Chapter 195: Chapter 117: The Fight Begins, The Jiang Family Has Arrived – Part 1
Before one knows it, three more days have passed.
In Yellow Mountain County, within White Lotus Stockade.
By now, countless bandits from the White Lotus Stockade had already gathered.
Ever since the stronghold’s leader of White Lotus made his declaration, the entire White Lotus Stockade had been operating like a finely-tuned machine, gradually springing to action.
Bandits from the White Lotus Stockade who were previously scattered about all returned to their lair.
Countless provisions were also amassed by the White Lotus Stockade.
It seemed, all for the impending war with the Luo Family of Huai Shui County.
…
At the border between Yellow Mountain County and Huai Shui County.
Numerous encampments of the Luo Family continued to stand their ground in this area.
Luo Yong, the general, was still situated within his Commander’s Tent.
Sitting solemnly in the principal seat, he silently polished the treasured sword in his hands.
To Luo Yong’s side was Tang Jian, dressed in a Taoist robe and clutching a White Feather Fan—the great pretender.
In recent days, he had been constantly looking outwards.
It seemed as if he was watching the fate of White Lotus Stockade.
During this time, Luo Yong could not refrain from asking the great pretender beside him, but the responses he kept getting were always “soon, soon.”
But what exactly does this “soon” mean?
That great pretender had never made it clear.
With no other choice, Luo Yong could only stop asking and wait in silence within the Commander’s Tent.
“Brother Luo.”
Suddenly, Tang Jian quietly approached Luo Yong.
“What is it?”
Luo Yong glanced irritably at Tang Jian standing before him.
He was somewhat reluctant to see this fellow.
Seeing him made him irritable.
All day long, he’d been babbling on about something or other.
Had it not been for the fact that this man did indeed possess some talents, Luo Yong would have cast him aside long ago.
“Brother Luo, it’s coming…”
Tang Jian spoke in a low voice.
Upon hearing this, Luo Yong’s excitement was palpable as he asked, “The people from White Lotus Stockade, they are coming?”
Tang Jian nodded serenely.
“Good, good!”
Luo Yong immediately stood up, fastening his treasured sword to his waist.
Then, he straightened his back and walked out of the Commander’s Tent.
How long had it been?
Luo Yong felt as though he was almost rusting from the wait.
But fortunately, those dogs from White Lotus Stockade were finally coming.
“When?”
“Can you calculate a precise time?”
Stepping outside the Commander’s Tent, Luo Yong took a deep breath before quietly asking Tang Jian who followed.
After pondering for a moment, Tang Jian answered, “Roughly three days later…”
“Three days later?”
Luo Yong nodded, understanding that the next step was to prepare for the impending war with White Lotus Stockade.
…
Before one knows it, another day has passed.
Early in the morning.
As dawn broke.
In Luo Mountain Prefecture, Shang Heng District, at the Jiang Family domain.
The current Family Head of the Jiang Family, Jiang Taiqian, bore a grim expression as he silently made his way outside the room.
The Luo Family of Huai Shui County and the White Lotus Stockade of Yellow Mountain County were about to clash.
Similarly, the air was tinged with an impending conflict among the Five Great Families in Shang Heng District.
Initially, everything was going well.
But, it seemed that after a series of moves by Yi Sheng, the current Family Head of the Yi Family in Shang Heng District,
The other four families gradually formed a united alliance,
Which started to continuously target the Jiang Family during this period.
Calculating the time, it seemed that in just one short month,
The Jiang Family’s industries had shrunk by a third.
If things continued this way, the Four Great Families Alliance led by the Yi Family wouldn’t even need to lift a finger
Before they could economically, impose a complete sanction on the Jiang Family.
Without the economy, without a vast number of cultivation resources,
The Jiang Family might still have some foundation and Organ Refinement Realm cultivators as protectors for the time being, but they would inevitably face a situation where there would be a generational gap.
Resulting in the complete decline of the Jiang Family.
“Family Head…”
Just as Jiang Taiqian was about to leave the room,
Jiang Yan, regarded as a mainstay of the Jiang Family approached him.
“What’s the matter?”
Seeing Jiang Yan’s somewhat distressed expression, Jiang Taiqian couldn’t help but ask.
“Family Head, there’s serious trouble.”
“The Yi Family along with the other three families have started to get tough.”
“If we can’t find a way to stop them soon…”
“In less than a month, our Jiang Family’s assets will be completely lost.”
“Even some cities that belong to us will gradually be taken by the Four Great Families Alliance led by the Yi Family.”
…
Silence.
Utter silence.
A silence as of the grave.
Urgency was etched on Jiang Yan’s face, mixed with a trace of helplessness.
And Jiang Taiqian, the current Family Head of the Jiang Family, his face was becoming increasingly difficult to look at.
People are innocent; possession is the crime.
In this world, to be weak is to be culpable.
If the Jiang Family had been a small family, holding not much in terms of resources,
Perhaps they would not have become the target of all.
But the Jiang Family, unfortunately, held vast resources and numerous industries,
Making them appear as a fat sheep dripping with oil in the eyes of the other Four Great Families in Shang Heng District,
Everyone wanted to bite a chunk off the Jiang Family.
In such circumstances, the Jiang Family seemed to be inching step by step towards a dead end,
And the Luo Family of Huai Shui County gradually became the only lifeline for the Jiang Family.
Whether this lifeline could be seized upon appeared to depend entirely on the Jiang Family itself.
“How is Xiao Yue doing?”