Author's Note: Do Not Unlock Yet. Chapter Is Still Under Construction.
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Bai Xue hesitated, but something in Victor's gaze—the unyielding calm—gave her courage. "Then do it," she said. "Gather the sweepers, the blacksmiths, any cultivator who can hold a sword. Send them under the walls at dawn." She turned to the two dozen young cultivators. "At my signal, form ranks by the loquat trees. You know your positions."
They bowed, fear shining in their eyes, but bowed all the same.
Victor lingered only a moment more to give final instructions. Then he strode away to the eastern ramparts, scaling them with practiced ease. Below, city walls wrapped Lingyun Town like a protective snake; the eastern approach sloped into shadows and fog—ideal for ambush.
