Chapter 772: Chapter 5: I, Shouzhe! Am also a Great Celestial Pride!_4
How could Wang Shouzhe show a pleasant face to children who don’t put in the effort to expand the family?
Wang Shihao’s face had gone stiff, and he was inwardly complaining endlessly.
Grandfather, oh grandfather, although I am merely your legitimate second grandson, isn’t this treatment disparity too great? I’ve already sacrificed to marry for the sake of the family, must I truly become a baby-making machine?
I, Wang Shihao, am a man who wants to conquer the sea, not someone who wants to be a tool for giving birth all his life.
However, he only dared to mutter such words privately; seeing them to his grandfather’s face would surely cause him to suffer major consequences.
At the moment, he could only let out a couple of dry laughs and say: "Grandfather, I shall return to spend time with Ping’er and An Rui."
"Spend more time with Ping’er, An Rui is taken care of by your grandmother, you need not worry." Wang Shouzhe waved his hand, "Wang Shihao, get your head straight and live your life steadily. Otherwise, the next time your grandmother beats you, don’t blame me for not stopping her. Go now!"
"Yes, Hao’er takes his leave."
Wang Shihao left dejectedly, grumbling internally; he definitely needed to placate Ping’er well once he returned, for if she reported him to his grandmother, how would he continue living?
After Wang Shihao left, Lei Bowu smilingly advised Wang Shouzhe, "Patriarch Shouzhe, don’t be too harsh on Shihao, he’s still young, which young person doesn’t have a few dreams?"
"Hao’er is reckless and wayward, without some pressure, he’d be a wild horse running loose." While speaking, Wang Shouzhe looked Lei Bowu up and down, "You’re talking about him, but you only have two children yourself. As an elder, you should set a better example. If neither you nor I bear more children, how will the clan ever thrive?"
Lei Bowu’s expression turned gloomy.
Is it my fault? Is having children solely up to me, Lei Bowu? Even if I wish to have more, I wouldn’t dare force my wife.
This matter even made Wang Luotong a bit tense, she quickly switched topics out of guilt: "Fourth brother, let’s first sit inside. I will discuss with you and the Ancestor about the current findings."
In her heart, she was deeply moved; her fourth brother was excellent in every way but had a pathological fear of there being too few clan members. Those who had many children could not only earn his good side but also valuable family contributions.
But for those who didn’t, one look at Wang Shihao’s plight made it clear. Yet had it not been for the fourth brother’s pressure, she wouldn’t have hurriedly had her son Zongbo before reaching the Celestial Human Realm.
"Alright, after the Great Wilderness Marsh event is resolved, we will talk more." Finally, Wang Shouzhe’s attention shifted to the Great Wilderness Marsh.
Judging by his attitude, it was as if in his mind, the issue of the Great Wilderness Marsh was not as important as having more clan members produce children.
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A few days later.
To the west of Zhenze Guard, there is a vast swamp known as the "Great Wilderness Marsh."
The boundary between Lingbei County and Longzuo County is defined by the Great Wilderness Marsh. West of the marsh lies Lingbei County, and the south of the marsh lies Longzuo County.
However, in reality, the swamp located at the border of these two counties is but a small portion of the entire Great Wilderness Marsh. Its actual area is very expansive, extending south even into the Outer Domain, with a small section of Anjiang also running through the middle of the marsh.
Because of this, the Fierce Beasts within the Great Wilderness Marsh are never completely eradicated; no matter how thoroughly they are exterminated, there are always more that come from the Outer Domain along the swamp.
This is also why, from time to time, Tier Two and Three ferocious fish and crocodiles appear in Anjiang; they all originate from the upstream Great Wilderness Marsh and flow into the river.
Fortunately, although the fierce beasts within the Great Wilderness Marsh cannot be completely cleaned out, the Longzuo Academy and Governor’s Mansion regularly patrol the marsh and clear out the more dangerous beasts, so while the marsh has many fierce beasts, their tiers are not high, mostly under Tier Four, including aquatic and amphibious fierce beasts.
Fierce beasts like the Desolate Swamp Ferocious Crocodile, once reaching Tier Five, can already dominate in the Great Wilderness Marsh.
Moreover, whether aquatic or amphibious fierce beasts, before reaching Tier Seven, they rely heavily on water and seldom leave water areas for other places. As long as the people around take care and don’t act recklessly, the danger to them is minimal.
Hence, over the years, although Zhenze Guard is right beside the Great Wilderness Marsh, it has been relatively stable inside its borders.
However, in recent days, a mysterious mass migration of fierce beasts from the Great Wilderness Marsh has caused several villages and civilians to be injured or even killed.
Zhenze Wang Family’s territory is closest to the Great Wilderness Marsh, thus they hold inescapable responsibility for incidents occurring within their jurisdiction.
Once they realized something was amiss, Zhenze Wang Family reported the matter to the Governor’s Mansion and began organizing the citizens to migrate, as well as dispatching personnel to clear out the migrating fierce beasts.
At the same time, the Wang Family also sent out a reconnaissance team to investigate the situation within the Great Wilderness Marsh.
Because the situation within the Great Wilderness Marsh was uncertain, to ensure prudence, this investigative team was led by the Wang Family’s first Ancestor, Ancestor Kunyuan, who was already at the Heaven-Human Realm Eighth Layer, along with the second Ancestor Chengye, and more than half of the Wang Family’s Spirit Platform Realm Cultivators, making it a very cautious action.
Unconsciously, the exploratory team had already been in the Great Wilderness Marsh for several days, delving deeper and deeper in their investigations.
Yet along the way, despite encountering a heap of the usual fierce beasts of the Great Wilderness Marsh, they failed to make any valuable discoveries.
