Phoenix Spirit City, Lu Manor.
Even with the beast tide attacking, the Phoenix Spirit Guards surrounding and watching Lu Manor had not withdrawn. Outside Lu Manor, the Phoenix Spirit Queen had even stationed two Imperial Court Consecrates to keep watch.
Yet Lu Manor was not alarmed by this. They had even grown accustomed to it.
Over the past forty years, Lu Manor had faced similar situations more than a dozen times. Whether the Lu Family members or the servants, all had long since learned to face it calmly.
But beneath that calm facade lay anxiety.
Lü Qingzhu in particular had stopped acting rashly after her grandfather and grandmother's painstaking persuasion, but now she was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, nearly kneading her tender heart to pieces herself.
Especially since all news within and outside Lu Manor had now been cut off, making everyone even more anxious.
Beneath the calm surface, Old Master Lu paced anxiously back and forth in the study of the inner courtyard, never stopping for even a moment.
He had not touched the ginseng tea Old Madam Lu brought him that morning, nor the meal she delivered at noon. In barely more than a day, anxious heat had already raised a layer of blisters on Old Master Lu's lips.
Although news inside and outside Lu Manor had been severed, the Lu Family was deeply rooted, and Old Master Lu had stood firm within the Phoenix Spirit Race for so many years. Naturally, he possessed quite a few private sources of information.
Yet after learning several vague and unclear bits of news, Old Master Lu became even more anxious.
After all, Di Kuohai's—Ye Zhen's—exposure alone was not enough to make Old Master Lu so anxious that his heart burned.
Caiyi!
The rumors that had