Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

Chapter 153: 113. Go to a banquet

Wan Xiaolou's intelligence had been evident to Hou Yuxiao in the broken temple in Yunye county.

An orphan abducted at a young age to serve as a human stake at Divine Sound Sect, who had become deaf and was subsequently cast out, had no connections but managed not only to master lip-reading but also to learn a move or two enough to become a Martial Artist. That was already quite extraordinary.

He had only stayed in the broken temple for five or six days, yet he had realized that Hou was the Divine Sound Sect's assassin. Knowing full well that Hou was a Grandmaster, he still dared to straightforwardly request to become his disciple, which showed remarkable courage.

And later, by using his beggars to impersonate him and cause chaos in Yunye county, he created an opportunity for him to kill Helian Wuji. The ability to achieve so much with so little highlighted his strategic and planning abilities, which were far beyond those of ordinary people.

An eighteen-and-a-half-year-old orphan exhibiting such extraordinary keenness and remarkable courage was already very impressive.

What was even more admirable was that although he had gone through hardships since he was young, his heart wasn't darkened. After his own life improved, he remembered those children who, like him, had a miserable background and endured hardships at Divine Sound Sect. He took them under his wing, teaching them martial arts and lip-reading.

Even when escaping from Yunye county, he didn't forget to bring these children with him, which showed he truly regarded these people as his younger brothers and sisters, as his own family.

Such a person with a kind heart and intelligence far beyond ordinary people, plus the fact of his orphan status and the scene of him leading three younger brothers and a younger sister, touched Hou Yuxiao in many ways.

So, he truly intended to accept this disciple sincerely.

Secondly, the reason he came to Wanyang county was twofold: one was to gather intelligence here, and the other was to expand the fame of the Qinglong Association.

Expanding fame firstly was for subsequent operations, as the Qinglong Association couldn't just do business in one place like Tongling county. He had already been to Yinling county, where he killed the Iron Fist Sect Elder Chen Feng, and with Helian Wufeng and Helian Wuji brothers killed by him in succession, the Qinglong Association's name now shook Yinling, Tongling, and Wanyang counties, and the power of the Qinglong Token would soon be deeply rooted in people's hearts.

The second reason was for the upcoming Rakshasa Festival!

On the day of Rakshasa Festival, he intended to sell the first batch of ten Qinglong Silver Orders.

With his current reputation as support, it was expected that a large number of Martial Artists would gather in Tongling county on the day of Rakshasa Festival, the 30th of the seventh month, to compete for those ten Qinglong Silver Orders.

After all, Wanyang county fell under Xuzhou, and Hou Yuxiao originally intended to select someone smart enough to slowly develop the association's business here. On the other hand, that person would also serve as his eyes in the Wanyang county.

Wan Xiaolou, with his Body Opening second level cultivation, had weak strength, so it was undoubtedly impossible to rely on him to develop the association's business in Wanyang county at the moment.

But as an informant, he could not be more suitable.

A person with weak strength often does not arouse others' suspicion.

Moreover, with their unique lip-reading skills, these children were exceptionally well-equipped for gathering intelligence and collecting information.

Weak strength could be improved over time, but if one lacks intelligence, that can never be compensated for.

In the following month, Hou Yuxiao first spent a large amount of money to buy a Marrow Cleansing Pill, healing all of Wan Xiaolou's internal injuries. He then passed on the Hong Clan's Xuanmo True Skill to him. With the aid of Body Strengthening Pills and various precious herbs, Wan Xiaolou's cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds.

Moreover, coincidentally, Wan Xiaolou's comprehension of the staff technique, though not on par with his own, was unexpectedly high, which made Hou Yuxiao sigh with the feeling that it was a destiny written in the stars for them to have this master-disciple connection.

Hou Yuxiao did not dare to teach him martial arts of too high a level, only passing on Black Dragon's Thirteen Forms, Twin Ultimate Hand, and the Rainfall Sword Technique.

Wan Xiaolou, who had never encountered even the most basic martial arts and mental methods, was overjoyed to suddenly gain access to first-class martial arts. If Hou hadn't reminded him that haste makes waste, Wan might have trained day and night until he collapsed from exhaustion.

Of course, Hou Yuxiao did not forget about his group of younger brothers and sisters. While teaching him martial arts and mental methods, he also purposely taught some to pass on to others, leaving it to him to decide to whom they should be taught.

Wan Xiaolou, being intelligent, quickly grasped Hou Yuxiao's intentions and grew to respect his master even more.

Of course, in the month's time, besides instructing Wan Xiaolou, Hou Yuxiao never stopped inquiring about the various forces in Wanyang county, using both money and force.

But the more he inquired, the more he felt a chill of apprehension...

Aside from the local Wanjian Holy Sect, there were five of the six Holy Lands present from Yangzhou Bailu Academy, Jiaozhou Ziqing Holy Sect, Qingzhou Haoran Holy Sect, Zhongzhou Great Yu Holy Dynasty, and The Righteous Path! Even Ji state's Thunder Sound Temple and the Great Snow Mountain Buddha Sect, two Earth-level great powers, had sent representatives, and so had Guangling Prefecture's first-class Liu Family, Xingyuan Road's water supremacists, as well as the Earth-level power Cao Gang.

In comparison to last year's Zhaoyang Disturbance prior, the gathering of the Righteous individuals in Wanyang county seemed minuscule.

Hou Yuxiao himself estimated that presently there were nearly twenty forces gathered in Wanyang county, and each one had more influence than the last. Even the local powerhouse Tianding Sect seemed to have become a mere backdrop.

Having broken through to the Grandmaster realm only a month ago, he thought he could be at ease for a while. Little did he expect that in this short time, just at Shengxin Residence, he encountered more than ten unfamiliar Grandmasters, and even came across two whose auras were stronger than his own.