Protect Our Chief-Chapter 576 - 45: Is this what a big shot looks like? Speaking so nicely!

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"Purple Sky Celestial Thunder Escape?"

Among the three Celestial Human Realm cultivators who had rushed to the skies above Anjiang, the City Guard Wei Wenxun was the first to recognize this escape technique.

His heart skipped a beat, secretly thinking that things were amiss.

Purple Sky Celestial Thunder Escape is a secret technique of the Lingyun Sacred Land’s Purple Cloud Lineage. Why would someone from Lingyun Sacred Land appear in Changning Guard? And why are they fleeing so desperately?

Before he could react, Wang Shouzhe on the ferry spoke up loudly, "Many thanks to Lord City Guard, Ancestor Yuanzhou, and Ancestor Beichen for your support. Did you all see that bald monk fighting with the Elder of the Qiaan Family? He is none other than the notorious fugitive, ’Evil Vajra.’ Could I trouble all the ancestors to join forces and capture him? The rewards will be shared among us."

Evil Vajra?

Lei Yuanzhou and Xu Beichen’s eyes simultaneously lit up.

Celestial Human Realm ancestors often remain in seclusion for years and are not usually involved in such matters, so neither had heard the name "Evil Vajra." However, a fugitive at the Middle Stage of the Celestial Human Realm is undoubtedly very valuable.

Typically, the bounty for an Early Stage Celestial Human Realm fugitive is around 200,000 to 300,000 Qian Gold. A Middle Stage fugitive’s bounty starts at least 400,000 to 500,000.

Combined with loot and other rewards, dividing it up could be a huge sum.

Even Lord City Guard Wei Wenxun was quite tempted by this.

After all, the City Guard is also human and constantly needs money, whether for personal cultivation or supporting a family.

With the addition of three Celestial Human Realm cultivators, in a four-against-one situation, Evil Vajra had no chance of escaping. After a violent melee, he was directly captured with broken limbs and sealed Qi Sea.

However, Evil Vajra was much poorer than a typical Middle Stage Celestial Human. He only had a pair of lower-grade magical treasure boxing gloves and a middle-grade storage ring. The total estimated value of all loot was only 430,000 Qian Gold!

"Many thanks to the three of you and Patriarch Shouzhe for your assistance." Elder Qian Jingde returned to the deck of the ferry and cupped his hands towards Wei Wenxun and the others, "This person was targeting my Qiaan Family, so I will forgo my share of the loot, and it will all go to your four families."

Qian Jingde was quite savvy, calculating the loot with the Wang Family included.

In fact, this was only right. Without the Wang Family’s involvement, it’s feared that neither Qian Jingde nor Qian Xuehan, along with the family generals and followers, would have escaped today.

Moreover, Wang Longyan’s display of strength this time had been enough to shock Qian Jingde, significantly raising his view of the Wang Family.

If given enough time, the Wang Family had enormous development potential.

Lei Yuanzhou said, "In this battle, we merely added finishing touches; the Wang Family deserves credit as the main force. In my opinion, the Wang Family should take 50%, Lord City Guard takes 20%, and our Lei and Xu Families take 15% each. How about that?"

"That seems quite fair." Ancestor Beichen nodded in agreement, "Let’s settle it that way."

15% is not insignificant; it roughly converts to about 100,000 Qian Gold. More importantly, this was essentially free money. If every day had such opportunities, it wouldn’t be long before the Changning Xu Family became incredibly wealthy.

With just a few exchanges, the ancestors had distributed the loot properly.

In this, Wang Shouzhe also secretly praised them.

Both the Lei and Xu Families were considered reliable allies, conducting themselves with propriety, lacking in greed, and dependable in critical times, worthy of long-term cooperation.

The only pity today was not managing to capture Cao Youqing.

If not for his wife Liu Ruolan being in closed-door training these days, that ’Saint Land Celestial Pride’ might not have been able to escape.

However, what’s done is done. For now, the priority was to handle the aftermath to prevent leaving any hidden dangers.

With thoughts flashing through his mind, he already had a plan.

Wang Shouzhe’s gaze fell on City Guard Wei Wenxun, smiling and cupping his hands, "Lord City Guard, being an official person, your intel must be better than us countryside folks. Have you identified the fleeing one’s identity?" 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Wei Wenxun gave Wang Shouzhe a long, meaningful look.

This unexpected gain of over 100,000 Qian Gold was almost equivalent to his five or six years’ salary. In theory, he should be delighted, yet now, he couldn’t muster a smile.

The situation was obvious.

Wang Shouzhe lit a "Sky-reaching Cannon" to draw him into the affair.

As part of his duty as the City Guard, Wei Wenxun had to respond immediately upon sensing the signal of the Sky-reaching Cannon, or it would be dereliction. Wang Shouzhe had used this rule to drag him into an unwanted whirlpool.

"Patriarch Shouzhe..." Wei Wenxun’s tone was filled with grievance, "As City Guard, have I ever offended your Wang Family?"

Truthfully, he was feeling utterly helpless.

After newly reaching the Celestial Human Realm, he was appointed as the Changning Guard City Guard by the Governor’s Mansion, initially full of enthusiasm to achieve something noteworthy. But soon after the initial fervor subsided, he felt the obstacles and pressure brought by the local prestigious families.

In this area of Changning Guard, all the families, big and small, defer to the Wang Family, and even the other two great Celestial Human Families, the Lei and Xu Families, are united around the Wang Family.

Even the officials under the City Guard Mansion have intricate connections with the three great Celestial Human Families.

Nominally, Wei Wenxun was the City Guard, but in practice, he had no real weight in speech or actions.