Immortality Cultivation: I Can increase My Stats Using Clansmen's Qi-Blood-Chapter 601 - 288: The Complexity of Human Nature_2

Chapter 601: Chapter 288: The Complexity of Human Nature_2

The main reason is…

He believed that when the sky falls, there will always be tall people holding it up.

Besides, the number of family powers that have chosen to betray the Luo Family of Qingshi City during this time is countless.

It is not just his Li Family of Maple Leaf City.

Even if the Luo Family of Qingshi City wants to settle accounts,

they shouldn’t be able to find those from his side of the Li Family of Maple Leaf City.

...

However, what he hadn’t expected was…

That damn Luo Family of Qingshi City seemed to have really come after his Li Family.

“It’s over, it’s over…”

“What should I do, what should I do next?”

Even as the current Family Head of the Li Family, Li Qing,

he was still somewhat panicked at this moment.

After all, that was the Luo Family of Qingshi City.

To his Li Family of Maple Leaf City,

his own Li Family was just like an insignificant ant.

From the Luo Family of Qingshi City, even just huffing a breath

would be enough to extinguish his Li Family of Maple Leaf City a thousand times, ten thousand times over.

Given such circumstances, how could he not be afraid?

“What should I do?”

“What should I do?”

“What should my Li Family do?”

In the room, Li Qing was still bowing his head, murmuring to himself in a somewhat frantic state.

Yet, as he thought,

it seemed as though he had come upon some idea.

In his eyes, filled with fear and unease, gradually emerged a glimmer of something called hope.

“The Great Flame Dynasty…”

Thinking of this,

Li Qing raised his head somewhat excitedly.

Indeed, given the current situation,

it seemed that only the Great Flame Dynasty could ensure the survival of his Li Family of Maple Leaf City.

“Sir.”

“Regarding this matter, how… how do you see it?”

Li Qing quietly stepped out of the room.

He approached the mysterious man clad in black,

and asked with a slightly constrained manner.

“What should we do?”

Upon hearing this, the black-clothed man couldn’t help but slightly furrow his brow.

What should we do?

Dammit, what should we do?

Now, the Luo Family of Qingshi City has mobilized the army, surrounding the entire Maple Leaf City.

It looks like the Luo Family of Qingshi City has come fully prepared.

What to do next, a mere Organ Refinement Realm cultivator like him, how could he possibly know?

Organ Refinement, Organ Refinement.

Though an Organ Refinement Realm cultivator stood as the third major realm among the Five Realms of Mortality,

in the Organ Refinement Realm, one would have strength far exceeding that of an ordinary person.

But even so, those in Organ Refinement are still mortal.

In front of an army clad in iron armor, armed with sharp blades, and trained through countless drills and battles,

they would still be no match.

Besides, not everyone in the army is an ordinary person.

For instance, there were cultivators in the Skin Refinement, Bone Refinement, and Organ Refinement Realms present in the ranks.

So unless absolutely necessary,

generally, cultivators within the first three realms of the Five Realms of Mortality would not dare to easily clash with an army that has arrayed in battle formation.

“Sir, what should we do next?”

“Sir, as you know, my Li Family is loyal to the Great Flame Dynasty.”

“Sir…”

On the Li Clan grounds,

Li Qing, the current Family Head of the Li Family,

was still carefully trying to please the only person before him who could save his Li Family.

Unfortunately,

the schemes of the current Family Head of the Li Family were likely to be in vain.

“I have my own plans for this matter.”

“The Great Flame Dynasty will not ignore the Li Family’s affairs.”

“So, for now, stay inside this Maple Leaf City.”

“Guard this Maple Leaf City well.”

Having said that,

the black-clothed cultivator turned around and promptly left without looking back.

Is this a joke?

The Luo Family’s army has already besieged the city.

What was he still doing there?

Waiting to die?

As for what he just said to Li Qing, the current Family Head of the Li Family, which rules over the three great clans of Maple Leaf City.

That was merely to stabilize the Li Family.

…

The Li Clan’s grounds.

Outside a certain room.

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There, Li Qing, the current Family Head of the Li Family.

At this moment, his eyes slightly narrowed, he watched the direction the black-clothed Cultivator left in and couldn’t help falling into deep thought.

“Family Head, what should we do next?”

By Li Qing’s side.

A servant clad in gray robes asked with an air of anxious trepidation.

After having his thoughts interrupted,

Li Qing sighed quietly and looked at the servant beside him.

Then he lowered his head and fell silent for a moment.

After a long time had passed, Li Qing, the current Family Head of the Li Family, instructed the servant in a low voice, “Summon all the family elders to assemble in the council hall.”

The gray-robed servant nodded silently,

then turned around and slowly disappeared from Li Qing’s view.

Now, as the leading clan among the three great families of Maple Leaf City,

they had no choice but to defend the city to the death.

Since the Luo Family from Qingshi City chose to send troops to besiege Maple Leaf City,

it could be proven

that the Qingshi City Luo Family must have been aware of the connection between Maple Leaf City’s Li Family and the Great Flame Dynasty.

And the Li Family of Maple Leaf City,

being the head of the three great families,

would certainly not have a good outcome after the city was breached.

…

Time elapsed.

In the blink of an eye, another day passed.

Within that day’s time, countless family forces within the territory of the Qingshi City Luo Family were purged by the Luo’s actions.

Many cities had already surrendered

even before the Luo Family’s troops had begun their assault.

Under the lure of absolute power and authority,

there would always be those who would open the city gates from within.

Some, upon seeing the might of the Great Flame Dynasty approaching, chose to directly seek refuge within the Dynasty’s embrace.

Naturally, there would also be those tempted by power and profit

to open the firmly shut city gates from inside

and instead join the Qingshi City Luo Family’s fold.

Reality is so cruel, so unreasonable.

…

Within the territory of the Qingshi City Luo Family.

Atop the walls of a place known as Maple Leaf City.

There, the heads of the two remaining major families of what was once Maple Leaf City’s three,

were standing on the ramparts of the city wall at this moment.

With squinted eyes, they overlooked everything before them.

“Family Head of the Lou Family, do you think what we have done was the right choice?”

Atop the wall.

Gu Qi, the current Family Head of the Gu Family, one of the former three great families of Maple Leaf City,

asked Lou Yiming, the current Family Head of the Lou Family, with an emotionless face.

Upon hearing these words, Lou Yiming frowned slightly and then turned to look at Gu Qi, the current Family Head of the Gu Family, beside him. With a somewhat helpless expression, he murmured, “Whether it was right or wrong, I do not know, but given the circumstances at the time, we had no other option but to team up and forcibly open the city gates to let the troops of the Luo Family from Qingshi City enter the city.”

“Other than that, what could we have done?”

“We had no other choice but to do this…”

Gu Qi nodded silently.

Yes, given the situation at the time,

the Gu and Lou families had no other option.

Maple Leaf City’s three major families

had always followed the lead of the Li Family.

This fact was clear to all the residents of Maple Leaf City.

To say ‘everyone knew’ was no exaggeration.

Therefore, if Maple Leaf City were to be forcibly taken,

not only would the Li Family, the head of the three major families, face retribution from the Luo Family of Qingshi City,

but the Gu and Lou families would have difficulty escaping it either.

However, because the Gu and Lou families chose to join forces and forcibly open the gates to welcome the Luo Family’s troops from Qingshi City,

they were able to evade the purging from the Luo Family and still survive within Maple Leaf City.

And now, they stood within the city,

overlooking all that was unfolding below them.