Protect Our Clan Leader

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Xiang Ancient City is the core and most prosperous city in the Moyan Country. Over ten thousand years of development, its surroundings have been transformed into a vast industrial base.

The concentration of Spirit Veins, long-term effective cultivation and maintenance, has given birth to countless "Imperial Manors", "State Manors", and the manors belonging to various Prominent Families.

Among these manors, some specialize in various types of Spiritual Tea, while others produce mid-to-high-end Spirit Rice. Of course, the most valuable of all are the Herb Gardens.

[Ten Thousand Spirit Emperor's Manor] is a Herb Garden belonging to the Imperial Household of the South Swallow Devil Country.

This Imperial Manor already has over seven thousand years of history, with a medium-sized top quality Spirit Vein, over a dozen top grade Spirit Veins, and multiple Spirit Gathering Arrays. The spiritual energy within the manor is incredibly abundant, almost qualifying it as a small Heavenly Abode.

Calculating by annual average, the revenue from cultivating Spiritual Medicine often does not compare to cultivating Spirit Rice, breeding Spiritual Silkworms, or even the benefits from breeding Spirit Birds and Spirit Livestock for meat. Nevertheless, a Herb Garden is a fundamental necessity for a Millennium Family.

For the Profound Martial cultivators aiming to quickly advance, the most common and effective method is consuming Dan medicine, and the refinement of Dan medicine relies on Spiritual Medicine.

As generations of Prominent Families continue, the yearly consumption of Spiritual Medicine is astronomical. If entirely dependent on external purchases, not only is it unstable and unsustainable, but it is also easily manipulated by other families through supply and demand dynamics.

Moreover, the higher the cultivation base of Profound Martial cultivators, the higher grade of Dan medicine needed for cultivation.

The higher the grade of Dan medicine, the older Spiritual Medicine required, with higher requirements for growth locations, thus becoming rarer, making purchasing increasingly difficult.

Without one or more structurally complete Herb Gardens for support, these families certainly wouldn't last long.

The Ten Thousand Spirit Emperor's Manor is one of the essential foundations of the Qiu Family.

But today, it has been conquered.

A massive plundering of Spiritual Medicine of various ages occurred, and some processed inventory of Spiritual Medicine was swept clean, while top quality and top grade Spirit Veins are being extracted.

There is no doubt, this is the successful operation of Wang Fugui's [United Volunteer Brigade] and Yun Mengyu's [Northern Territory King's Mansion Volunteer Brigade].

At this moment.

In the side courtyard of Ten Thousand Spirit Emperor's Manor, Jiang Qinglian, dressed as an office lady, was sitting sideways at the stone table, respectfully brewing tea.

In the rattan chair beside the stone table, Wang Fugui, donning white clothes, was enjoying the stolen "top grade Spiritual Tea" with half-closed eyes.

The Spiritual Tea in his hand was naturally not as famous as the "Wu Dao Tea", but the victory lay in it being spoils taken from the enemies, its aroma distinctively rich, offering a unique taste.

Stealing half a day of leisure.

Since arriving on the Spirit Canal Continent, he has been constantly busy with various affairs, either fighting battles or preparing for combat.

This time, after a long forced march reached near the Yan Kingdom's capital [Xiang Ancient City], he led two battalions specifically targeting the Imperial Household and Prominent Families' manors for plundering, aiming for the greatest gains in the shortest time, all the while tirelessly operating in succession, although the rewards were considerable, he was indeed exhausted.

Now, amidst rare moments of leisure, he could lay on the rattan chair, bask in the sun, and sip tea, relaxing enough to almost drift off to sleep.

Then.

Outside the courtyard, a trusted aide came in to report: "Reporting to Your Grace, we have found a Divine Realm Powerhouses among the captured Imperial Manor slaves. He claims to be the Divine Old Ancestor of a Third-Class Aristocratic Family and requests to meet Your Grace."

"Bring him over."

Wang Fugui responded lazily, without even opening his eyes.

The trusted aide immediately accepted the order and left.

Soon, he returned, leading a gaunt old man inside.

The old man wore nothing but the simplest tattered hemp clothing, apparently unwashed for a long time, looking ragged with his arms and toes exposed.

Nevertheless, even in such a state, the former Divine Old Ancestor still retained his pride and demeanor, with impressively clear and sharp eyes.

"Sinning slave Yan Chengde, I have seen Your Grace," the old man instantly recognized who was in charge upon seeing Wang Fugui and promptly offered his respects, "The sinning slave was originally the Old Ancestor of the Yan Family, a Third-Class Aristocratic Family in Xiang Ancient City. My family was set up by the Lvqiu Clan and deprived of our family status. Most of our members either became cannon fodder and died on the foreign battlefield or became sinning slaves like me, living worse than death."

Third-Class Aristocratic Family?

Wang Fugui lifted his eyelids to glance at him, his emotions unreadable: "I can guess about seven or eight-tenths of your intention. However, I'm not interested in what grudge exists between you and the Lvqiu Clan and Qiu Family."

Occasionally, he would overhear bits while the Old Ancestor was sorting and analyzing intel on the Demonic Dynasty, thus he was always aware of how brutally competitive prominent families could be without rules to constrain them.

Seeing Yan Chengde open his mouth, seemingly wanting to say more, Wang Fugui waved his hand to interrupt, "I can give you a batch of food and weaponry, along with a large number of sinning slaves. You can use them to attack the private manors of the Moyan Country's various families, rescue the slaves within to strengthen your forces. But remember one thing, you are only allowed to deal with families, not to harass civilians."