Protect Our Clan Leader

Chapter 1897: Chapter 172: Changning’s Formidable Foundation

Typically, a rural guard city would be doing well to have around a hundred Spirit Platform Realm cultivators combined from various families and clans.

Master Changchun was aware that Changning Guard was developing well, and the number of Spirit Platform Realm cultivators would certainly not be few, but even so, this was somewhat exaggerated.

“Master, you might not be aware,” Wang Dingzu said with a smile, “My fourth nephew, Wang Shouzhe, proposed a universal Qi Refinement Realm cultivation plan long ago. As of now, within the scope of Changning Guard alone, Profound Martial cultivators make up eighty percent of the total population.”

“Moreover, the total population of Changning Guard is quite astonishing, now exceeding five million. With millions of Qi Refinement Realm cultivators, it’s only natural that the number of Spirit Platform Realm cultivators would be a bit higher.”

“A bit higher…” Master Changchun was startled by these figures, “How much higher are we talking?”

“Uh… there are exactly forty-seven thousand nine hundred and fifty-three registered Spirit Platform Realm cultivators!” Wang Dingzu had just reviewed the census records today, and could cite the data readily.

Master Changchun was deeply shocked.

All along, he had believed that, excluding the militia groups, Changning Guard could at most have several thousand Spirit Platform Realm cultivators. Little did he anticipate that Changning Guard had silently developed such depth.

And this transformation had taken just over two hundred years.

“All this is thanks to Shouzhe,” Wang Dingzu, having experienced all this firsthand, was well aware of the difficulties involved, and naturally felt a deep sense of emotion, “Universal education, universal Qi Refinement, loans for Enlightenment Pills and Blood Refining Pills, continuously compressing the costs of various auxiliary cultivation elixirs, relying on generations of Qi Refinement cultivators to gradually improve the bloodline of their descendants. Each of these undertakings is no small feat, and only someone with great ambition could accomplish them.”

Most importantly, not only did Shouzhe manage to avoid financial loss in the process, he even made money, expanding the pool steadily, with more and more people benefiting.

One of the reasons for accumulating so many Spirit Platform Realm cultivators was Shouzhe’s substantial issuance of Spirit Platform impact loans.

When someone with potential achieved the Spirit Platform Realm, they might incur a large debt, but Spirit Platform Realm cultivators have strong earning capacity, and Wang family provides numerous earning channels, which makes it naturally feasible to pay off the debts.

For the Wang family and the cultivators impacting the Spirit Platform Realm, this outcome is a win-win.

Among these, the Wang family wins twice. After all, the quickest way to repay the loans is to work for the Wang family.

“Now, the only thing lacking is time,” Wang Dingzu continued, “Shouzhe’s Celestial Loan program has just started, and the complete industrial chain of spiritual medicine planting and alchemy is just beginning to develop. Currently, the output can only supply a small number of Spirit Platform elites impacting the Celestial Realm. Given another hundred years, Changning Guard will undoubtedly present a very different picture.”

“Shouzhe, that kid—ever since I first laid eyes on him, I felt he was extraordinary,” Master Changchun, hearing this, felt comforted and smiled, “That’s why I previously broke the rules and accepted him as my disciple. It seems my judgment has indeed proven to be astute~”

Wang Dingzu couldn’t help but smile.

How come I heard that back then you accepted him as your disciple because Shouzhe was excellent at fighting, and you needed him to stand up for Changchun Valley?

Suddenly.

Cheers erupted from the crowd.

“The Gongsun Clan of Shanyang has arrived, that imposing golden light in the sky must be the old ancestor Mang of the Gongsun Clan of Shanyang!?”

“The Yinyu Family of Shanyin is also here, and that vast and majestic water-like light… the visitor must be Old Ancestor Yuanbai of Liu Family, ah, there’s also a Purple Abode light, that vast aura must be Old Ancestor Zhisheng, right?”

“The Yinyu Family of Shanyin actually sent two Purple Abode Realm cultivators, truly worthy of being the in-laws of the main wife of the Wang family.”

Amidst the crowd’s commotion, one after another, commanding Purple Abode lights flew in from the distant sky, quickly landing.

Among these Purple Abode cultivators were members from the Lu Clan of Yingxiu, the Xu Clan of Changning, the Chen Clan of Donggang, the Xu Clan of Jingsha, the Lei Family of Changning, and various others—a total of eleven Purple Abode Realm cultivators descended from above.

In an instant, the entrance of the county government office was filled with their overwhelming Purple Abode Realm pressure, causing even the previously cheering and bustling crowd to quiet down unconsciously.

However, before Wang Dingzu and Master Changchun could step forward.

Suddenly.

Two even more dominant Purple Abode lights cut through the clouds, whistling their way over.

It was only when they reached the plaza above the county government office’s entrance that these lights stopped abruptly. The lights dissipated, and two figures gracefully descended from the sky.

These two figures, one male and one female, appeared quite young, with youthful looks.

The man had steady brows and eyes, a composed demeanor, graceful movements, and somewhat bore the demeanor of a scion from a prominent family.

The woman was dressed in red, wearing soft armor, with a whip suspended from her waist, looking both alluring and spirited.

The aura emanating from both was intense and imposing, truly awe-inspiring.

These two individuals were familiar to all, and someone immediately recognized them: “It’s Old Ancestor Luotong and Old Ancestor Shoucheng of the Wang family!”

Instantly, the crowd stirred once more.

Even the eleven Purple Abode Realm cultivators who had just landed turned around in unison to greet them and exchanged pleasantries.

Witnessing this scene, Master Changchun couldn’t help but twitch his mouth and felt deeply impressed.

Is this what the strength of a guard city looks like?

Even a standard prefecture couldn’t gather such a scale of Purple Abode Realm combat power, let alone this place?

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