Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains-Chapter 530 - 249, North of the River Gujiang

Before boarding the ship, Zhan Taiqing warned Hou Yuxiao to behave himself. With a bellyful of frustration and nowhere to vent, Hou Yuxiao decided to simply shut himself in his cabin and not come out.

Considering he had to stay on the ship for over a month, he thought it might be a good idea to use the time for solitary cultivation to stabilize his recently achieved cultivation in the Great Grandmaster Realm.

However, as time went by, he quickly realized that cultivating in seclusion on the ship was simply impossible.

In theory, a martial artist retreating into seclusion in a quiet room for a month was not a difficult task. The higher one’s cultivation, the longer one could remain in seclusion. It was even said that some powerful beings at the broken realm stage could measure their seclusion in years. Hou Yuxiao was now, after all, a Great Grandmaster, and he assumed a month should not be too hard.

But in reality, being on water was completely different from being on land. On land, even in the quietest chamber, the reason you can remain in seclusion for a long time is that you are reassured, knowing you can step out anytime by opening the door;

On water, it’s different. Surrounded by a vast expanse of whiteness, all you see is water. Short durations are manageable, but as time stretches on, not to speak of cultivating in seclusion, keeping one’s emotions stable is an extravagant hope, especially for those who seldom encounter bodies of water. It’s torture.

It was still bearable on the Tongtian River, where land could be seen on the narrow sides, but as the ship left the Tongtian River and entered the wide expanse of the Yunlan Ancient River basin, no land could be seen at all. The ship, without any support, sailed alone on the river’s surface. Only the most resolute and hardened individuals could manage to meditate and cultivate in such an environment.

Hou Yuxiao thought highly of his own temperament, but after spending twenty days sequestered in the cabin and experiencing the sense of isolation, he couldn’t resist anymore. The accumulation of irritation and tedium reached a peak, and he decided to go out for some fresh air.

Twenty days, with cultivation practiced solely with the aid of Zhen Yuan Pills, had brought slight progress, but it was extremely limited. After ending his cultivation session, Hou Yuxiao walked out of his cabin, glanced back at Zhan Taiqing’s location, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

This Old Devout Woman had higher cultivation and likely a much stronger temperament than himself.

Considering their speed of a thousand miles per day, they should have covered over twenty thousand miles in twenty days, with around ten thousand miles of waterway left, meaning it would take more than ten days to reach land. Hou Yuxiao, looking at the boundless water, suddenly showed a trace of impatience in his eyes. Having finally suppressed the irritation in his heart, he decided to go down to the lower cabins to check on the situation with Hou Fei and the others.

Moreover, he was a bit curious. If he, as a Great Grandmaster, couldn’t stand the situation, Hou Fei, Hou Ying, and Hou Cun, who were only at the Gang Qi Realm, along with their subordinates who were at the Body Opening Realm, should be suffering even more. Besides, excluding the more than a thousand people on the deck, there were six to seven thousand people crammed into the lower cabins, the conditions even more oppressive. Yet, for twenty continuous days, he hadn’t heard any news about fights or brawls among them.

Could there be something else going on below?

Hou Yuxiao crossed the deck and came to the entrance of the lower cabins. Other than private cabins, all areas on the ship were freely accessible. He walked straight in and descended a staircase for more than ten meters, when a cacophony of noise suddenly filled his ears.

"Bets are final, bets are final..."

"Today, it’s Hou Clan’s Gang Qi Second Realm expert Hou Fei against Rakshasa Holy Sect’s Gang Qi Second Realm expert Li Tianyun. The odds are 1 to 1.4—quick, place your bets now."

"Hou Clan, is that the Hou family of Tongling?"

"The very same that produced the Twin Dragons."

"That should be interesting. With equal cultivation, Rakshasa Holy Sect should have just a bit more depth. I think Li Tianyun has the greater chance to win."

"Not necessarily, Hou Fei has already won three fights."

...

"Back in the day, Mr. Chen also ventured far and wide, to many places, and I still remember something strange I heard seventeen years ago while handling matters in the Zhongzhou Lincang Path, passing through Xiangbei County of the Moon Spirit Mansion. Let the crowd hear about that peculiar event."

Legend has it that in the 89th year of Wuzong, when the world was in great chaos, the Moon Spirit Mansion also suffered greatly from the ravages of war. In the scorching heat of July that year, the Prefectural City was attacked by a horde of roughly a hundred thousand unruly soldiers. There were not many guards in the city, but when the citizens learned that the hordes killed without blinking, they spontaneously organized to defend the city and for over ten days they stopped the horde from breaking through.

However, the leader of the unruly soldiers wanted to conquer the Prefectural City to establish his domain and naturally wouldn’t give up easily. He stationed his large army outside the city, ready to attack and continue the siege at any moment.

The citizens in the city dared not venture out, choosing to defend their walls instead. Both sides stood in a stalemate, neither able to overcome the other.

It was on a night so dark one couldn’t see the hands in front of them that the citizens claimed to have seen a large army passing by outside the city, prompting many to look.

The huge army stretched for miles, and at first glance, there seemed to be at least a hundred thousand men. These soldiers marched at night without lighting torches, and yet their speed was astonishingly fast...

"Could that be the unruly soldiers’ allies?"

"No, that doesn’t make sense. Who marches at night without torches to see the way?"

"And with such speed, is there really an army like that?"

"Old Chen, you’re not pulling our legs, are you?"

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"Heh heh, just let me finish, will you?"

The man paused before continuing in a hushed tone, "At first, some citizens thought it might be an ally of the unruly soldiers, but as they watched more carefully, they realized something was off."

"That army, none of the soldiers’ faces could be seen clearly. The armor they wore, the weapons in their hands, all were battered and broken."

"Not just that, as they marched, not a single sound was made, not even a neigh from the horses they rode could be heard."