Chapter 225, Women's Army
Chapter 225, Women's Army
On the first day of the Lunar New Year in the 24th year of Yongxing, the Hua family yard became lively early in the morning.
After hearing the noise, Hua Changxi sealed up several furnaces of refined top-grade third-grade pills, put away the alchemy furnace, and then lifted the restrictions in the room.
After returning to her room last night, she wanted to practice, but as soon as she started practicing, the spiritual energy in the Hua family's yard was drained by her.
With her current cultivation speed, she can absorb more than four million spiritual energy points in one hour. The spiritual energy in the Hua family's yard is due to the arrangement of a spirit gathering array.
Hua Changxi did not understand formations, so she could only copy and paste to set up a simple, low-grade spirit gathering formation. There were not many spirit stones to maintain the operation of the low-grade spirit gathering formation, so it was far from enough to sustain her practice.
After replenishing her spirit stones overnight, she could only take out the alchemy furnace to make pills.
[Third-grade Alchemist (Top-grade Alchemy): Alchemy 1508 furnace 1508/10000]
Hua Changxi took a look at the alchemy data. In order to upgrade to a fourth-grade alchemist, she still needed to refine more than 8,000 furnaces of third-grade pills.
"I need to spend more time refining pills in the future."
The appearance of Xia Zhen and his group finally made Hua Changxi feel a sense of urgency, especially when facing Meng Qingyao who ignited the Dan Fire on the second street, which made her feel competitive.
Meng Qingyao is a fire and wood spirit, and can be said to be a natural alchemist. Her talent in alchemy is definitely not as good as others, but she has the plug-in of Shennong Ding.
In terms of external hardware conditions, Hua Changxi felt that he and Meng Qingyao were on par with each other.
Because they were equally matched, she wanted to compete with him.
When she was refining pills in the past, she had no comparable reference. Meng Qingyao's coming could serve as an encouragement and inspiration to her.
The Hua family's yard was becoming more and more lively. Hua Changxi performed a cleaning spell, tidied his appearance, and opened the door. Then he saw many members of the Hua family who had come to pay New Year's greetings standing in the yard.
"Nine Sisters, come and greet your uncles, brothers and sisters."
Hua Changxi was pulled by Hua Dalang to his side and received one Hua clan member after another who came to pay New Year's greetings.
All the members of the Hua clan who have cultivators came to Hua Bin's house today to pay New Year's greetings.
After traveling through time for fifteen years, this was the first time Hua Changxi came into contact with so many tribesmen, and his face was frozen with smiles.
She knew that as long as she had to interact with people, she would have to deal with greetings and seeing off people, but she really had no interest in exchanging pleasantries with a group of people she didn't even know.
At noon, after lunch, Hua Changxi slipped away.
"Mother, I'm going out to pay New Year's greetings to someone."
Looking at Hua Changxi who was out of the yard in the blink of an eye, the Hua family felt helpless.
Mr. Hua frowned and said, "The Bo's Mansion sent a message saying that the prince will come over to sit with us this afternoon."
The prince came to visit, undoubtedly for Jiu Niang, but now Jiu Niang was out. This made the Hua family, who were receiving the prince from the Bo Mansion for the first time, feel a little uneasy.
Hua Minghe: "Since the prince is here to pay New Year's greetings, we just need to be polite and not make mistakes."
Grandpa Hua sighed and said, "It's the only way." After that, he looked at his many grandchildren and felt regretful again.
Why is the most promising younger generation in the family not someone else, but the rebellious Jiu Niang?
After Hua Changxi left the Hua family, he went directly to Xu's Pharmacy.
She has always been concerned about Xu Ling's return to her ancestral bloodline. Now that Pharmacist Xu is working for her again, she must find out about Xu Ling's situation.
"Uncle Xu."
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, not many people were in Xu's Pharmacy. Pharmacist Xu and his assistants were taking inventory of the medicinal materials in the medicine cabinet.
When Pharmacist Xu saw Hua Changxi, his face suddenly brightened: "Nine Lady, why are you here?"
Hua Changxi smiled and said, "I'm here to wish you a happy new year."
Pharmacist Xu put down the work in his hands and took Hua Changxi to the backyard.
The two chatted for a while, and Hua Changxi asked, "Uncle Xu, why don't you see Lingling?"
When Xu Ling was mentioned, Pharmacist Xu showed a worried look on his face: "Lingling is on duty. It will take a few days for her to take a break." Hua Changxi was surprised: "Lingling is out working? Where is she working?"
Pharmacist Xu sighed and said, "Nine Lady, you know the Demon Suppression Army, right?"
Hua Changxi nodded.
Pharmacist Xu: "The right general of the Demon Suppression Army is the eldest son of the current emperor, His Highness Jun Ling. Under his command, he has an army composed entirely of women, called the Women's Army."
"The person who manages the women's army is Wu Liyun, the second wife of the Wu'an Marquis's family."
"Some time ago, Lingling encountered a runaway carriage on the street. In order to save a child, she hit the carriage away. This scene happened to be seen by Wu Erniang, and she discovered that Lingling was a physical cultivator."
At this point, Pharmacist Xu asked Hua Changxi again: "Nine Lady, do you still remember Master Kong Hai who cured Ling Ling's narcolepsy?"
Hua Changxi nodded again: "Of course I remember."
Pharmacist Xu continued: "After Master Kong Hai cured Lingling's narcolepsy, he also left Lingling a book on body-building techniques. It was with this book that Lingling embarked on the path of cultivation."
"The women's army under the command of Wu Erniang is composed of all monks. When Wu Erniang saw that Lingling was quite skilled, she recruited her into the army."
"I didn't want Lingling to join the Demon Suppression Army, but she insisted on going."
"Lingling told me that cultivators need a lot of resources to practice. She needs to go and earn resources for practice. The Demon Suppression Army is the best place to go."
Hua Changxi had always been worried that the monk Konghai who had saved Xu Ling before was a member of the demon clan, and that Xu Ling was being controlled. Now that he knew that she had joined the Demon-Suppressing Army, he was less worried.
When the Demon-Suppressing Army recruits people, they will definitely conduct a screening process. If there is anything unusual about Xu Ling, the Demon-Suppressing Army will most likely be able to find out.
Hua Changxi did not continue to ask. After that, she talked with Pharmacist Xu for a while, then left Xu's medicine shop and went to Shennong medicine shop in Feng'anfang to meet Pu Cao and Aniu. She did not return to the Hua family yard until it was dark.
"What? The Bo Mansion gave our family a large courtyard with five entrances?"
At the dinner table, Hua Changxi was told by Hua Liulang that the prince of the Bo family had given them a house.
Seeing Hua Changxi frowned, Uncle Hua immediately explained: "The prince said that our yard is too small. There is no room for so many people in the family. We should move to a bigger house, and then he gave us a house deed."
Hua Liulang looked at Hua Changxi's face and said, "My family doesn't want to accept it, but the prince insisted on giving it to me, so I can't refuse."
Hua Changxi glared at Hua Liulang and said, "Sixth brother, why are you looking at me? Whether the prince gave me a house or my family bought another house, it has nothing to do with me." After saying that, he buried his head in eating.
When the Hua family saw her reaction, they all looked unhappy.
Mr. Hua wanted to say something, but was held back by Mrs. Hua.
Old Madam Hua smiled and said, "It would be a shame to accept the deed and refuse the prince's kindness in front of the clan members. We will definitely not move into the house. Your grandfather will return the deed to you after a while."
After hearing this, Hua Changxi raised his head and looked at Hua Liulang: "How was the output of the Fire Spirit Mine last year?"
Hualiu Lang: “Not bad.”
Hua Changxi: "Our yard is indeed a little small, so let's spend some spiritual stones to buy a bigger house." After a pause, "We can buy our own house, why should we buy someone else's."
Hua Dalang spoke up: "In the current capital, even if you have money, you can't buy a suitable house."
Hua Changxi looked over quickly.
Hua Dalang: "Most of the houses in the capital are in the hands of the rich and powerful. In the past, the liquidity of vacant houses in the capital was relatively high, but as more and more people flock to the capital, there are not enough houses in the capital anymore."
"Nowadays, many places around the capital are building houses everywhere."
Hua Changxi fell silent after hearing this. She really hadn't paid attention to this aspect.
Old Mrs. Hua: "If we can't buy a house, then don't buy one. Our house is big enough for us to live in. Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's eat."