Protect Our Clan Leader

Chapter 541: Chapter 32: The Academic Palace Life of the Young Clan Leader_3

Also, every ten days there is a senior brother who holds a big class in the Instructing Dao Palace, where they can go to learn about the cultivation techniques and listen to other experiences, and so on.

At first, Wang Zong’an felt quite new and interesting as he was free from the control of his parents. However, this interest only lasted for a month, and he started to feel a bit impatient.

The daily work and cultivation here were too tedious. Apart from his neighbor senior sister and senior brother who occasionally came to visit him, he hardly had any attention-grabbing social activities.

As the Young Master of the direct line and the Young Clan Leader of the Wang family, who had always lived under the spotlight from a young age, when had he ever experienced such a lifestyle?

This gave him a surreal sense of falling to the bottom.

So much so that, while he was feeding the Red-Bellied Goldfinches, he couldn’t help but start to doubt that his parents sending him to the Changchun Valley for training might just be an excuse.

… In the final analysis, they must dislike him for growing up and being in the way when they lived together.

“Ah~ having such parents, I, Young Master Zong’an, am in a tough position.” Wang Zong’an sighed.

“An’an~”

Just as Wang Zong’an was sighing.

An older senior sister, who was of average appearance, called his name and barged into his yard.

She was carrying a basket of “strange mushrooms” and said to Wang Zong’an, “An’an, your morale seems low. Are you homesick? It’s normal to miss home. After a year or two, you’ll get used to it. Come here, it rained a lot this season, and the Spirit Mushrooms under the Changchun Spirit Tree are growing very well, each one is plump and tender. I picked off a basket of them; let’s try them together.”

“These mushrooms…” Wang Zong’an took one look at the shape of the mushrooms and started to feel a bit dizzy. The appearance of these mushrooms was making him blush!

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“Aren’t they all really big?” Senior Sister Bai Ling said, boasting, “I queued up in the middle of the night, so right after the morning restriction was lifted, I only picked the biggest ones. These Spirit Mushrooms are delicious and have a strong effect of replenishing Qi and blood. They’re cultivation resources that us ordinary disciples can get for free. The other branches and peaks don’t have this kind of benefit.”

“Sister Bai Ling, Brother Zong’an.” A gentle voice sounded, and the tall and strong Brother Yuanmo walked in, “You’re eating Spirit Mushroom and didn’t call me? We’re all neighbors. I’ve brought a Spirit Fish, which we can use to make soup with the mushrooms.”

Wang Zong’an twitched his eyelid, every time Sister Bai Ling appeared, Brother Yuanmo would follow, as if he was keeping an eye on her all the time.

But Sister Bai Ling showed a bit of an unhappy face at the sight of Brother Yuanmo, “The Spirit Mushrooms I painstakingly collected, I’d rather feed them to dogs or pigs than give them to you.”

“Uh…” Wang Zong’an’s face stiffened. Sister Bai Ling, is this the right way to talk?

Then, Bai Ling confidently walked into the kitchen in Wang Zong’an’s yard and started to get busy. She called out excitedly, “Brother Zong’an, you still have some Level Three Spirit Cured Meat? It’s perfect for stewing with the mushrooms. But you need to use your freshman Study Points wisely and not waste them.”

This is Level Four Spirit Cured Meat!

Wang Zong’an silently corrected her. This was left behind by Aunt Luo Qiu when she secretly visited him. The reason for her secrecy was obviously because she didn’t dare to openly oppose the Great Demon King’s orders.

He couldn’t stand up to Sister Bai Ling, so he let her have her way, and started doing his own work in the yard.

As for Brother Yuanmo, upon hearing that there was Level Three Spirit Cured Meat to eat, he was even more unwilling to leave. Anyway, he was older and had thicker skin, so he just decided to help Wang Zong’an with some work and stay for dinner.

In less than an hour.

Sister Bai Ling quickly cooked Spirit Rice and finely sliced Spirit Cured Meat, along with a big pot of Spirit Mushroom and cured meat soup, which was as thick as white jade and fragrant.

Not to mention, Sister Bai Ling’s cooking skills were not bad.

Under the disapproving gaze of Sister Bai Ling, Brother Yuanmo sat down nonchalantly to have dinner.

This meal satisfied Wang Zong’an quite a bit. The Spirit Mushrooms were strange in appearance, but they were truly top-notch and delicious, lifting his spirits a lot.

He couldn’t help but plan how to preserve these Spirit Mushrooms and send them to his family to taste. Although he was always complaining about his parents, he did respect and love them after all.

“By the way, have you heard?” Brother Yuanmo appeared knowledgeable, “I heard that the head who has always been secluded has actually come out personally to accept disciples. It is said he has selected a rare, great prodigy. At just nineteen years old, he is at Level Two of the Spiritual Platform Realm. His combat strength is enough to contend with a typical Heavenly Human Realm cultivator.”

“Nineteen years old and at Level Two of the Spiritual Platform Realm? Contending with the Heavenly Human Realm, there is such a peerless prodigy in the world!” Bai Ling was amazed, then she glanced at Yuanmo, “Brother Yuanmo, you are already thirty years old, but you are only at Level Eight of the Vital Energy Refining Realm! Compared to that prodigy, you are really a waste!”

Brother Yuanmo fell silent. In fact, at his age, out in the prominent families, he would have been the seedling of a Spirit Platform of a Rank 8 or 9 family. But compared to that mysterious prodigy, he really looked like a waste.

However, after Sister Bai Ling finished her words, she herself started to feel depressed too. She was also an ordinary disciple, how much better could she be than Brother Yuanmo?

“Forget about it, forget about those lofty prodigies, thinking about them is depressing.” Bai Ling shifted her gaze to Wang Zong’an, “Brother An’an, we are all ordinary disciples, just work hard and do our jobs well. Once we reach the Spirit Platform Realm, we can start working for the Academic Palace for tens of years, saving up enough study points, and then we can return to our family.”

The Academic Palace didn’t ask ordinary disciples to stay there for their entire lives, they were allowed to return to their families if certain conditions were met.

Wang Zong’an was speechless. He and his sister, born from the same parents, were being treated so differently. His sister, Wang Liyao, became the favored disciple of the dean, while he was left with the ordinary disciples in Changchun Valley.

But, he also felt the intention behind his parents leaving him here. He was always around people of high status, and everyday life had been too good.

As a result, he was unable to see the hardships of the “bottom cultivators”. Experiencing the life of ordinary people would indeed benefit his growth. His path was different from his sister Wang Liyao.

He, Wang Zong’an, was a Young Clan Leader, and in the future, he would have to shoulder the great responsibility of the Wang family!

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