Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

Chapter 406: 204. Inventory Harvest_3

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There were a total of 35 fine weapons and 109 ordinary and precious weapons, with over 2000 various elixirs, mainly Body Strengthening Pills. There were also some healing and detoxification types, all third-rate elixirs.

Upon hearing the four words, "Great Luo Buddha's Hand," Hou Yuxiao instantly recalled the scene where Ding Buhai battled the demons. The rest of the crowd lit up with excitement at the mention of so many martial arts techniques.

For them, warriors above the Gang Qi Realm, the allure of martial arts was far more immediate than that of money. As members of the Hou Clan, they would definitely have the opportunity to practice these techniques in the future.

"The first chest contains mainly these items, while the second chest holds the entire wealth looted from the territories of the Lonely Moon Sect, Ling Cheng Escort Agency, and Qijue Gate, which amounts to a total of two million taels of current silver and nine third-rate martial arts;

Moreover, the territories previously occupied by Qijue Gate in Baiye County, as well as the locations of Ling Cheng Escort Agency and Lonely Moon Sect in Tongling County City, have all been taken over by personnel sent by our third sister. All their industries have begun to recover and are estimated to generate a combined income of six hundred thousand taels annually."

This was the difference between third-rate powers and second-rate ones – just one of the Great Luo Sect's enterprises could match the combined revenue of three others.

"The third chest belongs to the Tianding Sect. Five days ago, after the Holy Church's army breached the city, the Master ordered the complete eradication of the Tianding Sect. Peng Yuhu led his troops to plunder first, and our gains came from hunting down Tianding Sect members who slipped through the net over the past few days.

The total current silver is five million taels, with eight third-rate martial arts, two second-rate martial arts, and the ultimate technique of the Tianding Sect, the first-rate martial art 'Tianding Divine Fist.'

Hou Yuxiao's eyes narrowed slightly. The amount of money uncovered just from these fleeing Tianding Sect members was substantial — the Tianding Sect's original fortune must have been even more impressive than that of the Great Luo Sect. Peng Yuhu indeed reaped many benefits.

"Following our eldest brother's orders, I visited Yeyin County, Jinxiang County, and the cities of Longxiang County and Yangping County these past two days to eliminate those disobedient sect members from the seven third-rate powers. I also dispatched people to take over their properties. This fourth chest contains all the wealth of those seven houses."

When Hou Yujie mentioned the seven third-rate powers without any further details, everyone instantly knew he was referring to the seven families from the Golden Wind and Drizzle Building incident three days earlier.

"The seven powers' combined silver amounts to five million taels. There are twenty-three third-rate martial arts, and two second-rate ones. Among those willing to join the Hou Clan, there are over four thousand people, with over one thousand being martial artists of five levels of body refinement or higher. I didn't agree to take them in but instead left them under the care of the gang qi warriors from our clan stationed there. I've come back this time to discuss with you, brother, whether or not to accept these people."

Hou Yuxiao's eyes flickered. The idea of gaining so many warriors was undoubtedly tempting, but the problem was that these individuals hailed from the seven powers like the Huangshan Sect, and the seven people Hou Yuxiao personally killed were their sect masters, clan leaders, masters, and even relatives.

There were surely many among this group with ulterior motives, even an intense hatred for Hou Yuxiao. Hastily incorporating them into the Hou Clan would certainly sow seeds of future trouble.

Hou Yuxiao's gaze shifted as he pondered for a moment. Seeing Hou Yujie still looking at him, he eventually shook his head and said, "Keep on with the fifth chest. We'll discuss other matters later!"

Hou Yujie nodded and turned to the fifth chest.

"Here we have the ransom paid by the twenty-eight second-rate forces from Hexi's three counties for the release of their people. A total of 13,291 people were held in the Heavenly Prison, with 13,202 Body Opening Realm martial artists, each at 1,200 taels, totaling 15,842,400 taels; 89 Warriors of the Gang Qi Realm at 12,000 taels each, totaling 1,068,000 taels; and there were also the Grandmaster Realm martial artists Li Wenxuan and Gui Zhaoqi, each at 120,000 taels, adding up to 240,000 taels.

Rounding down, the combined total of the three amounts to silver worth 17,150,000 taels. Tsk tsk, they paid their dues quite readily."

"That's the price of their lives. For the twenty-eight powers, paying a sum of 17 million taels doesn't mean much. They should all be aware of the exact amount of ransom the Holy Church has been demanding over the past few days, right?"

Hou Yuxiao chuckled coldly before suddenly asking.

Hou Yujie nodded, replying, "It has spread far and wide. The Holy Church set the ransom rates at 1,000 taels for Body Opening martial artists, 10,000 taels for gang qi warriors, and 100,000 taels for Grandmasters. We increased each price by twenty percent, and they found out long ago. I thought some short-sighted ones would make a fuss, but surprisingly they were more than willing to swallow this bitter pill. It seems, brother, that the killing of those seven at the Golden Wind and Drizzle Building really intimidated them."

"Of course it did. In my opinion, you shouldn't have only killed those seven. If you had taken down a few more, we could have seized even more turf and made these people behave even better!"

Hearing Hou Yucheng instigate, Hou Yuxiao slightly shook his head. While expanding territory could indeed increase earnings, it also required more manpower to manage. The Hou Clan had expanded too rapidly in the past year; setting aside whether they had the capability to take more territory, they currently lacked enough hands to manage any more.

"Old Fifth, calculate how much current silver we have in total from these five chests!"

Hou Yuduan nodded, stepped forward in front of everyone, and began to tally the financial accounts from each chest.

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