Chapter 1165: Chapter 1154: The Nalan Family’s Vanguard Arrives
Ning Fan touched his own cheek, tilted his head to one side, and mischievously said, “It’s not impossible to get it, as the saying goes, you must give up something to gain something. You can get the secret technique, but you need to sacrifice something real.”
“What do you want?”
Duan Yuanmeng’s face reddened further, asking knowingly.
“You kiss me first, then I’ll tell you.”
Ning Fan smiled mysteriously with a hint of playfulness.
“Hmph!”
After all, Duan Yuanmeng was an innocent maiden, never subject to such teasing. She was so embarrassed that her face turned as red as if water could drip from it.
She snorted coldly, turned around, and her figure floated up, flying towards the courtyard wall, her voice coming from afar.
“If you don’t want to teach me, then forget it. I don’t want to learn anyway.”
“Alas, this younger generation of Jianghu is just not modest.”
Ning Fan’s words also echoed out.
This made Duan Yuanmeng, who was already in a bad mood, even angrier, her True Qi in disarray, and she clumsily fell to the ground.
Not daring to turn back, she quickly got up, mobilized her True Qi again, flew over the wall, and disappeared without a trace in a moment.
Ning Fan looked at the night sky and sighed, “A beautiful time and scenery, a talented scholar and a lovely lady, but alas, the lady is gone, leaving this place empty with a lovesick man.”
…
In the middle of the night.
The Nalan family’s vanguard was already camped ten li outside the Ning Family.
They were all young disciples of the Nalan family, fiery and easily roused.
As the commander of this expedition, Nalan Jiuhuang naturally knew how to utilize people. Those placed at the forefront were naturally cannon fodder.
However, if you want the cannon fodder to peacefully become cannon fodder, willingly, it depends on choosing the right people.
And these young guys, full of Blood Qi and unversed in Jianghu feuds, are the ideal candidates.
They are often very clear about grievances, hot-tempered, and can’t stand being instigated. With just a few words, if you tell them to chop someone, they will do it, obedient to a frightening degree.
Since these people are willing to turn into cannon fodder, Nalan Jiuhuang is naturally happy to fulfill that.
Of course, as the highest elder of the Nalan family, she actually has good intentions too.
After all, people need to be tempered to become useful.
Whether being a hero in Jianghu or conducting oneself in society, mere hot-bloodedness is completely insufficient, one also needs a calm mind and slick thinking.
Though more than half of the young people might die in battle, becoming true cannon fodder, this is also the inevitable path to the Nalan family’s strength. After all, those left are the best seeds, representing only the essence.
This is the same principle as those strong soldiers who survive long battles.
Currently, the one leading the team is the Nalan family’s second elder—Nalan Invincible.
When he was younger, he also experienced guidance from Nalan Jiuhuang, and his Martial Cultivation Realm had reached the Peak of the True Origin Realm, moreover with his True Origin Realm fully cultivated.
In other words, he already possesses a Half-step Aerial Mastery Realm cultivation, just a step shy of breaking through the void and entering the Aerial Mastery Realm state.
Of course, as a veteran of the Martial Arts World, Nalan Invincible deeply knows that the higher the cultivation, the more opportunities are needed for advancements, relying solely on drugs is completely insufficient, even with precious natural treasures, it’s the same.
At the moment, he is sitting in a simple tent constructed for the purpose, gathered with dozens of young disciples of the Nalan family who arrived early for a pre-battle meeting.
It’s said that Nalan Jiuhuang is letting these young people be cannon fodder, but that is only partially true.
To reduce manpower loss, she also sent Nalan Invincible to assist, guiding these juniors to cultivate themselves through combat.
The more who survive the fight, the greater the hope for the Nalan family in the future, this is beyond doubt.
These young guys, each with a strong build, broad shoulders, bright eyes, like a morning sun in full bloom, all eager to fight.
“Second Elder, while the moon is full tonight, we should launch a surprise attack on the Ning Family, slay both Ning Qiankun and Ning Fan to repay the young lady’s spirit.”
“This Ning Fan is truly detestable, killed the young lady and her husband entirely, and this Ning Qiankun’s favoritism is horrifying, he didn’t even let out a fart.”
“Admittedly, Ning Qiankun shouldn’t act like this, but he also has grievances he can’t express. After all, Ning Fan is the only son left of the Ning Family, and in any case, he is the Ning Family heir, if I were him, I wouldn’t add father-son hatred. It’s not worth it.”
“What nonsense are you spouting, actually speaking for the Ning Family, I’m going to beat you to death.”
“Alright, everyone stop arguing.” The long-silent Nalan Invincible clapped his hands and his eyes, sharp like an eagle, swept over the young disciples.
Those gathered in the tent all closed their mouths and ceased to speak, with everyone turning their attention to the second elder, waiting to hear his instructions.
Nalan Invincible waved his hand introspectively, “The reason I called you here is to warn you not to be the ‘bird that stands out’, launching a kill strike on the Ning Family at this time is just seeking death. All of you should go back to sleep, don’t have any other ideas, understood?”
“Understood!”
The young ones responded weakly, clearly finding no spirit in following this order.
Nalan Invincible sighed in understanding, truthfully, he didn’t want to lead these novices into battle, they are a hindrance and could cause him to leave a bad reputation within the Nalan family, which would outweigh any benefits.
So he adopted a conservative strategy where as long as no one dies, the impacts will be minimized.
Not taking the initiative to fight is currently the best way to reduce fatalities.
“Sigh, Second Elder has really grown old, actually bolstering the enemy’s morale and diminishing our own.”
After leaving the tent, the young disciples of the Nalan family shook their heads with wry smiles, not taking Nalan Invincible’s words seriously at all.
They gathered together, discussing anxiously.
“I say, we shouldn’t listen to the Second Elder. We should attack by night and show the Ning Family a lesson.”
“Exactly, there’s a saying about not relying on muscles in one’s old age, the Second Elder is old, but we are still young, strong, and eat heartily, plus we have numbers. Even if we can’t kill Ning Qiankun and Ning Fan, we can still cause some trouble for the Ning Family.”
“Right, if we can’t kill, we can at least light fires, burn down their Ning Family mansion, and disgrace them in Dragon City.”
“No, we can’t all go. After all, the Ning Family is a lair of dragons and tigers, the more we go, the more we may die. Quality is more important than quantity.”
“Right, anyone in the Object-Manipulating Realm qualifies to go.”
Amid their heated discussions, everyone looked around, some showing joyful expressions, while others wore bitter faces; it was fair to say 90% were bitter-faced.
Why?
Because at their age, very few make it to the Object-Manipulating Realm.
Counting them, only three qualified: Nalan Shi, Nalan Hu, and Nalan Pao.