[{"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-37":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},1157174,1501,"Chapter 37: 37: Have We Taken Down Qingshi Town Already?_1","immortality-cultivation-i-can-increase-my-stats--chapter-37",37,"\u003Cp>Zhao Hong and Gao Qi led over two thousand robust young men armed with brand-new steel sabers from Black Tiger Fortress\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in a mad rush towards the direction of Qingshi Town at the fastest speed possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All along the way, clouds of dust billowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of footsteps rolled on like continuous thunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Zhao Hong’s recruits hadn’t been with Black Tiger Fortress for very long,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>nourished by ample food and meat,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they might not have become strong as bulls, but they had gained flesh on their frames and a decent amount of strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very least, they were a notch stronger than the soldiers in Qingshi Town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As time went by,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>soon, noon arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the burning sun hung high in the sky, temporarily driving away the chill of early winter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it seemed that because of this, some individuals in Qingshi Town who had no worries about food and drink began to feel drowsy at noon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qingshi Town is just ahead…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once they were sufficiently close, Zhao Hong, the second son of the Zhao Family, temporarily had the robust young men halt in their tracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, he needed to discuss the situation thoroughly with Gao Qi by his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had to figure out how to capture Qingshi Town with the least amount of time and loss, to fully occupy it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gao Qi, what do you think we should do next?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having stopped and observed Qingshi Town for a moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Hong suddenly asked Gao Qi in a low voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Attack the city directly!” Gao Qi answered calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Hong: “Attack directly?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a bit stunned, caught off-guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hey, hey, hey, this was their first siege battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it really okay to be so direct?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seemingly noticing the confusion on Zhao Hong’s face,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Qi explained in a low voice, “Just yesterday, I had a rough look at the soldiers in Qingshi Town.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There seem to be no more than three hundred in total.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The vast majority of the soldiers are old, weak, or disabled; the ones fit for battle number less than a hundred.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Given this situation, a straightforward attack will do.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I estimate that in less than half an hour, Qingshi Town will fall into our hands.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Qi’s explanation was very detailed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Zhao Hong still had some doubts,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he followed Gao Qi’s advice and led the more than two thousand strong young men with brand-new steel sabers to attack directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, to prepare for the siege,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he made thorough preparations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Things like siege ladders, he prepared at least fifty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed he was afraid of having too few ladders and thus wasting time and the opportunity to attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soldiers within Qingshi City, although quite useless,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>seeing the fearsome approach of the large force of over two thousand with steel sabers,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>put all their strength into closing Qingshi Town’s not so sturdy city gates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill, I command you to kill!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whoever is the first to scale the city wall will be rewarded with a hundred ounces of gold, a thousand ounces of silver!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the foot of Qingshi Town’s city walls,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Hong drew the blade, forged over a hundred times, from his waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yelling at the top of his lungs, he called out to the robust young men behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the chaos of the times, while food was most important,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>gold and silver still held a terrifying allure for countless people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing that their leader was willing to offer such a reward,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the more than two thousand young men holding brand-new steel sabers had their eyes turn red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carrying siege ladders, they madly approached the city walls of Qingshi Town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were some mishaps along the way; for instance, a young man carrying a ladder tripped over something and fell to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or a ladder-bearing young man was shot by an arrow from the defenders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crashing down right then and there, he died at the foot of the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet those were just a small number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of Zhao Hong’s strong young men bearing ladders managed to arrive at the city wall successfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he clenched the steel blade in his mouth, quickly starting to climb up the siege ladder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, it was not too bad, the government soldiers from Qingshi Town were able to put up some resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as time passed and the ranks of Black Tiger Fortress’s able-bodied fighters atop the walls grew more numerous,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the situation suddenly started to tilt overwhelmingly in their favor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vast majority of government soldiers promptly abandoned their weapons and ran down from the walls in utter disarray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small portion of the soldiers continued to contend with the young men of Black Tiger Fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, in the grand scheme of things, this was already futile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qingshi Town, just like that, it has been taken?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Atop the walls of Qingshi Town,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>stood Zhao Hong, the second son of the Zhao Family, draped in dark red iron armor and with a sharp blade tied at his waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked silently along the ramparts, looking around in a somewhat stunned manner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, Zhao Hong had not anticipated this turn of events at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had thought that even if they could take down Qingshi Town,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it would cost them at least a hundred or two, perhaps even three hundred of their young fighters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now it seemed… the number of his fighters lost was pitifully less than even fifty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Maybe, even the heavens are on the side of my Zhao Family this time!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being bewildered for a long while, Zhao Hong let out a silent sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He straightened his back once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The worrisome shadows in his eyes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>which had lingered persistently up to this moment, also dissipated without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Issue the order, lock down Qingshi Town completely; no one shall enter or leave.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Also, take some men and seal all officials in their homes within Qingshi Town.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I do not wish for any officials to vanish within this town.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And the most important thing is…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bring more men, and join me in encircling the residence of Town Chief Yue Jun.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Later, I want to have a nice long talk with that old Yue Jun about the matters regarding the control of Qingshi Town.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having said that, Zhao Hong waved his hand and fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, besides these matters,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Zhao Family had one more exceedingly important issue to deal with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was, to wipe out the Luo Family within Qingshi Town, to make an example out of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then take over the Luo Family’s vein of Qingshi ore for the Zhao Family to own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, since the entirety of Qingshi Town had already fallen into the Zhao Family’s hands,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Luo Family of Qingshi Town had become fish trapped in a secret pot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, Zhao Hong was not in a rush to extinguish the Luo Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to dealing with the Luo Family, Zhao Hong was more eager to first settle matters with that old Town Chief Yue Jun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the dispatch of Zhao Hong’s orders,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>outside a rather luxurious residence in the center of Qingshi Town,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in the blink of an eye, a large group of strong men wielding steel blades\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had tightly surrounded the estate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you doing, what do you want?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you know where you are?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is the residence of Yue Jun, the Chief of Qingshi Town.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where did you get the audacity to encircle this estate?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the residence, two gatekeeping house servants seemed to still be unaware of the situation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>continuously shouting loudly at the men outside holding steel blades, who looked not easily trifled with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Psst…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the midday sunlight, a glittering, cold blade flashed briefly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and in an instant, two heads tumbled to the ground, rolling slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bright and steaming blood splattered all around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint smell of blood began to permeate the air outside the gate of the residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The residence of Old Yue Jun, is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if I have surrounded it, what can you do to me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Hong, who wielded the blood-stained blade, looked somewhat coldly at the house servants and servants inside the residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lightly waved the blade in his hand,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>shaking off the bloodstains on the blade completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did he, with a group of men, begin to slowly step into the residence.\u003C\u002Fp>",1402,"2026-06-03T12:43:46.723Z","2026-06-03T12:43:39.762Z",1,"novelbin.me","6fff8087fff6d1fe8a3d5020196571a4f0ab86e56687a34f561d8d9712856f0d","immortality-cultivation-i-can-increase-my-stats--chapter-396","immortality-cultivation-i-can-increase-my-stats--chapter-195",2094,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimmortality-cultivation-i-can-increase-my-stats--cover.jpg"]