Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains-Chapter 526 - 246, the sixth white petal_2
If possible, of course, it’s better not to gamble. Hou Yuxiao thought for a moment and still refrained from voicing this last sentence. The reason was naturally his confidence in Old Fifth. If he gave any mandatory order, it would instead constrain Hou Yuduan’s actions. It would be better to leave the power in his hands. Old Fifth’s performance might not necessarily be inferior to his own.
As the eldest brother, Hou Yuxiao, knew the characteristics of his four younger siblings very well.
The Second Elder was brave and exceptional in combat but hot-tempered and impulsive;
The third sister was cunning but too playful. Moreover, having suffered severe traumas both physically and psychologically in the past, she was overly cautious of the outside world and trusted no one apart from the Hou Clan. To her, practically everyone else was not even human. Such a character would be fine when dealing with weaker individuals, but in the face of strong opponents, it could easily invite disaster.
Hou Yujie, the Fourth Elder, was an even more severe case. He might seem very normal when interacting with the four of them, but towards outsiders, his nature was cruel and violent to the extreme. Terms such as cold-blooded, vicious, and ruthless were not overstatements when describing him. With such a personality, he wasn’t suitable for handling clan affairs either.
Only Hou Yuduan was calm and wise, never flustered when encountering issues, and his style of handling matters was stable and mature. With a mind full of intricate thoughts, he always saw opportunities for the Hou Clan amidst chaos. Sometimes, deep insights were something he would need from Old Fifth.
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The Divine Lotus Feast, the Anti-Jin Alliance, and the potential dramatic changes that could occur in Hedong had all been explained to him. Hou Yuxiao believed that Hou Yuduan would be able to discern many things. If he were not in the Clan and something did happen in Hedong, he was sure that Hou Yuduan would make the best choices, which might even be better than his own.
Precisely because of Hou Yuduan, and trusting in him, did Hou Yuxiao agree to Zhan Taiqing’s request to go to the Divine Lotus Feast together. Of course, on the one hand, he couldn’t refuse, but on the other hand, he also wanted to witness the heroes from all the Holy Lands in the Divine Lotus Feast. But most importantly, because of Hou Yuduan, he dared to boldly let go.
During his time in Hedong over the past year, the development of the Hou Clan had already proved that Old Fifth’s abilities were no less than his. Given this, there was no need for him as the Family Head to cling to the clan. To enhance his Cultivation, he needed to continuously encounter various formidable enemies, increase his experience, and better seek more development opportunities for the Hou Clan.
The trend of a reshuffling of powers in the world had become very clear. If he could go to the Divine Lotus Feast and obtain genuinely useful information, it would be utterly beneficial for the Hou Clan’s future development and would not harm it at all. Great Jin, Great Yu, Jizhou, as well as the plans of other major Holy Lands, he was eager to know all about them.
After all, only by knowing these could he understand which path the Hou Clan should take next.
"Big brother, just go to the Divine Lotus Feast without worries. We four are here to watch over the clan; nothing will go wrong. As for the situation in Hedong, Yu Jie will keep a close eye on it. Once the Second Elder returns from the Baiye Camp, I’ll go over with him and make arrangements beforehand. If things turn out as you predicted, the Second Elder and I will for sure bring our troops back safe and sound!"
Hou Yuduan bowed slightly, his tone quite solemn. Seeing this, Hou Yuling and Hou Yujie followed suit in saluting, earnestly saying, "With us here, big brother, rest assured."
Seeing the three of them making such a statement finally put Hou Yuxiao’s mind at ease. He said, "This trip to the Divine Lotus Feast might be as short as half a year, but it could also take much longer; I don’t know. I will take Hou Fei, Hou Ying, Hou Cun, and the Martial Artists under their command from the three divisions of the Hou Clan. If there are any developments, I will have them send a message back to the clan. Additionally, if there is an urgent matter in the clan, you can also send someone to deliver a message to me. I will leave a person in every city along the way to record my whereabouts, and you can send messages through them, step by step!"
The family’s tokens were only effective within a short range, and being so far away, Hou Yuxiao needed more than just the family tokens to communicate. This was the only method he could think of in the past few days. It might be somewhat foolish, but at least it would allow them to maintain contact.
For this trip, he brought along Hou Fei, Hou Ying, and Hou Cun. Hou Fei was the leader of the Kui Sector’s Dragon Head of the Upper Hou Gate and commanded fifty men. Hou Ying and Hou Cun were the leaders of the Chen Dragon and Zi Shu divisions of the Lower Hou Sect, each commanding two hundred men. The total was four hundred fifty men. The cities they passed through on their way were just over thirty. Leaving one person in each city to handle communications was naturally more than sufficient.
Hou Yuxiao instructed them with a host of matters before finally dismissing everyone from the room. After the three left, the main hall immediately became quiet. Hou Yuxiao pondered for a moment and then sat cross-legged, directing his attention to the Sea of Consciousness within him.
To be precise, to the Merit Gold Page within his Sea of Consciousness.
Merit: 3124021
Karmic Obstacle: 7821920
Such large figures did not stir much in Hou Yuxiao’s gaze. As soon as the Hou Clan unified Tongling, his merit and karmic obstacle values started counting by the hundreds of thousands. Later, with Wanyang, Longxiang, and Yangping counties under Hou Clan’s governance and an ever-growing population reaching tens of millions, both numbers kept rising.
It was understandable; the fluctuation rules of these two values depended, after all, on the magnitude of his actions’ impact. With the current scale of the Hou Clan, any kind of measure, be it benevolent or malevolent, would affect at the very least several millions of people, even tens of millions. Naturally, all these "accounts" had to be attributed to him.
In fact, when he returned to Tongling the day before yesterday, both values were even higher than they are now, reaching the tens of millions. And this was after he had spent the last few days furiously exchanging for Minor Rejuvenation Pills, advancing the family’s martial arts, and assimilating the cultivation of three great grandmasters from Ding Buhai.
After reviewing the two values, Hou Yuxiao shifted his gaze to the Twelfth Grade Good and Evil Divine Lotus within his Sea of Consciousness. He saw the first three black and two white petals, a total of five, radiating divine light, glittering and shimmering, and a faint look of emotion flashed across his face.
The first black petal represented Facial Transformation;
The second white petal was for the Minor Rejuvenation Pill that improved martial arts proficiency;
The third black petal was for Swallowing Skills;
The fourth white petal was for the advancement of cultivation techniques;
The fifth black petal was a Karmic Obstacle Barrier that could cover up the large-scale aura, and with sufficient Karmic Obstacle Value, no matter the size of the army or where it marched, he could conceal the army’s aura.
The fifth black petal was activated in the early stages of the Battle of Hedong, when Hou Yuxiao needed to be effective in front of Zhan Taiqing. At first glance, he had thought this function was quite superfluous, but looking back now, he realized that it was incredibly against the heavens.
In order for a holy land’s army to maneuver through the wilderness, a Mystic Realm Master was needed to cover the army’s vital energy and avoid powerful demons. Even the strongest Mystic Realm Master could at most cover an army’s vital energy on the level of one million, and even then, not for a prolonged period. However, the function of the fifth petal of the Divine Lotus was without limits.
What did this imply?
Hou Yuxiao hadn’t understood before simply because he had never participated in large-scale combat. But after the Battle of Hedong, he immediately realized that this function would play a vitally important role in the future of the Hou Clan.
Just think about it: other powers’ armies had to foolishly stick to the Official Roads, avoiding demons, while the Hou Clan’s army, with him as the Family Head, could move unimpeded through the wilderness...
From the moment Hou Yuxiao recognized that personal martial prowess couldn’t change everything, he knew that the true strength of a power lay in its army. And since it was the army, the outcome on the battlefield was the only real test. With the function to conceal vital energy with Karmic Obstacles, the Hou Clan might not win every battle, but at the very least, as long as they didn’t face a too overpowering force, they could certainly remain undefeated.
Those skilled in warfare in the past first sought to be invincible in order to await the enemy’s vulnerability.
Being invincible was already a premise for victory!
It can be said that from the moment the fifth black petal’s function was activated, true ambition, previously unfathomed, began to brew in Hou Yuxiao’s heart. It was then that he instructed Hou Yuduan to establish the Baiye Camp.
Hou Yuxiao slowly hid the glimmer from his eyes. When his gaze refocused on the sixth petal, which was dim and lusterless, a hint of fiery anticipation emerged in his pupils.
He was about to head to the Divine Capital; he ought to enhance his foundation a little more. The fifth black petal had given him such a great surprise; this sixth white petal should also not disappoint him...
As immense merit flowed into the Divine Lotus, Hou Yuxiao watched the sixth petal brighten from its original dullness, his eyes turning increasingly fervent.
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