Protect Our Clan Leader

However, they hadn't foreseen that the Wang family's Master Shouzhe would be such a tough nut to crack. To this day, both of them didn't understand why he turned his face that day.

"Old Ancestor, although the Wang family is indeed better than we imagined," Yan Feihong said helplessly, "but dragging this on is not a solution. Perhaps, Master Shouzhe somewhat looks down on us~ We might as well use the backup plan and seek a marriage alliance with the Left Hill Clan of Qing'an Province."

"Let's wait a bit longer. Firstly, the Zuoqiu family is too big, and their family structure is overly complex," pondered Old Ancestor Yufei, "Secondly, the Zuoqiu family has had hostility and friction with the Wang and Qian families and was even repelled. If we enter into a marriage alliance with the Zuoqiu family, it will inevitably offend the strong local families. Nowadays, the Wang family is stronger than I had imagined."

"No wonder, even the Qian family now subtly regards the Wang family as the leader."

"Let's try to make another effort," sighed Old Ancestor Yufei. "After all, the Wang family has a good reputation. Once they agree, they will not go back on their word, which is somewhat more reliable than other prominent families."

He found the Wang family at the first opportunity, largely for this reason.

The situation within the prominent families is complex, with severe internal strife in some. Sending the girls over there not only means they would suffer, but it might also fail to meet the Yan family's goal, making it not worth the loss.

Compared to this, the Wang family is much better. At least, the lives of the daughters-in-law who marry into the Wang family are well-known to be good throughout Longzuo County.

As the two senior members of the Yan family worried over their family's affairs, in the sky, two Spirit Bird flying carriages descended from the sky, landing directly next to the flying carriage station beside the Wang family's welcoming hotel.

From the two carriages, a group of young people, full of vigor and vitality, filed out, walking towards the restaurant with laughter and conversation.

"Shi Feng, thank you for taking the time to show us Shouzhe Pass. It was truly magnificent and breathtaking," Yan Shuangshuang said, her pretty face slightly flushed with both excitement and a tad of shy glancing at Wang Shi Feng, her eyes filled with a touch of girlish affection.

Apart from Yan Shuangshuang, the other two young women also developed some fondness for the young descendants of the Wang family.

Being from secondary branches, they did not have the status to compete with Yan Shuangshuang and moreover, felt they did not match up to Wang Shi Feng. Hence, they turned their attention to the "Shi" generation's number sixteen, Wang Shi Jing, and number seventeen, Wang Shi Lian.

One was nineteen, the other sixteen, respectively the grandsons of Wang Shou Yong and Wang Shoulian, both young talents among the younger generation of the Wang family. Although slightly less so compared to Wang Shi Feng, they were still considered among the cream of the crop in Longzuo County.

In any prominent family's marriage alliance, unless unexpected, it is always a woman who marries up.

After experiencing the style of the Wang family, the three young direct branch males from the Yan family felt increasingly inferior in front of Wang Yinglei, Wang Yinghuan, and Wang Yingmeng, three direct branch females of the Wangs, losing confidence and even the courage to pursue them.

However, the girls of the Wang family differed from other families' daughters. The family might suggest a matrimony alliance with a certain family, but whether they approve of the suitors and their decision to marry lay entirely in their own hands.

The situation for the men of the family was completely different. Facing eligible men of direct branches, Master Shouzhe would use various methods to urge them towards marriage.

For direct branch males, their fate was even more tragic, often facing forced marriages from the Family Head, like the predestined engagement of Wang Shizhao.

Master Shouzhe, besides having a severe "fear of inadequate firepower," also suffered from a severe "fear of insufficient family members."

Aside from having five children himself as an example, the methods he employed to urge and coerce the Wang males into marriages were endlessly inventive.

Once a man married, whoever quickly had many children could look forward to Master Shouzhe's smiling face and receive frequent and generous red packet rewards. But if anyone dared delay having children, they often faced relentless pressure to reproduce from the Family Head, who did not even greet them with courtesy.

Thus, the Wang family men did not resist interacting with the Yan family daughters, for they were, after all, direct daughters or secondary daughters from a Fifth Grade prominent family, and couldn't be too bad.

Old Ancestor Yufei and Yan Feihong saw this scene through the glass window.

The two glanced at each other, both alarmed by how quickly their family girls fell and simultaneously dissatisfied with the several direct branch males who were too timid to even speak a few more words to the Wang family girls, silently angry at their lack of spirit.

At the same time, a strong sense of crisis also surged in the hearts of the two Yan family elders.

This matter could no longer be delayed, or else the Yan family would completely lose initiative, perhaps resulting in losing both one's wife and soldiers.

...

Meanwhile.

At the heart of Zhuwei Lake, Water Moon Heavenly Pavilion.

This place, bearing Master Shouzhe's special memories over several decades, had been temporarily sealed.

Firstly, he had already obtained a Mini Portable Cave Mansion, a high-level treasure.

Secondly, Master Shouzhe had once asked Enlightened One Tianhe to use divine skills to extract a small Top Grade Water Spirit vein and transplant it under the Water Moon Heavenly Pavilion, while also setting up a Spirit Gathering Array to concentrate Spiritual Energy in a certain area.

This caused the Water Moon Heavenly Pavilion to be enveloped in water mist and Spiritual Energy year-round, which was quite suitable for Ruolan's daily cultivation. Originally, the Water Moon Heavenly Pavilion had been built for Ruolan's secluded cultivation.

However, the costly Top Grade Water Spirit vein ultimately did not play a significant role.