It was the eve of the Housemeet.

During this period of time, the headquarters of House Luolan had increased their defenses and vigilance. The pavilion masters who had thrown their lot in with Jiang Qing' e and Li Luo had also arrived at Xia City, bringing their most elite forces with them.

Manager Cai Wei had also allocated a significant amount of funds to hire external aid. Most of these individuals were at the Earth Fiend General Stage, while a few were at the Heavenly Dipper General Stage. Unfortunately, they were all at the Heavenly Pearl Stage as anyone stronger than that would likely have built a reputation of their own within the Xia Kingdom, and they would have an understanding of the terrifying maelstrom that was the House Luolan Housemeet. Even with excellent conditions, they would not willingly involve themselves. 

Regardless, House Luolan was the strongest it had ever been since the two House Lords had...