Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

Zhao QingXue became pregnant last April, and her due date was coincidentally in February.

Hou Yuxiao received the news of his son's birth at the end of February.

On February 18, Zhao QingXue gave birth to a big baby boy weighing seven jin and six taels.

The name Wuji was decided upon by Zhao QingXue and Hou Yuxiao last year, hoping their son's future would be smooth and free from demonic or evil obstacles.

Hou Yuxiao was eager to return and meet his son immediately, but he still had some minor issues to settle in Nanping Prefecture. Additionally, he was concerned that his departure might incite remnants of the Nanjiang rebels to cause chaos, so he did not immediately return.

This time, Hou Yuduan notified Yue Qianfu and her son to visit, ostensibly to meet the mother and child, but in reality, it was a probing action against the Nanjiang rebels. After three months of silence, it was to see if they dared to cause any more trouble. Although only a hundred Red Flame soldiers accompanied them openly, both Hou Yuxiao and Hou Yuduan were secretly monitoring the journey closely. Fortunately, there were no unexpected incidents along the way.

This proved that the rebels in Nanping Prefecture were indeed lacking in strength.

He could finally return!

Of course, before returning, he needed to arrange affairs in Nanping Prefecture properly.

...

New Yu Era, March 5, 1332

Nanping Prefecture City, Hou Clan's Main Hall

Hou Yuxiao stood in the main position, with Hou Yucheng, Hou Yuduan, and the three brothers of the Gao Family standing below, a total of five people. Hou Yucheng was speaking excitedly:

"After the first batch of Primordial Blood was distributed, all 1200 captains have consumed it, 142 people advanced from Embracing Elixir directly to the Grandmaster Realm, and 251 Gang Qi Realm warriors' cultivation broke through, with another 382 breaking through from the Open Body Ten Layer Peak to the Gang Qi Realm. Although the remaining over 800 men didn't progress in cultivation, their innate aptitude has improved significantly.

Big brother, the effect of this Primordial Blood is truly astonishing!"

It's no wonder Hou Yucheng was so excited and emotional; such speedy cultivation enhancement benefiting a large number of soldiers is unprecedented. The thing called Primordial Blood that big brother provided is truly rare in this world.

After last year's Nanjiang War ended, the Red Flame Army was left with only 120,000. The Hou Clan's military organization is one team per hundred men, one detachment per thousand, one camp per ten thousand, and one town per hundred thousand, corresponding to ranks of captain, commander, leader, and colonel-general.

As the elite of the Hou Clan, those who can serve as captains in the army at least have Open Body Ten Layer Peak cultivation, with nearly half being warriors of the Gang Qi Realm; commanders usually are above the Gang Qi Second Realm, even Third Realm; reaching leader level requires being a Master Realm Martial Artist, and as for colonel-generals, only the three brothers of the Gao Family so far, all being of the Yuan Dan Realm cultivation.

Before consuming the Primordial Blood, of the 1200 captains in the Red Flame Army, there were 172 Grandmasters, 482 Gang Qi Realm experts, with the remaining 540 all at the Open Body Ten Layer Peak cultivation. After consumption, there are now 314 in the Grandmaster Realm, and Gang Qi Realm warriors increased to 864, leaving only 22 captains at the Open Body Ten Layer Peak; the rest have all broken through to above the Gang Qi Realm.

"Big brother, is there more of this Primordial Blood? Quick, promote it! Over the past half year, the Red Flame Army hasn't expanded, leaving us running short and weakened, I was racking my brain on how to boost our strength. With the power of this Primordial Blood so great, if the remaining eleven thousand plus soldiers all took it, our strength would multiply fivefold... tenfold... no, even a hundredfold!"

Hou Yucheng spoke with such enthusiasm that he almost didn't stay by Hou Yuxiao's side. The three brothers of the Gao Family, also having taken the Primordial Blood, wore similar expressions and all hoped Hou Yuxiao could produce another batch of the Primordial Blood.

"Second brother, if there were no restrictions on such a marvelous item, our Hou Clan would have unified the world by now. Listen to what the big brother has to say; if he has more, he would certainly present it immediately!"

Ultimately, Old Fifth was the most sensible one, and Hou Yuxiao nodded gently, saying: "This Primordial Blood is not easily obtainable, and cannot be widely promoted at the moment. However, rest assured, as long as there's more, I will continue to provide it."

A million virtuous deeds per drop, these 1200 drops cost him 1.2 billion virtuous deeds, and for the remaining eleven thousand Red Flame soldiers to each consume a drop, that would approach twelve billion. Though his virtuous deeds and karmic obstacles increased somewhat over the past six months in Nanping Prefecture, twelve billion is still an astronomical figure for him.

This Primordial Blood will certainly be promoted among the Hou Clan's forces in the future, but presently the conditions are not yet met. Hou Yuxiao remembered the purpose of gathering the five people today, and quickly began addressing serious matters.

"Second brother, over the past six months, you've been leading the Annan Army along with Hong Kui, but I'm not clear on the specific situation, how did you arrange things for your return to Hexi this time, tell us!"

Speaking of business, Hou Yucheng's expression became more serious as he respectfully replied: "The Annan Army was formed from the remaining over two hundred thousand of the original Red Miao army, along with the surviving over nine hundred thousand Nanjiang Allied Forces, originally totaling 1.2 million. Over the past half year, the two forces have fused, and we have additionally recruited thirty thousand soldiers, now totaling 1.5 million men in the Annan Army, all above five levels of body refinement. Although the martial path in Nanping Prefecture has improved in the past half year, there's still quite a gap compared to Hexi. The entire army has 12,123 men at the Open Body Ten Layer cultivation, with Gang Qi Realm even scarcer, only over five hundred men.

However, the Annan Army has three military governors, Hong Ping, Hong Yuan, and Hong Cheng respectively, all being original commanders of the Red Miao tribe, each in the Qiányáng Realm. There's also Hong Kui, a commander in the Xuanyin Realm, along with seven Yuan Dan Realm experts, and 72 Master Realm Martial Artists. Of these, 80% are local experts from Nanping Prefecture, with over half of the 80% being people from the Hong Miao tribe, namely Hong Ju and his son."