Protect Our Clan Leader

Chapter 380: Chapter 84 How to Deal with Two Wives?_1

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My wife, after her transformation, has a completely different character than before. One was as gentle as water and didn’t care about anything, while the other was as cold as ice and had a volatile temper.

Being stared at by her gaze made even someone with Wang Shouzhe’s state of mind and strength feel a faint flutter of fear. Her combat power showcased earlier was still lacking compared to the Heavenly Human Realm, but among the local Spirit Platform Realm cultivators, she probably belongs to the very top.

Compared to Old Ancestor Longyan and even Old Ancestor Beichen, she was not in the least bit inferior. Therefore, Old Ancestor Longyan, seeing the situation, did not intervene but gracefully left, leaving the couple to resolve their problems. Her attempts to persuade had failed before, and she had suffered the consequences.

With Wang Shouzhe’s confidence, he felt that his chances of defeating the transformed Liu Ruolan were less than thirty percent. He couldn’t help but feel helpless at heart. Was he really going to be beaten up by his wife today?

“Wang Shouzhe, what is your constant looking around for?” Liu Ruolan’s eyes were icy, “You’re not planning to run away, are you?”

What?

Suddenly!

An idea flashed across Wang Shouzhe’s mind.

That’s right, based on her previous temperament, if she really wanted to pick a fight with him, she would’ve drawn her sword and charged long ago. Unlike now, where she’s still speaking out with such nasty words?

Immediately, Wang Shouzhe regained his composure and spoke to her in a gentle tone, “My lady, what I did earlier was just a desperate measure. If you’re really angry, you might as well give me a beating to vent your anger.”

“Hmph!” Liu Ruolan’s eyes grew colder, “Remember, you’re not allowed to take concubines, especially not Liu Ruolei. Even if she agrees, you’re not allowed. Otherwise, don’t blame me for not being polite.”

“This…” Wang Shouzhe was speechless, but honestly said, “Don’t worry, my lady, I really don’t have such intentions.”

Only then did she look slightly better, then she glanced up and down at Wang Shouzhe, “Also, all you just said…”

“I didn’t mean it.” Wang Shouzhe immediately shook his head like a rattling drum. “I just wanted to provoke my wife earlier. It was all nonsense…”

“I promise.”

“Fabricat…” Wang Shouzhe’s “fabricate” was swallowed before completing the word. He was dumbfounded as he looked at the transformed Liu Ruolan.

“What are you still dazing about?” Liu Ruolan, with an unmatched dominance, grabbed Wang Shouzhe and floated down towards Fallen Eagle Gorge. In the end, they landed on a small wooden boat docked at the harbor.

The small boat, without a paddle, moved at the speed of a speedboat towards the center of Peace River under the urge of Mysterious Energy.

Shortly after.

The small boat began to shake violently.

From inside faintly came Wang Shouzhe’s voice, “My lady, what…what are you doing?”

Then very soon, the small boat shook even more violently. It was like a leaf floating in the waves of Peace River.

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A little later, at the main residence of the Huangfu Clan in Changning.

Family Head Huangfu Jinhuan was in a good mood and had even drank some Spiritual Wine today, lying slightly tipsy in the Taishi Chair.

Two young maids of good qualifications were serving by his side, one massaging his legs and shoulders, and the other offering tea and water. These two maids were both women with lower cultivation qualifications.

Their status, however, wasn’t high. Even if they had children with Huangfu Jinhuan, they would only be considered illegitimate, and their status was far below that of direct descendants, and even less than that of the main line.

Today, the Old Ancestor was out handling affairs, all of which he had personally arranged and was perfectly in control of, there would definitely be no issues.

The Old Ancestor was a well-respected Heavenly Human Realm Cultivator. In this small Changning Defender’s domain, he almost ruled supreme. With him taking action, how could anything go wrong?

The Huangfu Clan of Changning would certainly usher in a new situation.

And he, Huangfu Jinhuan, as the head of the direct line, would also get his opportunity, qualifying him to try for the Heavenly Human Realm. You should know that previously, in maintaining the family situation, they could only afford to support one Heaven-human Seed.

Who becomes the Heaven-human Seed not only depends on qualifications, but also luck. Each cycle of Heavenly Human succession is around two hundred years. The earlier you are born in the cycle, the less the opportunity.

The reason is simply “poverty”!

To cultivate a Heavenly Human Realm cultivator requires a tremendous amount of resources. The resources needed for the early phase of cultivation alone are far beyond what ordinary cultivators can afford. To advance to the Heavenly Human Realm, you need an “Ascension Pill”, which costs hundreds of thousands of Qian Gold – a staggering sum.

Even for a prominent family, accumulating this amount of several hundreds of thousands of Qian Gold requires a long period of time. Although the prominent families have a lot of property and their income appears substantial, how much is their expenditure each year to maintain their current situation?

There are more than a dozen Spirit Platform Realm cultivators in the family, and their annual upkeep is a huge cost. In addition, it is necessary to educate the younger generation, ensuring family continuity.

A prominent family that can be passed down is not just supported by the Old Ancestor. The family from top to bottom, inside and out is a large and well-functioning whole.

Even the Old Ancestor can’t support the whole family alone!

Most of the time, the Old Ancestor is just a mascot, placed there for people to worship, even serving to intimidate opponents.

As a result, despite the Huangfu Clan of Changning owning half of Changning’s resources and looking glamorous to the outside world, gathering hundreds of thousands of Qian Gold on the spot is not an easy task.

This is just the current situation; during the decades after Old Ancestor Hua Ye completed the Heavenly Human succession, that was the poorest period for the Huangfu family. Every year when there were some surpluses, they had to be used to repay various loans and mortgages.

From this, one can see that the development of a family absolutely cannot be separated from resource support. And where do resources come from? It all comes down to economic income.

If the economy is not enough, even if the talent is excellent and the double bloodline awakening is innate, the advancement of cultivation would be very slow, and with time, one would become ordinary.

There are countless commoners in all of Da Qian. Haven’t any of them birthed children with excellent talents?

Of course they have!

It’s just that most of them don’t even get the chance to stand on the Spirit Testing Platform; they end up living out their entire lives in obscurity.

“Wang family, oh Wang family. When cement industry falls into your hands, it is as though pearls are covered in dust,” Huangfu Jinghuan’s eyes gleamed with excitement as he said “Only when it is in the hands of our Celestial Huangfu Family can it be of most use. In time, we, the Huangfu Clan, will rise…”

Before he could finish his sentence,

A figure swiftly descended from the sky outside, fiercely landing in the residence with a ‘boom,’ shattering a house in the process. The sound echoed as if a meteorite had just fallen.

“What happened?”

Huangfu Jinhuan was shocked and immediately rushed to the scene with the guards on night-duty.

Then he was struck dumb.

The figure, who had fallen like a meteor, was none other than the Sea Stabilizing Needle of the Huangfu Clan – the Old Ancestor Hua Ye. Stretched to the point of collapse, Hua Ye expressed extreme pain, his body riddled with tiny foreign sword energies that moved within him like a sharp blade.

“Old Ancestor, what happened to you?” he asked.

“Jinghuan, we have lost this time! Ping’an Wang Family, Changning Xu Family, Wang Shouzhe, you will not die well!” Huangfu Hua Ye bellowed as though he had gone mad.

Huangfu Jinghuan was startled, unable to believe they had failed. It took him a while to react. He immediateOrdered his guards, “Quickly, take the Old Ancestor back and call the revered physician.”

The Old Ancestor’s appearance was particularly worrying. His severe injury caused Huangfu Jinghuan to panic. The Old Ancestor was the pillar of the Huangfu Clan and everyone’s Sea Stabilizing Needle.

But now that the Old Ancestor was in crisis, it felt like the sky was collapsing for the Huangfu Clan.

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At the Peace River.

A small boat anchored beside Peace River near a hidden dock.

Wang Shouzhe, in his tattered clothes, exchanging complex looks with likewise disheveled Liu Ruolan.

After tidying herself up like nothing had happened, she warned Wang Shouzhe coldly, “She can’t know about this.”

Wang Shouzhe of course knew whom she was referring to. He moved his lips, but did not dispute.

“Next time you look for me, just call me Liu Ruoling,” she commanded with an overbearing tone. “Don’t bother with any of those other nonsense.”

Liu Ruoling?

Wang Shouzhe was speechless and bitter. She even had a name now. Was this a case of dual personality or dual souls?

Was it all caused by the Innate Dao fetus spirit seed?

According to Old Ancestor Xuanfu, the Innate Dao fetus spirit seed was obtained in the relics of the Divine Martial Dynasty, an item she stumbled upon while venturing into a high-level dungeon with her Master.

The Divine Martial Dynasty sounded glamorous; all its items seemed impressive, representing an advanced civilization.

But the more Wang Shouzhe thought about it, the more he perceived there were debatable aspects of that dynasty.

His Bloodthirsty Vines, for instance, were quite peculiar.

Just look at his nephew Wang Zongchang, who was affected by the Bridal Clothes Blood Gu. It changed the nature of his bloodline and destiny. But no matter how you saw it, everything about Bridal Clothes Blood Gu was peculiar.

That Divine Martial Dynasty was so peculiar that its destruction might have been the result of its own internal issues.

One must exercise caution regarding items from the Divine Martial Dynasty in the future.

While Wang Shouzhe was deep in thought, the blue in Liu Ruolan’s eyes faded and the color of her hair magically returned to black. Looking around in confusion at her disheveled clothing and Wang Shouzhe’s messy attire, she furrowed her brows.

“Husband, what happened to me just now?” Liu Ruolan asked curiously.

“You were too tired and fell asleep,” Wang Shouzhe casually straightened his clothes. “So, I brought you back.”

“Even if we’re married, husband, isn’t it inappropriate to do such peculiar things while others are asleep?” Liu Ruolan cast a strange look at Wang Shouzhe, seeming slightly displeased.

It wasn’t me who was doing things to you. In fact, you were…

Forget it…

Wang Shouzhe quickly yelled, “Liu Ruoling!” Damn it, explaining all this is too difficult.

Her eyes turned cold and blue again as she stared at Wang Shouzhe, “What do you want?”

“I was just testing…” Wang Shouzhe looked at her in awe. “Seems like it really does work. Nevermind, let’s clean up and you should go home.”

“…” Liu Ruoling, “Wang Shouzhe, are you looking for death?”

Then, once again, the boat started shaking violently, seemingly on the verge of falling apart.

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