As a result, the Wang Family has seen a significant increase in extra income during this period.

However, for the Wang Family, farming has always been the main source of income. Therefore, these cleared areas will enter the second phase of development, becoming territories and granaries for the Wang Family and its allies.

No matter how thorough the plans for clearing beasts or developing land, some unexpected incidents are bound to happen.

Wang Zongchang, Wang Xiaohan, Wang Longyan, and Ancestor Mang from the Gongsun Family, after clearing a Tier Six bear-like ferocious beast, discovered a massive sinkhole behind the beast’s lair.

Previously, due to fear of disturbing the bear, they couldn’t explore closely.

If it were just a sinkhole, it would be nothing special. Sinkholes, though rare, are not unheard of. However, the Elders of the Wang Family, while exploring it, found a grand array deep inside.

They couldn’t decipher it, so they invited the array master Lua Xiaoxiao from the Changning Lu Family. After careful inspection, Ancestor Xiaoxiao concluded that this was an ancient array, at least three thousand to five thousand years old.

Though over time many functions of the array had faded, the skills of its creator far surpassed those of Lua Xiaoxiao, and she couldn’t break it.

Eventually, this matter was reported to Wang Shouzhe, seeking instruction on whether to involve the Academy.

The advantage of involving the Academy is that the array would surely be broken. The disadvantage, however, is that the potential benefits would have to be shared with the Academy.

After some deliberation,

Wang Shouzhe took his great-grandson Wang Anye to take a look, planning to seek help from the Academy if this approach failed.

This led to the following scene.

The Seventh Young Master Wang Anye stood pitifully at the cliff’s edge, shivering as the cold wind blew. Below the cliff, several Celestial Human Realm ancestors, including Wang Shouzhe, were floating around the array using Qi Manipulation.

"Little Seven, jump, we’re all watching you, nothing will happen," Wang Zongchang shouted cheerfully, "Not even a fly would get hurt."

Wang Anye’s handsome little face showed a helpless expression. What kind of elders were these? Relying on jumping off a cliff to encounter adventures and using those adventures to unravel an array—what kind of strange idea was that?

Great-grandpa was right; such nonsensical fantasy adventure booklets shouldn’t be circulating in the family, as even the elders have become deluded by them.

No jump.

Obviously, it wasn’t going to work.

Wang Anye gritted his teeth and took a leap, enjoying a thrilling bungee jump at a young age. As expected, just before he hit the bottom, several elders caught him, leaving him without a scratch.

However, no miracle occurred either.

"See? How can you believe such baseless tales from those booklets?" Wang Anye pouted.

"Maybe the spot isn’t right; try jumping again," Wang Zongchang suggested, "Our Little Seven is quite extraordinary."

The suggestion was happily accepted.

Then, over the next few days, Wang Anye jumped over thirty times off the cliff, each time caught without incident, and no miracle occurred.

At the bottom of the cliff.

Wang Anye broke free from Wang Zongchang’s embrace in a huff and walked off angrily, "I’m so numb to the thrill of cliff jumping now; I’m done. If you want to jump, do it yourselves, childish."

Perhaps out of a bad mood, perhaps in a hurry.

Wang Anye tripped over a vine and fell to the ground, "Ow, unlucky, even walking I trip..."

Under the pull of the vine, a rumbling sound of stones rolling came from within the foggy array.

The mist before them gradually dispersed, forming a whirlpool-like passage. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

"It’s open, it’s open, the array has a breach now," ’Array Master’ Ancestor Lua Xiaoxiao exclaimed excitedly, seizing Wang Anye and planting a big kiss on his cheek, "Anye not only looks as handsome as his cousin, but his luck truly is peerless in the world."

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