Why had the ancestor suddenly killed Chen Wanyun?
Chen Le couldn't figure it out. A thousand questions churned in her mind.
She sobbed quietly, then suddenly her whole body shuddered. Her heart lurched—she thought of Chen Lizhi. Could the ancestor be going after Chen Lizhi too, wanting to kill him as well?
It was a simple deduction.
Regardless, she needed to find Chen Lizhi first and tell him about this!
At this critical moment, Chen Le didn't first think of Hei Cheng—instead, she thought of the closest family Gu Immortal.
Chen Le snapped out of her daze, stopped sobbing, and quickly stood up. She continued to channel her Immortal-level killing move to conceal her form, and ran toward Chen Lizhi's palace.
But Fang Yuan did not do as Chen Le expected and go to Chen Lizhi's residence.
He hadn't discovered Chen Le, and had already killed Chen Lizhi, so this final action was to head to Chen Le's residence.
Find her, and then kill her!
A short while later, Chen Le arrived at Chen Lizhi's residence.
"Why is no one here?" Chen Le searched the entire palace but couldn't find Chen Lizhi.
Of course, she saw quite a few mortals and Gu Masters.
But Chen Le didn't alert them. Even if she told them this shocking news, they probably wouldn't believe it.
Staring at the empty grand hall, Chen Le once again felt waves of infinite bewilderment and panic washing over her.
Ancestor Chen Chi had killed Chen Wanyun, and Chen Lizhi had vanished—he was probably in grave danger.
Chen Le couldn't help but start crying again.
"What should I do? This is terrible! Young Master Hei Cheng!" Only now did Chen Le finally think of Fang Yuan, and her whole body shuddered.
She felt that at this moment, the only one she could rely on was Hei Cheng.
She immediately turned and ran toward Hei Cheng's residence.
Almost simultaneously, Fang Yuan arrived at Chen Le's palace.
There was no one here?
"Strange. Where would she go at this time?" Fang Yuan's heart sank.
The situation had suddenly changed.
Fang Yuan instinctively looked up at the sky. The sky of the Hei Fan Cave Heaven was clear and cloudless, a pristine azure green.
Fang Yuan smiled at the sky, then immediately teleported back to his own residence.
Where else could Chen Le go?
There were only a handful of places.
Between Gu Immortals and mortals, there wasn't much common ground for conversation.
Back at his residence, Fang Yuan transformed into Hei Cheng and tried to wait for Chen Le.
Just then, a pillar of brilliant light suddenly shot skyward, blazing high into the air, blazing in all directions, dazzling and blinding.
"Could this be what Chen Le mentioned before... some kind of radiant light warning, where Gu Immortals mount a collective defense?" Fang Yuan immediately furrowed his brow.
Over these past days, he had been probing Chen Le for all manner of intelligence.
Among it was a piece about how when Gu Immortals had first appeared in the Hei Fan Cave Heaven, they had been bullied by Desolate Beasts and Ancient Desolate Beasts.
The Gu Immortals of previous generations had joined forces to fight back. In normal times, they resided separately throughout the cave heaven. If one of them came under attack and the situation became dire, they could send out a warning light to invite the other Gu Immortals to assist, and afterward pay appropriate compensation.
"As the Gu Immortals in the Hei Fan Cave Heaven have grown increasingly powerful, this radiant light warning hasn't appeared in nearly a hundred years. This time, it must be Chen Le who activated it. Heh heh—I underestimated this woman. That was a smart move!" Fang Yuan smiled.
Cunning as he was, he immediately deduced many things.
He had killed three people in succession, leaving only Chen Le. And the radiant light warning was something only Gu Immortals knew about—it could only have been Chen Le who activated it.
Why had Chen Le avoided him and suddenly activated this?
Obviously, she had discovered that the others—or at least one of them—had met with misfortune.
No matter where she was hiding or what method she was using, since she hadn't come to him, it meant she already suspected him.
Next, all the Gu Immortals would certainly converge. How would Fang Yuan handle it?
It turned out that just a moment before.
Chen Le had been about to go find Hei Cheng when a thought suddenly flashed through her mind—even if she found Young Master Hei Cheng, what if he couldn't defeat the ancestor?
Chen Le didn't know Hei Cheng's strength, but deep down, she still felt that Old Immortal Chen Chi was more unfathomably powerful. This was due to the long-standing authority Chen Chi had accumulated.
"I need to find a solution that covers all bases!" So Chen Le thought of the radiant light warning.
The brilliant warning light shot into the sky, and Chen Le's heart finally calmed somewhat.
"I wonder if the ancestor will come looking for me after seeing this light?" At this thought, Chen Le grew afraid again.
She gritted her teeth and ultimately decided to go find Fang Yuan first.
From beginning to end, she had never once suspected that Fang Yuan was the real killer!
The instant the brilliant light shot into the sky, the other Gu Immortals in various locations all reacted.