Xiong Gang grabbed Xu Mujun and said, "Eight hundred miles with urgency?"

"When you return to the Capital City, be prepared to collect the Little Emperor's corpse."

"Follow me!"

As soon as the words left his mouth, he forcefully slapped his storage bag. A black light flickered, and a mighty eagle, three feet tall, appeared before everyone.

"Screech~!"

The giant eagle looked up to the sky and screeched, and its piercing cry made the surrounding Dragon-soaring Army soldiers instinctively cover their ears, trying to endure the pain.

"Brother Xiong, is this..."

"Gale Eagle, a Tier One Spirit Beast, the last remaining Spirit Beast of my Ten Thousand Beasts Borderless Sect!"

Xiong Gang said, "Climb on. This eagle can travel a thousand miles a day. You should reach the Capital City by noon tomorrow at the latest."

"Even if Old Ghost Bai left half a day earlier, we can still catch up."

Xu Mujun immediately cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Brother Xiong. But will the Gale Eagle follow my commands?"

Xiong Gang said, "Rest assured, Brother Xu. I raised this eagle from a young age; it's highly spiritual."

Then he approached the eagle's ear, and the Gale Eagle obediently lowered its head, listening to his murmuring.

He took out a black elixir from his storage bag, reluctantly fed it to the eagle, and then patted the eagle's neck, saying, "Brother Xu, mount the eagle!"

"Alright!"

Xu Mujun leaped onto the eagle, his body swayed briefly, but he quickly stabilized.

"Screech~!"

The Gale Eagle screeched again, its wings flapped sharply, and it soared into the sky.

"General!"

"General!"

Many Dragon-soaring Army soldiers rushed over, shouting loudly.

Xu Mujun said, "While this general is away, all Dragon-soaring Army soldiers will take orders from General Xu Qilin."

"I accept your command!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the Gale Eagle's massive wings flapped sharply, and immediately flew hundreds of meters away.

Xiong Gang also chuckled, slapped his storage bag, and a strange Magical Artifact, twisted like serpentine bones, appeared. White light flourished, forming an artifact resembling a Flying Ship.

Xiong Gang leaped out, stood on the artifact, and followed Xu Mujun, heading towards the Capital City.

Half a day later, in the Capital Region.

Three streams of radiance rapidly approached, shrouded by the night, closing in on the Capital City.

They were none other than Old Ghost Bai, Tuoba Wufeng, and Fire Spirit.

Fire Spirit suddenly said, "After ten years, this old man finally sets foot in the Capital City again!"

Tuoba Wufeng suddenly asked, "Fellow Daoist Fire Spirit, why did you come to this place ten years ago?"

"This matter does pique my interest."

Fire Spirit casually replied, "I was merely thinking of the treasure in the Great Yu Zheng Royal Family's mausoleum, but unfortunately, it was blocked by that Little Emperor, Emperor Zhengyong."

"Heh heh, I wonder what kind of reaction this Emperor Zhengyong will have upon seeing this old man?"

Tuoba Wufeng said, "I have intelligence indicating Emperor Zhengyong has indeed ventured into the Path of Cultivation, making him one of our peers."

"But in just ten years, no matter how talented he is, he is just in the Qi Cultivation Stage. How strong can he be?"

"Brother Bai!"

Fire Spirit suddenly asked, "What exactly is your plan?"

"Ten years ago, with the help of the then Prime Minister, I launched a surprise attack on Emperor Zhengyong, only to be thwarted by numerous Death Warriors under the Zheng Clan."

"Although the southern regions of Great Yu are chaotic now, overall, it remains strong. There will certainly be many martial artists and even cultivators guarding it."

"If we forcibly break in like ten years ago, we might end up defeated."

Old Ghost Bai sneered, "The plan I mentioned is not brute force assassination, but to infiltrate the Imperial Palace, seeking an opportunity for a single deadly strike!"

"Only then can we guarantee success."

"Surely, with the assassination by the three of us, all Late-stage Qi Cultivation Cultivators, who in this world can resist?"

"How do we enter the Imperial Palace?"

"Have you all forgotten what the White Lotus Sect is good at?"

Old Ghost Bai laughed, "This old man has a way!"

The three continued onwards, and as they flew over a mountain peak, they suddenly stopped simultaneously. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Their eyes shifted from calm to confused, and then transformed into shock and disbelief.

Tuoba Wufeng was the first to speak, "W-What is this place?"

"Why is the concentration of Spiritual Qi ten times that of any other place!"

"No... twenty times! Thirty times!"

"What on earth is happening!"

Old Ghost Bai also tried to perceive the surroundings, but as a body snatcher of Zheng Yuanfa, his own recovery was incomplete, making his perception of Spiritual Qi less sharp than the other two.

Fire Spirit's tone was even more incredulous, "Ten years ago, when this old man came here, the Spiritual Qi concentration was the same as elsewhere. Why is it now..."

Before he finished speaking, he quickly descended, standing at the edge of a cliff.

Reaching out, he plucked a plant that looked like a winding snake, like climbing ivy, that appeared in his hand.

The other two also swiftly descended, their expressions more peculiar.

"Is this... Coiling Snake Grass? It's the main ingredient for refining Blood Burning Pill... Judging by the flower, it must be at least seventy or eighty years old, how is that possible!"

Fire Spirit suddenly looked up, staring intently in the direction of the Imperial Palace, "Great Yu Zheng Royal Family!"

Tuoba Wufeng suddenly asked, "Fellow Daoist Fire Spirit, are you hiding something from us?"

Old Ghost Bai seemed to recall something, and laughingly said, "A thousand years ago, when we divided the Mayfly Sect, there was a legend."

"To investigate the cause of the mysterious disappearance of Spiritual Qi in the Profound Cyan Realm, an Immortal from the Upper Realm named 'Nanke' was sent to the lower realm."

"Unfortunately, during his descent, he mysteriously vanished, but not before sending numerous Tokens into the Profound Cyan Realm. There was also a rumor that holding a Nanke Immortal Order at the right time would allow entry into the Nanke Immortal Mansion."

"Back then, the Nanke Immortal Order sparked bloody turmoil, but sadly, most of them were taken away by cultivators from the Overseas Cultivation Realm."

"The number of Nanke Immortal Orders left in Great Yu is extremely rare. Could it be... the Great Yu Zheng Royal Family obtained one?"

"Now, could it be the so-called 'right time' as mentioned by the Immortal Nanke?"

Tuoba Wufeng also interjected, "The appearance of the Nanke Immortal Mansion, the leakage of Immortal Spiritual Qi, the revival of Spiritual Qi in the Profound Cyan Realm?"

Their eyes now showed signs of excitement.

If it's truly the revival of Spiritual Qi, for these three...

"No wonder Qingying stealthily headed to the Capital City. Did she sense something?"

Tuoba Wufeng silently thought to himself. A few years ago, the most outstanding member of his clan, Tuoba Qingying, left without a word, leaving only a note.

It stated she would travel to the Capital City in search of opportunities.

Was the opportunity she mentioned the Nanke Immortal Mansion and the revival of Spiritual Qi?

"Let's go!"

Fire Spirit's eyes burned with determination, "Whether the Nanke Immortal Mansion is emerging, or Spiritual Qi is reviving, or whatever trick the Great Yu Zheng Clan is pulling, we can find the answers from Emperor Zhengyong!"

"As long as we capture him, the truth will be revealed."

Old Ghost Bai suddenly asked, "And the Nanke Immortal Orders?"

"We'll discuss it once it's in our hands."

Fire Spirit gazed in the direction of the Capital City and said, "I suddenly have a hunch that the Great Yu Imperial Palace will give me a tremendous surprise!"