"Why is it that I am the only female member of the Hu family competing? Isn't the patriarch a patriarchal person?"

It wasn't until the two of them were far away from the patriarch's study that Liu Xiaolu suddenly lowered his voice and asked.

"That's not true." Hu Ruxing glanced back subconsciously and continued, "But among the aunts of the same generation, the youngest one has already married outside, and the only eighth aunt who stayed in Yuchuan is already over fifty.

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As for the Ruzi generation, there are only a few women with three spiritual roots. Among them, the sixth sister has already gone to Hedao Sect, and the eleventh is only ten years old this year, so apart from you, there is really no one else who can participate in the competition.

Not to mention the women in the clan, among the five people who participated in the competition this time, the third brother and the second brother both have the qualifications of the four spiritual roots, but they are older, so they were selected among them."

Liu Xiaolu nodded thoughtfully when he heard the words. Indeed, Hu Ruyuan looked about seventeen or eighteen years old, and he was as skilled as Hu Rujue, who was only twelve years old. As for Hu Rusong, he only had the strength of the sixth level of Qi refining.

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Thinking about the group competition in a few days, she might not be able to fish as easily as she imagined.

"Rujue's qualifications are quite good. He is only twelve years old, right? He has already reached the seventh level of Qi refining."

As she said that, Liu Xiaolu glanced at the boy in white next to her again. If she remembered correctly, she and Hu Ruxing both broke through to the seventh level of Qi Refining when they were twelve years old, right?

Although it was almost the end of the year, it was amazing that Hu Rujue, who only had three spiritual root qualifications, could bring his cultivation progress as close as the two of them.

"I'm not sure about this." Hu Ruxing shook his head and said, "But that kid has been breaking through a bit quickly recently. I heard that he only broke through to the sixth level of Qi Refining in June this year. Somehow, it only took five months.

, he actually broke through again."

"Perhaps there was some adventure?" Liu Xiaolu tilted his head and thought for a while, but couldn't think of any reasonable explanation for a while.

Hu Ruxing curled his lips when he heard this and said disdainfully, "That kid has never been out of Dalian Zongyuan City even a few times. Where can he go to have adventures?"

It takes five months to break through from the sixth level of Qi Refining to the seventh level of Qi Refining. Even those with dual spiritual root qualifications may not be able to achieve this speed.

But what does this have to do with her? Why should she meddle in things that the head of the Hu family doesn't even worry about.

By the time Liu Xiaolu returned to his yard, the sky was already dark.

After spending another half an hour preparing dinner for the two little ones at home, Liu Xiaolu was able to return to his room to practice.

After completing the fourteen days of the cycle in one breath, when Liu Xiaolu finished his work and opened his eyes, it was already dark outside the window, and it would be dawn in about an hour.

Xiaoqing and Jixiang were obedient and did not disturb her. A cat and a snake were nestled on a newly added soft couch in the corner, sleeping together with their arms stretched out.

Seeing this scene, Liu Xiaolu couldn't help but smile, then he gently got out of bed and took out a wooden box from the bedside cabinet.

When he opened the lid, he saw that it contained more than a dozen scattered spiritual stones, some elixirs, a dozen spiritual talismans, and a light yellow kit.

A few days ago, Grandpa Lou went to Liuyuan City, planning to buy a property in the city in advance to facilitate their future settlement.

Who would have known that the price of goods in Liuyuan City was several times higher than that in Zongyuan City, and a house with two entrances actually cost nearly a thousand spiritual stones.

You know, in Zongyuan City, it only costs more than a hundred spiritual stones to buy a store with a wide front like Wanxiang Pavilion and an independent courtyard behind it.

Although Lou Wanxiang is rich as a weapon refiner, Wanxiang Pavilion has not had any income for more than a year, and it is difficult for him to collect nearly a thousand spiritual stones at every turn.

But there are strict rules in Liuyuan City. Only with the house deed in the city can you go to the city lord's mansion to receive the Liuyuan City residence jade token.

If a monk does not have this jade tablet, he can only exchange spiritual stones at the city gate for a temporary stone tablet for entering the city. Each day of stay in the city will cost five spiritual stones.

There is a powerful formation set up by the Jindan period city lord in Liuyuan City. If a person does not carry a jade tablet, or the time limit of the stone tablet has expired, it will be displayed on the astrolabe, and the city guards will go out to arrest him and take him to the dungeon of the city lord's mansion.

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After Hu Yizhi learned about this, he and Liu Xiaolu gathered two hundred spirit stones and sent them to Lou Wanxiang.

Lou Wanxiang also disposed of some of the backlog of medium-grade magic weapons in the warehouse at a low price, and combined with the savings accumulated over the years, he successfully purchased a two-entry house in Liuyuan City.

But now that we have a place to live, the store in the Refining Pavilion has not yet been found, which will cost a lot of money.

Thinking of this, Liu Xiaolu couldn't help but feel a little worried. It seemed that even if everything went well, everyone's life in Liuyuan City would be full of twists and turns in the future.

Now that she has broken through to the ninth level of Qi Refining, she will have no problem coping with the arena competition in a few days. Even for the trip to the secret realm in three months, she is quite sure that she will be able to break into the top thirty.

Although there will be many young monks participating in the event, only a few will be able to break through to the tenth level of Qi Refining, and even those who can reach the ninth level of Qi Refining will not be too many.

There was just one thing that made her worried. Not only the people from Danfeng Valley and Hedao Sect, but the Ghost Eater Sect would also send people to participate.

The Ghost-Eating Sect has been notorious in the Liu Kingdom's cultivation world for a long time. If they join, then this trip to the Blue Water Cave and Heaven may not be as simple as a simple treasure hunt.

She had specifically asked a few days ago that this trip to the secret realm was limited by the number of people, and she could not bring her spiritual pets with her.

If the upper limit of the number of people entering is exceeded, the secret realm will be closed in advance without mercy, and this number is no more or less, exactly five hundred and twenty people.

After many tests by the three major sects, it was finally discovered that although spiritual beasts were also counted in the number of people, spiritual plants were not subject to this restriction.

Even so, there are still very few monks who are willing to carry spiritual plants with them when traveling to the secret realm. After all, there are really no exotic flowers and plants that can help when it comes to treasure hunting, so why bother doing it multiple times.

However, this may not be a good thing for monks who practice wood-attribute skills.

Liu Xiaolu opened the yellow brocade bag in the box, which was filled with nearly a hundred black seeds the size of soybeans, which Hu Yi had specially purchased for him in Zongyuan City some time ago.

These black seeds are a plant called Ironthorn. It is not a spiritual plant, but it is also a rather special existence.

When this thing grows up, it looks like an iron rope with barbs, and ordinary low-grade magic weapons can't do anything to it. Combined with the Hu family's entanglement technique, it is an excellent way to trap enemies.

As for the yellow talismans, Hu Yizhi also prepared them for him. Although most of them are low-priced talismans, they have complete attributes and can be used for emergencies.

These items didn't look very impressive, but they also used up Hu Yizhi's little savings.

Thinking of this, Liu Xiaolu couldn't help but feel warm in his heart. He stretched out his hand and gently stroked the box before putting it away.
Chapter completed!