Chapter 452: Sense of Distance

Most of the Hua family members were body-refiners, and those with spiritual roots were also both body and law refiners—body-refiners need to eat, and it must be food that greatly supplements.

Seeing Hua Dalang took out a blood-red big fish more than ten meters long from his storage ring. The fish body had a metallic luster, the scales were inlaid like red jade, and the tail fin was still twitching slightly, obviously having just died, and the blood Qi had not dissipated.

"This is?" Second Aunt Hua exclaimed with joy.

Seeing Hua Dalang: "This is a dragon fish I hunted. Eating it can strengthen blood Qi." Knowing that his family needed meat, every time he returned home, he would always buy some demon beast meat in advance.

Second Aunt Hua and Fourth Aunt Hua's eyes lit up, and they rolled up their sleeves and stepped forward to process the dragon fish happily.

Over the years, they had been on duty in the Xuan Yuan Mansion kitchen and had seen all kinds of demon beast meat, knowing that this dragon fish was a great supplement for body-refiners.

The treatment in the Xuan Yuan Mansion was good, but the resources distributed could only maintain basic cultivation. Body-refiners had high consumption, and if they wanted to continuously improve their strength, they needed to think of other ways.

The Hua family in the Xuan Yuan Mansion basically engaged in logistics auxiliary tasks and were almost never arranged to go out on missions, so they had no chance to earn extra money.

Fortunately, Seeing Hua Dalang and Sixth Brother Hua would subsidize some cultivation resources every time they returned home.

"Oh! This is good stuff! We have a treat tonight, we are going to eat dragon fish!"

Seventh Sister Hua, Eighth Sister Hua, and other younger generation members also surrounded them, chattering and helping to hold the fish tail, taking knives and sharpening blades, their movements skillful and familiar.

Old Madam Hua also took out some ingredients she usually couldn't bear to eat and handed them to Second Aunt Hua and Fourth Aunt Hua.

Soon, the kitchen was filled with the sound of "shua shua" scraping scales and chopping bones, mixed with the rich aroma of food, and the smoke of fireworks came to her face.

Listening to the laughter in the kitchen, Hua Changxi had the illusion of returning to the Hua family courtyard in Xiu Zheng Fang, her heart felt a bit warm but also a bit empty.

Since embarking on the path of cultivation, she had long been accustomed to loneliness and focus. She wanted to get close to this intense atmosphere of fireworks, but she no longer had the interest to participate in it as she did in childhood.

In order to dispel the sense of alienation that had nowhere to hide in her heart, Hua Changxi could only try to divert her attention. She looked at Yao Shi and talked to her in a low voice.

"Mother, what's going on with Third Brother and Zhu Qinghuan?"

Hearing this, a smile appeared on Yao Shi's face: "That girl Qinghuan has a gentle personality, and she is very measured in her words and deeds. She and your third brother took a fancy to each other after studying pharmacology."

Hua Changxi looked at Yao Shi's reaction: "Mother, do you like Zhu Qinghuan very much?"

Yao Shi smiled: "Not only do I like her, but your grandfather and grandmother are also very satisfied. Why, don't you like her?"

Hua Changxi shook her head.

Yao Shi looked at her daughter and hesitated before asking: "Do you think Qinghuan deliberately approached your third brother because of you?" As she said, she grabbed Hua Changxi's hand.

"Jiuniang, Mother knows your concerns. Perhaps Qinghuan does have such intentions, but she is really good to Third Brother, haven't you noticed? Your third brother is much more stable and cheerful now?"

"Your third brother, in fact, has always been holding back a breath in his heart."

"This is also to blame on your father and me, we cared too little about him before."

"Our family has five children. Except for Tenth Sister who left home early, your father and I placed all our expectations on your eldest brother. Sixth Brother has a jumpy personality and needs more supervision, and you..."

Yao Shi glanced at Hua Changxi with a bit of helpless doting: "You are the most worrying and the one who gives your father and me the most headaches."

"And your third brother, because he has been working in the family's medicine shop, your father and I thought his future was set, so we inevitably neglected him."

"If it weren't for Qinghuan telling me that Third Brother has always wanted to get the recognition of your father and me, and get the family's attention, I wouldn't have known that this child was hiding so many things in his heart."

Yao Shi looked at Hua Changxi: "I heard from Qinghuan that your third brother has done many things on Pill Origin Peak that are a bit impatient and aggressive."

"However, he has no bad intentions, and he is not just considering himself. He just feels that you are the younger sister and he is the older brother, and you are the closest people, so you must be more reliable than outsiders."

"You don't use him, but use outsiders, which is a lack of trust in him, and he is very sad, so he can't help but want to get angry at you."

"But he is already changing now, knowing that on Pill Origin Peak, he can no longer treat you as the younger sister at home."

"Jiuniang, Mother knows you don't like the family to interfere in your affairs, but regarding your third brother... can you be better to him?"

Hua Changxi didn't speak, turned her head to look at Zhu Qinghuan, who was standing with Sheng Yuantang in the courtyard helping, the two were chatting and laughing, and their words and deeds were very familiar.

She is no longer the power novice who was full of resentment because of the black-box operation of the Medicine Department when she failed to be selected as an apprentice.

She has had some realization about the operation and flow of power.

If you treat Pill Origin Peak, Ling Guang Hall, and Wuzhi Mountain as a ship, she is the helmsman, deciding the direction of the ship's voyage.

In order to ensure the normal operation of the ship and ensure that it sails in the direction she hopes, she is bound to use some people who "follow her will."

These people can be selected through a complete screening system, but that is too time-consuming.

In order to save energy and time, she is actually using "her own people."

The kind of absolute fairness and justice she hopes to achieve is actually very difficult to operate at the practical level.

In this case, why not reuse family members?

Hua Changxi's eyes flickered.

Some things are difficult to achieve, so should she compromise because of this?

"Mother, Pill Origin Peak and Pill Peak have complete and transparent talent selection mechanisms. As long as Third Brother has enough ability, he will not be buried."

Yao Shi looked at her daughter, a flash of disappointment that was almost invisible flashed in her eyes, but she still said gently: "Your idea is good, but people have closeness and distance. Can you ensure that the managers you appoint can really treat everyone fairly?"

Hua Changxi's eyes stopped flickering and became firm: "Some things may not be perfect, but I will try to improve them." Pill Origin Peak and Pill Peak should also be installed with karma opinion collection boxes.

Yao Shi stopped talking and just sighed secretly.

Hua Changxi was silent for a moment and changed the subject: "Mother, how are Sister Yuantang and Eldest Brother?"

Hearing this, the smile in Yao Shi's eyes became stronger: "Yuantang is a steady child, and she is also careful, doing things very thoughtfully. Your eldest brother doesn't say it, but every time he mentions Yuantang, his eyes soften by three points."

"Our whole family likes her, even your grandmother said that Yuantang is a good girl who is hard to find even with a lantern."

Hua Changxi nodded. After finishing talking about Seeing Hua Dalang and Third Brother Hua, she found that she couldn't find other topics. Even when facing her mother, there was a layer of invisible thin mist between them.

Yao Shi also seemed to notice this strangeness and was a bit uncomfortable, and the atmosphere between mother and daughter was a bit stagnant.

Fortunately, at this time, a loud greeting came from outside the courtyard: "I'm back!"

It was Hua Minghe.

Hua Changxi walked out of the room quickly, and then saw a tall figure wearing Xuan Yuan armor striding into the courtyard gate, with dust from the martial arts field on his shoulder armor, a little sweat on his forehead, but he was in high spirits.

"Jiuniang!"

Hua Minghe's voice was a bit hoarse, and his expression was a bit excited.

"Father."

Hua Changxi let Hua Minghe step forward quickly and pull her to look up and down.

After a while, Hua Minghe grinned and rubbed her hair with his rough big hand: "My Jiuniang is getting better and better."

Hua Changxi smiled brightly, and then let Hua Minghe pull her hand into the hall. ===== CHAPTER 453 =====