Chapter 208 Zhong Ling Treasure Tree
When Hua Kai found the seller of this [Zhong Ling Fruit], he found out that the other party was from a poor family. There were only more than 10 people left in their family. They lived in a small courtyard. The strongest person in the family was only in the middle stage of the Tempering Body Realm. He sold the [Zhong Ling Fruit] to the pharmacy for 200 gold.
"Our family's sacred tree is not for sale, no matter how much money, it has been passed down from our ancestors for thousands of years." An old man who looked about 60 years old said loudly.
But Hua Kai saw that the other party's eyes flashed with cunning from time to time. This guy was a spendthrift. This Zhong Ling Fruit was a fifth-grade spiritual fruit, and he sold it for 200 gold. Hua Kai spent a full 18,000 gold when he bought it.
"Don't be nervous. We came here today just to see what kind of tree has fruits that can instantly repair all injuries." Hua Kai said.
"It's okay for you to see it, but you can't get too close. The sacred tree won't like it." The old man said deliberately.
When Hua Kai followed the old man through several dilapidated courtyards and came to a garden, he only saw a dead tree more than one person tall standing there. Hua Kai checked the properties of the dead tree, but found that the system showed that it was a third-grade treasure tree, but it was already dying.
"Your tree is already dead, how can it still bear fruit? There was originally a spiritual array diagram here! Without the assistance of the spiritual array diagram, the spiritual tree will not absorb enough spiritual energy and will slowly die!" Hua Kai looked at the Zhong Ling tree in front of him and said with some regret.
The old man blushed. The [Zhong Ling Fruit] he sold was originally left by the family. After he dismantled the spiritual array, this most precious sacred tree in the family tree became like this. Therefore, he deliberately sold [Zhong Ling Fruit] to attract the wronged and wanted to sell this spiritual tree.
"I am more interested in spiritual trees. Although it is dead, it can produce fifth-grade spiritual fruits. The wood is also worth a lot of money, about 10,000 gold coins! With the money, you can buy some servants and restore the family's former glory." Hua Kai said.
"It's not impossible to sell it to you. One hundred thousand gold coins and one less bone coin. This tree has been in my family for a thousand years. If it hadn't died, I would never sell it." The old man looked at Hua Kai and said.
"At most 20,000 gold. The wood of your tree is not enough for a spear or a broadsword. It is only enough for a long sword. 20,000 is not a small amount. No one is willing to give this price except me!" Hua Kai said.
Finally, the two agreed to pay 23,000 gold for this spiritual tree to belong to Hua Kai.
An ordinary family on the verge of collapse actually planted such a spiritual tree in the backyard. If it was in Qi, it would have been taken away by various families. In Shu, no family cared about it. Hua Kai thought about it for a long time before he figured it out.
Shu had a large population base, low average qualifications, and did not like to practice martial arts. In the north, there was the Ba Kingdom to protect them from the wild beasts of the Qinling Mountains. In the west, there were snow-capped mountains as high as 10,000 meters, and birds and beasts could not fly over. Therefore, as long as people here did not join the army, they rarely touched weapons.
Ordinary people are very obedient to the leadership of the aristocratic family, and it is difficult for the aristocratic family to change for hundreds of years without competitors. Without the birth of new aristocratic families, each family has no pressure to survive, which has led to the situation that cultivation resources are worthless and there are few conflicts among the people.
Hua Kai suddenly had an idea to split a branch from the family and come here to use the cheap cultivation resources here to improve its strength. Within 20 years, the branch can develop into a behemoth here.
After thinking about it carefully, forget it. Not to mention how difficult it is to cross the 800-li Qinchuan, Hua Kai is not short of cultivation resources now. Now Qi is more suitable for the development of the family than Shu.
Hua Kai and Hua Zichen carefully dug out the whole [Zhong Ling Tree] and brought it back to the inn. Hua Kai sprinkled [Spiritual Liquid] around the tree and roots, and the tree was still the same.
With a ruthless heart, Hua Kai took out a drop of [Ten Thousand Years of Stalactite] and placed it on its roots. The [Ten Thousand Years of Stalactite] entered the body of [Zhong Ling Tree], and Hua Kai instantly felt that something in the body of this treasure tree came alive.
He used three drops of [Ten Thousand Years of Stalactite] in succession to turn it from a "dying" state to a "stopped growth" state.
Sprinkle [Spiritual Liquid] around it, and how to bring [Zhong Lingshu] home has become a problem.
Hua Kai's portable space cannot hold living things, and if left alone for a few hours, it may die. To go home, he has to cross the entire Qinling Mountains, and it is absolutely impossible to carry it back on his back, so how can he bring this treasure tree home!
The first thing Hua Kai thought of was space, but unfortunately, no one except himself had such a large space to bring [Zhong Lingshu] in and out, so it was not possible to rely on [Family Secret Space] to send [Zhong Lingshu] home.
Hua Kai once tried to bring things into the space, but as long as he left, when he entered next time, the space was clean and nothing was left. He suddenly thought of a way, whether it could be that several people took turns to guard an object, and the object would not disappear. In that case, he could let his fourth uncle and grandfather take turns to help him watch, and take it out when he got home.
Hua Kai and his uncle tried a few things at random, and the result was as he expected. As long as there were people in this space, the things would not disappear. After the people left, the things would disappear. In this way, they could transport some precious large spiritual trees.
The next day, Hua Kai contacted the Sihai Chamber of Commerce and asked them to contact the families with spiritual trees to see if they had any intention of selling spiritual trees. He bought them at several times the market price. As a result, he bought more than 60 spiritual trees in two days, although the most valuable one was only a third-grade spiritual wood.
For this, Hua Kai spent more than 8,000 gold. As long as the spiritual tree was not a spiritual fruit, the value would not be too high.
The fourth uncle and grandfather had returned home with the caravan. This time the family's business trip was extremely smooth. They returned on the eighth day after Hua Kai left. Now the family is settling these newly returned slaves while processing the goods waiting to be returned from the grassland. This time the caravan directly brought back tens of thousands of horses, with a total value of more than 300,000 gold.
The grassland is now in a period of high prices for cattle and sheep, and low prices for horses. The price of horses in Qi is not high this year. Hua Kai has been communicating with his grandfather in the family space these days. This year, it is difficult to sell a batch of horses for 20 gold. He can only hand over a part of the horses to the affiliated villages and families to receive them first.
So after the 25th, Huajiabao has not seen Hua Xing and Hua Zihuan appear at the same time. Hua Kai also hurriedly left Shengdu and returned to Han County to collect the grain purchased in the past few days, and then returned to Xintong City, Pingdu City, and Wudu City. Along the way, he purchased thousands of spiritual medicines and more than 50 special spiritual trees.
On the morning of the 27th, Hua Kai and Hua Zichen began to head towards the Qinling Mountains again. The way back seemed particularly fast. Hua Kai had adapted to the rhythm of the Lu horse and became more and more skilled in cooperating with it. In just four days, they returned to the Qin territory.
But this year, the Guangxian merchant group returned, making the entire Guangxian city lively all of a sudden. Horses are not very expensive this year, and some not-so-rich villages are also pooling money to buy horses, hoping to raise them at home and sell them at a high price next year.
The people of Guang County, who were already about to enter famine, gave up their plans to flee the famine when they saw the merchant group coming back. They tried to join the families that had made a lot of money this year. The seven major villages outside the city had gained several large families in just one week. Everyone was happy, but they couldn't help but feel anxious because all the families didn't have enough food.
This was the first year that the Yi family followed the Hua family to the Xiongnu Kingdom. They gained more than 100 horses, more than 50 young and strong slaves, and more than 20 horse-drawn carriages of animal skins and bones. Although the price of horses was low this year, this trip at least made a profit of 4,000 gold.
But the head of the Yi family couldn't be happy at all, because the family had less than three months of food. Without food, no matter how much money there was, it would be useless. Instead, the population became a burden on the family.
"What did the Hua family say?" The head of the Yi family went to the Hua family this afternoon. Now they can only ask the Hua family for help. If the Hua family is willing to support them with food, they can also take in some refugees. There are quite a few of these refugees who are above the Kaiyuan realm, and many of their children are very good and worth training.
If the Hua family can continue to support them with food, then they can live a tight life and survive this year. Next year, their strength may be doubled. This is a rare opportunity.
"Hua Kai hasn't given any news yet. He said that he will send someone to notify us tomorrow morning." A core member of the Yi family said.
"Alas! In fact, the Hua family has helped us a lot. If it weren't for their secret support since last year, how could our Yi family be so prosperous now. The impact of this drought is beyond the imagination of all of us. Looking at the current situation, the chance of snowing this winter is not high. Next year may also be a year of severe drought!" The head of the Yi family said worriedly.
"In this case, no matter how much food the Hua family has, it can't withstand the consumption of all the affiliated families. They have to protect themselves first. Don't take in disaster victims easily in the future! We can't save all the disaster victims, and we must start to save food." The direct descendants of the Yi family nodded and said.
The entire caravan returned from the Xiongnu Kingdom and was not happy for a few days. Everyone began to worry about the family's water and food shortages.
The water in the wells of many villages began to become turbid. This is a sign that the wells are about to run out of water. Everyone has begun to store water.
The food problem is even a bigger problem. Many families have begun to reduce the supply of food while asking the Hua family for help, preparing to face the drought for a long time.
Early the next morning, the Yi family received a notice from the Hua family, asking him to go to Huajiabao. The Hua family has something to announce.
The Yi family did not dare to neglect it. They rode to Huajiabao and saw that the Huang family, Geng family and other villages outside the city had all arrived.
"Everyone is here, let's go to the conference hall together! Grandpa Hua is waiting for everyone there!" said a special servant of the Hua family in the Qi training realm.
After thanking this special servant without hesitation, everyone came to the meeting room in the main courtyard.
When they walked in, they saw Hua Xing sitting in the main seat with a smile that was hard to hide on his face, and everyone guessed that today might be a good day.