Chapter 90: Hesitation in Front of the Toxic Fog

  Luosi clearly knew that the tiredness Tang Xiaoxia mentioned was a real excuse, although he didn't want to leave her, but on the issue of whether to follow her to Yinyu City, he still showed great determination.

  Moreover, he himself might also be tormented by the fact that he did such a thing in the counterfeit Black Tiger's mountain stronghold. Although his words were righteous and severe, saying that all of this was for the sake of saving Luosiqi, and that he had no choice but to do so, regardless of the reason, the fact remains that he became a bloodthirsty demon who killed hundreds of people at a time.

  Although she had previously thought that it would be better for the two of them to separate for a while, Tang Xiaoxiao only felt a sense of telepathy with him when he actually suggested staying behind for a few days. However, this telepathy was clearly not a good thing, as many things become unacceptable when imagination becomes reality, no matter how much she had previously thought about it herself.

  But she knew it was hard to persuade Tang Xiaoxia to leave with her, the reason for this was not only because they had already had a big disagreement about this matter before, but also because now whenever she saw Tang Xiaoxia, she would think of what happened in the mountain village, she would remember how Tang Xiaoxia looked when he was discovered by her at dawn, and even imagine how terrifying he must have been last night when he killed someone, just like a devil who could destroy heaven and earth.

  So Luosi ultimately chose to accept, she thought it was good for both Tang Xiaoxia and herself. Tang Xiaoxia only said that he would stay here to rest for a few days, but didn't say what he would do after recovering, whether he would catch up with her to help or wait for her to deal with the Night God Sect's affairs before leaving, or even leave after recovering to do his own things, no one knew.

  Luosiqi remembered that the last time Tang Xiaoxia fought against those ferocious monsters in the underground cave, his killing aura had also grown stronger with each kill, and the flames he released were only unleashed after his killing aura had accumulated to a certain extent.

  After that, he was ill for a long time. Later, thanks to Luosiqi and Chenxing who begged for the Lingxian grass from Batu God, he finally recovered thoroughly in front of the poisonous fog in Chapter 90.

  Luosiqi didn't know whether the fire that burned down the mountain stronghold last night was Tang Xiaoxia's out-of-control flames or a normal fire that he had lit with a torch, burning down each house one by one.

  She saw that Tang Xiao Xia's current state was somewhat depressed, but the impact he received didn't seem as severe as last time in the underground cave of Xue Yun Gorge, where he had directly fainted and was carried out by Luo Si Qi with great difficulty.

  Here is the translation:

  Luo Siqi thought there were two possible reasons: one was that Tang Xiaoxiao's sudden burst of power last night had only increased his ability to fight with others, but hadn't triggered the Red Flame he used in the underground cave; two was that Tang Xiaoxiao might have also used the Red Flame, but because he had taken the Ling Xian Cao beforehand, its effects were too miraculous, not only healing the injuries he sustained from using the Red Flame last time, but also granting him the ability to use it again without harming himself.

  She knew that if Tang Xiaoxia really appeared and was in the same state as after using Chi Yan in the underground cave, she would have no choice but to let Liang Hu stay here to take care of him first, and then go to Ba Tu Shen to ask for Ling Xian Cao.

  In short, although Tang Xiaoxia still didn't want to go with her to the Dark City, at least the current situation wasn't as bad as it could have been compared to before.

  Then Liang Hu had no choice but to take Luosi Qi alone in a horse-drawn carriage to meet with the deputy general who was guarding the Flowing Gold City. Although Luosi Qi had roughly understood the current situation of Quili from the letter sent by the King of Chu, it had been many days since then, and she didn't know if she could come up with a feasible plan to rescue Quili and his more than 20,000 troops when she arrived at Flowing Gold City.

  Of course, it's useless to just think about it here, she and Liang Hu left the guest house at that time, Tang Xiao Xia still came out to see her off, but this farewell was not as painful as the last time the two parted, yet because of what happened yesterday, there were a few more melancholic feelings.

  Afterwards, Luo Siqi and Liang Hu waited for a period of time outside the Chu army's military camp in Liu Jin City before Tang Xiao Yu arrived from behind. By the time they saw the deputy general who had stayed here to take charge of the logistics of the main force, she no longer held out hope that Tang Xiao Yu would come.

  She arrived at the military camp and immediately asked the deputy general who was left behind to brief her on their current situation. She heard that the deputy general in charge of the garrison had not received any news from Kuai Li for many days.

  That toxic fog lasted from dawn till dusk, never dispersing, and no one knew what kind of thing the Night God Sect used to make such a large-scale toxic fog last so long.

  In this era, there was no such thing as an antidote mask. Rosy thought that if she had an antidote mask, it would be much easier to rush through the poisonous fog and enter the Shadow City. Moreover, although she knew about antidote masks, in modern times she had only seen them on TV, and she didn't even know how to make a simple one. She could only use a towel to block her mouth and nose, but that would only last for a few minutes at most. From the outside of Flowing Gold City to Shadow City, it wasn't like she hadn't walked there before; even if she had to climb over mountains, it would take at least a whole day.

  Fortunately, when Rosy went to the scene with the lieutenant, she found that it didn't take a whole day after all, because the poisonous fog only appeared on the back of the mountain and even at the top of the mountain, there was no effect.

  If it's calculated according to this situation, if we hurry up and rush on the road, from the top of the mountain to the city of Yin, it may not take half a day. Moreover, this poisonous fog is likely to exist only on this half of the mountain, as long as we get down the mountain and enter the plain, the fog will probably disappear.

  This is already the second time Loxxy has come here, last time she came with Chen Xing and Yuexi by her side, but now she only has Liang Hu this guy by her side, he actually led Loxxy to bring her here which is already considered a very good completion of his task.

  As for taking him to what dark realm city, let's just forget it.

  The deputy general who led the vanguard had been thinking for many days about how to get through this poisonous fog, but he was still at a loss. Luosiqi looked at the pink area below the mountain and also knew that with his current cultivation level, wanting to pass through this poisonous fog zone would be no different from sending himself to death.

  Luosiqi asked the deputy general why he didn't take a detour to go to Yinyu City via the main road, and the deputy general told him that before the toxic fog appeared, he would send liaison soldiers from the main road to Yinyu City and Kui Li every day. However, for some reason, since the toxic fog appeared on that mountain, the soldiers he sent to Yinyu City via the main road would always return and report that after walking a certain distance on the road, they would find themselves back at the starting point, and no matter how far they walked forward, they would always end up back at the original place. On the other hand, if they turned back, they could return to the military camp very smoothly.

  That general had also suspected that this might be a trick of the Night God Sect, so he brought 3,000 soldiers with him. If 3,000 people were used to attack cities and occupy land, it would seem a bit less, but if they marched in a column, it would stretch out for a very long distance. He thought that as long as the front of the team kept moving forward, and the back of the team had not left the place where the previous team should have returned to, then this trick would definitely be easily broken through.

  But the fact was that the team he led actually advanced a longer distance than the usual communication soldiers, but just when he thought this obstacle had been broken, he walked with the people in front and suddenly saw many soldiers lining up in front of him. The queue was advancing, and those queuing soldiers were actually the tail of his 3,000-man team!

  It turned out that as he led the way forward, the rear of the team had already left him far behind. He told Loskie that he had calculated the distance and if this method was to be thoroughly implemented, even if the distance between soldiers was increased, without at least 20,000 to 30,000 people, it would be difficult to reach the Shadow Castle.

  Luoshi didn't know whether this was an illusion or some kind of magical deception. Although the Night God Sect was mysterious and powerful, she still didn't believe they could create a ghostly barrier by human means. She knew that from the time she had received the message to come here, to the time the King of Chu had ordered her to do so, it had been an unknown amount of time.

  In such a long time, because the army had already decided to station in Yinyu City and make it a base for attacking Hei Wushan, even if they can't contact the outside world now, Luosiqi feels that there should still be enough food in Yinyu City for Kui Lei and his subordinates to eat.

  Her only concern was that before Que Lai reported, there were cases of people suddenly going mad in the city of Yinyuan. If this is an isolated incident, it's fine, but if it happens frequently after he reports back? What should she do then?

  It's pointless to worry about these things now, after all, she doesn't even know how to get to the Nether City and meet Quili.

  She gazed at the pink toxic fog below the mountain, and suddenly remembered that when she fully activated the orange stone, she inadvertently used a very mysterious ability, which made the white mist all over the mountain disappear in her palm.

  She thought that if she made some preparations now, she should still be able to use the divine power that she had accidentally used that day. However, one thing that made her hesitate again was: on that day when she absorbed the vast fog all over the mountain with her palm, the fog was white in color and might not have been very toxic. So after doing that, her body didn't feel particularly uncomfortable, but instead had a very mysterious and powerful feeling.

  But now the fog is pink, which means that if she still tries to absorb all the fog with the same method as before, will the poison in the fog also enter her body along with the fog?

  If it works, then how much toxin will be contained in so much fog! If she doesn't really absorb all the toxins into her body, but instead absorbs them into the colorful Linglong stone on her wrist, won't it have some bad influence on the colorful Linglong stone?

  At this point, she didn't have many choices left. She could only decide to try or give up on rescuing Tui Lei from the Dark City, just like Tang Xiao Xia had suggested earlier - a sudden departure.