Protect Our Clan Leader

Wang Dingxin?

Wang Shouzhe’s expression instantly became solemn, and he immediately bowed and said, "Long live the Shouzhe of Changning, greetings to Uncle Nine."

If you say the current Wang family of the Southern Desert, the strongest and most prestigious are naturally the old ancestors of the family. However, aside from the old ancestors, the most prestigious member of the family is the ninth of the Ding generation - Wang Dingxin.

He is not just a regular Tianren Realm elder, but the successor trained meticulously by the Wang family of the Southern Desert. At the first glance, he appears to be just over fifty years old, but in fact, he is already two hundred and fifty-sixty years old.

Wang Dingxin, who hails from the Sky Pride, was promoted to the Heavenly Human Realm at the age of ninety. Now, it is said that his cultivation has already reached the eighth level of the Heavenly Human Realm, and in at most four to five decades, he will be able to start attacking the Purple Abode Realm.

This fits perfectly with the process of cultivating successors for Purple Abode families. If one pursues more rapid cultivation, one will inevitably encounter the problem of diminishing marginal returns, with extra resources invested leading to a poor cost-performance ratio and a large waste of resources.

If it is slower, the body’s functions will gradually degrade, increasing the difficulty of impacting the Purple Abode Realm.

How could Wang Shouzhe neglect such a person?

"Master Shouzhe is indeed as Zonghao mentioned, handsome, and promising at a young age. At just about 40, you have already reached the advanced stage of the Spirit Platform Realm." Wang Dingxin lavishly praised, "You must have reached the top Grade B bloodline, and if you can keep up this momentum, you should be able to attack the Heavenly Human Realm before sixty."

Cultivation is indeed this way, where each realm grows quickly in the early stage, but slower and slower as one approaches the later stages. The Old Ancestor Longyan was an exception because her fifty years of painful existence greatly tempered her divine sense, allowing her to accumulate profound strength and create an unparalleled miracle that couldn’t be replicated.

"Uncle Nine is overpraising me. I have just been aggressively consuming resources to speed up my cultivation," Wang Shouzhe reluctantly replied. "Our Changning Wang Clan is not as stable as the Southern Desert Wang Clan, and the family urgently lacks Tianren Realm Cultivators. It’s a last resort, there was no other way."

Both Wang Zonghao and Wang Dingxin nodded understandingly, "Different families have different situations, and naturally there will be different decisions. However, the Changning Wang Clan has a Sky Pride like you of not lower grade, which truly embodies your great fortune. You have hope for the fifth grade in the future."

After a few brief exchanges.

Wang Zonghao said, "This is not the place to talk. After paying respect to Old Ancestor Longyan with Uncle Nine, let’s sit down and chat together."

Wang Shouzhe had a hunch and seemed to guess their intentions.

Indeed, it was about time. With the strength of a Purple Abode Family, if they truly want to get a rough understanding of the Changning Wang Clan, these days would have been enough for them to investigate and gather information.

Afterward, everyone paid a visit to Old Ancestor Longyan.

Although Wang Dingxin’s age and cultivation base both far exceed those of Old Ancestor Longyan, since there is quite a gap in generations between the two, Wang Dingxin is still respectfully behaving like a younger generation, respectfully addressing her as Old Ancestor Longyan.

Such is the relationship within the same clan, it is the seniority that matters before one’s cultivation level. No matter how high your cultivation is, or how high your status is, when you see your elders, you must be respectful. The Southern Desert Wang Clan reproduces slightly faster, hence they are disadvantaged in terms of seniority.

After the necessary formalities were exchanged.

Wang Zonghao arranged for everyone to have breakfast together at the guesthouse dedicated to entertaining distinguished guests, enjoying some exquisite and spiritual-energy-rich breakfast delicacies. There is a kind of spiritual grain that can be ground into flour and processed into buns, bread, noodles, and so on.

The Southern Desert County is mostly grassland, with a small amount of fertile soil and Spirit Fields, mostly somewhat lacking in water, which is quite unfavorable for growing water-intensive crops like rice.

Therefore, the staple food in Southern Desert County, besides meat, is mostly various kinds of pasta.

Everyone chatted and after finishing the delicious food, the atmosphere became much warmer. Then, Wang Zonghao introduced the main topic, "Uncle Four Shouzhe, I have something to tell you honestly. Out of some curiosity about the Changning Wang Clan, we have used some connections to learn more about you."

"Truthfully, Fourth Uncle, your Changning Wang Clan has startled me." Wang Zonghao shook his head with a bitter smile as he spoke, "I never expected that in addition to you, who is a Sky Pride, within the Purple Abode Academic Palace, there are two aunts, Luo Jing and Luo Qiu, who are also Sky Prides and have both become personal disciples of Masters."

"In addition to this, there’s an uncle of generation ’Shou’ who has surprisingly taken the renowned Independent Alchemy Master, Danding, as his mentor…"

"Not to mention your clan has four Sky Prides, but Shouzhe’s daughter, Liyao, is a Great Heavenly Proud. Moreover, she has also become a disciple of Tianhe Enlightened One."

With every sentence he uttered, Wang Zonghao’s face would twitch, as if subjected to an enormous shock.

Between the Academic Palace and Longzuo County, Wang Zonghao left out Wang Licui. However, upon reflection, it made sense. Licui had kept a low profile when she had become a pupil of Master Yunyang, and then she hardly appeared in public.

Not to mention outside intelligence, even within the Purple Abode Academic Palace in Longzuo, very few knew about Wang Licui’s existence.

As for Old Ancestor Longyan, due to her late ascension to the Heavenly Human Realm, they didn’t consider her bloodline exceptional. The rest of the family’s children were also overlooked due to the Wang Clan’s low-key approach.

However, the visible strength of the Wang Clan alone had already warranted the attention of the Purple Abode Prominent Families. Of course, having only Sky Prides would have been fine, as it might have meant they had potential to rise to the Fifth Grade Prominent Families in the future.

However, a Great Heavenly Proud was a different matter. Especially one with a divine power territory mentor.

If it weren’t for the emergence of Wang Liyao, Wang Dingxin would have never taken the initiative to approach Wang Shouzhe’s faction. At most, he would have just invited Wang Shouzhe to meet.

"Master Zonghao, please do not blame me." Wang Shouzhe held a hand to his chest in an apologetic gesture, "I didn’t mean to deceive you. I surely cannot brag right after arriving in the Southern Desert."

The information that’s already been revealed is public. Anyone who’s slightly interested could gather it. However, the real strength of the Wang Clan—those parts hidden away—still remained unknown to outsiders.

"How could I blame you, Fourth Uncle?" Wang Zonghao laughed heartily, "Our Wang Clan has produced a Heavenly Proud; it is an honor for the Southern Desert Wang Clan as well. This is good news, great news."

"So, after receiving the news last night, I immediately went to discuss it with my great-uncle. Here I am, early in the morning to discuss the matter with you and Old Ancestor Longyan…"

"Discuss?" Wang Shouzhe was slightly taken aback. What were they going to discuss? Could they possibly want Liyao to be adopted by the Southern Desert?"

Wang Zonghao’s expression became serious: "The situation is this. I heard that the Changning Wang Clan is quite skilled at making money. However, no matter how capable you are at making money, given your current scale, you naturally can’t compare with the Purple Abode Prominent Families.

Moreover, the Wang Clan has several Sky Prides that need to be nurtured into the Purple Abode Realm in the future."

"Although Aunts Luo Jing and Luo Qiu are both from the Academic Palace, the Wang Clan still needs to provide subsidies. On the side of Uncle Shou Ye, the Wang Clan also has to offer assistance. Consequently, your funds are bound to be stretched thin. However, even if funds are scarce, it should not hinder the growth of a Great Heavenly Proud."

"I have consulted with my great-uncle and decided to allocate some resource assistance to Sister Liyao under the banner of the Southern Desert Wang Clan. We just hope she can traverse the road of divine power more smoothly in the future."

"However, my Southern Desert Wang Clan is still a Fifth Grade Prominent Family after all. Considering our size and the massive consumption that comes with it, we can only provide subsidies to Sister Liyao until she reaches the Purple Abode Realm. We hope this action can relieve some financial burden of Changning Wang Clan."

Relieve financial stress?

Wang Shouzhe understood. The Southern Desert Wang Clan was preparing to co-sponsor Liyao with the Changning Wang Clan. Stay updated through NovelBin.Côm

In other words, they wanted to share in the glory of the Changning Wang Clan’s Great Heavenly Proud...

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