"Yan Yan, are you suspecting that the mysterious man might have abducted Ah Huai here?" Xiao Zechuan frowned.
"Yes, and I also suspect that the mastermind behind the murder of Dongfang Xin, the wife of the Taichu Mountain Lord, and others is that mysterious man." Chen Yan nodded, his eyes darkening as he continued his analysis: "Moreover, our whereabouts and plans are all under his control."
Jiang Xianyue asked puzzledly, "What exactly does the other party want to do?"
Wen Yuchu looked at Chen Yan and guessed, "Yan Yan, could she be an enemy of your Shen family?"
Hearing this, Chen Yan's eyes flashed with cold murderous intent.
Suddenly at this moment——
Chen Yan and his friends sensed something and suddenly turned their heads to look at a certain place. What caught their eyes was the masked woman in a black dress, who was also Qi Niang, the owner of Sky Island.
"It's you!" Zhuge Youlin exclaimed in surprise.
The Tianzhou Imperial Army drew their weapons and looked at Qi Niang warily.
Chen Yan stepped forward.
"Qiniang, where did you go just now?"
Qi Niang smiled softly, "Your Highness, your brother is over there at the Sky Tree."
Chen Yan: "What did you do?"
Qi Niang didn't show any sign of panic. On the contrary, she remained calm and composed, and replied calmly, "I haven't done anything to harm Your Highness. I just happened to see a group of mysterious people leading Your Highness's brother towards the Sky Tree. Out of concern for Your Highness, I came here to inform you of this matter. Could it be that Your Highness is blaming Qi Niang for meddling in other people's affairs?"
"Who are they?" Chen Yan stared at her closely.
"Your Highness, Qi Niang doesn't know either."
"You must know."
"Your Highness, if you don't go now, your brother will die." Qi Niang smiled, and her tone revealed some indescribable emotions.
After leaving these words, Qi Niang disappeared from the spot.
The Shura friends' faces darkened, their brows and eyes filled with worry. They looked at Chen Yan and called out, "Yan Yan."
Chen Yan turned to look at her friends, her expression becoming serious.
"Go back and tell Uncle Zeng to continue searching for Qi Niang and the islanders. I'll be back soon."
Just as she was about to leave, Xiao Zechuan and Yu Changying both grabbed her hands.
"Let's go rescue Ah Huai together."
"No." Chen Yan rejected it immediately. She looked at them deeply, unwilling to let them take any risks. If Qing Wu hadn't said those words to her, she might have already taken them to the Sky Tree.
It was because of what Qingwu said that she didn't dare to take the risk.
She can go and save Ah Huai by herself.
Pei Su's face darkened. "Yan Yan, are you going alone?"
"yes."
Wen Yuchu said seriously, "We know what you're worried about, but if Qingwu's prediction is going to come true, then the outcome can't be changed. Even if you push us away now, it won't change the outcome."
"Yes, Yanyan!" Zhuge Youlin immediately agreed.
Chen Yan raised her eyes to meet their gaze, was silent for a moment, and nodded.
"Then let's go together!"
The tense expressions of the little friends relaxed instantly and they laughed.
"That's more like it." Jiang Xianyue snorted.
Zhuge Youlin echoed from the side: "That's right!"
Chen Yan: “…”
Chen Yan immediately ordered two of his men to report the matter to Zeng Shu and other old ministers. Then, they took the rest of the people and quickly rushed towards the Sky Tree.
As they got closer to the Sky Tree, they felt their bodies floating, as if they were unable to control themselves.
After a moment, they stopped outside the barrier that covered the Sky Tree.
"How do we get in?"
"Look here, there is a crack in the barrier." Xiao Zechuan raised his hand and pointed to a corner not far away.
Chen Yan and his friends looked at each other and walked towards the resistance tacitly. When they got closer, they found that there was still a drop of blood on the ground.
This means that the mysterious group left not long ago.
Chen Yan's eyes narrowed slightly as she said to them, "The situation inside is unclear, but they are clearly coming for me. So, I will take some people in to investigate first. You wait here."
This time, my friends didn't object.
Because they knew that if there was a trap inside, they would be wiped out.
In order to better support her, they had to stay rational.
Wen Yuchu took something out of the storage space and handed it to Chen Yan: "This is a signal flare. No matter what happens in there, as long as you need us, you can immediately launch the signal flare. As soon as we see it, we will enter."
Chen Yan took the flare and tightened his fingers slightly while holding it.
She looked at them seriously and nodded in agreement: "Okay."
Chen Yan looked at the crack in the forbidden area. Although she knew very well that the other party had left such a crack on purpose to lure her into a trap, she had no other choice at this moment, because she could vaguely feel that Ah Huai was trapped in the area covered by the sky tree.
Chen Yan raised his sword and slashed at the crack in the barrier. Instantly, the barrier emitted a humming sound. Then, accompanied by a crisp snapping sound, the crack in the barrier, which had already appeared, instantly widened. The crack was like a ferocious mouth, continuously expanding outward.
Chen Yan was about to lead the thirty guards behind her into the crack, but before she could take a step, the voices of her friends suddenly came.
“Yan Yan!”
Chen Yan turned around and saw that they all had frowns on their brows, with deep worry in their eyes.
Thousands of words seemed superfluous at this moment. In the end, all the concerns and instructions were condensed into just two words: "Be careful."
Hearing this, she smiled at them.
"Don't worry, wait for me to rescue Ah Huai."
After saying that, she stepped forward and entered through the crack.
Thirty guards followed closely behind him.
What no one knew was that when Shen Yan stepped over the crack, the sky tree above him trembled slightly. As the trunk trembled, the entire body of the sky tree seemed to come alive.
The originally smooth surface of the bark actually showed faint lines similar to those of human eyes. These lines intertwined together, as if forming a pair of deep and mysterious eyes.
It is staring at the smoke.
Chen Yan's heart suddenly jumped, she raised her head abruptly, and looked straight at the sky tree with her eyes as straight as an arrow.
However, when she looked closely, the giant tree in the sky, which should have caused her alarm, stood there quietly, without any abnormality. Its massive canopy was like a green ocean, its branches swaying gently in the breeze, but this seemingly peaceful scene did not make Chen Yan relax.
At this moment, a faint smell of blood quietly entered her nostrils.
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