[{"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-682":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},1157903,1501,"Chapter 680: 328 Qiuyue City, Lu Family_1","immortality-cultivation-i-can-increase-my-stats--chapter-682",682,"\u003Cp>Chapter 680: Chapter 328 Qiuyue City, Lu Family_1\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the small courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On a deserted path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gaunt, slightly hunched old man silently nodded his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression seemed to be mostly in agreement with what Ma Zhong had just said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The issue of taxes has always been a highly sensitive topic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confronting the issue directly is certainly awkward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, if such a matter were to be investigated by the people from the Qingshi City Luo Family,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the pressure that the Ma Family would subsequently face would evidently be much greater than that of a direct confrontation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, rather than letting this affair be uncovered by those from the Qingshi City Luo Family,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it might as well be the Ma Family of Dai Mountain City that blows the whistle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In doing so, it could also reduce the pressure that the Ma Family will have to face afterwards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this case, it could be considered as cutting the losses in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All right, since everything’s out in the open now, let it be…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After mumbling to himself,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the slightly hunched Ma Family Ancestor turned around and slowly walked away towards the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just an instant, in the blink of an eye,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the figure of their own Ancestor disappeared from Ma Zhong’s sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ancestor, as always, seems to like disappearing suddenly like this…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While speaking,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Zhong, the current Family Head of the Ma Family, suddenly turned his attention back to the matter of taxes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Taxes, taxes…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And it is the confirmed successor, the next Family Head of the Qingshi City Luo Family, who is coming to investigate personally.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It seems that the Qingshi City Luo Family is up to a big move…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When I return later, I’ll have to remind the people below to pay extra attention to the tax issue.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Paying a bit more tax isn’t a problem.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But if anyone dares to tamper with the taxes that should be handed over…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then, when the time comes, don’t blame me for being ruthless.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if the people from Qingshi City Luo Family don’t take action, I’ll have to make an example out of those below.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Zhong, walking forward, thought to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t be fooled by his recent groveling in front of the Young Family Head,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>wearing a servile smile all day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if anyone thinks that Ma Zhong, the current Family Head of the Ma Family, is nothing special because of this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then he, who remains the current Family Head of the Ma Family in Dai Mountain City for the time being, will surely make those people thoroughly understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why the flower is so red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why his smile is so brilliant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s time to head back,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When I return, I also need to think about how to pass on the position of Family Head to that rascal of mine more smoothly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I remember correctly, the faction of the Great Elder seems to have been eyeing the position of the next Family Head for quite some time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even though the Ancestor has no objections to passing on the position of the next Family Head to my rascal,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“if, at this time, the faction of the Great Elder makes a move to contend for the position, the Ancestor is unlikely to personally appear to stop such behavior.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, this is truly troublesome…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Ma Zhong mulled over this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he suddenly stretched out his hand and rubbed his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, he truly felt the coexistence of happiness and pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wei Family, known as the head of the three great families of Dai Mountain City, and the Chen Family, one of the three great families, had met their demise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Ma Zhong, this was naturally a joyous event.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the competition for the position of the next Family Head of the Dai Mountain City Ma Family,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was a rather troubling matter for Ma Zhong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, wasn’t this a case of joy mingling with distress?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, another day had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the early morning, when the sky was not yet fully bright,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in a peaceful small courtyard in Dai Mountain City, under a simple Stone Pavilion,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>there sat Luo Yao, recognized as the next Family Head of the Luo Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, he was quietly sitting under the pavilion,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his eyes slightly narrowed, holding a cup of fruit tea in his right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While sipping the sweet, reasonably flavorful fruit tea, Luo Yao listened to the information reported by a Shadow Guard beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason for drinking the tea was…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>compared to tea, he preferred the sweeter taste of fruit tea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweet and sour, quite appetizing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The information reported by the Shadow Guard beside him was naturally about the force behind Drunken Moon Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Shadow Guards expanded their reach time after time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>this mysterious force, controlled by Patriarch Luo Changfeng of the Luo Family in Qingshi City, had become an ubiquitous and terrifying presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the next Family Head of the Luo Family,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Yao naturally had a certain degree of control over the Shadow Guards when he was out and about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, having these Shadow Guards investigate the force behind Drunken Moon Pavilion was not a particularly difficult task for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, you’re saying…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That Drunken Moon Pavilion is backed by the Lu Family?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shadow Guard silently nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After receiving this affirmative answer, Luo Yao fell silent for a moment, pondering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was certain he had no information whatsoever about this so-called Lu Family,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and then he asked the Shadow Guard beside him in a low voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This Lu Family you speak of, what kind of force is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And where is their clan territory located?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shadow Guard, with his head slightly bowed, replied softly, “Outside of Qingshi City, within Qiuyue City, which has a population of about five 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