Just then, a guard hurried into the Council Hall in a panic. Breathing hard, he spoke rapidly. "First Elder, something terrible has happened! In the sky... a massive Flying Ship suddenly appeared in the sky!"
"A Flying Ship? What is that? Don't panic. Take your time and explain!"
Ye Zhong's expression darkened at once, and he stepped over to the guard.
Seeing this, the guard calmed down and steadied his breathing before saying, "While we were patrolling, a Flying Ship resembling a Space Ship suddenly flew over and hovered above Ye City. The captain feared an enemy invasion and sent me to inform you!"
"An enemy invasion? Our Ye Clan of the Dan Region has the Pill Tower behind us. What faction would dare risk offending the Pill Tower to attack us?"
Hearing the guard's answer, Ye Zhong quickly ran through everyone the Ye Clan might have offended.
The Ye Clan had indeed offended quite a few factions in the past. In particular, as the clan gradually declined, those factions had often looted its burning house. But they had always acted in secret; they could not openly attack the Ye Clan with such fanfare. It should not be them.
"I'll go take a look with you. They probably aren't enemies!" Ye Zhong forcibly suppressed his agitation, already preparing himself for battle.
Once outside, he saw that a Flying Ship was indeed hovering above Ye Family Manor in Ye City.
"Friends aboard the Flying Ship, would you come down so we can meet?"
Looking at the Flying Ship, Ye Zhong realized that whoever had arrived must possess considerable status. Even he felt alarmed by the defensive formation runes faintly visible on its hull.
The Ye Clan also possessed records of formations left by its ancestors, but they were all severely incomplete.