In June of the 906th year of the Black Iron Calendar, this month was truly a season of troubles for Huaiyuan Hall.
Over the past two months, far too many things had happened to Huaiyuan Hall. Taken together, they ensured that this month would become the most crucial turning point in the lives and destinies of everyone in Huaiyuan Hall.
Huaiyuan Hall was a great ship. When that great ship lurched and shuddered, battered by raging winds and towering waves, even running aground upon reefs, every person aboard it, every descendant of the Huaiyuan Hall clans, felt a kind of anxiety, unease, even dread.
In April, Elder Mushen vanished. On the very day of his disappearance, the Zhang Family of Golden Crow City came under attack. Together, those two events shook the world.
In May, Elder Mushen returned safely. Yet only days after his return, Zhang Taixuan, head of Huaiyuan Hall, suffered a fatal cultivation deviation and died suddenly.
Zhang Taixuan's death sent an enormous shock through all of Huaiyuan Hall and You Province.
Zhang Taixuan had not only been the head of Huaiyuan Hall, but also the Governor of You Province. With his death, the post of Governor could not remain vacant. Almost exactly seven days after Zhang Taixuan's "sudden death," an appointment from the Northeast Protectorate arrived: Lu Dingzhi was named the new Governor of You Province. The Lu Family of Spirit Maple Commandery, You Province, formally moved into White Tiger Platform in You Province City and took control of the Governor's seal.
For Huaiyuan Hall, losing not only its family head but also its status as the clan that governed You Province was undoubtedly a tremendous blow.
Yet on the very day the Northeast Protectorate's order arrived, Lan Yunxi became Huaiyuan Hall's new family head.
Lan Yunxi's