The autumn sun hung high outside the window, and a gentle breeze drifted into the meeting hall.
Lu Wuzhen sat in the main seat in a Daoist robe, a map of the Danluo Plains hanging beside him as he explained earnestly:
"These are all strategic locations around Jingzhao Prefecture. When the Corpse Ancestor wreaked havoc across the Central Plains all those years ago, he entered the pass through Huzhou and encountered Purple Sun True Person at Mysterious Fox Temple..." Xie Jinhuan sat at the front of the hall, with Nangong Ye on his left. As sect leader of Azure Nether Sword Manor, Ye Yunchi should originally have sat at the back to listen. But Lu Wuzhen knew her identity. How could he dare neglect Ye Sheng's legitimate daughter? Had the occasion permitted it, he would have liked to invite her up and sit below himself. As it was, he had seated her on Xie Jinhuan's right.
The two mature, beautiful female sect leaders, Ye Yunchi and Nangong Ye, listened very attentively. Xie Jinhuan had initially listened to the strategies and tactics too, but everything being discussed concerned defensive deployments for mid-level cultivators.
As a high-level combatant, his job was to respond quickly and take the initiative, not remain stationed anywhere. None of this was useful to him, and his attention gradually wandered to the people in the hall.
Monk Wuxin, Li Chimo, and the other main combatants were all outside searching for the Corpse Ancestor. These arrangements would be sent to them later. Those attending the discussion were military officials from Jingzhao Prefecture and senior sect members who had remained behind.
Since high-level female cultivators often held positions such as sect leader's wife, they were also qualified to attend in their husbands' stead. As a result, the hall was almost