At that moment, First Elder Yun Che was engaged in a "friendly exchange between grandfather and grandson" with Yun Tianluo. Sure enough, the sudden war drums startled him into stumbling. Then came a rapid-fire barrage of messages from Yun Yuan.
Yun Che: "..."
No, no. You're the First Elder. Stay calm, stay calm.
Yun Che took a deep breath, doing his best to preserve his dignity as he replied with sober composure.
Meanwhile, Yun Qing and the Second Elder listened, nodding repeatedly. The First Elder really couldn't get away.
Yet just as the exchange was ending, Yun Tianluo's gentle, harmless voice drifted faintly through the communication jade:
"Grandfather, while serving as an official in the Human World, I also..."
Then came Yun Che's cold laugh.
"Take out the official seal in your sleeve and let your grandfather have a look."
Yun Yuan was amused.
Yun Qing calmly cut off the communication.
Yun Tianluo, you're on your own.
In less than an hour, clouds of war gathered throughout the Yun Clan Ancestral Grounds. Messengers came and went without pause, while immortal cranes bearing orders scattered across the sky between the various branches.
The four battalions of Cloud Valor Guards finished assembling in formation. Elders and attendants from the various branches, along with Immortal Lords and Immortal Venerables proficient in demon-subduing arts, also arrived one after another.
It wasn't quite the entire clan turning out in force, but they had mobilized more than half the Yun Clan's elite forces that could be mustered at short notice.
Such a large-scale deployment was rare for the Yun Clan, but no one thought they were making a mountain out of a molehill.
The trouble with Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demons had never been merely their numbers. It was their uncanny corruption, which shared its origin with the