"Barbarian Tribe Martial Artists!"
Hearing those words, Gu Chenfeng immediately thought of something.
The "Barbarian Tribe spies" his eldest sister had often mentioned to him lately.
She had led the Imperial Guard out on patrol many times, searching for traces of Barbarian Tribe spies.
Apparently, to prevent any disruption to today's ceremony,
the Imperial Guard had not only deployed more men but also expanded their search severalfold, covering a hundred li around the Imperial Capital.
He had not expected those Barbarian Tribe spies to actually emerge.
The female Imperial Preceptor stared in that direction.
Gu Chenfeng could sense a vast surge of Spiritual Power gathering from her toward that direction.
Her true body was not even here, yet her Spiritual Power had already reached such a level.
Grandmaster-level experts truly were monstrous.
"Quite a few Barbarian Tribe Martial Artists have appeared, and their cultivation isn't particularly weak. Are they trying to disrupt the sacrificial ceremony?"
As the female Imperial Preceptor murmured to herself, Gu Chenfeng suddenly remembered something.
When his eldest sister had left home today, she seemed to have mentioned that the Tiger Guard would be patrolling west of the Imperial Capital.
"It's my eldest sister and her men fighting the Barbarian Tribe Martial Artists!"
Gu Chenfeng's heart clenched, and that ominous premonition grew even stronger.
He hurriedly said, "Imperial Preceptor, since you've discovered the Barbarian Tribe spies, please have the Imperial Capital send experts outside the city to slaughter those barbarians."
The female Imperial Preceptor's brow furrowed further, and she shook her head slightly.
"That isn't possible right now."
"Why?"
"The Late Emperor's ceremony has already begun. It is being held in the Imperial Clan Ancestral Land.
That place holds many secret treasures and extraordinary wonders.
Once the ceremony begins, a great formation seals off the site, isolating