Chapter Six Hundred Eighty-Two: Alliance Righteousness

The elders received the clearly imprinted intelligence detailing the power distribution in Lanshan City at the moment. This detailed report could only be accomplished through an intense amount of work, far beyond that which could be achieved through simple interrogation.

"It seems the clan leader has been well-prepared, but I wonder under what pretense the alliance will launch its attack on Lanshan City?" Tang Hongjun frowned after reading the report, "Though the west is in chaos, the powerful clans in each city and county have remained restrained, not extending their reach. Our abrupt annexation of Lanshan City might trigger a chain reaction across the entire west, wouldn't it?"

In essence, the elders saw this annexation as baseless aggression. In Longzhou, where regional affiliations ran deep, people were accustomed to recognizing a family by its place of origin, like the Tang family in Xiling, the Cui family in Lanshan, or the Li Family in Fuling.