At this time, at the border of Deston Prefecture.
Heavenly Venerable Jiande, his face pale, flew toward Shadowfell Prefecture.
He asked Fairy Tinglan, who was rapidly walking through the void shoulder-to-shoulder beside him, "Fairy, are you certain that Zhao Guang of the Department of Immortal Suppression has come personally?"
"I am certain!"
Fairy Tinglan's expression was solemn.
"After we passed the intel to the Azure Cloud Li Clan, my spy in the Imperial Capital has been keeping an eye on the Department of Immortal Suppression.
Just as the Boss predicted, once the Azure Cloud Li Clan confirmed the location of the Dusheng Nunnery, Li Chang'an personally went to the Department of Immortal Suppression.
Half a month ago, Zhao Guang of the Department of Immortal Suppression led his subordinates out of the Imperial Capital, heading in the direction of Deston Prefecture."
Everything was exactly as Yun Hongcai had predicted, but looking at the expressions of Heavenly Venerable Jiande and Fairy Tinglan, one would know that Yun Hongcai's prediction wasn't completely accurate.
"Why would they send Zhao Guang?"
A look of fear flashed through Heavenly Venerable Jiande's eyes.
Heart-Devouring Holy Lord Zhao Guang, the number one person under Commander Wu Neng of the Department of Immortal Suppression.
Tens of thousands of years ago, he was already at the Body Integration realm limit. He was someone whose lifespan should have been exhausted thousands of years ago, yet Zhao Guang simply refused to die!
One must know that upon reaching the Body Integration realm, killing someone in the same realm was extremely difficult.
Even if a Mahayana realm expert made a move, as long as a Body Integration realm cultivator fled for their life, they would have a chance.
Yet even Heavenly Venerable Jiande and Fairy Tinglan knew that in the time Zhao Guang had lived until now, four Body Integration experts had already lost their lives at his hands!
"It's not just Zhao Guang. The Department of Immortal Suppression has also sent four Void Refinement cultivators, as well as experts from hidden factions recently recruited by the Department.
They have all received orders from the Department of Immortal Suppression and are currently on their way to Deston Prefecture."
Fairy Tinglan broke out in a cold sweat.
Even Yun Hongcai hadn't anticipated that the Department of Immortal Suppression's regard for the Crown Prince would reach such an extent.
Generally speaking, in order for Wu Neng to deal with the other factions in the Imperial Capital, it was simply impossible for him to dispatch a formidable expert like this.
After all, Wu Neng also had to consider whether sending him out would result in someone making a move against himself.
But Wu Neng did exactly that!
Holy Monk Yidian had once exterminated Buddhism; Nun Dairou of the Dusheng Nunnery might be able to exchange a few blows with Holy Monk Yidian.
But facing Zhao Guang... if they truly dared to fight, it would be a dead end!
"The Boss has already informed the Dusheng Nunnery of the news, letting them prepare a response."
Heavenly Venerable Jiande took a deep breath.
"It's fine. The Dusheng Nunnery is Nun Dairou's home turf.
She has definitely made ample preparations. Even if Zhao Guang has come personally, she surely possesses means to deal with him.
After all, the Dusheng Nunnery has existed for so many years; they must certainly have a few grand Array formations.
Moreover, over these past few decades, the Dusheng Nunnery has madly accumulated faith. The few old demonesses inside are not simple."
Fairy Tinglan let out a long sigh.
"To think the Li Clan could actually persuade Zhao Guang to come personally. It can only be this way. We just have to hope they are evenly matched, so we can wait for the opportunity to..."
But before she could finish speaking, the two walking through the void exchanged a glance, immediately nodded in unison, concealed their figures, and blended into the void.
In just a moment's time.
In the cloudy sky, over a dozen figures wearing smiling masks and white robes could be seen advancing upon trigram boards, vanishing into the clouds.
It wasn't until the time it takes to drink a cup of tea that Heavenly Venerable Jiande and Fairy Tinglan reemerged from the void.
The two exchanged another glance, both seeing the horror in each other's eyes.
Heavenly Venerable Jiande said blankly,
"They are at the Body Integration realm. Looking at their attire... the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion of the Imperial Capital.
Fairy, you didn't mention that the people from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion were coming either..."
"How was I supposed to know?!"
Fairy Tinglan said anxiously.
"The Boss was the one who said the situation in the Imperial Capital is complex.
To save Li Kuanghua's life and rescue Crown Prince Fei Heng, the Azure Cloud Li Clan would at most inform the Department of Immortal Suppression.
Who knew that even the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion would come!"
"Then can Nun Dairou handle them?" Heavenly Venerable Jiande gnashed his teeth. "Are we still going or not?"
"We're going!"
Fairy Tinglan took a deep breath. "That is where our opportunity for a breakthrough lies. I refuse to believe there are even more people!"
...
Meanwhile, in the Imperial Capital.
Li Chang'an stood together with the rotund Li Yuanshang, respectfully seeing off Wu Neng, whose anger had yet to subside.
"Great-Great-Grandfather, he... he wouldn't smash our chamber of commerce, would he?"
Li Yuanshang swallowed hard. His already obese body was dripping with sweat from nervousness.
Looking at the puddles of water dripping onto the ground, Li Chang'an raised his eyebrows.
So many years had passed, and Li Chang'an had never seen Li Yuanshang sweat this much.
He thought to himself that if he invited Wu Neng over more often, perhaps it could help Yuanshang lose some weight.
Cursing inwardly, Li Chang'an replied, "Although Wu Neng is petty, he won't go so far as to smash our chamber of commerce. Besides, I didn't even do anything."
"You didn't do anything, Great-Great-Grandfather? He told you to keep the matter of the Dusheng Nunnery a secret, but you brought it up right in front of his face during the court assembly." Li Yuanshang smiled bitterly.
"Now look what happened. The entire imperial court knows that Fei Heng is being controlled in the Dusheng Nunnery.
Terrified that Fei Heng will be used as a puppet by the Dusheng Nunnery, they have no choice but to mount a rescue."
"Calling it a rescue sounds nice, but the people in the imperial court all have different motives.
And then there's the Empress, who has been regent for decades—will she let Fei Heng live comfortably?
As for those heading to the Dusheng Nunnery, whether they are going to save Fei Heng or kill him is truly hard to say."
Li Yuanshang's expression grew increasingly ugly. "Great-Great-Grandfather, oh Great-Great-Grandfather, it hasn't been easy for us to support such a Crown Prince in the court."
Hearing this, Li Chang'an also frowned slightly.
Back when he was in the Azure Cloud Prefecture, he was very familiar with Fei Heng.
After arriving in the Imperial Capital, Fei Heng had also treated him extremely well; their Li Clan and Fei Heng were as close as family.
If Great-Great-Aunt Yaowen hadn't told him to do this, he definitely wouldn't have acted this way.
"It's over, it's completely over. This time, the Crown Prince is definitely heading to the Netherworld to meet our clan's First Ancestor."
Li Yuanshang wrung out a completely soaked towel and wiped the cold sweat from his head.
Li Chang'an pondered for a long time. "Stay calm. The Empress and I also had a very pleasant conversation."
"..."
Li Yuanshang stared blankly. Just listen to this. Is this something an elder should say?
Looking again at his Great-Great-Grandfather's eyes, something wasn't quite right; he looked completely serious.
After hesitating for a long time, Li Yuanshang asked anxiously, "Great-Great-Grandfather, you... this 'pleasant conversation' you mentioned... is it this kind of pleasant conversation, or that kind of pleasant conversation?"
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