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Chapter 1192: Chapter 98: Shou Zhe Promoted to Purple Abode! Anye to Have a Grand Wedding_3 Chapter 1192: Chapter 98: Shou Zhe Promoted to Purple Abode! Anye to Have a Grand Wedding_3 With such a foundation, Wang Shouzhe too felt much reassured.

“Shouzhe, congratulations.”

Seeing that Wang Shouzhe had finished transcending the tribulation, the Ironclad Warship quickly approached. Longyan Old Ancestor could hardly wait for the Ironclad Warship to dock, promptly leaping through the air and sweeping over hundreds of miles of sea surface like a snowy egret, gracefully landing on the island.

Following behind Longyan Old Ancestor, Liu Ruolan descended like a ripple of aqua-blue light, arriving before Wang Shouzhe in the blink of an eye, her charming smile was delightful, “Husband, congratulations.”

“Hahaha~” Wang Shouzhe was exceptionally happy.

Over the years, not only his own strength had been steadily improving, but the population and overall strength of the Wang family had also been increasing at a pace unimaginable to ordinary people.

Now, including himself, the Changning Wang Clan already had nine Purple Abode Realm combat units.

Almost ready, it was time to prepare to ascend to the status of a Grade Five Prominent Family.

Additionally, after years of preparation, the dowries from the Emperor’s Mansion and Rong Commandery Prince’s Residence were nearly complete, and it was time to formally schedule Anye’s wedding.

Moreover, with finding the Shenwu Army Officer Academy, developing special combat plants of the Purple Abode Realm, and a series of development plans currently in hand, it seemed there were many things ahead of him to be busy with.

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As Wang Shouzhe ascended to the Purple Abode Realm, another five years passed.

Time reached the year 3265 of the Longchang era.

Longzuo County.

From Longzuo County City, winding down the south is a range in the Transverse Mountains called the “East Mountain Range.”

Tracing back to its origins, the “East Mountain” is one of the main mountain ranges in the Dagan Realm, the Tianlong Mountain Range, as one of its transverse branches.

The East Mountain Range, not particularly towering and steep, stretches eastward to the Eastern Sea, effectively segregating the Southern Six Guards of Longzuo from most other regions of Longzuo County.

The ancients carved out a corridor through the weaker parts of the East Mountain Range called the “East Mountain Passage,” and amid its steep portions, they constructed a majestic East Mountain Pass.

On either side of the corridor, two guard cities, Langright and Langleft, were established.

Passing through the East Mountain Pass and into the Langleft Guard, one enters the purview of Longzuo’s Southern Six Guards.

Of course, all these passes and guard cities weren’t built overnight; they have witnessed the gradual growth and expansion of Longzuo County from nothing to significance.

A city and a guard, a pass and a town.

Each guard city has undergone the transition “from frontier to hinterland,” symbolizing the continual outward expansion of human habitation.

Like the “Zhou Xuanguan” and “Shouzhe Pass” once created by the Wang Clan, they too have gradually degraded into hinterland passes, following the same principle.

In the past, the Southern Six Guards were considered by the Prominent Families of Longzuo County Town as backwater and remote regions, even bearing the stereotype of being “infested with Fierce Beasts” and “impoverished and backward.” If a scion of a Prominent Family was assigned to oversee their industry in the Southern Six Guards, it was once called a “banishment.”

But now.

The Southern Six Guards have become synonymous with wealth, with large and small families gradually escaping poverty and distress and living the good life.

This stemmed from the rise of a Prominent Family, namely the Changning Wang Clan.

Often, the rise of a Prominent Family comes at the expense of subjugation, annexation, and exploitation of others, hastening the decline and demise of many families, with the only difference being the nature of the means—whether they’re violent or more gentle.

But the Changning Wang Clan was somewhat different.

They never shunned cooperation with other families. As they rose to prominence, they enriched one in-law alliance and partner after another.

As long as a family was willing to cooperate, the Changning Wang Clan could bring prosperity and growth to them as well.

This core expansion philosophy elevated the Changning Wang Clan’s reputation in the Southern Six Guards to sky-high levels, rendering them nearly omnipotent in the region and their influence permeating every aspect of daily life.

Using Emperor Longchang’s sour remarks as an expression, within the domain of the Southern Six Guards, Wang Shouzhe’s word was more influential than his, Emperor Longchang’s, with casual “critical jibes” thrown in; Wang Shouzhe had virtually become the “Earth Emperor” of the Southern Six Guards.

If he were to close “East Mountain Pass,” he could shut the doors and claim the title of “Great Emperor.”

As for Emperor Longchang’s sour grape comments, Wang Shouzhe had grown too lazy to bother with him, opting to turn a deaf ear.

Recently.

The number of caravans passing through the East Mountain Pass into the Southern Six Guards had increased significantly compared to previous years.

Among them, one caravan was exceptionally large, consisting of more than two hundred heavy-duty coaches, each pulled by four sturdy draught horses from the northern lands.

Judging by the flags on many of the carriages, they belonged to several different families from Southern Desert County.

On the leading caravan waved a flag adorned with an Azure Dragon—clearly, the royal family’s caravan was part of the procession. By the details on the banners, it should belong to the line of King Wu Chengze of Southern Desert County.

Other banners also represented some powerful families, including the Southern Desert’s Fifth Grade Huangfu Clan, the Southern Desert’s Fifth Grade Wang Clan, as well as the Southern Desert’s Rank Six Mo family, and other banners from Rank Six and even 7th-rank Aristocratic Families.

At the forefront of the caravan, a coach built entirely from the lightweight Spirit Sandalwood, wrapped around the wheels was a resilient layer made from a durable mix of Spirit Cypress Resin and Spirit Beast hide. On the base of the litter were shock-absorbing devices produced by the Wang Clan’s Artifact Refining Headquarters, ensuring maximum comfort during travel.

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