"Second uncle, the most important thing for our family now is to unite as one and overcome the current difficulties. As for the position of the head of the family, since grandpa said so himself, now I am the head of the Hua family and the owner of Huajiabao."
Hua Kai has been in the family for so many years, at most he has been giving advice behind his grandfather and father. No one knows that the family's winemaking and porcelain firing are all his ideas.
Now that the family is in the most critical time, Hua Xing can only hand over the family to his grandson as soon as possible, because he knows that his grandson's wisdom is unmatched by ordinary people, and only he can lead the family out of the predicament.
Hua Kai knows his grandfather's thoughts, so he behaves very strongly, so that he can give everyone confidence. Confidence is often the most critical in times of crisis.
Second uncle Hua Ziqi was about to speak up to object, but the third uncle Hua Zijie spoke first.
"Kai'er, your grandfather has no objection to handing this family over to your third uncle. What plans do you have for the family now? We uncles will do our best to help you."
Hua Zijie is responsible for the logistics of the family. His statement is actually a support for Hua Kai. Hua Ziqi spent most of the year in the county looking after the family store and knew very little about his nephew.
"In that case, Hua Kai will need more support from the uncles in the future! What good ideas do you have for the current situation of the family?"
Although Hua Kai looked polite, he spoke as if he were the head of the Hua family. They had never thought that the young nephew had such a strong side. They even had an illusion that the person standing in front of them was not a 12-year-old child, but a steady and mature head of the family.
"Since Kai'er asked, I'll tell you what I think... With such a big incident at home, our Huajiabao is now a lamb to be slaughtered in Guangxian.
The Shen family has cheated us. Now their caravan has just returned from the Linhu grassland and is in a hurry to deal with the goods in their hands. When they are free, they may attack Huajiabao.
We'd better send a large sum of money to the Shen family tomorrow, show a friendly attitude with them, and let them give up their hostility towards us. It's also best to get in touch with the county magistrate, so that the whole Guangxian will be cautious if they want to move us, and the suppression on us will be weaker.
After all, your grandfather is like this, your father is gone, and there is no Qidong realm in the family..."
When the second uncle said this, Hua Kai couldn't help but nodded slightly. The second uncle usually had a bad reputation and liked to haggle over things. Unexpectedly, he could see this. The Shen family, as a 9th-grade family in the county, was not something they could fight against. If the Hua family wanted to survive in Guangxian, they had to swallow this bitter fruit.
When Hua Ziqi said this, Hua Zihuan stood up angrily after hearing it.
"Impossible, my eldest brother was killed by the Shen family and his body cannot be found. How can we be humble to the Shen family and bribe them..."
Everyone was silent when they heard Hua Zihuan say this, but Hua Kai spoke at this time.
"Fourth uncle, I think what second uncle said is right. Now we have to bow to the Shen family. Without the current forbearance, how can there be revenge in the future? You count the family assets tonight and raise all the funds that can be raised. Tomorrow, my second uncle and I will go to the county town."
Hua Kai's words surprised the housekeeper Hua Fu and the third uncle Hua Zijie. Hua Kai actually agreed with Hua Ziqi's suggestion and would go to the county town in person tomorrow. How can this be said by a 12-year-old child?
"As long as grandpa has not completely closed his eyes, some villains who want to deal with us have to think twice. Tomorrow morning, hold a village meeting to tell everyone about the situation of Huajiabao. The earlier everyone knows the family situation, the smaller the impact on the Hua family will be." Hua Kai continued to speak when he saw that everyone had calmed down.
At this point, the second uncle could only agree to support Hua Kai as the head of the family, and everyone dispersed.
After discussing that the direct descendants of Huajiabao would take turns to take care of the unconscious old man, Hua Kai stayed with his grandfather for a while and saw that his grandfather's condition was relatively stable, so he went back to his room to rest.
Lying on the bed, Hua Kai closed his eyes and meditated on the [Super Patriarch System].
Even though Hua Kai had lived for two lifetimes, he could not understand what appeared in his mind. He knew that some thousand-year-old families would have special secret spaces, but it was too incredible for this system to exist in people's minds.
Hua Kai carefully sorted out the functions of this system.
One is the family attribute panel. It digitizes the various development indexes of the family, and the family luck value, which is only 4 points left. The system prompts that when the luck value returns to zero, it is when the family is destroyed. It seems that the Hua family is not far from destruction.
The second is the task system.
The system showed that the main task failed and the system disappeared. Even if he didn't do it for the system, he had to complete the main task for his family. It would be difficult for a person to make a difference in this world without the protection of his family, and Hua Kai only had e- qualifications.
In addition to these two points, there was the [Family Secret Space] that he had not yet explored.
Hua Kai silently recited [Family Secret Space], and a system prompt appeared in his mind.
"Do you want to enter [Family Secret Space]?"
Hua Kai silently recited "Yes". He found himself in a virtual space.
The area of this space is about ten square meters at most. There is a crystal column in the center of the space. It clearly reads on the crystal column:
Hua Family: 94 people
Qidong Realm: 2 people
Kaiyuan Realm: 6 people
Queti Realm: 43 people
Yunqi Realm: 44 people
Qiyun Value: 4 points
Is this the family's combat power? How come there is another Qidong Realm besides grandpa? Hua Kai stared at the Qidong Realm line, and the Qidong Realm line quickly expanded, and the information of Hua Fu's housekeeper appeared on the crystal column.
Hua Fu: 56 years old
Realm: Qidong Realm Level 2
Talent: B-
Family Loyalty: 99
Hua Fu's housekeeper turned out to be a Qidong Realm master, and I didn't realize it after living with him for so many years.
Hua Kai stared at the Kaiyuan Realm group again, and the six Kaiyuan Realm family members unfolded one by one. The six people were the fifth uncle, the fourth uncle, the guard leader Hua Yue, the second Zhuang, the Wei Baotou, and the second uncle who had just entered the first level of Kaiyuan Realm. This is the main combat force of the entire Huajiabao.
The one with the highest qualification among them is the fifth uncle Hua Zichen, who is 24 years old and has reached the 9th level of Kaiyuan Realm, with a qualification of A+. In addition, he also specifically looked at the qualifications of all the people displayed in the family. Most of them are between F and D levels, there are only more than a dozen C-level people, and only grandfather, housekeeper and two children are B-level. Hua Kai wrote down the names of the two children.
"Why are there only 94 names displayed? Why doesn't the system recognize more than 300 people in the village?" Hua Kai looked carefully and found that many familiar people in the family were not on it.
After Hua Kai's observation and summary, all the people engraved on the crystal column have a common characteristic, that is, their loyalty is more than 60 points.
Just thinking about it, one person is missing from the list of the crystal column. Hua Kai saw that the number of family members suddenly became 93, and there happened to be a villager in Huajiabao with a loyalty of 60 points who was removed from the list!
After understanding the family list of the crystal column, Hua Kai cast his eyes around. This space was surrounded by eight cards, and various patterns were engraved on each card.
Hua Kai approached these cards and found that the first one was a picture of a mountain. There is a man-made platform on the top of the mountain with fairy air. In the center of the platform is a black ink-colored boulder. This boulder looks mysterious and strange, with three big characters [Asking the Sky Stone] written on it.
Hua Kai approached this wall-like card, and a message appeared on the card.
[Asking the Sky Stone]: It can detect the bottleneck of family members' cultivation.
"You need to pay 0 points of luck to enter.
Do you want to enter?"
Do these cards rely on luck to enter? Since there was no need to spend the family's luck value, Hua Kai decided to give it a try.
Click OK to enter, and he felt a black screen in front of his eyes. When Hua Kai reacted, he found that he had entered the card. There was a bottomless cliff next to him, and a special black prism stone opposite him. Hua Kai looked at the stone and felt that he was attracted by it.
He felt that his spirit seemed to have exceeded the constraints of his body. The family's mental method [Quiet Heart Sutra] could not help but run automatically in his body, and the blood in his whole body surged, and he instantly entered the strongest combat state.
This state was particularly strange. Hua Kai could feel the subtle changes in his body, just like appreciating his own cultivation as a bystander. He felt the changes in his body and true qi very clearly.
Just thinking about it, Hua Kai felt that the true qi in his body was dissipating rapidly, and soon he could not feel any true qi at all. He couldn't help but worry in his heart. He tried to recite [Quiet Heart Sutra] silently, but it was useless. Even the previous [Splitting Sky Gun] gunmanship perception seemed to be gone. Hua Kai suddenly had a feeling that he had been on Earth in his previous life without any cultivation.
After a while, Hua Kai suddenly felt a little bit of Qi entering his body. The Qi penetrated all his meridians. Although the Qi was not much, the fragile meridians still felt a tingling pain.
The tingling made his meridians constantly strengthened, and slowly he could accommodate more and more Qi. This is the Qi Condensation Realm. First, he adapted to the Qi to strengthen the meridians, and then prepared for the body to accommodate more Qi in the future.
Hua Kai suddenly understood, isn't this the process of practicing in the Qi Condensation Realm?
[Asking the Sky Stone] let him experience the Qi Condensation Realm again, so that he could clearly realize that he had thought wrong in many places before. Cultivation is a gradual process of strengthening in many aspects, and the process of qualitative change caused by quantitative change.
Soon he knew the shortcomings of his practice and the reasons why he could not break through the Qi Condensation Realm, and he also had some new understandings and guesses about the future practice of the Body Tempering Realm.
The Qi Condensation Realm is mainly the mutual strengthening of Qi, meridians, and will. Qi strengthens the meridians. When the meridians are strong, the will to practice martial arts will become stronger, so that more Qi can be absorbed to strengthen the meridians. In this process, all three are equally important.
Thanks to Hua Kai's relatively strong willpower, he was able to make up for his lack of talent and absorb more true qi. According to the rules, his e- qualification would basically reach the limit when his true qi was raised to the early stage of the body tempering realm. At that time, the true qi he absorbed could basically only maintain his body from degenerating. This is the sadness of poor qualifications.
Coming out of the Questioning Heaven Stone Secret Realm, Hua Kai felt a little sleepy. He took a rough look at the introductions of the other 7 cards.
[Physical Training Secret Realm]: Training improves physical strength. The host enters for free, and family members need to consume 1 point of family luck to enter.
[Strength Training Secret Realm]: Training improves true qi and strength. The host needs 1 point of family luck to enter, and family members need 2 points of family luck to enter. "
[Willpower Training Secret Realm]: Training improves willpower and mental strength. The host needs 5 points of family luck to enter, and family members need 10 points of family luck to enter."
[Martial Arts Hall]: Improve the quality level of martial arts.
(Hua Family [Sky Spear]: Yellow-grade advanced martial arts, upgrading to the low-grade Xuan-grade requires 500 points of family luck.)"
[Wu Jing Zhai]: Improve the quality level of the mental method.
(Hua Family [Jing Xin Jue]: Yellow-grade low-grade mental method, upgrading to the intermediate yellow-grade requires 100 points of family luck.)"
[Weapon Shop]: Use materials to automatically forge weapons and armor.
There is only one synthesis frame when entering the blacksmith shop, and there are thousands of weapons from white equipment to golden legends. Most of the forging materials used are unheard of by him, and the required luck value is also 100 points, which is not something Hua Kai can try now.
[Alchemy Room]: Use medicinal materials to refine pills.
Hua Kai was delighted to see this, and his grandfather's injury might be cured!
He hurried into the alchemy room and saw that the pills were divided into three levels. Each level of ordinary pills, treasure pills, and spiritual pills is divided into 9 levels. Most of the alchemy materials here start with spiritual medicines, and natural materials and treasures are not uncommon.
There are tens of thousands of pill recipes here. Hua Kai started reading from the lowest-level pills, and soon he picked out a pill that the Hua family is most likely to refine.
Qi-transforming pill: first-grade ordinary pill
Materials needed for refining: 1 Qi-transforming fruit as the main medicine, 10 grams of Qingti grass as the auxiliary medicine, 5 grams of black snake flower, 2 grams of Qianjin vine...
Efficacy: purify and improve the quality of the true qi in the body, strengthen physical fitness, and have a weak meridian maintenance effect. The effect is better when taken below the Xiantian realm.
The family luck value required for refining is 1 point.
This is the lowest-level recipe in the pill recipe. Hua Kai memorized the names of all the herbs in the recipe.
Guangxian pharmacy often sells spiritual medicines, among which the only spiritual medicine used is the Qi-transforming fruit. The Qi-transforming fruit is a relatively common spiritual fruit. Other auxiliary medicines should be available in Guangxian pharmacy.
Having found a way to heal his grandfather, Hua Kai was so excited that he could no longer stay in the "Family Secret Realm". He silently chanted to leave the system and felt himself reappear in his room. The sky outside the window was slightly brighter, and there was only half an hour left before dawn. Hua Kai forced himself to calm down, cross-legged on the bed and began to meditate, practicing the [Calm Mind Technique].
Hua Kai got up as soon as the rooster crowed in the morning. He opened the door and saw that his mother had prepared water for him to wash his face.
Hua Kai's mother's name was Huang Shuyun, the sister of the head of the Huang family in Xihe Village. Since she learned that her husband had passed away yesterday, she fainted several times from crying. This morning, she cheered up again and helped her son prepare everything for going out.
"Today, you will be the head of the Hua family. You must think twice before doing anything in the future. You can't be reckless. If you can't make up your mind, listen to the opinions of several uncles and housekeepers."
Listening to his mother's instructions, Hua Kai let his mother tidy up his collar.
Today he was wearing a white wide-sleeved coat, which was the dressing habit of the owner of Huajiabao. However, because of the tight time, he could not find white silk, so the white coat was made of coarse cloth.
"Mom, you should also pay attention to your body and not get too tired..."
Huang Shuyun touched her son's head lovingly, and tears could not help but flow down again. Her son was sensible since he was young, and many changes in the family in recent years were caused by her son. Although many people may think that her son is young and look down on him, she firmly believes that her son will be able to lead the family through the crisis.
Hua Kai quickly ate the porridge and steamed bread cooked by his mother, said goodbye to his mother, took a deep breath and left the house.
As soon as he walked out of the house, Hua Kai heard many villagers muttering in the corner about the Hua family's business disaster.
"I heard that the old owner had only one breath left when he came back last night, and he could die at any time..." A villager in his 50s leaned against the corner and whispered.
"That's right, and my uncle (Hua Kai's father Hua Ziming) was killed by bandits while trading this time, and this Huajiabao..."
"Keep your voices down... Hua family has lost two Qidongjing masters all of a sudden, I think we have to consider our own way out..."
Hua Kai ignored these discussions. He came to the door of the meeting hall of Huajiabao and heard a burst of noise coming from inside. Along with the noise, Hua Kai could hear some "ungrateful", "Huajiabao has done us a favor", "I would rather die in Huajiabao"word.
Hua Kai walked into the conference hall alone, and everyone saw that he had reduced the discussion. The three uncles and the housekeeper had already sat down, leaving only the most central position, which was the exclusive seat of Grandpa Hua Xing in the past.
Hua Kai came to the main seat and sat down, looking at the more than 40 village representatives of different forms, and couldn't help but check the attributes of all the village representatives one by one. Most of them were in the body tempering realm, and their loyalty values were basically around 50 points. The loyalty values of some people had dropped below 40 points, which was a relatively dangerous value.
However, Hua Kai checked the loyalty of Wei Baotou and Captain Hua Yue under the stage, and they were still above 80 points, which made Hua Kai quite relieved.
"Everyone knows about the family affairs. The master has not recovered from his injuries yet. He has passed the position of the head of the family to Master Hua Kai last night... Quiet..."
As the right-hand man of Grandpa Hua Xing, housekeeper Hua Fu presided over the meeting today. Everyone saw Hua Kai, a little kid in his teens, sitting in the main seat of the meeting, and they all talked about it one by one.
"Uncles and uncles..." Hua Kai suddenly stood up from the main seat and said, his voice was childish and crisp, which seemed particularly special. But everyone heard it with a strong confidence. When everyone in the hall saw this, the voices of discussion weakened.
"Everyone saw my grandfather injured and carried back last night. My father just died. Huajiabao has never experienced such a big setback. Now the family has entered the most dangerous moment..." Hua Kai said here, seeing that many people's loyalty was close to 30, which was considered to have fallen into the dangerous area. At this time, the housekeeper Huafu gently pulled the corner of Hua Kai's clothes.
"These are all facts. I have nothing to hide. All Huajiabao people have the right to know everything in the village." Hua Kai continued to speak regardless of the housekeeper's reminder.
After Hua Kai finished speaking, there was an uproar below. Hua Kai had no expression on his face, and quietly waited for the discussion below to come up with a result.
Hua Ziqi and others did not expect Hua Kai to communicate with the village representatives in such a direct way. They all silently waited for Hua Kai's subsequent performance.
"I'll give you one stick of incense to think about it. If anyone wants to leave, they can pack up and leave Huajiabao now. Our Hua family never forces anyone to stay. After one stick of incense, we'll talk about the future of Huajiabao."
After Hua Kai finished speaking, the discussion in the audience was much less. It's not that easy to leave Huajiabao. If you join the county, you won't even be qualified to farm for a noble family unless you have the strength of Qidong Realm or above.
Now the people living in the slums of the county can't have a few full meals a week. If they turn around and go to other large villages outside the city now, not to mention being labeled as traitors, people may not necessarily accept them.
"It seems that no one wants to leave, so I will continue to talk about the family's future plans. The Hua family has given everyone a chance, and no one has left. In this case, if you find someone who is disloyal and has two hearts in the future, don't blame the Hua family for being cruel." Hua Kai said it would take an incense stick, but he started talking before half an incense stick had passed. After all, leaving Huajiabao is a cowardly and shameful thing. Some people who are still struggling with how to leave don't have to think about it at this time. Hua Kai has already said so, and if they stand up again, they will really become deserters.