When the Chu army's reinforcements set out, Emperor Chu had already made the arrangements clear.
This operation to reinforce the territory of the Seven Nights Divine Sect would be led by Lin Bai, Princess Chenxian, and Chu Tinghan, while Chu Tingxue would primarily serve as a staff adviser.
There was nothing unreasonable about that.
The three of them represented three different factions.
Chu Tinghan represented the most powerful military force in Chu—the Army King's Prince Liang's Estate; Princess Chenxian represented Prince Hong Estate; and Lin Bai represented Chu's Five Great Families and Seven Sects.
It was only natural for the operation to be led by these three.
But what Lin Bai could not understand was... even if he had vanished under such bizarre circumstances, weren't Chu Tinghan and Princess Chenxian still in charge of the army?
At a time like this, Chu Tingxue and Princess Chenxian should have been the ones calling the shots. How had it suddenly become Chu Tingxue?
Carrying his doubts, Lin Bai quickly found the answer in the message.
"..."
"Did Li Gu want to leave Four Gloom City?"
"After the news broke that Prince Qin of Chu had vanished under bizarre circumstances within the territory of the Seven Nights Divine Sect, Princess Chu Tinghan and Princess Chenxian were thrown into utter disarray and had already lost the heart to command their troops in battle."
The Northern Region martial artists had officially entered the fray, which also marked the war in the territory of the One Night Divine Sect entering a white-hot phase.
However, Elder He Gongji's earlier analysis made Lin Bai agree with him somewhat.
Seeing that Lin Bai had fallen silent, Lin Baixian said, "The Devil Palace's ten-thousand-year grand design is brilliant precisely because it allows us to advance when we can and retreat