This scoundrel is a bit of a swordsman.

"Your woman?" Wu Xie scoffed.

"Hehe, what else?"

Xiao Xingchen slowly walked up, completely different from before. He exuded a sharp aura, and even the warhorses and beasts he passed had small wounds appearing on them.

This was the sharpness of the battle sword, and this was without him revealing his inner power. He sensed that if he were to unleash the power gathered in his chest at this moment, these strange beasts and warhorses would be instantly annihilated.

"It's that good-for-nothing brat again! I'll twist your head off!"

Upon seeing Xiao Xingchen, Chao Lu Ri rushed over immediately. He hadn't had time to kill this kid earlier, and now he was coming out to die again. He asked for it.

The war commander remained unmoved, seemingly acquiescing to everything. First it was the fourth prince, and now it's a useless young boy. His authority is being questioned here, and this cannot be tolerated.

Wu Xie wore a wicked grin, as if the boy would be dismembered on the spot at any moment.

Unfortunately, to their disappointment, their savage charge towards Ruzhi resulted in them missing their target.

"What?" Chao Luri looked puzzled. When he turned around, he realized that the young man had already arrived in front of Wu Xie's carriage at some point.

"This is?"

Everyone who saw it was shocked, then rubbed their eyes hard, as if they had just had a visual illusion.

Sword footwork, like an arrow released from a bow, moves with the body's will; the sword's imprint can arrive in an instant.

Messages emanated from the broken sword; these were the footsteps of the Heavenly Sword. Empowered by the power of the Divine Embryo, they vanished before everyone's eyes as if by teleportation.

Xiao Xingchen was also shocked by his own actions. This behavior, which completely defied the laws of physics, left him stunned. Now, he finally felt a bit like a martial arts master.

Wu Xie and Zhan Shuai were also taken aback for a moment, but only for a moment. The ones who were truly shocked were the Eldest Princess and Chen Miao.

Chen Miao had been closely watching the situation unfolding below the city. She was the one who understood Xiao Xingchen best, but even she couldn't understand it now.

A trip to Cangshan Mountain made her absolutely certain that Xiao Xingchen was just an ordinary person, so how could he now use a gait that only cultivators would use?

This amplified her curiosity about that man to an extreme degree; almost every action of Xiao Xingchen challenged the limits of her understanding.

"How is that possible? He's a cultivator?" She didn't answer the question posed by Qingniao, but she knew that everything about this boy needed to be reassessed, and she would need to get to know him again afterward.

Wu Xie grinned wickedly, looking at the frail-looking boy who had teleported in front of him, a cruel glint in his eyes.

"Are all the young people in Yong'an so fearless? Do you know that even the people from the War Marshal's Mansion don't dare to get this close to me?"

"So you're the one trying to steal my woman?" Xiao Xingchen asked calmly, scrutinizing the man but finding him unremarkable.

"Is that your woman? What a pity. But even though she's been used, I'm very interested in her. How about it? Hand her over, and I'll spare your life."

"Kill him!"

Daji's words echoed in Xiao Xingchen's mind. He knew that these words had angered Daji, and if Daji hadn't been unable to act, this man would probably already be being tortured.

However, he wasn't planning to act now. Now that he had the ability to change the situation, he wanted to wait and see.

Let's see just how many schemes are brewing beneath the walls of Yong'an City.

To ordinary people, today's events were nothing more than a barbaric invasion of the city and the return of the war general to the capital. However, Xiao Xingchen's thinking was naturally unconventional, and coupled with the fact that he had been tricked, he had long realized that more than one person was plotting this, and that there were many schemes involved.

It all started as a scheme about himself, with the aim of using someone else to do his dirty work. This scheme was orchestrated by the Fourth Prince.

Then came the scheme of praising someone to death, and who was being praising to death? Of course, it was this war general.

He was greeted by a hundred officials—a royal ceremony, to say the least. But to dare be so arrogant right under Emperor Wu's nose? If it weren't for his numerous military achievements, Emperor Wu might have personally executed him.

An emperor can give, but you can't take everything; that's the rule.

This man is somewhat like Nian Gengyao; he'll be eliminated by the Fourth Prince sooner or later. Xiao Xingchen was absolutely certain of this because he knew the Martial Emperor all too well. Anyone whose achievements overshadowed the emperor would meet a terrible end.

As for the people from Manghuang, to be honest, he still couldn't quite grasp their intentions. As the mortal enemies of Daqian, they actually brought their troops to the gates of Yong'an City in such a blatant manner and even made such provocative remarks. The Fourth Prince was right about one thing: this is the capital city, how can you be so presumptuous?

The war in the Northern Regions has made the War Marshal's Mansion and even the Wildlands forget that the most terrifying person in the Great Qian Dynasty is the one in the Imperial City.

These were the three possible plans he could think of. Besides these, there was one last question: the presence of the two prime ministers, the heads of all officials, was suspicious.

These two are second only to the emperor, and even Zhan Aotian wouldn't have the authority to make them stand there waiting for so long.

Therefore, Xiao Xingchen concluded that there were four schemes at the city gate, the last of which was beyond his comprehension—what exactly were these two prime ministers planning here?

Of course, he had many other questions, but he didn't have time to think about them now. For example, where was the Quasi-Sage? His good disciples were almost crushed, yet no one came to their rescue. This didn't make sense. If he really died here, it would be a slap in the face to his father. He had said long ago that people have a problem: the higher the position, the more they care about face. Killing his disciples was tantamount to slapping his father in the face.

But even now, the Quasi-Saint has not shown himself, which makes him add another question mark to his mind.

"Kid, you're asking for death," an axe descended from the sky behind Wu Xie, heading straight for Xiao Xingchen.

Behind him, Choruji attacked again.

Even the war commander, who was far away, issued an order.

"Take this troublemaker down with you!"

In an instant, both the Wilderness and the War General turned their weapons on Xiao Xingchen, and the two groups that were originally locked in a life-or-death struggle now all pointed their swords at him.

This unexpected turn of events stunned everyone once again, but where no one was watching, the two prime ministers actually smiled.

Xiao Xingchen's gaze was originally fixed on the two prime ministers, but upon seeing this, a bizarre idea suddenly sprouted in her mind.

"No way?"

He was startled by his own guess. If it was really as he thought, then this joke had gone too far. But what did it have to do with him?

All he needed to know was that someone wanted to kill him and steal his woman; he had no interest in the affairs of the Great Qian Dynasty.

He had initially intended to offer some advice to Zhan Aotian, but with this suspicion arising in his mind, he instantly abandoned the idea of ​​speaking with Zhan Aotian.

"Although the Fourth Prince tricked me, there's one thing he said that I agree with,"

Xiao Xingchen remained fearless, showing no signs of losing her composure despite being surrounded. Instead, she looked towards the Fourth Prince with a lingering sense of anticipation.

"This is Yong'an, how dare you do whatever you want here?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his fighting spirit erupted instantly, and the broken sword suddenly appeared in his hand. With a light slash, everyone felt a gentle breeze on their faces. Time seemed to freeze for a moment, and then they saw a commotion in the center of the arena.