"After the incident occurred, did the Great General and the Fourth Prince return to the village, send people to kill the Double-headed Python, and search for General Nie and Vice General Ye's whereabouts?" Lan Cai'er asked with a heart gripping anxiety.

"Sister, even General Nie and so many Tiger Wolf Soldiers couldn't kill that Spiritual Beast, it must not be an ordinary Ninth-grade Spiritual Beast. It must be a Ninth-grade Peak Spiritual Beast King. Hong Fang and Xia Houhong didn't even have time to hide, how could they send people to find it?" Ye Lingyue said with red eyes and a cold voice.

A Ninth-grade Peak Spiritual Beast, if Hong Fang and Nie Feng had joined forces, maybe they would have had a chance to kill it.

However, as Hong Fang always had prejudices against Nie Feng, how could he risk his life to save others.

It was because Hong Fang refused to send reinforcements in time that evening, that mother and Nie Feng ended up being killed by the Double-headed Python.

"Western Expedition General and the Fourth Prince..." that soldier said hesitantly.

"What are you stuttering for at a time like this!" Lan Cai'er shouted angrily.

The soldier shivered in fear, the fiery temper of Commandery Princess Lan was exactly like General Nie's.

"The Great General and the Fourth Prince only sent troops after dawn, they said that the villagers were under an Evil Technique and ordered them all to be burned to death. Right now, the Great General and his troops have surrounded the entire village. There are over five hundred people in that village..." the soldier's voice grew softer.

The rest of the Tiger Wolf Army soldiers also thought that the actions of the Great General and Fourth Prince were too cruel.

But they were just ordinary soldiers, lowly and insignificant, and the Great General and the Fourth Prince never listened to them.

"Bullshit! Did a horse kick the brains out of Hong Fang and Xia Houhong? An entire village under an Evil Technique?" Lan Cai'er was anxiously pacing back and forth. "They aren't even human, if they really killed so many civilians, they are even worse than beasts. No, I must tell father, but we are too far from Xia Capital, even if..."

Over five hundred lives, Hong Fang and Xia Houhong decided to kill just like that?

Do they really think a human life is like wild grass that can grow back after being cut?

Lan Cai'er was extremely anxious.

"Sister, I plan to make a trip to Qi City," Ye Lingyue said after hearing the soldier's words, gradually calming down.

Earlier, when she first heard the bad news about their mother, she was momentarily unable to accept it, which almost disrupted her composure.

"Are you planning to stop Hong Fang and Xia Houhong, those beast-like men?" Although Lan Cai'er was also anxious, she knew that Hong Fang and Xia Houhong would never listen to them.

"Not only that, but I also feel that there's a possibility that mother and General Nie are not yet dead," Ye Lingyue struggled to utter the word "dead".

The soldier also said, Tiger Wolf Army soldiers only saw Vice General Ye being swallowed by that Ninth-grade Peak Double-headed Python, and then General Nie, losing control, rushed forward and was swallowed by the Python as well.

Pythons, this type of Spiritual Beast, have extremely slow digestive capabilities.

There have been cases in the past where humans and animals swallowed by pythons were found alive days later.

Even though the chance is very slim, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, Ye Lingyue wants to try.

Seeing that Ye Lingyue had made up her mind, Lan Cai'er did not try to stop her further.

However, the journey from Moon City to that small village is still quite distant.

Even if they rushed there, they might not be able to save the lives of those villagers.

"Saving lives is like fighting a fire, Aguduo, I'll need your help this time," Ye Lingyue went to find Aguduo and briefly explained the situation to him.

The latter immediately understood and brought several spirit birds.

"These spirit birds, they fly very fast, roughly within half an hour, they can reach the village you mentioned," Aguduo said after hearing that the fate of Ye Lingyue's mother was uncertain, and also offered to go along.

"No, we are going to another place first, then to the small village," Ye Lingyue said no more, and together with Lan Cai'er, Aguduo, Jin Wu Old Monster, and a dozen other Alchemists, they all boarded the spirit bird.

Outside Qi City, in a series of temporarily constructed tents.

Black mourning ribbons hung outside the tents.

Hundreds of bodies, yet to be buried, were placed outside the tents.

The Tiger Wolf Camp, usually vibrant with morale, was today as silent as death.

Ever since the tragic news about Nie Fengxing and Ye Huang arrived, the remaining two thousand soldiers had not spoken all day.

Some had reddened eyes, sitting silently in corners, while others held their heads, pulling their hair in anguish.

They used to be comrades-in-arms fighting shoulder-to-shoulder, but today, they could only watch helplessly as their beloved generals and Vice General Ye passed away tragically along with a thousand brothers, almost all of whom perished.

"A true man does not easily shed tears, only at times of great sorrow."

Someone cried out first, and soon crying sounds merged into one.

"Cry, what good are your tears? Can crying bring the general back to life, can it bring Vice General Ye back to life! We can't even retrieve their bodies," Team leader Chen Zhong leaped up, cursing as he choked up, fiercely pounding his chest with his fist.

He was filled with hate, not at himself.

He hated that so many brothers died, and he couldn't even give them a proper burial.

With General and Vice General Ye sacrificed, nearly a thousand brothers also died.

Yet Hong Fang and Xia Houhong said the Tiger Wolf Army disobeyed orders, acted independently, and after the beast chaos was quelled, they would still punish them for not maintaining strict military discipline.

"Well said, what good does crying do? Men bleed without tears. If General Nie were alive, he would never want to see you all acting like cowards, only knowing to hide in the camp in grief," the tent flap of the camp lifted.

Several women walked in.

Usually, not a single woman could be seen in this military camp, but today, suddenly three appeared.

And these three women, each with a different demeanor and aura.

The one at the forefront was as cold as the autumn moon, her demeanor ethereal, merely standing there, she invoked a sense of awe.

"Are you Ye Huang's younger sister, Ye Lingyue?" Chen Zhong had seen Ye Lingyue once before, at the time joking that Ye Huang's sister was beautiful, and if he weren't married, he certainly would have asked for her hand, only to be fiercely scolded by Ye Huang.

Remembering the past, Chen Zhong felt even more sorrowful.

But then he remembered, this sister of Ye Huang, a Ming Alchemist from Dan City, how could she suddenly appear in the camp?

"I have heard everything about what happened. I only ask everyone one question, do you want to seek justice for General Nie and Vice General Ye?" Ye Lingyue asked sternly.

"Of course, but Miss Ye, what can we do? The Great General and the Fourth Prince simply don't listen to us. They even forbid us from continuing to search for the bodies of the General and Vice General Ye," Chen Zhong lamented.

"The Great General is the Great General, the Fourth Prince is the Fourth Prince, but you are the Tiger Wolf Army, your general is only Nie Fengxing. Now that Hong Fang and the Fourth Prince are threatening to sacrifice the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians, are you just going to stand by and do nothing?" Ye Lingyue's questioning made all the soldiers including Chen Zhong instantly boiled with passion.

"You are the Tiger Wolf Army, the elite force trained by Nie Fengxing himself. Even without the General, you are still the sharpest blade of Xixia."

"You're right, we cannot let our general be disgraced. Save people, retrieve our General and Vice General Ye!" the soldiers of the Tiger Wolf Camp shouted in unison.

The shouts of the soldiers roared like thunder, the entire Tiger Wolf Camp exploded with fervor.