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Chapter 1550: Chapter 88: The Wang Family Rolls Up the Immortal Dynasty! The Great Wind Rises (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

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“Where is His Majesty now?” Wang Shouzhe inquired.

“His Majesty mentioned that due to the severity of his injuries, he intends to move back to Stay Immortal Residence for recovery,” the head of household reported.

“Move back to Stay Immortal Residence?” Wang Shouzhe’s mouth twitched.

Not long ago, because of the Emperor’s excessive doting on Li Xian, a conflict over educational philosophies arose between them, resulting in Wang Shouzhe being forcefully expelled from the Stay Immortal Residence and relocated to a newly constructed courtyard in the periphery.

Though the new accommodation was not bad, it indeed paled in comparison to the enchanted Stay Immortal Residence.

Now, with this turn of events, His Majesty might be up to some new trick.

“My dear, please take over Little Kunfish’s studies for the time being,” Wang Shouzhe stood up, sorted through seven or eight examination papers, and handed them to Liu Ruolan, saying, “These are the papers Little Kunfish needs to work through today. I will provide you with the answers later. Make sure you supervise him as he corrects mistakes and copies them down in a notebook dedicated to errors. Don’t be too soft-hearted, lest a mother’s love spoils her son.”

“My lord, rest assured and attend to your business. I will take care of Little Kunfish,” Liu Ruolan took the exam papers with a solemn promise, “If he dares to slack off, I have already prepared some ‘loving’ sticks. I’ll let him experience motherly love with tears in my eyes, and the painful lessons alongside it.”

In an instant.

Tears of “happiness” surged from Wang Zongkun’s eyes.

The love from his parents was vast as the sea; even while busy with their affairs, they did not forget to assign him homework. Had he known life would be this bitter, he might as well have stayed in the Clan School and continued being an underachieving student—oh how fondly he remembered those days~~

Wang Shouzhe bid farewell to his wife and child and made his way to Stay Immortal Residence.

Within Stay Immortal Residence, Emperor Longchang had already resumed his position on the main chamber’s bed, feigning pain and groaning, “Oh, my little immortal, those brats from the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom are truly domineering. These old bones of mine, I’m afraid, won’t last much longer. Yes, right there, that’s where it hurts. Use a bit more Immortal Spirit Qi to heal.”

A young sapling avatar of Wang Lixian was standing beside the bed, tapping with its branches on Emperor Longchang’s bruised areas, injecting waves of Immortal Spirit Qi into his body with great concern, “Grandfather Emperor, is there anywhere else you feel uncomfortable? Let me help you massage it.”

Wang Lixian and Emperor Longchang had a good relationship, after all, Emperor Longchang truly treated her like a granddaughter and cherished her, drawing back Spirit Veins mostly for Wang Lixian’s growth.

Especially with regards to her education, Emperor Longchang was exceedingly lenient with her, always taking her side.

“Cough cough~” Wang Shouzhe entered and asked with similar concern, “Your Majesty, how severe exactly are your injuries this time?”

“Shouzhe, you’ve finally arrived,” Emperor Longchang clutched at Wang Shouzhe’s arm, tearfully complaining, “This time, I almost didn’t make it back. For the sake of the Wang family, I’ve put everything on the line—make sure you count this as a work injury.”

Work injury?

Wang Shouzhe’s mouth twitched again.

Before he could say anything, he heard Emperor Longchang continue, “During the healing period, you must pay me a salary; I need to eat immortal rice and drink immortal tea three times a day~ and stay in Stay Immortal Residence…”

So His Majesty is faking an injury?

Wang Shouzhe was speechless.

It was certain that the Emperor sustained some injuries, but they likely weren’t very severe; he just wanted to use this as an excuse to return to Stay Immortal Residence and enjoy some benefits.

But on second thought, over the years, His Majesty did indeed make substantial contributions to the Wang family…

Let it be, let it be. Take this opportunity to give him a way to gracefully move back into Stay Immortal Residence.

“Your Majesty, we’ll slowly treat your injuries. Rest assured and recover here for a while. Don’t worry, you won’t miss out on the immortal rice and immortal tea these days,” Wang Shouzhe showed unexpected consideration for him.

Emperor Longchang was stunned.

Rarely seeing Wang Shouzhe so “understanding,” his eyes quickly shifted as he proposed, “Then can I receive an additional two Rank Six Spirit Yuan Treasure Pills every month?”

“Hmph.” Wang Shouzhe’s expression darkened, “Your Majesty, don’t push your luck.”

“One pill, just an extra one.”

“Unaffordable. Your Majesty should return to Dragon City sooner rather than later.”

“Ah, Shouzhe, you little wretch, I’ve shed blood and tears for your Wang family, how can you be stingier than the Green Phoenix Demon Emperor?”

“The Green Phoenix Demon Emperor?” Wang Shouzhe slightly furrowed his brows, “Your Majesty was injured by the Green Phoenix Demon Emperor?”

“Isn’t that obvious?” Emperor Longchang said irritably, “That top-quality Spirit Vein was too close to the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom. The noise from extracting the Spirit Vein was a bit loud, and we were unfortunately caught by the Green Phoenix Demon Emperor leading his troops. After a fierce battle between both sides, it was only with great effort and by joining forces with Jiang Zhencang that we finally managed to drive away the Green Phoenix Demon Emperor, but I was severely injured as a result. Hmph, if only my Canglong Sword didn’t have to stay in Dragon City to guard the National Capital…”

As Emperor Longchang rambled on, Wang Shouzhe finally understood the whole story.

The Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom is located in the extreme south of the Southern Wilderness, traditionally a Sacred Land of high-ranking Fierce Beasts. Due to the immense distance, and the territories of other formidable beasts such as the Great Wilderness Marsh and the ancient marshes of the Southern Wilderness lying in between, they usually kept to an “each to their own” relationship with the Human race.

However, as the Wang family gradually expanded, particularly the activities of the Preemptive Spirit Vein Extraction Squad penetrating deeper into the Southern Wilderness, inevitable conflicts started to unfold.

As there was little interaction between Da Qian and the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom, information was scarce, with only general knowledge that there were three powerful Demon Emperors within the kingdom, each with strength comparable to a Transcendent Void Realm cultivator, and the Green Phoenix Demon Emperor was one of them.

The direct participation of the Green Phoenix Demon Emperor suggested that the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom had grown wary of the Wang family’s actions in extracting Spirit Veins deep within the Southern Wilderness.

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