Shang Beiyu glanced at Xiao Jianzi silently, without saying a word, seemingly considering his suggestion.

Upon seeing this, a slight smile appeared on Xiaojianzi's face:

As expected of His Excellency, although he was tempted by worldly desires, he never gave up his ambition to pursue his career and did not neglect his important business.

He bowed deeply, full of admiration and obsequiousness, and said, "How about I have someone bring one of the twins to you right now?"

Shang Beiyu rose leisurely, casually flicking a small wrinkle on his lapel, his voice as melodious as a lightly played instrument: "No need, I will go myself."

"Yes, Your Majesty," Little Cocoon replied, preparing to follow.

Shang Beiyu said softly, as if singing a song, "You don't need to come. Stay here and focus on improving your strength. I feel they will be here soon."

After saying that, he went into the cold palace without looking back.

Little Cocoon hesitated for a moment, then took out a magic crystal from its storage ring, squatted down against the door frame, and adopted a lazy posture of sunbathing and taking a nap. It closed its eyes and went to absorb demonic energy to improve its strength.

Shang Beiyu arrived at the depths of the Cold Palace, at the entrance to the secret passage where he had once led the little female bandit, and walked straight in.

He set up a magic array around here, so even if ordinary people walked here, they would only see the desolate scene and not the entrance to the secret passage.

He secretly reinstated this method after returning to the capital, so that it would be easier for the little female bandit to find the twins in the future.

The demonic cultivators lurking behind each fork in the secret passage were new recruits he had recently recruited using demonic seeds. They were all cannon fodder directly catalyzed by demonic seeds and demonic crystals. Individually, their strength was not solid, but together they were better than nothing.

At least Shang Beiyu felt that using these nearly a thousand people to deal with the Ninth Prince should be enough.

No matter how capable his little darling is, she can't possibly push all the soldiers under the Ninth Prince's command to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Cultivators emphasize gradual progress in their cultivation, unlike demonic cultivators who can improve infinitely as long as they have enough demonic crystals and demonic energy.

If they didn't care about the lives of the demons, they could even force them to grow faster.

With the little female bandit in his mind, Shang Beiyu's lips unconsciously curled up as he arrived at the place where the twins were being held in a very good mood.

Ji Fengxiao and Ji Fenghua were sitting back to back, cross-legged in meditation.

Even though they had been kidnapped for so long and had not received any news from home, the two little ones were not discouraged at all.

Even if their storage rings were taken away by these demonic cultivators;

Even though the spiritual energy in the air was so thin that it was almost zero, they persisted in meditating and cultivating every day.

I saw Shang Beiyu arrive.

The two little ones immediately got up alertly and huddled closer together.

Seeing their faces, so similar to those of the little female bandit Liu Qi, Shang Beiyu felt even better. His voice was like a gentle breeze caressing a wind chime: "What a lovely pair of children. If it weren't necessary, I really wouldn't want to kill you."

"Kill us if you want, stop talking nonsense. We will not beg for mercy," Ji Fengxiao said proudly and bravely, puffing out her small chest.

“Yes, we are men. My sister said that we can lose our heads and bleed, but we cannot lose our spirit.” Xiao Fenghua was not intimidated at all.

The word "sister" made Shang Beiyu feel happy, as if he were hearing her calling him "brother-in-law".

“You always remember your sister’s words. You’re a good child.” Shang Beiyu leaned closer, tapped Ji Fenghua’s forehead, and said, “An obedient child shouldn’t die. So I’ll spare your life and take his.”

After saying that, Shang Beiyu reached out and pulled Ji Fengxiao to his side.