Chapter 145 Flame Thorn

The cloaked woman knew Xiao Yan's identity and frowned slightly.

This time, she came to the remote Tagor Desert from the Gama Holy City privately, just to quietly investigate those lawbreakers who secretly violated the Gama royal family's ban and continued to engage in the slave trade.

The Gama royal family had heard about this a long time ago, but every time they wanted to investigate in depth, they would be blocked by an unshakable resistance, causing the Gama royal family to be frustrated again and again.

And that unshakable resistance is the Yunlan Sect!

Although the Gama royal family does not have definite evidence at present, all signs show that the Yunlan Sect is the umbrella for these slave businesses!

Therefore, in the cloaked woman's mind, Nalan Yanran, the young master of the Yunlan Sect, is not trustworthy, and the Nalan family behind her is also not trustworthy, and the Xiao family, who has an engagement with the Nalan family, is also not trustworthy.

Before coming, the cloaked woman originally did not plan to go to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, because the Desert Iron Mercenary Group was the mercenary group established by the eldest and second daughters of the Xiao family leader, who she suspected.

But after arriving here, the cloaked woman learned through intelligence gathering that in the past six months, Xiao Jing had been leading the Desert Iron Mercenary Group to crack down on the slave trade at the risk of his life, breaking through many difficulties to establish a trading chain with the Snake People, and was determined to make the Snake People and humans coexist peacefully.

This made the cloaked woman feel a little uncertain.

If the Xiao family really colluded with the Yunlan Sect behind the slave traders, then Xiao Jing and Xiao Li would not have to do this at all, even if it was just a show.

The only explanation is that they really hope so.

But in the heart of the cloaked woman, facts without evidence are just speculations.

Even with this explanation, the cloaked woman cannot completely believe the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.

With all her hesitation, the cloaked woman finally decided to go to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and hire them to take her to the Snake People's territory.

First, the main purpose of the cloaked woman's visit this time was to use her identity to talk to the Snake People and try to resolve the misunderstandings between the two sides for many years.

Secondly, she wanted to try to get to know the people of the Motie Mercenary Group in depth through the hiring process, and to see with her own eyes whether Xiao Jing and Xiao Li were in the same group as Yunlan Sect.

But she didn't expect that in the end, Xiao Li would let her brother Xiao Yan follow her.

However, from what the cloaked woman saw so far, Xiao Yan had no problem, including Qing Lin who followed him.

Especially just now, if Xiao Yan really didn't care about the relationship between the snake people and humans, then when facing that team of snake people, he could have killed them with legitimate reasons.

After all, the cloaked woman also saw how the team of snake people treated him, and even if Xiao Yan killed them, it could be explained as legitimate defense.

Instead of just knocking them unconscious like now, and even worrying that they would be attacked by monsters, dragging them on the road together.

At least Xiao Yan's actions proved that he didn't want to destroy the already unstable relationship between humans and snake people because of his actions.

This made the cloaked woman less vigilant against Xiao Yan than at the beginning.

To put it bluntly, Xiao Yan's strength was extremely inconsistent with his level. If he really wanted to do something to himself, his strength as a seven-star Dou Shi seemed not enough. No one would know if he killed himself on the spot.

Xiao Yan dragged the team of snake people, Qing Lin and the cloaked woman until dusk, and gradually approached the territory of the snake people according to the instructions on the map.

"Let's rest here today."

Looking at the edge of the desert camera, Xiao Yan said so, but before the cloaked woman and Qing Lin responded, an indescribable pressure suddenly appeared above the three of them.

Then came a powerful and hostile voice.

"Who dares to break into my snake people's holy land?!"

! ! ! Xiao Yan and the other two raised their heads suddenly and saw a male snake person floating in the air. His fiery red body seemed to be wrapped in burning flames, and the illusory Dou Qi wings behind him silently indicated his level.

Dou Qi turned into wings! Dou Wang! ! !

The cloaked woman also identified the identity of the male snakeman in the sky from the intelligence she had read before.

One of the eight tribe leaders of the snakeman tribe, the leader of the Yanshe tribe, Yan Ci!

Looking at Yan Ci above, Xiao Yan frowned slightly, with no fear in his eyes. He loosened the rope he was holding, stepped forward and saluted Yan Ci with both hands clasped.

"Senior, I am from the Motie Mercenary Group, Xiao Yan."

"Xiao Yan?" Yan Ci frowned slightly when he heard Xiao Yan's introduction, "What is the relationship between you and Xiao Jing?"

"Xiao Jing is my elder sister. I came here this time to confirm my elder sister's safety."

Yan Ci lowered his head and looked at the team of snakemen tied tightly with ropes behind Xiao Yan, and asked in a cold voice.

"Those snakemen, did you do it?"

"Please rest assured, these snakemen are not in danger of death, they were just knocked unconscious by me. I brought them with me just because I was worried that they would be attacked by the monsters in the desert. There is no other intention."

Hearing Xiao Yan's answer, Yan Ci was silent for a moment, and then his figure suddenly disappeared from a distance. When he appeared again, he was already standing in front of Xiao Yan. His tall figure exuded a burning breath, and he lowered his head and stared at Xiao Yan, who was shorter in comparison.

"Master Xiao Yan!"

Qing Lin saw this and reacted immediately. He was about to rush forward when he was stopped by Xiao Yan's raised hand. He still looked up and stared at Yan Ci. Although his expression was serious, he did not show any fear.

But secretly, Xiao Yan's whole body had quietly tensed up, ready to deal with Yan Ci's possible attack at any time.

Looking at Xiao Yan's fearless eyes, Yan Ci frowned slightly and spoke slowly with a burning breath.

"Your eyes are very similar to your sister's." Yan Ci stared at Xiao Yan and said slowly: "This is the eyes that only people with strong beliefs can have."

"Thank you for the compliment, senior."

Xiao Yan responded calmly, neither humble nor arrogant, and such a calm attitude made Yan Ci laugh.

"You and your sister are really the same kind of people. Although your strength is far inferior to ours, you don't show any fear on your face when facing us tribal leaders, and you don't have the hatred in the eyes of other humans. Perhaps it is because of this that we will try to trust her."

Yan Ci raised his hand and hooked it. He grabbed the ropes that Xiao Yan had just put down to tie up the team of snake people. Then he took out a fiery red token from his waist and threw it to Xiao Yan in front of him.

"Take this token and keep walking forward. If you encounter snake people blocking the way, just show this token to them. They will let you go. At the end is the territory where the queen is. Your sister Xiao Yu is also there."

Xiao Yan stared at the token in his hand for a long time, and then reacted. He held the token and clasped his fists to thank Yan Ci.

"Thank you for the gift, senior!"

"If you want to thank someone, thank your sister." Yan Ci dragged the team of snakemen and slowly flew up with the wings of fighting spirit behind him. "I'd like to make it clear in advance that I don't like humans, but since there are people like your sister among humans, I think the human race should not be so bad that it makes people despair."

"There are not many people who are so sincere."

After leaving these words, Yan Ci flew away with the snakemen, leaving a fiery red light in the dark night, leaving Xiao Yan and the other two standing there in a daze.