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

"lady!"

Qi Cuihe glared at her. "Don't say anything more. My mind is made up, and I will not leave."

Xiao Hong was so anxious she was jumping up and down, but she didn't know how to comfort her.

Ultimately, she was just a servant girl and had no right to make decisions for her master. Since her master had said so, she could only do as her master said.

Qi Cuihe kicked the people out and locked herself in the room.

Meanwhile, Ye Yuan had returned to Feng Ning's side.

Feng Ning quickly went over and asked, "How is it? Has the letter been delivered?"

"She was delivered, but she refused to leave."

"Why?" she asked, utterly bewildered. "Doesn't she realize how serious this matter is?"

Ye Yuan smiled. "Of course I know."

Feng Ning fell silent.

Since she knew all along, did she still choose not to leave?

Ye Yuan relayed Qi Cuihe's words, and Feng Ning felt somewhat helpless after listening to them.

It seems that the person she chose was her husband, not her son.

As for what happens next, that's no longer her concern.

She came all this way because she felt that the Liu family had been implicated by her.

But she's not a saint; there's no need for her to rush to think of others.

Everyone should be responsible for their own decisions, and she has a clear conscience regarding Liu Yuanxiu.

"Then forget it. It's her business if she doesn't want to leave. I should go." With that, he turned and left.

Ye Yuan followed behind her, "Where are you going?"

"Tianxuan Sect".

"Tianxuan Sect? What are we going there for?"

Feng Ning slapped her forehead, "I forgot to tell you, I have joined the Tianxuan Sect and become the disciple of the Fourth Elder, Nian Zhao."

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "So that's how it is. No wonder your cultivation has improved so quickly."

Feng Ning was a little proud. "That's right. I've already reached the fifth stage of Foundation Establishment, and I'll be at the Golden Core stage soon."

"Yes, very impressive."

The two chatted and laughed as they left Jiuling City and headed towards Tianxuan Sect.

Meanwhile, in a courtyard in Hunyuan City, the atmosphere was extremely oppressive.

Gu Wenlang angrily kicked the person in front of him away, "So many of you powerful experts went, and you couldn't even bring back a few Foundation Establishment cultivators? What are you good for?"

It was the group led by the Nascent Soul Elder. The Nascent Soul Elder glanced at the person who had been kicked out, but did not plead for him. Instead, he said to Gu Wenlang, "Your Highness, please forgive me."

"Waste! Waste!"

Gu Wenlang kicked two more people before his emotions calmed down a bit.

"Elder, you owe me an explanation for this matter."

The elder cupped his hands in greeting. “Third Prince, those people are indeed difficult to deal with, especially that one named Feng Ning. He has a variety of tricks up his sleeve and seems to know how to use formations. He is quite troublesome. Now that we haven’t caught up with them, they may have already left the Holy Feather Kingdom. The Tianxuan Sect’s sphere of influence is not a place where we can be arrogant.”

"So you mean you want me to swallow this insult?"

"Of course not." A calculating glint flashed in the elder's eyes. "Your Highness is, after all, an inner disciple. Dealing with a few junior brothers and sisters would be a simple matter, wouldn't it?"

Gu Wenlang quickly realized what was going on, and then nodded with a smile, "You're right. As the senior brother, it's my responsibility to teach my junior brothers and sisters a lesson when they're disobedient."

After saying that, he thought of Liu Yuanxiu and said, "Elder, since we haven't caught the person, I'll give you another task."

"Your Highness, please speak."

"Among those four, there is one named Liu Yuanxiu. Go and find out who his mother is. She should be his weakness. Go and capture her and keep her under control. I don't believe he won't obey."

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, the elder immediately went to take care of it.

A ruthless glint flashed in Gu Wenlang's eyes. "I will remember what happened today. I, Gu Wenlang, will not rest until you pay the price!"

The matter here had just been resolved when several Tianxuan Sect disciples who had been with Gu Wenlang earlier also came in.

"Senior Brother Gu, how did things go?"

Gu Wenlang gritted his teeth, "Let them escape."

"Don't worry, senior brother. They can run away, but they can't run away from the sect. They will eventually have to return to the sect."

"That's right. As long as they dare to return to the sect, we have plenty of ways to deal with them."

Gu Wenlang glanced at them and said, "You think you can handle the Fourth Elder's personal disciple? Do you really think the Fourth Elder is easy to bully?"

Everyone lowered their heads.

Soon, Liu Quan raised his head and said, "Senior brother, I have an idea."

Gu Wenlang glanced at him.

This person is intelligent and cunning enough; he might actually have some ideas.

"You said."

Liu Quan quickly asked, "Senior brother, do you still remember the mission they went to complete?"

Gu Wenlang thought for a moment and said, "There are demons causing trouble in Hengyang City."

"Exactly!"

"go on."

"The mission in Hengyang City is a mission that can only be completed by Golden Core cultivators. These four Foundation Establishment cultivators dared to take it on and even completed it. Don't you find that strange, Senior Brother?"

Someone asked in confusion, "What's strange about this?"

Liu Quan continued to explain, "The mission in Hengyang City was so difficult, yet the four of them completed it at the Foundation Establishment stage. This is unusual in itself. Furthermore, the city lord of Hengyang died, and the entire city was destroyed like that. Could it be that the four of them did something to sabotage things?"

Gu Wenlang quickly understood what he meant and gave him an approving look. "You're right. As a reputable sect, we naturally have to speak out for the wronged. I'll leave this matter to you. And what about the new city lord of Hengyang? You know what to do, right?"

The group quickly replied, "Don't worry, senior brother, we will definitely handle this matter perfectly."

"Don't worry, senior brother, we've got it covered."

The others also breathed a sigh of relief.

During this time, Liu Quan was very good at pleasing Senior Brother Gu, which made them very anxious.

But there's no use in being anxious; they're slow-witted and can't think of many ways to please people.

Now that they can finally be of use, they will naturally do their best to achieve something.

So the group set off for Hengyang City without stopping.

At this moment, Feng Ning and the other three were unaware of the impending crisis.

The three who left first, Yao Feibai, had already traveled more than half the distance.

The group was extremely anxious and tried every possible way to break the formation on the flying magical artifact.

Duan Menghua continuously channeled spiritual energy into Yao Feibai's body, saying, "Hurry! Hurry up, it will open soon."

Liu Yuanxiu was also channeling spiritual energy, and was covered in sweat.

Yao Feibai shouted, swinging his longsword with a sharp sword aura, "Break!"

With a snap, the array on the flying artifact that was preventing them from leaving shattered.