Cultivation in the Family: Everyone is a villain

The seventh day of March in the year 1332 of the New Yu Calendar

Hexi Fucheng, behind the main hall of Hou Mansion

More than a dozen maids were surrounding a beautiful woman with a beautiful face. In her arms, the woman held a delicate baby made of pink and jade.

The baby was sleeping with his eyes closed. He didn't know that there were so many eyes staring at him. He would chirp his little mouth from time to time, with such a naive look. If he wasn't afraid of waking up the baby, he would have made the more than ten maids scream.

Made a sound.

"The young master is so good-looking. No wonder the third lady said that he looks exactly like the master of the family when he was a child. I think when the young master grows up, he will definitely be as handsome as the master of the family!"

"Yes, yes, look at the eyes, they are exactly the same."

…………

The Houfu is now different from what it used to be. They can take good care of the master and his wife. Not only do these maids have clean origins, but they also have good martial arts skills. Almost all of them have cultivation levels above the Gang Qi realm. When they speak, they all carefully control their voices.

Afraid of disturbing the baby.

Zhao Qingxue's ears almost became calloused these days when she heard praises like this. When she heard it again, her face was still full of soft light. She looked down at her son in her arms, and the love in her childish eyes almost made her cry.

Overflowing from the eyes.

"I..."

The baby who was sleeping soundly in his arms suddenly opened his eyes and met Zhao Qingxue's gaze. His eyes were full of curls, and he made a soft noise.

"Wuji woke up, are you hungry?"

Even if Zhao Qingxue has reached the third level of Yuandan in martial arts, she still can't hide the fact that she is a new mother. When she saw her son wake up, she was so nervous that she completely forgot about what she had just fed him, thinking that her son was

Hungry again.

"Madam, the young master has just eaten, so he shouldn't be hungry."

Fortunately, there was a maid nearby who quickly reminded her. Only then did Zhao Qingxue remember and hurriedly lowered her head to look at her son. Only then did she realize that her son had his eyes wide open and he was looking up at the sky.

"Yi..."

This time he not only made a sound, but his son actually pointed his finger at the sky. Zhao Qingxue and the other maids were immediately surprised and looked in the direction Hou Wuji was pointing.

At this glance, everyone discovered that at some point, a figure in green clothes was standing in mid-air. He was looking at the baby in Zhao Qingxue's arms with burning eyes as he slowly lowered to the ground.

Zhao Qingxue's face suddenly showed a joyful look, and the other maids quickly bowed their heads and bowed to the figure slowly falling in the air: "Slave, please pay homage to the master!"

Looking at his son, Hou Yuxiao's eyes were full of emotion. In order to calm down, he stopped in mid-air for more than a hundred breaths, but when he really saw the little one lying in Zhao Qingxue's arms from a close distance, he couldn't help but feel a deep emotion in his heart.

of touch.

I don't know if it was the induction between father and son, but he had already restrained his aura just now, and even Zhao Qingxue and the others didn't notice it. Hou Wuji, who was still in his infancy and had no cultivation, was the first to notice his arrival.

"Husband, please hug Wuji!"

Hou Yuxiao nodded, stepped forward nervously, took his son from Zhao Qingxue's arms, felt his son's weight, and smelled the milky scent coming from his son. Hou Yuxiao just felt that this was simply the best smell in the world.

the breath.

It seems that he can feel his love. The little guy is not afraid of strangers at all. He stretches out his little hands and pulls on his chest, making a yea yea sound from his mouth, as if he is talking to him.

He really became a father.

Hou Yuxiao's face was filled with a smile, and he couldn't help but stretch out his fingers to tease his son. At the same time, he turned his head, looked at Zhao Qingxue, and walked to him, with a soft color in his eyes.

"Thank you for your hard work, Qingxue!"

Zhao Qingxue shook her head gently. When she gave birth to the child, she was somewhat resentful that Hou Yuxiao was not around. But seeing the intimacy between Hou Yuxiao and her son, she only felt sweet in her heart, and her resentment had long been forgotten.

"Have all the matters in Nanping been settled?"

Normally, Zhao Qingxue didn't care about these things. Hou Yuxiao knew what she was thinking as soon as he heard this. He quickly hugged his son and sat next to her, nodded and said softly: "That's almost it. I will arrange for Yu Duan to be there for the next thing."

Over there, I will take care of you two when I come back this time, and I won't leave in a short time."

Hearing these words, a smile suddenly appeared on Zhao Qingxue's face. She gently rested her head on Hou Yuxiao's shoulder, turned sideways, and stretched out her catkins to caress Hou Wuji in his arms.

The maids did not dare to disturb the warm moment of this family of three. They all walked out of the courtyard together in a sensible manner. Some of them stayed outside and were on standby, while others hurriedly informed others that the master of the house was back.

When Hou Yuxiao came back, he did not mobilize any troops, but made some noise in the Houfu. Hou Yucheng was not expected to arrive until April. He did not want to be disturbed in the past twenty days, and just wanted to quietly accompany Zhao Qingxue and her son.

He has been staying in the mansion.

Except for meeting Sanniang and Laosi to learn about the development of Xingnan Prefecture in Hexi Province in the past six months, Hou Yuxiao spent the rest of the time almost inseparable from Zhao Qingxue, teasing his son Hou Wuji when he had nothing to do, and enjoying some leisure time.

time.

……………

March 27, 1332 in the New Yu Calendar

Hou Yucheng led an army of 1.28 million. Instead of returning to Fucheng, he bypassed Fucheng and went directly to Baiye Camp.

This was what Hou Yuxiao had instructed earlier. After the army arrived, Hou Yucheng came back first to inform Hou Yuxiao, and took the opportunity to meet his newborn nephew Hou Wuji.

Hou Yuxiao did not miss this leisure time anymore. When Hou Yucheng returned with his army, he was about to get busy. He could only bid farewell to Zhao Qingxue with an apologetic look, and then took his second, third, and fourth sons with him to Baiye Camp.

After multiple rounds of expansion, coupled with Hou's continuous capital investment, the scale of Baiye Camp has become unprecedentedly large. It can accommodate up to three million troops for training at the same time. It is said that it can accommodate so many people, but this place is no longer considered a large camp.

It should be a city, but under Hou Yuxiao's deliberate efforts, Baiye Camp still only retains the function of a military camp.

On weekdays, when there is no training camp, only a part of the soldiers for maintenance will be left in the camp. Once there is a training camp, all the materials needed in the barracks, including food, clothing, housing, transportation, war horses, food and grass, and necessary staff, are all provided by Fucheng.

Provided by specialized personnel.

Hou Yuduan had previously made a suggestion to turn Baiye Camp into a military city, which would allow other people to come and do business. This would not only solve the supply problem, but also provide more convenience to the soldiers. However, after several discussions, it was still rejected.

Hou Yuxiao rejected it.

There seems to be only one word difference between a military camp and a military city, but there is a huge difference between the two. Once the military city is converted into a military city, all kinds of people will come in, and it will be a mixed bag. It is estimated that the Hou family will have a little wealth.

It is completely leaked. Of course, it is impossible to keep it completely confidential at present. But at least, the supply of specialized personnel and management according to the military camp system can avoid unnecessary prying eyes, which is enough.

In the sky above Baiye Camp, Hou Yuxiao looked at the thick soldiers' tents below, turned around and asked: "Except for the 1.28 million troops brought back from Nanping, how many of the Hexi Army came this time?"

Hou Yucheng cupped his hands and said: "I only left 100,000 troops in Jiufan and Longxiang counties, and the remaining 400,000 Hexi troops were transferred over."

Jiufong County is guarding Leiyin Temple in the west, and Longxiang County is guarding King Wuwei in the east. These two are currently the two biggest threats to the Hou family. Although there are no problems in either place at the moment, it is definitely better to be prepared.

, hearing Hou Yucheng’s arrangement, Hou Yuxiao nodded, looked at the camp below, and asked softly:

"The Zhaoyang Army has 180,000 soldiers, the Hexi Army has 400,000 soldiers, and the Annan Army has 1 million soldiers. These 1.58 million soldiers, how many soldiers do you estimate can fill the Red Flame Army? Can it be restored quickly? Let's go to southern Xinjiang.

The previous level?”

If you want to become a Red Flame soldier, first of all, the minimum requirement is to open the tenth level, because only in this way can you teach the Holy Army Code, and secondly, loyalty. Baiye Camp already has a complete selection mechanism. These things are completed by Hou Yucheng

He had already calculated everything beforehand. When Hou Yuxiao asked, he only thought for a moment, then shook his head and replied:

"Before going to southern Xinjiang, the full strength of the Red Flame Army was 300,000. This time we came back and left 20,000 for Lao Wu. Now there are only 100,000, which means that within a short period of time, we need to replenish 200,000. This is not

So realistic!”

Hou Yucheng paused and continued: "I roughly figured it out before I arrived at Baiye Camp. The Zhaoyang Army had the highest proportion of people with tenth level of cultivation, with 34,217 people; the Hexi Army followed with 41,217 people; and the worst.

The Annan Army has only 8,721 people out of one million. Even if you add them all up, there are less than 80,000 people, which is still more than half of the 200,000 people. Not to mention, it is impossible for all of these people to join the Red Army through selection.

Flame Army."

In fact, there is no big problem with these data.

The Red Flame Army is the strongest elite in the family, and the cultivation talents of its soldiers are among the best among the three armies. It is normal that the proportion of soldiers in the Zhaoyang Army and the Hexi Army who have attained the tenth level of cultivation is so small.

As for the Annan Army, which is all composed of warriors from Nanping Prefecture, the quality is even worse. Originally, the tenth level of the body only had more than 10,000. Before returning to Hexi, Hou Yuxiao left 500,000 for Lao Wu, so the cultivation level is up to standard.

It's even less, just over 8,000 people.

The key point is that the battle in Southern Xinjiang caused so much damage to the clan's army that their strength has not recovered even after half a year.

The cultivation of warriors does not have enough time to accumulate, and it is impossible to advance by leaps and bounds. Even if the Hou family has strong financial resources now, it is impossible to mass-produce tenth-level warriors, unless of course...

Hou Yucheng thought of something and raised his head to look at Hou Yuxiao.

Of course Hou Yuxiao knew what he was thinking, and asked softly: "If there is sufficient source blood, how long do you estimate it will take to completely restore the structure of the Red Flame Army?"

Hou Yucheng's body was shaken and he just lowered his head and thought for a moment.

"With sufficient source blood, the Red Flame Army will definitely be able to return to its pre-war structure within two years. We already have many soldiers whose cultivation cannot be raised to the tenth level due to limitations in their talent and bones. As long as we can solve this problem

It’s easy to talk about anything and everything!”

Hou Yuxiao has been staying in Fucheng for the past twenty days. Hou Yuling and Hou Yujie have already experienced the origin blood. When they heard Hou Yucheng's words, they nodded in agreement.

"Two years is too slow, it can't be done..."

Hou Yuxiao's words made the three of them look stunned.

Two hundred thousand Red Flame Army in two years, is this too slow?

Just as they were about to ask aloud, Hou Yuxiao suddenly waved his hand, and his momentum instantly enveloped the three of them. The three of them were now at the level of Yuan Dan Dzogchen. They were unable to resist Hou Yuxiao's momentum. In addition, they were not wary of Hou Yuxiao. In an instant,

He was under his control for a moment, and then with a flash of inspiration, the three of them, together with Hou Yuxiao, all disappeared in mid-air.

The three of them appeared in a vast space. Before they could ask Hou Yuxiao who was standing in front of them, the three of them were enveloped by an abundant aura of five elements spiritual power. The three of them looked at the sky above, the earth below, and

Surrounded by the mountains and mountains, feeling the tranquility and strangeness of this space, his face was suddenly full of curiosity.

"You guys try practicing."

When the three of them heard Hou Yuxiao's words, they didn't doubt him, so they sat cross-legged and closed their eyes in mid-air to start practicing. After only ten breaths, the three of them opened their eyes at the same time, their faces full of ecstasy.

"This five-element spiritual power can assist cultivation!"

"This is an excellent land for cultivation..."

"No, why do I feel like time is passing so slowly?"

When Hou Yujie asked the last question, Hou Yucheng and Hou Yuling were stunned at the same time. Then they quickly closed their eyes and carefully felt the passage of time around them. Then the three of them were shocked at the same time and raised their heads to look at Hou Yuxiao, their eyes full of shock and horror.

ecstasy.

"hundred times!"

Hearing Hou Yuxiao say these two words, the breathing of the three people stopped immediately, and Hou Yucheng spoke with a slightly trembling voice.

"Brother, are you saying that the flow of time in this place is a hundred times slower than outside? That means that one day has passed outside, and a hundred days have passed in this space?"

After he asked, his eyes were fixed on Hou Yuxiao. Hou Yujie and Hou Yuling had exactly the same reaction as him. The three of them were full of expectations, and they all wanted to get the exact answer from Hou Yuxiao.

Hou Yuxiao did not speak, but nodded slightly with a smile on his face.

Seeing him nodding in confirmation, the three people who were sitting cross-legged immediately stood up with a roar, their faces full of ecstasy and emotion.

What is Hou missing so far?

Not money, not people, not martial arts, not treasures, not all tangible or intangible resources. In the past ten years, the Hou family has basically had everything they should have. Now they sit in three prefectures and one land, and rule the people for five years.

More than 10 million, the daily tax alone is an astronomical sum, and basically there is no shortage of anything.

The only thing missing is time!

The time for the Hou family to rise is too short. In ten years, even some newly entered forces may have a longer inheritance than the Hou family. In such a short period of time, the problem of the Hou family's insufficient background has become more and more large as the territory now grows.

, the exposure is becoming more and more obvious.

But now, Hou Yuxiao has a way to solve this shortcoming...

"Brother, as long as there is enough source blood, in one month, no, as long as half a month, the Red Flame Army can 100% restore its pre-war structure, and even become stronger. If it takes longer, half a year or even a year, we, Hou

His strength will definitely make a qualitative leap!"

Hou Yucheng's voice was full of excitement. He didn't know what this space was and what the restrictions were on its use. But since the eldest brother showed it to the three of them, he must have planned to use it.