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After that, he and Wang Xiaozheng began to eat in abundance. The ingredients were fresh and delicious, and both the spirit fish and spirit meat tasted extremely fresh, all of them were at least at Level Two, with even some Level Three spirit meats among them.

This made them sigh in astonishment, just this meal alone, wouldn’t it cost two to three hundred Qian Gold?

The Ping’an Wang Family of today was indeed not what it used to be, it had become truly extravagant.

But before they had eaten much, they suddenly found that the dishes on the table were almost finished already.

The Wang family seemed to have grown accustomed to this.

Since Wang Licui was present, this meal would not go smoothly.

Wang Shouzhe, who was already prepared, remained calm and commanded once again, “Serve the dishes.”

The young servants and maids brought up the second wave of dishes that were already prepared.

Moreover, this wave of dishes was larger, not to mention more substantial!

This shocked the grandfather and grandson of the Wang family of Longzuo once again. So, it turned out that the previous course was just an appetizer?

Their hospitality was indeed extravagant.

Then, in less than half an incense stick’s time, Wang Shouzhe once again commanded indifferently, “Serve the dishes.”

Then the maids and young servants began to serve the third wave of dishes.

This wave was even larger.

The grandfather and grandson of the Longzuo Wang family were left speechless by the astonishment. They initially thought that the first wave of dishes was extravagant enough, but they hadn’t expected a second and third wave.

Finally, they served five courses altogether.

Both of them had eaten until they were full, and they had never indulged so extravagantly in their lives. It was truly an eye-opening experience.

No wonder.

Earlier, Wang Licui was muttering about how five thousand Qian Gold wasn’t much. Given the Wang family’s eating style, five thousand Qian Gold truly wasn’t a lot.

According to the value of the gifts they had brought, it probably wouldn’t be enough for two meals.

Especially the girl named Wang Licui, who single-handedly ate half of the food, and still seemed unsatisfied.

This terrified Wang Shouyue. He originally thought that the girl among his younger nieces was quite cute, seemingly harmless. He even thought about politely inviting her to join him on a trip to the county town some day.

Fortunately, he hadn’t gotten round to speaking up. Even if he had given all his yearly allowances, it wouldn’t have been enough for one meal for this girl.

This made him break out in a cold sweat, and he felt a great sense of relief.

After they had eaten their fill and had enough to drink.

As the host, Wang Shouzhe naturally invited them to have some tea and chat.

After such events, several days passed.

…

Peace River.

A medium-sized cargo ship was heading to the Eastern Sea from afar.

Wang Shouyue of the Longzuo Wang family, and Elder Wang Xiaozheng from the Spirit Platform Realm were standing at the stern of the ship.

Looking at the Dingpu Ferry which was getting further and further away, the two exchanged a look, feeling a multitude of emotions.

The journey of the Ping’an Wang family had been from being confident, high and mighty, to then being battered to the point of being unrecognizable, and finally accepting gifts from the Wang family…

This process had truly been full of ups and downs, leaving them overwhelmed.

Even the young masters Chen and Dantai, whom they had taken pride in wanting to network with, did not have much connection with the Wang family.

Especially Young Master Chen, who turned out to be related to the Wang family through marriage, and he had even married Wang Shouzhe’s own sister, Wang Luoyi.

After hearing that they were going to visit Young Master Chen, Wang Shouzhe even personally wrote them an introduction letter, asking the Chen Clan of Donggang to take care of them.

Indeed, good things came when least expected.

The kindness that the old ancestor Zhou had shown to the Wang family years ago still remained in their hearts. They truly believed in repaying kindness with kindness.

“Shouyue,” Wang Xiaozheng said with emotion, “You need to learn your lessons from your fourth brother, Shouzhe.”

“Master, rest assured.” Wang Shouyue had naturally let go of all his pride, and replied sincerely, “I will definitely follow in the footsteps of my fourth brother Shouzhe closely.”

“A promising lad.”

…

After seeing the guests from the Longzuo Wang family off.

Wang Shouzhe began the long-prepared journey to the Academic Palace.

This trip involved more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages, which set off impressively towards Longzuo County Town.

The carriages, neither too fast nor too slow, galloped on the smooth official road and made good speed.

The way there required passing through Anyuan Guard, Langyowei Guard, East Mountain Passage, Dingbian Pass, Langright Guard, New City Guard, and other major checkpoints, passing many landscapes, with a total distance of over three thousand miles.

Even Wang Shouzhe’s carriage, which was pulled by highly durable northern heavy-duty horses, could cover no more than one hundred and fifty miles a day.

Moreover, every time he passed some guard cities, he would make a brief stop to experience local customs and delicacies, purely for enjoyment.

Therefore, this trip took a month.

The slow pace aggravates the Elder Xuannu, one of his companions, who grumbled several times.

Every time she travels to and from the Academic Palace, she only rides lightly and completes each journey in less than ten days.

Instead, it took him a full month to get to Longzuo County. On top of that, he spent extravagantly along the way.

But the entire trip was arranged by Wang Shouzhe, so her objection mattered little.

Instead, she was quite often dragged by Wang Shouzhe into conversations about those top core disciples, direct disciples, masters, etc., in the Academic Palace.

Wang Shouzhe also complained that she’d been at the Academic Palace for more than a hundred years, yet she didn’t know the preferences of each of her masters, let alone the leaders in the higher echelons of the Academic Palace.

Anyway, this caravan traveled safely and peacefully, slowly arriving in front of Longzuo County Town.

Longzuo County Town.

This is a name of a city that Wang Shouzhe had heard countless times since coming to this world.

Although he had a clear imagination of the large cities in this mysterious and magical world, upon seeing the size and grandeur of this city, he was still deeply impressed.

It sprawled across the earth, quite like an incredibly huge beast.

The city wall was probably between forty to fifty feet thick, between twenty to thirty feet high. Even the famous Level Five Fierce Beast would probably look like a little thing under the wall.

Building such a city must have a purpose. It appears that its defense is not limited to Level Five Fierce Beasts, it even needs to protect against Level Six and Level Seven Fierce Beasts!

No wonder to the people in the county town, Changning Guard is just a rural place.

Those queuing at the entrance of the County Town included horse-drawn carriages and various Spirit Beast-driven carriages. The northern heavy-duty horse was only slightly better among the common breeds.

But it was far inferior to the Spirit Beasts.

For instance, Wang Shouzhe’s Fire-treading White Cloud is a renowned Spirit kind horse. But Fire-treading White Cloud is more suitable for riding, not for pulling carriages.

What’s more suitable for pulling carriages is a kind of spirit horse named Blue Scales Heavy Horse, or a spirit kind cow named White Elephant Spirit Cow.

The former pulls the carriage relatively fast and carries a decent load, while the latter is specifically used for pulling heavy loads.

Each has its own uses.

Of course, these are two commonly seen spirit livestock. Even ordinary prominent families could afford them.

But some strange beasts, even Level Three and Level Four Spirit Beasts, are not something ordinary families can afford.

Most people had to queue to enter and exit the County Town.

However, Wang Shouzhe and the others didn’t need to queue.

Firstly, they were received by the celestial prominent family.

Secondly, even on the credentials of Elder Xuannu being the core disciple of the Academic Palace, they could enter via the VIP lane.

The group only waited momentarily.

Not far away.

A group of people was rushing towards Wang Shouzhe and others.

Leading the group was a middle-aged man. He was dressed in a Fire Silkworm Silk Robe, wore a purple-gold ceremonial hat, had a white face with a beard, and an extraordinary demeanour.

He hastened his pace, striding forth like a dragon, smilingly said, “Are you the Ping’an Wang family? I am Wang Xiaorui, the current Family Head of Longzuo Wang family, here to welcome our children home.”

His attitude was indeed very good.

Upon seeing this, Wang Shouzhe smiled knowingly. He knew that it was impossible for his letter alone to make the Longzuo Wang family come out of the city to meet them.

At best, it would send an elder in the Spiritual Platform Realm.

The only explanation now is that…

Longzuo Wang family must have received a report letter from Wang Xiaozheng and Wang Shouyue and knew the development of the Ping’an Wang family was very good.

In fact, this is the effect that Wang Shouzhe wants to achieve.

To avoid unnecessary unpleasantness caused by underestimating each other.

After all, both sides are blood relatives of the same lineage. If they have a chance to support each other, naturally it’s not a bad thing.

This is not like the world he read about in Xuanhuan novels in his previous life. Where relatives are always fighting, where you die and I live is common, and there are often rifts between them.

Such situations are rare in Great Qian Land.

Most of the time, relatives will offer mutual support, and it is more common for them to face outward together.

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