Cultivation in the Family: Everyone is a villain

Five days later, February 22, 1322 in the New Yu Calendar

Hou Yuxiao walked out of the house and saw the worried looks on the faces of Hou Yucheng and others. He was not surprised at all and just showed a faint smile.

"Do you know everything?"

Hou Yucheng was impatient, so he stepped forward and said, "Brother, everyone has already known about Cheng Yue's duel with you. You shouldn't agree to him!"

Not only Hou Yucheng, but also Hou Yuling, Hou Fei, Gao Cheng, Gao Hu, Su Li and the other five people did not speak, but what they expressed on their faces was obviously similar to what Hou Yucheng meant.

On the night of the Zhaoyang Rebellion, they all saw Cheng Yue's strength. It was rumored that Hou Yuxiao defeated Tian Linong. They knew the true situation.

"Even you think I will lose. No one in the county believes that I can win, right?"

Hearing Hou Yuxiao's words, Hou Fei, who was standing in the back row, nodded and said: "Master, I heard from my brothers that all the major gambling houses and Sacred Heart House have opened their handicap. Let's bet on your game the day after tomorrow."

duel.

The current odds between Cheng Yue and you are 5 to 1..."

When Hou Yuxiao heard this, he immediately became interested, his eyes lit up, and he asked: "Who is the boss behind these gambling houses?"

"The county only issued nine gambling cards."

It's just a gambling card. It's obvious that except for Sacred Heart House, the bosses behind the other eight companies are Daluo Sect and those seven third-rate forces.

"Have you redeemed all your gold?"

When Hou Yuxiao asked, the others immediately knew what he meant, and their expressions suddenly became strange.

Hou Yuling was still more calm. He stepped forward and handed a stack of silver notes worth one thousand taels into Hou Yuxiao's hand, and said: "Two boxes of gold, brothers have cashed in a total of 320,000 taels, and they are all here."

"The head of the family is confident that he can defeat Cheng Yue?" Gao Cheng couldn't help it at this time.

This sentence can be regarded as asking everyone's doubts, and all eyes were fixed on Hou Yuxiao for a while.

Although they knew that Hou Yuxiao was in seclusion during these five days, after all, it was only five days. Is it possible that a person could be reborn...

"To be honest, I don't have much confidence, but even if I lose, I won't die. You can rest assured of this!"

Hou Yuxiao looked at the expressions on everyone's faces and felt a slight movement in his heart. He did not express his true thoughts, but when everyone heard these words, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and the tension and worry on their faces also slightly reduced.

"Why, you don't think I'm going to place a bet, do you?"

Everyone shook their heads repeatedly, just thinking that they had made a mistake.

There was no need for Hou Yuxiao to continue talking to everyone about this issue. He called the six people to get on their horses and led them towards the central area of ​​the county city.

Everyone was confused and followed him for a quarter of an hour. When they approached the core area of ​​the county, Hou Yuxiao took the lead and walked to the entrance of Sacred Heart Residence and got off his horse. Only then did everyone know.

"The day after tomorrow we are going to compete with Cheng Yue here. I'm going to check out the place myself in advance. Besides, I'm bringing you here to see what the Sacred Heart Residence in this county is like."

After all, it is the Sacred Heart Residence in the county. It is not only one floor higher than Zhaoyang County, but also covers an area three to five times that of Zhaoyang County.

As soon as Hou Yuxiao and others entered the door, they were overwhelmed by the spaciousness of the first floor.

The entire first floor is at least a hundred meters square. In the middle is a square arena about ten meters horizontally and vertically. The tables go around the arena. There are at least two to three hundred tables. According to four people per table, at least a thousand people can sit there.

people.

The key is that it's still half full at the moment...

The business of Sacred Heart Residence is so good!

As soon as Hou Yuxiao sighed in his heart, a man who looked like a young boy hurriedly came up to him and said with a smile on his face: "Is the guest officer going to be a top-notch person or staying in a hotel?"

"Eat, seven people!"

Hou Yucheng took a step forward. He was two meters tall and tall, and he had a lot of blood and energy, which made him feel oppressive.

However, the boy had obviously seen too much, and his expression remained unchanged. He looked at Hou Yuxiao and asked, "Is it on the first floor, or do you want to go to the second floor?"

The second floor of the Sacred Heart Residence is for warriors in the Gang Qi Realm. With Hou Yuxiao taking him, Hou Yucheng and others can go up even if their cultivation levels are not high enough.

When the diners who were eating saw Hou Yuxiao and his party going up to the second floor, a look of envy suddenly appeared on their faces.

The second floor was half the size of the first floor, and part of it was probably used for accommodation. The boy took the seven people to a private room, greeted them and ordered some food and drinks, and then turned around and left.

"Tsk, tsk, nine dishes, three bottles of wine, the total price is 320 taels. I have lived for so many years, and I have never had such a luxurious meal..."

Su Li used to be considered a high-level person in Feiyingmen. He also ate on the first floor of Sacred Heart Residence. Seven or eight people would only cost a dozen taels of silver at most. He also knew that the second floor was expensive, but he guessed that seven people would cost at most 10 taels of silver.

It's only thirty-fifty taels of silver.

Unexpectedly, at thirty or fifty taels, I might not even be able to order a dish...

After hearing Su Li's words, everyone chuckled slightly. Hou Yuling knew more about these things and started to explain to everyone.

"The price is only the next thing. People in the world don't come here just for eating. Sacred Heart Residences are located in three districts and eight prefectures in Yongzhou, and there are also branches in the other five continents.

In the entire Six Demonic States, the Sacred Heart Residence is fully aware of any disturbances, so basically everyone who comes here wants to inquire about the news.

Of course, it’s not limited to this…”

Having said this, Hou Yulin paused for a moment, stood up gently, walked to the closet in the private room, pulled out a thick stack of books from it, and placed it in front of everyone.

"The Three Demonic Lists of the Jin Dynasty, the Three Righteous Path Lists of Dayu, the Large and Small Demon Slayer Lists of White Deer Academy, and the Weapons Manual of Qinjian Villa, and the Nine Lists of the World will all be updated on the first day of every month. The latest issue only has the Holy Spirit List.

The heart can see..."

As soon as they heard that this was the Nine Rankings in the World, everyone immediately became interested and picked up a volume and started reading it. Hou Yuxiao also took it once and started looking through it.

Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second!

In the arena, everything will become outdated, except for fame. Even people like Hou Yuxiao who adhere to the low-key code are not completely exempt from vulgarity.

This book was obviously merged. The nine lists were merged together and divided into nine volumes. Hou Yuxiao couldn't wait to open the devil list among the three lists of Dajin, starting from the last one.

300: Rouge Sword Maniac, Shen Hong

Age: 267 years old

Origin: Dongchuan Prefecture, Liangzhou, Shen family, a well-known prefecture-level family

Cultivation: Great Grandmaster of the Four Realms

Achievements: In March 1306 of the New Yu Calendar, he killed the eighth-level demon Jade Faced Ghost of Dongchuan Prefecture; in October of the same year, he fought alone against the three great masters of Lingyue Prefecture; in 1320, he defeated Zhu Yujie, the true successor of the Demon Yansheng Sect, and won.

No. 299: Bloody Yama, Li Huai

Age: 296 years old

Origin: Xiyun Dao, Bingzhou, Hongyue Sect, a major heaven-level sect

Cultivation: Great Grandmaster of the Four Realms

Achievements: In July 1298 of the New Yu Calendar, he defeated Ning Qianqiu, a true disciple of the Rakshasa Holy Sect; in January 1321, he broke into Jiuling Mansion in Yongzhou alone and killed Zheng Ping, the great master of the Blood Spirit Sect.

…………

Good guy, the number one and two from the bottom of the list of demons is even if they are only the Grand Masters of the Fourth Realm. One of them has killed an eighth-level demon, and the other has killed a Grand Master. Hou Yuxiao immediately understood the value of this list.

He flipped forward slightly until he reached number 196. Looking at the familiar names on the list, his face was full of solemnity.

196th: Dharma King Shenzhao, Ding Dian

Age: 321 years old

Origin: Yongzhou Rakshasa Holy Cult

Cultivation: Great Grandmaster of the Four Realms

Achievements: In March 1285 of the New Yu calendar, he defeated Meng Yibai, the former third swordsman of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect in Xuzhou; in September 1305, he fought against Peng Yuhu, Yin of Xingnan Prefecture in Yongzhou, and lost only three moves; in December 1319

, Gu Nianqiu, the number one swordsman of the Ten Thousand Swords Saint Sect, was not defeated within three moves.

…………

Seeing Ding Dian's amazing performance, if you say you don't feel heavy, you must be lying. The ninth swordsman Gu Chenfeng at the bottom of the ranking is so strong that it makes people a little desperate. Ding can kill the third swordsman.

Code...

"Brother, I found you!"

While he was deep in thought, Hou Yucheng suddenly called him, smiled, and showed the booklet in his hand to Hou Yuxiao, and everyone else came over.

No. 782: Black Ape Demon, Hou Yuxiao

Age: 25 years old

Origin: Yongzhou, Zhaoyang County, Tongling County

Cultivation level: Gang Qi Second Realm, Gathering Evil Stage

Record: In December 1321, he defeated Tian Linong, the master of the Tiger List.

Bounty: 50,000 taels

Seeing the last bounty, Hou Yuxiao suddenly showed a trace of doubt.

Next to him, Hou Yuling hurriedly explained: "The Zhengdao Demon Slayer Lists are all compiled by White Deer Academy, and they also created this bounty. As long as you prove that you have killed the people on the list, you can go to the academy to collect the bounty!

"

Hou Yuxiao shook his head and said with a smile: "My head costs more than 50,000 taels of silver. The price he set is too low. If he asks for it ten times or a hundred times, I might take the initiative to give it to them."

"Hahahahaha..."

Hou Yuling also turned the booklet to another page at this time and showed it to everyone.

Weapons catalog, famous weapon list

No. 812: Ape Demon Stick

Holder: Zhaoyang Black Ape Demon, Hou Yuxiao

Previously, the ape-devil stick was ranked 932. With Hou Yuxiao on the demon-killing list, the weapon's ranking also rose by more than a hundred places.

Hou Yuxiao noticed that everyone was looking at him with a hint of envy and reverence in their eyes, and there were some ripples in his heart.

Being too famous may not necessarily be a good thing, but for an unknown and low-profile family like the Hou family, it is still very important.

In other words, it is not important to Hou Yuxiao himself, but it is too important to enhance the morale and confidence of his people.

"Don't be anxious. To become famous, you have to do it step by step. It's just a small list of righteous demon slayers. In the future, all members of the Hou family will have their names on these lists!"

Hearing Hou Yuxiao's words, everyone's breathing became slightly heavier. Although they didn't believe it in their hearts, their faces still showed a bit of fantasy.

"Believe me, I will definitely do it, starting from the Hou family's promotion..."

Hou Yuxiao did not explain too much. Thinking that there were still eight unopened divine lotus petals in his mind, his tone became more determined.

Everyone's chat didn't last long, and dishes of exquisite food were served to the table by the waiter.

The dinner cost 320 taels for a table. Even Hou Yuxiao felt a little distressed and led the others to taste it carefully and slowly.

When the wine was done for the third time, Hou Yuxiao walked out of the door alone, found a deserted corner, quietly changed his appearance, put a black hood over his head, and found the boy again.

"The day after tomorrow, are you going to have a gambling fight?"

The boy was stunned for a moment, nodded and replied: "Indeed, it is Cheng Yue, Ding Sicheng's third disciple, and Hou Yuxiao from Zhaoyang County. Do you want to place a bet?"

Hou Yuxiao nodded, and the boy led him behind with a busy smile.

After a while, Hou Yuxiao was taken to a secluded room. Sitting inside was a Gang Qi realm warrior. Sensing that Hou Yuxiao was stronger than him, he immediately stood up.

“What are the current odds?”

"5 to 1, Cheng Yue will pay 5 if he loses, and Hou Yuxiao will pay 1 if he loses. The maximum you can bet is fifty thousand taels. May I ask, sir, how much do you want to bet?"

Hou Yuxiao frowned slightly, took out 50,000 taels of silver, slapped it directly on the chopping board, and said: "I'll give Hou Yuxiao 50,000 taels!"

Although the man had doubts on his face, but based on business principles, he still gave Hou Yuxiao a certificate proving that he lived in the Sacred Heart and respectfully sent him away.

After placing the bet, Hou Yuxiao found a deserted place, transformed into himself, and returned to his private room.

But this time, before Hou Yuxiao's butt was warm, a boy came in.

"My lord, someone has invited you to have a drink in the private room next door."

Everyone frowned slightly. This was their first time in the county and this was their first time in the Sacred Heart Residence. They didn't have many familiar people.

Hou Yuxiao winked at Gao Cheng. He immediately got up and gave the boy two taels of silver. He asked, "Can you please tell me, who are the people next door?"

The boy took the silver, a smile immediately appeared on his face, and he stepped forward and whispered: "It's Ding Peng, the young master of Daluo Sect. The other three should be Nie Xinchuan, Liu Jianghong, and a man wearing armor.

It’s the commander-in-chief of the County Cheng Mansion, Gui Yutang!”

Upon hearing these names, Hou Yuxiao stood up from his chair with a loud roar.

"You guys wait for me here, I can just go there alone..."