The five of them were discussing the future direction of the family in the side room next to Hua Xing's. After Hua Zijie finished speaking, Hua Zihuan was not willing to agree.
"Third Brother, if we expand the area of the village, we must increase the strength of the villagers' defense. I think many people will choose to leave for other villages. We don't know how many people will be left in the family in two years. Besides, without resources, we can't cultivate the younger generation. When we are old, Fort Wah Ka will decline. I think we should rebuild the caravan and go to Linhu Grassland. I don't want to live an ignoble life …" Hua Zihuan said with a red face.
"How can this be considered an ignoble life?
Huang Jia also has 800 mu of fertile land. It is one of the eight villages in Guang County … "
"Huang Jia chose to build the village in the valley. Our terrain is different from Xihe Village. We can't defend 800 mu of land …"
Hua Kai saw that his third uncle and fourth Uncle were quarreling, so he asked his second uncle who was silent, "Second Uncle, what do you think?"
"Well … I think although our caravan suffered a great loss this year, since the Shen Family is willing to reconcile with us, we can buy some livestock from the Shen Family. We can buy them and raise them for a month. We can make some money."
After his second uncle said this, the others thought about it carefully. The villages outside Guang County would buy a batch of livestock that the Shen Family bought from the grassland every year.
The Shen Family had to travel thousands of miles to drive the livestock back to Qi. The livestock lost a lot of weight and needed to be fed to recover. The villages outside Guang County would fight to buy the livestock. If they fattened up, they could make at least 10% of the profit.
"Back to the topic. Even if your grandfather can wake up in the end, his meridians are so damaged. It is impossible for him to recover his previous state. We can't defend this land. We don't have a Qi Transformation Stage to lead the caravan. If we encounter danger, we can only be slaughtered. If we can't sell the livestock, we can rely on the weapons shop to survive in the city."
He proposed to give up Zhang Jiabao!
Before Wah Tzu Chi could finish, the others exploded. Hua Kai realized that his Second Uncle was very quick-witted, but if he only thought about running away when faced with a problem, he would not be able to become the family's decision-maker.
"Alright, Third Uncle, you should clean up the cow pen and horse stables in the next few days. After my father's burial, we'll think about selling livestock."
Hua Kai had some ideas on how to make money. Unfortunately, Fort Wah Ka was treading on thin ice. If he was not careful, not only would he not be able to make money, he might even get himself killed.
At night, Hua Kai returned to his room early to rest. When he entered the space, he saw that the Energy Training Secret Realm had already indicated that he could enter. The sooner he entered the Tempered Body Realm, the better his ability to protect himself would be. Thinking about how he would be able to break through to the Tempered Body Realm after entering the Energy Training Secret Realm today, Hua Kai felt a little excited.
"Do you want to spend 1 luck point to enter the Energy Training Secret Realm?"
"Yes!" Hua Kai said in his heart.
"Please choose the weapon you want to bring."
Since he still had to choose his weapon, Hua Kai exited the space and took his Red Tasseled Spear before returning to the secret realm.
The Energy Training Secret Realm was different from the Constitution Training Secret Realm. As soon as Hua Kai entered, he found himself in a dark space. In front of him was a stone bridge with no end in sight. On both sides of the stone bridge were vertical cliffs that were more than 10 meters tall. There seemed to be many small holes on the cliffs. When Hua Kai walked onto the bridge and poked his head out, he found that the bottom of the bridge was densely packed with poisonous snakes. As soon as he stepped onto the bridge, these poisonous snakes began to crawl along the bridge piers and towards the cliffs on both sides.
Hua Kai hurriedly stopped. If he was bitten by these poisonous snakes, he might not really die, but the trial might end. The Constitution Training Secret Realm tested one's physical fitness and endurance. Then, the Energy Training Secret Realm might be testing one's True Qi and the use of one's strength.
After leaving the stone bridge, Hua Kai found that all the poisonous snakes had retreated. He tried to climb onto the bridge again and found that the poisonous snakes had begun to climb up again. Was he wrong? As long as he was fast enough, he could quickly cross the bridge without waiting for these poisonous snakes to climb up?
Hua Kai decided to give it a try.
After taking a few steps back, Hua Kai quickly rushed towards the stone bridge. When the poisonous snakes at the bottom of the bridge noticed that someone had entered the stone bridge, they quickly climbed up the stone piers and the cliffs on both sides. Before they could climb up, Hua Kai had already run more than 10 meters.
However, after running for more than 10 meters, Hua Kai found that many of the poisonous snakes in front of him had already climbed up the stone bridge. Some of the poisonous snakes climbed up the cliffs on both sides and curled up their bodies. They struggled to use their tails to bounce off the cliffs and flew rapidly towards Hua Kai.
Hua Kai had no choice but to slow down. The Red Tasseled Spear accurately pierced the flying snake's head. The flying snake suddenly turned into a dot of light and flew into Hua Kai's body. Before he could realize it, Hua Kai turned his head and found that there was no way out.
Behind him, the poisonous snakes of the same size had already climbed up the bridge.
Hua Kai saw that a one-foot-long green snake had already climbed up the bridge piers and was sticking out its tongue to bite him. He hurriedly turned around and dodged. Then, he stomped the small snake to death. A wave of energy entered his body again. This time, Hua Kai deeply felt that there was more True Qi in his body.
With this discovery, Hua Kai slowed down and focused on killing the snakes. However, after he used the Red Tasseled Spear to kill two small snakes, he felt that there were more snakes around him. If he didn't leave now, he would definitely be surrounded. It seemed that concentrating on killing monsters was not going to work.
Running at top speed, Hua Kai did his best to avoid the group attacks. Only when he couldn't dodge did he use the Red Tasseled Spear in his hand to quickly finish them off. He found that the perception range of these snakes was only about 10 meters. As long as he ran fast, only a few of the fast snakes could catch up to him. However, he had to be careful of the snakes that flew out from the cliffs on both sides.
After getting used to the snake attacks, Hua Kai was no longer in a hurry. The Qi Cultivation Realm was unable to separate True Qi from the body, but it could increase the strength of the body. Hua Kai used the True Qi on his feet to increase his sprinting speed. When he encountered an attack, he would use the Red Tasseled Spear to increase his spear skills. For a time, the various moves of the [Space Splitting Spear Technique] became more flexible, and his speed increased by a bit.
Hua Kai's entire body was focused on the possible attacks that could appear around him. His speed was not slow at all, and he quickly ran towards the other side of the stone bridge.
At this time, a small snake less than a foot long flew down from the cliff at top speed. Hua Kai was careless and was hit in the arm by the small snake. His entire left hand was suddenly unable to gather True Qi. This sudden change instantly caused him to be surrounded by danger, and he lost his original rhythm.
Hua Kai's rhythm slowed down, and he suddenly felt the pressure around him increase. A large black snake more than 5 feet long climbed up from under the bridge. His left hand was unable to exert any strength, and his right hand used the spear to sweep away a colorful snake. This large black snake had already reached his side. Hua Kai roared loudly, and with all his strength, the Red Tasseled Spear quickly stabbed towards the black snake. The black snake did not have time to dodge, and Hua Kai only felt that the large black snake's skin was as hard as gold.
This also gave Hua Kai some time to react. He saw even more large and small snakes surrounding him, and with a few leaps, he quickly escaped from the encirclement.
At this time, Hua Kai felt that his left arm was beginning to regain feeling. Just a moment ago, he had been careless, and the trial had almost ended.
With this experience, Hua Kai continued on his journey.
He could feel that the snakes he encountered were getting bigger and bigger, and their numbers were also increasing. After an unknown period of time, Hua Kai was surrounded by more than 10 10 feet long snakes, and he was completely unable to escape. A large gray snake bit his calf, and although Hua Kai was finally able to kill the large snake, he also felt a burst of dizziness. The snake's effect was to paralyze him. Hua Kai saw that everything around him seemed to be seeing double.
Finally, he had reached his limit.
Hua Kai knew that he could no longer move forward, so he steadied himself and no longer dodged. He stabbed his spear at the seven-inch point of a large snake that was over 4 meters long. The large snake directly turned into a ray of light and entered Hua Kai's body. Hua Kai felt that the Qi in his body suddenly surged, and the bottleneck of the Qi Condensation realm was suddenly broken. The Qi in his body began to circulate throughout his body, and his body naturally received an unprecedented tempering. He had entered the Tempered Body Realm.
After entering the Tempered Body Realm, Hua Kai felt that his body had suddenly become unprecedentedly good. With a few Extreme Steps, he was able to once again escape the encirclement of the snakes. The dizziness in his head was no longer so obvious, and he did not dare to be negligent in escaping.
He continued to run along the stone bridge.
However, not long after, his speed could not help but slow down. The large snakes in front of him were all over 10 feet long, and some of the stronger black pythons were over 15 feet long. Their strength was basically equivalent to that of a low level wild beast.
(For humans, the Qi Condensation realm, Tempered Body realm, and Natal Opening realm are equivalent to low level, middle level, and high level wild beasts.
The Qi Condensation realm, Qi Condensation realm, and Xiantian realm are equivalent to low level, middle level, and high level wild beasts.)
After being poisoned by many kinds of snake venom, Hua Kai finally collapsed on the stone bridge. When he regained consciousness, he found himself lying on his bed. The sunlight outside the window had already shone in. Today, he actually woke up late.
Stretching his body, Hua Kai felt that this was the first time in many years that he had slept so comfortably. He thought about the trial in the Secret Territory last night, and silently looked at his status panel.
Hua Kai: Tempered Body Realm Level 2
Aptitude: E-
Vitality: 12
Strength: 13
Willpower: 17
Mental Cultivation Method: Meditation Heart Art (Low Yellow Rank Mental Cultivation Method) (Large Success)
Spear Art: Space Splitter Spear (High Yellow Rank Spear Art) (Small Success)
Special Skill: Eye of Truth (Unable to level up)
He actually directly entered the Tempered Body Realm Level 2. The Tempered Body Realm and the Qi Condensation Realm were two completely different concepts. The Qi Condensation Realm only nourished the meridians, but the Tempered Body Realm was the true beginning of tempering the body. Hua Kai felt that his body's True Qi was like heaven and earth compared to before. As long as he used a little True Qi, his strength and speed would greatly increase.
Taking the Red Cherry Blossom Spear, Hua Kai practiced the "Space Splitter Spear Art" from beginning to end. His understanding of the spear art had increased a little. Body, Qi, and Will, these three attributes worked together as one. Hua Kai felt that if he could familiarize himself with his current realm, he would have no problem dealing with three of himself from yesterday.
However, there was another bad thing that made Hua Kai feel especially angry. After he finished practicing the spear art, he sat cross-legged on the ground and absorbed True Qi for half a day. Unfortunately, most of the True Qi dissipated into his body and was used to temper his body. The remaining True Qi entered his meridians and was not much left. It would take at least an hour to replenish the True Qi he had lost.
"This is really charging for two hours and talking for five minutes!" Hua Kai sighed.
This was the result of having a poor aptitude. Hua Kai estimated that his E- aptitude could only reach the third level of the Tempered Body Realm at most. At that time, the True Qi he absorbed would only be enough for his body to absorb. There was no need to talk about increasing his realm.
To solve this problem, he either had to increase the level of his mental cultivation technique or increase his body's aptitude. These were basically impossible for the average person, but Hua Kai did not think that the third level of the Tempered Body Realm was the end of his life.
Warning himself not to use True Qi rashly, Hua Kai walked out of the room and saw his mother waiting for him at the door. She had heated up the breakfast on the table countless times, but Hua Kai still ate it while it was still warm.
"Mother, where's Second Uncle?" Hua Kai asked as he ate.
"The housekeeper came to find you just now. I told him that you were still resting, so he called your Second Uncle to talk to him.
Son, if there's any trouble at home, just tell your Second Uncle. Don't be embarrassed.
Xihe Village is planning to go to Dongling Mountain in a few days … "Huang Shuyun said as she looked at her son.
"Go to Dongling Mountain?
Didn't we just go there last year? "Hua Kai said with a frown.
Dongling Mountain was located at the junction of Qi and the Yan Kingdom. The forest there was dense, and there were many wild beasts, including many savage beasts. Every three years, all the villages in Guang County would join forces to explore Dongling Mountain. Sometimes, people from the county would participate as well. However, those who could go to Dongling Mountain were forced to do so. Otherwise, they would not have organized a trip every three years.
"You spent all your money to save Fort Wah Ka. Now, all the villages outside the city know about it. But this way, the village is temporarily saved. What will we do in the future?"
How could Huang Shuyun not know about the family's operations? Now that all the ways to make money were basically gone, what would the family do in the future?
Hua Kai still wanted to solve this problem after his father's funeral. When his grandfather woke up, everything would be on the right track. However, even his mother reminded him now. It was obvious that many people in the village had the same idea. Now, he had to calm everyone's minds, even if it was just for show. Otherwise, it would be difficult to gather people's hearts again.
"Mom, I got it!
I have already thought of a way to solve this problem with my three uncles. "Hua Kai comforted his mother.
When they arrived at the main courtyard, his grandfather still had not woken up. His third uncle told Hua Kai that the Geng Family had come.
The Geng Family was his fourth aunt's family. They had always been on good terms with Fort Wah Ka. Their family had been making leather armor for hundreds of years. Every year, their shop in Guang County earned much more than the Hua family's weapon shop. Every year, they also sold leather armor to Hu Lin and earned a lot of money.
The Geng Family's team was led by one of his fourth aunt's uncles. He was at the fourth level of the Qi Transforming State. Just like Huang Jia, he was stationed at Fort Wah Ka.
When Hua Kai met the Geng Family, he asked his Fourth Uncle to take care of the six people from the Geng Family. He walked alone to the north of the village. This was the busiest time of the day.
In the woodwork room, dozens of people were constantly polishing weapons. Most of the weapons sold in the county were made here. Hua Kai even saw a small silver knife here. The old master used the knife to quickly carve on a wooden knife. Soon, an exquisite pattern was formed. An apprentice poured boiling silver juice on the pattern. The last step of making the wooden knife was completed. Fort Wah Ka had relied on this craftsmanship for a living for hundreds of years.
Hua Kai patiently looked at it for a while. Even with the experience of two lives, he could not find any problems with the craftsmanship. In the end, he could only reluctantly leave. It was impossible to make a fuss about the family's traditional craftsmanship.