[{"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-9":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},1156822,1501,"Chapter 9 - 9 Black-furred Tiger Xiong Qi, Master_1","immortality-cultivation-i-can-increase-my-stats--chapter-9",9,"\u003Cp>Chapter 9: Black-furred Tiger Xiong Qi, Master_1\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, another day had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qingshi Town, located nearby, was known for its production of cheap and sturdy bluestones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consequently, the number of mountains in the vicinity was particularly high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with the increase in mountains, the number of mountain bandits claiming dominance over them naturally grew over time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blackwind Stockade was one such place that had risen to prominence in recent years, amidst the Da Feng Dynasty’s severe droughts and the rampant exploitation by corrupt officials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Blackwind Stockade was still a small stronghold,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the total number of its inhabitants had just surpassed five hundred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, Blackwind Stockade paid considerable attention to the source of various pieces of information,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>especially news from Qingshi Town, which was the closest to the stockade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blackwind Stockade paid the utmost attention to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the early morning, when the sky was a dull gray and the thick fog in the mountains had not yet fully cleared,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>on a small hilltop occupied by Blackwind Stockade near Qingshi Town,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>within a stronghold that was not particularly large,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a low-ranking thug, dressed in cloth and carrying a rusty steel knife with several notches,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was hurrying towards the hall where matters were discussed within the stockade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, it’s bad, something terrible has happened…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thug with the rusty steel knife shouted as he ran.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s all the rush? What do you look like?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Blackwind Stockade’s meeting hall, on a giant and imposing chair made of bluestone,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiong Qi, the founder of Blackwind Stockade and its current leader known as Black-haired Tiger,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was leaning on the chair in utter boredom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He held a jug of wine in his left hand and a greasy pork trotter in his right,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>eating and drinking,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>watching the somewhat flustered thug approaching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, just yesterday, our Blackwind Stockade’s Ninth Leader…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ninth Leader…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What happened to Old Nine?” Black-haired Tiger Xiong Qi saw the thug struggling to complete his sentences and immediately showed a trace of displeasure on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yesterday, the Ninth Leader was killed in Qingshi Town!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thug swallowed his saliva, looking somewhat nervous as he spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What did you say?” Black-haired Tiger Xiong Qi’s eyes, large as copper bells, instantly widened,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and he exhaled two long streams of white mist from his nostrils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, his bored expression changed to one of anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since half a year ago, when Blackwind Stockade was established, things had been going smoothly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one had dared to provoke Blackwind Stockade, which Xiong Qi had started single-handedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who dared to provoke Blackwind Stockade now had grass over three meters tall on their graves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Xiong Qi had not anticipated was…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when he was planning to expand his ambition and steer Blackwind Stockade onto a path of greater strength,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Ninth Leader of Blackwind Stockade, who was in the Initial Realm of Skin Refinement and recruited not long ago, had died just like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the Ninth Leader of Blackwind Stockade was only a martial artist in the Initial Realm of Skin Refinement,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even sturdy men with a bit of strength were not easy to recruit in these chaotic times,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>let alone those who had entered the world of cultivation and possessed certain power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it, they dare to touch my Blackwind Stockade, are they tired of living?!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the meeting hall, Black-haired Tiger Xiong Qi cursed while grabbing the steel knife beside him, a weapon that had seen countless battles and beheaded numerous foes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Step by step, he advanced towards the thug.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a fierce look, he asked the thug in a low voice, “Who did it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Luo, the Luo Family…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The minion, overwhelmed by the oppressive aura emanating from his boss, replied in a trembling, low voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Luo Family, right?” Xiong Qi silently nodded his head, raised the ten-refined steel knife in his hand, and thought of heading out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed to want to gather all of Blackwind Stockade’s people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To cleanse the shame of the Blackwind Stockade’s Ninth Master’s murder by blood-washing the Luo Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right.” Just as Xiong Qi was halfway out,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed to have remembered something and retraced his steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Luo Family you just mentioned, which Luo Family is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qingshi Town, the Luo Family…” the minion answered with his head slightly bowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know it’s the Luo Family of Qingshi Town, but there are more than one family with the surname Luo in Qingshi Town, so which one exactly are you referring to?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qingshi Town, one of the four great families, the Luo Family…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the conversation came to an end, the entire hall fell into a silence as deadly as death itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Luo Family of Qingshi Town, one of the four greatest families?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiong Qi looked at the minion in front of him, repeating incredulously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The minion nodded his head repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with the murderer of the Blackwind Stockade’s Ninth Master finally confirmed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiong Qi, the current chief of the Blackwind Stockade, known as the Black Haired Tiger,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now seemed to calm down even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He silently returned to the main seat of the council hall and sat down quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His brow was furrowed, his mind busily contemplating one thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, are we still going to take revenge for this?” Inside the council hall, seeing his boss suddenly fall silent,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The minion mustered up his courage and asked timidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Revenge? What revenge?” Xiong Qi’s train of thought was interrupted, and he stared intently at the minion before him as he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The revenge for our Ninth Master!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ninth Master? What Ninth Master? Our Blackwind Stockade has never had this so-called Ninth Master, remember that!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah????” The minion seemed utterly astonished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You may leave, I am somewhat tired…” Xiong Qi waved his hand and rubbed his head, which was starting to ache.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with the minion thief exiting the council hall,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A scholar who had been hiding in a corner of the hall, rather handsome in appearance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now quietly stepped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, a grave problem has arisen.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I had intended to wait until Blackwind Stockade grew strong enough before moving against Qingshi Town.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But who could have imagined… ”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That damned Old Nine went to Qingshi Town behind my back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damned fool, going to Qingshi Town would have been fine,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But of all people, he had to provoke the Luo Family, one of the four strongest families in Qingshi Town.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Luo Family now is not an existence our humble Blackwind Stockade can afford to provoke.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, what should I do next?” His brows locked tightly, Xiong Qi asked the scholar before him in a somewhat helpless tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he wasn’t guessing wrong, the Luo Family\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>may very likely have already set their sights on his Blackwind Stockade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Blackwind Stockade’s main encampment was located in a rather hidden place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It shouldn’t be so easy for the Luo Family to find his Blackwind Stockade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just in case, by some carelessness,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>if his Blackwind Stockade were to be discovered by the Luo Family, wouldn’t he and his troop be doomed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite how mighty Blackwind Stockade seemed before countless refugees and commoners these days,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>if really compared to those families that had existed for two to three hundred years,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blackwind Stockade, established for merely half a year, naturally couldn’t compare to those deeply rooted noble clans.\u003C\u002Fp>",1229,"2026-06-03T12:43:46.723Z","2026-06-03T12:43:39.762Z",1,"novelbin.me","1bee61ac65771540b20bab395fe716d1472c09957fcdc330c1236653a99b0b4d","immortality-cultivation-i-can-increase-my-stats--chapter-10","immortality-cultivation-i-can-increase-my-stats--chapter-263",2094,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimmortality-cultivation-i-can-increase-my-stats--cover.jpg"]