"Sect Leader Fang has had a change of heart?"
Fang Qingyuan looked at the Zhang Family's mountain gate ahead but didn't directly answer Xiao Yangxu's question. He said,
"Thank you for your help this time, Fellow Daoist Xiao. There's no need to visit the next few families. If we can't take down the Zhang Family, visiting the others would be futile."
Xiao Yangxu fell silent. He could sense Fang Qingyuan's resolve. It seemed the Qingyuan Sect and the Zhang Family were headed for an open confrontation, one that would only end when one side finally bowed its head. And this outcome was clearly what his own Sect Leader wanted to see.
Xiao Yangxu recalled the private instructions Xiao Chuan'gong had given him before they departed. He had hoped the Qingyuan Sect would take the initiative, shattering its own "golden body," wade into the muck, and maybe even take a tumble in the mud, ending up covered in dirt.
