Immortality Cultivation: I Can increase My Stats Using Clansmen's Qi-Blood

Chapter 377 - 177: The Side Effects of the Bai Fan Lotus Seed, Soul Storm_1

The next day, early morning.

As dawn broke, the surrounding temperature was still slightly chilly.

In Luo Mountain Prefecture, Qingshi City, within the Luo Family Ancestral Land.

Within a courtyard reserved for the Luo Family Patriarch.

At this moment, Luo Ping, the current Family Head of the Luo Family, stood silently at the entrance of the courtyard.

His eyes squinted slightly, hands clasped behind his back.

He gazed quietly into the distance.

"Family Head, about Jiangnan Prefecture..."

By Luo Ping’s side, a man dressed in black spoke in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, Luo Ping let out a somewhat helpless sigh.

He was not unaware of the situation in Jiangnan Prefecture.

Ever since the situation within the Da Feng Dynasty had become clearer,

the leadership in Jiangnan Prefecture had contemplated withdrawing from the core competition of the Da Feng Dynasty.

However, they were struggling to find the right opportunity,

so the matter had been dragging on.

But with the fall of Qingcheng Prefecture, as the Xu Family of Wan Shan Prefecture constantly targeted the Ke Family of Xunyang Prefecture, and as the situation of the Xunyang Prefecture Ke Family increasingly worsened,

Jiangnan Prefecture seemed to have found their chance.

They quickly sent people to the Ke Family’s territory in Xunyang Prefecture, initiating a series of communications.

What exactly the two sides had discussed,

and to what extent,

the Luo Family was still in the dark about these matters.

"This issue is somewhat troublesome,"

"I need to think it over,"

"You may leave for now..."

In the courtyard, Luo Ping waved his hand, signaling the mysterious man by his side to leave.

Afterward, he remained alone,

quietly staying within the courtyard.

His head tilted slightly upward,

he continued to gaze into the distance.

At this moment, Luo Ping seemed to be daydreaming or perhaps lost deep in thought about something.

...

As time passed,

and as the day grew brighter,

Luo Ping, the current Family Head of the Luo Family, finally headed towards the room designated for handling family and other affairs.

Before he even set foot in the room,

Luo Ping could see from afar,

inside the room, quite a few people were already bending over, silently dealing with the mountain-high piles of papers on the desks.

"Thank goodness for this group of people, otherwise..."

Luo Ping thought to himself,

and couldn’t help but smile wryly as he shook his head.

In his eyes, there was also a hint of relief.

Thankfully, he had reformed the governance system.

Otherwise, if it were just him,

even if he worked himself to death, Luo Ping estimated he could not have managed such an overwhelming amount of affairs.

...

After contemplating for a moment in his mind,

Luo Ping then walked towards the room already filled with quite a few people.

The middle-aged men in the room noticed the approaching footsteps.

They all raised their heads,

looking towards the source of the sound.

Upon seeing the person before them, Luo Ping, the current Family Head of the Luo Family,

they all stood up in succession,

lowering their heads slightly, their faces showing a trace of respect.

Luo Ping simply nodded in silence,

then took his seat at the head of the room.

He silently poured himself a cup of steaming tea,

opened a document that had been prepared on the desk for quite some time, and took small sips from the teacup.

"By the way, what’s the situation in Qingcheng Prefecture?"

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From his seat of authority,

Luo Ping seemed to recall something,

he suddenly raised his head, and inquired in a low voice to Lu Jun, who was sitting next to him and still seemed a bit drowsy, "How is Qingcheng Prefecture?"

"Qingcheng Prefecture?"

Lu Jun pondered for a moment, then responded quietly, "In Qingcheng Prefecture, whether it’s the New Emperor Feng Wumian or Feng Wuhen, both are striving to occupy the most territory and plunder the most resources in the shortest time possible. Our forces will approximately need another three to five days to reach the vicinity of Feng Wumian’s army..."

"Oh, aside from that,"

"there’s another matter concerning Feng Wumian that caught me somewhat by surprise."

Interested, Luo Ping put down his teacup,

and gazing intently at Lu Jun, he asked softly, "A matter? What is it?"

Lu Jun replied with a calm demeanor, "Yesterday, it seems Feng Wumian dispatched an additional army of over three hundred thousand elite armored troops into Qingcheng Prefecture. I’m not sure why Feng Wumian would do this. Logically, after forcefully breaching the gates of Qingcheng Prefecture, the number of troops originally there should have been sufficient, but now..."

Mid-sentence, Lu Jun slowly ceased speaking,

he slightly turned his head, looking out of the room toward Zijin Prefecture, where Feng Wumian was located.

In his eyes, one could glimpse flashes of confusion.

Inside the room, as Luo Ping heard these words, he also could not help but narrow his eyes.

His gaze flickered with contemplative thoughts.

The additional dispatch of over three hundred thousand elite armored troops...

Feng Wumian’s actions seemed somewhat abnormal...

All of these led Luo Ping to consider one thing.

Could it be that Feng Wumian had noticed the next move the Luo Family was about to make?

And so, had made advanced preparations?

If one thought it through, it seemed quite normal.

After all, once the Luo Family’s elite armored troops entered Qingcheng Prefecture,

they did nothing out of the ordinary.

In fact, they kept marching towards the location of Feng Wumian’s forces.

Given the Luo Family’s unusual behavior,