Chapter 109: Publication of "Three Kingdoms"

"Master, according to the book, a month-old spiritual rice should be about 5 inches tall, but our spiritual rice is now over 8 inches tall. I don't know if this is a good thing or not. Spiritual rice must be planted before mid-October in Qi State. If we start cultivating seedlings now, it may be next month before we can plant them in the spiritual fields." Xu Hua said to Hua Kai.

Hua Kai didn't want to take risks when he heard that he couldn't plant them. One pound of spiritual rice was worth one or two taels of gold. If the planting failed, the Hua family would suffer a great loss.

"Maybe it's because the spiritual energy here is too abundant! Now the spiritual energy in this spiritual field begins to mist every morning. The spiritual energy absorption of this [Spirit Gathering Array] has not weakened recently. I don't know what level of spiritual energy in the spiritual field will reach before the spiritual energy continues to increase." Hua Kai stretched his hand into the spiritual mist in front of him. After a while, his hand became wet. He raised his hand above his head, and the newly formed [Spirit Liquid] dissipated in the air again.

"I haven't watered the spiritual seedlings with [spiritual liquid] in the past few days. I have sown spiritual medicine seeds in that piece of land, and they all grew out yesterday. This [Spirit Gathering Array] is far more powerful than any array I have ever seen." Xu Hua said to Hua Kai in a deep voice.

"After all, it's not a bad thing. Starting tomorrow, there will be 20 members of the village protection team responsible for protecting the spiritual fields. Now it is slowly entering winter, and the number of wild beasts is beginning to increase. It is inevitable that some flying wild beasts or even wild beasts will enter the spiritual fields to cause damage. Everything here is left to you."

Xu Hua wanted to say something when Hua Kai spoke, but in the end he didn't say a word. The deeper he studied the [Spirit Gathering Array] in the past few days, the more shocked Xu Hua was.

As the spiritual energy in the array became more and more abundant, Xu Hua felt that the [Spirit Gathering Array] began to feedback some special energy to him. One day he deliberately prevented a student from entering the array, but he didn't expect that his mental power could act on the entire [Spirit Gathering Array].

It was as if the entire [Spirit Gathering Array] was a part of his body. Anyone whose willpower was not as strong as his could enter the array and be completely trapped in it. It was no exaggeration to say that this was a divine array.

But this array belonged to the Hua family. Originally, the core members of the Hua family or Hua Kai himself should have benefited from the array. Now, without Hua Kai's knowledge, he had won control of it.

Hua Kai was just wondering why Xu Hua's loyalty suddenly increased by two points, and he saw that the other party was tangled, as if he was going through some ideological struggle. Everyone has their own secrets, and Hua Kai didn't want to ask more, so he left the spiritual field and went to the stable.

In the afternoon, Hua Zijie found Hua Kai and said that the small village affiliated with Huajiabao had begun to enter the Hua family this afternoon. This year, there were many more small and medium-sized villages that chose to spend the winter in Huajiabao than in previous years. In previous years, many wealthy families would choose to spend the winter in Guangxian City, where it was prosperous and safe. This year, Huajiabao became more and more powerful, and many people chose to rely on the Hua family.

"More than a thousand people have reported to the village. Many of them are coming to Huajiabao for the winter for the first time. This winter, the number of people in Huajiabao is expected to exceed 2,400. Fortunately, our village can accommodate 3,000 people." Hua Zijie said with a smile on his face. Choosing to stay in Huajiabao for the winter shows that Huajiabao is becoming more and more powerful.

"How is the repair of the city wall? Every section of the inner and outer village walls cannot be careless. This year, there are more people in Huajiabao, and spiritual fields have been reclaimed. The number of wild beasts attacking the village will definitely increase greatly. Although there are four Qi training realms in our village, we cannot be careless." Hua Kai said.

The two discussed the arrangements for the winter village protection team for a while. At this time, Hua Kai saw Xu Hua coming to the door of the main house. Hua Zijie saw this and said goodbye to Hua Kai. Xu Hua walked in slowly as if he had done something wrong.

"Old Xu, why are you frowning? Did someone provoke you?" Hua Kai asked with a smile.

"Master, there are some things that I feel I must tell you, otherwise I will feel bad. I suspect that the [Spirit Gathering Array] is a divine array. The speed and range of gathering spiritual energy are beyond imagination. Most of the spiritual arrays I have seen increase spiritual energy by 10%, which is considered good. I estimate that our array increases spiritual energy by at least 5 times." Xu Hua said.

"What's wrong with this? What do you feel bad about?" Hua Kai asked.

"It is of course a good thing that the [Spirit Gathering Array] is strong. Now the spiritual rice seedlings in the spiritual field can grow so well. It is the effect of the spiritual array. I feel that our spiritual field has been cultivated for such a long time, but it has exceeded the scope of the primary spiritual field. When this batch of spiritual rice is harvested, it may directly become a high-level spiritual field."

Xu Hua kept talking, and Hua Kai nodded to signal him to continue.

"Now the spiritual energy in the [Spirit Gathering Array] is becoming more and more abundant. As long as I enter the array, there will be endless spiritual energy to use. And I found that as long as I want, I can control everything in the spiritual array, as long as the other party's willpower does not exceed mine." Xu Hua finally said the key point. Hua Kai pondered for a while. This [Spirit Gathering Array] was indeed beyond his expectations. If he let his fifth uncle control it, would he be killed if he entered the Xiantian realm? His fifth uncle had 59 points of willpower.

But since he had given it to Xu Hua, Hua Kai felt that it was not appropriate to take it back now. Xu Hua was also in the Qi training realm, and he was a farmer who specialized in planting. It was most appropriate to give him the [Spirit Gathering Array], so now he could only...

"Old Xu, I have a question for you. I wonder if you can answer it?" Hua Kai asked.

"Excuse me, patriarch?" Xu Hua replied.

"Why have you never practiced martial arts? Qi training realm level 5... isn't it already level 6! Have you never thought about having martial arts to protect yourself?" Hua Kai saw that Xu Hua didn't know when he would be promoted. He had C- qualifications, and being promoted to Qi training realm level 6 was more luck than hard work.

"To be honest, I am not very talented. I have devoted all my attention to studying spiritual plants, and I have no energy to learn anything else. Moreover, I have to meditate and practice [Shennong Herbal Classic] most of the day, otherwise the spiritual energy in my body cannot keep up with the consumption of my body." Xu Hua said in a low voice.

Hua Kai knew that Xu Hua could say this because he had told him his biggest weakness, so he said: "Now you are no longer afraid of spiritual energy consumption in the [Spirit Gathering Array], and it is not too late to practice martial arts now. You said that you can imprison those with lower mental power than you. You have no attack power, even if you imprison the opponent, you cannot cause harm to the opponent!"

Hua Kai's words made Xu Hua's heart move. He should really practice martial arts. With the [Spirit Gathering Array], his C- aptitude in the array is no longer important. He even has the confidence to impact the innate realm.

"Master, I will start learning martial arts now. If an enemy dares to enter the spiritual field in the future, I will make him go without return!" Xu Hua was stunned by his own ambition after he said this. Is this still the same me who only knew how to get by before? I can also practice martial arts.

Watching Xu Hua leave, Hua Kai couldn't help but shook his head. A Qi Training Realm Level 6, as long as he practices martial arts a little, even if it is the worst low-level yellow-level martial arts, his combat power is stronger than that of the Qi Dynamic Realm.

Entering the [Family Secret Realm Space] at night, Hua Kai saw that the family's luck value had risen to 910 points. This number was slow for the family's luck value to rise. Fortunately, the family had just returned from the Buqi Big Market and brought back a lot of goods. The villagers of the surrounding small villages were also moving into Huajiabao. It was the time when the family's luck value increased the fastest. It shouldn't take too long for the luck value to rise to more than 1,000 points.

The next day, Hua Zihuan invited a painter from Guang County. Hua Kai invited the other party to the main courtyard and told him the design of the cover of "Three Kingdoms" in his mind. The pictures on the parchment slowly appeared in front of Hua Kai. The painter saw Hua Kai's design and was shocked.

It is said that the young head of the Hua family outside the county is a talented young genius. Today he finally saw it.

After Hua Kai designed the cover, he began to design the title page, and then the design of the heroes in "Three Kingdoms".

Hua Kai only described several core figures of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu, as well as a series of pictures of beauties in the Three Kingdoms, such as Cai Yan, Zhen Ji, Diao Chan, Sun Shangxiang, Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao. Now there are more than 50 characters in the Three Kingdoms with pictures. Hua Kai asked Yu Jun to add these pictures to the album, which will make the whole more vivid.

"Head, as long as the final cover and character paintings are determined, I can give you the sample in three days at most. Our "Three Kingdoms" will definitely shock the entire Linzi City and even all academic scholars." Yu Jun said happily.

"Have you calculated? How much does it cost to print a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms?"

"The paper is made of sawdust, hay, and rags, so the cost is very low. We have already carved the molds for printing, so we can print at any time as long as there is enough paper. It's just that the color pictures you want are a little difficult to make. Including the labor cost, the cost of a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms is about 20 silver coins! When more are printed in the future, the cost can be reduced." Yu Jun thought for a while and said.

"Then make "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" into three grades: high, medium and low. The low grade has no hard cover and no illustrations, so it will be very simple to print. The medium grade has a hard cover and pictures, but all the patterns and character paintings are in black and white. Everything in the high grade must be done exquisitely, with hard cover paper and color patterns on the cover, and all the character paintings in the book must be made in color. I will design a few important story illustrations later, which will be even better."

Hua Kai began to focus all his attention on the publication of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Due to conditions, many things had to be done by him personally. For three consecutive days, when the first cold wind of late autumn blew, Hua Kai's first "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was finally published.

Looking at the book cover with the words "Limited Collector's Edition" on the cover in his hand, a total of ten volumes of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" were priced at 10 gold, which was a considerable sum for ordinary families. Hua Kai asked Yu Jun to print 100 copies first.

The Three Kingdoms was first spread among the team members who went to the Xiongnu grassland with Hua Kai. They were the first fans of the Three Kingdoms. When they heard that the family had a full edition of the Three Kingdoms for sale, they all bought a copy.

The rich bought a mid-range one for one gold tael, and the poor bought 10 taels of silver. This was still affordable for the team members.