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

Then, the violent spiritual energy exploded not far from them, so loud that everyone's eardrums almost burst.

After the explosion and the dust settled, the two groups were finally able to see who was facing each other.

Feng Ning stood at the front and immediately spotted a familiar figure in the crowd opposite her.

"Sister Fengning! What are you doing here?"

"Hua Jingyue?"

She turned her head again and, sure enough, saw Hua Jinghe. "What are you two doing here?"

Hua Jingyue immediately came up with joy, "Sister Fengning, I haven't seen you for so long, I've missed you so much."

Feng Ning simply smiled.

Hua Jinghe stepped forward, clasped his hands in a fist salute to her, and said, "Miss Feng, how have you been?"

Feng Ning smiled and said, "It's alright. What are you doing here? Aren't you from Qingyou City? What are you doing in Hengyang City?"

Hua Jingyue sighed, "We heard that something happened here, so we came to help, but we are outnumbered and couldn't do much. We're now stuck here and can't get out."

"Sister Fengning, what brings you all here?"

Feng Ning pointed to the three people behind her, "We are all disciples of the Tianxuan Sect, and we are here to do a mission."

"You've joined the Heavenly Profound Sect?"

Hua Jinghe pulled Hua Jingyue to his side, saying, "We can catch up later; let's get down to business now."

He then introduced, "Miss Feng Ning, this is Lord Lin of Hengyang City, Uncle Lin, and this young lady is our benefactor, you can trust her."

Feng Ning and the other three stepped forward and cupped their hands in greeting. "Greetings, City Lord Lin. We are disciples of the Tianxuan Sect. We have come here to learn about the situation here. Would you be so kind as to explain in detail?"

City Lord Lin was delighted, but after seeing the cultivation levels of the four people, he sighed again, "I apologize for what happened earlier. I thought it was those ghostly things outside that had broken in."

"Lord Lin, there's no need for further explanation; we all understand."

City Lord Lin tentatively asked, "Thank you all for your understanding, but... I wonder how many people the Heavenly Profound Sect sent this time?"

Feng Ning laughed, "Just the four of us."

The city lord's face showed some distress. "My fairy, it's not that I don't trust you, it's just that you don't know how powerful those ghosts outside are. If only four of you Foundation Establishment disciples had come, I'm afraid you wouldn't have been able to resolve the crisis outside."

The other three looked rather grim. Feng Ning smiled and said, "Lord Lin, you're speaking too soon. Whether we can complete the mission or not, we should try to find out. Besides, if we were useless, how could we have broken your barrier just now? The fact that we got here is our own achievement."

Seeing the confident smile on her face, Hua Jingyue's eyes lit up.

Hua Jinghe hurriedly said, "Uncle Lin, since we can't solve this problem anyway, why don't we let them give it a try? Miss Feng Ning is really a very capable person. If we can get their help, perhaps this crisis can be resolved."

"Uncle Lin, things have already come to this point, so there's no harm in giving it a try."

Duan Menghua returned the smile, "Whether you agree or not, we have to do this mission. The reason I'm telling you this now is just to hope that you can tell us what you know so that we can avoid detours and solve the problem sooner. If you are unwilling, you will suffer in the end. Anyway, we won't suffer much if we fail to complete the mission."

Upon hearing her words, everyone's expression changed.

Yao Feibai pulled him back, "Say less."

Duan Menghua rolled her eyes. "Why waste your breath on them? Talk if you want, otherwise get lost. They're the ones asking for help, not me. Why are you giving me that attitude? I'm not from the Holy Feather Kingdom. What does their death have to do with me? It's like I have to beg them to save them."

Yao Feibai was helpless; in fact, he also felt that Duan Menghua was right.

They were the ones who called for help, but when the person was brought here, they didn't trust them. It was as if they were being given information as a favor. They're so spoiled.

Liu Yuanxiu remained silent.

He was from the Holy Feather Kingdom. Although they weren't from the same city, they were still from the same country, so he couldn't take advantage of their misfortune.

Feng Ning naturally stood on her teammates' side. "Lord Lin, I hope you understand that sharing information now is to save you. If you continue to hide it, it will only waste your time. At most, we will only spend some effort, but it will be your people who die. Are you sure you want to do this?"

Hua Jing was extremely anxious. "Uncle Lin, please don't hide it from me anymore."

Hua Jingyue jumped out anxiously, "If you won't tell me, I will!"

Before she could speak, Lord Lin said with a grim expression, "I'll say it myself."

Hua Jinghe quickly pulled the person back, and Hua Jingyue didn't say anything more.

Feng Ning and the other three listened calmly to the information he shared.

After hearing this, I was so angry that I laughed.

The incident began when Lord Lin went into seclusion.

Lord Lin had reached the late stage of the Golden Core realm, just one step away from entering the Nascent Soul realm. Sensing signs of a breakthrough, he immediately went into seclusion to break through.

Before going into seclusion, he entrusted all matters, large and small, within the city to his two sons.

As a result, during this lull, his two sons began to seize power.

The eldest son was arrogant and self-willed, acting as if he were the most important person in the world. The day he gained power, he immediately and drastically replaced all the personnel in the city lord's mansion.

The younger son was cunning and treacherous. While his elder brother was lording it over the city lord's mansion, he began to win over various forces within the city.

But once something is done, it will eventually be exposed.

One day, the two found out what the other had done, and they immediately exploded, kicking and slapping each other.

Of course, neither their kicks nor their slaps landed on the other person.

The people of Hengyang City were the ones who suffered.

On the first day, the eldest son slaughtered the two factions that supported the second son.

The next day, the second son seized a silver mine from the eldest son.

On the third day, the eldest son killed dozens of his second son's trusted subordinates.

On the fourth day, the second son took advantage of the darkness and hung the heads of his wife and children above his bed.

And so, they fought back and forth, killing each other, for several months.

By the time the city lord emerged from seclusion, the situation had spiraled out of control, and even he was unable to clean up the mess.

Hengyang City was originally a very wealthy place. The city lord of Hengyang City also held two mines, which were much larger than those of the surrounding cities.

People are much happier here; even if they can't cultivate, they can still live very well.

But he had two sons who were courting disaster, causing widespread resentment throughout Hengyang.