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

Chapter 560: Chapter 268: Pulling the Tiger’s Skin? Hidden Danger??_1

“Is it still just a little bit short?”

Qingshi City.

Luo Family Ancestral Land.

In a small courtyard brimming with ancient charm and a mysterious aura.

On an open space suited for a single person.

At this moment, Luo Changfeng, the Ancestor of the Luo Family, sat with his eyes tightly closed.

He sat cross-legged on the ground.

His hands rested on his knees.

His breathing, the epitome of steadiness.

With each breath, there seemed to flow within him a very strong Qi-Blood Force mixed with a hint of spiritual power, circulating once through his body.

“Huff…”

After taking a deep breath and then slowly exhaling,

Luo Changfeng finally opened his pitch-black and unfathomably deep eyes.

He silently felt the Qi-Blood Force within his body, which seemed to have grown much stronger.

A look of helplessness couldn’t help but appear on his tranquil face.

After this period of secluded cultivation, his martial prowess and strength had indeed improved slightly.

Yet his cultivation level had still not broken through.

His cultivation remained at the Mortal Transcendence Intermediate Stage.

Only one last step away from the Mortal Transcendence Late Stage.

But it was this very last step

that stubbornly kept Luo Changfeng locked at this level.

This caused him a slight discomfort in his heart.

“Talent, talent…”

“It seems the gap still lies in innate talent.”

“If a cultivator with fairly decent talent for cultivation underwent seclusion and endured hardship for this period,

“the breakthrough to the Mortal Transcendence Late Stage would likely be a sure thing.”

“But for me…”

“In the end, it seems I must rely on this ‘golden finger’ to forcefully break through.”

“Hard efforts, though somewhat useful,

“seem somewhat laughable and insignificant in the face of absolute talent.”

…

After shaking his head,

Luo Changfeng no longer pondered such things.

He just stood up quietly on his own.

With his right hand, he patted his shoulder,

slightly dusted off his clothes,

and then he went alone to sit underneath the Stone Pavilion in the courtyard.

He sat down and silently started to brew himself a pot of tea.

“Master.”

Suddenly, a somewhat cold voice rang in Luo Changfeng’s ear. @@novelbin@@

Luo Changfeng did not turn his head.

He only listened to the voice beside him,

and by sensing the faint aura emitted by the person nearby,

he clearly knew.

The person beside him was one of the Three Great Commanders of his Shadow Guard, Ruan Liuli, whose cultivation had reached the Blood Cultivation Intermediate Stage, not far from the Refining Stage.

“What’s the matter?”

Luo Changfeng quietly looked at the teapot floating in front of him, under which burned a black and profoundly deep flame. He then calmly asked in a hushed tone.

“There seems to be some unknown transactions between the Great Flame Dynasty and the Da Feng Dynasty.”

“Now, both dynasties have mobilized a large number of troops,”

“accumulating them on the borderlands of our Qingshi City Luo Family and the White Brahma Temple, with the potential to ignite an all-out war at any moment.”

“Besides, the Shadow Guard has also discovered that cultivators from the Five Elements Immortal Sect have arrived at the Imperial Palace of the Great Flame Dynasty.”

“However, there seems no need to worry too much about the Five Elements Immortal Sect.

“The one who left the Immortal Sect and arrived at the Imperial Palace of the Great Flame Dynasty is merely an Inner Sect Disciple in the initial realm of Blood Cultivation…”

Ruan Liuli spoke softly,

her voice still as cold as Luo Changfeng remembered.

Her face remained expressionless,

and a cold aura faintly spread through the small courtyard under the Stone Pavilion.

All of it seemed to silently proclaim an aura of ‘keep away from strangers.’

However,

Luo Changfeng did not particularly mind this.

Ruan Liuli was just like that,

her demeanor unchanged from day one, never altering.

“Is that so?”

As Luo Changfeng listened to Ruan Liuli’s words, he thoughtfully nodded and murmured to himself: “The actions of the Great Flame Dynasty are somewhat surprising to me, but after careful thought, it seems to be a reasonable move. After all, regardless of how much the overall strength of the Great Flame Dynasty has improved, the loss of top-tier combat power is undeniable.

“Thus, if the Royal Yan Family of the Great Flame Dynasty wishes to continue to exist and extend their power and territory,

“forming an alliance with others becomes an inevitability.”

“But the choice of whom to ally with is an extremely complicated one.”

“White Brahma Temple, one of the three major forces of the Demonic Path in Buddhism, and furthermore, one of the Great Flame Dynasty’s two ancestors, Ancestor Yan, met his end at their hands.”

“Therefore, the White Brahma Temple is naturally out of the question.”

“With White Brahma Temple ruled out, only Da Feng Dynasty’s Imperial Feng Family and my Qingshi City Luo Family are left as the only two choices.”

“However, it seems that the Royal Yan Family of the Great Flame Dynasty has chosen to ally with the Imperial Feng Family from among these two choices, another dynasty force?”

“In favor of the Feng Family and foregoing the alliance with my Qingshi City Luo Family?”

“Could it be that the Royal Yan Family believes that, having existed on this land for thousands of years, the Feng Family’s deep foundation is immeasurable, and its overall strength must far surpass what is currently visible, hence…”