"Oh dear! That Old Drunkard! He brought me all this way, and it's already wasted several days getting back to the capital! I wonder if the conference has even started yet!!"
At this moment, Li Changfeng hurried on his way and finally saw the imperial city in the distance. He smiled bitterly.
Li Changfeng returned to the capital and went directly to the palace to find Princess Minmin.
"You're looking for Her Princess? Who are you? What do you want with her?" a guard asked slowly, his face grave.
Upon hearing this, Li Changfeng pondered for a moment, thinking to himself, "Princess Minmin should know I'm coming, so it should be fine!"
Li Changfeng cupped his hands in greeting and said, "Brother guard! I am Li Changfeng. I'm here to see Princess Minmin about something. She should have told you, right?"
Upon hearing this, the guard was immediately startled and hurriedly cupped his hands, saying, "Commander Thousand-Household Officer Li! I am so sorry! Her Princess said that if you come, go to the Free and Unfettered Sect Ruins to find her; they are waiting for you there!"
Li Changfeng was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, "She's at the Free and Unfettered Sect Ruins! What's she doing there?"
Upon hearing this, the guard cupped his hands and said, "I didn't know! Her Princess only instructed me to tell you this!"
Li Changfeng nodded upon hearing this, "Okay! Thank you for passing on the message, I'll go find her right away!"
Upon hearing this, the guard cupped his hands and said, "Respectfully seeing off Commander Qianhu!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Changfeng transformed into a swift afterimage and slowly disappeared without a trace!
Free and Unfettered Sect Ruins.
Hidden within a lush green bamboo forest in the mountains lies a relic, where the bamboo grove subtly forms a mesmerizing array.
If someone is not familiar with the formation, they could be trapped and killed inside in no time; it is extremely terrifying!
At this moment, the area outside the bamboo forest was filled with people, who had gathered together in several large alliances.
The largest alliance was formed by the Zhou and Wu families of the Imperial City and the Heavenly Spring Sword Manor. It was a large alliance led by these Three Great Sects, and included a number of other smaller forces.
However, the Emei Sect and the Flower Shifting Palace are an alliance, which is entirely composed of women. No man can join them; it is essentially a Women's Alliance.
In addition, the Divine Fist Gate, Meteor Sect, Iron Palm Gang, and Azure City Sect have also joined forces to form an alliance, which is the most powerful alliance ever formed!
Finally, the Medicine God Valley, Ironclad Gate, and Mount Song Sect formed an alliance. Their power was not weak, but they kept a low profile and no one paid much attention to them.
However, the members of the Free and Unfettered Sect had already broken in, leaving only these people there to figure out how to break the illusionary bamboo array.
Tie Rushan looked around as if searching for someone. "Isn't Li Changfeng coming? I haven't seen him here!"
Upon hearing this, Yue Hanhai smiled faintly and said, "If he were here, he would have been in disguise, after all, there are quite a few sects here that have a grudge against him!"
Sun Hongwen nodded upon hearing this, "Brother Le is right! Young Sect Leader! Don't bother looking around! You won't find him!"
Tie Rushan looked disappointed upon hearing this, "I was hoping to train with him! I didn't expect we still couldn't find him!"
A dignified young man slowly walked out from the Mount Song Sect camp.
"Brother Tie! Why bother with a cowardly fellow! We are all Grandmasters, but he is just a minor first-rate. What right does he have to be among us!"
Upon hearing this Tie Rushan's face turned cold, and he glared at him fiercely. "Zuo Bufan! If I ever hear you say such things to my brother again, I won't let you off the hook!"
Zuo Bufan narrowed his eyes upon hearing this and said calmly, "Heh! That's just the truth!"
Upon hearing this, Tie Rushan flew into a rage, "You brat Zuo! You're asking for death!"
Zuo Bufan sneered, "Are you afraid of me?"
After saying that, the two were about to start fighting when Zuo Kangcheng and Sun Hongwen quickly pulled them back, saying, "Hey! Look where we are! Don't fight here and make a fool of yourselves!"
Upon hearing this, the two men's faces turned ashen. They both snorted coldly and walked away.
Zuo Kangcheng said helplessly, "Brother! How could you do this! Li Changfeng is my friend, you shouldn't slander him!"
Upon Zuo Bufan's face turned cold, and he said disdainfully, "You're all just the same kind of people, aren't you? You're all friends!"
Upon hearing this, Zuo Kangcheng's expression changed immediately. He lowered his head, making his expression unreadable. Seeing this, Yue Hanhai slowly walked over and patted his shoulder, "Are you alright?"
Zuo Kangcheng forced a smile upon hearing this, "No... it's nothing! I'm used to it!"
In fact, although he and Zuo Bufan were brothers in the Mount Song Sect, Zuo Bufan never looked at him properly, and even looked down on him as if he were an ant.
Their father had long seen this situation, but he never cared. He only cared about his eldest son, who was also the future heir, so he didn't care about Zuo Kangcheng's feelings at all.
Despite his glamorous and impressive identity, no one knew this side of him; everyone assumed he was the sect leader's son and was greatly favored!
Upon hearing this, Yue Hanhai gave him a deep look and sighed, "I don't care what others think of me, as long as you don't mind me, we'll be brothers for life!"
Sun Hongwen smiled slightly upon hearing this, "Me too!"
Upon hearing this, Zuo Kangcheng was immediately moved. "Thank you! My best brothers!"
However, some people within the Emei Sect's camp were still searching for someone. Hua Xinglian smiled slightly upon seeing this, "Zhiruo! Are you looking for Li Changfeng?"
Zhou Zhiruo gave her a cold look upon hearing this, not wanting to answer her question.
Seeing this, Hua Xinglian gave a wry smile, secretly glanced around, and after confirming that no one was around, whispered, "I had no choice back then! I have sect rules that prevent me from disobeying orders, and I also held back, otherwise you guys wouldn't be a match for me!"
Zhou Zhiruo sighed upon hearing this, "I understand! But I'm the same way! But I..."
Hua Xinglian looked helpless upon hearing this, "You... you should do what you think is best!"
At this moment, the people around watched their argument with amusement, and after it came to nothing, they walked away with disappointed expressions.
The leaders of the four alliances slowly gathered together, their gazes fixed on the bamboo forest, their faces grave. "What do you think of this illusionary formation?"
The Zhou family elder asked solemnly, "Do we have any formation masters here who can break the formation?"
Upon hearing this, everyone slowly turned their gaze to the Ironclad Gate. "Don't the people of the Ironclad Gate all know formations?"
Upon hearing this, the Ironclad Gate elder's face darkened, and he sneered, "I don't believe you didn't bring an array master with you. You want me to lead the way for you? No way!"
Upon hearing this, everyone sighed softly. They had originally intended to use their superior numbers to suppress the Ironclad Gate and act as their vanguard, but they hadn't expected that the sect would see through their plan.
However, they didn't care. They couldn't rely on this anyway; they just wanted to take a gamble. The people present were all old foxes who wouldn't fall for their trick so easily!
"In that case, let's each set off on our own!"
Just then, a figure suddenly appeared on the field. He sighed slowly, "I'm not too late to come now, am I?"
The sudden appearance of this person immediately attracted everyone's attention; some were delighted, while others were filled with murderous intent!
"Li Changfeng! It's you! I never thought you'd actually come here to die! Hahaha! This is heaven's help!"
Those on the field who had grudges against Li Changfeng were enraged, their eyes filled with murderous intent as they glared at Li Changfeng ...