Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains-Chapter 78 - 065, Staff surge, treatment improvement [Begging for votes!]

Yu Fei, Yu Long, and Duan Kong were taken aback by Hou Yuxiao's words.

Including Xiong Nutao, Zhang Kong, and the other seventy-some people in the room, all of them had similar expressions.

Something about those words didn't sound quite right...

Before the three could react, Hou Yucheng, who had already approached them, drew his large knife from his waist, quick as lightning.

Whoosh...

The four-inch knife blade flashed like lightning, the silver edge cutting through the air with a burst of wind. With the strength of nine tigers behind it, the knife's velocity left them with no time to react.

The Fast Knife Technique of Hou Yucheng might not be a notable martial arts move, but when executed at the Transformative Realm, it was not any weaker than third-tier martial arts.

Yu Long and Duan Kong, on the left side of the blade's path, did not even have time to turn their heads before their heads hit the ground, blood spraying three zhang high!

"Hou Lao Da, you've gone back on your word..."

Yu Fei, who had come to his senses, left the world with these last words, invoking Hou Yuxiao's notorious nickname, but as soon as he finished speaking, he followed the same fate as the other two.

Three eightfold martial artists were so easily dispatched before Hou Yucheng; then, the twelve warriors at the Fourth Level of Body Opening fared even worse against Hou Yu Jie, who was not only vicious and cunning in his strikes but also possessed a cultivation slightly higher than Hou Yucheng.

Hou Yu Jie's swordplay was like a constellation of stars, the blade following his ghostly movements like a violent storm scattering across the area. His dark red silhouette, even during daylight, exuded a chilling presence.

He struck with lethal precision, aiming for fatal spots like the eyes, dantian, and even the groin. The twelve could do nothing to resist, let alone cry out before they were beheaded in a flash, dead on the spot.

Fifteen people were slaughtered in less than the time it takes for three breaths...

An eerie silence fell over the room. Xiong Nutao and Zhang Kong, who had also planned not to join the Hou Clan, were now drenched in sweat, their foreheads covered with cold beads, their faces as pale as death as they stared at Hou Yucheng and Hou Yu Jie.

Not just them, but among the remaining seventy-three people, only Su Li remained composed, as if he had expected this outcome. The rest were shaking even more so than Xiong and Zhang, with fear evident on their faces.

"Second Elder, what are you doing? I said to let the three Hall Masters leave."

Hou Yuxiao quickly walked forward, looking at the corpses of Yu Fei and the others with feigned anguish, pointing at Hou Yucheng as if he were truly blaming him.

Then he turned to the other twelve bloodied bodies and scattered limbs, pointing at Hou Yu Jie and said, "Ah Jie, you were too impulsive, look what you've done. How can your elder brother face people after this!"

Hou Yucheng and Hou Yu Jie, one putting away his large knife and the other his longsword, appeared indifferent to Hou Yuxiao's reproach. Without a word, they fell silent and returned to standing behind him.

As if resigned to his two younger brothers' actions, Hou Yuxiao shook his head helplessly, finally turning to the remaining seventy-five people with an expression full of contrition, his tone incredibly sincere.

"This is all due to my lax discipline. Rest assured, I, Mr. Hou, sincerely promise again that those who do not wish to join the Hou Family can just say so. I assure you that this will not happen again!"

The remaining seventy-five people, terrified by Hou Yuxiao's words, shuddered in unison, and all knelt down reverently, bowing to Hou Yuxiao and saying in unison, "We acknowledge you as the Family Head!"

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Their respectful and devout voices immediately filled the entire Changle Street.

Looking down at the seventy-five kneeling figures, a flicker of coldness passed through Hou Yuxiao's eyes, and he finally showed a satisfied smile.

He had worked hard to maintain Zhaoyang City, not to give these people their freedom. Refusing to join the Hou Family and considering going elsewhere was akin to seeking death!

With the addition of these seventy-five people, it meant all martial artists in Zhaoyang City were now under the Hou Family's control. The original 260 martial artists of the Hou Family, plus these 709, totaled 969 fighters.

This strength, within Tongling County, was already quite formidable!

.........

The next day, the 29th of January in the year 1322 of the New Yu Era

Inside the meeting hall of the Hou Mansion's main residence, a full gathering of around thirty people was present.

Hou Yuxiao stood alone at the front, while the others were divided into three rows.

In the first row were Hou Yucheng and three others.

Then there were Hou Fei, Hou Ying, Hou Cun, along with Gao Cheng and Gao Hu—a total of five people.

The third row consisted of Wang Gong, Su Li, Xiong Nutao, Zhang Kong, and twenty-four other seventh-layer martial artists.

Twenty-four seven-layer martial artists, plus Hou Ying and Hou Cun, made twenty-six in total, four eight-layer martial artists including Hou Fei, Su Li, Xiong Nutao, and Zhang Kong, one nine-layer martial artist Wang Gong, and four ten-layer martial artists Hou Yucheng, Hou Yuling, Gao Cheng, Gao Hu, plus half-step Gang Qi warrior Hou Yujie, along with Hou Yuduan and oneself.

Today, the strongest group of individuals from Zhaoyang City had gathered at the Hou Mansion, and Hou Yuxiao, looking down at the crowd below, couldn't help but feel a surge of pride in his heart.

"Yucheng, start by telling everyone about the number of warriors in the clan and their cultivation levels!"

Hou Yucheng nodded, stood up, and addressed the people. "At present, the total number of martial artists in our Hou Clan is 969. Among these, there are two in the Gang Qi Realm including Big Brother and Old Fifth, one half-step Gang Qi Realm Fourth Elder, four ten-layer warriors, one nine-layer warrior, four eight-layer warriors, twenty-six seven-layer warriors, forty-five six-layer warriors; and moving further down, 321 above the third layer, with the remaining 565 people being first and second layer martial artists!"

With 404 martial artists above the third layer and 565 below, the pupils of those present slightly shone with excitement—the strength was indeed formidable!

For instance, they were familiar with the Bai Clan, a third-rate power in the county, which had just over a thousand martial artists, and only about five hundred above the third layer.

Of course, compared to a powerful third-rate power like the Mountain Sword Sect, the Hou Clan's martial artists, in both number and cultivation, couldn't compare, but when compared to the seven third-rate powers of Tongling County, the difference was not much.

Hou Yuxiao didn't wait for the crowd to ponder further and with a smile on his face, he spoke directly.

"Gentlemen, since you have chosen to join the Hou Clan, the Hou Clan will not treat you unfairly. From now on, the monthly salary for warriors of the Hou Family will be divided into two parts.

The first part is the basic monthly salary, based on the level of cultivation, divided into four categories: ten taels for first to third layer warriors, fifty taels for third to sixth layer warriors, one hundred taels for sixth to ninth layer warriors, and two hundred taels for ten-layer warriors!"

Upon hearing just the basic monthly salary, everyone's pupils widened; the lowest cultivation level present was the seventh layer, which meant their monthly salary was one hundred taels!

What did this mean?

Take Su Li, for example. He used to hold a position in the Flying Eagle Sect, where the monthly salary was only fifty taels. Was the Hou Family offering him double?

Putting aside the costs for martial arts cultivation, warriors still needed to eat and live.

Previously, the Hou Family had established a blanket rule for the monthly salary of the clan's warriors, disregarding their cultivation level, setting it at five taels of silver for all, but there were reasons for this: firstly, the upper echelons of the Hou Family were all insiders, and secondly, at that time, they couldn't attract many high-level warriors, so setting it at five taels was just a temporary measure.

Now that they had more resources, the treatment naturally improved!

"The second part is the cultivation supplement. Warriors above the third layer will receive one Body Strengthening Pill per month. Besides, the cost for Yuan Gang Beads needed for ten-layer warriors to break through to the Gang Qi Realm will be covered entirely by the family!"

The joy on everyone's faces had not yet faded when Hou Yuxiao's second announcement caused all their expressions to change in unison, including Hou Fei, Hou Ying, and Hou Cun, who, despite being his own people, were somewhat shocked and looked up.

One Body Strengthening Pill a month for third layer and above warriors, and each pill had a market price of one hundred taels. Just this item alone, based on current calculations, would cost over forty thousand taels a month?

"Big Brother, this…"

The treasurer, Hou Yuduan, finally couldn't sit still! If he didn't put a stop to big brother's reckless spending, the money in his hands might not last two years…

But before he could articulate his concern, Hou Yuxiao interrupted him.

"Don't worry yet, let me finish!"