Protect Our Chief-Chapter 609 - 55: The Trend! Where Will the Wang Family Go_3

Fortunately, he himself is a Great Celestial Pride and had long awakened a Wood Spirit Body, thus his ability to withstand pressure is far stronger than that of an average Spirit Platform Realm Cultivator; otherwise, he would have been disgraced on the spot.

At this moment,

the little fox that had been curled up at Wang Shouzhe’s feet also sensed the pressure from a Purple Mansion Realm expert and suddenly awoke: "Which bastard dares to disturb this grandaunt’s sleep..."

Before she could finish speaking, she noticed something amiss. Her gaze instantly fixed on Long Wuji, and her narrowed fox eyes shot out beams of fierce light: "How dare you bully my Brother Shouzhe?!"

As she spoke, her form began to expand wildly.

In the blink of an eye, a giant scarlet demon fox appeared in the pavilion, standing protectively in front of Wang Shouzhe and Wang Zong’an.

This was the Ancestor Fire Fox in her full glory.

Seven scarlet fox tails spread out menacingly behind her, like a dance of devils. The surging Purple Mansion pressure roared forth, fiercely and dominantly dispelling Long Wuji’s pressure.

Wang Shouzhe and Wang Zong’an both breathed a sigh of relief.

"Seven-tailed Fire Fox?" Long Wuji’s breath halted, a flicker of dread flashing in his eyes, "Ancestor Fire Fox of the Longzuo Yuwen Family? Why are you here? Could it be, your Yuwen Family also plans to oppose my Jiaolong Gang?"

However, Wang Shouzhe said in a loud voice, "Please do not misunderstand, Boss. Ancestor Fire Fox and I are merely friends. The Yuwen Family will not involve themselves in the friction between the Jiaolong Gang and my Wang Family, and will remain neutral. Rest assured, Boss."

In this world, noble families that have been established for hundreds, even thousands of years, are numerous.

Thus, for a noble family, while development is important, the most crucial thing is always maintaining an unbroken lineage.

It is also for this reason that most noble families tend to act cautiously and conservatively.

Unless necessary, no noble family is willing to go to war with other forces lightly.

Therefore, the Yuwen Family’s choice of neutrality is understandable to Wang Shouzhe, and he does not blame them. After all, if the roles were reversed, he would likely make the same decision.

"The Yuwen Family remains neutral and refrains from joining the conflict, but this Ancestor does not need to listen to them," the Seven-tailed Fire Fox said haughtily and coyishly, "In any case, whoever dares to bully my Brother Shouzhe, I will fight them."

This repeated calling of "Brother Shouzhe" made Long Wuji both annoyed and slightly nauseated, thinking to himself, when you, Ancestor Fire Fox, became renowned, I, Long Wuji, was just a child...what’s with this coy act?

However, regardless of whether it’s spirit beasts or fierce beasts, compared to Black Tortoise Cultivators of the same level, their combat power tends to be stronger. Even a master like Long Wuji, who has been in the Purple Mansion Realm for over a hundred years, cannot be certain of victory if he were truly to fight with Ancestor Fire Fox.

As such, his plan to pressure the Wang Family with the power of a Purple Mansion Realm Cultivator was naturally declared a failure.

"Haha~~ Younger Brother Shouzhe, earlier I was just joking with you," Long Wuji, being a hero of sorts, immediately retracted the powerful aura of a Purple Mansion Realm Cultivator, laughing heartily and boldly as if nothing had happened, "Let me ask you, why are you willing to cooperate with the Qiaan Family but not accept my Long Wuji’s proposal?"

His way of addressing Wang Shouzhe changed incredibly fast; in the blink of an eye, it was back to calling him Younger Brother Shouzhe!

The Seven-tailed Fire Fox saw that Long Wuji knew when to retreat, so she put away her fierce stance, ready to fight at any moment. She retracted her true form and transformed back into a small, exquisite fox, obediently squatting at Wang Shouzhe’s feet.

"Alas~" Wang Shouzhe sighed, "Brother Long is bold and unrestrained, just as Shouzhe wishes to befriend him. However, Shouzhe maintains that our Wang Family is small in family and business and only wishes to thrive peacefully. Some whirlpools are too vast and deep; our little boat, the Wang Family, cannot withstand the turmoil."

Hearing this, Long Wuji was initially taken aback, but then he suddenly understood, his eyes squinting slightly, pondering with interest: "I didn’t expect Younger Brother Shouzhe to be so sharp and perceptive, you’ve made me see you in a new light. Tell me, how did you find out?"

Wang Shouzhe smiled wryly: "I never thought that my guess would actually be correct."

"Were you testing me?"

Long Wuji’s eyes suddenly narrowed, a dangerous glint surfacing in his gaze.

Wang Shouzhe immediately stood up, calmly clasping his sleeve, and respectfully said: "Brother Long, pardon me. Shouzhe had suspicions initially, but only had seventy percent certainty. Since the matter is of great importance, I dared not make an arbitrary decision, so I spoke to test you inadvertently, not intending to offend."

"Oh?"

Long Wuji was even more intrigued now.

He had assumed Wang Shouzhe was just bluffing him, but he didn’t expect him to be seventy percent sure. Now he was genuinely curious~

He thought this matter was already secretive enough and couldn’t figure out how Wang Shouzhe had discovered it.

He tapped the table: "Younger Brother, speak truthfully; where did I slip up?"

Wang Shouzhe understood that with Long Wuji’s level of concern about this matter, he would certainly not allow himself to muddle through.

Thus, he recounted everything in detail: "Actually, it wasn’t where Brother Long slipped up, but that the great momentum has arrived, and Shouzhe is merely a bit more intuitive than others, thus realizing something was wrong ahead of time."

"Explain in detail."

Long Wuji didn’t believe it could be that simple.

"Since Brother Long wishes to know, Shouzhe dares not conceal anything." Wang Shouzhe took the opportunity to sit back down and organized his thoughts, "Longzuo County is located on the frontier and has only been developed for over a thousand years. The friction among the noble families isn’t too severe, so the development over the years has generally been stable, with few major changes in the overall structure. But in recent years, Shouzhe noticed that the situation in Longzuo County is beginning to change."