Meanwhile.
Xu Province.
The Lü Clan.
The Lü Clan was one of Xu Province's three great Divine Mansion Immortal Clans.
Their ancestor had followed the Great Zhou Founder in his conquest of the realm.
After Great Zhou secured the throne,
the Progenitor Emperor remembered his service and made the Lü ancestor Marquis of Lu, a title his descendants would inherit in perpetuity.
The marquis's estate.
Inside a grand residence,
Wu Huo, the Great Priest of Eastern Ridge, sat cross-legged on a cushion, considering how to persuade the Marquis of Lu to help Eastern Ridge.
Suddenly, a Jade Talisman at his waist flared with dazzling light.
Wu Huo's expression turned grave.
This Jade Talisman was a special means of contact between him and Country Lord Xiong Li.
Unless there was no other choice,
Xiong Li would never use it.
The fact that the Country Lord had activated the Jade Talisman
meant the situation in Eastern Ridge had suddenly become dire.
Wu Huo sent his Spiritual Sense into it.
Sure enough.
Yun Tian Pass had fallen, and Governor of Yang Province Li Xinge had tied down the Country Lord. Eastern Ridge Kingdom was hanging by a thread.
At that thought, Wu Huo could no longer sit still.
His figure blurred and vanished.
The rear mountain.
In a stone pavilion,
Wu Huo sat across from a refined-looking middle-aged man in a white robe threaded with gold. The man radiated astonishing authority.
He was Lü Fengxian, the current Marquis of Lu and Governor of Xu Province.
Lü Fengxian personally poured Wu Huo a cup of steaming Spiritual Tea.
As he poured, he explained,
"Fellow Daoist Wu Huo, this tea is called Tianshan Dew. It comes from Tianshan, a famous mountain in Xu Province. Only one tea plant grows on its summit, and it