Novel Catchup
Chapter 322 - 158 The Miao Family Wants to Take a Gamble_3
Luo Ping silently stopped his advance.
He turned around and asked the man in blue beside him in a low voice.
The man in blue pondered for a moment.
Feeling certain there were no issues with his response,
he respectfully replied to Luo Ping standing before him, "Family Head, it is indeed so..."
...
After wandering near the continuous farmlands outside Qingshi City for a while,
Luo Ping then returned to Qingshi City.
To the room designated for handling administrative duties.
Upon returning to the room, those who had been following Luo Ping sat down one after the other.
However, something was slightly different from before.
The man clad in blue,
seemed to be sitting a bit closer to Luo Ping than before.
The rest, upon seeing the man in blue, all flashed with flickers of envy and jealousy that were hard to notice by others.
But such a state did not last long.
The entire Luo Mountain Prefecture was now under the control of the Luo Family.
Five of the six counties of Changping Prefecture had also fallen into the hands of the Luo Family.
The territories under the Luo Family had expanded to thirteen counties.
Naturally, there was a lot more to deal with than in previous days.
If these people were immersed in scheming and vying for favor with Luo Ping, the Luo Family Patriarch, every day,
where would they find the time to handle the pile of documents on the table, towering like mountains?
After all, in the eyes of Luo Ping,
what mattered most was capability.
Everything else came after that.
...
Qingshi City, Luo Family Ancestral Land, inside a mysterious courtyard.
At this moment, Luo Changfeng was standing silently near the Half Spirit Field.
Above the Half Spirit Field, a Formation Disk was slowly levitating.
Luo Changfeng had just cleaned up the formations within the disk.
A hundred formations, from the previous balance of offense and defense,
had transformed into the present balance of Gathering Spirit and Locking Spirit.
After all, he had not gone out and had stayed continuously in his own small courtyard.
This Formation Disk, thus, had lost its original use.
It would be better to use it as an auxiliary tool for farming.
"The growth rate of the spiritual medicine seedlings seems to be a lot faster than I anticipated..."
After observing the vibrant green sprouts emanating rich spiritual power and the breath of life in the Half Spirit Field,
he couldn’t help but nod in approval.
Then he turned around and returned to the Stone Pavilion below.
He poured himself a cup of steaming tea,
sipped it quietly while gazing into the distance.
...
Spiritual Fire Void.
The abilities it could exhibit
were much stronger than what Luo Changfeng had imagined.
Refining Spiritual Artifacts, Spirit Pills.
These, of course, went without saying.
The most surprising aspect of the Spiritual Fire Void for Luo Changfeng was n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
that it could gradually devour the mysterious energy that lingered deep within his body after consuming the Qi-Blood Elixir.
Although the maximum he could absorb each day was about one percent,
to safely devour the mysterious energy within his body,
at least three more months were needed.
What comforted Luo Changfeng the most was
that this method of absorbing the mysterious energy was very safe,
like boiling a frog in warm water.
Too much at once could provoke an extreme reaction from the mysterious energy,
but if it’s one percent per day, one percent per day of absorption,
it would not cause such issues.
The mysterious energy that lay hidden within Luo Changfeng’s body was being consumed by the Spiritual Fire Void bit by bit.
By the time that mysterious energy realized what was happening,
The force hidden within Luo Changfeng had already lost the ability to drag its host down with it in death.
...
In the small courtyard, beneath the Stone Pavilion,
When Luo Changfeng was immersed in that moment of tranquility,
The Spiritual Fire Void residing within him
Suddenly detached itself from his body.
The pitch-black flames slowly burned in the void.
[Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...]
The speed at which the flames burned suddenly increased.
It seemed to be saying...
I want the Demon Beast Egg.
"You want to consume that Demon Beast Egg?"
Luo Changfeng looked at the void in front of him,
And he couldn’t help but inquire in a low voice.
As for Luo Changfeng’s question, the void quickly gave an answer.
"Indeed, I want it..."
Looking at the flames and the Demon Beast Egg with its dark gray color and many mysterious patterns engraved on the surface,
A hint of hesitation flickered in his eyes.
And just as Luo Changfeng hesitated,
The Demon Beast Egg, which seemed to have fallen into a deathly stillness,
Now began to shake vigorously once again.
The Demon Beast Egg seemed to be trying to express its will to live through this action.
"Alright then..."
After a moment of silence,
Luo Changfeng first extended his right hand to stroke the Demon Beast Egg, soothing it.
Then he shook his head silently towards the void and said softly, "That won’t work..."
[Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...]
The void received the response and seemed a bit displeased.
Not only did it char slightly, but even the speed of the flames’ burning abruptly dropped significantly.
"Unhappy?"
"What if I told you that I bought as many as five portions of Black Crow Flame a while back?"
As soon as he spoke,
The void immediately perked up.
It danced happily in front of Luo Changfeng.
The temperature of the flames also rose sharply at that moment.
...
"Sect Master..."
Suddenly, a dark shadow appeared beside Luo Changfeng.
The figure possessed the cultivation at the Initial Realm of Blood Cultivation,
And about it lingered a faint cold aura that continuously spread.
Glancing at the dark figure beside him, Luo Changfeng recognized
That this person was a Death Warrior who had been cultivated by the Luoshan Prefecture Sub-sect, which had gathered the strength of the entire sect.
Such cultivators at the Initial Realm of Blood Cultivation were rare, even in the entire Luoshan Prefecture Sub-sect, only one existed.
However, if anyone thereby belittled the Luoshan Prefecture Sub-sect or even dared to challenge it,
Wouldn’t you believe that within minutes someone would come out to kill you?
Within the Death Warriors of the Luoshan Prefecture Sub-sect, although the Initial Realm of Blood Cultivation might be the highest,
But you have to understand that
Standing behind the Luoshan Prefecture Sub-sect is Wan Dan Sect, one of the ten strongest forces on the Xuanyuan Continent.
Even without mentioning the Main Sect of Wan Dan,
With just a small price in Spirit Stones,
The sub-sect could easily hire a Mortal Transcendence Realm cultivator from another sub-sect.
A cultivator of the Immortal Realm above Mortal Transcendence was not impossible either,
Just that the price would naturally be a lot higher than that of Mortal Transcendence.