Inside the City Lord's Manor.
Ju Dongyi felt inexplicably agitated, as though something bad was about to happen.
At this time on an ordinary day.
He would already have gone to bed.
But now.
He did not feel the slightest bit sleepy.
He opened his bedroom door and looked out at the empty courtyard, then shouted, "Someone, come here!"
As soon as he spoke.
An old steward hurried over and bowed. "What are your orders, City Lord?"
“Has anything happened in Mount Tai City?”
"Everything in the city is normal."
"Normal?" Ju Dongyi knitted his brows, then waved a hand. "Understood. You may leave."
"Yes!"
He watched the old steward walk away.
Even after hearing that everything in Mount Tai City was normal, his agitation had not eased in the slightest.
With his cultivation at this level.
Ju Dongyi was certain that his current state could not be without cause.
Nothing unusual in the city. Could something be happening outside?
Suddenly, something seemed to occur to Ju Dongyi, and he froze on the spot.
Something outside the city!
What could be happening outside the city?
Mount Tai City was only an ordinary medium-sized city, but because of the Marquis of Thousand Mountains' rebellion, it had become the front line against the rebels.
In other words—
Gu Changqing!
At the thought of that name, Ju Dongyi's heart jolted.
Although he did not believe the Marquis of Thousand Mountains, who had remained holed up all this time, would make a move now.
His years of experience told him.
Such a sudden premonition meant something was bound to happen.
And—
Over the past few days, Mount Tai City had repeatedly clashed with the Marquis of Thousand Mountains' forces. Looking back now, however, Ju Dongyi seemed to notice something amiss.
It all seemed too