The Phoenix Emperor Token, the Protagonist Is Somewhat Stunned, and Flees with the Loot!

As the three of them spoke, they had already entered the dilapidated temple.

The three of them were visibly taken aback when they saw Ying Xue.

"Brother, are we going to strike it rich?" one of them said, his eyes shining.

"Haha, brother, you're right, we're rich!"

"What do you call this? It's like finding something you've been searching for everywhere, only to have it come unexpectedly. When luck comes, you can't stop it."

"Brother, what you said actually rhymes!"

"That's right, your brother is Proficiency in poetry and prose. Rhyming is nothing."

"Enough with the nonsense. To avoid any unforeseen complications, let's act immediately."

Although the three talked in hushed tones, they moved with remarkable speed, quickly positioning themselves to occupy three directions and prevent Ling Yi and his companions from escaping.

Ling Yi ate the grilled meat without making any other move.

Ying Xue was also carefully slicing the roasted meat in her hand with a dagger, cutting it into thin slices, and then putting them into her mouth without saying a word.

Seeing that her empress and Ling Yi were both so calm, Lü Yuan simply sat down next to the empress, pretended to be calm, tore off a piece of meat from the grill, and started eating.

"Big brother, they don't seem afraid of us."

"Hmph, just putting on a show of composure. One is poisoned and crippled, the other is seriously injured and struck by the Ice Palm of the Cold Moon Thousand Guard, unable to use his Internal Energy."

"We brothers are determined to seize this fortune today."

"Leave this Little White to me, and the Empress and her maids to you."

Just then, the three of them felt a sudden darkness before their eyes, followed by a feeling of weightlessness.

The next moment, the three found themselves no longer in the dilapidated temple, but thousands of meters in the air.

"Big brother, it seems like we're in the air."

"I know!"

"Big brother, it seems like we're falling."

"Nonsense, I'm not blind."

Why are we in the air?!

"How should I know!"

"Brother, if we go down from that height, we might fall to our deaths."

"If you're lucky, you might even be left with a whole body."

The three were silent for half a second, then screamed in terror, "Ah..."

They were Innate Martial Practitioner, but Innate Martial Practitioner cannot fly. Under the Gravity, falling from this height would be certain death.

Inside the dilapidated temple, Lü Yuan Duck blinked and asked Ling Yi, "Where are the other three?"

"If you're lucky, you might at least have a complete corpse."

"What kind of tricks are you using?"

"You wouldn't understand even if I explained, and even if you did understand, you wouldn't be able to learn it, so don't ask!"

"What do you mean I don't understand? How do you know I won't understand or learn if you don't tell me? Let me tell you, I'm a martial arts genius."

"Ah, yes, yes, yes!"

"Hmph, fine, I won't tell you then, you stingy little thing!" Lü Yuan angrily sat down to the side and went to Meditation.

Ying Xue's face was extremely gloomy, and her brows were tightly furrowed.

"I never imagined that I, who thought I controlled the court and the world, would still be deceiving myself if it weren't for this incognito trip outside the palace."

Ling Yi poked at the fire and said, "There are too many bad people. It's already quite remarkable that you, a woman, could do this much."

"What, you look down on us women too?"

"Hey, when did I ever look down on you women? Don't just throw punches like that!" Ling Yi rolled her eyes.

"Sigh!" Ying Xue sighed.

"My father defied public opinion and handed this position to me, but he had no idea of the immense pressure I would be under. The court was rife with factional strife, and each faction was shifting blame and shirking responsibility."

"The imperial court is supposed to be the place for handling state affairs, but now those scoundrels only know how to fight for power and engage in infighting, and they can't handle a single state affair well."

"Not only are they incapable of doing things properly, but they've also rendered me utterly incapable of accomplishing anything."

Although Ying Xue was not a puppet emperor, she was practically one.

For a woman to become empress is inherently an act against the will of Heaven.

If it weren't for the fact that the Empress's father, the previous emperor of the Great Qian Empire, left her with many trump cards, she would probably have been overthrown long ago.

"Ultimately, it's because you're too weak," Ling Yi said.

"If you possess a powerful and invincible force of your own, then the imperial court will be your domain."

"I have been secretly cultivating my own strength, but unfortunately, I have been hampered by many factors, making development difficult."

Ling Yi shrugged and said, "Those Black Phoenix Guard you trained?"

Ying Xue stared intently at Ling Yi. This guy actually knew about the Black Phoenix Guard?

"You have such a narrow mindset."

"You're saying I have a narrow mind?" Ying Xue's voice rose a few decibels.

Clearly, she was resentful that the Black Phoenix Guard, whom she had painstakingly trained and was so proud of, were looked down upon.

"Your Black Phoenix Guard only has a little over two thousand men, right? Even if all two thousand of them reached the Innate, so what? Could they possibly stop an army of a million?"

"Don't even mention a million; even 30,000 Imperial City Guard, 100,000 Brocade Guard, and Black Phoenix Guard are nothing in their presence."

"But what can I do? The national treasury is empty, and I'm hampered by various constraints. It's already very difficult enough to train these Black Phoenix Guard," Ying Xue said helplessly.

"Therefore, I need to go to the border and recall a portion of the border troops. Not many, just 300,000 will be enough to turn the tide."

Ling Yi shook his head. "Are you sure you can mobilize the border troops?"

"Why? I am the Empress of the Great Qian Empire, why can't I mobilize the border troops? Could it be that General Feng also harbors rebellious intentions?"

"I don't know, but you can give it a try." Ling Yi shrugged.

In reality, General Feng, also known as Feng Wuyun, had no intention of rebelling, but he had long been controlled by the Imperial Advisor.

Feng Wuyun's family was placed under house arrest in a secret place by the Imperial Preceptor, and Feng Wuyun was a person who deeply respected filial piety.

They could only obey the orders of the Imperial Advisor.

However, Ling Yi didn't intend to spoil these things for Ying Xue right now.

The Imperial Advisor was one of the old emperor's trump cards left to Ying Xue, which is why Ying Xue trusted him so much.

Now that Ling Yi has spoken, Ying Xue will never believe him.

"However, if something goes wrong with the border troops, your trip there might be like a lamb entering a tiger's den."

Ying Xue frowned. She didn't believe that Bian Jun would betray her, or rather, she didn't want to believe it, and dared not believe it.

If even the border troops betrayed her, then she would have failed miserably as an empress.

"If it were you, what would you do?"

"This trip out of the palace is both a crisis and an opportunity for you to break free from the constraints of the court!"

How so?

"You should know about the drought in South of the Ridge, right?" Ling Yi asked.

Ying Xue nodded. "Of course I know. South of the Ridge has suffered from severe drought for two years, resulting in no harvest and barren land for thousands of miles, making it difficult for the people to survive."

"Although the imperial court has distributed disaster relief grain and allocated funds for disaster relief, it is still a drop in the ocean."

"And..." Ying Xue's face turned extremely gloomy and ugly as she said this.

"I received information that disaster relief funds were being embezzled, and this undercover investigation is to find out the truth."

"I have no people in the imperial court. If I don't leave the palace and only read the memorials, I won't know if what I hear is true or false."

"But unexpectedly, halfway through the journey, we encountered a life-or-death crisis, and nearly lost our lives on Phoenix Cry Mountain."

At this moment, Ying Xue couldn't help but think of the approval document that Ling Yi had mentioned earlier.

The phoenix, its wings broken, cries out mournfully across the heavens!

If it weren't for Ling Yi, she would probably have died in Phoenix Cry Mountain Stronghold. Not only would she have died, but she would have suffered endless humiliation before her death.

The thought of such a death sent chills down Ying Xue's spine, and her killing intent surged within her.

Phoenix Cry Mountain Stronghold deserves to die.

And that invisible, untouchable person... Ying Xue really wanted to know who that person was, since she, the dignified Empress, was invisible and untouchable.

No matter who this person is, he's doomed. As I Ying Xue, have said, even if Martial Saint came, it would be useless.

Phoenix Cry Mountain Stronghold, who had successfully killed the second-in-command and become the Ye Feng of Phoenix Cry Mountain Stronghold, suddenly felt a chill.

Right now, he's in the chief's room.

They wanted to see the two women disguised as men who had killed the bandit leader and were then kidnapped to the mountain stronghold.

However, apart from the scattered ropes, the person was long gone from the room.

Clearly, the two women ran away.

Ye Feng has already sent his men to search for them; the two women were seriously injured and shouldn't have gone far.

"What is this?" At this moment, Ye Feng noticed a token on the tiger-skin bed.

The token is made of pure gold and looks very valuable.

There is a Chinese character "phoenix" carved on the front and a Chinese character "emperor" carved on the back.

Ye Feng summoned the bandit's advisor, a middle-aged man who looked like a frail scholar.

He handed the token to the clerk and asked, "Do you recognize what this is?"

"Phoenix, Phoenix Emperor Token!" The clerk was shocked upon seeing the token.

The token in his hand clattered to the ground.

He himself stumbled and fell to the ground.

" Phoenix Emperor Token? What's that? Phoenix Emperor? Wo Cao, you don't mean to say that this is the token of the current Empress of the Great Qian Dynasty, do you?"

"It's over, it's over, we're doomed this time! The Phoenix Emperor Token, it's actually the Phoenix Emperor Token!" The advisor was so frightened that he began to stammer incoherently.

"So, one of those two women is the current Empress of the Great Qian Dynasty?" Ye Feng felt a little uneasy.

After finally managing to kidnap two women from the mountain stronghold, it turned out they were actually the Empress of the Great Qian Dynasty?

If the empress hadn't fled, there would still have been Jade Emperor for maneuver.

If I could demonstrate my skills and knowledge to the Empress, I might not only survive but also gain access to her and rise to prominence.

But now, the Empress has run away!

The Empress will definitely retaliate against Phoenix Cry Stronghold, just as the advisor said, they're doomed.

"Quickly send more men to search for those two women. We absolutely cannot let them escape. If we can capture them, we still have a chance to survive."

"Yes, yes, there's still a glimmer of hope."

All the henchmen in the entire stronghold sprang into action, but unfortunately, it was all destined to be in vain.

The Empress was already dozens of miles away.

The next day, just as Ye Feng was breaking, Ye Feng, sporting dark circles under his eyes, looked at the clerk and asked, "Didn't find it?"

"No," the advisor said dejectedly.

"I'm planning to run away, what do you say?"

"Take all the valuables you can carry, but don't alert the others in the stronghold."

"Good!"

The two packed their things quickly, taking all the silver notes and gold jewelry they could carry, and under some pretext, left Phoenix Cry Stronghold and fled.

Meanwhile, Ling Yi, along with Ying Xue and Lü Yuan, had already left the dilapidated temple and headed to Phoenix Cry County.