[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-immortality-cultivation-i-can-increase-my-stats-":3,"chapter-immortality-cultivation-i-can-increase-my-stats--immortality-cultivation-i-can-increase-my-stats--chapter-152":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Immortality Cultivation: I Can increase My Stats Using Clansmen's Qi-Blood",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1156764,1501,"Chapter 152: 102: Mastering the Black Crow Flame, The Right to Erode Bones_3","immortality-cultivation-i-can-increase-my-stats--chapter-152",152,"\u003Cp>Chapter 152: Chapter 102: Mastering the Black Crow Flame, The Right to Erode Bones_3And another portion of the grain was supplied for the use of the Luo Family’s army and the common people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This portion of the grain, although it had been accumulated over some time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was significantly larger than the reserves from a few days earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as the family’s influence continued to expand under their command,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and with the increasing numbers of both the army and the people under their control,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the grain reserves in the hands of the Luo Family gradually became insufficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One month’s time…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The grain reserves will last at most for a month’s consumption…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And for the crops in the fields to be harvested,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“it will take at least about two more months.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Meanwhile, we need to gather a month’s worth of grain reserves…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Ping felt a headache coming on as he looked at the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, this was all based on the most optimistic scenarios.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The drying up of the Huai River, the nascent locust plague, and the stability of trade with the Luo Family Clan,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>none of these had he considered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the water resources were sufficient and the number and scale of locusts were successfully controlled, then all would be well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if the Huai River dried up, and the water in the deep wells was exhausted,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and if the water resources could no longer sustain the crops in the fields,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and the number of locusts gradually increased to form a full-blown infestation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>only then would a real disaster erupt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that time came, the only way for the Luo Family and the other forces within Huai Shui County to survive,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>would be to annihilate the Tang Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To seize their massive grain reserves for themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In doing so, the crisis regarding grain would be completely resolved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the room, after Luo Ping set down the document he was holding regarding the grain reserves,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he casually picked up a new one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened it and began to read it carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, just as he started,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>from the very first glance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Ping couldn’t help but frown slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The content of the document in his hand was concerning one of the Four Great Families of Jiangnan Prefecture, the Luo Family Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a feeling of trepidation, Luo Ping silently read the document.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more he read, the uglier the expression on Luo Ping’s face became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until he finished reading the document,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he threw it forcefully onto the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From today henceforth, the trade between the Luo Family and the Luo Family Clan would cease completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, you read that right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It means exactly what it says.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Luo Family Clan unilaterally terminated the trade with the Luo Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wording on the document was euphemistic,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but in essence, what it meant was that two or three prefectures in the north had begun to experience locust plagues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The number of locusts was extremely large,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>so much so that saying the sky was filled with locusts would not be an overstatement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, with the increasingly hot weather in recent days,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the yield of grain was expected to continue to decrease this year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, the Luo Family Clan unilaterally and directly cut off trade with the Luo Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Ping was truly angry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that ever since he had been sitting in this main seat every day,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>dealing with these governmental affairs without much time for rest,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Ping’s emotions had gradually begun to change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes, he even unwittingly became more irritable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Ping wanted to control his emotions,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but often, when he saw those terrible things, he couldn’t maintain his calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know if this was due to his own personal problems,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>or the result of the environment’s influence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After cutting off trade with one of the Four Great Families of Jiangnan Prefecture, the Luo Family Clan,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Luo Family’s grain sources were once again severed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Ping sat in the main seat of the room, ruminating alone for a long time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>yet he could not come up with any satisfactory solutions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, he silently stood up\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and walked towards the courtyard where his family’s ancestors resided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Ping was at a loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He really was at a loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Huai River on the brink of drying up and the locust plague’s fledgling appearance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>as well as the Luo Family Clan from Jiangnan Prefecture unilaterally terminating trade,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they trampled the friendship established with the Luo Family into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the north, two or three prefectures even directly suffered large-scale locust plagues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sheer number of locusts covered the sky and the earth,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>devouring crops until nothing was left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is foreseeable that the subsequent grain production in those prefectures will be reduced further and further,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and it’s not impossible that they will face complete crop failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the prefectures near Luo Mountain Prefecture, even if they haven’t experienced large-scale locust plagues yet, are probably not faring well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bearing such bad news alone, Luo Ping truly didn’t know what to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, if the Luo Family were willing to give up those towns,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and keep only Qingshi Town, sitting high on his platform,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>watching the Chen Family, Tang Family, and King of Huai Shui Feng Wentai struggle against each other,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Luo Family could disregard locust plagues, droughts, refugees, and bandits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, the biggest problem was…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>with seven towns in possession, controlling over a hundred thousand, even more than two hundred thousand troops,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and having millions of people under their banner,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was the Luo Family really willing to give up all they held in their hands so easily?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention Luo Ping, it’s likely that the majority of the Luo Family would be unwilling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many times, power is like a bone-corroding poison,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it’s all right if you don’t touch it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But once you come into contact with power and grip the mighty reigns of authority in your hands,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>your heart will become reluctant to let go of power,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>your heart will develop an endless dependency on power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To ask you to abandon the power you hold?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be better, instead, to make one last effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you truly fail, then so be it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The family’s reserves are enough to provide a worry-free life for the members of the Luo Family Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what if, in the end, you succeed?\u003C\u002Fp>",1069,"2026-06-03T12:43:40.043Z","2026-06-03T12:43:47.001Z",1,"novelbin.me","40cfd7800fd2067e199312886222eda54e40c3b539a3d5f9cac8fcc9c0a1bd8b","immortality-cultivation-i-can-increase-my-stats--chapter-357","immortality-cultivation-i-can-increase-my-stats--chapter-256",2094,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimmortality-cultivation-i-can-increase-my-stats--cover.jpg"]