Chapter 367: 77: The Foundation! The Rise of the Wang Family_2

Chapter 367: Chapter 77: The Foundation! The Rise of the Wang Family_2

She was a mature woman, well aware of limits.

After all, no matter how detestable Lei Bowu was, he was still the legitimate second son of the Celestial TianRen family. A normal sparring, even if it injured him, no one could find fault with. But if I were to cripple him, it would bring disaster upon the Ping’an Wang Family.

The current principal enemy of the Ping’an Wang Family was the Celestial Huangfu Clan. They could not afford to make a foe of the Lei Family.

Unexpectedly…

Lei Bowu proved to be quite stubborn. Even amid his agonizing screams, he refused to surrender and instead howled, “Whip me to death! If you dare, then whip me to death! This young master… won’t surrender… Ouch, Ouch!”

“Whack, whack, whack!”

The flurry of whip strikes were unrelenting like a storm, quickly making the young master of the Lei Family taste the sting of being “whipped to death”.

He was in so much pain that he curled up on the ground, soon losing strength to spout any more threats, only knowing to cry out in agony.

“We surrender! We surrender for the young master!”

The followers of Lei Bowu grew frantic and cried out urgently.

“Sister, stop it! I’ll surrender on behalf of my brother.” Lei Yanyun was extremely anxious as she rushed forward to restrain Wang Luotong, “Sister, please spare my brother this time.”

Even though she had just had a violent conflict with Lei Bowu, he was ultimately her brother. How could she bear to watch him be beaten to death right in front of her eyes?

“You called me sister?”

Wang Luotong looked at her with a slight squint in her eyes and a cryptic smile on her face.

Lei Yanyun’s face flushed instantly as she said shyly, “I thought you were… my apologies, sister, please forgive me.”

“Hehehe.” Wang Luotong laughed as she lightly pinched her tender, pretty face, “Alright, since my younger sister is begging for mercy on his behalf, as his older sister, I will agree to spare him.”

Having said that, she gave a flick of her wrist and the whip instantly coiled up like a spirit snake and was hung back at her waist.

Seeing that Lei Bowu was still wailing on the ground, she chuckled coldly, “He’s truly all bluster, no brains. Remember, it was Wang Luotong who beat you. If you have any objections, bring it to me! If you dare to bully my younger brother because you think you can pick on the weak, I will block the entrance to your Lei Family’s residence and see whether you can afford such a disgrace.”

In the world of influential families, there are all kinds of rules. Among peers, when sparring with someone who is about the same age and you lose, even though it’s embarrassing, everyone must accept it.

If Wang Luotong really dared to stand outside the door and challenge Lei Bowu every day, and if Lei Bowu didn’t dare to respond, then it would indeed be a major disgrace for the Lei Family.

However, how could Lei Bowu muster the strength to reply to her now?

He was writhing like a worm in pain on the ground, only able to focus his gaze on Wang Luotong, unable even to speak a full sentence.

She disdainfully withdrew her gaze, then turned her beaming gaze towards Wang Shouye, “Alright, your fourth sister has other matters to attend to and won’t disturb your ‘alchemy’ any longer.”

After that, she winked at Lei Yanyun and jokingly said, “Young sister, I suggest that you rush back home and sweet-talk your father, don’t miss any opportunities.”

Having said that, she sprang lightly on her toes and drifted away with the wind like willow catkins, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Just as the saying goes, came like a whirlwind and leave like a breeze, truly with a dash and with stylish charm.

Wang Shouye didn’t even get a chance to bid her farewell, he could only bow towards her departing figure.

In the crowd of onlookers, a pair of middle-aged alchemists, Alchemist A and B, shook their heads at the spectacle. This Wang Shouye’s sister was really quite spirited and lively~

However, while the two of them were rather apprehensive, their gaze still followed her as she gracefully took her leave.

“Young master, young master, are you alright?”

At this point, Lei Bowu’s followers finally reacted, hastily rushing over and helping Lei Bowu up.

“Ouch~ Gentle, gentle! You worthless fools, be gentle with this young master!” Lei Bowu continued to cry out in pain.

“Young master, what should we do? Should we round up our brothers and go to the Ping’an Wang Family to get even?”

“Get even? Do you even have a brain?!” Lei Bowu was almost driven mad by the stupidity of his followers, “She won a fair duel against me. If I were to gather people for a group attack on her afterwards, would the face of the Celestial TianRen family be worth anything?”

“Moreover, the Ping’an Wang Family is a first-class eighth-grade clan, do you really think they were brought up on a diet of vegetarian food and prayer?”

“Ouch~ Ouch~ It hurts so much, damned chili sauce! Quick, help me get up. I’ve never seen a woman like this in my life, she’s a force to be reckoned with!”

“Young Master, don’t speak nonsense…”

“What does it have to do with you? Ah ah ah~ that’s comfortable! Woman, I won’t let you go!”

Seeing Lei Bowu and his group shouting and leaving, Wang Shouye was speechless.

Is this Lei Bowu really out of his mind? Even after being beaten like that, he still wants to provoke Fourth Sister. How could he be so reckless?

Then, he looked speechlessly at the two girls who came closer.

“Shouye, the Lei Family is too despicable, they are just using their power to bully others.” Huangfu Qianqian coquettishly said, “And Lei Yanyun is certainly marrying into the TianRen Zhang Family. I’m different. If you’re willing, I could elope with you.”

“Huangfu Qianqian, my brother is my brother, it has nothing to do with me!” Lei Yanyun shouted angrily, “I can beg my father and my ancestors. If they don’t agree, I can elope with Shouye.”

“The outside enemy is gone”, the two girls started to quarrel again.

Listening to them talking about eloping one after another, Wang Shouye had a headache.

The hard work his fourth brother put into training him to be an alchemist wasn’t to elope with you.

Girls are really troublesome~

Alchemy is more fun!

…

Geographically speaking, Ping’an Town and Changning Commandery are across the river from each other. The river in between is the Peace River.

The Peace River is wide, but the current is swift. In the hundred-plus-li river section that flows through Ping’an Town, the narrowest part is the “Broken Dragon Gorge”, only a hundred feet wide. But the most dangerous part is the “Fallen Eagle Gorge”.

A branch of the Liuping Mountain separates Ping’an Town from the outside world like a screen, but it also slants across the Peace River. The year-long impact of the Peace River has formed the famous Fallen Eagle Gorge.

On the other side of the Fallen Eagle Gorge, the remaining mountains cut a large piece of land into two, with the Gongsun Clan of Shanyang in the south and the Liu Family of Shanyin in the north.

The two look at each other across the mountain, looking like polar opposites.

On the Ping’an Town side of Fallen Eagle Gorge, the cliff is steep and filled with layers of sharp rocks, making it incredibly treacherous. It seems like only an eagle could climb it.

On the right bank of the Fallen Eagle Gorge, there is a large Chaotic Stone Beach, which is said to have been left by the Peace River after it destroyed a cliff.

Once, this Chaotic Stone Beach was the boundary that marked the hunting grounds between Wang and Zhao Clans of Ping’an Town. But as the Zhao Clan fell from power, the hundred-plus-li long section of the Peace River had been claimed in entirety by the Wang family.

Thus, this boundary marker has lost its meaning.

However, the once seemingly useless Chaotic Stone Beach is changing. Next to the Chaotic Stone Beach and the cliff of the Fallen Eagle Gorge, there is a small bay shaped like a cashew nut.

This bay is backed by cliffs and is sheltered from the wind and waves. It can provide temporary shelter for fishing boats. However, this small harbor is too shallow and full of stones underneath, so medium and large ships can’t get in.

No one knows when it happened.

The entrance to the bay looks like it used to be, but inside, a tremendous change had taken place.

The stones underneath the bay have been gradually cleared away, and some stubborn rugged riverbeds have also been excavated and reorganized. If outsiders were to come in, they would probably be shocked.

Is this still the shallow water harbor from before? It’s clearly become a small deep-water port!

At this moment.

A small fishing boat quickly entered the harbor and docked at the port.

The person who disembarked from that boat turned out to be Wang Shouzhe, the family head of the Wang Family of Ping’an, who has recently become famous in Changning!

No outsider would ever dream that the overseas best-selling products “Cement”, “Foreign Glass” and so on, that are popular in Changning now, are actually from this hidden small deep-water port.

This is the core area of the Wang Family that Wang Shouzhe has been operating for many years.

It is the true “foundation” of the Wang Family.

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