any big announcement.
If it weren't for the overall improvement in the bloodline qualifications of the clan members this time, his bloodline qualifications would have been higher than Wang Shouzhe's.
However, even so, after the only [Sen Kai Essence Version] was used, even if he used [Ji Kai], [Ji Kai Essence] and [Sen Kai], he was still stuck in the middle of the Emperor B level.
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There is no way, once the qualifications have reached the level of Emperor, it has become extremely difficult to improve the qualifications. Every small improvement requires a lot of resources to accumulate.
Even though it seems easy for the Wangs and the others, it was with the help of Wang Shouzhe that they were able to leapfrog the level and use the Bloodline Qualification Improvement Fluid, which allowed them to improve very quickly. Without the improvement fluid, Wang Shouzhe would be blind.
But there is nothing that can be done about it. There is only one [Xian Gai Essence Edition]. Unless a second [Xian Gai Essence Edition] can be found, it is almost impossible to replicate Wang Shouzhe's "Emperor's First Class" miracle.
However, even so, Wang Anye easily broke the record with the help of the common swordsmanship, the ability of the sword formation, and the help of the immortal sword.
None of those backup methods were used. The whole process went smoothly without any ups and downs. It can be said to be lackluster.
The score at the top of the rankings has now reached 93.75 points.
Gui Wushuang was finally pushed off the ranking list.
As of now, the top ten on the list are all members of the Wang family.
As for the rewards, they are even more pointless.
The super rewards have long been emptied, and there is very little left in the high-level prize pool. Wang Anye did not hesitate to take [Fairy Spirit Stone (a small bag)] and multiplied it by two, and [Saint Emperor's Guardian] multiplied by two.
By this time, a total of five [Guardian of the Holy Emperor] had been emptied, and the only option left in the advanced prize pool was [Fairy Spirit Stone (a small bag)], and the quantity was only four small bags.
Already.
In other words, if there is another time, the advanced reward pool will be emptied.
As for the super reward, Wang Anye can no longer receive it.
"Miss Aipan." At this time, Wang Ningxi started to take action again and took on the responsibility of coordination and communication. "Have the materials in the super prize pool and advanced prize pool been replenished?"
"I'm sorry." Qi Ling Aipan no longer dared to confront Wang Ningxi, and apologized hastily and sincerely, "I have contacted Shangfeng many times, but I have never received a response."
"This makes me very embarrassed." Wang Ningxi pretended to say, "If it doesn't work, you should first report to the superiors and write an IOU. I will ask him for it next time I meet you on the mountain."
"Ow, IOU?" Qi Ling Ai Pan was confused.
She is a clever person, but she has never written anything like an IOU.
"It doesn't matter, the format has been prepared for you."
Wang Ningxi took out an IOU that had already been drafted. The items on it were complicated and a lot of them had been written eloquently.
He coaxed Qi Ling Ai Pan and said: "You only need to leave a mark of consciousness here to show that the reward cannot be given because there are not enough items in the prize pool. You owe us. If you can't find the top, we have the right to use the academy
The assets will be deducted. We will use the Tianji photo disk to retain the evidence throughout the process. Do you understand?"
This is also what Wang Shouzhe meant.
The prize pool was gone as soon as it was gone, and he just needed to make up for it with other things. The good things in the NCO Training Academy were not only in the prize pool, but also the hardware facilities that he had been coveting for a long time.
"Understood……"
After being deceived by Wang Ningxi, Qiling Aipan finally signed the IOU.
But after signing, she was a little confused.
She is just a weapon spirit, so why can she become a debtor? Also, if the college assets are deducted, what deduction will be used? Could it be that, as a college weapon spirit, she also has to be deducted?
Just when Qiling Aipan was feeling uneasy, Wang continued her wool harvesting operation.
The one dispatched this time was Wang Liyao, the eldest daughter of Wang Shouzhe and the young Holy Master of Lingyun Holy Land.
According to the fixed procedure, Wang Liyao naturally went to Wang Shouzhe's portable cave to absorb the qualification improvement fluid to improve her bloodline qualifications.
During this period, Fairy Sword Niyue directly entangled Wang Anye.
Because after this round of assessment, Wang Anye has replaced Wang Shouzhe and become the perfect master in her mind~
"Master An Ye, just accept me." Xianjian Niyue changed from her previous cold and arrogant tone, her tone full of pleading, "I promise to help you dominate the world together and never give up.
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As for Wang Shouzhe, she has forgotten it for the time being. After all, Anye is obviously better at kendo, and has already gone quite far in kendo, while the head of the Shouzhe family is excellent, but not good at kendo~
After hearing the words of Immortal Sword Niyue, Wang Anye's semi-immortal sword "婠婠" suddenly felt so much pressure.
She finally met a promising master, but within a few days of being happy, she was actually targeted by the fairy sword.
As for Wang Anye's "years", it was even more stressful.
He is only at the level of magical spiritual treasure. Although under the influence of the weapon spirit "Ji Wuchen", the sword formation double master book, and Wang Anye's own swordsmanship perception, the years have gradually touched the edge of a "Tao weapon", but in the end
Or a magical treasure.
Unexpectedly, before he had reached the right level of cultivation, a "婠婠" appeared on his front foot, and a "Niyue" appeared on his back foot begging for shelter.
His status has to be reduced again and again~
"Ahem, Fairy Niyue." Wang Anye gracefully saluted the fairy sword Niyue, but rejected her, "You are the fairy sword that belongs to our family. Anye cannot be so selfish and enjoy you all to himself.
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"What? You mean, anyone can use me?" Xianjian Niyue looked a little complicated.
"That's not the case. At least you have to have enough merit points to borrow it temporarily." Wang Anye said, "After all, there is only one sword in the family. If you use it in public, it will be more useful to you, so please bear with it."
"No, no, it seems that I am too unruly." Immortal Sword Niyue hurriedly refused, "It really doesn't work. I can identify an owner first, and then lend it to whomever I want. The premise is that at least a peerless second-class person comes to borrow it.
, I can’t be liked by just anyone.”
However, after just one stick of incense, she abandoned Wang Anye again and followed behind Wang Li Yao, trying to please her: "Miss Yaoyao, I found that our temperaments are the most compatible, so we are the most compatible.
Let me follow you."
We can't blame her for "forgetting the old ones when she has new friends". In fact, Wang Liyao's swordsmanship talent is even worse than Wang Anye's.
After all, she was a swordsman genius who had mastered swordsmanship in the early stages of the Lingtai Realm. However, she had always been in the academy and the Holy Land and rarely took action, so her reputation had not yet been exposed to the outside world.
Moreover, she is much older than Wang Anye, and her current cultivation level has reached the sixth level of the Purple Mansion Realm. After her bloodline qualifications were promoted to Heavenly Lady C level, her swordsmanship is naturally more powerful than Wang Anye's.
After seeing Wang Liyao's strength, Wang Anye was automatically ranked in the second rank by Niyue.
"Let's clear the level first." Wang Liyao said calmly.
"Wow, wow~"
Immortal Sword Niyue immediately attacked Miss Li Yao very hard and won the first place again without any surprises.
As a result, the highest score reached 94 points!
At this time, Qi Ling Ai Pan had already become numb, and even the sounds of congratulations and rewards had become mechanical and formulaic.
Wang Liyao had no choice. There were only four small bags of fairy stones left in the high-level prize pool. She took them all.
As for the super reward, naturally I have to write an IOU before the weapon spirit Ai Pan.
"Ruo Lan, you are the only one left in the end." Wang Shouzhe saw that the two prize pools were all emptied, and he was still a little dissatisfied. "It's better to take the items from the primary and intermediate prize pools. Don't hold back on the hero list.
, give us the first place, and let the college owe us more by the way."
While Wang Shouzhe was talking, he took Liu Ruolan back to his cave.
Originally, according to the plan, Liu Ruolan's configuration was the same as everyone else's, including an elite version of the extreme version and an immortal version. If there was a chance to break through to the emperor/the goddess C, she would add another extreme version. It's just that
This time, Liu Ruolan refused to use the modified essence version and planned to leave it to her children.
But who would have thought that with just one [Immortal Kai], her bloodline qualifications would reach the third level of Heavenly Lady.
Wang Shouzhe looked astonished: "Madam, your previous bloodline qualifications..."
"Well, it has been rising slowly." Liu Ruolan nodded and confirmed his guess, "Not long ago, I had barely entered the ranks of goddesses, but now with this immortal change, it has suddenly risen.
A big chunk."
This made Wang Shouzhe even more speechless.
You can return to the level of a goddess without using anything, which is much better than the reincarnation of a true immortal. Could it be said that the lady was a more powerful being than an ordinary true immortal in her previous life?
After all, he is no longer a novice in the Xuanwu world, and he understands that even if a true immortal is lucky enough to be reincarnated, his bloodline will definitely be reduced to the level of a peerless genius.
But now the lady is able to recover to a higher bloodline on her own. The origin of this is probably not simple.
"Husband, don't worry, no matter who I am reincarnated into, I will still never leave you." Liu Ruolan said consolingly.
Not only was Wang Shouzhe not comforted, but his heart tightened: "Madam, have you remembered something?"
"It doesn't matter..."
Suddenly, Liu Ruolan frowned slightly, her expression became slightly solemn, and her breath became slightly unsteady, as if she was suffering some kind of pain.
"Madam, are you okay?" Wang Shouzhe hurriedly grabbed her arm, preparing to transfer the profound energy of life into her body.
Who knew, at the moment his profound energy touched her skin.
"boom!"
A majestic and pure energy of Yuan Shui suddenly exploded outward, knocking Wang Shouzhe upside down.
You must know that Wang Shouzhe's cultivation has reached the fifth level of the Purple Mansion Realm, and coupled with the advantage of his bloodline, it will not be easy for even a magical power realm monk to blow him away simply by relying on profound energy.
But now, under the impact of the energy of Yuan Shui that burst out from Liu Ruolan's body, he was stunned and could not stand still. He felt that this energy was extremely vast and powerful, and even gave him a feeling that he could not control at all.
A feeling of resistance.
Even as calm as Wang Shouzhe, he couldn't help but be confused for a moment.
And just at this moment.
Layers of golden light suddenly bloomed between Liu Ruolan's eyebrows.
The shadow of a simple aqua blue scroll slowly emerged from it and rose into the air under Wang Shouzhe's dumbfounded gaze.
It was a scroll with mysterious patterns painted on its surface.
Its whole body is shrouded in a ball of golden light, exuding an incomparably mysterious and vast terrifying power. Looking at it is like facing an endless ocean, and people can't help but feel the insignificance of human beings themselves.
With its appearance, the sound of arrays of laws even sounded in the void.
There is no need for anyone to drive it. Just its existence naturally resonates with the laws of heaven and earth. This is something that even the legendary Immortal Sutra cannot do.
Under the shroud of golden light and the entanglement of the voice of law, Liu Ruolan's entire temperament also underwent tremendous changes.
Her body seemed to be covered with a hazy halo, and even her eyebrows seemed to have become a little distant and cold. Her whole person had an inexplicable divine temperament, just like the goddess Wu Gu in the palace that day.
Flawless, unstained by worldliness.
This scene made Wang Shouzhe's mouth go dry. He was stuck for a while before he suddenly lost his voice and said: "This, this, this, is this a [Saint Picture]?"
He simply couldn't believe that there was a holy picture hidden in his wife's Lingtai Zifu!
It seems to be an extremely pure Yuanshui Saint Picture!
Ruolan, what is her origin?
As calm as Wang Shouzhe was, he couldn't help but feel a little at a loss at this moment. Countless thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant.
Somehow, at this moment, he suddenly recalled the poem he wrote on the day he married Ruolan: "The goddess Xianque pities the common people, and she keeps watch in front of the hall holding a halberd for a long night. The years go by thousands of times, and finally she is reunited in the world. I am afraid that my beloved wife
I rode the wind and lied to my wife that it was cold in heaven. I held hands with my children and looked forward to them with tears in my eyes, praying that they would sleep together on the same pillow for eternity."
An ominous premonition suddenly emerged in his heart.