Ziyun Era,10 January 1228, noon.
Seven men stood in the Hall of the Lu family house. The atmosphere was tense. Besides the Lu family's chief, Lu Qinghu, the Ma family's Chief Ma Tianba, and the Fang family's chief, Fang Jishan, there were four other people. A middle-aged man and an old lady stood behind Lu Qinghu—his second brother, Lu Bao and the Lu family head elder, Lu Pinglan, both level-three adepts. The middle-aged man behind Ma Tianba was the Ma family second elder, Ma Dongfeng, a level-three adept and the second strongest in the Ma family. The old man behind Fang Jishan was the Fang family head elder, Fang Zhan, a level-three adept whose strength was second only to the Fang family chief.
The seven level-three adepts had gathered here on this day because of the letter that Lu Qinghu had received the previous day.
"Will Zhou Donghuang really be coming?" Fang Jishan frowned.
