Chapter 882: Chapter 30: I, Zong’an the Great Celestial Pride! Pay Up

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Gui Long City, also known as Upper Capital City or Imperial City.

It has always been the political, military, economic, martial power, cultural, and even trend center of the Daqian Kingdom. It can be said that it is the heart of the entire Daqian Kingdom.

Therefore, it is also a great place to make a name for oneself and climb upwards.

Every year, countless ambitious young talents, or powerful noble families unwilling to remain local powers, come here attempting to make a name for themselves in Gui Long City.

However, most arrive with high hopes and leave dejectedly.

Only a very few of the very few can barely gain a foothold in Gui Long City and then rely on generations of accumulation through reproduction to eventually become part of Gui Long City.

Hence, people living in Gui Long City often have a natural sense of superiority and are more ambitious and proud than local powerful noble families.

The emergence of Liyao, the Great Celestial Pride, broke through the younger generation in Gui Long City with an invincible posture, causing her reputation to skyrocket like the sun at noon. Simultaneously, it shattered the pride of the younger generation in Gui Long City, deeply stimulating them.

Many young celestial prides began to strive for progress and entered a mode of hard cultivation.

Especially the Junior Prince Wu Zhixing, who was knocked unconscious on the spot, was already being urged by the elders of his family to practice daily. Heavenly and Earthly Treasures and spiritual elixirs were lavished upon him as if money were no object. This was all to ensure that someday, Wu Zhixing could avenge his disgrace and prove to the world that the Imperial Family was still the strongest.

Moreover, Shangguan Yunque from the Fourth-Grade Noble Family Gui Long Shangguan Family also stayed out of the limelight, either practicing hard or comprehending the Heavenly Dao every day.

Furthermore, at his strong request, the family’s total resources were continuously tilted in his favor.

As a Great Celestial Pride, Shangguan Yunque is the key to the Shangguan Family’s future promotion to Third Grade. His status within the Shangguan Family is undoubtedly very high. As long as he has needs, the family will definitely do everything possible to meet his growth.

As a noble family that has already joined the ranks of Gui Long City’s "Top Ten Noble Families," the Shangguan Family is well-known and highly esteemed even among the noble families in the city.

The main residence of the Shangguan Family is located in the south of Gui Long City. As the family grows stronger, this main residence has undergone several expansions and is now quite large in scale.

The outer walls of the main residence present an irregular shape, winding and twisting like a "city wall." The area enclosed by this "city wall" alone is almost equivalent to the size of a medium-sized town.

The courtyards are scattered throughout, with countless trees and flowers. There is even a man-made lake covering several hundred acres and a winding complex water system that traverses the entire main residence.

This is the prosperity and foundation of a Fourth-Grade Noble Family. Even in the prized Gui Long City, they still own such a luxurious and grand main residence.

In terms of history and foundation, the current Changning Wang Family is still far inferior to the Gui Long Shangguan Family. However, in terms of development potential, the Shangguan Family is far inferior to the Changning Wang Family.

In the backyard of the Shangguan Family’s main residence, there is a martial arts arena covering a thousand acres. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Great Celestial Pride Shangguan Yunque is diligently practicing the Black Tortoise Tortoise Combat Technique.

He wears the ancient and thick Profound Spirit Armor, like an ancient war general, and holds the Profound Spirit Spear overflowing with evil qi. Each move and style is not flashy at all, heavy as a mountain, with a fierce momentum akin to sweeping thousands of soldiers, fighting for life and death on the battlefield.

Behind him, a huge and solid Qilin Dharma Aspect is as if tangible, awe-inspiring as it follows Shangguan Yunque back and forth in the martial arts arena, running like the wind, roaring like thunder, displaying the unparalleled fierce aura of the king of beasts.

Indeed, the cultivation technique that Shangguan Yunque mainly practices is the Battlefield Combat Technique.

In terms of one-on-one duels, he might suffer some disadvantages, but once on the battlefield of thousands, he can sweep through enemy formations, sweeping across with ease.

Speaking of which, Shangguan Yunque is also a person of great fortune.

The set of Spirit Treasure Level Profound Spirit Armor and Profound Spirit Spear, as well as the cultivation technique "Qilin Profound Spirit True Technique" he practices, were all obtained through his strength and fortune from the family’s secretly inherited relic.

Once he joins the military in the future, he is very likely to establish illustrious war achievements with this and earn a marquis title on the battlefield for the Shangguan Family, winning a marquis position for generational inheritance.

At that time, the Shangguan Family will be able to step into the ranks of the nobility, obtain a series of preferential treatments, and greatly enhance the foundation of the Shangguan Family.

As for the position of Duke, that is something the Shangguan Family dares not to dream of. After all, Daqian is extremely cautious about conferring dukedom. Unless it involves founding a kingdom or having heaven-defying merits, there is almost no possibility of conferring the title of Duke.

In the vast Daqian Kingdom, with thousands of noble families, there are currently only two Duke’s Mansions and two Marquis Mansions.

In the distance.

The disciples of the Shangguan Family, during their individual practices, all cast adoring and admiring glances at Shangguan Yunque. That is our Shangguan Family’s Great Celestial Pride, the hope of the family’s future rise.

In the minds of many of the younger generation of the Shangguan Family, Shangguan Yunque is a god-like figure. Even Wu Zhixing of the Imperial Family only relies on the support of the Imperial Family and an endless supply of precious resources to have his current prestige. If the situation were reversed, who would be stronger is uncertain.

As for the rumors in the market, saying that Liyao Great Celestial Pride and Shangguan Yunque had a private duel, resulting in Shangguan Yunque’s complete defeat, no one within the Shangguan Family believes it. They all consider it to be mere boasting and publicity by Liyao Great Celestial Pride.