Chapter 95: Three People with Different Concerns

  How can I describe the light that shines in the darkness?

  It shone brightly in this dark tunnel, but actually it was like a small flame that jumped out after the lighter was ignited.

  Lucy took advantage of this small spark to see clearly the ink night that was already gathering momentum and preparing to attack, as well as the guy who ignited the flame.

  That guy saw Rosicky looking at him, his tone was no longer as relaxed as before, he shouted to Rosicky: "What are you looking at? Don't you dare move your hands!"

  Several hastily condensed ice swords flew towards Mo Ye, who quickly drew out the sword in his hand and sent those ice swords flying one by one. He didn't even dare to use a chopping motion, instead using the back of his sword. It was clear that he was afraid his sword was too sharp, and if he used a chopping motion, he might only be able to cut off the ice swords sent by Luo Siqi, but would likely be hit by the front half of the incoming ice swords.

  Here is the translation:

  It can't be anyone else but Tang Xiaoxia who can do it here without using any fire starters or similar tools.

  A small flame danced lightly on his index finger, emitting a faint light, but not burning his fingers. This was completely unimaginable in modern times. Even a skilled magician would probably be unable to achieve this without the aid of tools that could affect people's vision.

  This was a small trick that Qing Yuansu taught Tang Xiaoxia when he and another person activated the Seven-Colored Linglong Stone. Perhaps it wasn't something that could be learned just by being taught, but rather Qing Yuansu helped Tang Xiaoxia activate his own hidden potential to do it.

  Tang Xiao Xia later self-deprecatingly said that this magic was only for show and had no practical use in defeating enemies. Later, when he was surrounded by Wu Xie, he could only use his swordsmanship and indeed did not use this magic to help him defeat any enemy.

  Luosi didn't expect that in this dark and gloomy tunnel, when she was betrayed by Yu Luo and fell into the trap carefully set up for her by Mo Ye, Tang Xiaoxia would appear again like a miracle. With his only, almost useless little magic trick, he temporarily relieved her predicament.

  It's temporary because even Luo Siqi can see it now. The reason she can keep summoning the ice sword to attack Mo Ye is that she can borrow the faint light on Tang Xiaoxiao's fingertips, which can vaguely be seen where Mo Ye is currently located.

  But Tang Xiaoxia's flame on his finger was on his right index finger, which means he couldn't draw his sword at all. This is also the reason why he didn't take advantage of Mo Ye's embarrassment to resist Luo Siqi's increasingly numerous ice swords attacking him from Mo Ye's other side.

  Luosi thought that if she were Mo Ye, she would immediately take advantage of the gap in Bingjian's attack to launch a surprise attack on Tang Xiaoxia. At present, Tang Xiaoxia's right hand was busy maintaining the light source for her, so if he wanted to defend against Mo Ye's incoming sword, he could only use his right hand to draw his own sword. In that case, the flame on his index finger would likely be extinguished. Once the flame went out, let alone the fact that Luosi and Tang Xiaoxia were currently outnumbered by Mo Ye, Luosi was certain that even if there were a hundred more of them, they wouldn't be enough for Mo Ye to kill in the darkness of the tunnel!

  Mo Ye surprisingly didn't attack Tang Xiao Yu, he was retreating while fending off the ice sword, but he wasn't directly backing away from Tang Xiao Yu. Instead, he was almost sticking to the wall on his right side as he retreated. Tang Xiao Yu also didn't block him and instead leaned against the wall on the other side. In this way, Mo Ye quickly escaped the threat of being attacked from both sides. Tang Xiao Yu had already stood beside Luo Si Qi. The two parties began to confront each other because Tang Xiao Yu was now completely protected by Luo Si Qi. So Luo Si Qi secretly let out a sigh of relief in her heart, the thing she worried about didn't happen, and judging from Mo Ye's expression, it seemed he also secretly let out a sigh of relief. The expressions of both people showed their satisfaction, they felt that the purpose they thought was impossible to achieve had been achieved.

  Luo Siqi stopped her attack after Tang Xiaohe arrived by her side, as Mo Ye was now more than ten meters away from her and seemed to have no intention of attacking again. He held his sword horizontally in front of his chest, ready to defend against Luo Siqi's attacks at any time.

  Another reason why Luo Xi stopped attacking was that during the process of Mo Ye and Tang Xiao Xia actively switching sides due to her constant attacks, she found that the ice sword she summoned showed a trend of decreasing in number and getting smaller.

  She didn't think her magic had weakened, on the contrary, seeing Tang Xiaoxia appear here again brought unexpected surprise and diluted the anger brought by Yu Luo's betrayal. The orange Linglong stone on her wrist had almost returned to normal, so her current magic should be very powerful. Tang Xiaoxia was already within her protection range, with no worries, the ice sword she summoned was getting more and more numerous and stronger!

  However, she could clearly feel that her current magical powers were very strong, but the effects produced by these powers were getting weaker and weaker. She didn't understand why, was it something in the underground tunnel or something else Mo Ye had set up beforehand? What kind of inconspicuous thing had he placed here to gradually restrict the effects of her magic?

  Lucy took a rough look around, the section of the tunnel she was in was bare and empty, there was nothing here now except for people, not even anything that could be considered an object, all that was left in the tunnel besides the three of them was the torch that Mo Ye had just extinguished and thrown to the ground.

  She heard Mo Ye ask Tang Xiao Xia: "Who is your honorable self? Why did you appear here?" Luo Si Qi could hear from Mo Ye's voice that he attached great importance to this sudden and unexpected guest. She couldn't help but feel a little strange, hadn't the Night God Sect launched a surprise attack on Lin Yue Peak under Mo Ye's personal leadership when she was not there? That surprise attack had even forced Tang Xiao Xia to jump off a cliff.

  She thought carefully for a moment before remembering that Tang Xiaoxia had told her later that when the Night God Sect attacked Lin Yuefeng, Mo Ye led a small group of Night God Sect disciples to trap Han Yue in Chen Xing's residence and didn't dare to come out. The one who forced him to jump off the cliff was Mo Ye's protector with a large group of Night God Sect people. It was precisely because of this that Tang Xiaoxia, although also having an irreconcilable feud with Mo Ye, did not recognize this new leader of the Night God Sect, and Mo Ye similarly did not recognize him either.

  As expected, Tang Xiaoxia's response to Mo Ye was also: "Who are you? Why are you here ambushing my companions?"

  "An acquaintance? I've met the leader and high priestess of the Moon Goddess Sect, and I'm also quite familiar with the subordinates she recruited in Chu. Are you one of her new recruits?" In Mo Ye's impression, he must have thought that the guardian of the Moon Goddess Sect, Tang Xiao Xia, had already jumped off a cliff to her death, which is why he didn't even mention it.

  "Hehe." Tang Xiaoxia heard him say that and smiled, just as he was about to say something to Mo Ye, Luo Siqi quickly whispered to him beside him: "He is Mo Ye, the leader of the Night God Sect!"

  Luosi's soft reminder interrupted Tang Xiaoxia's words, and Luosi didn't know what Tang Xiaoxia was going to say to Mo Ye after laughing. Maybe it was to boast about himself to scare away the enemy. Maybe he wanted to make the other person reveal his identity.

  But all of this was dispelled by Luoxi's soft reminder, she heard Tang Xiaoya's laughter turn into a cold smile, and he said to Mo Ye: "So you're Mo Ye! I'm the guardian of the Moon God Sect, and what kind of sect master is on the same level as me!"

  Luosi heard Tang Xiaxia emphasize the four words "one level" particularly heavily. Mo Ye, on the other hand, was taken aback and muttered to himself: "No way! As far as I know, the Moon God Sect only has one guardian, but he already... He's already..."

  "Has he been driven to jump off a cliff by you guys?" Tang Xiaoxia's tone was both sarcastic and angry. Luosi Qi also couldn't tell if Mo Ye was being triumphant or warning when he said, "I'm the one who was driven to jump off a cliff by you guys, but I have special abilities. No matter how high I jump from, I won't die!"

  Mo Ye's face suddenly became very serious, and it was unclear whether it was due to the shock of Tang Xiao Xia not dying or if he thought that someone who could survive jumping from a mountain peak hundreds of meters high must be incredibly formidable. In any case, he no longer had the relaxed air of suddenly appearing behind Luo Si Qi and chatting with her.

  Luosi saw Mo Ye take a few steps back, his eyes fixed on the flame still dancing between Tang Xiaoxiao's index fingers. He suddenly asked in an inquiring tone, "A few days ago, the notorious Black Wind Gang was annihilated overnight within hundreds of miles of Nanjiang. Although the authorities repeatedly boasted that they were responsible for the elimination, there are no walls without cracks. Someone spread a rumor that on that night, the second and third leaders of the Black Wind Gang took away a beautiful woman from a nearby inn. The woman had originally been with two other people. One person left early, and when everyone in the inn thought she would definitely fall into evil hands and never return, she surprisingly returned the next day, along with the man who had left earlier. I'd like to ask, was that man you?"

  Luosi was surprised at how quickly Mo Ye had received the news, as it hadn't been long since the incident occurred. Yet, despite being busy evading the Chu State's army on this side, he had found out so quickly. Moreover, not only did he know about it, but he could also infer that the beautiful woman was her, and the man who had left first but returned to the inn with her was actually Tang Xiao Xia.

  She saw Tang Xiaoxia's eyes look at her with a complex gaze, then turned to Mo Ye and smiled coldly: "That's right, it was me who did it! Those thieves actually dared to give my junior sister anesthetic and try to take advantage of her. I had already left, but happened to forget something in the inn and came back to retrieve it, and followed them all the way to Heifeng Village, killing everyone in the village, not leaving a single one alive."

  Luosi heard Tang Xiaoxia's tone becoming more and more arrogant as he spoke, as if what he had done was a glorious and praiseworthy thing. If it weren't for the great enemy in front of them, Luosi would have quarreled with Tang Xiaoxia again, she felt that Tang Xiaoxia's thoughts were getting more and more problematic. However, with Mo Ye, the death god in the dark, standing in front of her, she couldn't afford to quarrel with Tang Xiaoxia and divide their attention, so she turned cold, revealing her displeasure on her face.

  Mo Ye's eyebrows also furrowed, and he said to Tang Xiao Xia: "You're the only one? You killed everyone in the entire village? Not only did you kill them all, but you also set fire to everything? You're really ruthless!"

  Although Mo Ye said to Tang Xiao Xia that he was very cruel, in fact, he didn't mean to avenge those people at all. On the contrary, he took another step back and looked at Tang Xiao Xia's expression, just like when Luo Si Qi first discovered that matter and looked at Tang Xiao Xia's expression. Now, Mo Ye's distance from Luo Si Qi was almost making it hard for her to see his expression clearly, but she could clearly feel that Mo Ye's current gaze towards Tang Xiao Xia was the same as hers back then - Tang Xiao Xia now seemed like a demon in his eyes.

  Luoshi heard Mo Ye say: "I agree to make peace with the King of Chu, I will go back and order the withdrawal of the poisonous fog, release Wei Li and his troops, and we will also cancel all our past grievances?"