Wah Tzu Chi and his wife, Wah Tzu Chi, parted on bad terms. From start to finish, no one came forward to explain the Shen Family's fight. Thus, Wah Tzu Chi didn't know if this was his brother-in-law's doing or if this was the Shen Family's long-planned revenge!
He came out of the Shen Family's shop and saw all the weapons scattered outside. His brother-in-law, Shen Bao, was in the shop with a few Household Servants.
"Shen Bao, you actually dare to seize my Hua family's shop. Have you thought of the consequences?
Your sister stole the Hua family's title deed and said that she would leave it with your family first. Aren't you afraid that the county magistrate will punish you? When the time comes, let's see if the Shen Family will protect you. "Wah Tzu Chi said angrily when he saw Shen Bao.
"Haha!
My good brother-in-law!
You really take the Hua family seriously.
Go to the county government and see what the county magistrate will say. The title deed is in my hands now. You said that my sister stole it from the Hua family. Get my sister to testify!
I'm afraid you don't have the ability. "
Shen Bao wasn't afraid at all. It was natural for aristocratic families to bully ordinary families. Moreover, the title deed was already in her hands. Even if the Hua family had a hundred guts, they wouldn't dare to go to the Shen Residence to testify.
"Shen Bao, this shop has been the Hua family's business for hundreds of years. Your Shen Family doesn't deal in weapons. The Hua family is one of the Eight Aristocratic Families outside the city. This shop is the only property of our Hua family in the county. If you really want to fall out with them, you have to be careful. Although the Hua family can't do anything to the Shen Family, it's more than enough to deal with you. As long as the Shen Family doesn't have concrete evidence, they won't dare to do anything to the Hua family.
After Hua Zizhuan finished speaking, Shen Bao panicked. This weapon shop was the Hua Clan's only source of income in Guang County. If she snatched the other party's weapon shop, it meant that the Hua Clan would not rest until one of them was dead. Even if the Hua Clan did not dare to do anything to the Shen Clan, it was still possible for them to deal with a small Shen Bao.
But then, she thought of that person's request and felt hatred in her heart. Worst comes to worst, I won't leave Guang County for half a year. When the business group comes back this year, the shop will still be mine.
"Haha!
Are you trying to scare me?
Why would my Shen Family be scared of an ordinary family like yours?
If you have the ability!
I'll take it all.
I won't let the weapons shop see what you can do to me. "As Shen Bao spoke, she saw the Shen family's servants looking at her with admiration. She felt extremely proud.
"Fine, let's wait and see!
I hope the Shen Family will be able to protect you. "Wah Tzu Chi finished speaking and turned his head. No matter what, he had to return to the village first.
Wah Tzu Chi didn't dare to face his two younger brothers after losing the only shop in the family. He also didn't dare to face his nephew, Hua Kai, and his father who had gone to Xiongnu Country. But at this point, it wasn't important anymore. The most important thing was to solve the problem of the shop.
After returning to Fort Wah Ka, Wah Tzu Chi told Hua Zijie and Hua Zihuan about the shop in Guang County. Everyone thought that Hua Zihuan would go to the Shen Family in a rage and cause trouble. Unexpectedly, he was even quieter than Wah Tzu Chi.
"Second Brother, Shen Bao might have the support of the Shen Family. Even if we go to the Shen Family, there won't be any results. If Kai 'er is at home, he definitely won't go against the Shen Family directly. The Han family will definitely side with us, but they definitely won't let the Shen Family return the shop to us. After all, aristocratic families are a group of interests. The best thing to do now is to wait," Hua Zihuan said calmly.
"Wait?
Fourth Brother, if we don't open the shop, where will everyone in Guang County go to buy weapons?
If the Han family blames us, how will we take responsibility? "Hua Zijie reminded.
"Take responsibility?
The shop doesn't belong to our family anymore. What responsibility do we have?
If we have to take responsibility, it should be the Shen Family.
It's not that we won't sell weapons anymore. Tomorrow, we will open our own shop in Fort Wah Ka. If the city needs weapons, they can come to Fort Wah Ka to buy them.
Our village has a population of more than 600 people. Aren't all the new shops doing well recently? "Hua Zihuan said with a smile.
Indeed, ever since the expansion of the Hua Clan Fort, the newly opened grain stores, grocery stores, furniture stores and other stores were doing very well. Every month, they would earn more than 10 gold coins. This was much more than the income of the weapon stores in the county town. The 60 gold coins that Hua Kai had given to Hua Zihuan had not decreased by much. Instead, it was increasing.
"Since Kai 'er said to let Fourth Brother be in charge, then we'll do as you say. However, we definitely can't let Shen Bao off … I'm responsible for what happened to the shop this time. I definitely won't let Shen Yueru's family off!" Hua Zizhuang gritted his teeth.
"Second Brother, you don't have to blame yourself too much. From now on, it's best that you don't have any contact with the Shen Family. The family still needs to rely on their strength. Let's wait for the return of the head of the family and father."
After Hua Zihuan finished speaking, everyone couldn't help but nod. As long as the family could return safely from their business trip, the problems with the shop would be a small matter.
If the Hua family suffered heavy losses this time, they wouldn't be able to protect Fort Wah Ka even if the Shen Family didn't target them.
Fort Wah Ka gave up on the shop in Guang County. All the families in Guang County knew that the Shen Family had taken over the Hua family's business. Everyone was dissatisfied with the tyranny of the Shen Family. After all, the craftsmanship of the Hua family was passed down for hundreds of years. After the Shen Family took over the Hua family's business, the entire Guang County could only go to Fort Wah Ka to buy weapons.
After the walls of Fort Wah Ka were built, the houses in the village began to expand rapidly. Some workshops and martial arts training grounds were moved to outside the inner walls. The entire Fort Wah Ka started to be reconstructed. This year, the villagers who joined Fort Wah Ka moved into the new houses. The old main courtyard was also expanded after the renovation. Hua Zichen's courtyard was built beside the main courtyard. The two courtyards had a connecting door that allowed people to pass through. The entire Fort Wah Ka had become unusually prosperous in just a month.
Back to the Hua Jia Caravan.
It had been more than ten days since they left the Aohan tribe. The Guang County Business Group had traveled thousands of miles to the west and had just left the Aohan tribe's territory.
The grasslands were not like the Central Plains. There were fewer people here. Ever since they met a small tribe with a hundred people five days ago, the Guang County Business Group hadn't seen a single person along the way.
Many people in the Hua family had become unusually energetic after taking the elixir. In the past few days, many caravans had seen them lining up on horses to train their riding skills.
Hua Xing was very familiar with cavalry training. He had joined the army many times in his life and had been a cavalry captain in the army. Now, as long as the Hua Jia Caravan was in a hurry, everyone would take turns to train on horseback. The grasslands were the world of cavalry.
Hua Kai and his Fifth Uncle, Hua Zichen, were even more energetic after taking the Blood Dragon Elixir.
For the past few days, he had been practicing his spear skills on horseback. He had also been learning the formation of a horse team from his grandfather. Now, everyone in the Hua family had one horse each and there were still some left. Everyone was free to ride on horseback. The carriages were driven by newly bought slaves. This was a situation that the Hua family had never experienced before.
Hua Kai was learning how to sprint on horseback with the Hua family members. His body felt like it was being burned by fire. If he didn't toss and turn, he would panic. More than ten days had passed. Hua Kai's strength had increased by two points under the effects of the Dragon Blood Elixir. Now, there was still half of the elixir's duration left. He had to work hard to squeeze out more energy from his body to absorb more of the elixir.
Hua Kai: Initial Element Realm Level 1
Aptitude: D-
Physique: 20
Strength: 20
Willpower: 25
Novelist: Student
Mental Cultivation Method (Novelist): Basic Writing Skills (Low Heaven Level Mental Cultivation Method) Small Success
Mental Cultivation Method: Meditation Technique (High Yellow Level Mental Cultivation Method) Perfection
Spear Skills: Space Splitting Spear (High Yellow Level Spear Skill) Large Success
Special Mental Cultivation Method: Great Dream Visualization (God Level) Entry
Special Skill: Eye of Truth (Unable to level up)
Hua Kai had broken through to the Initial Element Realm. At the age of 13, he could be considered a genius even in Lin Zi City. However, Hua Kai knew his own situation. His aptitude was only D-. Reaching the Initial Element Realm Middle Stage was his limit.
Hua Zichen had been training for more than eight hours every day for the past few days. His horse had run out of stamina, so he used Hua Kai's newly upgraded BMW to tire himself out every day. This way, his attributes had become:
Hua Zichen: Mortal Realm Level 6
Aptitude: A +
Physique: 46
Strength: 47
Willpower: 59
Confucian: Student
Taoist: Student
Divine Ability: Shadow Body Transformation
Mental Cultivation Method: Meditation Art (High Yellow Level Mental Cultivation Method) Great Perfection
Spear Art: Space Splitting Spear (High Yellow Level Spear Art) Great Perfection
Confucian Mental Cultivation Method: Morality Technique (Low Heaven Level Mental Cultivation Method) Small Success
Confucian Sword Art: Nurturing Self Sword Art (Middle Earth Level Sword Art) Small Success
Taoist Mental Cultivation Method: Tao Te Ching (High Heaven Level Mental Cultivation Method) Entry
Taoist Fist Art: Eight Trigrams Palm (Low Earth Level Palm Art) Entry
Taoist Formation: Eight Trigrams Formation (Entry), Eight Trigrams Formation (Entry), Four Swords Formation (Entry), Twelve Gates of Heaven Formation (Entry)
Morality: 141165
Loyalty: 100
Fifth Uncle Hua Zichen had reached Mortal Realm Level 6 from Qi Transformation Stage Level 1 in less than half a year. He was becoming more and more confident. If he used all of his Morality, Yu Jun wouldn't be able to take more than three hits from him. Even if he didn't use his Morality, his skills were still much better than Yu Jun's.
Therefore, if Hua Zichen was an average genius in the past, he was a Confucian student who practiced the Morality Technique. He should be at the same level as Yu Jun who was at Qi Transformation Stage Level 9.
But now, Hua Zichen had mastered both the Confucian and Taoist cultivation techniques at the age of 25. His willpower was far beyond his level, and he also had his own divine ability. This kind of genius was already considered a top genius. Perhaps only the top geniuses of his generation could surpass him.
Hua Kai was sitting on a horse and listening to his grandfather's instructions. He steadied himself on the horse, lowered his center of gravity, and let the horse run to find his balance. When he encountered an enemy, he would quickly thrust his spear at the enemy.
At this time, the new middle-aged man from the Jia family came out of his caravan on a fully armed horse. Behind him were more than 30 members of the Jia family on horseback. It seemed like they were going to train on horseback just like the Hua family.
The middle-aged man from the Jia family had been staring at Hua Zichen ever since he came out of his caravan. Hua Zichen seemed to have sensed that the man was not as simple as he seemed, so he nodded at him from afar.
Hua Jia Caravan had been listening to Hua Kai's narration of "The Three Kingdoms" recently. He loved the battle scenes in the narration, so he started to encourage the two to have a duel.
Normally, it was normal for two caravan leaders to have a friendly duel, so the members of the Jia family also followed suit. Now that they were here, the two of them were also interested. The middle-aged man pulled his horse to the side and waited for Hua Zichen to come over.
"Hua family, how about we have a duel?
We don't even have a spearhead, and the one who falls off the horse loses. "
The middle-aged man was called Jia Zhan, Mortal Realm Stage 7. He was the strongest warrior in the Jia family, and there were only a few people in the whole Guang County who could defeat him.
"Alright, we'll do as you say!"
Hua Zichen said as he took off his spearhead and wrapped it in a piece of cotton cloth. He was afraid that even without the spearhead, his opponent would still be severely injured.
When the whole Jia family saw that Jia Zhan was going to have a duel, they all stopped their caravan at the side of the road. It was hard to find entertainment on the road, so everyone thought that Jia Zhan wanted to teach Hua Zichen a lesson.
"Jia Zhan from the Jia family, 【Hurricane Halberd】. Please enlighten me!" Jia Zhan and Hua Zichen came to an open space and kowtowed.
Hua Jia Caravan also stopped to watch the duel under Hua Kai's lead. The members of both families were shouting the names of their supporters. Hua Kai checked Jia Zhan's status.
Jia Zhan: Mortal Realm Stage 7
Potential: A-
Vitality: 51
Strength: 47
Willpower: 49
Mental cultivation method: Mad Demon Mental Cultivation Method (Mystic Middle Level Mental Cultivation Method)
Halberd Arts: Hurricane Halberd (Low Mystic)
Compared to Fifth Uncle's stats, Jia Zhan's stats were much lower. But since the two were going to have a duel, there was a lot of suspense. Although Fifth Uncle had been practicing his equestrian skills recently, he was not much worse than Jia Zhan.
"Hua family, Hua Zichen from the Hua family, 【Air Splitting Spear】. Please enlighten me!" Hua Zichen also kowtowed back.
Under the gaze of hundreds of spectators, Jia Zhan and Hua Zichen were a hundred meters apart from each other. Both of them were rushing towards each other while pointing at the sky.
Hua Zichen's horse was obviously much better than Jia Zhan's. His speed was extremely fast, and in just three breaths, he had already closed in on his opponent. Using the [Space Splitting Spear], he aimed straight for his opponent's chest. All of the moves in the Mortal Realm were extremely fast, causing the members of both families to be extremely shocked.
Jia Zhan had been in the Mortal Realm for more than forty years, and now he was already over seventy years old. It was only because he was in the Mortal Realm that he looked like he was in his forties. His mastery of the Mortal Realm Zhen Qi was not something normal people could compare with.
As the tip of the spear was about to hit Jia Zhan's chest, a Zhen Qi armor suddenly appeared around it. Hua Zichen felt that his spear was slightly blocked. When he realized what was going on, Jia Zhan's body was slightly tilted and he had easily dodged his attack.
But Hua Zichen had already predicted all of this. After missing his attack, a Zhen Qi beam suddenly flew towards Jia Zhan. This was the most powerful attack of this attack.
Jia Zhan felt the danger approaching. He roared and condensed all of his Zhen Qi in his chest. The halberd in his hand was pierced towards Hua Zichen's head with all of his strength. The body of the halberd was completely filled with Zhen Qi. While he was defending, he did not forget to attack. The spectators all opened their eyes wide. It was not easy to see a battle between Mortal Realm warriors.
Hua Zichen saw his opponent's attack and a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He ignored his opponent's attack. The tip of the spear exploded. Jia Zhan was frightened and could only give up his attack. He did not expect his opponent's spear art to be so exquisite. He had lost the first round.
The two immediately separated after a brief contact. The moves were very dangerous. Only those above the Qi Transforming Stage could see some of them clearly. Many of the Jia family members could not help but frown. This Hua Zijie's moves were so exquisite that even Jia Zhan was at a disadvantage in the first round.