Xu Haifeng thrust out that shocking sword, seemingly powerful and unbridled, but in reality, the consumption of his vital energy had already reached its limit. If Cheng Xuanfeng's palm strength was just a little stronger, he might not have been able to break through.

  Although he managed to injure Cheng Xuanfeng with a strong will, he himself was also seriously injured. In that situation, not only could he not afford to rest and recover, but he had to join forces with Li Mingtang again to fight against Cheng Xuanfeng, making his injuries even more severe by threefold.

  If it weren't for Monkey King's timely arrival, both sides would have continued to entangle each other, and the consequences would be unthinkable.

  But what makes him proud is that he has successfully incorporated his acting skills into his spiritual world, making it impossible for Cheng Xuanfeng to guess how serious his injury is.

  However, at this moment, he was indeed exhausted and slowly sat down cross-legged, ignoring the crisis of the situation, about to enter a meditative state to heal his wounds.

  A sudden rapid footsteps echoed in his ears, Xu Haifeng furrowed his brow and looked up.

  Only one young general was seen holding a strange knife and carrying someone on his back, rushing over quickly.

  The young man passed by here and saw the monkey child with an extraordinary appearance, slightly stunned, and then saw Li Mingtang's majestic momentum, his breathing was also stifled.

  His eyesight was quite remarkable, and he immediately felt Li Mingtang's vast and powerful aura, which made him involuntarily feel a sense of horror.

  "General Liu..." Xu Haifeng recognized at a glance that the person behind him was his old friend Liu Junshu.

  "Who are you?" The young commander took a half step back, subconsciously assuming a defensive posture, and asked.

  Xu Haifeng did not get up, sat on the ground and said softly: "Xu Haifeng."

  "Xu Haifeng? But isn't he General Xu, the commander of the Black Flag Army?"

  "It's just that, General..."

  The young man's eyes widened in surprise and he said: "I am Li Guanying, deputy commander of the Wolf Troop Battalion, reporting to General."

  Xu Haifeng nodded slightly and shifted his gaze to Liu Junshu behind him.

  Li Guangying immediately understood and explained: "General Liu is blocking the Xiongnu outside the North Victory Gate, exhausted and unconscious. I was ordered to send him to see the Crown Prince."

  "What about Beisheng Gate?" asked Xu Haifeng.

  Li Guanying raised his head and said loudly, "The great commander of the Wolf Army, General Li Bohu, personally led three hundred brave warriors to garrison here. We will never allow the Xiongnu people to enter without permission."

  "Good, worthy of being the great leader of the Wolf Army." Xu Haifeng raised his eyebrows in praise. His gaze shifted to Liu Junshu and asked: "General, where are you going again?"

  Li Guanying's expression turned gloomy as he said, "I have been ordered to escort General Liu to search for the Crown Prince."

  Xu Haifeng heard the voice full of reverence and pride, thinking of his surname, suddenly enlightened. He said: "The Crown Prince has gone to the west gate, Brother Li can catch up if he hurries."

  "Thank you for your advice." Li Guanying was about to leave, but suddenly found that Xu Haifeng sat still and didn't move. His footsteps stopped instantly: "General Xu, why aren't you leaving?"

  "I have an injury on my body, take a short rest, and I will naturally catch up. Brother Li just go ahead." Xǔ Hǎifēng smiled and said.

  Li Guanying's expression changed, and he glanced at Liu Junshu behind him, wanting to speak but hesitating.

  Xu Haifeng burst out laughing and said, "Brother Li, with these two powerful subordinates as my protectors, I'm afraid there aren't many people in the world who can harm me, so please don't worry."

  Li Guanying looked up at Li Mingtang, and suddenly saw a flash of sharp light in his eyes, which made him involuntarily shudder, only then did he realize that this person's martial arts were unfathomably deep.

  He slightly bowed his head and said: "Since it's like that, I'll take my leave for now. We'll meet again someday."

  Xu Haifeng returned a courtesy and said: "In the future when we meet again, I will definitely drink with Brother Li to celebrate our reunion. We will meet again."

  Li Guanying nodded heavily and suddenly disappeared into the distance with a display of light footwork.

  Outside the Western Inn, Xicheng was anxiously waiting, his twenty followers were already fully armed and ready to depart.

  "General... they've come." someone shouted loudly.

  His face lit up with joy and he stepped forward to greet them, but when his eyes scanned the group of people, the smile on his face suddenly froze.

  "I pay my respects to Your Highness." Despite his anxiety, Feng Ming, being from a noble family, had not lost his composure.

  "Hmm, Fang Qiang's family arrived early? And what about General Xu?" Liu Zhengqi responded with a sound, raised his eyes to look around, he left when Fang Xiang was still in the courtyard, and didn't know what had changed.

  Fang Ming's sword eyebrow rose as he said, "Second Brother is fighting alone against Cheng Xuanfeng. The outcome is still unknown at this time. I am waiting for the result."

  Liu Zhengqi and others exchanged a glance, their faces simultaneously revealing a strange expression. What kind of person is Cheng Xuanfeng? Even if Xu Haifeng were twice as fierce, he might still be unable to escape this calamity today.

  "There's no need to wait any longer, let's leave immediately, or it will be too late." Zhang Zihua shouted sternly.

  "Not bad, let's hurry." Fang Lingde hastened his pace by two steps and said: "We'll rush to the west gate immediately. There are cavalry horses stationed there that can serve as mounts."

  A group of people walked quickly, looking at the imperial palace in the distance, waved his hand and led twenty subordinates to follow up.

  They arrived at the Ximen military camp, where Fang Lingde showed his token and summoned horses. Everyone mounted their steeds, ready to rush towards the main gate. However, they saw Fang Chifeng standing still on the spot, not moving an inch. His twenty subordinates behind him, seeing their commander like this, stood up straight one by one, mimicking him.

  "Xiang Ming, you're crazy, get out of here!" Fang Lingde shouted loudly.

  Fang Ming looked at him with an excited expression, a warm feeling surged in his heart, he smiled slightly and said: "Second Uncle, please take care of the Crown Prince to the Northern Great Camp."

  Fang Lingde felt a sense of foreboding in his heart, and his eyes fixed on Fang Xiangling as he asked, "And you?"

  "Little nephew promised second brother that he would wait for him at the west gate until his return, no matter what." Fang Xiangming smiled and replied.

  "Hooligan......" Fang Lingde suddenly became furious, jumped off his horse and slapped him in the face with a loud slap.

  With a loud "slap", the direction of the sound was clear, but he didn't flinch or dodge. He let the palm strike his face heavily, and his cheek swelled up high, but he remained silent, his eyes still fixed with that stubborn determination.

  "Fang Lingde pointed with a trembling finger, his voice barely audible as he said: 'You... you little rabbit, do you want the Fang family to become extinct?'"

  Xiang Ming smiled slightly again, but his face was still red and swollen. This smile looked quite strange, but at this time, no one could laugh out loud.

  "Second Uncle, there is still a wise brother in Wò Lóng City. His intelligence is no less than that of Xiao Shu's. The Fang family will not be without an heir."

  Fang Lingde felt a surge of blood and energy, his old face flushed bright red, but he couldn't say a word.

  Liu Zhengqi and others looked at each other in dismay, unsure of how to advise each other.

  Suddenly, a figure leaped from behind.

  Zhang Zihua's face changed and he shouted: "Protect the Emperor!"

  Liu Zhengzhong and Liu Hualiang didn't wait for orders, they already stood guard beside Liu Zhengqi. Old Feng Gong Chengwei silently blocked in front of Liu Zhengqi. At this time, everyone had become a real bird startled by the bow.

  "General Liu?"

  "Jun's book?"

  The two cries came from Zhang Zihua and Liu Zhengzhong respectively.

  The newcomer was none other than Li Guanying.

  "Vice Commander of the Wolf Troop, Li Guanying, reporting for duty to Your Highness."

  Although he had only seen Liu Zhengqi from afar before and had long forgotten his appearance, he was born into a noble family and naturally guessed his identity at a glance at the clothes on Liu Zhengqi's body.

  "Oh, where is General Li now?"

  "General Shang is currently blocking the large army of Xiongnu outside Beisheng Gate, and General Mo has been ordered to escort General Liu here. Fortunately, along the way, we met with Fang Lao, the old minister, and Hei Qi Jun, Xu Tongling, who pointed us in the right direction, and that's how we found Your Highness." Li Guanying said loudly.

  "Fang Laosheng and Xu Tongling?" Fang Xiangming's expression changed, his heart filled with both sadness and surprise. He asked: "Guanying, where did you meet them?"

  "Brother Fang, the three Shangshu officials are in front of the imperial study, while Commander Xu is in the imperial garden." Li Guanying nodded to him; their two families were on good terms and wouldn't be unfamiliar with each other.

  "Is Xu Haifeng still alive?" Liu Hualiang asked in surprise.

  Fang Mingwen heard the words and turned his head towards him, glaring at each other. As soon as Liu Hualiang's words came out, he knew it was wrong, and he quickly turned his face away, not daring to look at him.

  Li Guanying looked at them in surprise and said: "Commander Xu is unconscious, severely injured, and is now resting over there."

  "Is that all?" Fang Lingde caught his breath and knew that since Xu Haifeng was fine, Fang Ming would not insist on not leaving, so he put his mind at ease.

  "Yes, but Xu Tong has two guards by his side, and their martial arts skills are unfathomable." Li Guanying said sincerely.

  Everyone suddenly realized, no wonder he could escape from the hands of Cheng Xuanfeng. What made them even more curious was what kind of person had such skills to force a generation master like Cheng Xuanfeng to return empty-handed.

  "Kill..."

  Suddenly a shout of killing came from the west, and everyone turned their heads to look afar. At the western gate, flames shot up into the sky, and the Xiongnu people were making a surprise attack on the western gate at this moment.

  "What should we do?" Liu Hualiang asked, turning his head.

  "Go to the South Gate." Fang Lingde said after a moment of hesitation.

  "It's no use, it's too late." Zhang Zihua shook his head and said.

  What should we do?

  "Whoa..."

  Everyone looked up and saw that the direction was making a loud noise, and Liu Zhengqi knelt down and said: "Please forgive me for my rudeness, I would like to borrow your robe for a moment."

  Liu Zhengqi had not yet responded when Zhang Zihua came back to his senses and said: "I entrust this matter to the general."

  He then said to Liu Zhengqi: "Please change your clothes, Your Highness."

  Liu Zhengqi's expression changed slightly, and he finally let out a sigh, taking off his brocade robe and handing it over to Fang Xiangming.

  Fang Ming took the brocade robe, turned around, looked at his twenty followers, suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed to a man with a similar build to Liu Zhengqi, asking: "Do you have guts?"

  That man stepped forward with big strides, casually tore off the cloak on his body, put on the brocade robe that Liu Zhengqi had taken off, and said in a loud voice: "A cowardly person, how can he follow the general."

  "Good..." Direction Ming shouted in praise, saying: "Brothers of various families, mount your horses and follow me."

  Twenty men shouted in unison and jumped onto their horses, ready to advance towards the west gate.

  Fang Lingde's face was uncertain, and he suddenly pulled the reins of the horse that was galloping forward, saying: "Xiang Ming, you follow the Crown Prince to the northern camp, I'll go."

  Fang Ming looked at this elder and smiled: "Second Uncle, you may not be able to rush out of here, lest you make a big mistake."

  Fang Lingde's heart skipped a beat, and his tightly clenched fists involuntarily loosened.

  Li Guanying suddenly handed the Liu Junshu on his back to Liu Zhengzhong, took a step forward, pulled out a long gun from the nearby weapon rack, quickly came to the side of a horse, jumped onto the horse and shouted: "Little brother is not talented, willing to follow Big Brother Fang on the line."

  Fang Ming burst out laughing and said: "Guan Ying, how's your throat lock gun training going?"

  Li Guanying proudly raised his head and puffed out his chest, saying: "In the Li family, apart from General Li, it's just me."

  Fang Xiang let out a sigh of relief and gave a thumbs up, saying: "Alright, I can rest assured now."

  He then pointed at a soldier and said: "You... stay behind, find the second master, tell him that big brother has broken his promise, ask for his forgiveness."

  That man of letters let out a sigh, his face twisted in pain as he was about to speak, when he heard him say: "If you can't bring the words across, then you're not worthy of being called a hero of the Red Ocean."

  Having said that, General Direction let out a loud cry: "All you young men, follow me to kill the Xiongnu slaves!"

  The soldiers all shouted in response, riding their horses forward together, and in the blink of an eye, they vanished from sight.

  Only then did Lord De's eyes brim with tears, and he let out a silent wail.