It had been a very long time since the elders of Huaiyuan Hall had received an emergency summons from the family. Thus, when the summons arrived, despite it already being deep into the night, the moment the voice-transmission jade tokens they carried rang out, every elder rushed to Huaiyuan Hall's ancestral shrine hall at top speed. Several elders who were not in Yiyang City flew over directly like shooting stars, utterly unconcerned with shocking the world.
In the darkness of night, a shooting star streaked in from the horizon with a thunderous roar. As it neared the terrace outside Huaiyuan Hall's ancestral shrine hall, it suddenly halted, changed direction, and descended onto the terrace with an imposing force. The instant it landed, several sturdy, thick stone slabs beneath it shattered. From within flames of light like blazing fire, a tall old man stepped out, murderous aura spilling from his entire body and sending chills through onlookers.
"Brother Mu Yuan, have the Devil Race already reached Jin-Yun Kingdom?" the old man asked in a deep voice.
"It is not the Devil Race. As I was presiding over the ancestral shrine hall, I received news from Huaiyuan City in Great Xia just now. The matter is of immense importance, which is why I urgently summoned everyone here to discuss it!" The man the imposing old man called Brother Mu Yuan was none other than Zhang Tie's Sixth Granduncle, who came from the Jinhai City branch and oversaw Huaiyuan Hall's Clan Affairs Pavilion. At this moment, Zhang Tie's Sixth Granduncle stood on the steps of Huaiyuan Hall's ancestral shrine hall, welcoming the arriving elders.
"Oh!" Hearing this, the old man radiating murderous intent was somewhat surprised. The flames around him vanished at once. "What major matter could require all of us to gather