All beasts submit, and the peerless imperial princess is about to defy the heavens!

After that, Nian Zhao sent them back to the group and stopped paying attention to them.

They were almost at the Tianxuan Sect, and he needed to be even more vigilant to prevent the lurking monsters from making any more moves.

Fortunately, Feng Ning has already figured out how to distinguish between the demons and ordinary people, so they can check them when they go down to Lingzhou later.

Everyone will be there, so there won't be any danger.

Soon, they arrived at the main gate of the Tianxuan Sect.

The disciples had all gathered outside, waiting to go down together.

However, as everyone expected, the flying magical artifact should have been parked outside the mountain gate. After all, the Fourth Elder's spirit boat was bound to return to Xiaoyao Peak. Why would he take them with him?

Xinzhi was also puzzled, so he stepped forward and asked, "Uncle-Master, we're not outside, are we coming down? Where are you planning to stop?"

Nian Zhao turned around calmly, "Oh, I'm too lazy to walk. I'll leave you all at the entrance of the main hall where we're gathering. You can go back on your own. I'll go find the sect leader."

The corners of everyone's mouths twitched slightly.

That's a really good reason.

If you're too lazy to move by yourself, then you'll have to get all of us running together.

However, since they were flying anyway, they didn't mind anymore.

We went to the main hall together.

At the entrance of the main hall, the sect leader and all the elders were waiting.

The dozens of people above were taken aback when they saw this display of force.

When did they start receiving such good treatment?

To be personally greeted by the sect leader and elders just for going out? Isn't that a bit too much?

However, the most outrageous part was yet to come.

Once the flying artifacts came to a stop, Nian Zhao only opened a small gap in the barrier. "Alright, you can all get off one by one. Don't damage my things."

No one dared to object, assuming he simply didn't like others touching his things, and obediently lined up to jump down.

He stood at the door, glancing at them every now and then, but didn't show much reaction.

Feng Ning stood with him, watching the movement of the array plate in her hand as everyone passed by.

Xue Feng and his group kept a close eye on her gaze, and after receiving her gestures, they would pay more attention to the people she had spotted.

After everyone else had gone down, Xue Feng and his group also went down.

They each focused on the people around them, pretending to be indifferent.

After everyone had disembarked, only Nian Zhao, Feng Ning, and Yao Feibai, who was still in a meditative state, remained on the flying artifact.

When Elder Wenyao of Wufeng saw that Yao Feibai had not come down, he became anxious.

"Where's Yao Feibai? Why didn't he come down?"

The others also noticed that the person they were looking for was not there, and they all became anxious.

Nian Zhao gave Wen Yao a barely perceptible nod, "Yao Feibai is cultivating up there and may have gained something. Elder Wen, please go up and take a look."

Wen Yao ignored what the others were doing and jumped onto the flying artifact.

Nian Zhao then looked at the others, "As for the others who didn't come down, they also failed to emerge from the secret realm this time."

Those who didn't get a chance felt heavy-hearted, while those who did were overjoyed.

Nian Zhao nodded slightly to the sect leader, who naturally saw the few people that Feng Ning had singled out and remembered them.

Seeing that the time was almost up, they acted immediately and arrested everyone in no time.

After they were arrested, they were initially panicked, but they quickly came to their senses.

"Sect Master, why are you arresting us?"

"What are you doing? Let us go!"

Don't you recognize us?

Feng Ning ignored them and checked them again. After confirming that the auras on the group were off, she said, "Sect Master, it's them."

The sect leader nodded. "Understood."

"Everyone else, go back. Don't reveal a single word about what happened today. If you do, you will not be let off lightly."

Everyone was stunned by this scene, wondering why the sect leader had suddenly launched an attack.

Moreover, judging from the situation, these people seem to have committed some unforgivable mistake, which has troubled the sect leader to personally come and arrest them.

Everyone was filled with anxiety and tension, but they felt relieved to hear that they were not involved.

After the initial anxiety comes the gossip.

Since it's none of their business, they'll just treat it as gossip.

However, just as they were trying to find out something, they saw that the sect leader's expression was very serious.

He glanced at them, and they were so frightened that they turned and ran away, no longer daring to stay in the same place.

Of course, there's no need to specifically name who these people are. Anyone whose inside story you don't know doesn't need to stay. You know what's going on in your mind.

The remaining people were either those who knew the truth or those they trusted.

"Let's go back to the main hall first."

The sect leader turned and entered the main hall, and the five people were also dragged in by spiritual power, with no room for resistance.

Inside the main hall, besides the sect leader, the four elders, and the six peak elders, there were two white-bearded old men who, judging from their appearance, seemed to be the Supreme Elders.

After entering, everyone bowed to the two white-bearded old men, saying, "Greetings, Supreme Elders."

Feng Ning also bowed, since she didn't care whether she knew them or not; she just followed along.

After the ceremony, the Supreme Elder gave a soft "hmm" and said, "Please sit down."

The sect leader and the elders took their seats, but the disciples, who were not entitled to sit down, all stayed by their masters' sides.

The Supreme Elder gently raised his eyes and glanced at the five people on the ground.

"These five are the ones you said were possessed?"

The sect leader turned to look at Nian Zhao, who stood up and replied, "Yes, we have evidence to prove that they are Xiao Yi."

The five people visibly trembled when they uttered the words "Xiao Yi".

But feigning composure and pretending not to know, he shouted loudly.

"Fourth Elder, aren't you being too biased? We did have some misunderstandings with your personal disciples in the secret realm, but that doesn't mean you have to frame us, does it? We've never even heard of any 'Xiao Yi' or anything like that."

The person speaking was Xiao Yi's friend, who was found in the secret realm at that time.

"That's right, we only argued with her for a couple of minutes, why does the Fourth Elder have to take our lives?"

"Sect Master, we are not convinced. Why should everything be decided by them? We were just training peacefully, and we really don't know how we offended Feng Ning."

"That's right! We're not convinced! We don't know Xiao Yi, so don't even think about smearing us."

Despite their angry and incessant cursing, everyone remained calm.

Only after they finished their rant and the hall fell silent did the Supreme Elder look at Nian Zhao and ask, "What they just said, is it true?"

How could Nian Zhao know?

He turned to look at Feng Ning with a confused expression. Feng Ning smiled at him and said, "I'm innocent. There's no such thing."