[{"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-48":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},1157221,1501,"Chapter 48: 48 The Refugee Problem, The Idea of Army Expansion_1","immortality-cultivation-i-can-increase-my-stats--chapter-48",48,"\u003Cp>Chapter 48: The Refugee Problem, The Idea of Army Expansion_1The Jing Family of Qingshi Town, as one of the top families within the town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their ancestral land naturally covered a vast area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surrounding it completely would still require a considerable amount of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sir, the Jing Family has been surrounded.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing beside Luo Yong, the vice general cupped his hands together, bowing slightly as he spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Yong, “Good, now that it’s done, follow me into the Jing Family…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Armored Soldiers, “Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the Zhao Family had fallen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within Qingshi Town, the Luo Family had successfully ascended to become the new king.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Yong commanded nearly two thousand armored youths within the town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dealing with the Jing Family’s issue was merely a matter of flipping his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, it was even less significant considering the presence of the Ancestor of the Luo Family, a formidable practitioner of the Organ Refinement Realm, within the Luo Family Ancestral Land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, under Luo Yong’s intimidation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing Chenglong, the current Family Head of the Jing Family, had no choice but to obediently hand over control of the family’s gambling houses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the arm could not twist the thigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the Jing Family stubbornly resisted until the last moment and did not hand them over to the Luo Family, what would that achieve?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Qingshi Town was already under the control of the Luo Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could even be said that everything within Qingshi Town had become the assets of the Luo Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Luo Family desired, those gambling houses would ultimately be forcibly taken by them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather than clashing head-on, it was better to simply hand them over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason why the Jing Family was initially unwilling to voluntarily surrender,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was mainly because Jing Chenglong wanted to gamble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He bet that the Luo Family did not place much importance on the gambling business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it now appeared…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that he, Jing Chenglong, had seemingly lost that bet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Father, did you really just easily hand over all of our Jing Family’s gambling houses to the Luo Family?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All the books in our family’s collection, as well as half of our assets, also given to the Luo Family?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you truly not resist at all?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the Jing Family Ancestral Land, Jing Hongying, daughter of Jing Chenglong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing of the situation, she immediately confronted Jing Chenglong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her pretty face seemed somewhat dissatisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red-tasseled spear she held in her hand was being gripped tightly, emitting creaking sounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hongying, the Zhao Family has already been annihilated.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Luo Family of Qingshi Town has ascended to the throne, becoming the new king; this has already become a fait accompli.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s not even mention the more than two thousand armored youths in Luo Yong’s hands.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just the Viscera Refinement practitioner within the Luo Family Ancestral Land is beyond what our Jing Family can cope with…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing Hongying clenched her teeth, still unconvinced as she said, “Is Viscera Refinement, above Bone Refinement, truly that terrifying?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing Chenglong sighed helplessly and spoke in a low voice, “Above Skin Refinement is Bone Refinement, and beyond Bone Refinement lies Viscera Refinement.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Becoming a practitioner of the Skin Refinement Realm is easy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Although it’s somewhat difficult to break through from Skin Refinement to the Bone Refinement Realm, it’s not impossible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But the difficulty of advancing from Bone Refinement to Viscera Refinement is unquestionably beyond your imagination.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The power of the Organ Refinement Realm is also inevitably far beyond what you expect.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can say this, even if our Jing Family had ten masters at Bone Refinement Perfection, they would still be no match for the Ancestor of the Luo Family…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Jing Chenglong’s words echoed throughout the room,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing Hongying gradually became a bit stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hint of defiance on her pretty face\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>seemed to gradually dissipate as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Father, if we have more than two thousand armored youths in our hands within Qingshi Town,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“can our Jing Family encircle and kill a cultivator in the Organ Refinement Realm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing Chenglong couldn’t help but slightly lower his head at this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After pondering for a moment, he replied, “If it’s just over two thousand sturdy, somewhat strong armored youths, they’re like ants before a cultivator in the Organ Refinement Realm, easily killed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If these more than two thousand armored youths, however, were all practitioners in the Skin Refinement Realm,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“perhaps, they might force a cultivator in the Organ Refinement Realm to exert a fair amount of strength.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If these more than two thousand armored youths were all practitioners in the Bone Refinement Realm, then there might be a chance to encircle and kill a cultivator in the Organ Refinement Realm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s just… if our Jing Family truly had an army of more than two thousand, all at the level of Bone Refinement Realm,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“why would we still bother with these small benefits in Qingshi Town, competing with other families?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“With such an army, all at the level of Bone Refinement Realm,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“it wouldn’t be impossible for our Jing Family to carve out a territory and establish our own kingdom in these chaotic times…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After resolving the matter with the Jing Family,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the not-too-big-yet-not-too-small Qingshi Town finally returned to its former tranquility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the streets, people gradually dared to appear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive group of refugees also started to flow into Qingshi Town again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Placing a huge burden on the not-so-large Qingshi Town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qingshi Town, Luo Family Ancestral Land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the room where the Luo Family Patriarch was,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Ping, the current Family Head of the Luo Family, sat quietly in the main seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he flipped through documents about the family and various issues concerning Qingshi Town, his brow inevitably furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no problems on the Luo Family’s end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had even seen a significant improvement in comprehensive strength due to the absorption of assets left behind by the Zhao Family, as well as from the Jing and Hu Families.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the situation in Qingshi Town… appeared somewhat pessimistic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the gates of Qingshi Town reopened and time passed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the number of refugees pouring into Qingshi Town grew increasingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the public security within the town began to deteriorate due to the influx of a large number of refugees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless starving refugees, like swarms of locusts passing through, frantically looted any food they could lay their eyes on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some local family powers within Qingshi Town were better off, with plenty of guards at home to ensure their families were without worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, for the massive group of ordinary people within Qingshi Town, they were somewhat out of luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who suffered losses were predominantly from these ordinary civilian groups.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, Luo Ping only needed to manage the Luo Family’s affairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could choose to turn a blind eye to those ordinary people who suffered losses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now it was different, now the whole of Qingshi Town belonged to the Luo Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the civilians suffering losses, it would inevitably affect the subsequent development of Qingshi Town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In such circumstances, Luo Ping naturally could no longer turn a blind eye as he used to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Otherwise, let the third brother continue to expand the army and enhance the number of troops in Qingshi Town?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then, gradually maintain the public order within the town?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Ping thought to himself and silently nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that aside from this method, there were no better solutions now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just in time, the Luo Family had gathered a substantial amount of gold and silver from the Zhao, Jing, and Hu Families.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Luo Family could use this money to increase the size of the town’s military force,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and slightly improve their control over Qingshi Town.\u003C\u002Fp>",1280,"2026-06-03T12:43:46.723Z","2026-06-03T12:43:39.762Z",1,"novelbin.me","3fd3bcb6d61990041fa151bb2190046b3a19db78f03479a98dc8fbc6587becb2","immortality-cultivation-i-can-increase-my-stats--chapter-49","immortality-cultivation-i-can-increase-my-stats--chapter-47",2094,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimmortality-cultivation-i-can-increase-my-stats--cover.jpg"]