Chapter 178: Chapter 178: Being Followed
Wu Xuan burst through the door and glanced out the window.
In the night, a few dark figures were breaking away from the guards, about to disappear into the maze of alleys.
He quickly picked up Wen Shu and handed her to Luo Fei who followed closely behind, instructing in a deep voice, "I’ll take a look, take care of Ashu."
After speaking, he bowed his body to transform into his beast form, but Wen Shu hurriedly grasped his wrist and stopped him in a low voice, "Wu Xuan, don’t chase, it’s Nan."
Wu Xuan paused and turned his head to look at Wen Shu, calming his over-tense nerves a little.
He noticed that besides her swollen lips, she had no injuries, and even her nightgown was perfectly intact.
"Nan?"
He recalled the anger he had just heard, it indeed sounded like Nan’s voice, but what did he mean?
Wen Shu’s palm applied a slight force, "He’s lost his memory, the people meeting him came too fast, I didn’t have time to ask clearly what really happened..."
She pressed her lips tightly, her mind still lingering on the fleeting, reluctant gaze in Nan’s eyes before he left.
What had those meeting Nan seen, and why did Nan seem to fear them... could he be in danger?
Seeing her worried face turn pale, Wu Xuan lightly pressed her hand, "Amnesia? Did Nan suffer a head injury? But he’s a Tenth Rank now, who could harm him..."
Wen Shu shook her head, "No, there’s no trace of head injury, I suspect a Beastman with the same Spiritual System erased his memories."
Wu Xuan raised his eyebrows in surprise at these words, "Spiritual Ability? Aren’t they from the same family, why would they harm him?"
Wen Shu hadn’t heard this information, her brow furrowed slightly, looking straight at him, "The same family?"
"Yes, in all of Alentia, only the males of the Paris family have Spiritual Abilities."
The three returned to the bedroom, Wu Xuan pulled up the blanket around Wen Shu and said thoughtfully, "When in Yasen City, the Beastmen who attacked me and Mious spiritually, they should all know Nan."
"They didn’t make another move, I thought Nan had brokered peace with them, but I didn’t expect it would turn out like this..."
He pressed his lips into a straight line, feeling a hint of regret for his negligence.
And Wen Shu, having figured out the ins and outs, looked somewhat stunned.
She had always been curious about Nan’s childhood experience due to his personality and his ruined face...
And at this moment, she suddenly realized something.
Could it be that everything Nan had suffered was at the hands of his "family"?
Wen Shu couldn’t be completely sure, but the truth was almost indisputable, or why would they alter Nan’s memories?
Thinking of this, she gripped the edge of the blanket in her palm tightly, looked out the window for a long time, then reluctantly withdrew her gaze.
"After tomorrow’s celebration, I want to go find Nan first."
Wu Xuan understood her feelings, squeezing her hand, "I’ll go with you."
He made his stance clear, and Luo Fei, who was just coming to terms with the situation nearby, pursed his lips and reluctantly sat by the bed.
He looked up at Wen Shu, seeing her pale face and cold, misted eyes.
His heart softened, and he placed his palm on her cold cheek, "Count me in."
The two towering figures leaned closely against Wen Shu’s side, their warmth driving away all the surrounding chill.
She curled her eyes at this, capturing their concern, embracing them both with a gentle force, and kissed their faces, "Thank you."
After saying this, under their searing gazes, she pulled the quilt over her head and mumbled, "Good night."
Though she said she wanted to sleep, Wen Shu lay under the covers without a hint of drowsiness, her mind alternating between thoughts of the next day’s celebration and Nan’s circumstances.
Eventually, her thoughts unconsciously worried about Mious.
Thus, in the early hours of the next day, suffering from severe insomnia, her temples throbbed faintly, and she felt dizzy all over.
After using her superpower to heal herself, she eased a bit, but still felt drowsy, yawning as she climbed onto the wolf’s back and lay down on the male’s legs.
"I’ll sleep a bit more, wake me when we arrive."
The team left Bain City with the bustling crowd, heading towards the eastern side of the dense forest under the golden morning sun.
She drifted in and out of sleep, not knowing how long she had dozed off, as the sound of branches rustling faded, while the piercing sunlight shone through the gauze, casting a small warm shadow on her face.
"Ashu, we’re almost there, we need to enter on foot."
A hoarse call came from above her head.
Wen Shu raised her arm to shield her forehead, slowly propped herself up, and pulled aside the gauze, met with vast dense giant trees.
Unusually, the trees in this dense forest seemed artificially planted, forming a large circle, stretching thick and dense towards an unseen interior.
And in the section where they were, the giant trees had been removed, leaving only a circle of sacred flowers exuding a faint fragrance.
"Female Wen Shu, we are about to enter the Holy Land."
Prince Youna’s handsome face appeared below.
"Coming."
Wen Shu leaped down from the Wolf Beast’s back and, just as her feet steadied, a distinctly jointed hand thrust a Beast Skin Bag into her hand.
With quick reflexes, Luo Fei, who was behind her, blocked Youna’s arm, his voice sharp, "What are you doing?"
Even Wen Shu was a bit startled by this sudden action, she lowered her eyes to glance at the Beast Skin Bag, intending to return it to Youna.
But this taciturn prince, upon noticing her gaze, stepped back several steps with blushing ears, "You must not have eaten anything, it’s just food... come quickly, my mother is still waiting for us."
Meeting Wen Shu’s eyes, his pupils slightly enlarged, he pretended to be calm as he left, even as his sleeve caught onto his hair, he remained unfazed.
"You..." Eat?
Wen Shu picked up the Beast Skin Bag, but before she could finish her question, Luo Fei took out a round bag from his arms, pressed it into her hand, and took Youna’s bag away in the process.
"We brought our own."
Glared at by him subtly, Wen Shu swallowed back the words on her lips, tucked the Beast Skin Bag into her arms, and hooked Luo Fei’s arm, "Let’s go, I want to see the Divine Tree."
As they entered the Holy Land with the crowd, they didn’t go far before being stopped in the outermost circle by the Holy Land’s Silver Armor Guards.
And here, as Luo Fei had said, nearly nothing could be seen.
Standing in the very outermost area, even being carried on Wu Xuan’s shoulders, Wen Shu could only catch a glimpse of the tree crown.
She thought that to meet Yining, it would probably have to wait until the blessing ceremony ended when the High Priests would come to bestow blessings upon the Beastmen present.
With this in mind, Wen Shu found a comfortable seat to wait, unexpectedly waiting until sunset.
Out of sheer boredom, she rose and dusted off her numb behind, "I’m going to walk around nearby."
Upon hearing this, Wu Xuan, who was eating, mumbled a response, then got up to follow.
Wen Shu hurriedly pressed him down, pointing to the dense forest on the right side, "Didn’t Luo Fei go over there to gather firewood? Finish your meal and then come find us."
Following Luo Fei’s trail into the dense forest, Wen Shu walked aimlessly, considering the number of Beastmen today, waiting until tomorrow wasn’t impossible either.
Thus, it wasn’t long before her arms were full of branches, to combat the increasingly cold weather.
Luo Fei’s scent grew stronger, Wen Shu quickened her pace, suddenly hearing the "crack" of snapping branches.
Thinking she had stepped on something, she casually glanced at her feet, only for a chill to run up her spine.
Due to the tight security of the Holy Land, she had relaxed her senses, but they instantly heightened, indeed detecting footsteps behind her.
Disorderly yet with purpose, it sounded like three or four males.
Wen Shu furrowed her brow slightly; she believed she hadn’t offended anyone since entering the Yisha Empire...
In a flash of insight, a thought crossed her mind, and in that split second, the males behind suddenly quickened their pace.
The silent atmosphere was pierced by a sharp swoosh of wind, Wen Shu’s back tensed, preparing to engage in this battle.
Who would have thought, passing by a giant tree, that a sturdy, thick tail-like object would skillfully circle around her waist.
With a strong pull, she was quickly hauled up into the tree.
