Chapter 28: Golden Phoenix

The Hua family.

After Yao Shi pulled her daughter back to the room, she took out the braised food, desserts, and fruits she had prepared early: "Knowing your Fifth Sister was leaving, I knew you would definitely come back. These were prepared for you by your father, your Third Brother, and your Sixth Brother."

Hua Changxi picked up a braised pig's trotter and started gnawing: "Mother, you don't know, the food in the Menial Hall is not delicious at all. Look, I've lost weight from hunger."

Yao Shi looked at her daughter, whose complexion was rosier than before, and found it funny: "Since the Menial Hall is so bad, then come home."

Hua Changxi shook her head quickly: "I don't want to. If you do something, you have to see it through to the end. Since I have entered the Menial Hall, I must make a name for myself."

"I want to let Grandfather and Grandmother see clearly that it's not just boys who can build a career; girls can do it too."

Yao Shi never discouraged her children's enthusiasm. She sat down beside her daughter and looked at her with concern: "Is the Menial Hall very hard?"

Hua Changxi shook her head: "It's not hard. In the Menial Hall, I'm responsible for cleaning medicinal herbs. This is not hard for me at all."

As a menial servant, all the work is physical labor, how could it not be hard? Yao Shi only felt that her daughter didn't want to complain to her. Knowing her daughter was strong, she didn't ask if she didn't say.

Hua Changxi didn't see Hua Minghe, so she couldn't help but ask: "Mother, where is Father? Why don't I see him?"

Yao Shi looked worried: "Your father received an assignment and left the capital to handle a case."

Hua Changxi frowned and put down the pig's trotter: "Why did he leave the capital to handle a case again? How long will it take this time?"

Yao Shi shook her head: "Your father didn't say, only that he would come back after the case was handled."

At this time, Sixth Brother Hua came in, first asked how Hua Changxi was doing in the Menial Hall, and then said: "Mother, Grandfather called you to the main hall."

When Hua Changxi heard this, her face collapsed: "Grandfather and Grandmother are going to scold and rebuke me in public again."

Yao Shi was silent for a moment, pushed the pig's trotter that Hua Changxi hadn't finished gnawing towards her: "You eat first, and we'll go over after you finish."

Hua Changxi ate slowly and dawdled for more than a quarter of an hour before following Yao Shi and Sixth Brother Hua to the main hall.

In the main hall, the whole Hua family was there.

Old Master Hua looked at Hua Changxi, wanting to say something but stopping, and finally looked at Old Madam Hua, signaling her to speak.

Old Madam Hua: "...... How are you doing in the Menial Hall of the Medical Department?"

Hua Changxi immediately began to complain: "Grandmother, I've suffered so much in the Menial Hall. Look, have I lost weight and gotten darker?"

Old Madam Hua looked at her ninth granddaughter's fair and rosy face and really wanted to spray her face. She gritted her teeth and said: "You have really suffered a lot."

Hua Changxi nodded like a garlic bulb: "Isn't it suffering? But Grandfather and Grandmother, don't worry, for the sake of the Hua family, I can endure hardship. I will definitely learn something in the Menial Hall."

"When I return after my studies, I will definitely return home in glory, bring honor to my ancestors, and bring glory to my family."

"So Grandfather and Grandmother, can you not just stare at the boys in the family, but also allocate some resources to the girls? Maybe the family won't produce a Qilin son, but a golden phoenix might fly out."

Old Madam Hua was amused: "Golden phoenix? Are you talking about yourself?"

Hua Changxi was a bit embarrassed: "Maybe it's me."

She was a transmigrator, after all. Even if she didn't get a cultivation opportunity, now that she could cultivate, it wouldn't be excessive to fantasize about being a golden phoenix, right?

"So, Grandmother, you can invest in me in advance now. Let Third Brother and Sixth Brother come to the Menial Hall to see me more often and bring me some delicious food and drinks. If I really make it big in the future, I can help the family."

Old Madam Hua hummed coldly: "If I don't let your Third Brother and Sixth Brother see you, you won't help the family?"

Hua Changxi said righteously: "Of course. Grandmother, you were also born in a merchant family, so you should understand the principle that there will be gains only if there is investment. You want to share a piece of the pie without investing, isn't this a free ride?"

Old Madam Hua's hands were a bit itchy: "Hua Jiuniang, you have really grown capable. After going to the Menial Hall for a month, your skin is getting thicker and thicker. No, not only is your skin thick, but your mouth is also getting more and more poisonous."

"Tell me, should you have said those things to your Uncle today?"

Hua Changxi's expression was light: "Why shouldn't I? What I said was the truth."

Old Madam Hua saw her look of not being afraid of boiling water, and she was so angry: "This mouth of yours will cause trouble for the family sooner or later."

"Your Eleventh Brother is going to the martial arts academy with your Uncle's grandsons. We are still counting on them to take care of Eleventh Brother."

"And your Fifth Sister is also counting on the Count's mansion to help. We can't talk to the Count's mansion, so we can only beg your Uncle to mediate."

"You are good, you offended them with all your might. Do you know that you are harming Wuniang by doing this?"

Hearing this, Hua Changxi was annoyed: "I harmed Fifth Sister? Who is harming Fifth Sister? Who forced Fifth Sister to be a concubine?"

"If the Great Clan Elder's family is the culprit, then you are the accomplices."

"If you didn't let Fifth Sister be a concubine, she wouldn't have been humiliated by the Marquis's mansion's steward and nanny today, and you wouldn't have dared to say a word."

This hit Old Master Hua's sore spot. He saw Old Master Hua's face turn livid, and he smashed the teacup on the table to the ground. His chest heaved up and down, and he glared at Hua Changxi with a face full of anger, looking like he was furious.

Seeing this, Yao Shi quickly gave Sixth Brother Hua a look.

Seeing this, Sixth Brother Hua bit the bullet, stepped forward to pull Hua Changxi, and pulled her out of the main hall.

When she was about to leave the main hall, Hua Changxi shouted again.

"Do you believe it? With your attitude of leaving everything to Hua Tai and his wife to handle today, if something happens to Fifth Sister in the Marquis's mansion, the Marquis's mansion will only notify Hua Tai and his wife. By the time Hua Tai and his wife notify us, it will be too late."

Sixth Brother Hua saw his sister still fanning the flames and used all his strength to pull her away: "Jiuniang, why has your strength become so great? I can barely pull you."

Hua Changxi paused: "Maybe it's because I've been doing more chores."

Sixth Brother Hua: "Isn't it said that menial servants will be bullied? How come you didn't learn to be obedient after entering the Menial Hall, but your temper has become bigger and bigger?"

Hua Changxi said meaningfully: "People are different."

Why was she so confident today?

Wasn't it because her realm points broke 1,000 and her martial arts value increased significantly? When her realm improved further, even if the Marquis's mansion had high-grade martial artist guards, she would dare to fight her way to the door.

Speaking of martial artists, Hua Changxi pulled Sixth Brother Hua: "Sixth Brother, let's go to your room."

Sixth Brother Hua was puzzled: "What are you going to do in my room?"

Hua Changxi: "The family's martial arts manuals are all there. I want to see them."

Sixth Brother Hua smiled: "What? You still want to practice martial arts?"

"Can't I?"

Arriving at the room shared by Third Brother Hua and Sixth Brother Hua, Hua Changxi pushed the door and entered: "Sixth Brother, don't underestimate me. Be careful, one day I will become a martial arts master and scare you to death."

Sixth Brother Hua didn't take Hua Changxi's words to heart at all. He smiled and went to get the books. Soon, he took three books out of the bookcase: "Anecdotes of the Kyoto Wu Gong Academy," "Lingbo Micro-steps," and "Mount Wuzhi."

"Mount Wuzhi?"

Hua Changxi looked at "Mount Wuzhi" first: "The name of this technique is a bit domineering."

Sixth Brother Hua looked puzzled: "Where is it domineering? I think it's quite ordinary."

Hua Changxi said "Oh" and said casually: "I read a storybook before. In the storybook, a monkey was suppressed by the Buddha's Mount Wuzhi."

"?"

Sixth Brother Hua: "Yes, I am practicing Mount Wuzhi."

Hua Changxi looked regretful: "Then the power of this Mount Wuzhi is a bit weak. I see you practicing in the courtyard, and you haven't practiced anything."

Sixth Brother Hua was speechless: "Mount Wuzhi is very powerful. This was copied back from the Criminal Ministry's library after Father made a contribution. It is said that a master using Mount Wuzhi can kill whoever he wants within fifty meters."

"Your Sixth Brother is now a first-grade martial artist who is still practicing blood, so of course, I can't exert the power of the Cloud-Splitting Palm."

After Hua Changxi finished reading "Mount Wuzhi" and "Lingbo Micro-steps," she flipped through "Anecdotes of the Kyoto Wu Gong Academy."

"First-grade martial artist practices blood, second-grade practices bones, third-grade practices organs, fourth-grade opens meridians, fifth-grade washes marrow, sixth-grade opens shackles, seventh-grade internal force turns into gang energy, eighth-grade gang energy releases, ninth-grade master can borrow the power of heaven and earth."

"Ninth-grade can borrow the power of heaven and earth......"

What does this mean?

Borrowing the power of heaven and earth, is it like her being able to cultivate?

Hua Changxi looked at the introduction of martial artists in the beginning of "Anecdotes of the Kyoto Wu Gong Academy" thoughtfully.

Sixth Brother Hua saw his sister motionless and waved in front of her: "Are you looking stupid?"

Hua Changxi came back to her senses and smiled at Sixth Brother Hua: "Sixth Brother, I want to borrow these three books."

Sixth Brother Hua looked at "Anecdotes of the Kyoto Wu Gong Academy" with some disgust: "I begged Big Brother for a long time to bring me more martial arts manuals, but Big Brother only brought back a copy of 'Anecdotes of the Kyoto Wu Gong Academy' to dismiss me."

Hua Changxi flipped through "Anecdotes of the Kyoto Wu Gong Academy": "The stories here are quite good."

Sixth Brother Hua hummed: "What's good about them? They are all about people in the martial arts academy fighting and brawling. I'm not a child who likes to read stories; I want to practice martial arts."

Hua Changxi smiled at him: "Sixth Brother, I have a way to help you quickly improve your martial arts."

Sixth Brother Hua's eyes widened: "Really? How to improve?"

Hua Changxi: "Take pills."

After hearing this, Sixth Brother Hua's face sank: "I know that taking medicine can quickly improve martial arts, but the problem is, do I have money to buy medicine?"

"Do you know that a blood-Qi pill used by a first-grade martial artist costs five taels of silver each? In our family's situation, can we afford it?"

Hua Changxi didn't say much. She could make pills within the sixth grade, but now she had no medicinal herbs to use: "Sixth Brother, you have to treat me well. Maybe I can really get pills for you."

Sixth Brother Hua heard his sister say this, and he still had some expectations: "Am I not treating you well?"

Hua Changxi shook her head: "No, I've been in the Menial Hall for a month, and you haven't been to see me."

Sixth Brother Hua scratched the back of his head: "Grandfather and Grandmother won't let me."

Hua Changxi hummed: "They won't let you, so you don't go? I was hoping you would come to see me."

Sixth Brother Hua was anxious: "I'll go, I'll go."

Hua Changxi: "Just tell me if you are going to see me or not?"

Sixth Brother Hua nodded quickly: "Go, go, I will definitely go." ===== CHAPTER 29 =====