Protect Our Clan Leader

Chapter 1289: Chapter 22 – Longyan Achieves Merits! Anye Returns_4 Chapter 1289: Chapter 22 – Longyan Achieves Merits! Anye Returns_4 Afterward, the Shadow Snake Demonic Princess and Demon Lord Xietong left swiftly, but the ancient elephant devil lord, who resembled an iron tower, stayed behind. He now resides on a mountain peak set aside next to the Sacred Temple, not too far from her Ming Feng Residence.

And after that, the Yin Sha Sect became inexplicably busy.

Apart from those outer sect disciples in the courtyard, who were specifically responsible for cultivating spirit plants, other disciples in the sect seemed very busy, their hurried figures often seen. Yet, strangely enough, there hadn’t been any particularly big events happening within the Yin Sha Sect. These disciples were bustling about, merely gathering supplies.

On top of that, there were the large-scale corpse puppet preparations in West Jin and South Qin…

Everything pointed to a possibility. They were preparing for something.

And that something was most likely—a magic war!

But why would the Real Demon Palace want West Jin and South Qin to start a magic war? What good would it do them against the Great Qian Land?

Wang Longyan felt her scalp tingle and was at a loss to make sense of the cause and effect. However, one thing was crystal clear to her—she needed to send this news back to the Wang family urgently!

The current Wang family was tied to the destiny of the Great Qian Land and could not afford the slightest mishap.

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At the same time.

In the Great Qian Land, Longzuo County, Changning Guard, Xinping Town port.

The massive port bustled with activity and lively scenes as countless ships entered the sea daily. Some headed north to Qingluo Guard, others south to the Hundred Islands Guard, or along Peace River upwards, transporting goods to the inner counties.

As time went on, Wang Clan Xinping Port had gradually become the biggest port in Longzuo County, with an enormous daily throughput, which also brought the Wang family substantial wealth.

At this moment.

Under the high artifact-refining crane, one enormous cargo box after another was being hoisted by ropes, moving bit by bit towards the cargo ship in a fixed direction.

On the docks, burly men were loudly shouting as they moved goods around, loading and unloading cargo, with an orderly buzz that looked like a busy ant colony from a distance.

In the midst of the hustle, a young man clutching a longsword, followed by a small group of people, walked over.

These individuals were all wearing standard-issue soft armor and holding standard-issue longswords, clearly clothed in uniforms provided by the Wang family, as evidenced by the family crest embroidered on their collars and cuffs. They were unmistakably the Wang family’s patrol team.

“Captain Zhuge.”

Upon seeing this group, one of the muscle-bound men immediately stepped forward to greet the young man at the head, bowing respectfully and familiarly.

Clearly, they were well acquainted.

“Have you noticed any suspicious individuals recently?” After returning the greeting, the young man pulled him aside as if to chat casually but was actually using his spiritual sense to inquire, “Those individuals you were told to keep an eye on before, have they shown any unusual activity lately?”

“Those few have been quite well-behaved recently, with only one leaving the port to venture into the outer regions, and he hasn’t come back yet,” the robust man replied likewise with his spiritual sense. “Rest assured, as long as I’m watching, nothing will slip by. I’ll send someone to notify you immediately if there’s any news.”

The young man nodded, “Good. I’ll leave it to you to keep watching.”

“Where’s the talk?” the burly man beamed, “Serving the Wang family is our honor. What’s this about hardship? Captain Zhuge, just entrust the tasks to us.”

After a short conversation and obtaining some trivial news from the burly man, the young man departed with his team to patrol elsewhere.

This young man was “Zhuge Liangcai,” the captain of the port’s patrol team, simultaneously handling some basic intelligence work.

It was straightforward enough—connecting with people like the burly man and then relaying the information back. The rest wasn’t his concern.

Like many others here, his ancestors had fled from other lands to settle here.

He still remembered his grandfather telling him that their family’s old ancestor, Zhuge Wenya, along with Zhuge Tiedan and Zhuge Cuihua, came to Changning Guard over a hundred and several tens of years ago. Back then, the Wang family was only a Grade Eight Prominent Family, Ping’an Town was still home to many commoners, and Xin An Town had not yet been developed.

Back in those days, their old ancestor had lost his home due to floods and had to lead his family on a harrowing journey. It was the Wang family’s kindness that welcomed these refugees, built a camp for them to temporarily settle down, and provided them with job opportunities. This generosity helped them survive the toughest times. From having nothing, they slowly recovered and even managed to buy a house.

Over a hundred years had passed, and their family had firmly rooted themselves in this land, expanding from the original four members to hundreds, with relatives spread throughout all four newly established towns.

Unfortunately, their family was but ordinary common folk, with weak bloodlines, and they had never produced a promising candidate for cultivation.

Occasionally, an ancestor with decent talent (though not exceptional by standard measures) among the commoners would sign a cultivation contract with the Wang family and obtain an Enlightenment Pill. They would successfully advance to the Low Grade Class C but ultimately stop at Level 7 of the Vital Energy Refining Realm, which was not too impressive performance for a clan soldier.

However, as each generation led a better life than the last and Enlightenment Pills became more widely available, the weak bloodlines began to show potential. It was not until this generation that Zhuge Liangcai emerged, a rare individual with notable cultivation talent.

At the age of eight, he was tested and found to possess Low Grade Class C aptitude and received a scholarship from the Wang family.

He lived up to expectations and, through hard work and diligence, entered the elite class of the Wang family at the age of thirteen or fourteen, receiving an excellent education and being included in the head of household training program.

Because of his decent combat talent and his calm and cautious nature, he smoothly joined the Wang family’s patrol team after graduation, becoming one of the many soldiers of the Wang family.

Now, it was the tenth year since he had joined the patrol team.

Due to his consistently good performance, he had received ample rewards. A while ago, Ansung, the son in charge of coastal defense, even personally commended him and promoted him to squad leader.

By now, not yet thirty, he had already reached Level 8 of the Vital Energy Refining Realm.

According to the rules of the soldiers of the Wang family, as long as he polished his cultivation base to Level 9 of the Vital Energy Refining Realm before the age of sixty, he could receive a Heavenly Spirit Pill from the Wang family treasury, along with some other supplementary materials.

Perhaps he would become the first person from the Zhuge family to break through to the Spirit Platform Realm.

Although he was a soldier of the Wang family, he was also able to look after the other members of the Zhuge family to some extent, thus making the Zhuge family somewhat akin to a half cultivation prominent family.

As long as they could accumulate enough money to buy sufficient land and establish significant merit, becoming a formally recognized Grade Nine Prominent Family was within the realm of possibility; the Wang family now had a policy to this effect.

Never, in their wildest dreams, did the old ancestors from over a hundred years ago think the Zhuge family would see such a day.

Recalling the high expectations his grandfather and uncles had held for him since he was young, Zhuge Liangcai felt a heavy burden on his shoulders and patrolled even more diligently.

Suddenly, during his patrol.

A commotion erupted from the direction of the docks.

Zhuge Liangcai immediately led his team to the scene, controlling the situation with a few members of the patrol team, only to see a light blue giant fish, akin to a small mountain, swimming leisurely towards them from the direction of the sea entrance.

Atop the fish’s forehead stood three tiny human silhouettes.

One of them, dressed in white and exuding a natural grace—even from such a great distance, commanded attention at first glance.

“It’s Young Master Anye and the two Commandery Princesses!”

Someone in the patrol team immediately recognized them and exclaimed.

Zhuge Liangcai’s eyes also brightened.

Even though they could hardly make out the figures on the fish’s forehead with their eyesight, they knew who they would be. After all, not just anyone had the privilege to stand on Zongkun’s forehead.

“Quick! Send someone fast on their feet to inform the family!” Zhuge Liangcai promptly ordered.

By then, the entire dock had utterly erupted in excitement, filled with the enthusiastic energy of a festival.

There was no helping it—Young Master Anye and the two Commandery Princesses had gone out to sea “to herd fish” and had been gone for a long, long time. So long that they had started to miss them.

This return of Young Master Anye would surely bring back many treasures, and those who lived off the industrial system of the Wang family would benefit greatly.

Indeed, who wouldn’t welcome the God of Wealth?

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