Chapter 541 - 457 Great Mingyue River+ - 458 Hanyang Bleeding
"Imprudent, far too imprudent."
"So much effort to train a hundred thousand elite soldiers, only to risk it all here, in this meat grinder doomed to have no future. Didn’t his master ever tell him to look further ahead?"
Above the clouds, two silhouettes swiftly swept by and landed at the High-rise Restaurant in the city center.
Not only was this restaurant well-named, symbolizing great prospects, but it was also the fixed gathering place for scholars during the annual exams. Staying here, it was said that one’s literary inspiration could flourish after exchanging poems and toasts with classmates, potentially resulting in better performance in subsequent exams.
The restaurant was named High-rise.
The building itself was also very tall, a full seven stories.
From the top eaves, not only could one see the densely packed soldiers on top of the city wall but also the dark, pressing military formations approaching from afar.
Fang Chengdong looked at the surging, panicked crowd within the city and then turned to look at the vast Governor’s Mansion, where a faint but thick scent of blood wafted, feeling both dissatisfied and somewhat helpless.
"You, Junior Brother Fang, I advise you not to take the family matters to heart. Isn’t it just a junior in the family who died under the Blood Transformation Sword? Death happens. In the future, when the opportunity arises, you can avenge him. By no means should you brood over it..."
The black-clothed, stern middle-aged Taoist slightly raised his thick eyebrows and glanced at the Governor’s Mansion: "You’ve tried as well. As long as Cui Guangling stays in the city, there’s nothing we can do about him, and a careless move might even hurt us, weakening our Foundation Path. Since our sect is interested in Yunzhou, there’s no need to bother with this place.
That young and ignorant fellow, in consideration of him being a junior in our sect, if he really faces danger, it’s no big deal for us to help out. If he insists on going his own way, seeking his own death, it’s also his fate to face this calamity..."