Chapter 153: Wind Rises
Early in the morning, the area around the Five Terraces Sect's mountain gate was already bustling with voices. Yet this clamor was different from the usual marketplace liveliness, instead carrying a restless unease. The air was filled with an oppressive feeling of impending storm.
Jianghu experts and aristocratic family descendants who had come from all over Yunlin Prefecture upon hearing the news, and even scouts sent from other prefectures to probe the situation, packed the plaza before the mountain gate until it was impenetrable.
The Five Terraces Sect had clearly prepared in advance. Elite disciples were deployed under the leadership of stewards and elders, setting up checkpoints and patrols at various key passages.
Li Wang followed Shen Xiuyong, guarding the main entrance, responsible for verifying invitations and identities.
Though today was nominally about the four sects jointly discussing the great undertaking of resisting demons, in reality, it was a gathering of dragons and snakes where not just anyone could enter the core areas.
Heads bobbed everywhere as waves of clamor rose higher and higher.
Chen Qing stood at a slightly interior position, his gaze sweeping over the crowd, seeing many familiar and unfamiliar faces.
Soon, he noticed Yan Yaoyang's figure.
Beside this Gengjin Courtyard chief disciple stood a woman of gentle temperament, precisely He Lan'xin, daughter of Qixia Manor's Second Manor Master He Yueting, to whom he was already engaged.