"Master! Master! First young master is home!" the first attendant came running into the hall to report the return of their eldest young master, but following from his shout, it seems another young master has returned home as well.
"Second Master is home! Second Master is home!"
"Third Young Master is home!!!" but before Zhang Qing Feng managed to say anything, Zhang Da Yang came inside the Family Main Hall to announce his third young master's return. Riding on an Iron Kong-Que, how can anyone miss his arrival?
Three of them came back at the same time. Following behind is a group of subordinates, especially Zhang Wu Yuan groups which are about 200 people, with most of them in Inner Qi Warrior strength, and a few in their Inner Qi Soldier strength.
As for his second brother, Zhang Wu Chou, he returned with not four, but eight attendants this time. Furthermore, standing by his side is a lady with a beauty not losing to Meng Ran or Guan Qing Han. Judging on how she's a step behind his brother, Zhang Wu Ji assumed she's more to a love interest and not a mere friend.
Meanwhile, he's the highest profile among the three of them. Coming back with priceless treasure that only two of the master in this Southern Imperial Kingdom possess. The moment he came down with his seven attendants and also a female friend, all of them entered the main entrance under the gaze of everyone gathered outside the Zhang Family main gate.
Walking past the garden with ponds and different variety of pets, the three siblings with their attendants enter the Main Hall and kneels on both knees towards their lord father.
Yes.
After obtaining the majority of the votes from everyone in the Li Jiang City, Zhang Qing Feng is now the City Lord of the Li Jiang City. Although this city is recently promoted from their town status, their improvement is three times faster than the other three well in developing cities.
"Lord Father, Wu Yuan wish you healthier every year and become the most well-known City Lord amongst the four cities!"
"I know that Lord father has the habit of breeding specialty fishes, so Wu Yuan purposely went through the Western Imperial County to purchase a few delicate fishes for your new year gift." Zhang Wu Yuan clapped his hand for his subordinates to remove the red cloth covering the aquarium in their hand.
Instantly, it exposed four fishes to his Lord father's appreciation.
"Ah... my good son Wu Yuan... Stone Scaled Goby, Rainbow Scaled River Bream, Liliang Mudbass, and Xilin River King. Good collection! A very great collection indeed!" Zhang Qing Feng laughed as he inspected the fishes. After he enjoyed them, he flicked his finger to have his personal servant to sent the fishes into their appropriate pond.
As a fish lover, how can he bear seeing the fishes struggled in the small aquarium? Thus, his action is very understandable. Next, he moves to his second child, Zhang Wu Chou.
"Chou-Er's lack of effort did not bring back any gifts to Lord father, please forgive Chou-Er for his incompetence."
"Still, Chou-Er wishes father to break through the Elder Tier Cultivation soon, and also celebrates for an additional member of our family." Zhang Wu Chou completed his greetings with a big surprise to all of them. The moment he finishes, Zhang Wu Chou hold her hand firmly.
One of his attendants came forward to bring her a low chair for kneeling, but how can the experienced Zhang Qing Feng don't know what his second child's word means? Before she kneeled, a surge of Master Qi came forth to stop her action.
"Yang Ling Long greets City Lord Zhang." she politely greets the elder.
"Hahaha! What City Lord! Call me father! Call me father!" Zhang Qing Feng's face is filled with anticipation. In his mind, he was thinking about when will the two starts to get a companion. Additionally, this incident caused him to holds greater expectation on Zhang Wu Ji because he came back with three ladies!
"Ling Long greets Lord father." she shyly bowed to the elder.
"How long? Are she one of the disciples in the Heavenly Sword Sect?" Zhang Qing Feng quickly questioned his second child to expect when did everything starts.
"After the Counties Gathering Competition. Ling Long is not a disciple of any sect nor corporation in this Upper Southern State, but she's from one of the General's Household." Zhang Wu Chou introduces her background.
"General Household... Yang... You mean, she's the younger generation from the Southern general... General Nan Yang's daughter?" As a resident of the Southern Imperial Kingdom, how can one lack of knowledge regarding the hero of the South?
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The general's name is Yang Nan. His name carries the meaning of the Male of Yang's Clan, but because of his fame during the four kingdoms War, his popularity caused the three other generals to change his name to Nan Yang instead. The "Nan" that means male become [South/Nan]. And by putting it in this way, his name changed.
The Southern's Yang. Only hearing this name will force the lesser generals from the three kingdoms to retreat in fear.
"Hahaha, this is good news! It seems that I will have to make a visit to the Yang's General Household for a visit on my mischevious second child's good cause! This is great! Wu Yuan, Wu Ji, you two should learn from Wu Chou!"
Next, it was Zhang Wu Ji's turn, but before he managed to think about what he wanted to say, some uninvited visitors came forth with a loud laugh.
"Hahaha! Why way until later? Since it's the new year, I hope City Lord Zhang is not feeling bothered by this general's arrival!" multiple heavy steps came from the outside until they entered the Main Hall of the Zhang Family.
For a small family like Zhangs, how can any of the servants resist the tyrannical disposition possess by a general with over ten million lives slaughtered by his two hands? The moment he arrived, all of the servant trembles in fear as he walks like a hundred tonnes mammoth into the Main Hall.
"General Nan Yang! This surname Zhang is not here to personally greet you on your arrival, I am guilty..." Zhang Qing Feng quickly stands up and greet the general. Like their father, the three children turned to face the General as well and greets him.
"Ling Long. How dare you come to meet in-laws alone? That's a disgrace to our Yang House. In-law, please accept this insignificant gift from the Yang House!" with a flick of a thumb, the armored officer following him produced a golden box from the spatial ring.
When the box is opened before the City Lord, he was presented with a box filled with high-quality Blood Essence Pinecones. As the best body strengthening treasure, this 4th-tier treasure can easily push Zhang Qing Feng's cultivation and help him to advance through the Master Tier!
"General Nan Yang, this gift is too expensive... Please forgive Qing Feng to not able to bring out any of the treasures worth this gift to be presented to general." Zhang Qing Feng feels regretful. Although he possesses the wealth of the whole city, it was still too little to be compared with the box of 100 Blood Essence Pinecones.
"In-Law! I am here to greet you! Let us not bother with the gifts! What is most important is how your brat and my treasure going to live together! I believe as their elders, we have to pummel some of the enlightenment as a parent into their mind!" General Nan Yang walks closer to his daughter and pinches her cheek.
In a hurry, Zhang Qing Feng ordered the servant to prepare another chair by his side for the general. The moment the two of them seated once again, it was Zhang Wu Ji's turn to say his greetings. But the issue is, how to greet the two of them?
And at the same time, General Nan Yang is filled with expectation on him. As a general of the Southern Imperial Kingdom, how can he lack information that stated the cooperation between the Ninth Prince Zhao Ying and Zhang Wu Ji?
"Huu..."
"Wu Ji wish Lord Father healthy as the time past. As the Ruler of this Seven Star County, Wu Ji hopes Lord father can expect the day this piece of land become more than just a 1st-tier resources county."
"And to General Yang, Wu Ji hope general can carry more grandchildren as time goes, and remained healthy and undefeated as the God of War for the Southern Imperial Kingdom!"
His greet expanded to the two elders, where both of them smiled from hearing his words. But when the next surprises came out, the smile turned into shock by looking at the treasure he takes out.
One has to know, Zhang Wu Yuan, the eldest of the three, only managed to give his father two low-quality flying swords to the family. And even that already cost him over 600 Million Gold Coins in expenses.
But today, everyone was thoroughly shocked by the wealth Zhang Wu Ji alone possess.
First of all, is the Wooden Universal Plates he brought out from the first chest. During the period of his idle time, Zhang Wu Ji engraves over two thousand of the Wooden Universal Plates that was to be distributed into various department's usage.
As for his family alone, Zhang Wu Ji carried five hundred of them, nicely arranged in a beautiful engraving box that only those with Blood Mark can open them. By taking out the first plate from the side most, Zhang Wu Ji took out ten boxes of different treasures stacked inside.
Four of them contained a hundred units of Qiyue Flying Sword inside, totaled up to 400 Qiyue Flying Swords.
Another four with five Onyx-Class Spatial Ring in each box totaled up to 20 Spatial Rings.
The remaining two is filled with top notched martial arts specialized in a different weapon, cultivation, and Martial Stance.
Taking out the second piece of Wooden Universal Plate, it was filled with stack and stacks of Qi Sensing Pill, Yin Essence Pill, and many different 1st-Tier pills that's beneficial to everyone in between Fighter to Warrior Stage.
Next, metals, resources, seeds, and plenty of different treasures are all stored inside here. When they were calculated, the total amount of all this treasure is not losing to the total worth of the 100 Blood Essence Pinecones!
"How can this youth be this rich? The total amount of the treasure he took out worth a few years of the tributes of the entire Upper Southern State!" General Nan Yang is shocked by the amount of gift he brings back to his father.
Only the four hundred Flying Swords alone is worth 120 million Qi Sensing Pills. With another 6 million Qi Sensing Pills for the Spatial Rings, over 500 Million Qi Sensing Pills for the entire pills, metals, and treasures, and about 75 million Qi Sensing Pills worth for the Wooden Universal Plates alone, their total is a whopping 731 million worth of Qi Sensing Pills!
This total alone, if it was taken to the Seven Heaven Holy Mountain, it worth at least 731,000 Qi Accumulating Pills! How much can he buy with this amount of wealth? Although it wasn't comparable to the wealth the General possessed, it is still a humongous amount for a 1st-tier county to produce.
And this was all thanks to the newly appointed Vault Elder, Elder Feng Ming himself.
After all the shock of wealth is over, everyone proceeds to a specially arranged table for the family to enjoy the view on the sky as their banquet began. Food is continuously delivered to the table where they continue to enjoy while waiting for the time to come.
But as a person without any special status, Meng Ran failed to be seated along with Zhang Wu Ji, but together with the other attendant grade followers.
Soon, beautiful seven colored clouds appeared on the night sky and illuminating the entire sky as they slowly fall like shining stars to the land and vanishes.
While everyone is enjoying the view, Zhang Wu Ji is the only one with wide opened eyes.
"Oh my God! What the hell is the Giant Natural Energy swimming in the sky is doing!" Zhang Wu Ji with his ability to discern the Natural Energy allowed him to look at the cluster of dragon shape natural energy swimming in the seven colored clouds and releases the brilliant blessing to the continent.
The brilliant stars fall and vanish as they touch the ground. With only one exception floating in the middle of their table. Floating above the table without anyone knowing what it will do, the brilliant star went closer to Zhang Wu Ji.
With a touch, it assimilated into his body, and on that instant, all the Fighter QI inside his body burst out and lead him once again, into the advancement trial to become an Inner Qi Warrior!