Chapter 231, "Investigating Yang Lu by Day—Whose Side Are We On?", is the clearest early answer because it turns Long Mountain's situation into a concrete plot event. It opens with This person's basic strength is only a little over twenty thousand. and closes on As for the overall casualties..." He paused here, then said with a....

Chapter 306, "Helplessness, Shifting Loyalties, Total Annihilation and New Territory (Part 2)", is the clearest early answer because it turns Long Mountain's situation into a concrete plot event. It opens with All right, listen to the leader and go ahead to keep watch!" Although... and closes on The boy is simply too young, too cautious, afraid of everything..
Chapter 289, "Crushing, Stalling for Time, Ning Yuan Hill's Decisive Victory", is the clearest early answer because it turns Long Mountain's situation into a concrete plot event. It opens with Smart, but unfortunately a bit late." It's over! and closes on It can't continue like this; the ruler of Longyou can only be Long.... The key payoff is that the danger stops being abstract and the conflict around Long Mountain becomes immediate, forcing the surrounding cast to react under pressure.
Chapter 244, "Hunted Down, Strength, and Rescue", is the clearest early answer because it turns Long Mountain's situation into a concrete plot event. It opens with The Long Mountain army, which was originally heading towards the... and closes on Xia Hong didn't use his blade; he turned sideways and rammed directly.... The key payoff is that the danger stops being abstract and the conflict around Long Mountain becomes immediate, forcing the surrounding cast to react under pressure.
Chapter 244, "Besieged, Strength, and Rescue (Part 2)", is the clearest early answer because the buildup finally cashes out in a real clash. It opens with Just like last time, this time he could only crash into five or six... and closes on The immense strength of the Twenty-one 鬃, even if the earlier battle.... The key payoff is that the danger stops being abstract and the conflict around Long Mountain becomes immediate, forcing the surrounding cast to react under pressure.
Chapter 264, "Supplies Delivered, News from Long Mountain (2)", is the clearest early answer because it turns Long Mountain's situation into a concrete plot event. It opens with Zhao Long nodded, May 8th, May 15th, today is May 20th, he was... and closes on Moreover, whether that White Dew Gu is dead or not is still in.... The key payoff is that the chapter exposes hidden motives around Long Mountain, so readers can finally see how the conspiracy layer of the plot is actually moving.
Chapter 304, "The Defeated Longyou Army, Xia Army Cannot Escape, Holy Tripod", is the clearest early answer because Long Mountain gets a payoff that changes the stakes. It opens with The people's expressions, which were originally somewhat dispirited,... and closes on Long Mountain originally had just over 70,000 people.. The key payoff is that the chapter closes with "Decisively defeat the Xia Army!, which gives power growth a stronger narrative position and pushes the power growth onward.
Chapter 312, "Reining In, Killing, Shock and Submission (Part 2)", is the clearest early answer because the violence around Long Mountain becomes final instead of hypothetical. It opens with You overestimate those so-called high-level figures you keep talking... and closes on The resource allocation model of the Longyou camps predestined that a....
Chapter 291, "Infighting in Long Mountain, Li Tiancheng's Caution", is the clearest early answer because the buildup finally cashes out in a real clash. It opens with Who would have thought that Li Xuanping and his group of fools would... and closes on Li Xuanling, sitting at the head, who felt utterly exhausted, finally....
Chapter 289, "Crushing, Stalling for Time, Ning Yuan Hill's Decisive Victory", is the clearest early answer because it turns Long Mountain's situation into a concrete plot event. It opens with The tactics of the White Dew Gu are indeed too strong; if we allow it... and closes on The thirteen came from the southwest, presumably departing from Long....
Chapter 318, "Transformed Li Xuanling, Reform, 9th-Class Viscount (Part 3)", is the clearest early answer because it turns Long Mountain's situation into a concrete plot event. It opens with Scout Colonel Liu Yuan of the Cloud Dragon Army Reconnaissance Camp,... and closes on Contribution points and silk weren't considered significant, the main....