"Fourth Master... It's bad. The old master and the eldest master led the caravan to Hutuo Mountain and were attacked by bandits on the mountain. All the goods were robbed. The eldest master died on the spot. The old master was also seriously injured and on the way back..."
Er Zhuang's clothes were all dirty, the blood stains on his face had scabs, and his entire eye sockets were sunken. It was obvious that he had not had a good rest for a long time. He couldn't help crying loudly while talking.
"When did it happen? This is impossible. What about the Shen family... My father is a perfect master of the Qidong realm, and my eldest brother is also in the Qidong realm..." Hua Zihuan opened his eyes wide and stared at Er Zhuang in front of him fiercely. He shouted that he couldn't believe it was true.
"It was yesterday afternoon..." Er Zhuang lowered his head and cried, not daring to look into Hua Zihuan's eyes. The sky of Huajiabao was about to change!
Hua Xing, the head of Huajiabao, was in the ninth level of the Qidong realm. His strength was one of the best outside the entire Guangxian city.
Hua Ziming, the eldest son of Hua Xing, has just turned 40 and has already entered the fifth level of Qidong Realm. It is possible that he will enter the Qi training realm or even the Xiantian realm in the future. He did not expect that he would be killed by bandits during this business trip.
"What about other villages? And what about the Shen family caravan?" Hua Zihuan seemed to have thought of something and asked angrily.
"The Shen family in the county did not suffer much loss, but Gengjiazhuang, Huang family in Xihe Village, Yi family in Baliu Village and others outside the city suffered heavy losses. The master was seriously injured by a master of Qi training and is now unconscious. There are only 7 people left in the caravan of more than 40 people..." Erzhuang said, crying and bowing his head and unable to make a sound.
Erzhuang is the son of the housekeeper Huafu. This time, Huafu's second and third sons followed the caravan to Linhu Grassland for business. Erzhuang was like this, so his younger brother must have failed to come back.
Hua Kai stood behind his fourth uncle Hua Zihuan and could not believe that his father would be killed. As a time traveler who came to this world for 12 years, he silently helped his grandfather behind the Hua family to make Huajiabao the strongest village outside Guangxian City. Unexpectedly, my father, who was a trader in the grassland, died in the hands of bandits this year.
Hua Kai has a 21st century soul. As an orphan who grew up in an orphanage, he finally felt the warmth of his family in this world. Unexpectedly, he lost his father again this time when his family was trading.
Hua Kai lives in a world called Shenzhou Continent, which is somewhat similar to the memory of the middle period of the Warring States Period in China.
However, from the history books here, you can only find the Three Sovereigns but not the Five Emperors. I guess history went astray from that moment.
This is a high-level martial arts world. The world is full of wild beasts. Humans can only build cities and live. It is very difficult for humans to live without the protection of the city walls. Huajiabao is built ten miles north of Guangxian City. If you encounter a crisis, you can go into the city to avoid it.
In this world, ordinary people rarely leave the village. If you can leave the county once in your life, it is enough to brag for a lifetime.
People living in the county can have a relatively stable life. They live within the solid city walls. It is difficult for ordinary beasts to break through the protection of the city walls. But it is not so easy for ordinary people to live in the city. The housing prices in the county are unaffordable for ordinary people.
The Hua family chose to build a village outside the city. Although this was more dangerous, the family had been doing business for the past few years and had its own weapons shop in the county, so they were doing well.
Seeing that his fourth uncle was already confused, Hua Kai knew that now was not the time to be sad. He was regarded as a genius by the family since he was a child. He could speak at the age of half a year and learned all the mainland characters at the age of three. He was the focus of the family's training when he reached the great perfection of the Yunqi realm at the age of 12.
"Fourth uncle, it's useless to be sad now. The key is to notify the second uncle and the third uncle and let grandpa go home quickly." Hua Kai reminded at this time.
Hua Zihuan still attaches great importance to his nephew in his heart. He knows that the new changes in the family in recent years have more or less the shadow of his nephew. If he panics now, the family will inevitably be in chaos.
At this time, the butler Hua Fu came in from outside with a few servants. Many people saw the butler Hua Fu and hurriedly made way.
"Uncle Fu, something happened to the caravan!" Hua Zihuan seemed to have a backbone when he saw the butler Hua Fu coming.
Hua Fu, the butler of the Hua family, is now over 50 years old. He and Hua Xing built up the Huajiabao business. Although he is a servant in the Hua family, he has a high reputation.
"I know everything! Fourth Master, we can't make a mess now. Everything needs to wait until the master comes home before we can discuss it." Butler Hua Fu had just lost his eldest son a few years ago, and now his youngest son has lost his son on the way to business. He suppressed the sadness in his heart and said to Hua Zihuan.
"All the family affairs are handed over to you. Tell my second and third brothers to come back quickly, close the gates of Huajiabao and only allow people to enter and not leave. I will go to pick up my father."
Hua Zihuan said at this time that his father left the family to him when he left home. As the strongest person in the Hua family besides Hua Xing and Hua Ziming, the responsibility of the family can only fall on his shoulders at this time.
"Fourth Master, be careful on the road, I'm at home! Do you need to notify the fifth master?" Hua Fu asked.
"Don't tell my fifth brother yet. He can't come back from Linzi City for a while. Let's wait for Dad to come back!"
Hua Zihuan said this and went home to put on his armor. More than a dozen villagers in the village put on leather armor and stood at the gate waiting. The whole Huajiabao quickly entered a combat state.
Hua Kai watched the whole Huajiabao start to get busy. Many young men in the village took up weapons and climbed the city wall. Women and children returned home and dared not go out.
He returned to the main courtyard of the Hua family and heard bursts of crying coming from the yard. Grandma and mother must have known about the caravan's death in Hutuo Mountain.
Seeing this, Hua Kai did not go home. He came to the village and gathered all the children over 12 years old, and divided them into teams to patrol everywhere.
Some people in the village may change their minds after knowing that such a big thing happened to the Hua family. Although children cannot go up the city wall, patrolling and vigilance are still useful. Hua Kai is also cultivating their sense of family responsibility in this way.
Not long after the fourth uncle left home, the third uncle came back. After hearing the news of the caravan's death, he hurriedly sent more people to the main courtyard and warehouse, and strengthened the patrol force of family members at night.
The second uncle heard the news at the county weapon shop and quickly drove the carriage back to the village. The whole Huajiabao was brightly lit for a while, and everyone was eagerly waiting for the news of the head of the family, Hua Xing.
The wild night was the world of wild beasts. Hua Kai followed the village protection team and hid under the corner of the city wall at the entrance of the village. All the direct members of the Hua family were also waiting here anxiously.
There were bursts of beast roars outside the village. Everyone on the city wall occasionally looked out to see the official road in the distance, but it was already past midnight and there was still no movement on the official road.
"Look, there is a fire!" A villager suddenly shouted.
Hua Kai stood up and could only see a row of faint lights in the distance. At this time, many people around him stood up excitedly.
"Don't make a fuss... You are all waiting inside the city gate. Where is the doctor? Is he here..." The housekeeper saw the second uncle about to open the door to greet him, so he shouted.
Everyone in the Hua family has practiced the family spear technique [Sky Spear] since childhood, and all the villagers in Huajiabao have also practiced spear formations. Keeping formations during wartime has been deeply rooted in everyone's bones, so everyone returned to their positions after hearing the housekeeper's words, waiting for the "light" to approach them little by little.
"Housekeeper, second brother, open the door quickly!"
After waiting for more than half an hour, a man on horseback holding a torch came from a distance. It was Hua Zihuan's voice.
"Open the door quickly... Fourth brother, how is father?" Second uncle Hua Ziqi hurriedly asked the village protection team to open the gate.
"Dad is in the carriage behind, still in a coma, where is the doctor? Has the doctor been invited?" Fourth uncle Hua Zihuan shouted after entering the gate.
The doctor was invited out by the housekeeper and the second uncle. After a while, more than a dozen people drove a carriage slowly in the distance. Several people behind the carriage were in tattered clothes. These were all villagers in the village. They were lucky to survive with the caravan this time. Some villagers in the village cried excitedly when they saw that their husbands or sons were still alive.
"The true qi entered the body, and the old man's meridians were damaged. The injury to the body is not serious, but if the true qi is not eliminated, the old man can only hold on for about three days at most." The doctor said after diagnosing Hua Xing's injury.
The cultivation levels in this world are from low to high, namely, the Qi Condensation Realm, the Body Tempering Realm, the Kaiyuan Realm, the Qi Movement Realm, the Qi Training Realm, and the Xiantian Realm.
In the Qi Condensation Realm, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth naturally enters the body to nourish the meridians. When the spiritual energy in the meridians grows to a certain extent, it will overflow to various parts of the body, thus starting to temper the body. This is the Body Tempering Realm.
After the body is completely tempered, all parts of the body are filled with spiritual energy, and the treasure house in the body will be completely opened. People can slightly take the initiative to use spiritual energy to bless themselves. Therefore, only those who enter the Kaiyuan Realm can barely be regarded as masters.
After a long period of tempering, the spiritual energy becomes true qi. The Kaiyuan Realm is to constantly temper one's own spiritual energy, so that the self and the spiritual energy can be perfectly integrated and sublimated, thereby producing true qi. Hua Kai's grandfather and father are masters of the Qi Movement Realm. In the Qidong Realm, one can release Qi to kill enemies.
In the Qi Training Realm, Qi can be transformed at will, and its purity is beyond imagination. Now that the old man is injured by the Qi of a Qi Training Realm warrior, he can only suppress the abnormal movement of Qi in his body.
"Doctor, is there any other way? As long as Huajiabao can do it, you must save my father!" The second uncle grabbed the doctor's sleeve and begged.
"Alas... the old man's medical skills are limited... maybe you can find out if there is a magic pill that can refine the abnormal Qi..."
Those who can refine pills are at least Xiantian Realm strongmen. It is said that the king of Qi invited an alchemist, but the alchemist usually refines some powders and pills, and the probability of refining pills is very small.
The most that can be bought in ordinary pharmacies is pills. Pills are generally only accessible to aristocratic families. Even if the Hua family can get it, the price must start at 100 gold, which the Hua family can't afford.
"I will go to Linzi City tomorrow. There must be elixirs for sale in the capital. We will save our father even if we lose all our property." Second uncle Hua Ziqi stood up and said, and the others nodded secretly. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, no one will give up.
"As far as the old man knows, even if there is an elixir to treat the abnormal true qi, ordinary alchemists will not be able to make it. The abnormal true qi can be resolved by the masters of the innate realm. Moreover, even if we find an alchemist who is willing to make elixirs for the head of the Hua family now, it will be difficult to make it in three days." The doctor sighed after speaking, and everyone present slowly lowered their heads.
"Cough... cough..."
Just when everyone was at a loss, Hua Xing on the bed suddenly coughed.
"Dad..."
"Master! How are you?" Butler Hua Fu grabbed the old man's arm, and tears could not help but flow down his eyes. Others in the room also wiped their tears secretly.
"Kai'er..."
The old man gently called Hua Kai's name.
"Hurry! Kai'er... your grandpa is calling you!" Uncle San heard this and hurriedly called Hua Kai who was standing by.
Hua Kai walked up and held his grandfather's hand, only to feel that his usually broad palm had become soft.
"Ziming is gone, and Kai'er will be the head of Huajiabao in the future. The second, third, and fourth brothers, you brothers must help Kai'er take care of Huajiabao. Don't tell the fifth brother about the family affairs first, don't make it public... don't think about revenge..."
"Grandpa, don't talk..." Hua Kai couldn't help but fall in tears.
Hua Xing fell into a coma again after saying this.
At this time, Hua Kai suddenly felt a voice coming from his mind.
"It is detected that the host meets the conditions for opening the [Super Patriarch System]..."
"System is being generated..."
"System is being installed..."
"Control panel is being generated..."
"Family space is being generated..."
"Super Patriarch System is turned on, detecting the host..."
"Congratulations to the host for opening the [Super Patriarch System] and obtaining system rewards:
[1] Eye of Truth
[2] 1 cubic meter of portable storage space"
Before Hua Kai could react, he felt a message coming to his mind:
Huajiabao: Not in the rank
Prosperity: 24
Combat power: 5
Agriculture: 16
Animal husbandry: 2
Commerce: 7
Culture: 31
Comprehensive strength: 85
Allies: None
Funds: 67 taels of gold, 841 taels of silver, 40,365 bone coins
Hostile forces: Hutuo Mountain, Guangxian Shen Family (ninth rank)
Luck value: 4
Personal space: 1 cubic meter (100 luck points are required to upgrade)
System prompt: The family will automatically disband if the luck value is 0, and the system will unbind it.
Hua Kai had just finished reading it and had no time to think, when a transparent attribute panel appeared in his mind.
Hua Kai: Level 9 of the Qi Condensation Realm
Qualification: e-
Constitution: 10
Strength: 9
Will: 17
Mental Method: Jingxin Jue (low-level yellow-level mental method) Great Success
Gun Method: Likong Gun (high-level yellow-level gun method) Minor Success
Special Skill: Eye of Truth (cannot be upgraded)
Do you want to enter the family space?
The time travel benefit has arrived? But why didn't it appear earlier or later, but only at this time.
"No!" Hua Kai thought instinctively.
"The host is now in the situation of the head of the family. The system generates the main task. Do you accept it?"
"No!"
"The main task cannot be rejected. The system is generating tasks..."
"Main task one: Get the recognition of the villagers of Huajiabao and save the family."
"Task reward: a special skill, a bottle of primary qualification pill."
...
"Kai'er...what's wrong with you?"
"Kai'er..."
"Master!"
Hua Kai suddenly heard a concerned call from his ear. He looked up and saw that everyone was looking at him.
"Kai'er, your grandfather said that you are the head of the Hua family. Then the whole Huajiabao will depend on you in the future. You have to cheer up..." Fourth uncle looked at Hua Kai and said seriously.
Everyone thought that Hua Kai was too sad and in a trance. He ignored them after calling him a few times, so he comforted him. Hua Kai looked at Fourth Uncle and was about to answer, and suddenly felt a message in his mind.
Hua Zihuan: Kaiyuan Realm 6th level
Qualification: C
Constitution: 29
Strength: 24
Will: 30
Mental Method: Jingxin Jue (low-level yellow-level mental method) Great Accomplishment
Spear Method: Liekong Spear (high-level yellow-level spear method) Great Accomplishment
Loyalty: 91
"Fourth uncle, I'm fine!" Hua Kai didn't dare to think about it anymore. He should understand what's going on first and not let others see the flaws.
"It's good that you're fine. The old man is like this now. Kai'er should accept the position of the head of the family as soon as possible. We will gather the whole village to announce this early tomorrow morning. Don't notify others first. Wait until everything is stable during this special period." As the family steward, the housekeeper Hua Fu will certainly obey Hua Xing's orders and help Hua Kai obtain the position of the head of the family.
"Kai'er is the son of the eldest brother and the most talented of this generation in the family. I have no objection to my father letting Kai'er be the head of the family." Fourth uncle Hua Zihuan spoke first without waiting for others to speak.
"Kai'er is the head of the family. Since it is my father's order, I have no objection. But the Hua family is in this situation now. Kai'er is only 12 years old and still a child. The Shen family, as a ninth-rank family in the county, betrayed us this time. How can we survive in Guang County in the future? Even if the Shen family doesn't care about us, there are dangers outside Guang County. I don't know how many people are watching us secretly. Can Kai'er handle it?"
Second uncle sat aside and said solemnly. Fourth uncle on the other side wanted to refute, but in the end he didn't say anything. Third uncle bowed his head and never said a word. At this time, if you want to put the future of the entire family on a child, this will be uneasy for anyone.