Protect Our Chief-Chapter 615 - 57: Southern Desert Wang Family?_2

Therefore, within the Celestial Dragon Mountain range, there are quite a few exotic fierce beasts and exotic spirit plants. It is said that deep within the Celestial Dragon Mountains, there are even remnants of Tier Seven Ferocious Beasts concealed within.

Even Purple Mansion Realm cultivators do not dare to venture into the depths of the Celestial Dragon Mountains lightly.

However, the Celestial Dragon Mountains have been encircled by humans, and high-tier fierce beasts do not dare to easily leave the mountain’s barrier, lest they deliver heavenly and earthly treasures to humans.

Of course, correspondingly, it is not easy for humans to cross the Celestial Dragon Mountains either.

Currently, there are only three routes to cross the Celestial Dragon Mountains.

The first is to go upstream along Anjiang, passing through countless perilous gorge mouths, allowing one to cross the Celestial Dragon Mountain range.

The second is to exit from the northernmost part of Longzuo County’s Northwest Guard, cross the Great Wilderness Grassland to reach Southern Desert County. However, the Great Wilderness Grassland is boundless, much of it being land not yet cultivated by humans, inhabited not only by uncivilized barbarian races but also by many fierce beasts. Taking this route is highly unsafe.

The third is to thread through the Qenglong Corridor at the narrowest part of the Celestial Dragon Mountains’ hinterland, crossing merely a few hundred miles to reach the renowned "Qeng’an Basin."

This is a vast basin, abundant with lake and river water sources, fertile land, and a pleasant climate, making it a livable place for humans. This basin is also one of the earliest pioneering counties of the Daqian Kingdom.

Within Qeng’an Basin, a county is established, named "Qeng’an County."

Qeng’an County is one of the counties in Daqian with the least disasters and is also one of the wealthiest counties. The noble families here generally live in much better conditions than those in Longzuo County, with more sophisticated and luxurious lifestyles, and there are noticeably more Seventh Grade and Sixth Grade noble families than in Longzuo County.

The route that Wang Shouzhe and Qiaan Xuerui are taking this time is through Qeng’an Basin.

However, "Qeng’an County" is not Wang Shouzhe’s destination this time.

Therefore, he only paused briefly at several guardian cities along the way, roughly experiencing the wealth and elegance of Qeng’an County.

The flying chariot continued northward, traveling intermittently for five to six days before reaching the "north Guardian Pass" located at the northernmost part of Qeng’an County.

The north Guardian Pass was once Daqian Kingdom’s first mighty pass, with a treacherous terrain, acclaimed as "a solitary guard against ten thousand attackers."

Beyond the "north Guardian Pass," they reached Wang Shouzhe’s destination this journey — Southern Desert County.

Southern Desert County is located south of the Great Desert, hence the name.

Yet Southern Desert County is not a desert region, but an endless vast grassland. Its terrain, topography, noble family structures, industrial chains, etc., are somewhat similar to the Northwest Five Guards of Longzuo County.

However, the pasture sizes in the Northwest Five Guards pale in comparison to Southern Desert County, not even reaching one-tenth.

Nowadays, one of the development directions of both counties is for Longzuo’s Northwest Five Guards to pioneer towards Southern Desert County, while Southern Desert County pioneers towards the Northwest Five Guards.

In several hundred or thousands of years, Southern Desert County and Longzuo County will connect on the grassland.

Since Southern Desert County has such an extensive grassland, its industrial structure is naturally centered on the livestock industry, supplemented by farming and commerce.

Although the grassland soil is somewhat sandy and not fertile and lacks a network of river water sources, making it difficult to become a granary like Longzuo County or Qeng’an County, Southern Desert County is Daqian’s largest meat production area and finest horse production area, acclaimed as the "nation’s meat reservoir" and "nation’s horse reservoir."

Moreover, Southern Desert is rich in wool, leather, and various dairy products, and is the largest producer of leather goods and dairy products in Daqian.

Thanks to the related industrial chain, the noble families, large and small in Southern Desert, enjoy a rather abundant life. Purely in terms of wealth, Southern Desert is only slightly inferior to Qeng’an County.

Being one of the earliest counties developed in Daqian, Southern Desert has a very long history, and the county overall is relatively safe. The two spiritual bird flying chariots headed northward with considerable smoothness.

Looking down from the sky, the vast pastureland is verdant and lush, like a green sea. Occasionally, flocks of cattle, sheep, and horses can be seen slowly moving, grazing, or galloping on the grassland, appearing leisurely and content, quite enjoyable indeed.

The "Wang’s Large Ranch" that the Changning Wang Family acquired from the Huangfu Family, compared to this vast Southern Desert grassland, is but a drop in the ocean.

The pastures owned by most noble families are incredibly vast, much larger than the land areas owned by noble families in Longzuo County by several times. Although they have main residences, they spend most of their time living on the ranches.

However, while such a scene initially appears interesting, after half a day, it becomes monotonous and dull. Wang Shouzhe soon lost interest and turned his attention back to the journey.

Two days later, the spiritual bird flying chariots crossed countless large grasslands before finally reaching Southern Desert County’s county city.

The county city is built by a lake.

This is a vast grassland lake with a diameter of about a thousand miles.

The lake is not deep and freezes completely come winter. At that time, the entire lake surface is crystalline, shining resplendently under the sun, resembling a bright pearl set in the grassland, hence it is named—"Dongchachah Lake."

It is said that this name is derived from the pronunciation of the barbarian language that once occupied the area.

Southern Desert County city has a history of more than two thousand years.

Its walls are constructed with red giant bricks fired using traditional techniques, over twenty feet high, and several feet wide, with a massive defense array set inside the city. Coupled with the city garrison and Purple Mansion ascendant, it has even withstood a Level 8 Beast Tide.