Chapter 104 Controlling the Black Crow Flame, the Power to Erode Bones

"Is this the yellow-level low-grade beast fire and black crow flame?"

Under the stone pavilion.

Luo Changfeng looked at the group of dark black flames that seemed to have spirituality and were constantly beating in front of him.

He couldn't help but silently stretched out his right hand.

As an alchemist, he is also a low-grade yellow-level alchemist.

If he is lucky, he can also refine a yellow-level middle-grade elixir.

Naturally, he knew how to recognize the owner of spiritual fire and animal fire.

He wanted to make the yellow-level low-grade beast fire Black Crow Flame recognize him as his master, and he wanted to completely control this bunch of beast fire born from the body of the demon beast flame Black Crow.

The first thing you need to do is to calm down and concentrate.

He established a connection that only belonged to the two of them with the yellow-level inferior beast fire-grade Black Crow Flame in front of him.

This process is very critical.

Only after reaching this step can you continue with the next operation.

If you can't even accomplish this step

Then, it is almost impossible for you to make this yellow-level low-grade beast fire and black crow flame recognize its master in a short period of time.

“This step of establishing a connection does not seem to be as difficult as I thought.”

Closing his eyes, Luo Changfeng placed his right hand on top of the yellow-level low-grade after-sales black crow flame.

Until, this action lasted for about three minutes.

He opened his eyes again.

Moreover, the blood and energy cage that trapped Black Crow Flame was released.

"Brother Luo, are you ready???"

Looking at Luo Changfeng in front of him, he looked at the yellow-level low-grade beast fire Black Crow Flame who seemed to be gradually calming down.

Fu Qiu is the current head of the Luoshan Mansion branch of the Wandan Sect.

At this time, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

A bit of shock flashed in his eyes.

He knew Brother Luo's talent for alchemy.

He looked at people and never missed them.

However, what he didn't expect was that

It only took a short time for Luo Changfeng to establish contact with the low-grade yellow-level beast fire, Black Crow Flame.

This is ridiculous, isn't it a bit outrageous?

As far as Fu Qiu knew, even the talented alchemists from Wandan Sect's main sect wanted to successfully establish a connection with beast fire or spiritual fire.

It will take at least half an hour.

"It's done."

Luo Changfeng nodded silently, and then he waved his hand, summoning the handful of low-grade yellow-level black crow flames into the palm of his hand, and whispered: "This step of establishing contact with the black crow flames is much faster than I thought it was even simpler.”

Luo Changfeng's voice was quite calm.

His face and expression remained calm and unchanged.

However, after hearing these words.

Fu Qiu's eyes twitched slightly, and there were countless curse words in his heart that he didn't know whether to say or not.

"Since Brother Luo has successfully established a connection with the Black Crow Flame."

"Then it's time for me to leave."

As he spoke, Fu Qiu stood up silently.

And just when he was about to leave this small courtyard.

He seemed to have remembered something. After his departure was slow for a moment, he turned around and said to Luo Changfeng behind him: "Brother Luo, there is one more thing. I don't know whether I should say it or not."

"Brother Fu, just tell me."

Luo Changfeng lowered his head and played with the handful of yellow-level low-grade beast fire and black crow flame in his hand, and whispered to Fu Qiu in front of him.

"The material inventory of the new version of Epiphyllum Epiphyllum developed by Brother Luo is about to be exhausted."

Luo Changfeng suddenly raised his head, looked at Fu Qiu in front of him with some surprise and asked: "Are the materials for the new version of Epiphyllum Epiphyllum almost exhausted?"

Fu Qiu nodded silently: "Originally, the inventory of materials was not very tight, but since other branch sects began to collect the refining materials for the new version of the Epiphyllum Pill, the number of materials for the new version of the Epiphyllum Pill has dropped sharply, so"

As he spoke, Fu Qiu became somewhat silent.

The Wandan Sect is an extremely large and complex organizational force.

Even the main sect of Wandan Sect.

There are countless factions.

In this case, let alone the Wandan Sect branch, which is more competitive.

You must know the ranking of the Wandan Sect branches.

It almost means the amount of resources that the Wandan Sect branches can enjoy.

Moreover, the ranking of Wandan Sect branch is higher.

The more benefits you can enjoy.

Don't look at it. Many times, all branches of Wandan Sect seem to be very harmonious.

But in fact, many branch sects are secretly competing with each other.

No branch of the Wandan Sect is willing to watch another branch of the Wandan Sect just shitting and peeing on top of their head.

After Luo Changfeng and Fu Qiu chatted for some time.

Only then did Fu Qiu leave this small courtyard.

At this time, in the Luo family's land, in the courtyard of the Luo family's ancestors.

Under a rather shady stone pavilion.

Luo Changfeng was the only one left.

And, the black flame floating in the void beside him jumped from time to time, as if it was a spiritual yellow-level low-grade beast fire, the black crow flame.

"If you say so"

"This matter is indeed a difficult problem."

"Without materials, no matter how good your skills are or how superb your abilities are, you won't be able to earn a large amount of spiritual stones quickly."

After Luo Changfeng murmured in a low voice.

He couldn't help but sigh slightly.

In the final analysis, the status of his Luoshan Mansion branch was too low.

Regardless of the supply of materials.

Or in terms of resources, benefits, etc.

The main sect of Wandan Sect will always provide supplies to branch sects that are stronger and ranked higher.

Those with weaker overall strength are ranked lower.

A branch sect that cannot provide much income to the main sect of Wandan sect.

It doesn't have much status or rights.

"It seems that it is imperative to improve the ranking of the Luoshan Mansion branch."

"It's the assessment and judgment from the Wandan Sect Master."

"It only happens about once a year."

"In other words, if you want to change the ranking of the Luoshan Prefecture branch, you will have to wait at least ten months."

There is no way to improve the ranking of the Luoshan Mansion branch in a short period of time.

In desperation, Luo Changfeng could only continue to increase his intimacy with the black crow flame that was constantly circling around him.

And only this level of intimacy has been raised to a certain level.

Able to make Black Crow Flame obey his orders.

And reached the state of being able to command like an arm.

Only then was he able to use the Black Crow Flame to perform a series of actions such as alchemy and weapon refining.

Time flies by like a white horse.

In the blink of an eye, about half a month has passed.

Within this half month.

The situation in Gale Dynasty gradually became more and more chaotic.

The number of refugees is increasing day by day.

The number of bandits continues to expand.

Fights between families happen all the time.

Even within Luoshan Mansion, the battle between forces is still extremely fierce.

Even in Huaishui County where the situation is slightly better.

At this time, all parties' forces are still in an undercurrent stage.

Regardless of the situation at this moment, the Chen family, the Tang family, the Huaishui King, and the Luo family were all in peace with each other.

They are all focusing on developing their own strength.

But if there is a chance, the other forces will naturally send troops directly to annihilate the other forces in one fell swoop.

Then, take the entire territory of Huaishui County.

Outside Qingshi Town, there are countless reclaimed farmlands.

At this time, Luo Chuan, who is the young master of the Luo family.

He was walking forward silently.

Behind him was Hu Min, the former young master of the Hu family.

Then he followed Luo Chuan.

"The situation seems worse than I imagined"

Luochuan raised his head slightly.

He glanced at the scorching sun hanging high above his head.

Feeling the astonishing heat waves coming from all directions.

Then, he looked at the unsightly crop seedlings in the farmland that were not in good condition to begin with and were now eaten by locusts.

He couldn't help but sigh slightly.

"The water level of Huaihe River dropped rapidly within half a month."

"It's probably only ten days and a half before it dries up."

"Although various controls are being carried out regarding the locust situation, the number and scale of locusts have been on the rise in the past half month."

"I even heard that large-scale locust plagues have begun to break out in two or three prefectures in the north."

"Countless crops have been eaten."

"The sky and the fields are filled with locusts."

"In fact, there are many examples of locusts eating humans."

"Hu Min, what do you think of our Huaishui County?"

"No, it should be said that the same is true in Luoshan Mansion where we are located?"

As Luo Chuan was talking, he suddenly asked in a low voice to Hu Min behind him, whose performance had gradually become more and more outstanding in the past half month.

"The two or three locust-infested prefectures in the north are very far away from Luoshan Prefecture where we are."

"In a short period of time, it shouldn't affect our side."

"However, if the number of locusts in farmland cannot be suppressed and the scale cannot be reduced,"

"I think the locust plague is just a matter of time."

After Hu Min pondered for a long time, he answered aloud to Luo Chuan in front of him.

"Is it a matter of time?"

Luochuan nodded silently.

Hu Min's thoughts were not much different from his.

As the water level of the Huaihe River drops, the number and scale of locusts continues to increase.

This is not a good thing for the Luo family in Qingshi Town, or even for the entire Huaishui County.

Now, although they can barely control it.

Barely able to control the current situation.

But over time, collapse will become a fait accompli.

By that time, if half or more of the mansions in the Gale Dynasty were affected by locust plagues.

This led to another reduction in food production.

In fact, she was completely extinct.

By then, the chaos in the Gale Dynasty will inevitably be far worse than at this moment.

The value of food will inevitably rise accordingly.

Don't look at it now, the Luo family has indeed established a relatively friendly relationship with the Luo family, one of the four major families in Jiangnan Prefecture, which is rich in food.

The transactions between the two parties are also continuing.

But as time went by, the locust plague became more and more serious.

As the value of food continues to rise.

Will the Luo family continue to trade food and bluestone veins with the Luo family as they do now?

Obviously, this is going to be an unknown.

The food lifeline of one big force is controlled by another force.

No matter what time it is, it won't be a good thing.

Qingshi Town, the land of the Luo family.

In the room where the head of the Luo family is.

Luo Ping is the current head of the Luo family.

At this time, he was sitting quietly on the main seat, holding a memorial about the family's grain reserves and silently flipping through it.

By the way, it is worth mentioning here.

The Luo family has its own grain reserves.

This part of the grain is specially provided for the Luo family's clansmen.

This part of the grain will never be used.

The other part of the grain is provided for the army and the people under the Luo family.

Although this part of the grain has been accumulated over this period of time.

It is much more than the reserves of the previous few days.

However, with the continuous expansion of the family's power.

As the number of troops and the number of people under the command continue to increase.

The grain reserves in the hands of the Luo family have gradually become less and less.

"One month"

"The grain reserves can only supply one month's expenses at most"

"And the crops in the farmland need to be harvested."

"It will take at least about two months."

"During this period, it is necessary to gather enough grain reserves for one month"

Looking at it, Luo Ping couldn't help but have a headache.

Moreover, this is all based on the best case scenario.

The drying up of the Huai River, the appearance of the prototype of the locust plague, and the stability of the trade between the Luo family and his Luo family.

He has not considered these three points yet.

If the water resources are sufficient and the number and scale of locusts are successfully controlled, then it will be fine.

But if the Huai River dries up, the water in the deep well will be used up.

Water resources can no longer supply the crops in the farmland.

And the number of locusts gradually increases, and even after they have completely formed a scale.

The real disaster will then break out.

If it really comes to that time, the Luo family and the other forces in the Huaishui County want to survive.

The only way is to destroy the Tang family.

Take away the huge amount of food reserves of the Tang family.

In this way, the food crisis can be completely resolved.

In the room, after Luo Ping put down the memorial about food reserves in his hand.

He picked up a brand new memorial at random.

He opened it and read it carefully.

However, this was just opened.

As soon as he saw it for the first time.

Luo Ping couldn't help but frowned slightly.

The content of the memorial in his hand was related to the Luo family, one of the four major families in Jiangnan Prefecture.

With a nervous mood, Luo Ping silently looked at the memorial.

But the more he looked, the uglier the expression on Luo Ping's face became.

Until he finished reading the memorial in his hand.

He threw the memorial in his hand heavily on the table.

From today, the transaction between the Luo family and the Luo family is completely over.

Yes, you read it right.

It means literally.

The Luo family unilaterally terminated the transaction with the Luo family.

The content above is written so euphemistically.

But the actual content probably means that two or three prefectures in the north have begun to suffer from locust plagues.

The number of locusts is extremely large.

It is not an exaggeration to say that there are locusts everywhere.

In addition, the weather has been getting hotter in recent days.

The grain production is expected to continue to decline this year.

Therefore, the Luo family unilaterally cut off the transaction between the two parties.

Very angry.

Luo Ping was really angry.

It seemed that since he sat quietly on this main seat all day long.

After dealing with these government affairs all day long, he never had much time to rest.

Luo Ping's emotions gradually began to change.

Sometimes, he would even become irritable involuntarily.

Luo Ping wanted to control his emotions.

But many times, when he saw those bad things, he often couldn't control his calm mood.

I don't know if this is caused by his own problems.

Or it's caused by the environment.

After breaking the transaction with the Luo family, one of the four major families in Jiangnan Prefecture.

The Luo family was once again cut off from all sources of food.

Luo Ping sat quietly on the main seat in the room, thinking alone for a long time.

However, he didn't think of any satisfactory answer.

Then, he stood up silently.

He walked towards the courtyard where his ancestors lived.

Luo Ping was a little confused.

He was really a little confused.

The Huai River was about to dry up, and the prototype of the locust plague had already appeared.

The Luo family, one of the four major families in Jiangnan Prefecture, unilaterally and directly cut off the transaction with the Luo family.

The friendship that the Luo family had established before was trampled on the ground.

Two or three prefectures in the north even had a large-scale locust plague.

Countless locusts were everywhere.

Countless crops were eaten up by locusts.

It is conceivable that the grain output in the next few prefectures in the north will inevitably decrease again and again.

It is even possible that there will be no production at all.

And the prefectures near Luoshan Prefecture, even if there has not been a large-scale locust plague, are probably not feeling well now.

Silently bearing so much bad news alone, Luo Ping really didn't know what to do.

Of course, if his Luo family is willing to give up the towns in his hands.

Only a bluestone town was left, sitting quietly on the high platform.

Watching the Chen family, the Tang family, and the Huaishui King Feng Wentai fighting each other.

The Luo family doesn't need to worry about the locust plague, drought, refugees, and bandits.

But now, the biggest problem is

They already own seven towns and control hundreds of thousands or even more than 200,000 troops.

The Luo family also has millions of people under their command.

Are you really willing to give up everything in your hands so easily?

Let alone Luo Ping, it is estimated that most of the people in the Luo family are unwilling.

Many times, power is like a poison that can corrode bones.

It's okay when you don't touch it.

But once you touch power and control the powerful authority in your hands.

In your heart, you will be reluctant to give up power.

In your heart, you will have endless dependence on power.

Let you give up the power in your hands?

It's better to try your best.

If you really lose, then forget it.

The family's food reserves are enough to allow the Luo family to live a life without worries about food and clothing.

But what if it finally succeeds?