Chapter 161: Clan Totem

Because of Second Uncle Hua's trouble, the atmosphere in the Hua family courtyard was a bit low. In the end, Old Master Hua came forward and asked the Second Branch and Fourth Branch to return to the backyard.

"Ninth Daughter, did I cause you trouble?"

After the front yard quieted down, Hua Liulang entered Hua Changxi's room with an annoyed expression.

Hua Changxi looked at him: "Sixth Brother, the spirit stones you earn, how you spend them is your business. Not only me, but no one else in the family has the right to interfere."

"If someone has some emotions because you give out spirit stones, that is not your problem, but that person's problem. I will not carry other people's problems on myself, and you don't need to either."

Hua Liulang said in a muffled voice: "Although Second Uncle's words made me very angry, I can't do it if I really want to ignore them completely."

Hua Changxi: "After experiencing it a few more times, you will know what you really want. Clarify your needs, and making decisions won't be difficult."

Hua Liulang looked at Hua Changxi curiously: "Ninth Daughter, you are so decisive about the family because you know what you really want?"

Hua Changxi: "... What I want, I am still looking for; but what I don't want, I am clear about. I want to live my own life. I make my own decisions about my affairs. Anyone who tries to impose their will on me is someone I want to stay away from."

Hua Liulang heard this and fell into deep thought.

At the same time, on the other side, Hua Hongqi's group and the Sheng family's group had returned to their respective mansions.

Count Dingyuan's Prefecture.

As soon as Hua Hongqi returned to the mansion, he went to the study to see the Count and the Heir.

"Grandfather, Father."

Count Hua looked at his eldest grandson and asked with a smile: "How did it feel to go to Hua Bin's house today?"

Hua Hongqi's expression was solemn: "Sun Er feels that we should pay more attention to Hua Bin's family."

Count Hua and the Heir looked at each other at the same time, waiting for Hua Hongqi to continue.

Hua Hongqi: "Before, our family's focus on Hua Bin's family was all on Tenth Sister Hua in the Taisui Palace, but after seeing Ninth Sister Hua today, Sun Er feels that this twin sister of Tenth Sister Hua is also not simple."

Count Hua was interested: "Oh, how is it not simple?"

Hua Hongqi quickly told about Hua Changxi using spiritual pressure to shock the clan elders, taking action to kill the spirit beasts of Hua Hongguang and Sheng Pengfei, and throwing the two out of the Hua family courtyard.

"According to secular eyes, this young lady Hua Ninth Daughter is indeed a bit too arrogant and presumptuous, but Sun Er saw a confidence in her that looked down on everything."

As he spoke, Hua Hongqi took out the jade pendant that had been cracked by the spiritual pressure released by Hua Changxi: "Moreover, Hua Ninth Daughter's cultivation... is unfathomable."

Count Hua and the Heir looked at each other silently after seeing the jade pendant.

Looking at the silent two, Hua Hongqi said again: "Grandfather didn't ask Sun Er to register the clan members with lotus marks on their bodies before? Hua Ninth Daughter has a red lotus on her forehead."

Count Hua heard this, and his expression vibrated: "Are you sure the lotus on Hua Ninth Daughter's forehead wasn't drawn by herself?"

Hua Hongqi: "This Sun Er cannot verify it yet, but the red lotus on Hua Ninth Daughter's forehead is too lifelike. Sun Er feels that a painting cannot produce this effect."

Count Hua heard this, was silent for a while, and looked at the Heir: "Find a way to arrange Shuran into Qihuang Pavilion No. 13, and be sure to find out what is going on with the lotus mark on Hua Ninth Daughter's forehead."

Hua Hongqi saw that Count Hua attached such importance to this matter and asked puzzled: "Grandfather, does the lotus mark on the clan members have any special meaning?"

Count Hua looked at his grandson and thought for a moment, feeling that some things should be told to him: "In the ancient times, every clan had its own totem, and our Hua clan also had its own totem."

Hua Hongqi was stunned: "The Hua clan's totem is... a lotus?"

Count Hua nodded.

The Heir took over the conversation: "Ancient times are far away from now. After so many years, the bloodline of the clan members has been diluted. Those who can reveal totem marks are people who possess the ability to return to ancestors."

Hua Hongqi's eyes vibrated: "Return to ancestors..."

The Heir: "As long as you can return to ancestors, you can obtain ancestral supernatural powers." As he spoke, he sighed. Among the direct descendants of the Count's Prefecture, no one had a lotus mark on their body.

Hua Hongqi thought of something and looked at Count Hua: "Grandfather, before we went to the Marquis Wu Yi's Prefecture as guests, the golden tiger that He Zhixuan released, could it be the He family's ancestral supernatural power?"

Count Hua nodded: "Not bad. Do you know now why the Marquis Wu Yi's Prefecture would lower their status to befriend Hua Bin's family?"

Hua Hongqi nodded: "When He Zhixuan released the golden tiger, Sun Er saw that his body was very tense. Releasing supernatural powers requires a strong body as support. The He family wants the body refining technique of Hua Bin's family."

The Heir: "Not the Qihuang Body Refining Technique, but the 'Nine Revolutions Profound Art'."

Hua Hongqi heard this, and the figure of Hua Ninth Daughter appeared in his mind, somewhat gloating: "The He family is afraid that their hopes will fall through. Hua Ninth Daughter will not take out the 'Nine Revolutions Profound Art'."

Then, her smile faded, and she looked at Count Hua and the Heir of Hua with a bitter face, "If the He family can't get it, we won't be able to get it either."

Count Hua stroked his beard: "Hua Bin still has some feelings for the clan."

Hua Hongqi shook his head: "It's useless. When Hua Ninth Daughter shocked the clan elders, even Hua Bin didn't let go. She won't listen to Hua Bin."

The Heir: "Since feelings don't work, then cooperate. Hua Bin's family wants to rise, they cannot do without the support of the Count's Prefecture and the clan. Now the political situation is turbulent, and places are becoming more and more chaotic. Going it alone won't work."

Hua Hongqi nodded. As he spoke, he took out the pouch containing fifty spirit stones: "This was given by Hua Liulang when he left the Hua family. Every guest had one."

Seeing the spirit stones, Count Hua and the Heir were both shocked: "Hua Bin actually has a spirit mine."

Hua Hongqi thought of the reaction of the Hua family members when Hua Liulang gave the spirit stones. Only Hua Ninth Daughter looked indifferent, while the others were full of pain.

"The spirit mine shouldn't be controlled by Hua Bin. It should be Hua Ninth Daughter's."

Count Hua looked over: "What do you mean?"

Hua Hongqi: "Sun Er means that Hua Ninth Daughter shouldn't have handed over the spirit mine to the family."

Hearing this, Count Hua was stunned for a long time. Before, when others said Hua Ninth Daughter was unruly, he didn't have any feelings, but not handing over the spirit mine to the family made him deeply realize what kind of person Hua Ninth Daughter was.

"Resources like spirit mines are not handed over to the family. Then Hua Ninth Daughter is really a person with no family in her heart."

Hua Hongqi: "It's not necessarily that there is no family in her heart. The spiritual energy concentration in the Hua family courtyard is several times denser than our practice room. To maintain the operation of the spirit-gathering array, the spirit stones consumed every month are not a small amount. Hua Ninth Daughter still has family in her heart." ===== CHAPTER 162 =====