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

Liu Yuanxiu lowered his head, not daring to meet her gaze.

Liu Quan, however, didn't care about all that and smiled at Duan Menghua, "It's like this, my cousin and I haven't seen each other for a long time, and we were thinking of traveling together, but my cousin doesn't want to be separated from you either, so we're discussing it right now."

Then his gaze settled on Feng Ning, "Junior Sister Feng, since we've met, it must be fate. Why don't we go back together? We're almost done with our mission and are getting ready to head back."

Liu Yuanxiu shook his head at them, "It's alright, I'll go with them, you guys go back."

Liu Quan turned and glared at him, then smiled and looked at Feng Ning, "What do you think, Junior Sister?"

Feng Ning glanced at Liu Yuanxiu, then turned to Liu Quan and said, "What's the big deal? Why are you two arguing? Just go together then."

After saying that, he walked over and pulled Liu Yuanxiu over, saying, "You're just traveling with your senior brothers, it's not a big deal. We're not going to eat you, so what are you afraid of?"

Then he said to Liu Quan, "You guys go ahead with your business. We have something to do in Hengyang City and we'll take my friend back with us. You can come find us in Hengyang City once you've finished your mission."

Liu Quan glanced at Gu Wenlang, and seeing him nod, he agreed as well.

"Then you go first, we'll be there soon."

Feng Ning didn't say anything, and the three of them walked over to Yao Feibai and Hua Jinghe.

"Alright, let's go back to Hengyang City first. Things over there need to be settled."

Yao Feibai naturally noticed that something was wrong, but he didn't say anything. He just nodded and left with the others.

Before leaving, he glanced back at Gu Wenlang and made a mental note of him.

After they left, Liu Quan sidled up to Gu Wenlang, his face full of fawning smiles.

"Senior Brother Gu, they've agreed to come with us, and we've almost finished resolving things here. Are we preparing to return to the sect now?"

Gu Wenlang smiled and said, "Why go back to the sect? Such a good opportunity should be used to get to know each other better."

A look of understanding immediately flashed across Liu Quan's face. "If Senior Brother has any brilliant ideas, we will definitely cooperate."

Gu Wenlang smiled and said, "I heard that my silly older brother is getting engaged. As his younger brother, I naturally have to go and offer my congratulations."

Liu Quan suddenly realized, "The Third Prince is indeed wise and insightful. This way, not only will we have more time to spend together, but Junior Sister Feng will also be able to learn about the Third Prince's strength and background. It's a win-win situation!"

Gu Wenlang nodded approvingly, "You're a smart one. From now on, you'll stay by my side."

Liu Quan's eyes lit up. "Thank you for your appreciation, Third Prince."

Gu Wenlang nodded.

Seeing Liu Quan and Gu Wenlang's relationship progress further, the others were green with envy.

These people can't improve their strength much in a short time, and they can't go to a higher realm to cultivate.

The best outcome would be to find a powerful force to rely on. Gu Wenlang is the Third Prince of the Holy Feather Kingdom. By relying on him, one would be relying on the royal family of the Holy Feather Kingdom.

All of them fawn over Gu Wenlang for this very day, isn't it?

But Liu Quan seized this opportunity, leaving the others only with envy.

Liu Quan was overjoyed, his mouth practically stretched to his ears with a wide grin.

"Alright, let's finish this mission first. We can't let this trip be in vain. After it's over, let's go to Hengyang City to find them. I doubt they would dare to leave early."

The group then went back to completing their tasks.

At that moment, the five people who had left had just exited the forest.

Liu Yuanxiu looked at them with a guilty expression, "I'm sorry, I've dragged you into this."

Duan Menghua frowned. "Do you know that person? What exactly did he say to you?"

“He’s also from that branch of our family. In fact, he should be from my third uncle’s family. I should call him cousin. He threatened me with my mother, saying he wanted us to go with him. I just refused, and then you came.”

Duan Menghua was furious. "These bastards, I'm going back to teach them a lesson!"

Yao Feibai pulled the person back, "Calm down first."

Duan Menghua crossed her arms angrily, "I can't stand them bullying me like this!"

Feng Ning went up and patted Liu Yuanxiu on the shoulder, "This is not your fault."

Then he put away his smile and looked at everyone, "If we really have to figure it out, they might have come for me."

Everyone looked at her with surprise, completely puzzled. What did this have to do with her?

She then recounted how she had met Gu Wenlang in the mission hall, how Gu Wenlang wanted to team up with her but was rejected, and how she later teamed up with them.

"They probably thought it was difficult to target me directly, so they targeted the people around me instead. Or maybe I've dragged you into this."

Liu Yuanxiu quickly shook his head, "No, no, no, I'm not afraid of you being implicated!"

His face flushed instantly, and he lowered his head and whispered, "I just want to follow you."

Everyone else laughed too.

Duan Menghua walked over and took her arm. "Sister Fengning, I'm not afraid of you being implicated."

Yao Feibai glanced at the three of them. "Are you trying to exclude me?"

Duan Menghua raised an eyebrow at him, "How could we forget you? We're on the same team! We'll never abandon each other!"

"I just don't know why they want to target you?" Yao Feibai asked.

Feng Ning shook her head. "I've only met him once. Who knows what he's up to? But he's definitely not planning anything good."

"Let's take it one step at a time."

Duan Menghua said with great enthusiasm, "Alright! Let's see what shady things these bastards are up to!"

So, everyone flew back to Hengyang City on their swords.

Feng Ning and the others first cleared away all the evil spirits in the entire city of Hengyang before going to the barrier they had visited when they first entered.

Feng Ning opened the array barrier and told everyone the truth of the matter.

No one else expected it to turn out this way.

They never expected that their respected and trusted city lord would actually want them to die in order to appease the demon's resentment.

The crowd was furious, but with the dead gone, they had no outlet for their anger.

However, some people turned their attention to the city lord's daughter, Lin Yue'e, wanting her to pay with her life.

Enraged, Duan Menghua beat the man up to vent her anger.

"Are you sick? Are you as sick as that demon? Your enemies are the city lord and his two sons, what does that have to do with this girl?"