Chapter 456: Extremes of Progress [V5C163 – A Distance Within Reach]

Song Qisi’s brows jumped as he finally discovered something wrong with the ambiance. He said with an apologetic smile, “These people have fought quite well in the past, and the troops under their command are the elites of our Song Clan. They’ve accumulated quite a bit of contribution already. Moreover, they're all from your uncle’s generation. Zining, you’re still quite young after all, and one must rely on experience when marching armies into battle. With their assistance, you can ignore the unimportant matters related to the actual army formations and concentrate on advancing your cultivation. Isn’t that even better?”

Song Zining said nothing after listening to these words. He only waved his fan constantly, causing those scantily-clad ladies, especially Song Qisi’s great-great-granddaughter, to flash past the old man repeatedly.

Song Qisi’s smile became more and more forced, but he couldn’t drop his smile or avert his gaze yet.

Song Zining spoke only after a moment of silence, “And if I don’t agree, my branch of the family will be punished, is that right?”

Song Qisi laughed dryly and said, “We naturally don’t dare to treat the clan lord disrespectfully. It’s also fine if Little Seven doesn’t want to join the battle. We’ll only reduce family allowances according to the rules....