Father's love is like a mountain

Chapter 4 Family Affairs
Xia Yongchu said without emotion, "When did you become hesitant in front of me?"

Duan Hong lowered his head, "The third master has been playing with children every day for the past six months. Although he can understand the joy of the third master as a new father, some people are worried that the third master will indulge in leisure and kill his ambitions? The magnificent picture that the third master once painted, do you still have the energy to lead everyone to realize it?"

Xia Yongchu said lightly, "Does this 'some people' include you?"

Duan Hong said without hesitation: "I believe in the third master."

Xia Yongchu smiled, "Then it doesn't matter. What do those mediocre people's opinions have to do with me? First cheer up and deal with the crisis in front of you. If you can't handle this level, there will be no future."

Duan Hong arched his hands, took another deep look at "civet cat", and left in a hurry.

Xia Yongchu looked at the system panel, pondered for a while, and clapped his hands.

A handsome young man walked in quickly, lowered his head and said, "Third Master."

"Li Nan, go and do a few things for me." Xia Yongchu whispered.

Li Nan listened attentively and nodded repeatedly.

He is the nephew of Li Hao, the second-class steward, and he is regarded as the core old man of the Xia family. He was attached to the Xia family before the Xia family made a fortune.

He was smart since he was a child, and Xia Yongchu helped him study for a few years, which made him more clear-headed and able to handle things properly.

After Xia Yongchu finished speaking, Li Nan immediately turned around and ran out.

……

Duan Hong left Xia Yongchu's place and immediately called for Liu Da and Meng Xiong.

Liu Da looked like a laid-back middle-aged scholar with a goatee.

Meng Xiong smelled of alcohol all over his body, his eyes were droopy, and sad people don't have arms.

There are nearly a hundred guest officials in the Xia Mansion, dozens of them specialize in combat, and some of them are technical talents.

As a top master, Duan Hong is close to the innate master, and is the undisputed number one master in Xia Mansion.

But Liu Da and Meng Xiong were a step behind him.

People in the rivers and lakes praise them, and they often describe them as top experts.

But strictly speaking, these two people can only be regarded as first-class.

Duan Hong had limited trust in them, so he didn't tell them every detail.

Just let them arrange manpower according to the third master's order, and keep an eye on the uncle, the fourth master, and even a few sons-in-law.

Although Liu Da and Meng Xiong had doubts, they wisely did not ask questions and took orders.

They were about to leave when they were stopped by Duan Hong.

"You... Have you noticed that the third master recently raised a cat? The name is Duoduo. "

Meng Xiong was a little dazed, saying he didn't pay attention.

Liu Da nodded, "Yes. I remember that the first time I saw that cat was more than ten days ago. It was a little milk cat, like a small pompom. I was I also wondered, the third master never liked these cats, cats and dogs, why did he suddenly raise a cat. But that cat is really beautiful with black stripes on a white background. Why did Brother Duan ask this? Is there something wrong with that cat? "

"It's nothing, it's just..." Duan Hong didn't know what to say.

Said he was scared?
Said that when I looked at that raccoon cat, in an instant, I felt that the other party had a demonic aura?

And it's not just an ordinary evil spirit, but can be described as "monstrous evil spirit"?

Monsters are very rare in this world, most people hear about them, and few people have seen them with their own eyes.

Duan Hong has been wandering the rivers and lakes for many years, but he has encountered monsters a few times, and he once eliminated monsters side by side with Linghua Jiange's masters.

It was a ferocious wolf demon, which killed hundreds of people in the nearby villages. Among the dead souls, there were many second-rate masters who were invited to exorcise the demon.

According to the Linghua Jiange master, that is already an extremely rare big monster.

But the sense of oppression that wolf demon gave Duan Hong was definitely not comparable to this seemingly ordinary civet cat!

"Forget it, it's okay. I feel a little strange just like you. Please pay more attention to that cat. If you find something wrong, tell me right away."

"Brother Duan has spoken, then I will pay attention."

"it is good."

……

That night.

A light smoke drifted out from Mr. Xia's room, and flew up the high wall without a sound, and when he stood still, it turned out to be a figure.

If someone familiar saw it, they would surely find out that this was the third master Xia, Xia Yongchu, who was rumored to have never learned martial arts and had no power to restrain a chicken.

On Xia Yongchu's shoulder lay a civet cat with black stripes on a white background lazily, stretching its paws to stroke its long beard from time to time.

Xia Yongchu stood on top of the wall for a moment, looked around, and flew silently.

Suddenly, he crossed several courtyards and left the range of the Xia family's main house.

During this period, several secret guards were not aware of it.

Among these guard posts, there are many second-rate masters.

Even ordinary first-class masters can't come and go freely.

Xia Yongchu didn't stop walking until he came to the city wall of the county town without stopping. He just jumped lightly, and with a relay in the middle, he climbed over the city wall more than three feet high and fell outside the city.

The civet cat has been sitting steadily on his shoulder, half asleep.

It wasn't until he was out of the city that he regained his energy, jumped off his shoulders, and had fun around the front and back.

Xia Yongchu ran another four or five miles, came to a barren mountain, found a huge rock and sat down.

The moon and stars are sparse, everything is silent, and there is a cool breeze.

He was under the moonlight, breathing heavily, while the civet cat hunched its back proudly, walked with disbelief, and patrolled around him vigilantly.

In the middle of the night, Xia Yongchu opened his eyes. Under the moonlit night, his eyes seemed to sparkle, like two small 50-watt LED light bulbs, which could compete with the stars.

The civet cat seemed to be a little cowering, not daring to look directly at it.

After a while, those eyes dimmed again, no different from ordinary people.

Usually, he actually practiced breathing in his own courtyard, and the breathing and moving around in "Changchun Kungfu" are very different from worldly martial arts.

A master who practiced secular martial arts would not be able to detect the change of his aura at all.

Even if Duan Hong saw him doing breathing practice several times with his own eyes, he only thought that he was reading some miscellaneous books and trying to meditate and breathing, not practicing.

But in fact, in the past six months, he has made some gains from practicing "Changchun Gong".

Daoist martial arts, after all, are not those crude Jianghu martial arts. Although he has never practiced martial arts, he doesn't know any moves, and he has no actual combat experience.

However, with the physical fitness and reaction speed improved in the past six months, it is enough to fight against Duan Hong, who is a top player, and last for more than a dozen rounds.

It is comparable to the first-rate Jianghu master!

In some respects, even better than first-class masters.

It would be unbelievable if this spread.

Every top-notch Jianghu master has gone through more than ten years, or even decades of hard training, and struggled to the death.

And he practiced for only half a year!

If it was half a year ago, if Duan Hong wanted to kill him, it would take less than half a second.

It's just that Xia Yongchu is habitually hiding it.

No one knows his true strength.

On the surface, he is still the scholar who is obsessed with seeking immortals and asking questions, but has no strength to restrain a chicken.

Unfortunately, on the system panel, you can only see the attributes of your offspring, not your own attributes.

Taking a closer look at his own situation, Xia Yongchu was thoughtful.

"I feel like I've almost reached the middle stage of foundation establishment. It's only been half a year, and it's not bad to be able to make this progress. I didn't expect that not only did I have the aura of cultivating immortals, but my own aptitude and talent didn't seem too bad."

"But that's it. If you don't use the Foundation Establishment Pill, it should be impossible to complete the Foundation Establishment in a short period of time. Even in the later stage of Foundation Establishment, it will be difficult to break through. It feels like the inspiration in this world seems a bit thin .”

"Changchun Kungfu follows the path of the inner alchemy school, but there are also some descriptions of refining elixir and a few elixir recipes behind the exercise. But at present, I haven't even completed the foundation building, and my true energy is too weak to support independent cultivation. Make pills."

"But fortunately, I have a system, and now the intimacy with Xia Qilan and Xia Qizhi has exceeded 30. It can be exchanged for Foundation Establishment Pill. It's just that they are only 5 or 6 years old, and they have never practiced. If you rashly I don't know what the consequences will be if I exchange them for Foundation Establishment Pills?"

Even if Xia Qilan, Xia Qizhi and Xia Yongchu had nothing to do with each other, Xia Yongchu would not be able to endanger the lives of these two children for his own cultivation.

What's more, people are not grass and trees.

After getting along for half a year, he is not without feelings for these two children.

All items in the system mall can only be exchanged for offspring.

Then according to the degree of intimacy, Xia Yongchu can get a certain percentage of the effect back.

The effect will only act on the children first, and then return to Xia Yongchu.

Foundation Establishment Pill, described in the mall: The best Foundation Establishment Pill requires 30 intimacy, and the exchange consumes 10 points.It can greatly increase the success rate of foundation building and slightly increase the level of foundation building.

Xia Yongchu didn't know its medicinal properties, after all, it was a rare pill in the cultivation world, and he had no chance to touch it before.

"System, can you show in detail the medicinal properties of this top grade foundation building pill, will it be harmful for children to use?"

This is not Xia Yongchu's first attempt to communicate with the system.

Most of the time, the system is like a dead dog, motionless.

In very rare cases, the system will give a reply.

At this time, after Xia Yongchu asked, the system did not respond.

Xia Yongchu was not disappointed either, after all it was normal for the system to ignore him.

But when he was about to turn off the panel, his eyes fell on the "Extreme Foundation Establishment Pill", and found that its description had quietly changed.

The ultimate foundation building pill requires 30 intimacy and 10 points for exchange.It can greatly increase the success rate of foundation building and slightly increase the level of foundation building.The medicine is mild in nature, and if it is accidentally swallowed by ordinary people, it will also nourish the body to a certain extent.No adverse effects on children.

"Then, in the next few days, I can improve my aptitude and understanding, and then try to use the Foundation Establishment Pill to complete the foundation establishment..." Xia Yongchu's eyes fell on the system mall.

Washing Marrow Yijing Pills.

Yunling Body Tempering Pill.

Three-color Enlightenment Pill.

But he is in no rush to redeem.

Not only did he want to improve Xia Qilan and Xia Qizhi's aptitude and understanding, but he also wanted to improve his aptitude and understanding.

It is even more necessary to take advantage of this opportunity to achieve a series of goals.

Kill two birds with one stone?Of course not enough.

At least kill four birds with one stone.

……

Two days later.

time.

The "Shefalcon Hall" in the main residence of the Xia family is the place where the family discusses matters.

The Shefalcon Hall has been repaired and expanded several times, and it is spacious and grand, and can accommodate two or three hundred people.

At this moment, Xia Suozhi, the nominal head of the family, sat in the middle with a solemn and dignified expression and a steady momentum.

His brothers Xia Suoli and Xia Suoqi did not appear in the Shefun Hall. It is said that they were bedridden due to the occasional cold.

Under Xia Suozhi's hands, there were several clan elders with high seniority but slightly distant blood relationship. Among them, the highest seniority was the "Nan" generation, who was Xia Suozhi's grandpa.

Among the second generation of the Xia family, Xia Yongchu, who is most likely to inherit the position of patriarch, can even be said to be the patriarch despite not having the name of patriarch, sits beside Xia Suozhi, with a lazy white Civet cat with black stripes.

Looking at Xia Yongchu's position, one can tell his status in the family.

Xia Zhijian, the second generation of the Xia family, and Xia Xianggui, the fourth master, both sat under Xia Yongchu's hands.

As for the fifth master, Xia Xiangbin, he hasn't shown up for several years since he had an open fight with Xia Yongchu, and it's not even known whether he is alive or not.

But everyone pretended to be confused, and no one asked, as if there had never been such a person.

Why do you say that Xia Yongchu is already the head of the family?
In fact, you can tell by the name.

His generation, sorted by family name, "benefits the southwest, has nothing to do, and it will be auspicious when it comes. If you have a good time to go, it will be auspicious." It should be the generation with the word "go".

He should have been called "Xia Zhichu".

In a large feudal family, naming is a very serious matter.

But Xia Yongchu can change his name without authorization.

This is enough to show his uncompromising status in the family.

And a little further outside, there are the aunts of the Xia family, as well as the juniors, clansmen and offshoots with distant blood ties, there may be more than 100 people in the dark area, and there are no seats for these.

Surprisingly, more than a dozen master guest officials from the Xia Mansion were also present.

Many young people who had never seen the world couldn't help trembling when they saw these masters who were calm but seemed to exude murderous aura.

Although there were many people at the scene, it was not chaotic at all.

Although people whispered to each other, they all controlled the volume and did not dare to make loud noises.

This is all the result of Xia Yongchu's family management for several years, all the thorns have been removed, and he has no chance to participate in such family discussions.

Seeing that the time was almost up and everything that was due to arrive had arrived, Xia Suozhi coughed, and the Shefun Hall fell silent immediately.

Xia Suozhi pretended to be majestic and said a few innocuous words, then handed over the stage to Xia Yongchu.

And Xia Yongchu stood up slowly, and with a wave of his hand, two housekeeper's wives came out leading his two prostitutes.

Xia Qilan and Xia Qizhi are both carved in pink and jade, with two croissant braids, looking around cutely.

On such an occasion, they are inevitably a little bit shy and nervous, appearing to shrink back.

Xia Yongchu stepped forward and touched the heads of the two little girls with both hands. At that moment, the corners of his mouth turned up, revealing a kind smile.

Then he quickly stopped laughing, and said in a flat tone, "Today, I want to announce a rule."

(End of this chapter)