Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

In the Five Elements Heaven, after Hou Wuji and Hou Wuqie entered, they didn't rush to cultivate, but lowered their heads in thought for a moment.

"Big brother, why did father just refuse the marriage alliance? I've heard him worry more than once about the marriages of Second Uncle and Fourth Uncle, with the Elders of the Holy Land and princesses of Great Jin. Could it be that father still thinks they aren't suitable for Second Uncle and Fourth Uncle?"

Hou Wuqie's eyes slightly narrowed, and he softly said:

"It's not that they aren't suitable. Didn't you notice? Those two just now, one proposed a bestowed marriage and the other a marriage alliance, never even consulted Second Uncle and Fourth Uncle, nor did they ask Big Uncle's opinion."

Hou Wuji immediately understood and looked up, saying, "You're saying those two were forcing father to agree, which is why he got angry!"

"Of course. Normally, why would Big Uncle get angry about so many Holy Lands proposing an alliance?" Hou Wuqie finished speaking, turned his head to look at Hou Wuji, and continued:

"Wuji, before we went south, didn't we pass through Nanping Prefecture City to visit my grandfather? Do you know what he told me?"

"What?"

"Grandfather said that our current situation in the Hexi region is very dangerous!"

Upon hearing this, Hou Wuji was immediately stunned.

Two months ago, their father Hou Yuxiao had just led troops to capture Jianye Prefecture, unifying the western half of Hexi.

Now, the Hou Clan ruled the Hexi region, with renowned forces from all over the world visiting one after another. Martial Artists under Hexi's rule took pride in this, the Hou Clan army boasted high morale, and experts filled the clan—clearly, it was a time of great momentum.

Where does the danger talk come from?

"Wuji, Big Uncle is indeed invincible within the Hou Clan, but in the eyes of the major Holy Lands across the thirteen provinces of the world, he is not invincible. The cultivation of the Sub-saint Realm of Martial Arts is not the strongest, and Hexi is not the strongest either. You should know this, right?"

"Of course, I know. Beyond Sub-Saint, there is the Martial Dao Saint; above Hexi, there are the Nine Great Holy Lands. But with mother here, the Sect Master of Ziqing Holy Sect is mother's grandmaster, my ancestor, he is also a Martial Dao Saint. If other Holy Lands were to deal with father, deal with our Hexi, ancestor would certainly not sit idly by..."

"How can you be sure he wouldn't sit idly by?"

Hou Wuqie's question made Hou Wuji's expression abruptly freeze.

"My father once taught me a saying: 'The bustling under heaven, all for profit; the bustling strife, all for gain. No one does things without benefit."

The fact that Hexi clearly cannot stand on an equal footing with the Holy Lands, so why do Great Jin and these Holy Lands want to form marriage alliances with us? There must be some ulterior motive, and Big Uncle surely knows this, which is why he is so angry. My father spoke up to persuade him, certainly fearing to offend Great Jin and the three Holy Lands of Hedong."

Moreover, Hedong has a total of four Holy Lands. Why is it that only the Ziqing Holy Sect hasn't participated in this marriage alliance? Have you carefully thought about it, do you... understand what I mean?"

...…

Hou Wuji immediately fell into silence.

He wasn't stupid, just young, so there were many things he wouldn't actively consider, for example, that his father Hou Yuxiao was not invincible. With Hou Wuqie's reminder, he understood. But out of instinct, he brought up his mother's master, Wei Xuheng, whom Zhao QingXue had taken him to meet.

Even though Hexi and Ziqing Holy Sect were maintained by his father and mother, after all, they were still two families. He bore the surname Hou and grew up in Hexi, so even being close to Ziqing Holy Sect, this wouldn't change.

If Hexi truly faced difficulty within manageable limits, he believed Ancestor Wei Xuheng would help. But if it was something even Ziqing Holy Sect couldn't resolve, or would require a huge price...

Would Ancestor and the Ziqing Holy Sect still help?

A question mark formed in Hou Wuji's mind.

Among the four Holy Lands of Hedong, Bailu Academy, Haoran Holy Sect, Wanjian Holy Sect, and Ziqing Holy Sect, the marriage alliance was proposed by three, with only Ziqing Holy Sect not participating.

Why, why indeed?

Because in the Ziqing Holy Sect, someone had long been married into Hexi.

Hou Wuji's face suddenly turned very sullen.

If this were true, what about mother then...…

These were things he simply didn't want to think about. Once he started thinking, he could easily figure them out. The problem was, he knew too little about the family's situation with Hexi to see the full picture of everything.

Why did Great Jin and the three Holy Lands of Hedong want to form marriage alliances with the family?

Do they really have ill intentions, plotting against Hexi?

Is Hexi's situation really as dangerous as elder cousin's grandfather said?

And what about the Ziqing Holy Sect of ancestor, is it to Hexi as well...

"Let's cultivate, our strength is inadequate, father and Fifth Uncle wouldn't tell us about these matters. Once we can contribute to the family, to Hexi, we will naturally come to know these things.

This time we proactively sought father to enter the Five Elements Heaven, we cannot waste such a great opportunity. I will not leave seclusion unless I break through to the Yuan Dan Realm!"

Hou Wuji said with determination, just as he cast aside the chaotic thoughts in his mind, suddenly, a face he extremely disliked, a delicate countenance, flashed into his mind.

"Next time we meet, I will definitely defeat you!"

...

In the Zhaoyang Palace, Hou Yuxiao, who had been listening without missing a word to the conversation of the two little ones in the Five Elements Heaven, had a slightly complex expression.

He didn't expect that merely from a few words spoken in the palace just now, Wuqie could think of so much and analyze it so logically. If the two of them were more informed about clan affairs and Hexi's circumstances, it seems they might have almost fully articulated the meaning behind the marriage alliances.