Chapter 83: The Mysterious Appearance of a Murderous Maniac

  The King of Chu spoke with her alone about Fei Wuji on the second day.

  The servants in the bedroom had all gone down, and the wound on King Chu's lower abdomen was still tightly bandaged. After Luosiqi came, she didn't take the initiative to ask him either, knowing that he would certainly explain this matter to her himself.

  Indeed, after the others withdrew, King Chu let out a heavy sigh and said to Luosi Qi: "Goddess, it's not that I've gone mad and want to forgive Fei Wuji. Soon after you went to chase Mo Ye, he ordered his subordinates to stop resisting. By rights, I shouldn't have forgiven him, but he made a deal with me using words.

  "What agreement?" Lusiqi asked strangely when she heard what King Chu said.

  The King of Chu replied, "He told me that killing him now would be no different from squashing an ant, but the mysterious and unpredictable Night God Sect, with its deep roots in Black Witch Mountain, would not be easily defeated even if Quili had 30,000 troops. Even if they were to destroy the Night God Sect, if they couldn't eradicate it completely, the remnants would continue to plague me daily."

  "So you're going to forgive him just because he threatened you?" Lusky couldn't believe that before the assassination attempt on Mo Ye, Chu Wang was worried day and night but wasn't afraid, yet now that she had sent Mo Ye away and knew his true identity, Chu Wang was actually fearful and timid?

  The King of Chu saw that Luosi Qi's tone was not good, and he hastily comforted her, saying: "Goddess, don't worry, I'm not afraid of him, that's why I pardoned him. If the Night God Sect is exterminated, no matter how many remnants they have left, as long as you are by my side, I will be completely unafraid."

  "What's that for?" Lucille felt that King Chu was getting close to the point of this matter.

  The King of Chu then revealed the real reason he decided to put aside his anger and pardon Wu Zixu: it turned out that at that time, a liaison officer from the Qi State had brought him some news that was normally insignificant but now felt extremely pressing. It was that after Qu Yuan had cleared out the Night Spirit Sect's strongholds outside of Hei Wushan, when the army of killers suddenly appeared in the 83rd chapter and entered the Yin Domain City, a strange phenomenon occurred. Although the Yin Domain City looked ominous, Qu Yuan's vanguard troops could be said to have taken it without spilling a drop of blood or expending any effort. He left behind five thousand men under the command of a deputy general to garrison on both sides of the main road outside of Liujin City, responsible for maintaining the army's supply lines, and the remaining twenty-five thousand men all entered the Yin Domain City.

  The originally gloomy and desolate Shadow City suddenly became bustling with people after the deployment of so many soldiers. The residents within the city did not show much resentment towards the Chu army's occupation, and the original lord of the city was unlike the lord of Flowing Gold City who had a strong defensive force to maintain order in the city. The few dozen soldiers he originally used to maintain peace were nothing compared to the 25,000 men led by Qu Li.

  Kui Li suspected that the city master and his subordinates were likely people of the Night God Sect, so they had fled in a hurry before the army entered the city. Mo Ye did not pursue them, but instead arranged for the troops to rest and defend within the city.

  Because the Night God Sect's headquarters is located in a very mysterious and difficult-to-understand place, Hei Wushan, Qu Li had originally planned to use Yin District City as a base, gradually infiltrating the army into Hei Wushan, step by step, steadily and surely.

  But little did they know that on the first night of their safe and peaceful entry into the city of Yin, a soldier from the vanguard camp who was normally honest and taciturn suddenly jumped up from his bed in the middle of the night. According to his comrades who slept with him in the same room, he went mad and his eyes turned blood red, then he drew out a knife hanging on the wall and rushed towards his comrades to hack them!

  Because everyone in the house was asleep at that time, the remaining five people were instantly killed by him, three of them were hacked to death, and the remaining two people saw him suddenly go mad and fled out of the house in a hurry, calling for the guards standing outside. In the end, the killer was shot dead by the patrolling soldiers who rushed to the scene after hearing the news, because the appearance of that sudden madness was too terrifying, so no one dared to leave him alive and try to capture him.

  This incident caused a stir in the army, but Que Lie didn't think much of it at first and only ordered an investigation into what the soldier had eaten and drunk before. The military medics examined the food and water according to local customs, but strangely, no abnormalities were found after the examination. As a result, Que Lie began to suspect that the soldier might have been affected by the Night God Sect's magic, but since he had already been shot dead by the crowd, even if there were people in the army who understood witchcraft, they could no longer determine the real reason for his madness.

  The King of Chu told Luo Siqi: "When Kuili's liaison officer returned to send a message, he didn't know that the armies of Jin and Qi had already started to move against Zheng. After the soldier suddenly went mad, the soldiers who were sent to explore the Black Witch Mountain also went mad when they returned to camp at night, and this time the number of people who went mad was a whole hundred! Kuili personally led his men to kill them all, but after all, they were his elite soldiers not long ago! This incident caused uncontrollable panic in the army, and it was rumored that Black Witch Mountain was a place where demons lived, and anyone who entered would permanently lose their sanity and become a killer!"

  So, the last meaning of the long letter was to give the King of Chu two options: one is to send the goddess Luosiqi to assist him in figuring out the reason for the whole thing. He had previously thought that relying solely on the witches gathered in the southern part of Chu would be enough to deal with the Night God Cult, but now it seems that those witches are also at a loss as to what to do about this unimaginable event, and many have been shocked by it, with some even thinking of leaving and preparing to escape.

  Luoshi knew that even if she went to the southern border, it would be difficult for her to resolve this matter for Quili. She asked King Chu what the second option was, and King Chu smiled helplessly and said: "The second option is to bring back the army first to prevent the situation from getting worse, and give up this expedition!"

  It seems that Luosi suddenly understood the reason why King Chu decided to leave Fei Wujin behind. She said to King Chu, "So you decided to leave Fei Wujin because you thought Night God Sect was not ready to make a move yet, and wanted to use him to contact Mo Ye and negotiate a truce between both sides, so that Qu Li can withdraw his troops as soon as possible and join forces with Tian Yu to lift the siege on Zheng Guo?" King Chu nodded in agreement and said, "That's right! I made an agreement with Fei Wujin back then. If you could kill Mo Ye, he would be spared from punishment. But if you didn't leave him behind, I would allow him to redeem himself by contacting Night God Sect and persuading Mo Ye to stop his assassination attempts against me, and surrender to my feet!"