BXBX NOVEL Chapter 194 - 116: The Gate of Immortality, White Lotus Stockade's Scheme?_3
“Could it really be that we’re just going to sit in our lair and wait for death by starvation?”
“Do you know how much food storage we have left now?”
“Yes, in the short term, our White Lotus Stockade indeed isn’t short of food.”
“But the biggest issue now is, we need to think about the future…”
“In the future, what are we to do when we truly run out of food?”
“Just starve to death?”
In the Hall of Righteousness, the representative of the radical faction of the White Lotus Stockade, the Second Boss, was speaking with his neck thick and his face flushed red.
He kept speaking to the people present.
It seemed that he was trying to persuade those of the moderate faction with his words,
to let them understand that if things keep going this way…
the White Lotus Stockade would truly be finished.
“Things are not as serious as you describe…”
Seeing that the crowd gradually began to be moved,
the Third Boss of the White Lotus Stockade, who sat silently at the main seat, somewhat thin and having lost an eye,
but whom no one dared to underestimate, quietly stood up and said with a somewhat grim expression to the people in front of him: “You have not encountered the Huai Shui County Luo Family, and perhaps you don’t understand how terrifying the Huai Shui County Luo Family is.”
“Anyway, let me put it this way.”
“If we don’t provoke the Luo Family, we can live.”
“If we provoke the Huai Shui County Luo Family, we will surely die.”
“Originally, there were four major families in Huai Shui County standing tall, namely the Tang Family, the Chen Family, the Feng Family, and the Luo Family of Qingshi Town.”
“Back then, the Luo Family of Qingshi Town was the weakest and most unremarkable among these four great families.”
“But now, it’s the most unremarkable Luo Family that has seized control of Huai Shui County.”
“What does this represent, do you understand?”
“This indicates that the strength and foundation of the Huai Shui County Luo Family far surpass our imagination.”
“Even, I have heard that…”
“the old ancestor of the Huai Shui County Luo Family has apparently reached the Blood Cultivation Realm beyond the perfection of Organ Refinement.”
“And it is precisely because of this that the Huai Shui County Luo Family was able to overthrow the other three major families so swiftly and take over the entire Huai Shui County.”
…
Upon hearing these words, the Hall of Righteousness suddenly fell into a dead silence.
The strength of the Huai Shui County Luo Family was clear to everyone.
However, they had never seriously considered
just how powerful the Huai Shui County Luo Family really was.
“Blood Cultivation Realm?”
With fiery red short hair and standing about two and a half meters tall, looking monstrous in build, the Second Boss of the White Lotus Stockade couldn’t help but laugh as he said in a rather casual tone: “The Blood Cultivation Realm is not some cabbage that grows in the ground. How could a mere Huai Shui County, a trivial Luo Family from Qingshi Town, give birth to a strong warrior of the Blood Cultivation Realm?”
“To say that those family powers with a thousand years of heritage and a profound foundation have cultivated a warrior of the Blood Cultivation Realm,”
“that’s not a rare event.”
“But to say that the trivial Luo Family from Qingshi Town, a small family that trades in bluestone, could foster a warrior of the Blood Cultivation Realm, I would never believe it even if I were beaten to death.”
“Rather than saying that the old ancestor of the Qingshi Town Luo Family has broken through to the Blood Cultivation Realm above Organ Refinement,”
“I’m more inclined to believe that the Qingshi Town Luo Family took advantage of the Chen Family, Tang Family, and the Feng Family fighting amongst themselves,”
“and then, they just picked up the bargains.”
“So, taking action against the Luo Family of Qingshi Town has already become a matter of necessity.”
“Whoever obstructs is an enemy of White Lotus Stockade!!!”
The Third Boss’s brow was tightly furrowed, his face ominously dark, almost frightful: “You cur, what did you say?”
The Second Boss clenched his fists tightly, slowly emanating a terrifying aura of the Organ Refinement Realm.
He glared at the Third Boss before him, his throat emitting thunderous sounds: “You old fuzzball, dare you repeat that once more?”
…
Inside the Hall of Righteousness.
The atmosphere gradually grew tenser.
All the people couldn’t help but stand up one after the other.
The radicals, the moderates.
Members from the two major factions of White Lotus Stockade each stood behind the Second and the Third Boss respectively.
Of course, apart from these people.
There was also a large number of people silently standing behind the White Lotus Stockade’s leader, that is, the Stockade Chief, Wan Haowei.
“Alright, we’re all family here, what’s the point of such a fuss?”
Following the previously silent Stockade Chief, Wan Haowei, speaking within the Hall of Righteousness,
the increasingly tense atmosphere also began to ease quite a bit.
“The Third Boss makes a good point.”
“The Luo Family of Huai Shui County was able to rise rapidly in a short time and unify the entire region; they must not be taken lightly.”
“But, the Second Boss also speaks not without reason.”
“Nowadays, the drought has become severe, and the scale of the locust plagues is growing more vicious by the day, with the northern prefectures’ food production nearing total failure.”
“Even if we in the southern prefectures don’t fail entirely, I reckon our food production will significantly decrease.”
“Therefore, we must indeed make a move on the Luo Family in Huai Shui County.”
“Rather than being gradually annexed by the Blood Wolf Stronghold and the Grey Horse Stronghold due to food issues, it’s better to go to Huai Shui County and test the mettle of the Luo Family.”
“If the strength of the Luo Family far exceeds our expectations,”
“then, we will retreat back into Yellow Mountain County.”
“With Blood Wolf Stronghold and Grey Horse Stronghold there, I assume the Luo Family won’t dare to easily step into our territory in Yellow Mountain County.”
“But if, the Luo Family of Huai Shui County seems strong on the outside but hollow on the inside…”
“Then, White Lotus Stockade can’t be blamed for what happens.”
“In the end, this land is still a place where the fittest survive, the weak perish.”
“The strong control everything.”
“While the weak, can’t even control their own lives.”
…
Having said these words,
The people inside the Hall of Righteousness of White Lotus Stockade then left one after another.
About the words of Stockade Chief Wan Haowei.
The moderates, though somewhat unhappy,
Were also somewhat helpless.
After all, that was the Chief of White Lotus Stockade.
They could only choose to obey.
They had no right to refuse.