Seeing Xiao Xiao ask again, several people were silent for a while.

After a moment, Mo Mingzhe was the first to take a step forward and replied, "Thank you for the empress's kindness." It's just that...... Mu Mu and I belong to the Shenluo after all. For this matter...... You still need to return to Shinra and be informed by the emperor himself before it is compliant. ”

Mo Mingzhe's words, the meaning of shirk is obvious, Xiao Xiaobing is smart, how could he not understand the meaning of these words. Although Mo Mingzhe's words are full of humility and politeness. But to put it bluntly, he is telling Xiao Xiao that if Lao Tzu doesn't go, it's not easy for you to talk to Lao Tzu.

Xiao Xiao immediately chuckled at Mo Mingzhe and said, "I often hear people say that the Third Young Master of the Shenluo Holy Fire Sect is not only good-looking, but also humble and decent. When I saw it today, the rumors were true. This is also very reasonable. I won't say anything more, and I'll leave it all to Brother Zhongli. ”

After Xiao Xiao finished speaking, he looked in Chu Xinying's direction and asked, "What about Xinying?"

Listening to Xiao Xiao's question again, Chu Xinying pondered.

Han Dong is also a smart person, so he naturally knows what the consequences of agreeing to Xiao Xiao's proposal are. Immediately stepped forward and wanted to refuse. But just as he was about to speak, Chu Xinying beside him stood in front of him intentionally or unintentionally, and stopped himself with his body.

"Thank you for your love. Let's go. Chu Xinying saluted after speaking.

"Good. You really know what is right. Such. I need to send someone to do some lockdown work on the Planar Forest. Day after tomorrow. Early the day after tomorrow, you can enter the space-time forest and start cultivating. Xiao Xiao got up and said.

A few people in the cold winter know that Chu Xinying has always been smart about ice and snow. Chu Xinying must also think of the disadvantages they can think of. The reason for agreeing is probably that there are already reasons for consent. And the reasons for agreeing are more convincing to others and herself than the reasons for refusal. I didn't think much about it at the moment, after all, cultivating with the help of the Time and Space Forest was not a bad thing, and they saluted one after another.

In unison, he said, "Yes." ”

"Oh yes. Xiao Xiao first smiled when he saw everyone saluting, and then said, "Although you should already know, but ...... I'll say it again. As for the matter of the Space-Time Forest, please keep it a high degree of secrecy. ”

Xiao Xiao paused, and then said: "First, of course, it is to prevent the evil sect from finding out relevant news and prevent them from coming over to make trouble. Second, the space-time forest is, after all, my royal cultivation holy land. It is better to try to let as few people know about this matter, so as not to cause unnecessary public opinion trouble. ”

"Yes. The crowd spoke in unison again.

Xiao Xiao turned his gaze to the direction of Mo Mingzhe and Dai Mumu, and said with a smile: "The two of Shenluo." ”

Dai Mumu and Mo Mingzhe heard Xiao Xiao's call, and stepped forward one after another and saluted slightly.

"My guess is right, when you return to Shinra, Brother Zhongli should inform you. I won't explain it anymore. Xiao Xiao said.

"Thank you for your love. Dai Mumu and Mo Mingzhe saluted one after another.

Xiao Xiao showed a noble smile to Geya on the other side again. Goya had already understood, and said to the people, "I'll take you out." ”

After listening to Geya's words, everyone saluted Xiao Xiao again and withdrew.

Along the way, the entire Imperial City Palace was still lonely, and it seemed to be empty, anyway, there was no one everywhere everyone walked by. And on this way, although there was no one around them, everyone still tacitly agreed and didn't say anything.

It wasn't until he stepped out of the scope of the Imperial City that Geya was the first to speak: "I'll send you here, there are still some things for me to deal with over there." ”

"Sister Geya. Coldwinter couldn't help but exclaim.

"What's wrong?" Goya was about to turn her head and leave, but when she heard the voice of the cold winter, she subconsciously responded.

Han Dong thought about it, smiled and shook his head: "Forget it, it's okay." The evil sect is in charge, and you have to be more careful. In fact, Han Dong originally wanted to ask Geya and ask her what Xiao Xiao meant. But after thinking about it, I felt that even if I asked, I was afraid that it would be useless, and after a period of helplessness, I still gave up.

Geya naturally knew what Han Dong was asking, and when she heard Han Dong's hesitation at this moment, she smiled at him: "The matter of the Time and Space Forest. I've just heard about it, but I don't think it's an opportunity, so I'll do it if I've already agreed. ”

Han Dong listened to Geya's words and nodded to himself.

Geya said a few more words to everyone, and then turned around and walked back to the imperial city.

The crowd stood still, speechless.

After a long time, Mo Mingzhe spoke first: "Chu Xinying." What's your idea?"

Mo Mingzhe knew that since Chu Xinying had agreed to Xiao Xiao, he must have had some thoughts of his own, so he turned his head and asked.

"What can you think?" Chu Xinying shrugged: "If the two empires have really reached a certain consensus on this matter, if we don't go, we will also send someone else." Not to mention ......"

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Chu Xinying looked at everyone: "We really need to improve again. Everyone has seen Li Yifan's strength. What he did, we have already determined. That...... There's no reason not to fight him. And I always feel ...... Things don't seem to be as simple as they seem on the surface, there is always something ......" Chu Xinying took a breath of cool air: "There is something that makes me feel that something doesn't make sense...... For example......"

"For example, the Evil Sect is simply declaring war on the Yatian Empire, and the war has not even been fully opened. Why did the HRE reach an alliance with Yatian so quickly? Shouldn't the best move of the current HRE be to watch the fire from the other side and see if it happens? Mo Mingzhe said.

"yes. Qian Xiaonan also suddenly enlightened when he heard Mo Mingzhe's words, nodded and said: "Shenluo's move doesn't seem to be a smart person's decision." ”

Chu Xinying nodded when she heard this, and said, "Not only these, but one more thing." Chu Xinying stopped talking about this and didn't say any more, but looked in the direction of Mo Mingzhe and Dai Mumu.

"What's the matter? Why don't you continue?Sister Xinying?" Dai Mumu looked at Chu Xinying's gaze with some confusion and asked.

"I'll start with that. Chu Xinying said again: "What I said in a while is just conjecture. You've heard it. ”

Mo Mingzhe frowned, as if he had understood what Chu Xinying was going to say: "What do you want to say...... A lot of HRE's moves are very weird?"

Chu Xinying nodded: "Do you still remember what Sister Geya said when we walked out of the Sea of Bitterness and went to the Tianyaqi Divine Courtyard to watch the scene." ”

Shui Quan'er was still immersed in the pain of having to go to war with Li Yifan, but at this moment, after listening to the words of Chu Xinying and others, she scratched her head: "Sister Geya...... What did Sister Geya say?"

Han Dong's eyes rolled slightly, and his brows furrowed: "Shenluo's sudden military drill caused the Yatian troops to be scattered?"

"Yes. Chu Xinying nodded, and then turned his head to look at Mo Mingzhe: "Have you been in advance of your Shenluo military drills before?"

"HRE's military drills have always been fixed. Mo Mingzhe shook his head: "Anyway, in my memory, the HRE has never had a military drill in advance. ”

Chu Xinying listened, as if he had caught a certain thread: "Yes! The problem is here! A military exercise of such a huge empire will definitely not easily change the time." Why did the HRE conduct the military in advance this time? And not only did the location of the early military exercise be chosen at the border of the two empires of the Shenluo and the Heavens, but also just in time for the evil sect to invade the Yatian Divine Temple? There would be such a coincidence in the world?"

"What do you mean......" Yan Haotian pondered, "Shinra...... Collusion with the Evil Sect?"

Chu Xinying didn't say it explicitly, just silent, obviously taking into account the emotions of Mo Mingzhe and Dai Mumu.

"But how can this be?" Dai Mumu noticed that Chu Xinying was no longer willing to pick out, and said, "If Shenluo really colluded with the Evil Sect, then shouldn't we be prevented from entering the space-time forest this time to be promoted?

"Sister Xinying......" Qin Yin'er asked with some fear after listening to everyone's analysis: "If this is the case, we won't encounter any danger in the space-time forest, ......right?" Could it be that you want to plot against us in the Plane Forest?"

Lin Xinrui shook her head when she heard this: "It shouldn't be." Let's not talk about the four major sects among us, and the descendants of the two ancient tribes are here. It is too risky for them to kill us, once this matter is found out, they will definitely be hostile to the four major sects and the two clans, and such a result, no matter who is behind it, the risk is too great. Moreover, Yatian should also protect us throughout the whole process. ”

Qin Yin'er listened, thought for a moment, and found that Lin Xinrui's words were indeed true. Although on weekdays, there is an open and secret battle between the two empires, even if a war is initiated, the four major sects, Gale Wind, and Wood Forest do not participate much, and even if they do, they will not use all their strength. However, that doesn't mean that the strength of the four major sects and the two major clans is not good.

There are thousands of sects in the Gods and Demons Continent, hundreds of tribes, the four major sects and the two major clans can stand out from them, and their strength is not to mention. Not to mention anything else, it is the end of the four major sects, the Sun and Moon Sect with the lowest combat effectiveness, and there are also about 5,000 deed gods exclusive to the Sun and Moon Sect.

In the entire Gods and Demons Continent, if the four major sects and the two major clans really attacked with all their might, whether it was for the empire or the evil sect, it would definitely be an extremely powerful force. Thinking of this, Qin Yin'er breathed a sigh of relief. Lin Xinrui's words just now are obviously not unreasonable, but the strange thing is that she can figure it out. Chu Xinying, Mo Mingzhe, and the brows of the three of them in the cold winter were getting tighter and tighter.

Qin Yin'er couldn't help asking, "Sister Xinying, what Xinrui said just now is right." You guys...... Why is it still ......?"

"You're thinking in the wrong direction. Mo Mingzhe raised his eyes to look at Qin Yin'er.

Qin Yin'er was a little puzzled: "Thinking wrong?"

Han Dong nodded: "That's not what Chu Xinying said just now. And...... The hardest part of the whole thing to explain is not here. ”

"Ahh

Chu Xinying slowly raised his head and said to Shui Quan'er: "The most difficult place to explain is not in Shenluo, but in Yatian. The most difficult thing to explain is not the anomalous behavior of the HRE...... It's Xiao Xiao's approach. ”

Listening to Chu Xinying's words, Yan Haotian was completely stunned, and said in a somewhat uncontrollable whisper: "What......? How is this ...... Why did it get to Xiao Xiao's head again?"

"I'll ask you to think about it. What kind of person is Xiao Xiao?" Chu Xinying said helplessly: "Xiao Xiao." It was the third daughter of the emperor of Yatian. The smartest being in the royal family of the Yatian Empire, now the Empress of Yatian. Shinra's measures are so flawed that the so-called coincidence of the sudden military exercise is a brilliant one, and it can be seen. We thought about it, but we didn't believe it. Will Xiao Xiao believe it?"

Chu Xinying's words undoubtedly poured a basin of cold water directly on Yan Haotian's head. Yan Haotian had already fallen into deep thought and stopped talking.

Chu Xinying continued: "Who is Xiao Xiao, she is the emperor! As the emperor, she is more suspicious than anyone else. Shinra has just made such a move that is absolutely suspicious to anyone who looks at it. Then why is it at this juncture that Xiao Xiao's choice is to find Shenluo to reach an alliance. She also gave us her own Yatian Empire, the holy land of the royal family's cultivation? Even Mo Mingzhe and Mu Mu, the two Shenluo people, were included? Wasn't she afraid that Mo Mingzhe and Mu Mu were Shinluo's spies? When did the relationship between the two empires become so indestructible and difficult to destroy?"

Chu Xinying paused, as if he was sorting out his thoughts.

After a moment, he said, "And." Think about it again, the scene when we entered the palace of the Imperial City just now. ”

"Imperial City Palace?" Qian Xiaonan was also covered with goosebumps at this time, listening to Chu Xinying's words, he thought about the empty scene in the Imperial City Palace, and his back suddenly cooled: "Isn't she blocking the news from the evil sect and some royal family relatives?!"

Chu Xinying nodded slightly: "As an emperor, she must be credible, it is impossible not to count in her heart." If you want to block the news from the evil sect and some royal clansmen, there is no need to go through so much trouble. I also asked Sister Geya to pick us up in person. Then there is only one explanation. ”

Chu Xinying said coldly: "What she wants to avoid is not the evil sect, nor the royal family. Instead, it was her confidant ministers. What she was concerned about was that those henchmen had also discovered the strange behavior of the HRE Empire and opposed her current plan. She's making a secret deal with Shinra, or rather, with Shinra's Zhongli!"

Dai Mumu thought for a while and said, "But she clearly said that the news of this matter will be announced by the two empires! If this was a secret agreement, how could it be made public? and, if it was a private agreement, it would be useless for her to avoid everyone. She's going to lock down the Planar Forest tomorrow. Sooner or later, someone will find out. ”

"You're mistaken. Mo Mingzhe looked at Dai Mumu and said, "She is cultivating the plank road in the bright and dark Chen Cang." ”

"Ming Xiu plank road, dark Chen Cang?" Dai Mumu didn't understand.

Han Dong also seemed to have figured it out, and said: "The news she said she was going to announce today is not what we are talking about now. Instead, it is simply to announce the news that the two empires have once again formed an alliance to become allies to fight against the evil sect. If the guess is correct, this matter should have been unanimously approved after some deliberation at the top of Yatian. Xiao Xiao also had enough reasons to convince his henchmen to agree to the temporary alliance between the Yatian Empire and the HRE Empire. This is also a helpless move in wartime, and no one can do anything. This is the Ming Xiu plank road. ”

"The matter of our entering the space-time forest is the darkness of Chen Cang?" asked Qian Xiaonan.

"Yes. Han Dong nodded: "If you say, the two countries form an alliance and become allies." It is an agreement reached only to ensure that the two countries can mutually guarantee that their power and strength can achieve the lowest possible attrition in the event of war. Then, take out the royal cultivation holy land of Yatian for us to cultivate, so as to form a force against Li Yifan, and even Mingzhe and Mu Mu have already included them. This matter can be solved by more than just a paper agreement. Then it would take absolute mutual trust between the two countries to achieve it, but how could Yatian and Shinra achieve such close trust?"

When Han Dong said this, he looked at Dai Mumu again and said, "As for what Mu Mu said, the blockade of the space-time forest will be discovered sooner or later. Now the evil sect is in power, and it is in time of war. There are many reasons to block the space-time forest, and Xiao Xiao can casually make up a basket of convincing reasons that will not give rise to any suspicion. Besides, even if she doesn't close the space-time forest, the space-time forest is so big, as long as she privately asks someone to open an opening for us to enter the space-time forest, and then there are royal children who go in to cultivate, it will be difficult for her to meet us by chance. In this case, she still decided to try to close the space-time forest, so it can only be said that our entry into the space-time forest is going on in absolute secrecy. ”

Yan Haotian couldn't calm down at the moment, his clothes were soaked with cold sweat, he waved his hand, and changed the topic: "Oops." Didn't Chu Xinying say it just now? These are just conjectures. I don't think we'll guess. The goosebumps fell all over the place. ”

Chu Xinying once again poured a basin of cold water on Yan Haotian's head: "I really thought these were just conjectures just now. But now the clue is clear. It seems that this is true. ”

"That's not right. Qian Xiaonan thought: "If you explain it like this, there is still a loophole." Qian Xiaonan obviously didn't want to believe such an assumption, and was constantly desperately looking for loopholes at the moment.

"What loophole?" Chu Xinying asked.

"Sister Geya!" Qian Xiaonan reminded: "We just analyzed that Xiao Xiao is deliberately avoiding his henchmen, lest they oppose the plan about the space-time forest. But think about it! Sister Ge Ya, isn't she a confidant to Xiao Xiao? Isn't she a minister? If Xiao Xiao is really deliberately avoiding her confidant minister as we think, then why does Sister Ge Ya have to take over such a matter in person and inform us of the past? Moreover, when Xiao Xiao said this, she did not ask Sister Ge Ya to go out. ”

When Han Dong heard this, they all thought for a while.

After a while, Mo Mingzhe said: "Or, Sister Geya already knows the details, but she can't tell us." Either...... Fear...... Sister Geya also has a problem. ”

"Huh?" Shui Quan'er was already scared by what everyone said, but when he heard Mo Mingzhe say this, he was even more afraid: "Why is there a problem with Sister Geya!"

Mo Mingzhe shook his head, as if he had some intention of comforting himself: "Maybe...... I'm thinking too much. The former should be more likely. Sister Geya should know the inside story, but she can't tell us. ”

The wind in the middle of the night carries a chilling coolness, and the biting cold seems to be able to penetrate into the bone marrow. Everyone who blew it was trembling.

"Forget it. Coldwinter shouted, "Let's go back first." I didn't eat well today, and I made Lao Tzu break out in a cold sweat and went back to sleep. It's not a bad thing to go to the space-time forest to break through the ninth order and ninth level. More on that tomorrow. ”

After Han Dong finished speaking, he turned his head and walked away. In fact, he also felt that there seemed to be something wrong with Geya today, but at this time, he didn't dare to make any more analysis in his heart, for fear that if he continued to analyze like this, I was afraid that the consequences would be unbearable for everyone. But if this matter is really not understood, it seems to be worrying, and in desperation, I can only choose to escape temporarily.

Everyone looked at the back of Han Dong leaving, looked at each other, obviously understood Han Dong's intentions, and simply left with Han Dong.

The Celestial Empire

The Imperial Palace

The Emperor's Bedchamber

Goya returned to the Emperor's bedchamber again.

Xiao Xiao was still wearing the translucent white gold-threaded nightgown, sitting on the bed. Seeing Geya coming back at this moment, he chuckled at her and asked, "How is it?"

"The Empress was right, they had already developed some suspicions. These people are far smarter than we think. Goya replied on her knees.

"It doesn't matter. Xiao Xiao put down the water glass in his hand, sat down on the bed, and said, "They will definitely go." ”

Geya hesitated, and after a moment finally asked, "It's just, Empress." Is this matter really to be kept secret to the point that even the head of Geya has to hide it?"

Xiao Xiao listened, but he didn't think it mattered, but just looked at Geya and pointed to his face.

Geya seemed to remember something, her white hand caressed her face, and with a hard tear, a piece of human skin had been torn off. At this moment, what appeared in front of Xiao Xiao's eyes again was a faceless face. That face is hard to describe, it's a feeling of nothingness, and it doesn't have any facial features that a normal person should have. Eyes, nose, mouth, all of them. It was just a dull gray blur of nothingness. And the figure of that person also turned into the figure of a man in the moment when he tore off the human skin on his face.

This person's name is Wuyan, and he is a henchman under Xiao Xiao. But as Xiao Xiao's henchman, Wuyan is different from Xiao Xiao's other henchmen, he will never give Xiao Xiao any advice, and will only obey Xiao Xiao's machinery. And although Wuyan is also a pact priest, it is quite different from ordinary pact priests. That is, Wuyan does not have any combat effectiveness. But there is another unusually special ability, he can disguise himself as anyone. Once disguised as that person, their voice, body, and even the sense of the power of the Blood Pact will change to exactly the same as that of the person being disguised. These are also the two reasons why Xiao Xiao asked him to complete this task.

"Keep an eye on it, and don't let Goya come into contact with those people lately. Xiao Xiao continued: "Let's go down if there's nothing to do." ”

Wuyan listened, raised his head slightly, but did not rush to leave......