Going to War with the Clear Sky Sect, No Matter the Cost (Part Two)

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No sooner had he finished speaking than Chen Shihua shook her head, folded her hands on the table, and spoke with the caution unique to intelligence work. "Xiaoxiao's analysis is very precise from a technical standpoint, but the real situation is far from a blueprint on paper. The degree of involvement and the final objective both need to be weighed carefully."

"Because of the Sunset Great Forest, that natural 'central buffer zone,' the Imperial Central District has roughly formed three relatively independent regions: the east—the area east of the forest and along the coast; the south—the Starfield Great Plains and its surroundings; and the west—the vast area centered mainly on Heaven Dou City."

"Based on our continuous infiltration and intelligence summaries in the empire's Central Western Region over the years: first, although that area is tacitly regarded among the common people as within the Clear Sky Sect's sphere of influence, their headquarters are north of Heaven Dou City, and Lankai Commandery to the southwest is already the farthest point their influence can stably cover!"

"Second, the composition of forces in that region is complex to the extreme."

"Several Royal collateral branches have operated there for a hundred years and are deeply rooted. Several long-inherited great civilian clans call the wind and summon the rain locally. The increasingly active Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect also has no weak influence there. More importantly, the Heaven Spirit Legion, which is directly responsible for deterring the Silves Kingdom, is stationed at Heaven Spirit Pass, and its weight is pivotal."

"Once we forcefully intervene in the Mystic Yellow Tang Family's affairs in this manner, not only will it be equivalent to directly challenging the core of the Clear Sky Sect's infiltration plan for that region, it will inevitably be viewed as