Protect Our Patriarch-Chapter 105Book 5: : Subduing the Demon Emperor! The Azure Phoenix Surrenders

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"Since Ancestor Dragon misses Lilong, why not stay at the Wang's Clan for a few days?" Wang Shouzhe, aware of Ancestor Dragon's affection for Lilong, casually extended the invitation.

"Then I'll trouble the Wang's Clan," Ancestor Dragon accepted naturally.

He quite enjoyed staying at the Wang's Clan occasionally, as it allowed him to see Lilong often and to recover some of the hidden injuries from past battles with the help of Lixian's immortal spirit energy, indirectly extending his lifespan.

Moreover, the food at the Wang's Clan was excellent, and he could occasionally enjoy a meal of Immortal Spirit Rice.

"As for mediating the conflict with the Myriad Demon Nation, there's no need to rush, senior," Wang Shouzhe's expression became more serious as he discussed business. "After all, this time the Myriad Demon Nation invaded our Great Qian, encroaching on the territory of our Wang's Clan, causing immense damage and incalculable repercussions. They won't learn their lesson without paying a huge price."

In fact, the issue with the Myriad Demon Nation was tied to a series of important plans he had. Even with Ancestor Dragon as a mediator, it wouldn't be resolved quickly. He was prepared for long-term negotiations.

"Shouzhe, but... Senior Di Xiu has shown me kindness in the past," Ancestor Dragon clasped his hands again, "Could you give this old dragon some face?"

"Of course, Ancestor Dragon's face must be given," Wang Shouzhe pondered slightly, "But ultimately, it depends on the Myriad Demon Nation's attitude. If they continue to hold hostility towards our Great Qian, we won't hesitate to send troops to flatten the Myriad Demon Nation."

"Shouzhe, have you finally decided to go to war?"

Upon hearing the topic of war, Emperor Longchang, who had been thrown out earlier, suddenly reappeared, rubbing his hands in excitement, "War is great~ It's been ages since I last led a campaign myself. Shouzhe, this time you must appoint me as the Grand Marshal of the expedition, so I can get closer to the posthumous title of the Martial Emperor."

The national strength of the Great Qian had been growing rapidly, with the military becoming stronger by the day. Emperor Longchang had long been eager to lead the troops out for conquest.

However, the various clans of the Great Qian, especially the Duke of Dingguo's mansion and An Guogong's mansion, all subtly followed the lead of the Wang's Clan. Prince An even regarded the "power minister" Wang Shouzhe as the "imperial teacher" in his heart.

As long as Wang Shouzhe didn't nod, no matter how much the semi-retired Emperor Longchang jumped around, the war wouldn't start.

"Shouzhe, this war must not be fought," Ancestor Dragon hurriedly advised, "Firstly, the terrain of the Ten Thousand Saints, no, the Myriad Demon Nation is complex and easy to defend but hard to attack. Secondly, even if we suffer losses and capture it, so what? The terrain there is not suitable for large-scale human habitation, and it won't develop, making it a loss."

"As the saying goes, 'How can one allow others to snore beside their bed?'" Emperor Longchang retorted discontentedly, "The Myriad Demon Nation is full of hostility towards our Great Qian. If we leave it unchecked, what if they stab us in the back when we have a decisive battle with the Western Jin or Southern Qin?"

"This... this..." Ancestor Dragon was momentarily at a loss for words.

He was just here to mediate, not the ruler of the Ten Thousand Saints Kingdom, and couldn't guarantee anything.

"The root of the matter still lies in the Myriad Demon Nation's attitude," Wang Shouzhe, unlike Emperor Longchang, wasn't so agitated and spoke calmly, "Your Majesty, please entertain Ancestor Dragon for a while. I will continue discussions with Senior Qinghuang."

"Ancestor Dragon, let's go, let's go. You shouldn't meddle in such matters. It's better to play a few rounds of cards with us for fun. I naturally have plans and considerations for the affairs of the state," Emperor Longchang began to drag Ancestor Dragon to play cards.

Ancestor Dragon rolled his eyes at Longchang.

What do you mean by "your plans and considerations"? It's clearly Master Wang Shouzhe who makes the decisions.

Over the years, he had come to understand that the one steering the great ship of the Great Qian was no longer Emperor Longchang but Wang Shouzhe.

No matter how much Longchang jumped around, his efforts were probably less effective than a single word from Wang Shouzhe.

Putting aside trivial matters, after settling Ancestor Dragon, Wang Shouzhe once again entered the fourth small building of the Stay Immortal Residence to meet with the Qinghuang Demon Emperor.

This time, there was a noticeable change in the Qinghuang Demon Emperor's expression.

Clearly, she had overheard the conversations outside.

She never expected that her mere attempt to gather intelligence would be deemed an "invasion" by Wang Shouzhe, causing a huge problem for the Ten Thousand Saints Kingdom.

Yet, she had no grounds to argue, even if she wanted to.

Moreover, the Great Qian was no longer the Great Qian of centuries ago, now possessing enough power to deter the Ten Thousand Saints Kingdom. After such prolonged contact, the Qinghuang Demon Emperor had deeply felt its earth-shaking changes.

"Master Wang Shouzhe," the Qinghuang Demon Emperor's tone softened significantly, "If I am willing to sign a contract with the Wang's Clan, can it offset this time's offense and not implicate the Ten Thousand Saints Kingdom?"

"Senior Qinghuang, signing a cooperation contract can indeed change our Great Qian's view of the Myriad Demon Nation and reduce hostility," Wang Shouzhe said seriously, "Our Great Qian does not favor war and prefers peaceful diplomatic relations and development. At that time, Senior Qinghuang can mediate in between."

"Earlier, Senior also asked, 'What can you do at the Wang's Clan?' In fact, there are many things you can do. For example, we humans have a strict rule that prodigies must serve and achieve merits on the outer region battlefield during the Celestial Realm. Great prodigies and peerless prodigies must go during the Purple Mansion Realm and Divine Realm, respectively. If Senior can oversee and protect on the outer region battlefield, with your expertise in escape techniques, you can ensure the safety of our Wang's Clan disciples."

The Wang's Clan disciples generally had high aptitude, with a considerable number of prodigies. Many of them had already reached the Celestial Realm and would have to go to the outer region battlefield sooner or later.

Regarding this strict rule, Wang Shouzhe was actually very supportive, as the outer region battlefield was a battleground between humans and other races, and with great power comes great responsibility.

Whether it was the Yun's Clan of the Immortal Dynasty or the Wu's Clan of the Great Qian, they all shouldered their responsibilities. Even the Jing'an Wei Clan, which had a conflict with Fugui earlier, did not retreat on the outer region battlefield.

However, for Wang Shouzhe, every clan member was extremely important, and the outer region battlefield was always perilous. Even if the human commanders cherished the outstanding juniors, it was of no use.

After all, the outer region battlefield was not like the inner region battlefield, with extremely complex situations where unexpected incidents could occur despite all precautions.

With a speed-oriented powerhouse like the Qinghuang Demon Emperor escorting them, the casualty rate would be greatly reduced.

"Expertise in escape techniques..." The Qinghuang Demon Emperor was speechless, sighing, "No matter how fast I run, I was still caught by you."

"That's different. In the previous chase, Senior's performance was commendable," Wang Shouzhe praised, "If it weren't for the burden, Senior would have had an eighty to ninety percent chance of escaping."

Being pursued by four strong opponents of the same level, including the late Void Realm Chaoyang King, and still having an eighty to ninety percent chance of escaping, showed the Qinghuang Demon Emperor's extraordinary abilities.

If it were Emperor Longchang, he would have been caught immediately.

"Fine, I'll sign!" The Qinghuang Demon Emperor gritted her teeth and finally signed the "Contract of Selling Oneself" she had originally disdained for the peace of the Ten Thousand Saints Kingdom, "I hope Master Wang Shouzhe will keep his promise."

Seven hundred years was indeed long, but for the Qinghuang Demon Emperor with phoenix bloodline, it wasn't an unacceptable duration.

After all, it was just a fraction of her long life.

"Please rest assured, Senior Qinghuang," Wang Shouzhe said solemnly, "Our Wang's Clan places great importance on the words 'keeping promises.' On the contrary, Senior Qinghuang, I hope you won't betray the trust Shouzhe has in you."

Once the contract was established, Wang Shouzhe's attitude towards the Qinghuang Demon Emperor softened a bit: "Senior, please rest in this small building for a few days. After I discuss matters with Senior Di Xiu and the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox, we will plan for the future."

With that, Wang Shouzhe took his leave.

As he left the small building, Wang Shouzhe was in a good mood. However, upon reaching the first small building of the Stay Immortal Residence, his face darkened.

He saw a group of Void Realm big shots already playing cards. Chaoyang King, Jiang Zhencang, Emperor Longchang, and Ancestor Dragon had set up a card table and were playing enthusiastically, with the sounds of "eat, pong, and win" echoing continuously.

Is this how you entertain Ancestor Dragon, Your Majesty?

This is really not reassuring.

What made Wang Shouzhe's face even darker was that Wang Lixian had transformed into a cute and obedient little girl, sitting on a tree branch watching them play mahjong with great interest.

"Wang Lixian, have you finished the homework I assigned you today?" Wang Shouzhe asked with a stern face, "You're about to enter the advanced clan school, yet you still wander around aimlessly. When do you plan to graduate?"

"Ah~ Daddy, are you done talking with that pretty auntie?" Wang Lixian shrank her neck and blinked her watery eyes, "I wasn't slacking off. My two avatars are diligently doing the homework~"

Avatars doing homework?

Mentioning this made Wang Shouzhe even more furious: "Do you think having more avatars makes you special? Fine, come to my courtyard later, and I'll assign homework to your avatars too. Let's see if you still have time to watch mahjong."

With that, Wang Shouzhe left in a huff.

"Oh no, Daddy is angry," Wang Lixian cried pitifully, "Assigning homework even to avatars, that's too cruel."

"Xian'er, why bother with him?" Emperor Longchang discontentedly criticized Wang Shouzhe, "I bet he got rebuffed by that pretty auntie and vented his anger on you. Let's skip the homework today and see what Shouzhe can do about it."

Wang Lixian rolled her eyes.

Not completing homework means getting spanked, and it's not your butt getting spanked. If Daddy is determined to spank her, even Mother can't protect her.

She quickly jumped down from the tree and chased after him, "Daddy, Daddy, I was wrong~~~ Boohoo, I won't watch them play cards anymore, okay?"

After the father and daughter left.

Emperor Longchang was still muttering, "That Shouzhe kid, full of bad habits, always projecting his feelings onto others. I bet he tried to make a move on Qinghuang but got rejected, and now he's taking it out on me. Luckily, I'm magnanimous and won't hold it against him... Seven thousand!"

"Win, all one suit, listening for four, seven thousand, a dragon," Jiang Zhencang happily pushed his tiles, "Longchang, you lost big this time."

"Longchang, focus on the game, or you'll lose money," Chaoyang King also teased, "I had a good hand too, ready to self-draw, but you made me lose money."

"Oh no!" Emperor Longchang suddenly remembered something, "I haven't been working lately, so I have no spare money. You guys keep playing, I'll go ask Shouzhe for an advance on my allowance."

With that, Emperor Longchang pushed his tiles and slipped away like a puff of smoke.

Jiang Zhencang's face froze.

After finally making a big hand, and then... just this? Longchang, that old rascal, is getting more shameless with age.

Time flew by.

Another half month passed.

While Wang Shouzhe was still waiting for Di Xiu from the Myriad Demon Nation to come for negotiations, Yao's Air Transport's ship arrived at Ping'an Town of the Wang's Clan.

Due to the large volume of goods, Yao's Air Transport sent a fleet of three Yun Yao flying boats this time.

The Yun Yao flying boats not only carried many trial equipment makers from the Immortal Dynasty but also brought three Divine Realm inheritance grounds to the Wang's Clan: the Earth Element Divine Realm inheritance—[Xuanhuang Hall], the Xuanyuan True Method inheritance—[Xuanyuan True Tower], and the Fire Element Divine Realm inheritance—[Red Fire Heavenly Pool].

Each Divine Realm inheritance ground still had one inheritance opportunity left.

In addition, there were ten Divine Spirit Artifacts.

Wang Fugui had originally auctioned twelve Divine Spirit Artifacts, giving one to the little princess of the Immortal Dynasty and another to the guardian Jiang Qinglian, leaving ten to be entrusted to Yao's Air Transport to bring back to the Wang's Clan.

Accompanying the Divine Realm inheritance grounds was a team of craftsmen from Baibao Pavilion.

They were a specialized team responsible for dismantling and installing the Divine Realm inheritance grounds.

After all, a Divine Realm inheritance ground was not just a building but also included matching spiritual veins and arrays, making it very troublesome to move. It might not be possible without a professional team.

Although Wang Shouzhe hadn't personally participated in Wang Fugui's actions in the Immortal Dynasty, thanks to the Wang's Clan's powerful intelligence network, he was well-informed.

However, words couldn't compare to the impact of seeing the actual goods. When he witnessed such a massive amount of resources being transported back to the Wang's Clan, he was at a loss for words.

The Wang's Clan had a great demand for Divine Realm inheritance grounds.

But these things were indeed hard to come by. Wang Shouzhe had painstakingly accumulated for many years, only managing to gather half a Divine Realm inheritance ground, with another Cha Nu Yin Demon inheritance ground still under construction. Even when completed, it would need to be charged and wouldn't be usable in the short term.

Who would have thought that after a trip to the Immortal Dynasty, Fugui would casually bring back such a substantial family foundation?

The only thing that left Wang Shouzhe speechless was how extravagantly Fugui spent money.

He spent all the money he earned and even owed fifty-five million immortal crystals... Fortunately, this debt was temporarily covered by the Black Armor Department, to be deducted when delivering the black armor in the future.

Moreover, the black armor orders Wang Fugui secured for the Wang's Clan had a terrifyingly high gross profit margin.

Overall, the Wang's Clan still made a huge profit.

This made Wang Shouzhe feel both emotional and gratified.

The greatest fear for a family was having no successors, but the Wang's Clan was now thriving with each generation surpassing the last, proving that his initial focus on clan education and ideological training was the right strategy.

With such outstanding descendants, the Wang's Clan was bound to prosper~~

With the arrival of these three flying boats of resources, the Wang's Clan also became busy, allocating many people to assist the craftsmen from Baibao Pavilion in installing the Divine Realm inheritance grounds.

After all, the opportunity to install a Divine Realm inheritance ground was rare, and even just assisting in the process allowed the Wang's Clan's craftsmen, array masters, and trial equipment makers to learn a lot of useful knowledge and experience.

The atmosphere among the Wang's Clan members was joyful, almost like a festival.

After all, the arrival of these Divine Realm inheritance grounds would benefit the Wang's Clan members in the future.

Especially those with descendants possessing great prodigy qualifications, they were particularly excited and had already started inquiring with Wang Shouzhe about how many contribution points were needed to exchange for Divine Realm inheritance qualifications.

After all, with many monks and little porridge, it's first come, first served~ If the Lingxu Codex was out of reach, obtaining a Divine Realm inheritance to reach the Divine Realm was still a great achievement.

It must be said, this wave of gains was truly substantial, and Wang Shouzhe was in an exceptionally good mood.

In such an atmosphere, another half month passed. freёnovelkiss.com

Under Ancestor Dragon's guarantee, Di Xiu and the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox, two demon emperors from the Myriad Demon Nation, finally decided to officially visit the Wang's Clan after being persuaded by Ancestor Dragon.

This time, the Myriad Demon Nation sent a considerable number of envoys, including two Void Realm demon emperors, Di Xiu and the Nine-Tailed Demon Emperor, and more than a dozen Divine Realm demon clans. This showed their trust in Ancestor Dragon and their sincerity in coming.

The Wang's Clan also made corresponding preparations with the highest standards, pushing Emperor Longchang to the forefront to correspond with Di Xiu of the Myriad Demon Nation, with Holy Master Jiang corresponding with the Nine-Tailed Demon Emperor.

After all, Di Xiu was the first demon emperor of the Myriad Demon Nation.

And no matter how unreliable His Majesty was, he was still the emperor and had to face Di Xiu.

After a grand welcoming ceremony.

The guests from the Myriad Demon Nation stayed in the Wang's Clan's guest building and held meetings with the main leaders of both sides.

In such a formal meeting, the atmosphere was naturally solemn.

Emperor Longchang also attended in formal attire, exuding an imposing imperial majesty, even earning Wang Shouzhe's silent praise. His Majesty, after all, had been an emperor for thousands of years, and once he got serious, he indeed had some style.

Unexpectedly, just as Wang Shouzhe praised him inwardly, Emperor Longchang transmitted a message to Wang Shouzhe: "Hehe, Shouzhe, that Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox is really quite enchanting. Look at those foxy eyes of hers, always glancing at you. She probably has her eyes on you, this pretty boy. Tsk tsk, pretty boys are really popular. You've just taken in Qinghuang, and now there's a Nine-Tails. Truly, you're blessed with good fortune."

"By the way, why don't we just turn hostile and capture all the high-ranking members of the Myriad Demon Nation in one fell swoop... then conquer the Myriad Demon Nation with lightning speed, wouldn't that save us trouble?"

Wang Shouzhe's face turned black. Your Majesty, can you have some decency? How could you come up with such a lousy idea?!

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