Chapter 1003: Chapter 55: Patriarchs Gather at the Main Vein! The Great Emperor’s Jealousy (Part 3)

"Nephew Anan, I am ranked twenty-first in the family, so you can call me Twenty-first Aunt." Wang Yingxuan, though young, pretended to be mature and patted the bent-over Wang Anan on the shoulder, saying, "I heard that after you were beaten by Aunt Liyao last time, your reputation in the Upper Capital has plummeted? Don’t worry, your Twenty-first Aunt will take care of you from now on. After I grow up a bit more, I’ll take you to dominate the Imperial City together."

Wang Anan and the elders were dumbfounded.

This pretty little girl is only about ten or eleven years old, right? Isn’t her tone a bit overconfident?

"Wang Yingxuan!" Wang Shouzhe said with a dark face, "What have I told you? Don’t bring your bad habits to the Imperial City. Although Anan is your junior, he is much older than you."

"Yes, Grandpa."

Wang Yingxuan pouted, looking aggrieved but agreed earnestly. Privately, she muttered, "I found him quite likable, just wanted to give him some protection."

After saying this, Wang Shouzhe apologized and explained apologetically, "Elders, our Yingxuan, this girl’s nature is a bit... it’s difficult to describe... Anyway, after this trip to the Upper Capital City to gain some knowledge, we plan to send her to the Sacred Land."

"To the Sacred Land?" Patriarch Yuchang suddenly looked at Wang Yingxuan with renewed interest, scrutinizing her carefully, "This child has good foundations, already at the Fourth Layer of the Qi Refining Realm. Shouzhe, which vein of the Nine Sacred Veins do you plan to send her to?"

"Why not let this child follow me to the Glazed Mingwang Hall vein?" Ancestor Laingzhu said happily, "Shouzhe, your child’s talent should at least be Innate Middle Grade B, right? If you find a Protector like Changchun Ascendant, who excels in healing arts, and give her one Bone Marrow Purify Pill as well as one Infinite Treasure Pill, her bloodline can easily break through to Upper Grade B."

The Infinite Treasure Pill has a strong effect on improving bloodline performance. It’s best used when the bloodline has reached Two Layers and is at the Spirit Platform Realm; otherwise, it can easily backfire.

However, if used after reaching that stage, the effect will be significantly reduced. Therefore, with the protection of elders, it can be barely digested even at First-Tier Bloodline.

"This..." Wang Shouzhe smiled helplessly, "I’m afraid Ancestor Laingzhu will be disappointed, as Yingxuan has already been reserved."

"Reserved?" Wang Laingzhu’s face showed slight dismay, "Which vein of the Sacred Land? Are there any of us Wang Family members there to take care of her? Shouzhe, you’re too hasty, we could have had many choices if discussed beforehand."

Although the Daqian Wang Family is a Third-Grade Noble Family, and not as glorious as before, it still has a considerable number of cultivators in the Purple Mansion Realm and Celestial Human Realm. There are five Purple Mansion Realm cultivators in different veins of the Sacred Land, one of whom serves as a deputy dean at the Purple Mansion Academy in Celestial County.

If not for the Sacred Land’s quota restrictions on top noble families, and their unwillingness to jointly cultivate Great Celestial Pride with them, the Wang Family might have sent in more members, and even tried to work with the Sacred Land to cultivate Great Celestial Pride.

This particular vein of the Academy Sacred Land prefers to select excellent bloodline seedlings from Low-Grade Noble Families and carefully nurture them into talent. This way, the Sacred Land can maintain its transcendent status without gradually falling under the control of the Noble Families.

For example, the current Master of the Sacred Land, Jiang Zhencang, is from the Celestial Mansion Jiang Family.

The Jiang Family was once only Sixth Grade, but due to Jiang Zhencang’s strong bloodline, extraordinary talent, excellent character, and exceptional opportunities, he emerged from among several Quasi-Saint Sons to attain the position of Saint Son, and eventually inherited the Sacred Land’s leadership.

However, even though Jiang Zhencang became the Master of the Sacred Land, he couldn’t arbitrarily allocate benefits to the Jiang Family. At most, while in position, the Jiang Family’s status was very transcendent and no one dared to provoke them.

Moreover, it also made doing business a bit more convenient, as nobody dared to take advantage of them.

Thus, the Jiang Family gradually moved from Sixth Grade to a Fourth-Grade Noble Family, but has stagnated since then. Over time, the Jiang Family became increasingly complacent, and in recent centuries, they’ve been somewhat unpopular locally. They’re only holding onto their prestigious façade thanks to their Ancestor Jiang Zhencang’s reputation.

In fact, the present Celestial Mansion Jiang Family is many generations removed from Jiang Zhencang, and due to their own lack of effort, they haven’t produced any talent in recent generations. This has left a poor impression on the Saint Master, weakening their relationship considerably.

Moreover, one of the more promising Quasi-Saint Sons this generation, Gongyang Strategy, is also from a small noble family.

Wang Family’s Wang Liyao is also from a small noble family.

However, if Wang Family’s Wang Liyao were to obtain the Saint Master position, the Wang Family wouldn’t need her to break rules and send benefits to the Wang Race. Instead, they’d need her to be a solid backing so that business can be carried out smoothly without anyone’s envy or interference.

In this way, the Wang Family can develop and thrive peacefully.

Given Wang Shouzhe’s ability to earn money, why bother desperately undermining the Sacred Land’s foundations?

Amidst the regret of the Wang Family elders, Wang Shouzhe coughed helplessly, "Actually, Yingxuan has already been reserved by ’Saint Master’ Elder Jiang..."

"What?"

The entire Wang Family was stunned, completely taken aback.

The Saint Master is not only the Guardian of the Sacred Land but also the Guardian of Daqian, and extending further, one of the Guardians of the Human Race!