Chapter 138: Chapter 98: Breaking Through Blood Cultivation, Strength Soaring_1
In the inner city of Qingshi Town.
After playing with Jiang Xiaoyue for a while longer.
Until the fiery sun in the sky slowly set, and dusk began to darken the earth.
Only then did the two of them part with some reluctance.
“Miss.”
“There’s something off about that young man.”
“He doesn’t seem like a good person…”
As Luo Yao gradually walked away, the middle-aged man who had been silently guarding behind Jiang Xiaoyue suddenly stepped forward.
“Uncle Jiang, you’re too sensitive,”
Jiang Xiaoyue said, looking in the direction where Luo Yao had left, a slight smile on her fair face, “Brother Yao is not the kind of person you think he is.”
“Brother Yao, Brother Yao is quite nice…”
“He takes good care of me…”
“I think, Brother Yao is a good person…”
Behind Jiang Xiaoyue, the middle-aged man named Jiang Yan couldn’t help but become a bit anxious, “But Miss…”
Jiang Yan wanted to continue saying something.
However, he was directly interrupted by Jiang Xiaoyue.
“Alright, Uncle Jiang,”
“It’s getting late today, let’s hurry back to the inn to rest…”
“Besides, aren’t you here with me?”
“With you protecting me, what do I have to fear?”
Jiang Xiaoyue, while placating Jiang Yan, quietly walked behind him, pushing him to keep moving forward.
“Sigh…”
Jiang Yan looked back at the young lady behind him, sighing slightly with a hint of helplessness.
In the end, he couldn’t say anything more.
He could only silently head towards the direction of the inn.
…
As the night progressed, time gradually passed.
In a blink of an eye, a new day arrived.
In Huai Shui County, within the city of the Tang Family.
Inside the mansion of the current head of the Tang Family.
At this moment, Tang Huaiping, the incumbent Family Head of the Tang Family, sat tranquilly in a specially crafted armchair.
In his hands, he held a document detailing important information about Huai Shui County, which he was perusing with a serious expression.
[The Luo Family rises strongly, capturing five small towns in succession!]
[The Ding Family Patriarch, at the Initial Realm of Viscera Refinement, fell at the hands of the Luo Family!]
[In the Luo Family Ancestral Land, suspected to be a second person at the realm of Viscera Refinement…]
As he examined the various pieces of information in front of him.
Tang Huaiping couldn’t help but feel a headache coming on.
The constant assaults from Feng Wentai, the King of Huai Shui, over this period were already causing him to feel agitated and troubled.
And now, the assertive ascension of the Luo Family in Qingshi Town.
Felt as if the situation of the Tang Family was now on thin ice.
In Huai Shui County, the competition among the various powers for grain reserves.
The Tang Family indeed had the largest stockpile, even if all the other family powers’ reserves were combined, they would not match one-third of the Tang Family’s.
But the biggest problem now was,
Having grain, but being incessantly targeted.
And the Luo Family in Qingshi Town, located in a remote corner of Huai Shui County, took advantage of the strife between the Tang Family and King Feng Wentai, stealthily mobilizing troops to directly capture five small towns and rose mightily.
As a result, the layout within Huai Shui County would have to change once again.
What used to be tripartite dominance might now turn into a balance of four powers.
What a headache, such a headache!!!
…
Perhaps due to the strong rise of the Luo Family.
As the Luo Family came to possess a strength that threatened King Feng Wentai of Huai Shui,
The entirety of Huai Shui County once again regained the calm of past days.
The Tang Family and the King of Huai Shui called a truce.
The King’s forces withdrew their armies, hoarding them on the borders.
And the Tang Family likewise stockpiled their forces on the border.
Seemingly in defense against a surprise assault from the King’s side.
…
Thus, under such tranquil times,
Half a month passed by in the blink of an eye.
In Qingshi Town, on the Luo Family Ancestral Land.
In the courtyard where the Luo Family Patriarch resided.
Luo Ping, the current Family Head of the Luo Family, was at this moment sitting upright in the main seat.
Holding a document with detailed information about the territories under his command, he continuously scrolled through it.
[After half a month of development, the population under our control has surged past five million!]
[The establishment of the outer city of Qingshi Town has made significant progress!]
[East Earth Town, along with four other towns, is gradually coming under the full control of the Luo Family!]
[Zhang Huang, the Family Head of the Zhang Family in East Earth Town, sent several elite members of his clan to marry into the Luo Family Clan Land, binding the Zhang Family to the Luo Family to a profound extent!]
[In the outer city of Qingshi Town, the number of Buddhist followers is rising rapidly, a situation that needs to be addressed urgently!]
[The water level in Huai Shui County has dropped rapidly within half a month, the gradual desiccation of Huai Shui is becoming an inevitable reality!]
[Near the farmlands, the number of deep wells has increased in the past half a month, but the water yield isn’t high, if Huai Shui dries up completely, these wells could only sustain for up to ten days or half a month!]
[In the recent half a month, the locust population has been escalating, shaping into the beginnings of a potential plague…]
Looking at the information before him.
Luo Ping put down the document in his hand and sighed.
Truly a time of many troubles, it’s really been a time of many troubles lately.
Even though, within Huai Shui County, the Luo Family, Chen Family, King of Huai Shui, and Tang Family, these four powers were equally matched,
And had ceased their warfare with each other,
He still faced countless difficult issues that needed to be dealt with.
Among them, the most urgent issue was the continual decrease of the water level in Huai Shui.
The reason why Huai Shui County was somewhat better than other places,
Was largely because there was a Huai Shui river nearby.
With Huai Shui, there was no lack of water resources.
Yet now, the water levels of Huai Shui kept declining and were already showing signs of drying up.
This was a serious bother for all four powers within Huai Shui County.