Chapter 160: Exchange of Value

After all the guests were sent away, Second Uncle Hua immediately grabbed Hua Liulang and entered the main hall, and everyone else in the Hua family followed.

Hua Changxi guessed what they were going to say, turned around, and went straight back to her room.

Seeing this, Hua Dalang wanted to pull her in, but thinking that Hua Liulang could be so generous in giving out spirit stones today because he saw the spirit mine from Ninth Daughter, he hesitated and gave up the idea of calling Hua Changxi into the room.

"Fifty spirit stones per person, Liulang, what a big deal you have. In a short while, you sent out several thousand spirit stones. Since you are so rich in spirit stones, why not give them to the family?"

Second Uncle Hua shouted very loudly. Ever since Hua Changxi stopped providing medicinal materials for body refining to the family, if they wanted to take medicinal baths, they had to buy spirit plants and spirit medicines themselves.

Buying spirit plants and spirit medicines required spirit stones. The Second Branch and Fourth Branch had no way to obtain spirit stones. Usually, they could touch spirit stones, all thanks to the spirit stones issued by the Count's Prefecture.

A Dharma cultivator had one hundred spirit stones a month, and a body cultivator only had fifty spirit stones a month. They had to save for several months of allowance to be enough to buy a medicinal bath's medicinal materials.

He wished he could break one spirit stone in half to spend. Watching Hua Liulang send out several thousand spirit stones at once, how could he not be pained.

Hua Liulang didn't feel he did anything wrong: "The Sheng family dared to openly release spirit beasts to cause trouble in our house, which is looking down on our family. Of course, I have to show our family's strength."

Second Uncle Hua didn't bother to talk to Hua Liulang and looked at Old Master Hua: "Father, Mother, say something."

Old Master Hua and Old Mistress Hua were both silent and didn't speak.

Ninth Daughter cut off the medicinal materials for the family's medicinal baths, but the two old people were not affected. Every time there was a medicinal bath, the eldest couple would prepare it in advance for them, so they were not in urgent need of spirit stones.

Liulang's act of sending spirit stones was indeed a bit like puffing up his face to look fat, but being able to stand tall in front of the Sheng family was also worth it.

Seeing that the two old people didn't speak, Second Uncle Hua was anxious: "Father, Mother, are you really going to watch Liulang be so wasteful?"

Hearing this, Hua Liulang was unhappy: "Second Uncle, where am I wasteful? I spent my own spirit stones, not the family's."

Second Uncle Hua blurted out: "Yours is the family's."

Hua Liulang's face sank and he frowned. This time, he truly experienced why Ninth Daughter resisted the family so fiercely before.

Confiscating the things he earned with hard work, he was also unwilling.

"Second, are you drunk and confused again?"

Seeing that the people of the First Branch had all changed their faces, Old Mistress Hua immediately scolded Second Uncle Hua.

Second Uncle Hua received the warning look from the old mistress and looked at Hua Minghe and Hua Dalang: "Eldest Brother, Dalang, you know how short of spirit stones the family is. Shouldn't a family help each other?"

"Liulang is rich enough to send out several thousand spirit stones at once, while we have to rack our brains to earn one spirit stone. We are all a family, is this gap too big?"

Hua Minghe and Hua Dalang both had a headache and glared at Hua Liulang, who caused the trouble.

Hua Liulang felt aggrieved: "No wonder Ninth Daughter doesn't want to come back. If you are like this, I don't want to come back in the future either."

After finishing, he strode out of the room.

Seeing this, Second Uncle Hua pointed at Hua Liulang's back angrily: "Eldest Brother, look at what attitude Liulang has?" As he spoke, he looked at Fourth Uncle Hua angrily.

"Fourth, say something. Is it that I am the only one being the bad guy here?"

Fourth Uncle Hua moved his lips, but in the end, said nothing.

Seeing him like this, Second Uncle Hua was furious.

"Father."

Just as Second Uncle Hua was about to rebuke Fourth Uncle Hua, Twelfth Sister Hua suddenly stood up: "Father, shouting here is useless, because you found the wrong person!"

After finishing, she strode out of the main hall and walked straight toward Hua Changxi's room.

Everyone in the main hall saw it and stretched their heads to look. Yao Shi was worried that Twelfth Sister Hua would quarrel with Hua Changxi and wanted to go over to persuade her, but was pulled by Hua Dalang.

"Mother, let's see what Twelfth Sister has to say first."

Twelfth Sister Hua came to the outside of Hua Changxi's room, stopped, took a deep breath, and knocked on the door: "Ninth Sister, I am Twelfth, I have something to say to you."

"Creak~"

The door opened automatically.

Twelfth Sister Hua saw Hua Changxi sitting by the window drinking tea, steadied her mind, and stepped into the room.

Hua Changxi first looked at Twelfth Sister Hua. Since she started practicing, the appearance of everyone in the Hua family had grown. Seeing Twelfth Sister Hua, who was more than a year younger than herself, already grown up, she was still somewhat moved.

"Didn't you say you have something to say to me? Say it."

Twelfth Sister Hua: "Ninth Sister, you are biased!"

Hua Changxi raised her eyebrows, signaling Twelfth Sister Hua to continue.

Twelfth Sister Hua: "Sixth Brother is your brother, and we are also your brothers and sisters, but you only help Sixth Brother. This is naked bias."

Hua Changxi smiled: "People have their closeness. Sixth Brother and I have been close since childhood. Isn't it reasonable for me to favor him a bit?"

Twelfth Sister Hua choked: "But... but we are also your brothers and sisters. We also need your help."

Hua Changxi looked at her: "There are too many people in this world who need help. If I help everyone who needs my help, wouldn't I be exhausted to death?"

Twelfth Sister Hua: "We are not others, we are your brothers and sisters."

Hua Changxi: "So, because of this reason, I should help you unconditionally?"

Twelfth Sister Hua really wanted to say yes, but looking at Hua Changxi's expression, she knew that answering like this would definitely not end well, so she remained silent.

Seeing this, Hua Changxi said calmly: "You have been practicing for a while. You should know something about the world of cultivators."

"How hard it is to get cultivation techniques, how expensive spirit medicines and spirit plants are, you should have some idea in your heart."

"Before, I provided these unconditionally."

"But what did I get in exchange for doing these?"

"It is your endless greed."

"Twelfth, I don't owe you anything, do you understand?"

Twelfth Sister Hua heard these words, although somewhat ashamed, still felt that Hua Ninth Daughter should help her brothers and sisters: "But you are the most powerful in the family, we can only ask you for help."

Hua Changxi: "When you ask others for help, will you be as righteous as you are now? Will you feel that others should help you as a matter of course?"

Twelfth Sister Hua was silent. Asking others for help would definitely be more polite.

Hua Changxi looked at her: "For people to walk together, it depends on each taking what they need. If you want me to help you, what can you do for me?"

Twelfth Sister Hua moved her lips, but in the end, could say nothing.

Hua Changxi: "There is no free lunch here, and everything I possess didn't come from the wind." She paused. "If you really want to earn spirit stones, I have a way."

"Aren't you learning alchemy and talisman making? In the future, the spirit pills you refine, the spirit talismans you make, and the spirit weapons you refine can be sold to the Shennong Pharmacy in Feng'an Ward. As long as they are qualified, I will accept them."

In the main hall, the Hua family members were all listening with their ears pricked up. Seeing that Hua Changxi was not really ignoring the family, Second Uncle Hua immediately walked out.

"Ninth Daughter, the spirit mine must be short of people. How can Liulang be busy alone? Why not let Fourth Brother and Eighth Brother go and help him?"

Hua Changxi looked at him: "Second Uncle, Fourth Brother and Eighth Brother are men. The things they want, they should strive for themselves."

Second Uncle Hua: "In the future, they will definitely strive for themselves, but now they still need you to pull them."

Hua Changxi: "Second Uncle is joking, I cannot pull anyone."

Second Uncle Hua snorted: "I think you just feel that Fourth Brother and Eighth Brother are not your own brothers, so you don't help them like you help Liulang."

Hua Changxi: "I help Sixth Brother because he is worth my trust. Here, everything is an exchange of value. Fourth Brother and Eighth Brother cannot provide the value I want. Isn't it normal that I don't help them?"

Seeing that Second Uncle Hua still wanted to speak, Hua Changxi raised her hand to interrupt him: "Alright Second Uncle, don't mention some things again. Even if you mention them, I won't agree." ===== CHAPTER 161 =====