Protect Our Chief-Chapter 607 - 55: The Great Trend! Where Will the Wang Family Go?

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Outside the pavilion, a vast Celestial River stretched far into the distance.

Under the sunlight, the surging waters of the Celestial River splashed everywhere, with droplets glistening like shattered diamonds. From a distance, it seemed like a brocade adorned with sparkling diamonds stretching across the sky, romantic and beautiful, yet exuding a mighty power of heaven and earth, causing awe in one’s heart.

Who knows how long Wang Shouzhe had been waiting.

Suddenly.

"Boom!"

The Celestial River outside the pavilion was shattered into a torrential rain falling into Anjiang with a kick from Long Wuji.

In the next instant.

Long Wuji lightly landed outside the pavilion.

His demeanor was relaxed, and his expression carefree, as if he had done something trivial.

Behind him, his trusted aides, Jiaang Yusong and the third leader, Du Tiangang, also landed, standing left and right behind Long Wuji, one scholarly and one martial.

Long Wuji’s narrow eyes swept over the area, and his gaze fell on Wang Shouzhe.

He immediately laughed heartily, "This must be the famous Patriarch Shouzhe. I am Long Wuji, invited by the Patriarch to come for a chat."

Wang Shouzhe stood up, smiling and cupping his hands warmly like a spring breeze, "Patriarch Long and distinguished guests have traveled far, bringing honor to our Changning Guard. I, Shouzhe, am indescribably grateful and can only offer a few cups of Spirit Wine to welcome Patriarch Long and the distinguished guests."

"This is my son Zong’an. Zong’an, quickly greet Patriarch Long."

With that, he glanced at Wang Zong’an behind him.

Wang Zong’an immediately straightened his sleeves, composed and calm, and stepped forward to salute the three, "Junior Wang Zong’an of the Wang Family, greets Patriarch Long."

His posture and demeanor clearly showed he had undergone special training; his every move was elegant, exuding the grace of a noble young master.

"Good, good," Long Wuji praised incessantly, "Patriarch Shouzhe indeed has good fortune; both son and daughter are extraordinarily talented, like phoenix children and dragon girls."

After that, Long Wuji followed etiquette by introducing Jiaang Yusong and the third leader, Du Tiangang.

After some pleasantries and courteous exchanges, Wang Shouzhe invited Long Wuji to sit. As for Wang Zong’an, Jiaang Yusong, and others, in such an occasion, naturally, they couldn’t sit equally with Wang Shouzhe and Long Wuji, so they each stood behind the two.

Once the two were seated, a puppet stepped forward to pick up a Spirit Treasure Gourd and began pouring wine for the two. The wine was like jade essence, and the liquid like light honey. As soon as it entered the cup, a delightful aroma wafted towards them.

But Long Wuji’s attention was mainly on the puppet.

Although this puppet was exquisitely crafted and highly human-like in movement, he could immediately tell it was not a real person but a puppet with power reaching the Celestial Human Realm.

"The Changning Wang Family’s foundation is truly unfathomable," Long Wuji squinted and smiled, testing, "This Celestial Human Realm puppet has quite a bit of the Phecda State’s Artifact Refining School style."

"Patriarch Long is indeed well-versed and remarkably perceptive," Wang Shouzhe smiled as he offered a toast, "This was an accidentally obtained damaged puppet that I specially asked the Celestial Workshop to repair."

"Haha, the Celestial Workshop’s artifact refining skills are indeed strong, but their prices are extremely high," Long Wuji sipped the fine wine, said playfully, "Patriarch Shouzhe must have paid dearly."

"Who says it’s not?" Wang Shouzhe also appeared heartbroken, "It cost me a full eight hundred thousand Qian Gold, without considering the maintenance costs. However, given how rare Celestial Human Realm puppets are, and how few high-end combat forces we have in the Wang Family, we had to grit our teeth and let the Celestial Workshop have at us. Could it be, Patriarch Long also has connections at the Celestial Workshop? Can get a discount?"

"I don’t have such ability," Long Wuji drank, shaking his head helplessly, "The people at the Celestial Workshop are all very uptight, impervious to coaxing or threats. Their slogan is, ’Love to fix, don’t fix; love to buy, don’t buy.’ Over the centuries, I’ve given them plenty of ’offerings,’ yet not gotten even a bit of a discount."

With a common "enemy," the two seemed to share a united front in criticizing the "Celestial Workshop" over drinks, fully engaging in banter against it.

After several rounds of drinks, the relationship between the two seemed to grow much closer.

"Younger Brother Shouzhe, this Spirit Treasure Gourd is not bad. In all my years, I’ve seen it only twice," Long Wuji, seemingly a bit "tipsy," said more freely, "I don’t see you as a great drinker. How about naming a price and giving your old buddy a deal?"

"Brother Long truly knows value. This treasure automatically brews high-end wines. Our Wang Family profits thirty thousand Qian Gold annually. The earnings for a thousand years would total thirty million Qian Gold! I’ll give Brother Long a fifty percent discount; for fifteen million Qian Gold, it’s yours," Wang Shouzhe refilled his cup, quoting honestly.

To be honest, Wang Shouzhe was also filled with emotion.

In the Divine Martial Dynasty Trial Ruins initially, he didn’t think much of this Spirit Treasure Gourd, which only brewed wine. But after using it, he found it truly valuable!

If operated properly, it could continuously bring long-term benefits to the family. If calculated over five hundred, a thousand years, its value would far exceed other treasures. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

As expected, Long Wuji rolled his eyes, "The price is too high; I can’t afford it. Patriarch Shouzhe should hold onto it and save up slowly."

Let alone making Long Wuji suddenly produce fifteen million Qian Gold, even the Qiaan Family, which bears the "Qian" name, would find it difficult to produce such a large amount of liquid capital at once.

However, that interaction seemed to make the two increasingly "intimate."