Sitting on the sedan chair, Zang Tianji slightly clenched his fist, "Ling, you and I are both disciples of the Three Palaces. When the emperor returns, he needs a divine general to follow. This divine general should belong to Dong Efang."

Ling smiled and said, "In this world, there is no should or shouldn't, only positions."

"I think it's more appropriate for Nan Weiyang to hand over the divine general in the coffin to the emperor."

Feng Ruoxing couldn't help but frown—she understood the relationship between Ling and Zang Tianji, but she couldn't figure out exactly what kind of relationship they had.

According to them, there should be Three Palaces welcoming the return of the emperor. Weiyang and Efang were both famous ancient palaces. However, the relationship between the Three Palaces should not be one of parallel existence.

Common sayings go: there are three palaces, six courtyards, and seventy-two concubines. The Three Palaces refer to the central palace and the east and west palaces where the emperor's consorts lived. However, this saying is merely a folk legend and not entirely accurate.

In the Han Dynasty, the emperor, empress dowager, and empress were collectively known as the Three Palaces, and the grand empress dowager, empress dowager, and empress were also referred to as the Three Palaces. During the reign of Emperor Muzong in the Tang Dynasty, the two empress dowagers and the empress were collectively called the Three Palaces.

If an emperor really returns, it should be the consorts who welcome him, not his own mother.

While Feng Ruoxing was still lost in thought, Zang Tianji suddenly smiled and said, "Time's up, Ling, you've lost! Do it!"

At Zang Tianji's command, Mi Tianyue suddenly raised her head and stared at Shen Qingbai on the opposite side, her eyes flashing with cold electricity: "Kill!"

The people behind Mi Tianyue simultaneously drew out short axes and broadswords, and with shouts, charged towards their opponents.

Shen Qingbai stepped forward with her sword, "Form ranks to meet the enemy!"

The swordsmen behind Shen Qingbai suddenly spread out their formation and charged forward with their swords. Almost at the same time, both sides stepped into the stream. Silver-white water splashed everywhere under their feet, and the vanguard experts of the two teams had already clashed.

Figures, cold light, momentarily merging and then separating, the mountain stream was stained with blood, weapons fell to the ground, and those who fell could no longer get up, while the remaining forces continued to collide frantically.

Mi Tianyue burst out from the crowd, where it was impossible to discern who was who, and her short axe continuously struck Shen Qingbai's long sword. The "Mad Tiger Nine Strikes" delivered critical hits with each blow, one after another.

Under the opponent's heavy blows, Shen Qingbai raised her sword with both hands and retreated repeatedly. Shen Qingbai still had the strength to fight, but the sword in her hand was beginning to succumb to Mi Tianyue's short axe.

After the ninth critical hit, Shen Qingbai would inevitably die when her sword broke.

However, Ling stood motionless in the distance, not even glancing at Shen Qingbai, as if the fighting and bloodshed around her had nothing to do with her. Her only target was Zang Tianji.

Among the entire field, only Butcher Wang was paying attention to the duel between Shen Qingbai and Mi Tianyue.

"That crazy girl's axe is not bad, I like it!" Seeing that Shen Qingbai was about to lose, Butcher Wang sneered, reached behind her, drew out a cleaver, and plunged into the crowd like a ghost.

The sudden appearance of a red figure in the battle formation immediately attracted the attention of both sides. As both sides sent people to attack Butcher Wang, her cleaver swept across the necks of her opponents.

Butcher Wang did not show mercy just because those blocking her were white-robed swordsmen. Wherever her blade passed, whether friend or foe, they all fell to the ground. She also charged towards Shen Qingbai in the rain of blood.

Shen Qingbai's long sword snapped in two, leaving her completely defenseless. Just as she watched the short axe hurtling towards her forehead, Butcher Wang's cleaver collided with the short axe.

In the deafening sound of clashing metal, the two figures each took a step back, confronting each other across Shen Qingbai.

Sitting on the sedan chair, Zang Tianji's expression also changed slightly in the midst of that loud noise. She quickly calculated with her left hand, and the look of shock on her face deepened even further: "Ling, you..."

Before Zang Tianji could finish speaking, Feng Ruoxing silently appeared in front of the sedan chair, her sword aimed straight at Zang Tianji's throat.

Although Feng Ruoxing's Shura Quick Sword was strangely peerless, the four porters carrying Zang Tianji retreated several meters at the same time, forcibly escaping the range of the Shura Quick Sword.

When Feng Ruoxing tried to attack again, the four porters simultaneously pressed forward, and the blind cane held in Zang Tianji's left hand also pointed towards Feng Ruoxing's forehead.

The opponent's speed was not fast, but a feeling of "this is fate, I should die here" arose in Feng Ruoxing's heart, and she stood there without resistance, watching the blind cane approach.

From the moment Feng Ruoxing appeared, Ling had already started walking towards Zang Tianji.

Between Ling and Zang Tianji, in addition to the stream stained red with blood and the chaotic crowd, there were also four top experts: Butcher Wang, Shen Qingbai, Mi Tianyue, and Feng Ruoxing.

Even if I and Ye Yang were here, it would be difficult to bypass the four of them and reach the other side in a short time.

It should be known that first-class experts in a chaotic battle will never concentrate their attention entirely on one person. As soon as any disturbance appears around them, they will instinctively attack and kill. Even if it is one's own people, joining the battle without prior warning can easily lead to deadly swords and blades.

Yet Ling insisted on walking towards the center of the battle without notifying anyone.

Was she trying to rescue Feng Ruoxing?

But could she stop her opponent before Zang Tianji's blind cane landed?