A month before departure, Gao Hui paid another visit.
Over the past year, he had brought the Yang Family the latest battle reports from the front roughly every half month.
With the entire Dynasty mobilized, after a year of hard fighting, Tiger Chasing had seized the initiative across the entire eastern front.
All the previously disputed border territories had been reclaimed, and every former neutral war zone had become a Tiger Chasing forward position.
However, because the Eastern Wilderness Seventh Prince's forces had sect support behind them, this was essentially the limit of Tiger Chasing's advance before its main forces joined the battle.
The border troops were currently consolidating their lines. Once Yang Lingrui and the rest of this batch of true Dynasty elites arrived, they would begin a full-scale counteroffensive against the Eastern Wilderness Seventh Prince's territory.
Besides bringing the latest battle report, Gao Hui had another important piece of news.
"Lord He sent word that he will come to Pine Mountain in ten days to collect Ling Rui. While he is here... he also wishes to inspect the ancient willow's condition."
As Gao Hui spoke, he handed over the letter.
Yang Lingqing accepted it and read it. The letter was short, but its wording remained as forceful as ever.
Its meaning was roughly that if the ancient willow bestowed by the He Family had not been properly raised, or if any other problems had arisen, He Shenglai would consider taking it back.
The He Family had originally risen to prominence through cultivating spirit plants, so their entire Lineage placed immense importance on them.
This ancient willow of the Yang Family's was a genuine money tree.
Every year, merely selling the various spiritual materials produced by the ancient willow brought the Yang Family a net income of several thousand