Protect Our Patriarch-Chapter 804 Book 6: 78: The population of Wang’s Clan exceeds ten thousand! A gathering of heroes!
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"Are you joking? Did you forge the admission recommendation letter?" The Spirit Artifact Jiuxiao was incredulous, its voice rising an octave unconsciously.
At the same time.
A beam of light shot out from the energy portal, and in the blink of an eye, it coalesced into the image of a woman in the void.
It was the Spirit Artifact Jiuxiao who couldn't hold back and directly manifested a virtual image at the entrance of the Small World.
The woman appeared to be in her early twenties, with a classic face radiating peace and prosperity. Her palace dress accentuated her full figure, and her gaze was sharp and imposing, exuding the aura of an elegant lady.
She glanced at Wang Baosheng, as if recalling something, and reminded him, "This is not allowed, even if the Reincarnation Holy Sovereign or His Majesty the Holy Emperor helps you cheat, it won't work. Our academy has its own rules."
It was evident that she had already communicated with Baosheng and knew that he was likely the reincarnation of His Majesty the Holy Emperor.
"Saint?" Yun Mengyu looked suspiciously at the image of the Spirit Artifact Jiuxiao, then called Wang Baosheng over, "This Spirit Artifact lady's image, could it be something you designed in your past life?"
"No problem." Yun Mengyu waved her hand dismissively, "Go on with your work."
"Mother, I take my leave..." Wang Baosheng retreated with a face full of doubt.
After he left, Yun Mengyu whispered to Princess Zhaoyu, "I told you, our Baosheng likes older women with mature looks and a cold demeanor."
"I was wondering why this child's taste in girls is nothing like his father's," Princess Zhaoyu nodded in agreement. "He usually likes to hang out with Ouyang Nanyan and often bickers with Shentu Shiho, looking like a pair of happy enemies. Moreover, he greatly admires Princess Suiyun."
"What should we do then?" Yun Mengyu said worriedly, "Baosheng is the direct heir of the Wang Clan, and his wife must be from a prestigious family, but he's very picky and has refused several matchmaking attempts. Should we introduce him to Sister Suiyun?"
Although Yun Mengyu called Crown Princess Suiyun "sister," in reality, their blood relation was quite distant, separated by dozens of generations, with a significant difference in seniority.
Such cross-generational marriages were rare among clans but not impossible.
"But Princess Suiyun is set to inherit the position of Immortal Emperor," Princess Zhaoyu said with a headache, "We can't have Baosheng marry into the Yun Clan, can we? Instead, I might as well ask the Ancestor to invest heavily in cultivating Shentu Shiho. Once her bloodline potential meets the standard, we can elevate her to a Demon Dynasty Princess. Such a status would be fitting for Baosheng."
"Our Yun Clan can also have a new princess. We have plenty of resources now; it's not hard to pick someone with good status, potential, and character and elevate them to princess status," Yun Mengyu retorted, "Besides, our third sister, Princess Jing'an, doesn't have a Mansion Master yet! Baosheng likes older women, after all..."
Naturally, the two princesses began arguing about Wang Baosheng's marriage prospects.
Wang Fugui, listening on the side, felt a headache coming on and immediately tried to calm his two wives, "Both of you, stop worrying unnecessarily about Baosheng. Ancestor Grandfather is more anxious than you are and might already have his eye on a girl from a major clan in the Holy Domain."
A girl from the Holy Domain?
Yun Mengyu and Princess Zhaoyu both pursed their lips.
What's so special about girls from major clans in the Holy Domain? They're just so-so. Our Baosheng has an innate dao body! Even marrying a direct daughter of a Holy Clan is fitting.
While they were having a lively discussion, on the other side, the young clan leader Wang Zong'an was already negotiating with the Spirit Artifact Jiuxiao.
Mature and steady, he handled the matter methodically, allowing Jiuxiao to inspect them one by one to dispel her doubts.
After the discussion, Wang Zong'an looked at his descendants behind him, "Who wants to go first?"
"Ancestor." Wang Jinyu stepped forward, bowed to Wang Zong'an, and cheerfully volunteered, "I'm the youngest among the prospective students, so I'll go first."
This Wang Jinyu was the fifteen-year-old girl who once wanted to introduce Wang Shouzhe to her aunt on the flying boat. Now, over thirty years later, she had grown into a graceful young woman, her face still as youthful as a seventeen or eighteen-year-old, full of vitality.
However, as soon as she spoke.
A beautiful, fair-skinned young woman beside her showed a worried expression, "Yuer, why rush to be first? The situation in the academy is unclear and could be dangerous."
The young woman speaking was from the Jiang Clan. She hailed from the Cold Moon Jiang Clan of the Immortal Dynasty and was a lady of the direct secondary line.
She married into the Wang Clan at a young age, before she was fifty, to Wang Baorong, a young master of the direct secondary line. The couple was loving, and within five years, they had Wang Jinyu.
Wang Baorong was about twenty years older than his wife and was now nearly 120 years old. Ranked 367th in the "Bao" generation, his cultivation had reached the third level of the Purple Mansion Realm. After graduating from a high-level clan school, he started from the bottom in the family business, gaining experience and rising through the ranks.
Currently, he works at the Holy Domain Development Corporation, serving as the head of the Monan Commandery branch, fully responsible for all matters of the Development Corporation in Monan Commandery, making him an elite and key talent of the Wang Clan.
Even now, he still looks like a young man, but with a calm demeanor and a commanding presence, he is undoubtedly a domineering CEO outside.
Hearing his wife's words, Wang Baorong frowned slightly, "Wife, we are descendants of the direct line of Ancestor Zong'an. Now that Yuer is grown and favored by Ancestor Grandfather, how can she shrink back from anything? Besides, this is the academy personally established by Baosheng in his past life. How could there be any danger?"
Over the years, Wang Shouzhe's descendants had multiplied significantly, so everyone had gotten used to dividing these offspring into the [Direct Line of Ancestor Zong'an] and the [Secondary Line of Ancestor Zongrui]. The children of these two lines often compared themselves to each other.
However, the children of the direct line of Zong'an, in a sense, were higher in the family inheritance sequence than those of the secondary line of Zongrui. Therefore, the direct line had a greater sense of responsibility.
As for the family inheritance sequence, it's not complicated. For example, Wang Zong'an is the young clan leader with the first inheritance right, Wang Shizhao is second, Wang Anye is third... and so on, with Baosheng being the sixth in line.
If Fugui has a second son, that son would be seventh in line.
But if Baosheng then has a first son, that son would become seventh in line, pushing Fugui's second son to eighth, and Fugui's second son's first son would be ninth.
If Baosheng's first son continues to have children, each male born would push Fugui's second son's sequence back by one.
According to this inheritance sequence. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
To give a grim example, if the entire direct line of Zong'an were gone or all gave up their inheritance rights, it would then fall to the secondary line of Zongrui. And every male born in the direct line would push the sequence of the secondary line back by one.
Currently, there are eighty-nine males in the direct line of Zong'an.
Therefore, Wang Shouzhe's second son, Wang Zongrui, is currently the 90th in line for family inheritance, with his eldest son, Wang Shixin, being 91st.
To give another example, if Wang Zong'an inherits the family.
Then the entire line of Zongrui, except for Wang Zongrui, would become part of the family's direct line. Of course, the inheritance sequence remains unchanged. Every male in the Wang Clan is actually in the inheritance sequence, just ranked very low.
"Father understands me best." Wang Jinyu giggled, then ran to Wang Shouzhe's side and acted coquettishly, "Ancestor Grandfather, I've accumulated too many family contribution points. If I go first, can I get some family contribution rewards?"
Wang Shouzhe smiled warmly, gently rubbing her head, "Family contributions are managed by Xiaoxue; I don't have the authority to grant them directly. However, to commend your courage for stepping up first, Ancestor Grandfather will personally reward you with three top-grade spiritual stones."
Wang Shouzhe could certainly give more, but given Jinyu's age and cultivation, three top-grade spiritual stones were already a substantial reward. Giving too much would not be appropriate.
After all, the purpose of rewards is to motivate and encourage the children. Giving too much could foster a culture of getting something for nothing.
The Wang Clan encourages children to earn contributions through their own tasks, developing their abilities, while the elders are more willing to lend a hand at critical moments, such as helping them exchange for pills or elixirs to improve their potential or break through realms.
Of course, this applies to ordinary children. For those like Wang Fugui, who are exceptionally talented and can earn large sums of money at a young age, they no longer need the elders' support at this age.
"I've hit the jackpot, thank you, Ancestor Grandfather, for the reward." Wang Jinyu's eyes sparkled with excitement.
"Hahaha~~" Wang Chenlun couldn't help but laugh at her lively demeanor, "This child is quite thick-skinned and knows how to seize the moment. She's quite clever~ Come, let me send you over to register."
With that, Wang Chenlun, the Reincarnation Tree, waved his wide sleeve, and a thick green profound energy formed a light shield that enveloped Wang Jinyu.
In the next moment.
The light shield soared, traversing space in the blink of an eye to the academy's teleportation gate.
With the Reincarnation Tree's profound energy protecting her, Wang Jinyu felt a surge of security and deftly pulled out her admission recommendation letter, "Sister Jiuxiao, this is my admission recommendation letter. Please check it. I am forty-seven years old, my cultivation is at the second level of the Purple Mansion Realm, and my current bloodline potential is Heavenly Daughter Grade B."
"What? Heavenly Daughter Grade B?"
The Spirit Artifact Jiuxiao hadn't paid much attention when she pulled out the recommendation letter, but upon hearing the bloodline potential level, her eyes widened in shock, nearly destabilizing her virtual image.
She stared blankly at Wang Jinyu, "Are you kidding me? Isn't this the same level as Little Holy Emperor Gui Wushuang when he enrolled?"
"What's there to joke about?" Wang Jinyu pouted, "My bloodline is just so-so, not the best. Besides, I'm right here. You can find a way to check my bloodline potential to see if it's true; there's no way to cheat."
Speaking of her bloodline potential, Wang Jinyu couldn't help but shed a tear of bitterness.
She was born with a peerless bloodline, starting at a high level. Later, favored by Ancestor Grandfather, she took the Eighth Grade Rebirth Pill at the Lingtai Realm, the Ninth Grade Boundless Pill at the Celestial Realm, and after inheriting the codex at the Purple Mansion Realm, she underwent another baptism, followed by taking the Tenth Grade Pill!
This is currently the Wang Clan's top-level cultivation model.
As a result, her bloodline potential skyrocketed, reaching Heavenly Daughter Grade D at the Celestial Realm.
However, the higher the bloodline awakening, the harder it is to improve potential. Due to her high potential, the baptism she received when inheriting the Lingxu Codex only slightly increased her bloodline, and it was only with the support of the Tenth Grade Pill that she barely reached Heavenly Daughter Grade B.
Because of this, she had already accumulated a "massive" amount of family contribution debt at a young age.
But Ancestor Grandfather said that once her cultivation improves further, reaching the late Purple Mansion Realm, he would allow her to take the Eleventh Grade Manifestation Pill to attempt reaching Heavenly Daughter Grade A! This way, when she inherits the Immortal Scripture at the Divine Realm, she might reach the Saintess level.
The Eleventh Grade Manifestation Pill costs about thirty Immortal Spirit Stones! And the Immortal Scripture is priced in Chaos Spirit Stones.
All of these must be exchanged on credit from the family treasury and will have to be repaid with contribution points in the future.
This debt felt like a mountain pressing down on her, making Wang Jinyu feel overwhelmed, as if she could never repay it in her lifetime...
It's so hard for her~ She hasn't even grown up, and she's already heavily in debt~
After listening to Wang Jinyu, the Spirit Artifact Jiuxiao calmed down and quickly used the academy's authority to envelop Wang Jinyu in a beam of light.
Then... the Spirit Artifact Jiuxiao's expression turned blank, falling into silence.
Moments later, the Spirit Artifact Jiuxiao reacted, her voice rising in excitement, "Wonderful, our Shenwu human race has produced another genius with potential beyond the ordinary Saint level! Wang Jinyu, welcome to the academy."
Such a level of student had only appeared once in the entire history of the Advanced Officer Training Academy, and that was Little Holy Emperor Gui Wushuang.
This was a student beyond national treasure level~
Immediately, Wang Jinyu followed the Spirit Artifact Jiuxiao's instructions and entered the teleportation gate. After a few breaths, she came out again, "It's very safe inside."
Then, she went back in...
This action left the Spirit Artifact Jiuxiao dumbfounded.
The academy is a place of learning, of course, it's safe inside. What's this national treasure girl thinking?
"Ancestor Grandfather! Is there a reward for being the second to enter?" At this time, [Wang Huanxiu] stepped forward, also smiling as he asked Wang Shouzhe for a reward.
He was from the secondary line of Zongrui, one of the outstanding young talents of that line, and also a representative of the "Huan" generation of the Wang Clan.
Although his potential was far inferior to Wang Jinyu, at only sixty years old, he had already reached the first level of the Purple Mansion Realm. The codex he inherited was also exchanged from the family treasury, with the elders of the Zongrui line covering part of the cost, and he himself owing a wave of contribution points.
After inheriting the codex, Wang Huanxiu's bloodline talent reached Heavenly Son Grade D, not as good as Wang Jinyu, but already surpassing ordinary True Immortal Seeds.
When Wang Shouzhe went to the Holy Domain, he hadn't been born yet. Now that Wang Shouzhe had been back for so many years, he had long been familiar with Wang Shouzhe, speaking with a tone of respect mixed with admiration, very affectionate.
"No." Wang Shouzhe glared at him, "Who told you not to stand up first?"
Wang Huanxiu's face fell, "No top-grade spiritual stone, at least one, right? If not, Ancestor Grandfather, could you at least give me some high-grade spiritual stones? Aunt Jinyu is poor, and so am I~"
"Which of the outstanding young people in the family isn't poor?" Wang Shouzhe didn't follow his lead, instead laughing, "The poorer you are, the more potential you have. Those without potential don't even have the chance to be poor. Huanxiu, work hard~"
Wang Huanxiu was almost in tears.
If he had known, he would have jumped out first. This was a loss of three billion~~~ A top-grade spiritual stone is worth a full billion Qian gold~~
"You rascal." Wang Yinzhi, his father, immediately stepped forward, grabbed his ear, and scolded him, "Can't you stop scheming all day? How dare you speak to Ancestor Grandfather like that, I'll beat you to death."
With that, he pulled out a stick and began to perform a live beating of his son.
"Husband, don't hit him, if you must hit, hit me." Seeing this, a young and beautiful woman hurriedly held Wang Yinzhi back.
She was Wang Yinzhi's wife, from the Yun Clan.
This Yun Clan, of course, was the royal family of the Immortal Dynasty. This Yun Clan member hailed from the King of the South's mansion, an outstanding descendant of Yuntai An's line.
Yuntai An had made significant contributions by infiltrating the Demon Realm, and to secure his loyalty, many of his descendants intermarried with the Wang Clan. Now, there were quite a few people named "Yun" in the Wang Clan.
"Wife, let go of me..." "I won't..."
Then, the three of them started pulling and tugging at each other.
As a result, Wang Youfu, Yinzhi's father, couldn't stand it anymore and scolded with a stern face, "You fool! What's with all this pulling and tugging with your wife? You're embarrassing yourself in front of Ancestor Grandfather."
The line of Wang Shouzhe's second son, Wang Zongrui, had always been relatively low-key, but their fertility aspirations and abilities were clearly much higher than those of the direct line of Zong'an.
The most representative figure of their line was Wang Yingxuan, the War Immortal of the Wang Clan.
Wang Huanxiu's direct ancestor was Wang Zongrui's second son, Wang Shifeng, who, after marrying Yan Shuangshuang of the Yan Clan of Longzuo Commandery, diligently propagated a large number of descendants.
Wang Shifeng and Yan Shuangshuang had three sons and two daughters. Their eldest son, Wang Anchang, married into the direct secondary line of the Great Qian Chen's Clan, producing descendants including his eldest son Wang Ningjia, who married into the direct secondary line of the Great Qian Zhao's Clan, producing Wang Futai and others. Wang Futai then married a princess of the Great Qian royal family, producing Wang Baowei and several other descendants.
Wang Baowei was quite impressive, marrying a princess of the Demon Yan Kingdom and producing Wang Youfu and others. Wang Youfu's wife was from the Jiang Clan of the Immortal Dynasty, and Wang Yinzhi was Wang Youfu's eldest son.
Currently, Wang Huanxiu was Wang Yinzhi's eldest son, sixty years old, and not yet married with children.
Notably, Wang Shifeng's eldest son, Wang Anchang.
During the Spring Thunder Operation on the outer region battlefield, Wang Anchang was unfortunately killed in action while covering his allies in a fierce battle against the demons. He was only 140 years old at the time, not yet at the Purple Mansion Realm, a case of dying young. Fortunately, his descendants did well, earning him a good reputation.
Over the years, the Wang Clan had fought on many fronts, and naturally, Wang Anchang was not the only clan member to sacrifice on the battlefield.
Not to mention the direct line, just among the direct descendants of Wang Shouzhe and Liu Ruolan, six from the direct line of Zong'an had sacrificed, and nine from the secondary line of Zongrui.
In war, there are always casualties.
Especially among the direct descendants of Wang Shouzhe, who are often very responsible and capable, frequently taking the lead. Even with many treasures for protection, they inevitably encounter various accidents or desperate situations.
Every time someone sacrifices, Wang Shouzhe feels deeply saddened.
But in this world, which family hasn't made sacrifices?
To move forward, one must inevitably face hardships and obstacles. Even without war, the path of cultivation is fraught with danger. Shenwu cultivators should bravely forge ahead, not be deterred by difficulties.
The only thing Wang Shouzhe can do is to be as steady as possible, finding ways to make the family stronger to reduce the sacrifices of his descendants.
Under the elders' reprimands, the farce of pulling and tugging finally ended.
Wang Huanxiu, as the second prospective student, underwent the inspection of the Spirit Artifact Jiuxiao.
"What? You're Heavenly Son Grade D?" The Spirit Artifact Jiuxiao was once again shocked.
The academy's history did have Heavenly Son Grade D students, like the excellent student Wu Panpan, who was Heavenly Son Grade D when she came for advanced studies!
Such a genius, after inheriting the Immortal Scripture, could have their bloodline potential evolve to Heavenly Son Grade C, with the mid-stage True Immortal Realm in sight, already a rare talent. Even during the Shenwu Royal Dynasty's peak, such geniuses were not common.
But the Spirit Artifact Jiuxiao didn't know that her shock was just beginning.
After Wang Huanxiu, the third to step up was Wang Jinyu's aunt, Wang Guilan.
She was once only a great prodigy A-grade bloodline, but after Wang Shouzhe's intervention, her potential had reached Heavenly Daughter Grade D after inheriting the codex.
After passing the inspection, she eagerly joined Wang Jinyu inside.
Then came the fourth, the fifth!
They were all elites of the Wang Clan's younger generation, with the male Yous, Yins, Huans, and Hongs all present. The females, Jins, Juns, Peis, and Kes, were also outstanding.
Now, with the Wang Clan's growing population, the number of excellent children naturally increased. Even with abundant resources, it was impossible to distribute them equally to everyone.
For Wang Shouzhe's descendants, the direct line of Zong'an had eighty-nine males, ninety-three unmarried or married daughters, and sixty-three Wang Clan daughters-in-law, totaling 225 people.
This count doesn't include the grandchildren born to married children.
And the population of Zong'an's line was already considered small. Mainly because this line had too many outstanding children, and the wives they married had high bloodlines, making childbirth particularly difficult, with fewer and later births.
This is evident from the fact that the direct line has only reached the "Bao" generation, while the "Huan" generation is three generations apart.
The line of Zongrui, however, was more prolific, with a total population of 675. They generally married and had children early, already reaching the "Hong" generation, naturally doubling the population.
Combined, Wang Shouzhe and Liu Ruolan's direct descendants now number over 900.
Among all the Wang Clan's lines, the direct descendants of the four ancestors, including Wang Shouzhe, had the smallest population. Wang Shouxin's line, known as the "Great Ancestor's Line," had over 3,000 people.
The second line, Wang Shouyi's, had about 1,700 people.
Then there were the lines of Wang Shounuo, Wang Luotong, Wang Shouyong, Wang Shoulian, Wang Shouye, the eighth line Wang Shouming, and the ninth line Wang Shoucheng.
The total population of all direct and collateral lines of the Wang Clan had reached over 17,000! This doesn't include branch families and family retainers, making the total population even more astounding.
Of course, this was closely related to Wang Shouzhe's years of encouraging marriage and childbirth.
Compared to the pitiful dozens of people back then, the Wang Clan's population had now expanded and expanded again, truly living up to the title of a "great family."
With such a large population, it's naturally impossible for every junior in the Wang Clan to be cultivated in the same way.
The only ones with preferential treatment are the children born to the direct line, who can receive more resources if conditions allow.
The young people who came to the Advanced Officer Training Academy today were already the cream of the crop, each one a standout among their peers. With a solid foundation, these outstanding children were often born as prodigies, with some even being born as great prodigies.
Apart from the children born to the direct line, other clan members with innate dual bloodlines, the prodigy children, were cultivated to become peerless prodigies, with the Lingxu Codex, aiming to reach the Void Realm. The innate triple bloodline great prodigy children were cultivated to become Heavenly Sons and Daughters, aiming to become True Immortals.
For those like Wang Jinyu, born with a fourfold spiritual body and a peerless prodigy, the Wang Clan would cultivate them towards becoming Saints. Therefore, Wang Jinyu's access to such resources was not solely due to Wang Shouzhe's favor but because she inherently qualified for it.
As for Baosheng, with his innate dao body and fivefold bloodline talent, Wang Shouzhe could only try to cultivate him towards becoming a Dao Child. As for future Dao Books, it would depend on further developments.
After all, the number of Dao Books is extremely limited, and even with Wang Shouzhe's vast abilities, he couldn't guarantee obtaining one.
After all, who can predict the future~
As one outstanding "child" after another entered the Advanced Officer Training Academy.
The Spirit Artifact Jiuxiao's heart, constantly shocked, had become numb, her beautiful phoenix eyes wide open, never returning to normal, leaving the entire Spirit Artifact dazed, unsure when it would recover.
The Wang Clan members present watched this scene, gradually becoming excited, even Wang Shouzhe couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion.
The Wang Clan was truly a gathering of heroes now.
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