At the moment when West Mountain Hall launched a major attack on the Wen Family Castle, the West Mountain Guard Commander, Yan Guo, led an army of nearly two thousand three hundred men and arrived at a low hill about thirteen miles from the Wen Family Castle.
From this vantage point, he could vaguely discern the situation of the Wen Family Castle.
That fortress, occupying dozens of acres, was currently enveloped in a thick fog.
Yan Guo could not see clearly what was happening inside; all he could make out were seventy members of the West Mountain Gang, guarding near the main entrance of the Wen Family Castle. They formed a small battle formation, positioning themselves facing the direction of the West Mountain County Army.
The one leading them was none other than Liu Ruoxi, the "Xi" altar master of West Mountain Hall.
"What's going on here?"
Suddenly pulling on the reins, Yan Guo looked at the fortress with suspicion and alarm in his eyes.