Chapter 96: Warmth in the Dark Alleyway

  This result was something that Luo Xi had never thought of. Just a moment ago, she had advised Mo Ye and Chu Wang to make peace with each other, and Mo Ye had even laughed at her words. Moreover, he not only laughed at her words but also said some things to her that one could only say to the dead.

  Of course, Mo Ye knew that about her, and it's very likely that he had already regarded her as a dead person. Moreover, he even extinguished the torch, if not for Tang Xiao Yu arriving in time and lighting up the flame on his finger, she would have probably become a ghost under Mo Ye's sword by now. The best scenario would be that she would freeze herself into an ice block like that rainy night when she ambushed Mo Ye, and then be left here to die from hypothermia caused by her own summoned ice blocks.

  But now everything has changed, Tang Xiaoxia came and used his small flame to scare Mo Ye, and with the glorious deeds of jumping off Lin Yuefeng but not dying and killing all the people in Heifeng Village and burning everything to nothing, thoroughly scared Mo Ye.

  Actually, Luo Siqi knew that among the three people present now, Tang Xiaoxia was actually the least capable. His flame could only maintain a small spark on his index finger and he needed to accumulate enough killing intent to go wild. If Mo Ye really made a move against him, Luo Siqi dared to guarantee that Tang Xiaoxia wouldn't even last five minutes!

  That's still a chance for him to accumulate enough killing intent, Luo Siqi estimated that his killing intent hadn't even accumulated to a decimal place yet and it's very possible that he had already been killed by Mo Ye.

  But now Luosi didn't have the heart to expose him, after all Tang Xiaohai was here to help her. Even if Tang Xiaohai was just a paper tiger for now, as long as he could achieve his goal, who cares whether he's a paper tiger or a real one? A tiger that can intimidate people is a good tiger!

  Luosi is now eager to immediately agree to Mo Ye's conditions and let him leave as soon as possible. However, she is also afraid that if she agrees too readily, Mo Ye will become suspicious. With Tang Xiao Xia's skills and abilities, she fears that Mo Ye might intentionally try to test her by staying here and not leaving, which would be troublesome.

  So Luosi's heart wanted Mo Ye to leave quickly, but on the surface she still pretended to be tough with Mo Ye: "You wanting to make peace with King Chu is a national matter, I can agree to that, but my personal grievances aren't so easily written off. You caused my senior brother to jump off Lin Yue Peak, luckily his skills were strong and he didn't die from the fall, but this matter isn't just going to be forgotten like that!"

  Mo Ye's attitude towards Luo Siqi became even more unyielding with the arrival of Tang Xiao Xia, and he couldn't help but smile wryly at her: "Goddess, you're being too much. Your senior brother was harmed by me, but he didn't die, did he? Do you think I'm proposing a truce now because I'm afraid of you? You think that just because you have the power to see me now, you'll definitely gain the upper hand in our battle?"

  "As soon as I see your advantage, it's gone. And with my senior brother by my side, don't I have the upper hand now?" Luosi Qi heard Mo Ye say that he was afraid of being forced into a corner, so his words were tough, but his tone softened.

  "Let me tell you, my Goddess. " Mò Yè said with a hint of pride to Luó Sī Qí: "Actually, the trap I set for you is not just limited to confinement and darkness, which are unfavorable factors for you."

  "What else is there?" Rosy heard this and was slightly startled, she knew that Mo Ye must have his own reasons inside. But she really didn't realize that there were other factors here that would be unfavorable to her.

  "Was it toxic gas?" Loshkie sniffed and didn't feel any bad gases in the air right now.

  Mo Ye didn't give Luosiqi much time to guess, seeing her confusion, he directly told her: "Luosiqi, when you entered this tunnel, did you notice that it's a bit dry?"

  "What's with the 'dry'?" Lusky didn't quite understand what Mo Ye meant by "dry".

  Mo Ye was very generous, he didn't hide anything, he directly told Luo Siqi that there was another design in the tunnel specially prepared for her. He told her that this tunnel had been baked by his men with fire before, and every corner of the tunnel had been carefully examined by his men with fire from noon to night!

  "Why did you have it baked?" Luosi heard him say this, and she understood that Yu Luo didn't take her into the tunnel during the day, but chose to do so at night. It turned out that during her time in the Chu army camp, Mo Ye had ordered people to use torches to dry this place thoroughly. But although she understood when Mo Ye did this, she still didn't quite understand why he had ordered people to dry the tunnel so carefully.

  "You don't even know yourself? Roseth, after I retreated that night, I ordered people to intensify the collection of any news about you. Plus my own judgment, I think your Moon Goddess power can only be exerted with greater force with the help of moonlight, which is also why I chose a place without any moonlight for our battle. And there's another reason that affects your ability to exert your power - when you cast your ice spell, it doesn't create much ice from your body to attack the enemy... this water might be the natural rainwater from the night you ambushed me, don't you think the ice you conjured up to protect yourself is a bit too much?"

  Mo Ye arrived here and felt a bit complacent, then he continued to say to Luo Siqi: "So when I came back, I thought that bringing you to a place with little spiritual energy might restrict your magic even more. As expected, just now when you attacked me, I saw that the power of your magic was getting smaller and weaker!"

  Luosiqi was shocked when Mo Ye said that. Earlier, when she attacked Mo Ye, she also felt that the ice sword she summoned was getting smaller and fewer. Luosiqi knew that people in this era would not know the concept of water molecules in the air, but he could judge the humidity in the air, although there was no scientific definition for it, he could still feel it subjectively through his senses.

  "Ink Night seemed to be sighing at the perfect plan he had made for him, and said to Luosi: 'Originally, I was going to let him deceive you into this burial ground that I personally chose for you in exchange for helping Yu Luo avenge. Unexpectedly, your senior brother appeared so suddenly here. I can see that he has superhuman abilities like you, but your abilities may not be able to play out here. Since I didn't calculate that you would come, it's not easy to kill you either. So why can't we put aside our past grievances and become friends?'"

  Luoshi was as eager as before, and she couldn't wait to agree with him. However, she still curiously asked another question: "But aren't you planning to kill the King of Chu for treason? How can you negotiate with me and the King of Chu at the same time? What about your ambition and ideals? How can I trust you?"

  "It seems you still think I'm too simple, Goddess! After saying that, Mo Ye asked Luosi Qi again: "Now I just want to know, are you willing to accept my proposal?"

  Although Luo Siqi was very reluctant, she also had to pretend to be reluctant. She said to Mo Ye: "Okay, if you tell me how to get back to the ground!"

  Mo Ye heard Luo Siqi agree and looked at Tang Xiaoxia again, asking him once more: "What about you, Tang Xiaoxia?"

  Tang Xiaxia smiled and said to Mo Ye, "I don't care anymore, as long as you promise not to find a group of people to force me to jump off the cliff again, I'll listen to my junior sister."

  Mo Ye smiled very satisfactorily and suddenly ran backwards, soon disappearing from the sight of Luo Siqi and Tang Xiaoxia. From far away in the tunnel came his voice: "If you want to get out, it's simple, just walk back to where you came from and lift up the stone slab to leave. If you want to find your old acquaintance to settle accounts, just keep walking forward. He's probably now at the Mo Manor causing chaos!"

  As Mo Ye's last voice faded away in the tunnel, Tang Xiao Xia ordered Luo Si Qi to pick up the torch that Mo Ye had dropped on the ground and light it for him. Although Luo Si Qi was grateful that he had appeared again to save her, she was still dissatisfied with his tone when he slaughtered everyone at Hei Feng Village earlier. She complained, "Why don't you go pick it up yourself?" However, despite her words, she still walked over to pick up the torch from the ground and handed it to Tang Xiao Xia to light it with his index finger.

  Just as the torch was lit, Luosi moved the torch away from Tang Xiaoxiao's index finger. At that moment, Tang Xiaoxiao suddenly fell to the ground with a thud, his face turned white like paper, and his whole body began to tremble slightly.

  He saw Luosiqi staring at him in surprise, and hastily comforted her: "It's okay, I was just scared by Mo Ye, and my legs were temporarily weak!" After that, he tried to stand up, but failed after several attempts.

  Luosi's heart ached, and she hurried to support him. However, after being supported by Luosi, he walked to the side wall of the tunnel and sat down, leaning against the wall with his back. He looked very embarrassed at Luosi: "I won't make it, I won't make it. Wait for a moment, let me catch my breath before we continue." Tang Xiaoxia's appearance seemed so weak and unimpressive.

  It was precisely this awkwardness that made Luosiqi turn his dissatisfaction with him into gratitude for his appearance here.

  She inserted the torch into a bracket on the wall closest to her that could hold the torch, and also walked down to sit down next to Tang Xiaoxia against the wall. With her left arm around his right arm, she said with affection and unease: "It's okay, it's okay, to be honest, I was just scared too!"

  Luosi could feel that Tang Xiaoxia's mood had improved a bit after she finished speaking, and his body also relaxed. She leaned her head on his shoulder, closed her eyes slightly, and stopped talking. Tang Xiaoxia didn't say anything either. In this dimly lit underground passageway that seemed to have no end in sight, the two of them just stood there side by side, leaning against each other, neither mentioning the danger they had just faced nor asking which way they should go next. He simply leaned against her, as if nothing was more important than being together like this.