Qingzhou City, Heavenly Origin Divine General Residence.
In the residence's council hall, the ladies of every courtyard had gathered, except for Water Bloom Courtyard.
Each lady retained the connections her husband had built. For those whose husbands had served in the army, the camps they had once commanded still held their own contacts and influence, even though those camps now fell under Li Tiangang's command.
Now, a command flag had arrived from Liang Prefecture, transmitted across ten thousand miles by a secret art.
This was an Eight Directions Command Flag, used only when a great province became trapped in a desperate, bloody war. It could cross ten thousand miles in an instant, far outstripping ordinary military reports and letters. Created by the Celestial Observation Bureau, it contained a special Magic Array.
Whenever an Eight Directions Command Flag appeared, it meant that somewhere, lives were being plunged into devastation-and that a descendant of a divine general might fall!
"Eldest Sister-in-Law, did Tiangang send it? What exactly is happening in Liang Prefecture?"
Of all the ladies, Gao Qingqing was the most anxious. Her eyes were red, and she was nearly frantic enough to cry.
Twenty years ago, an Eight Directions Command Flag had also been sent from Heaven's Gate Pass. That time, the Li Family's Third Son had fallen, and Heaven's Gate Pass had nearly been lost. How could she not be anxious now?
She feared her own husband would follow in the others' footsteps.
"Could it be news from Cang Province?"
Wang Xiangru frowned. Li Fenghua was currently guarding Cang Province, but ever since Li Junye had cleared out all the demons beyond its borders over a decade ago, nothing serious had happened there.
Still, demon invasions were unpredictable. Sometimes they came without warning, with no intelligence beforehand.
He Jianlan's expression