Chapter 441: Resistance [V5C148 – A Distance Within Reach]

Song Zining said, “There’s no hurry to this matter since we have to think of the long term. First the Nangong, then the Bai clan—that’s the sequence. And the Nangong family has an entire division of soldiers nearby. They wanted to take over this battle line after Blackflow’s fall and thereby justify all their actions. But now that Blackflow City’s siege has been broken, we’ll have to face their desperate move.”

Qianye sneered, “They’ll need to reorganize for at least half a month even if they want to trouble us.” With that, Qianye recounted his ambush on the Nangong family’s base.

Song Zining couldn’t help but laugh out loud. “Well done! It can be said that the Nangong family went for wool but came home shorn. Among the high-ranking aristocratic families, the quality of their Xiao and Cheng-named disciples can be considered quite good. Now that they had taken such losses, it’ll be quite some time before they can catch their breath.” But Song Zining was also somewhat baffled. “How come the Nangong family’s methods are so crude and direct? It’s completely unlike Nangong Yuanbo’s usual treacherous style.”

It was Qianye’s turn to frown at this point. “Did something happen on your side?...