On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, there was only one day left until the New Year. Hua Kai arrived at the palace of Prince Lu early in the morning. Prince Lu was waiting for him alone in the study.
"Master Hua is here! How are things arranged? I have asked the palace maid to arrange a palace for you. You will live in the palace and don't show up easily." Prince Lu said to Hua Kai.
"This is the water attribute sword you want. No one below the Jindan realm can cause any damage to it. It has the effect of increasing the [will of water] and has a certain ability to resist mental attacks." Hua Kai took out the [Qingyao Sword] from his personal space.
Prince Lu took the sword and couldn't let it go. He tried to slowly inject true energy. The sword emitted a dazzling light little by little, but the light disappeared in just a moment.
The grasp of true energy in the foundation building realm has reached a subtle level. Prince Lu only needed to try it a little to know whether the sword was good or bad. Hua Kai no longer has to worry about the secret of the portable space being leaked, because all the innate realms who have comprehended the power of will can use spiritual objects to open up a will space of their own, but it takes a long time of spiritual cultivation to increase the area of this space, and without ten years of effort, the space is basically useless.
"It is a precious sword, which is not much different from the magic weapon used by the Jindan realm. I didn't expect that the Hua family would have such a precious sword. I will exchange it with you for an 8,000-year-old [Hibiscus Ginseng], an eighth-grade spiritual medicine, four seventh-grade spiritual medicines, and a [Six-pointed Treasure Rock]." King Lu said to Hua Kai while playing with the sword in his hand.
This top-level sword is enough to make King Lu's combat power reach the peak of foundation building, and ordinary foundation building great perfection may not be his opponent. And a top-level treasure weapon is much more valuable than ordinary low-level spiritual treasures. The value of these treasures given by King Lu has exceeded the value of [Qingyao Sword].
"Yes, it will take some time to complete the martial arts and mental methods you want to upgrade. I will stay in the Lu Palace these few days. If you need any magic weapons or treasure pills, you can bring treasures to me. I can only stay here for ten days at most." Hua Kai said to Lu Wang.
Lu Wang confirmed that Hua Kai could really provide treasure weapons. He didn't care where the other party got the treasure weapons. This was a great opportunity for the Lu family.
The Lu family can not only turn the accumulation of nearly a thousand years into real strength, but also help some families loyal to the Lu family. He can also win over some families that have always remained neutral.
You know, a common weapon can become the inheritance treasure of a sixth-grade family. If there is a chance to obtain high-level weapons, which family would not seize the opportunity?
Hua Kai was taken to a palace in the Lu Palace. The palace was five acres in size, with hundreds of palace maids and attendants. In the afternoon, Lu Wang sent someone to deliver the treasure.
[Hibiscus ginseng] is the most common high-level longevity medicine, which can be used to refine the elixir [Hibiscus elixir]. After taking it, it can increase life by 30 years and slow down the aging of the face. Its effect is more powerful than [Hundred Longevity Pill].
The five high-quality elixir are the main ingredients for refining elixir. As long as the auxiliary ingredients are found, the elixir can be refined again. The last [Six-pointed Treasure Rock] is the favorite high-level forging material of the weapon maker. The alchemy and forging materials exchanged for this [Qingyao Sword] for Hua Kai are more than six times more valuable than [Qingyao Sword].
Hua Kai sent all the elixir and longevity medicine back to the [Family Secret Realm Space], and sent the [Six-pointed Treasure Rock] to the portable space. Enter the family space to ask Grandpa Yu Jun and others if they left any news for him.
In the afternoon, King Lu came to the palace where Hua Kai lived. He brought more than 200 spiritual medicines of grade 5 or above, and more than 60 forging stones, but the most common meteorites among these stones accounted for the vast majority.
"Master Hua, this is the accumulation of the Lu family for many years. Can you exchange it for two magic weapons used for the great perfection of the Xiantian realm and six middle-grade Xiantian magic weapons?" King Lu asked.
Hua Kai did not believe that the Lu family had accumulated only these things for thousands of years. He checked all the spiritual medicines and strange stones and found that they were all well preserved.
"You can also exchange it for ten more Xiantian initial stage magic weapons. You need to count the types of magic weapons, and finally explain the user's cultivation, martial arts practiced, and whether he has comprehended the will of heaven and earth. Doesn't King Lu need a treasure pill? I can make a list for you." Hua Kai said.
"That's great! Today I have contacted several friendly families, saying that the Lu family knows a great master. If you need any magic weapons, pills, or upgrade techniques, you can contact the Lu family. You only need to complete one Xiantian-level magic weapon within a week. Let them know whether this is true or not. They will definitely not miss this opportunity to have a magic weapon. What do you think of doing this?" King Lu asked Hua Kai.
King Lu also tried not to let everyone know the existence of the Hua family. This can enhance the prestige of the Lu family and is also a kind of protection for the Hua family. After all, the Hua family does not have a foundation-building realm. If the third-grade and above families knew about it, the Hua family might be in trouble.
The Hua family told the Lu family the family secret at this time, one because the Lu family was recognized by the system as an ally of the Hua family, and the other because the Hua family was in Gaoliu County and was now in a special position. Most people would not regard the Hua family as an opponent at this time, otherwise they would be guilty of a serious crime when the grassland people entered the pass.
In addition, no one knew that the Hua family had built a new Huacheng in addition to Gaoliu City and Baoyu Pass. In the end, even if the Jindan realm caused trouble for the Hua family, he could still hide in the [family secret space]. At this time, if he did not use the family secret space to improve his strength, when the seven heroes rose up, the Hua family might really be submerged in the torrent of history.
After leaving these spiritual medicines and strange stones, King Lu returned to the palace and wrote a detailed list. Hua Kai also saw that although the Lu family was a second-grade family, except for King Lu himself who was at the eighth level of the foundation-building realm, the number of people in the innate realm was not much different from that of the Hua family.
At night, King Lu came again, this time he brought more than 300 fifth-grade spiritual medicines. Many families in Qufu City knew that a great master came to the Lu family, who could not only forge various levels of magic weapons, but also refine pills and upgrade the skills, so the families who were on good terms with him were willing to give it a try.
Forging weapons was easy for Hua Kai, as long as the family's luck value was enough, just put in the materials.
After Hua Kai spent more than 9,000 family luck points to forge the [Qingyao Sword], he now has more than 9,000 family luck points, which is enough for these sixth-grade forging weapons.
On the next day, Hua Kai finished forging all the weapons and handed them all to King Lu when he arrived at noon.
"Master Hua, I really suspect that you have discovered an ancient sword tomb. More than 20 magic weapons were made in one day, and each forging was flawless. Today I brought a spiritual treasure that the Lu family has treasured for thousands of years to exchange for a longevity medicine that can increase life by more than 50 years and a spiritual pill that helps break through the foundation-building realm. The side effects cannot be too great." King Lu said as he took out a small mahogany box from his arms.
Hua Kai watched King Lu carefully open the box. The two of them were surrounded by a faint barrier of water will. This was King Lu's precaution against being investigated by a master of the Jindan realm.
"What is this?" Hua Kai watched the other party take out a dry pink dried fruit, which looked like a dehydrated cherry tomato.
"This is the [Zhu Fruit]. Legend has it that taking one can achieve the foundation-building immortal fruit. The Lu family has not had a genius worthy of taking this fruit for thousands of years. If it is preserved, its effect will become less and less. Can it be exchanged for a [Longevity Pill] and a spiritual pill that breaks through the foundation-building realm?" King Lu asked.
Hua Kai checked the Zhu fruit and found that it had lost its full Zhu fruit effect because it had been stored for too long. The system rated it as a ninth-grade spiritual medicine, which was already very rare.
This was the first time Hua Kai had seen a ninth-grade spiritual medicine. This was something that could be used to refine immortal pills, but immortal pills generally required nearly a thousand kinds of medicines, and a large part of them required spiritual medicines of the sixth grade or above, so the difficulty could be imagined.
"This is Zhu fruit, but the efficacy has been lost and there is very little left. I can give you two longevity pills that increase your lifespan by 30 years. After taking them, the content will not change for a hundred years. In addition, I will give you a [Xuanbing Pill], which will give you a chance to comprehend [Hanbing Will]." Hua Kai thought for a while and said.
"Okay! Tomorrow I will send the weapons they ordered to the noble families! In this way, more and more people will be willing to order weapons. This year, some noble families have asked me if they can use gold instead of spiritual medicines and strange stones. I told them that they can add 10% of the surplus when exchanging grain. If they know that someone has already obtained the magic weapon, more and more people will exchange it." King Lu said to Hua Kai.
"Well, just look at this. Don't forget the granary renovation I mentioned. You can come to get the elixir tomorrow." Hua Kai said.
After King Lu left, Hua Kai did not return to the palace where he lived. He was in the garden learning the martial arts and mental skills that King Lu gave him. Only when he reached the entry level could he upgrade his skills. At that time, he could comprehend other mental skills and martial arts once more, which was also very important to him.
By the evening, he finally got the entry level of mental skills, but Hua Kai still couldn't get the clue of the Xuan-level swordsmanship. He entered the [Big Dream Visualization Method] dream space. He practiced hundreds of times before he felt a hint of the essence of the swordsmanship, but he was still a little short of the entry level.
After waking up and entering the [Family Secret Realm Space], Hua Kai listened to the reports of Yu Jun, Tang Lei and others. They had already contacted Song, Zheng, Zhou Lai and Xu Guo. The other party was willing to sell some grain to the Hua family for the sake of King Lu.
Zheng is willing to sell 400,000 dan of grain, and the other two countries are also willing to sell 100,000 to 200,000 dan. For a medium-sized agricultural country, this amount of grain is nothing to them, but in the eyes of the Hua family, it is already very good.
"Since we have reached an agreement with Zheng and Song so quickly, Yu Jun, you take two people to Wu, and Xue Pan, you take two people to Yue. It's okay if the grain price is a little high. Take as much as the other party can give. Wu and Yue have a mild climate all year round and there is no winter. You can hire people to harvest green grass and dig more fermentation pits. It would be best if the first batch of green fodder can be fermented successfully when I arrive in Wu and Yue." Hua Kai said.