Chapter 61: The Eve of Departure

  Today is the fourth update

  The Western City, fell into a strange atmosphere. The He family became more and more lively, while the other families were getting quieter and quieter. This strange atmosphere had a somewhat oppressive feeling to it.

  The next day, after dealing with the outsiders, the He family made a new move. After all, the He family was a big family, not just one or two people. With so many mouths to feed and no resources, it was impossible to survive.

  The star worm was very edible, and even the gold and silver in their family were eaten clean. Under duress, the upper echelons of the He family had no choice but to push open the ruins. Then they found some things inside that hadn't been damaged and still had value. They secretly disguised the family members and sold these things on the black market. Only then did the He family have money to buy food.

  As a big family, there are many things to pay attention to in order to maintain one's status. This thing that is eaten is their face. Even if they have already been slapped in the face by others, they still have to put on a smiling face and welcome people, maintaining their own dignity.

  Ordinary people wouldn't know, but other big families are now paying close attention to the He family. The He family's business in Western China is shrinking for some reason, they've withdrawn a large amount of funds and even sold some stores.

  The other families looked at each other in dismay, wondering if it was really some powerful force that intentionally targeted the He family and even began to suppress their family's industry. Only Ji Mu knew the truth. When she heard this news, she probably knew what was going on. "Hmph, Huo Hai, for such a big thing, you want me to help you keep it a secret? No reward is not acceptable."

  Ji Mu had already guessed that He Hai must have let Xing Huang eat away a large amount of the He family's wealth beforehand. Although it was unknown how much he ate, the current state of the He family clearly showed that they were unable to sustain themselves with money and resources, not even on the surface.

  So they would make such a gesture. Even deliberately pretending to be oppressed by another family, in order to mislead other families. At the same time, it was also for the sake of the family's survival, to gain some time.

  Hu Haike wouldn't let them off so easily, as things had already gone too far. So for the next few days, every night, he would just have Xing drive a large number of insects into the He family home. That was all.

  But even so, the matter became more and more chaotic, and eventually even the people of Huang Cheng Academy intervened. However, later on, since no one could be found to have done this thing, it ultimately ended in nothing, becoming an unsolved mystery. As for the He family, apart from preventing bugs every day, what else could they do? The people of the He family were extremely miserable during this period.

  The most unfortunate thing is that he was actually poisoned. The centipede that bit him was carefully selected by Huo Hai. In the end, it even merged with the diluted small golden poison liquid. The small golden poison liquid can kill even a master of the spiritual realm.

  Even after a large amount of dilution, the toxicity is still extremely frightening. Most importantly, this toxicity is also very stubborn. He had to eat a lot of detoxifying medicine and suffered for several days before finally getting rid of this toxicity.

  At this time, He Wang had already lost face. As long as he came out, others would think of the purple egg. Even if He Wang just saw someone looking at him, he would have this idea that everyone was ridiculing him. Even he himself was horrified to discover that although the poison had been lifted, it seemed that his own place couldn't be used either, and he didn't know if it could recover.

  He was so traumatized that he became like a eunuch, his spirit suffered greatly. These past few days, he's been irritable every day, hitting people and killing insects at the slightest provocation. It seems like he's on the verge of going mad.

  For He Ruo, Huo Hai has been observing every day. Even if he goes crazy, it can't erase what he's done. Huo Hai is going to be a bad guy after all. That bad guy will show mercy to his enemies and take the opportunity to strike again.

  But time was running out, and in these events, time was slowly passing. At this moment, the day to go to Huang Cheng Academy was getting closer and closer. On this day, Huo Hai's second batch of star puppets finally completed their transformation after absorbing a large amount of energy.

  After molting, the spiritual power they possess is still very strong. It's imaginable how much they ate before. Probably after breaking through the Spiritual Bone realm, they will follow me to molt again soon. The good thing is that I don't have to feed them spiritual energy every day anymore. These spiritual energies can't make the Star Gu worms stronger, but maintaining their survival is no problem.

  He shook his head and said helplessly, "What a pity. I don't know when these worms can absorb spiritual energy on their own without causing me so much trouble." This was the biggest problem affecting Ho Hai's cultivation of Gu worms.

  Can't solve the problem of Gu worms, and even other worm spirits in the future. Hao Hai will never be able to raise too many worms. These worms are too many, even if they suck up the entire Hao Hai, I'm afraid they can't be raised.

  The star worms have fully transformed, and there are now over 5,000 of them by Hao Hai's side. The previous grass cage can no longer hold so many things. Hao Hai simply found his own father and used gold, combined with other materials, to help him create a large calabash. Gold is not considered valuable in the eyes of these aristocratic families, and wearing it does not give off the air of a nouveau riche.

  Instead, it was exquisitely crafted, like a work of art. But what's puzzling is why Ho Hai would hang a gourd on his body. Only Ho Hai himself knew that this was to provide a place for the Star Gu to reside.

  The gourd hung at his waist, and no matter how you looked at it, it seemed like a wine gourd. "Fortunately, this world doesn't have the habit of using gourds to hold wine, or else I'd really be too embarrassed to show my face." Yeah, who's ever seen a kid carrying a gourd on their body? No matter how good-looking the gourd is, if it were on Earth, it would definitely be thought of as something used to drink wine.

  On the continent of Tianling, having a bottle hung on one's body is actually used to hold wine. This kind of dressing is also considered alternative. Facing the mirror and twisting a few times, Huo Hai smiled contentedly, and indeed it was really good-looking.

  Since the bugs' influence on the He family has gradually disappeared, the surrounding bugs have also been almost exterminated. Huo Hai naturally no longer goes to find trouble for the He family. In fact, it's not just the He family's bugs that have become extinct.

  Worried that those insects would find themselves on their heads, in just a few days, the entire Western Territory launched many insect eradication campaigns. Now, including the surrounding areas of Xijiang City, it's almost impossible to find any insects. The ones used these past two days were still brought back by Hao Hai from far away in the forest, and they're all flying ones. The impact on the He family has been getting smaller and smaller.

  Huo Hai finally stopped, and the He family could finally take a breather for a while. The days of living on tenterhooks passed one by one, with the outside world continuing to shrink its industries just to maintain the family's existence.

  As the days went by, the day of departure was finally approaching. Huo Hai had not been idle either, although he hadn't practiced, he often used insects to cultivate Gu worms. The time was too short, and it was impossible to cultivate useful insects.

  Huo Hai could only continue to use various insect formulas, and then use his own spiritual power to forcibly induce birth. He just needed to see what effect it had. For some reason, since his cultivation had been constantly improving, Huo Hai's memory had become better and better. So many things were all stored in his mind. If it were the past, without a single notebook, it would have been impossible.

  Hu Hai didn't want others to find out, so only the truly important things would be recorded in his notebook that he had always kept hidden on him, using the words of the world above. Even if people in this world obtained it, it would be useless.

  On the continent of Tianling, there aren't as many people who specialize in studying words and languages like on Earth. Let them study a different language, they're also helpless. It's said that the entire continent of Tianling uses only one kind of language.

  Is it true or not, Huo Hai didn't know, this was just hearsay, the Western Border City was still too small. For the remaining time, Huo Hai continued to cultivate his mind. Watching the Gu insects slaughter each other, Huo Hai gradually became more indifferent to human slaughter. The blood and energy in his heart became calmer day by day. Similarly, his cultivation speed also slowed down day by day.

  After such a long time, the blood that Huo Hai had lost was fully recovered and his body was once again at its peak. As long as he reached Huang Cheng Academy, he could use large quantities of Blood Refining Pellets to temper himself and increase his strength at any time.

  "Master, Master, the old master wants to see you." This morning, at the crack of dawn, Huo Hai, a man who seemed to have been forgotten by everyone, was finally remembered by Huo Kai. At the break of day, he had already been called out.

  Huo Hai nodded, probably about going to Huang Cheng Academy. He tidied up, tied the big gourd at his waist, and walked out in a somewhat awkward manner. "I know, I'll go right away. By the way, is anyone else going?" Huo Hai asked casually. These past few days of cultivating his mental state had brought about some changes in Huo Hai's overall demeanor.

  The housekeeper lowered his head and said in a low voice: "There are also the young lady, Mr. Huo Yan..." The housekeeper mentioned several names, all of whom had already obtained admission qualifications for Huangcheng Academy. Huo Hai nodded to show that he understood, then left.

  "Hmph, Ho Yan, our accounts will be settled slowly." Daring to lay hands on Yun'er, Ho Hai wouldn't care if he was from the same family or not. The only family members Ho Hai acknowledged were his direct line of descent and the father-daughter pair of Ho Yun'er.

  Because in the Huo household, he couldn't just take action against Huo Yan and others, it would be easy for people to notice something was off. So Huo Hai could only suppress the anger in his heart and temporarily let them go. However, once they arrived at Huang Cheng Academy, there wouldn't be anyone who could stop him. No matter why Huo Yan wanted to take action against him, or even if he hadn't planned on letting him leave alive, none of that mattered anymore.

  Let's go take a look now and see what kind of face this guy can put on.