Chapter 8: Chapter 8 The Horse Has Been Upgraded
"The trial is over, the score is 34 minutes and 19 seconds, the score is improved by 10 minutes and 37 seconds, and the physical fitness is rewarded by 1 point."
He persisted for ten minutes longer than the first time and got a little physical fitness reward. Hua Kai checked his attributes and found that he had entered the third level of the body tempering realm.
Unfortunately, this trial secret realm does not add attribute points every time the trial is completed. In this way, if there is no major improvement in all aspects, it will not make much sense to enter the trial space, and the idea of relying solely on the luck value to improve the strength of all family members will also be shattered.
However, this time he came out in a much better state than before. This is not because of his own strength improvement, but because he gradually got used to the secret realm.
The next morning, Hua Kai got up to check the family's luck value and found that it had increased by 2 points. Now it has reached 11 points. He is waiting for the family's luck value to accumulate 100 points. If the family's [Quiet Heart Sutra] mental method level can be improved, then the strength of the entire family will certainly be greatly improved.
I went to the main courtyard to visit Grandpa, but I didn't expect that he had already gone to the martial arts training ground. Without special elixirs and elixirs, the meridian injuries can only be polished by training little by little, and the true qi cannot be used in the middle, otherwise it will cause secondary damage to the meridians.
When we arrived at the training ground, everyone had finished training. In the past few nights, we entered the secret space for training. Hua Kai did get up late. Now everyone knows that he is working hard for the family's affairs and no one requires him to practice in the morning or evening. Seeing Grandpa standing alone at the front of the martial arts training ground, the fourth uncle retreated to the rear team. Everyone trained very seriously, which is the role of the backbone.
"Kai'er, come and practice with the fourth uncle!"
Hua Zihuan was in a very good mood today. He picked up his pear blossom white wood spear and posed the [Spear Technique of Splitting the Sky] starting move. Hua Kai knew that the fourth uncle wanted to test his cultivation.
Hua Kai took his red tassel spear and stood firmly in the horse stance, posed the starting move, and waited for the fourth uncle to attack.
Everyone in Huajiabao formed a circle and watched carefully. Hua Zihuan raised his spear and attacked with the first move of [Sky Splitting Spear Technique]. However, it was a refined spear technique without a trace of true Qi. Hua Kai counterattacked.
"Good fellow, he actually entered the Body Tempering Realm!"
Hua Kai always tried his best to practice with his fourth uncle. His fourth uncle could make him run around without using true Qi. Today, Hua Zihuan still used the same strength as before, but unexpectedly, Hua Kai took the lead. Hua Zihuan still did not use true Qi, but was suppressed by Hua Kai's Red Cherry Spear.
After a few rounds, Hua Kai felt the pressure increase again. He returned to the rhythm of practicing with his fourth uncle before. The Body Tempering Realm cannot be compared with the Kaiyuan Realm. The strength is not on the same level, and the fourth uncle's spear technique is much higher than his own. It can only be said that Hua Zihuan is constantly feeding Hua Kai moves and guiding his spear technique.
Hua Kai gradually felt like he was killing a snake on the stone bridge in the [Qi Strength Training Secret Realm]. His feet became more flexible and his gun shots became more tricky. The Qi quickly changed in his limbs. After entering the Body Tempering Realm, his Qi effect was much better.
"Let's stop here! Zihuan, you have to accompany Kai'er out later." Hua Xing saw that Hua Kai's strength had increased significantly, and he was not far from the middle stage of Body Tempering, but his Qi was obviously insufficient.
Hua Zihuan used a little Qi to push Hua Kai back more than two meters, and the two of them withdrew from the battle circle.
"Kai'er, you have actually entered the third level of the Body Tempering Realm!" Hua Zihuan said happily.
Hua Kai only felt that his Qi was drained out of his body. He sat cross-legged on the ground and circulated his Qi in his body according to the [Quiet Heart Sutra] formula, and then he felt better.
"This poor aptitude is simply a fatal flaw. The Qi absorbed by the mental method is not enough for the body to absorb." Hua Kai thought while circulating the mental method.
Hua Kai got up when he felt that his body was no longer in pain. The Tempering Body Realm is a process of constantly tempering the body. When he can no longer feel pain, he will reach a bottleneck.
Other people in the martial arts training ground can't see Hua Kai's abnormality. They just think that it is very rare for Hua Kai to enter the Tempering Body Realm at the age of 12. Only such a talented and capable head of the family can lead the entire family to grow stronger.
After breakfast, Hua Kai came to the stable in the north of the village. The servants had already fed the horses with fine feed. Hua Kai led the horse out and stroked its neck. The horse also responded to Hua Kai's touch enthusiastically.
People who understand horses know how rare it is for a horse to have spirituality. If you want a horse to have spirituality, you must communicate with it frequently, so that it will cooperate when riding.
When the fourth uncle came over wearing leather armor, the two got on the horse and picked up the gifts prepared by the housekeeper and left Huajiabao.
The fourth uncle is mainly responsible for protecting Hua Kai's safety today. There are often some wild beasts in the wild in this world, especially before the arrival of winter, the wild beasts of Dongling often come to the vicinity of various villages to forage.
The second uncle and the fourth master Geng left early in the morning before dawn. Hua Kai and the fourth uncle rode on the road. Hua Zihuan pointed out to Hua Kai the matters that need to be paid attention to in the [Sky Spear Technique]. He was still very happy to see Hua Kai enter the Body Tempering Realm.
Xihe Village is more than 20 miles away from Huajiabao. When they met some small wild animals on the road, they ran away from them. When they arrived at Xihe Village, the guards saw Hua Kai and Hua Zihuan and opened the gate quickly. It was obvious that the second uncle had told the guards that Hua Kai was coming.
Hua Kai greeted people he knew in Xihe Village politely. He rode all the way to the gate of the Huang family compound, and several cousins were waiting for him at the gate.
Hua Kai's mother is the youngest sister of the head of the Huang family. Hua Kai's cousins are all adults. The eldest cousin is older than the fourth uncle. He has entered the fifth level of Kaiyuan Realm and is the future heir to the head of the Huang family.
When Hua Kai saw his uncle, he hadn't spoken yet, but his uncle sent him 5 taels of gold, which might be half a year's income for the entire Xihe Village. Hua Kai accepted it with gratitude.
After conveying his grandfather's gratitude, Hua Kai said goodbye to his uncle without stopping. His cousin sent Hua Kai out to the village entrance, and Hua Kai and his fourth uncle rode to Gengjiazhuang again. The Geng family also gave him 5 taels of gold. Hua Kai expressed his gratitude to the Geng family on behalf of Huajiabao.
It was almost noon when they left Gengjiazhuang. Hua Kai and his fourth uncle were about to go home after leaving Gengjiazhuang. Suddenly, they heard someone calling his fourth uncle's name on the city wall. Someone asked him to go back and bring something.
"Kai'er, wait for me for a while. I'll go back to your fourth aunt's house and come back soon."
"Fourth uncle, go! It's only more than ten miles from our village. There are no trees and no danger along the way. It's okay for me to go back by myself." Hua Kai heard that he was going to bring something to his fourth aunt, so he said to his fourth uncle.
"Okay, be careful, I'll be back soon." The fourth uncle said and rode back again.
Hua Kai was walking alone on the road. He tried to speed up the horse. The horse was obedient. He ran all the way and soon saw the shadow of Huajiabao.
Suddenly, Hua Kai had a sudden idea in his mind. Since weapons can be brought into the trial secret realm, what about mounts?
The physical training secret realm requires speed and endurance. The horse runs much faster than people. If I bring the horse into the secret realm, can I last for more than an hour? How much strength can this increase?
I did it as soon as I thought of it. Hua Kai silently recited to enter the [Family Secret Realm Space] in his heart. He felt that the scenery in front of him changed. He was already in the [Family Secret Realm Space], and the horse under his crotch also followed him in.
The horse suddenly changed the environment and began to fear. It neighed in the space. Hua Kai kept stroking and comforting it, and it slowly calmed down.
When he came to the [Physical Training Secret Realm], Hua Kai clicked on the secret trial. The environment around him changed and he came to the familiar desert.
"Haha, ga..." Hua Kai saw that the sun was high in the sky, but the sky was bright on one side and dark on the other. He didn't need to think about running towards the bright side.
It was difficult for the horse to run in the desert. Fortunately, Hua Kai was just a child and weighed much less than an adult. After adapting to walking in the desert, the horse's speed quickly increased. It was many times faster than Hua Kai running with his legs.
Although it was daytime in the space and the desert was very hot, Hua Kai felt a lot cooler when he felt the "whoosh...whoosh" sound of the wind coming from his ears. This horse seemed to have never galloped so freely before. Hua Kai held the reins tightly to adapt to the rhythm of the horse, which was also a training for his riding skills.
"Why did the sandstorm catch up so quickly?" Hua Kai felt that his speed was many times faster than before in more than ten minutes. The sandstorm had actually appeared behind him and was approaching him at a very fast speed.
Without caring too much, Hua Kai shook the reins to urge the horse to continue to speed up. He already felt that the horse was sweating and his breathing had begun to become rapid.
But the sandstorm was still approaching. Hua Kai could already feel the sand hitting his cheeks. The horse also sensed the danger and instinctively sped up.
Ten minutes later, Hua Kai appeared on the road more than 3 miles away from Huajiabao Village. He heard the system prompt.
"The trial is over. The score is 31 minutes and 39 seconds. The score is improved by 0. The bonus is 0 points of physical fitness."
Failed!
The horse was half dead and lay on the ground gasping for breath. Hua Kai opened his eyes wide and didn't know what to do?
He checked the horse's attributes.
Donghu horse: 3rd level 21%
Physical fitness: 19 (22)
Speed: 25
Spirituality: 27
It has reached the third level?
The 22 after the physical fitness 19 means that it is currently injured and the attributes are not full. Will it be promoted to a steed after the injury is healed?
"Kai'er, what are you doing? Why is the horse lying on the ground?" Hua Kai was thinking when his fifth uncle rode over from a distance.
Hua Kai didn't know how to answer for a moment. The horse couldn't get up, so he could only go back to the village and ask someone to carry it back.
"It's obviously tired, it's twitching! A good horse ran more than ten miles and it was so tired?" Hua Zihuan looked at Hua Kai with a puzzled look, wondering how a strong horse could be tired and twitching after they were separated for only half an hour.
Hua Zihuan's curiosity was not satisfied after all. Not long after, the horse seemed to have recovered some strength and slowly tried to stand up, but when it saw Hua Kai, it instinctively retreated backwards. Maybe the first half hour did leave a psychological shadow on him.
The two led the horse slowly back to Huajiabao. Hua Kai personally sent his horse back to the stable and asked the groom to add more concentrated feed to it.
Hua Kai came to the stable several times in the afternoon. Although the horse looked listless, it ate much more than usual. The groom was worried that the horse was full. Hua Kai knew that he needed a lot of energy just after the upgrade, but the horse's 19 points of physical fitness had not improved.
In the evening, Hua Kai practiced [Calm Mind Technique] for two hours and then went to sleep early. In the afternoon, he rode his horse in the desert. He couldn't enter the secret realm for trial at night, so he had a rare early sleep.
In the morning, Hua Kai got up and checked the family panel.
Huajiabao: Not in the rank
Prosperity: 25
Combat power: 9
Agriculture: 16
Animal Husbandry: 2
Commerce: 7
Culture: 31
Overall strength: 90
Allies: None
Funds: 11 taels of gold, 41 taels of silver, 2365 bone coins
Hostile forces: Hutuo Mountain, Guangxian Shen Family (ninth rank)
Luck value: 13
Portable space: 1 cubic meter (1000 luck points are required to upgrade)
Prosperity increased by 1 point, combat power increased by 4 points, which may be due to grandpa's awakening. Now the family's luck value is also 13 points. Hua Kai wants to write how to use it as soon as possible to improve the family's strength. He can explore the attributes of livestock. If he can go to the grassland next year, he will definitely be able to buy the best horses and improve the family's strength.
You should know that the price of war horses is unimaginably expensive. An ordinary horse costs at least 3,000 bone coins (1 tael of gold = 100 taels of silver = 10,000 bone coins). Strong horses start at 2 gold, and fine horses are even more expensive. The Shen family has agreed to let Huajiabao do horse business. He has cheated Huajiabao once, and it is impossible for him to target Huajiabao openly again, otherwise the Shen family will lose its leadership over the villages outside the city.
Going to the martial arts field to complete morning exercises with his grandfather, Hua Kai dared not use the true qi again. His grandfather's physique was still the same and had not recovered. Hua Kai suddenly remembered that he still had two "Qi Hua Dan". The main function of the Qi Hua Dan was to dissolve the abnormal true qi in the body, but it also had a certain effect of repairing meridians. Although it was a bit wasteful to use the pills worth hundreds of gold in this way, Hua Kai did not dare to sell the pills in his hand. Those who could buy the pills would find out who made the unknown pills when they found them. It would be better to use them now and leave only one for backup.
"Grandpa, I have something to tell you." After the morning exercise, Hua Kai walked to his grandfather and said. He used to stand in the third row for morning exercises, but now he has entered the second row. The closer the Hua family's martial arts training ground is, the stronger it is. This way, he can set an example for the people in the back row.
In terms of realm level and proficiency in [Sky Spear], he has already entered the top 50 of the family.
"Come to the main house to find me after dinner." Hua Xing returned.
The day after tomorrow is the day when Hua Ziming will be buried. As Hua Kai is Hua Ziming's only son and the head of the Hua family, he has to preside over everything in person. Hua Xing cannot see guests when the old man sends the young man off according to the customs of Qi State. He has to explain something to Hua Kai.
After breakfast, Hua Kai came to the main house. Grandpa was sitting on a chair drinking tea. His face was ruddy and energetic. The pain in his meridians did not seem to have much effect on him.
"I heard that you asked your third uncle to go to the county. What are your plans for the opening of Guang County this time?"
Before Hua Kai spoke, Hua Xing asked first.
"Yes! I gave the method of firing porcelain to the Shen family. The Shen family is willing to let Huajiabao intervene in the horse business. I plan to recover some losses this time. Before the New Year, I will store enough food for the autumn harvest next year." Hua Kai returned.
"Well, just know it in your heart! Grandpa gave you the position of the head of the family, so everything is up to you to decide. It's just that my strength has not recovered yet, so you have to be careful about everything." Grandpa usually looks careless, but he is very careful when encountering things, otherwise he would not be able to create such a family business.
"I came here today to talk to you about the recovery of meridians..."