[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin":3,"chapter-the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-chapter-173":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The First Iron Rice Bowl of Great Jin",{"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},151859,261,"Chapter 173: Blood Curse Rations","the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-chapter-173",173,"\u003Cp>\"Not good, they've deployed a space compression technique.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The six yin-yang men stepped onto the white tail and, in the blink of an eye, teleported directly from above the military formation to the distant giant platform, disappearing from Hundred Mile Long Wind and his group's sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the male cultivator who condensed the white tail, because of the no-flying restriction above the formation and failing to avoid the soldier puppets' attacks, after being pierced by the spear in a puppet's hand, he exploded into a mist of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi saw clearly that, aside from the formation's restriction, the male cultivator was mostly forcing the technique, causing his physical body to be unable to withstand it. Even if he hadn't been attacked by the puppets, his body was already cracking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon clan's followers... it seems they are all people who have obtained bloodline atavistic techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi thought of Xu Ling, A Niu, the lotus totems of the Hua family, and the servants with bloodline totems she had previously revealed with the golden totem bowl. These people were not extraordinary—just those she encountered in daily life—but now she saw that people possessing bloodline atavism were not few.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the demon clan had mastered a method to awaken human bloodline atavism, wouldn't they be able to recruit many human followers?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the No. 7 Qi Huang Hall had medicinal bath prescriptions that could stimulate bloodline atavism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The demon clan people have entered the formation eye center. We need to hurry over and stop them; we can't let them destroy the formation eye.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundred Mile Chengfeng was extremely anxious, quickening his pace through the formation. Because he was moving too fast, he made several mistakes. If not for Hua Changxi's timely intervention, the master and two disciples would have nearly been trapped in the shifting soldier puppet formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the formation, Liu Chengxiong and Young Lord Gu and his group also saw the six yin-yang men ascend to the high platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Chengxiong's expression barely changed, as if he wasn't worried about the six destroying the formation eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn't anxious, but Young Lord Gu was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although chaos made it easier to seize resources and rise, that didn't mean more chaos was better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Fan had said the demon clan wanted to contend with humans for control of the human world. In ancient times, humans paid a heavy price to force the demon clan back into the Nine Nether, and even built the Demon Prison to imprison the most vicious demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that both the Nine Nether and the human world were undergoing spiritual energy recovery, once the demon clan seized the initiative, it could easily lead to their return to the human world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Young Lord Gu wanted to strengthen the Xin Guo Gong Mansion's power, he also knew that while internal human power struggles didn't matter, they must never allow the demon clan to dominate over humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demonic qi in the Demon Prison was all formed by the sitting deaths of ancient great demons, with unimaginable corrosive power. Once demonic qi leaked out and polluted the human world, humans could easily become demonized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Young Lord Gu had frequently traveled to Qianmen Fortress recently, partly to better understand its situation in preparation for the Xin Guo Gong Mansion taking over, and partly to urge Liu Chengxiong to guard it well and prevent anyone from damaging the formation eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Fan possessed precognition, able to foresee some future events.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few months ago, Jin Fan had notified the family that Qianmen Fortress might face trouble, causing the formation eye to destabilize and demonic qi to leak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this time, he had approached Liu Chengxiong under the guise of cooperation. Nothing had happened on several visits, and he thought Jin Fan had been mistaken, but unexpectedly, demon clan members had indeed infiltrated to destroy the formation eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Young Lord Gu looked at Liu Chengxiong, who showed no hint of urgency, and felt great disdain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Chengxiong, whose primordial spirit was about to dissipate, was secretly seeking a suitable body. Young Lord Gu could understand that, but a demon-suppressing guard's duty was to defend the formation eye's security. For him to ignore even that made him truly unworthy of being the supreme commander of Qianmen Fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"General Liu, demon clan people have infiltrated the formation eye center. Are we really not going to do anything?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Chengxiong glanced sideways at Young Lord Gu: \"What does Young Lord Gu want to do? Go into the formation eye center to stop those demon clan people? If you think that's a good idea, I can allow you to take men into the formation eye to block them. How about it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Young Lord Gu fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Chengxiong sneered inwardly. He hated people who only knew how to talk without taking any real action, yet tried to use moral teachings to drive others into the fray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he weren't worried about failing to capture the invisible Nascent Soul cultivator and might still need the Xin Guo Gong Mansion in the future, considering that Young Lord Gu had learned of today's events, he would have already dealt with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Hua Changxi followed behind Hundred Mile Long Wind and his two disciples, struggling through the military formation. They had been inside the formation for some time, but the volcano-like giant platform seemed close yet was deceptively far—running toward a mountain wore them out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the deeper they went into the formation, the murkier the air became, carrying a very uncomfortable gas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi looked at the giant platform, the formation eye of the Demon Prison, and guessed that the excess in the air was most likely demonic qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, Xiao Xue is having trouble breathing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundred Mile Long Wind looked at his ruddy-faced disciple and quickly pulled out four spirit talismans: \"These are demon-repelling shields, which can block the demonic qi in the air.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The master and two disciples used three, and Hundred Mile Long Wind raised the remaining one: \"Daoist friend, the demonic qi in the air is getting denser. Although your strength is great, it would be good to conserve some spiritual energy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi used her spiritual power to receive the talisman: \"Many thanks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crisp, young female voice startled the three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All three had assumed the hidden Nascent Soul cultivator was a relatively old male cultivator; they never expected it to be a woman, and with such a young voice besides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the four applied the talismans, their advance became much easier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a scream came from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi turned to look and saw it was Eunuch Lin and his group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, two eunuchs from the Eastern Depot were charging through the military formation like madmen; one had a face covered in black snake scales, the other in golden fuzz.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, what's wrong with them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili Changfeng sighed. \"They've inhaled too much demon qi—they're demonizing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this answer, Hua Changxi was shaken and couldn't help asking, \"Inhaling too much demon qi causes demonization?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili Changfeng hadn't expected Hua Changxi to speak up. Since he had wanted to befriend her anyway, he explained, \"Those two must have some sign of bloodline atavism. After being corroded by demon qi, their demonization accelerates.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi frowned deeply. \"So that means bloodline atavism isn't necessarily a good thing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Baili Changfeng sneered. \"Daoist friend, why do you think humans were able to obtain the supernatural abilities of the demon race? Do you really think the demon race was so kind as to grant their abilities to humans so that humanity could grow and prosper?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the ancient era before the beginning, great demons among the demon race claimed territories as kings everywhere, and humans were merely the livestock they raised. So-called 'granted abilities' were nothing more than blood curses placed on humans by demons, so other demons would know that these humans were its food and not to touch them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was only later that outstanding individuals among humans comprehended the offensive power within those blood curses, which then evolved into what we now call bloodline divine abilities.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For example, all members of a clan might carry a certain bloodline atavism, but only those exceptional ones who can understand the corresponding blood curse are able to manifest the divine ability.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Hua Changxi thought of herself and the Hua family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fire Lotus divine ability she obtained came from consuming the Glowing Red Lotus. Every member of the Hua family had manifested a lotus totem, but no one capable of wielding the corresponding lotus divine ability had been found so far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So that's how bloodline divine abilities came to be!\u003C\u002Fp>",1456,"2026-05-29T04:10:26.746Z","2026-06-01T04:29:08.487Z",1,"deepseek-v4-flash","13a70534d4aea7bcc41545070c5e6da63dd03cc2c8bf59c484f95368985f27f4","the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-chapter-174","the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-chapter-172",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-cover.jpg"]