Fifty thousand Qian Gold. That really was no small sum.
Although the Changning Wang Clan was developing quite well now and looked very wealthy, the truth was that the larger the clan, the greater the expenses. Of all the spirit pills and Spirit Food supplied for the clansmen's cultivation, which one was not an enormous expenditure? But if they scrimped on those expenses, then with the Wang Clan's present foundation, how could they possibly catch up to clans that had developed for hundreds or even thousands of years?
Thus, even though the Wang Clan was now very capable of making money, it was still desperately short of funds.
Or maybe?
Wang Shouzhe was faintly tempted...
But that thought only flashed through his mind before he immediately steadied his Dao heart again.
Wang Shouzhe, oh Wang Shouzhe, you absolutely must hold the line. Do not, for a bit of filthy lucre...
"I'll add another fifty thousand. One hundred thousand Qian Gold in total." Seeing that Wang Shouzhe seemed somewhat shaken, Lady Bilian immediately raised the stakes, looking as if her heroic spirit soared to the heavens. "I know your Changning Wang Clan is wealthy. But chances to earn an extra hundred thousand Qian Gold without so much as blowing off dust are not common. Clan Leader Shouzhe, won't you consider it?"
Without so much as blowing off dust?
Wang Shouzhe cast her a faint, lingering glance.
Lady Bilian, aren't you looking down on me a little too much? Still, to avoid being beaten to death by my wife, I'd better not earn this hundred thousand Qian Gold.
"Lady Bilian, please do not speak such nonsense again." He immediately rose and spoke with stern righteousness. "I am already married. Such improper thoughts—My Lady, please do not mention them again."
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