Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

The three of them didn't stay long in the main hall of the Joyful Union Pavilion. The Ziqing Holy Sect hadn't sent acquaintances this time, just three female disciples appointed by Moxuzi.

It seemed that the three got along well with their senior sister, Zhao Qingxue, and they hadn't come for any reason other than to urge Hou Yuxiao to attend to the marriage he had already delayed for a year.

Anticipating this, Hou Yuxiao apologized to the three female disciples and declared that he would soon announce to the world under the name of the Hexi Alliance that he would go to Lingyuan Governor's City to marry before the eighth day of June, and he asked them to convey this message to Moxuzi and Zhao Qingxue.

After exchanging pleasantries with the three, Hou Yuxiao gave each one a large red envelope, then returned to the main hall of the Ya Xiang Courtyard with Hou Yujie and Hou Yuduan.

Back in the hall, the three Hou sat down at a table that displayed a map of Shenzhou centered on Hexi, their eyes focused on the areas surrounding Hexi. After a long time, Hou Yuduan was the first to speak.

"Hexi is uneasy on three sides, but from the current situation, Leiyin Temple holds the greatest hostility towards us and we have the deepest disputes over actual interests with them. They should be our most important and most feared enemy!"

Hou Yuxiao nodded slightly, feeling somewhat heavy-hearted, about to say something when Hou Yujie, on the other side, expressed his doubt to Hou Yuduan, "Fifth Brother, aren't you exaggerating a bit? With Hexi's strength today, do we still need to fear Leiyin Temple?"

Upon hearing this, Hou Yuxiao shook his head slightly!

He knew that Hou Yujie's thoughts probably represented the thoughts of most people in the Hou Clan, which wasn't surprising, since the Hou Clan's strength had indeed become too overwhelming, making it hard for them not to become inflated.

A million soldiers in Hexi, unimaginable to any member of the Hou Clan six years ago, including the five Hou siblings. Yet today, the Hou Clan genuinely held control over a million soldiers.

Moreover, among them were two hundred thousand elite Red Flame Army warriors capable of standing against the most powerful foes, and even the three hundred thousand warriors of the Zhaoyang Army equipped with warhorses had an average cultivation level of at least the seventh level of body opening.

As for the warriors of the Gang Qi Realm, they were countless, and even master warriors, of which the Hou Clan now had no fewer than four hundred.

Over four hundred master warriors...

Six years ago, when Hou Yuxiao had broken through to the Gang Qi Realm in the Nanling mines, becoming the second warrior of the Gang Qi Realm in the Hou Clan and slaying County Lord Ren Feng, he couldn't have possibly imagined that there would be such a day for the Hou Clan.

Now, Hou Yuxiao himself was a top expert of the Yinyang Boundary, and the Second Elder, Third Elder, and Fourth Elder were all Yuan Dan Realm powerhouses, while the Fifth Brother Hou Yuduan, proficient in both martial and scholarly arts, was unfathomably powerful. Others who had risen alongside the Hou Clan, such as Bai Yunfan, Liu Jianghong, Nie Xinchuan, and the brothers Gao Cheng and Gao Hu, along with Hou Fei, Hou Ying, Hou Cun, and Hou Chen, had all become Great Grandmasters of the Fourth Realm or even Grandmasters of Heaven Level.

In the past year, Hou Yuxiao had nearly infiltrated the Xiong Yun Gang, the Shen Clan, and the Pingtian Gate completely, and had absorbed the power of those three first-class forces. Now the Hou Clan could indeed be described as having a formidable military and a multitude of great masters, and its strength had surpassed that of most Earth Level forces in the world, without any exaggeration.

Nevertheless, it must be mentioned that, even so...

Hou Yuxiao still did not have the confidence to confront Leiyin Temple directly...

The stronger his power, the greater Hou Yuxiao's reverence for the strong, and his respect for the Holy Lands magnified.

Shitian Buddha, the three World-Honored Ones, master warriors of the Wu generation, the Quasi-Holy Land of Leiyin Temple—only the Holy Army Code separated it from being a Holy Land. Living next to Leiyin Temple stationed in Jianye Prefecture for a year, Hou Yuxiao had learned much more.

In terms of mere military comparative strength, Hexi was not much weaker than Leiyin Temple, but if comparing the upper echelons and top-tier warriors, the Hou Clan still had a long way to go.

If this was the case with Leiyin Temple, what about the Rakshasa Holy Sect to the west of Leiyin Temple?

And regarding the nine great Holy Lands that Hexi must face in the future, Hou Yuxiao felt even less confident.

Fortunately, things in this world never proceed in a straightforward manner!

Lacking confidence and the strength to confront the enemy, there were always other solutions.

There had indeed been too many moments when the Hou Clan had felt powerless against their enemies.

From the early days with the three Zhengyang County families, Mountain Sword Sect, Cheng Yue, and Gu Chenfeng, followed by those first-rate forces of Tongling County like the Great Luo Sect, Ding Dian, and Fan Longhe, and the demons... simply too many to count for Hou Yuxiao. But what about those enemies now?

They were either already dead by Hou Yuxiao's hand or had been turned into nourishment for the Hou Clan, now working for the Hou Clan. This time, Leiyin Temple would be no exception!

"Fourth Brother, you saw the situation with the demons in Jiujun County. What do you think if Leiyin Temple were to fight us unrestrainedly at all costs, how long could Hexi's million-strong army last against Leiyin Temple?"

Although Hou Yuxiao already had plans in mind, he still felt it necessary to make Hou Yujie more aware. At this critical juncture, others in the Hou Clan could afford to be confident, but those on the same level as Hou Yujie needed to maintain calm.

Upon hearing this, Hou Yujie's expression changed several times. If Hou Yuxiao had brought up other aspects, he might not have listened, but Hou Yuxiao specifically spoke about the demons, and Hou Yujie had just returned from Jiujun County.

He himself suspected that the demons in Jiujun County were caused by Leiyin Temple. If Leiyin Temple could cause such a disturbance just by using demons to suppress Hexi, then, as Hou Yuxiao said, if Leiyin Temple were really to fight Hexi without regard for costs and restraint, the outcome would indeed not be promising...