These dossiers.
Would also be presented to the Li Family's core elders for each of them to review.
Later.
Li Mao's promotion to elder fell through.
As for the reason, those who knew, knew.
Xu Province.
The Governor's Mansion, Council Hall.
Clad in white robes embroidered with gold thread, Lü Fengxian sat in the seat of honor.
The Fangtian Halberd rested beside him.
Its shaft gleamed with a cold, eerie light.
Two men sat below him in the hall.
One was Sun Kang, the supreme elder of the Xu Province Sun Clan.
The other was Yang Chong, the supreme elder of the Xu Province Yang Clan.
Both men were in the Divine Mansion Realm.
Previously, however, they had remained in reserve as the foundations of their respective clans.
Their names were little known.
Later.
After the campaign against Eastern Ridge.
The Divine Mansion Realm cultivators of the Sun and Yang clans had been killed by Li Xinge, the King of Chu.
Although they had revived through Divine Soul True Fire.
Their cultivation had fallen.
They could no longer uphold their clans' standing.
Only then had these two emerged from seclusion.
Lü Fengxian looked at the two men.
He spoke slowly.
"Fellow Daoists, do you know why I summoned you in the dead of night?"
Sun Kang and Yang Chong exchanged a glance.
Sun Kang cupped his hands and said respectfully, "Presumably, it concerns the war."
"Indeed."
Lü Fengxian nodded.
A trace of gravity appeared in his eyes.
"The Northern-Southern War has already begun. Our Xu Province borders the three provinces of Tai Kingdom, Dong Kingdom, and Wu Kingdom, holding the gateway to the Southern Army's northward advance. Before long, the flames of war will surely sweep across Xu Province."
Silence fell over the hall.
Yang Chong's brows furrowed.
"Marquis