The main ingredients that Chu Yuncheng brought were enough to refine six batches of [Platinum Wisdom Pills], and the ingredients in the Alchemy Room were enough to refine four batches. He spent 3,816 luck points to refine all four batches and successfully obtained 17 [Platinum Wisdom Pills].
Many core members of the Hua family had aptitudes between A and A +. These 17 [Platinum Wisdom Pills] were equivalent to 17 Foundation Establishment Realm seeds. If all the core members of the Hua family had good aptitudes, then the Hua family's status in the High Willow Region would be guaranteed. Even if Hua Kai suddenly disappeared one day, the other members of the Hua family could ensure the continuation of the Hua family in the High Willow Region.
Entering the Space at night, Hua Kai told Tang Lei to reduce the frequency of the [Undead Army]'s class change. The family needed to refine large amounts of pills, and they couldn't let them spend too much luck points.
Summer City had already set up winter tents. The entire city was like a grassland tent, but there were more city walls here, and the winter wind didn't invade.
The pastures in the North Mountain and the grassland were all prepared for winter. Winter was to rest well and wait for the winter snow to pass and spring to come.
After everyone finished meeting, many people had already left. Hua Kai saw that his grandfather was about to leave and stopped him.
The two of them came to the Enlightenment House. Usually, no one would come here. He took out a stool for his grandfather to sit down.
"Grandfather, today the Four Seas Merchant Association's Chu Yuncheng came.
He brought a lot of spirit treasure-level herbs and wants to exchange them for a large amount of pills and weapons. They are worth more than 10 million gold, "Hua Kai said.
"So much … Is there going to be a war?
Does the Chu family have so much money to pay? "Hua Xing asked in surprise.
"Chu Yuncheng brought a lot of spirit treasure-level herbs, as well as Heaven and Earth Spirit Quenching and Grade 9 herbs. Many of them are rare treasures, and many of them are pills that can increase one's will. They are what we need the most.
Grandfather, look, this is the [Platinum Wisdom Pill] I refined in the afternoon. After consuming it, one's will can reach the prodigy level. "Hua Kai took out a [Platinum Wisdom Pill] and said.
"Give this pill to others!
Grandpa, there's no need! "Hua Xing refused.
"This time, I refined four batches of pills in one go, resulting in a total of seventeen pills. Right now, your aptitude can only reach the sixth level of the Xiantian realm at most. If you take this pill, you might be able to reach the Foundation Establishment realm," Hua Kai said.
The temptation of the Foundation Establishment was hard to resist. When Hua Xing heard that there were 17 pills in total, he was only willing to take one. Hua Kai watched his grandfather take it and quietly waited for his grandfather to change.
However, this pill wasn't the [Aptitude Pill] reward from the main quest, so the effects wouldn't show up so quickly. After waiting for a while, Hua Kai didn't notice any changes in his grandfather's will. He could only wait until tomorrow to see what would happen.
The next day, Hua Kai walked out of his room and saw his grandfather walking towards him at the entrance of his courtyard.
Hua Kai checked his grandfather's attributes. His aptitude had risen from A Grade to S- Grade, and his strength had also risen from Xiantian Realm Level 2 to Level 3.
"Grandpa, your aptitude now has the hope of reaching the Foundation Establishment realm. Do you feel that the effects of the pills in your body have worn off?" Hua Kai asked.
"I ate some pills yesterday, but they didn't have any effect. When I fell asleep at night, I felt that my body was under the warm sun, and I felt more and more comfortable. Then, I woke up, and I felt that the spirit energy and will around me were much more intimate than before.
Now, the effects of the pills have worn off, "Hua Xing said.
It seemed that the effects of the pills could only be absorbed in one go when one was asleep. This was very good. There was no need to slowly absorb the effects of the pills, and one's aptitude could quickly increase.
There were also disadvantages. Refined elixirs would always have elixir toxins. This [Platinum Wisdom Elixir] was much more toxic than ordinary elixirs. Hua Kai looked at his grandfather's face and estimated that it would be difficult to get rid of the elixir toxins in less than a year.
Hua Kai gave his grandfather a [Body Cleansing Pill], and the single poison in Hua Xing's body was quickly removed. After knowing the effects of the [Platinum Wisdom Pill], Hua Kai was thinking about how to use the remaining 16 pills.
"The Hua family has developed too quickly. I feel that the best thing to do is to increase our family's strength. Your uncles, the butler, Erzhuang, Hua Yue, and Wei Hong are all people you can trust," Hua Xing said what was in his heart.
Hua Kai had paid less attention to Hua Yue and Wei Hong in the past few years. Both of them had B + aptitude, and he still had 29 [Extreme Grade Aptitude Pills]. He could completely raise the aptitude of some of the elders in the Hua family.
"Alright. Second Uncle, Third Uncle, Fourth Uncle, Grandpa Fu, Erzhuang, Wei Hong, Hua Yue, Hua Yu, and Hua Xuan are nine people. Fifth Uncle and Chinese Ink won't be needed.
Take out six of the remaining seven [Platinum Wisdom Pills] and give them to the Ten Young Masters of the Hua family. This way, they will all be prodigies, "Hua Kai decided.
As for the remaining [Platinum Wisdom Pill], Hua Kai wanted to give it to his mother after she raised his strength to A rank.
Half a month had passed since his grandfather's will had advanced to S- rank.
Hua Kai had refined all kinds of pills, and the strength of the core members of the family had increased rapidly. Xue Chen had finally reached the peak of the Connate Realm, and Chinese Ink had reached Level 6 of the Connate Realm. The increase in aptitude of the core members of the Hua family did not attract much attention.
Hua Kai concluded the effects of the [Platinum Wisdom Pill].
After consuming the [Platinum Wisdom Pill], an A rank would definitely be raised to S- rank. After consuming the [Platinum Wisdom Pill], there was a 50% chance that the [Platinum Wisdom Pill] would be raised to S or S- rank. The Fourth Uncle, Hua Zihuan, had finally advanced to the Connate Realm. Second Uncle, Wah Tzu Chi, and Third Uncle, Hua Zijie, had both reached S- rank. Hua Xuan and Hua Yu's aptitude had reached S rank. Among the Ten Young Masters of the Hua family, four had reached S rank and two had reached S- rank.
After consuming the [Platinum Wisdom Pill] and [Platinum Wisdom Pill], Hua Yue's will rose from B + to S rank. Wei Hong's also rose from B + to S- rank. The two of them were now helping out in Xia City with their Fourth Uncle.
At this time, Xia City was different from Hua City. Hua Zihuan was currently on the city walls of Xia City. Looking at the wild beasts gathering outside the city walls, he could not help but feel worried.
Xia City was such a huge city that it could not be compared to Fort Wah Ka or Guang County City in the past.
More and more wild beasts gathered below the city walls that were more than two thousand feet long. Among them, there were a lot of wild beasts. Hua Zihuan estimated that the ratio of wild beasts to wild beasts was about five hundred to one. There were already more than three hundred thousand wild beasts gathered below the city walls.
"Fourth Master, although Xia City has yet to be completed, most of the functions of the city walls can already be used. The eight thousand ballistae installed here are enough to deal a devastating blow to the wild beasts." Wei Hong came to Hua Zihuan's side.
"I'm actually not afraid of these wild beasts. The key is the ratio of wild beasts to demonic beasts.
This place is very close to the Eastern Mountain Range, so the possibility of demonic beasts appearing is very high. We have to keep an eye out for demonic beasts at all times. Fifth Brother will only arrive in a few days, "Hua Zihuan said.
With such a huge city walls that were fourteen meters tall, it would be very difficult for normal wild beasts or even wild beasts to attack the city walls. What Hua Zihuan was most afraid of was the sudden appearance of demonic beasts that would destroy the embryonic form of Xia City that they had built a year ago.
"The Azure Dragon Army doesn't seem to have a way to deal with a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator. Won't the Patriarch personally take action?" Wei Hong said somewhat anxiously.
"There's Chinese Ink!
Although Chinese Ink is only at the sixth level of the Xiantian Realm, his strength is unfathomable. He, Old Five, and Xue Pan can work together to deal with low level demonic beasts.
The Hua family doesn't only have one Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator. There's also Tang Lei, whose strength isn't any weaker than a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator. It's not to the extent that Tang Lei needs to take action, "Hua Zihuan said.
Wei Hong couldn't help but be shocked. As a member of the Hua family, he didn't know that the Hua family already had a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator other than Hua Kai.
Hua Zihuan introduced some of the Hua family's secrets to Wei Hong. Although Wei Hong couldn't enter the space, he was already considered a core member of the Hua family. He needed to know some of the important matters of the Hua family.
In the following three days, the number of wild beasts outside Xia City increased. The more than ten thousand soldiers of the Qilin Army didn't dare to relax at all. They constantly paid attention to the changes of the wild beasts below the city walls. After all, the Hua family had never organized such a large group of wild beasts to defend a city.
More than five thousand soldiers of the Azure Dragon Army had finally arrived. This allowed the commoners and slave soldiers of Xia City to breathe a sigh of relief. The Azure Dragon Army wasn't simply the number one army in Gao Liu City. It was the backbone of the entire Gao Liu County.
In total, there were more than three thousand members of the Hua family's management, more than ten thousand members of the subsidiary families, and more than six thousand craftsmen hired from the Central Plains. This made a total of twenty thousand people.
In addition to the forty thousand slaves, thirty thousand commoners of the Gao Liu County, forty thousand commoners who migrated from the Central Plains, ten thousand soldiers of the Qilin Army, and five thousand soldiers of the Azure Dragon Army, the entire Xia City now had close to a hundred and fifty thousand people.
In the twelfth month, the number of wild beasts outside Xia City exceeded a million. The originally calm core members of the Hua family began to lose their composure.
It was only the twelfth month, but the scale of the wild beasts outside the city had already reached such a degree. According to past experience, the wild beasts would gather at the beginning of January before attacking the city. At that time, the number of wild beasts attacking Xia City would likely exceed five million. This number exceeded everyone's imagination.
"Kai 'er, perhaps this location really isn't suitable for building a city.
Leopard Jade Pass and Gao Liu City are both far from the Eastern Mountain Range. The wolves in the grasslands can consume a large number of wild beasts. Therefore, there isn't much pressure during the winter.
And this Xia City just happens to be on the northeast side of the Eastern Mountain Range. There isn't much grassland as a buffer. This area also doesn't have any other cities. Xia City's target is too big. When the number of wild beasts increases, it will definitely attract Demonic Beasts. Should we consider giving up on Xia City? "Hua Xing heard everyone talking about the defense of Xia City at night and couldn't help but open his mouth.
No one would have thought that Xia City would have so many wild beasts during the winter. In the past, they had also thought about why they didn't build a city in the southern part of the Gao Liu County. However, when they saw the densely packed wild beasts below the city walls, no one was not worried.
Perhaps giving up early was a good thing. If in the future the Hua family lost too much fighting power because of defending Xia City, then the gains would not make up for the losses.
"Grandfather!
Xia City's location is extremely special. Not only is it the transfer point between the Central Plains and the grasslands, it is also likely to become the cultural core of the North. Its significance is comparable to that of Hua City.
I feel that the Hua family has the strength to defend Xia City. With so many wild beasts, it is not a small amount of resources. If we capture them, the harvest will definitely exceed our imagination.
Moreover, everyone think about it. Although the wild beasts are on the move, most of their territories do not change. After we kill all the wild beasts, their numbers will definitely decrease next year. Moreover, they will become fewer and fewer year after year.
Killing wild beasts can reduce the negative karma of the soldiers. It is also a kind of training for the soldiers. Currently, Xia City has yet to have any Demonic Beasts appear. If we want to give up, then I will personally go to Xia City and drive the Demonic Beasts away or find an opportunity to kill them. As long as no mid-grade Demonic Beasts appear, we should be able to defend Xia City. "