Protect Our Clan Leader

Chapter 840: Chapter 20: Wang Anye Accepts an Apprentice! Ding Duke’s Mansion Offers an Apology (Seeking Monthly Votes)_3

Hidden beneath the concealment formation lay a mid-sized, top-grade, earth-based Spirit Vein, which although not vast in coverage, could still cultivate over a thousand acres of top-grade Spirit Fields.

In the short term, of course, it couldn’t compare to the infinite value of the Boundless Treasure Ring, but this was an asset capable of generating continuous economic benefits—a fixed asset, no less. Ten years, a hundred years, a thousand years… Given time, its economic value was immeasurable.

Even Wang Shouzhe, no stranger to fortunes and crises, couldn’t help but wear a spring breeze smile at such a harvest. He casually waved his hand and allocated a hundred acres each to the Changning Lu Family and the Changning Gongsun Clan.

Both were his maternal families, and recent intermarriages among their younger generations had grown increasingly close, with both having contributed to the pioneering efforts. Supporting and nurturing them well, they would be the Wang family’s staunchest allies and a powerful force for the future.

“Thank you so much, Cousin Shouzhe, you are really good to me,” Lu Xiaoxiao said cheerfully, really wanting to plant a kiss on her cousin but lacking the gall. So she settled for kissing the innocent Wang Anye next to her— as if he were her little cousin Shouzhe.

“Hahaha~” The Old Ancestor laughed heartily, “Working with Shouzhe is always efficient. Just by joining in the excitement, I’ve gained a lot.”

In reality, the Old Ancestor was well aware of Wang Shouzhe’s consistent care for the Gongsun Clan and his gratefulness for the Old Ancestor’s past kindness toward the Wang family.

All in all, everyone was extremely satisfied with the harvest this time.

Having cleared this instance, the clearing campaign prior to reclamation continued uninterrupted.

The process was as follows: First, several Heavenly Human Realm elders teamed up to kill Level Five and Level Six high-level Fierce Beasts, ridding their dens. Then, the core forces of the Spiritual Platform Realm from each clan formed teams to clear out Level Three and Level Four Fierce Beasts and their lairs.

In the third step, the younger generation of the Wang family took the lead, along with the head of household and clan soldiers, to systematically clear out scattered Level One and Level Two Fierce Beasts.

By this stage, the Wang family’s construction team could enter the outer domain, undertaking basic infrastructure works like bridge-building, road-laying, waterway dredging, and setting up defensive structures in narrower territories.

Of course, this was a lengthy process with an immense workload; there was no rushing, nor could it be hastened.

…

While the Wang family was engaged in their vigorous domain-clearing operation,

at the same time, Return to Dragon City in the national capital was also buzzing with excitement.

The tale of Wang Annan being beaten and crying pitifully by his clan’s “Great Heavenly Proud” Grand Aunt Li Yao had spread through Return to Dragon City like the wind, becoming the subject of conversation for many families who hadn’t witnessed the scene.

Return to Dragon City, White Cloud Tower.

The White Cloud Tower, now the top “internet-famous” restaurant in Return to Dragon City, was teeming with customers despite no scheduled bouts of Great Heavenly Proud on that day, with guests filling every private and public seat, and a long queue stretching outside.

Aside from his slight irritation at having to give Li Yao thirty percent of the proceeds, the Heng Commandery Prince was practically getting a cramp counting the money, laughing so uproariously at the bounty.

“My great-niece Li Yao’s suggestion was excellent,” inside a private room, the Heng Commandery Prince who had earned a fortune, personally poured tea for Wang Liyao, “During the intervals between the battles of Great Heavenly Proud, hosting some ‘Sky Pride’ invitation and ranking fights is pure genius. It satisfies the desire of the ‘middle class’ who can’t afford to watch the Great Heavenly Proud battles to join the excitement, while also maintaining public interest, getting people used to the habit of turning to White Cloud Tower.”

The “middle class” referred to by the Heng Commandery Prince, of course, didn’t mean the ordinary citizens—it meant at least those direct vessels from the Fifth Grade Prominent Families within Return to Dragon City, or the direct descendants of the Sixth Grade Prominent Families, and so on.

For the average commoner, merely consuming at White Cloud Tower was out of the question, not to mention approaching anywhere within ten yards of it.

“Your Highness is too kind. It’s just a little tactic,” Wang Liyao said lightly, sipping her Spiritual Tea with an air of nonchalance, lifting her veil.

She certainly wasn’t going to call him “Uncle Heng.” The age difference was too great, too embarrassing.

As for her refusal to change the address, the Heng Commandery Prince didn’t really mind. Whether she addressed him properly or not was inconsequential; he considered Liyao as his great-niece, and what mattered most was that this great-niece brought him endless wealth.

“By the way, do you know what happened to Wang Annan after he went back?” the Heng Commandery Prince asked with a mysterious air, trying to appear well-informed.

“He probably got another severe beating and then was brought over to apologize to me,” Wang Liyao stated calmly.

In fact, the recent Challenger of Heaven-focused battle had been her father’s plan all along, including the choice of White Cloud Tower and the timing during the finals of the Big Stomach King competition—the details were all orchestrated by Wang Shouzhe himself.

If it hadn’t been for Tianhe Enlightened One’s original plan—intending to send Wang Liyao to the capital just when she reached the mid-stage of the Heavenly Human Realm, or Level Four—Wang Shouzhe would not have intervened. Upon learning of it, he went personally to the Longzuo Academy to dissuade Tianhe Enlightened One, delaying it until now.

Regarding Wang Annan, even if the Heng Commandery Prince hadn’t invited him to attend, Liyao’s father had other plans to provoke him into participating and then severely disciplining him.

This was one of her father’s contingency plans. Whether Wang Annan came or not, and irrespective of his reaction, there were subsequent strategies in place to deal with him.

In other words, that “harsh beating” Wang Annan experienced was inevitable.

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