Yun Prefecture, the Heavenly Illumination Divine General Residence.
The Wang Family, Pingchuan Courtyard.
Only a few elderly servants attended the secluded, elegant courtyard. It was exceptionally peaceful, with birds resting on the branches, until an urgent voice from inside suddenly startled them into flight.
In the courtyard's main hall, the siblings Li Jiangying and Li Rumeng stared anxiously at the old man before them.
"Grandfather, we just sensed our ancestors calling. Something's happened in Qing Prefecture!"
"Please go and save our parents."
Both pleaded with the old man, their maternal grandfather, Sixth Master Wang of the Wang Family, Wang Zhenping.
They had been cultivating in the courtyard when their bloodlines suddenly surged. They sensed what seemed like cries from distant ancestors, calling them home.
They knew this was the Blood Guidance Secret Technique, which the Li Family would only invoke in desperate straits, at the cost of sacrificing an ancestor's Heroic Soul.
When their bloodlines were stirred, everyone with Li Family blood would sense it and rush to gather.
Wang Zhenping's expression was grim. He had already learned of Qing Prefecture's plight through his Lineage's intelligence, but he had never imagined the danger would become so grave that they would invoke the Ancestral Blood Summons. That was a last resort.
Yet the Wang Family was a million li from Qing Prefecture, far too distant. Even if they dispatched an army, the dust would likely have settled by the time reinforcements arrived. They could influence neither victory nor defeat.
Though the Wang and Li Families were related by marriage, the distance meant they seldom kept in touch. When disaster truly struck, it was difficult to offer support. Even distant relatives were less useful than close neighbors, let alone relatives living at opposite ends of the Great Yu Dynasty.
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