Chapter 24 Competing with Shouzhe! Mingyu Is Willing to Give In
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The Yuwen family has taken root in Xinchengwei for countless years, and the place has long been run like an iron barrel. Not long after Wang Shouzhe's carriage entered the New City Guard's territory, Yuwen received the news and sent someone to greet him.
"Master Shouzhe. Hahahaha~ Welcome, welcome." The person who came to greet him was an elder from the Heavenly Realm of the Yuwen clan. He was wearing a light blue robe. He looked very young and was very polite to Wang Shouzhe. "I'm here. Yuwen Hanmo came here to greet me on the order of my wife. Master Shouzhe came from afar, thank you for your hard work."
The Yuwen family has been inherited for more than a thousand years, and it has only been less than a hundred years since it fell from the fifth level to the sixth level. The number and quality of the Heavenly and Human Realm experts in the clan are far beyond that of ordinary sixth-level aristocratic families.
But even so, sending an elder from the Heavenly Realm to greet Wang Shouzhe was enough to prove that the Yuwen family valued Wang Shouzhe. Not to mention, this Celestial Realm elder is so young, he must have great potential in the future, and his status within the Yuwen clan should not be too low.
"Elder Hanmo is so polite~"
Wang Shouzhe did not dare to neglect and immediately raised his hand to return the salute.
After the two parties met, Yuwen Hanmo took Wang Shouzhe to the Yuwen family's main residence.
After all, the other party was in the realm of heaven and humanity. Out of respect, Wang Shouzhe did not ride in the carriage anymore, but got on the horse and walked with him surrounded by his family generals. By the way, he chatted a few words to understand the current situation of the Yuwen family.
As the old saying goes, "If you travel ten miles, the climate will be completely different."
Xinchengwei and Changningwei are separated by an entire Dongshan Mountain Range, so the climate difference is even greater. The scenery in the mountains is naturally very different from Changningwei. In the forest, there are even many species of animals and plants that cannot be seen in Changningwei, which is very novel to Wang Shouzhe, an outsider.
Along the way, Wang Shouzhe and Yuwen Hanmo chatted happily. He heard him talk about a lot of local customs and introduced several unique local delicacies, which made him aroused. After solving the Linghu matter, he must find a chance to taste it to see if it is really that delicious.
Time passed quickly while talking and laughing.
Two hours later, the group arrived at the boundary of Yuwen's main residence.
From a distance, Wang Shouzhe saw the huge archway at the entrance of the main house, and the three gilded characters hanging high on the archway - "Yuwenshi".
The handwriting was obviously written by the former Master of the Purple Mansion. Even from such a long distance, one could still feel the powerful and breathtaking power contained in the twists and turns of the strokes.
Wang Shouzhe couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
It is worthy of being the former Zifu family. Even if it has fallen to the sixth level now, its magnificence is not comparable to that of ordinary heavenly and human families.
Today, the Wang family in Changning can be considered a big force, but compared with the Yuwen family, they are still like a worm compared to a big tree, not on the same level at all.
In a blink of an eye, the group of people had dismounted at Yuwen's door.
The servant boy at the door consciously took the reins from the two men and went down with the horses and the generals to settle them.
There was already a member of the steward clan guarding the door. When they saw the two people arriving, they immediately came over to greet them: "Master Shouzhe, Elder Hanmo, Madam has been waiting in the main hall for a long time. Please follow me."
After saying that, he turned around and respectfully led the way for the two of them.
Wang Shouzhe followed him and soon came to a very simple-looking building.
He glanced up and noticed the plaque above his head: "Zhichun Hall."
"This is the main hall used by the clan to entertain guests. It will only be used when the most distinguished guests arrive." The clansman who led the way explained respectfully, and then raised his hand to guide, "Master Shouzhe, Elder Hanmo, please come .”
Wang Shouzhe thanked him and walked in together with Elder Hanmo.
The furnishings inside the Zhichun Hall seemed low-key, but they were quite extraordinary. He just took a casual glance and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
The Yuwen family's heritage is indeed beyond imagination. Even the clothes worn by the servants and maids are made of spiritual silk.
Moreover, many of the tables and chairs in the main hall are made of spirit wood furniture.
You know, Lingmu furniture is famous for its luxury goods. Even though Changning Wang's annual profits now exceed one million, he is not willing to add a piece of spiritual wood furniture to his home.
It’s not that I really can’t afford it, but the price/performance ratio is so low that I can’t bear to part with it. With that kind of money, he would rather buy an extra marrow-cleansing pill to improve the qualifications of the family's descendants, rather than buy a piece of spiritual wood furniture to show off.
Of course, this does not mean that Lingmu furniture is useless at all.
The effect is still there, and it's not small.
It will take at least hundreds of thousands of years for the spiritual wood to be mature, and once it is mature, inscriptions can be engraved on it to make it have functions similar to spiritual weapons.
Any piece of spiritual wood furniture has the effect of gathering spiritual energy and increasing the speed of cultivation. If used for young children, it can be used all year round, and it can also have effects such as warming and nourishing the meridians, strengthening the body and strengthening the body, etc.
However, the effect is not immediate, and it is far less direct and crisp than the elixir. It is more gentle, even babies and children can withstand it, and it is not perishable, so it can be passed down for thousands of years.
Moreover, because the spirit wood grows slowly, the price of spirit wood furniture is indeed very expensive. Ordinary lower-class families don't even make enough money to support themselves, so how can they be willing to use it to buy spiritual wood furniture?
Only some Zifu aristocratic families with a heritage of more than a thousand years will gradually accumulate some spiritual wood furniture as the years go by.
Yuwen's "Zhichuntang" seems to be inconspicuous, but in fact, it has fully demonstrated its own heritage.
Hey~ I don’t know when the Wang family in Changning will be able to have such a grand scene...
While he was sighing, Wang Shouzhe crossed the threshold, looked up, and saw Mrs. Bilian in a lavender gauze dress.
Knowing that Wang Shouzhe was coming, Mrs. Bilian naturally waited inside early in the morning.
Seeing Wang Shouzhe come in, she immediately came up to him with a smile: "Thank you for having to bother the head of the Shouzhe family to make this special trip for some matters concerning our Yuwen clan."
"You're welcome, Madam. It's just a small favor, not to mention that Madam is paid."
After a few words of greeting, the two parties took their seats, and cups of spiritual tea were served. Wang Shouzhe and Mrs. Bilian also began to talk about business.
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at the same time.
Yuwen House, back garden.
Yuwen's main residence is located on a huge spiritual vein, which is full of spiritual energy, with towering ancient trees, countless spiritual plants and exotic flowers, and is full of vitality. Even just being in it can prolong your life and eliminate all diseases.
In addition to exotic flowers and flowers, the clan has also divided out spiritual plant and medicine gardens in areas where spiritual energy is most abundant, and has dedicated spiritual plant farmers to take care of them.
And right at the core of the spiritual veins in the back garden, there is a fire bodhi tree planted.
Although these bodhi trees are only a few hundred years old, they are already beginning to show their spirituality, and they have a vague air of fire spiritual trees.
It can only be said that the Yuwen family is truly worthy of being the former Zifu family. It has a rich heritage, far beyond what a newly developed family like the Changning Wang family can compare with.
And in this fire bodhi forest, there is a gorgeous red small attic.
This small attic is entirely made of fire spirit wood and fire crystal jade bricks. It is extremely luxurious, and the surrounding temperature is extremely high, as if you are in a "furnace".
On the plaque of this small attic, the words "Tianhu Pavilion" are written in flying colors.
A few dozen feet outside the attic, a row of family rooms was built. These are the generals responsible for serving the six-tailed fire fox, and each of them is a monk in the Lingtai realm. On weekdays, two Lingtai Jingjia will take turns every other year.
However, the Six-Tailed Firefox is currently in a critical period of being promoted to Seven-Tails, so a total of six male and female masters are present. From this, we can also see the pomp of the Yuwen family, as well as the importance and expectations they attach to the six-tailed fire fox.
As long as the Six-Tailed Fire Fox is successfully promoted to Seven-Tails, the Yuwen Family will have the strength to return to the Zi Mansion.
In addition to the male and female generals, there are also several well-dressed, young and handsome men outside Tianhu Pavilion, all of whom are elegant and majestic. Judging from their appearance and uniforms, they should be young disciples from Zifu Academy.
One of them, a handsome young man in his thirties, frowned slightly and said, "Senior Brother Mingyu has already been burning incense for a while, why is there still no movement?"
This handsome young man is none other than Yuwen Jianye, who joined the Zifu Academy in the same period as Wang Luoqiu and Wang Luojing.
More than ten years have passed, and he has lost his youthfulness and immaturity, becoming an outstanding disciple of the Lingtai Realm with a mature and steady temperament. As long as you work harder and work harder, you still have a good chance of becoming a core disciple.
Standing next to him was Chi Junjie, a core disciple from Xiaoyao Peak. He is in his forties or fifties this year, but he still looks like a calm young man. I think back then, he was won over by Madam Bilian and fed spiritual food to the six-tailed fire fox.
It's just that the six-tailed fire fox has always liked the new and dislikes the old. In just over two years, he was disgusted with Chi Junjie's appearance and temperament.
Fortunately, in just over two years, Chi Junjie also made a lot of money. Later, with the secret care and support of Mrs. Bilian, his cultivation was on the fast track.
This poor disciple from an eighth-grade family finally joined the ranks of Master Xuanyao's core disciples.
At the same time as him, Wang Shouxin of the Longzuo Wang Clan became a core disciple.
Chi Junjie, who was favored by Mrs. Bilian, often made friends in the academy to cope with the increasingly picky appetite of the six-tailed fire fox. Now, Chi Junjie and Yuwen Jianye have joined forces to invite Wang Zongsheng and Ji Mingyu from the Xuanbing Palace lineage.
"Jianye Brother, please be patient. Brother Mingyu is also among the best among the core disciples. He is also from a sixth-grade family. Regardless of his talent, temperament, and appearance, he is the best choice. Now that he has entered The incense stick is burning, and it hasn't been thrown out by the six-tailed fire fox yet. It looks like there is probably a chance." Chi Junjie was wearing the attire of Xiaoyao Peak's core disciple, with a spiritual weapon-level sword hanging on his waist. He looked handsome and elegant. Extraordinary appearance.
"This six-tailed fire fox has such a bad temper. He just glanced at me and threw me out. He is so disrespectful. This is what a real man looks like." Wang Zongsheng, who is already twenty-six or seventeen years old, is embarrassed. said.
He has also matured a lot, but his physique has also become stronger, with muscles all over his body, like a strong giant bear.
He originally liked to practice horizontal kung fu, and even after entering the Xuanbing Palace lineage, he would not change his original intention. Fortunately, there are many techniques in Zifu Academy, so he can find one that satisfies him.
Yuwen Jianye and Chi Junjie both cast strange glances at him.
This kid has trained himself into an ancient human bear by practicing the "Nine Turns of Body Tempering Technique", and he still expects that the six-tailed fire fox will like him?
When he invited Ji Mingyu before, Wang Zongsheng insisted on trying it, and kept saying that maybe he had seen the handsome Six-tailed Firefox too much and his taste had changed. Maybe he would fall in love with this one.
Unfortunately, his wishful thinking of making extra money was wrong, and he was instantly thrown out by the six-tailed fire fox.
"Zong Sheng~" Yuwen Jianye patted him on the shoulder and said, "Change to swordsmanship while you are young. If you continue like this, you may not even be able to marry a wife."
"What's so good about my wife?" Wang Zongsheng curled his lips and said disdainfully, "It's too much trouble for each of them. Just look at my aunts and sisters-in-law. They all have bad tempers and are difficult to take care of. If you have that free time, you might as well have more time. Practice the exercises.”
"If your fourth uncle hears this, he will probably be criticized again." Chi Junjie joked with a smile, "Your Changning Wang family is in a period of rapid development, and the most lacking thing in the family is clan members."
"Don't worry about this, my sisters-in-law and aunts are all very capable of giving birth." Wang Zongsheng said angrily, "Take my fourth uncle and four aunts as an example, they have already given birth to four. According to Luo Jing, my fourth uncle and four aunts have given birth to four children." Even though they are quite old, they are still very affectionate, and their cultivation level is also high, and it is estimated that there will be a few more."
For some families that have been passed down for a long time, as long as the family's cultivation resources are sufficient and there is no shortage, having four children is nothing. It is said that for sixth- and fifth-grade families, some direct descendants who love to have children will marry equal wives or even take concubines, giving birth to dozens of children in a lifetime.
However, in any aristocratic family, the status of a concubine born from concubinage is not high. Unless the qualifications are extremely outstanding, they will be reused.
While everyone was chatting away.
A scream suddenly came from Tianhu Pavilion.
Immediately afterwards, a familiar figure flew out of it, fell hard to the ground, and rolled a few times.
This person is none other than Ji Mingyu.
"What a six-tailed fire fox. He has such a bad temper. He just said a word and started beating people!" He patted his butt and sat up, his face turning red with anger.
"Senior Brother Mingyu." Several people gathered around him and asked with concern, "Are you okay?"
"It's okay, it's okay." Ji Mingyu waved his hand in embarrassment, "It's just that we fell short, and finally angered the six-tailed firefox. Junior Brother Jianye, this is not what I said~ Your six-tailed firefox is spoiled, even I, Ji Mingyu, No, which other disciple in the huge Zifu Academy can satisfy him?"
After saying that, he sighed in his heart that it was a pity. In this way, the reward of 20,000 dry gold is gone, and at most he can get a hard work fee of several thousand dry gold. Ji Mingyu is somewhat dissatisfied.
"Sigh~ It's a pity that Senior Brother You'an has been in seclusion for several years because of some stimulation." Yuwen Jianye sighed helplessly, "Otherwise, Senior Brother You'an could give it a try."
When it came to Senior Brother You'an, Ji Mingyu had no words to refute, and just said: "Senior Brother You'an has a very high vision, I am afraid that these tens of thousands of gold will not be able to invite him. Besides, he is still in retreat, so he will not mention it. ”
Suddenly.
A female general from the Lingtai realm of the Yuwen clan said: "Sir, Mr. Jianye, I have heard from my wife that she has spent a lot of effort to invite a contemporary hero, and she said that he will arrive in the near future."
"Today's handsome men?" Ji Mingyu frowned and asked, "Could he also be a disciple of our Zifu Academy? Impossible. The handsome people in Zifu Academy are not as good as me, and those who are worse than me are not as handsome as me. How can there be such a thing? This kind of talent?"
The female general said weakly: "I don't know who it is specifically. It's just that my wife said it was a handsome man, so that's what he is."
"Okay, in that case, let's wait for a few days at Yuwen's." Ji Mingyu seemed to be disbelieving, "I, Ji Mingyu, also want to take a look, which kind of immortal is he who is more handsome than me?"
He finished speaking.
A hearty laughter came from outside: "Senior Brother Mingyu has an outstanding temperament and a tall and straight posture. I, Shouzhe, can never compare to me. I just came here to give it a try as entrusted by my wife."
Following the words, Wang Shouzhe and Mrs. Bilian walked in side by side.
"Junior Brother Shouzhe, it's you!?" Ji Mingyu's eyes widened. After being stunned for a few breaths, he shook his head and sighed bitterly, "Okay, okay, if it were you, I, Ji Mingyu, would be willing to be the loser."
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