"Doctor Li?"
The old butler of the Duke Yan Mansion looked at Li Ang with astonishment as he made a sudden visit.
"How is Duke Yan?"
Li Ang said, "I've found a way."
"Please follow me."
The butler became serious at once and led Li Ang to the main hall.
Along the way, one could still see medicine pots and smell the pervasive scent of medicinal herbs.
The descendants of Yan Mansion, including Yan Lin, stood in the main hall. They looked helplessly at Yan Yundang, who was sitting upright and imposingly on a large seat. His complexion remained sallow, his eyes closed, as he listened to a man in a Daoist robe speaking before him.
"...The General hails from Shuo Province and naturally should return to his roots. Northwest of Shuo lie two mountains: one named Pingding Xingshan, the other Liao Gaoshan. Between them is a trench called Da Di. These two mountains and the trench gather wind and harness Qi. As the saying goes, 'Qi disperses with the wind and is confined by water'..."
