novelden Chapter 198 Taking advantage of the situation
Chapter 198 Taking advantage of the situation
[A Fairyland, A Sea of Flowers]
Just when the human world was already fraught with danger, an uninvited guest suddenly arrived at the Flower Sea Tide.
"Fire Lord! What is your purpose in coming to my Flower Sea Tide!" Hua Ling was quite surprised to see Huo Liaoye arrive suddenly. After all, Huo Liaoye had completely disappeared from the Fairy Realm many years ago after she and Shi Xi failed to catch him. It was as if he had vanished into thin air.
Now that he's suddenly showing up at the Flower Sea Tide, given his usual habit of not getting up early without a profit, I'm afraid he has ulterior motives.
"Oh, it's only been a few years, and Princess Ling has already fallen to this state? She really is reaping what she sowed." Sure enough, enemies are especially hostile when they meet. Recalling the experience of being driven to the brink of despair by Hua Ling and Shi Xi and almost imprisoned on his own territory, Huo Liaoye, even if he wouldn't hurt Hua Ling much, still wanted to vent his anger.
Who told Huo Liaoye, who hates to suffer losses the most, to have never suffered such a big loss before? It would be unreasonable for her not to hold a grudge.
Moreover, at this turbulent time, when Mandora attacked the Lingxi Pavilion and stole the power of the Lingxi, the Pavilion Master of the Lingxi Pavilion is busy fighting against Mandora. If Huo Liaoye doesn't take advantage of the situation now, it would be inconsistent with his character.
"Fire Lord, you didn't come to Flower Sea Tide just to humiliate me, did you?" Hua Ling said irritably after being exposed.
"I'm not that free." Huo Liaoye's eyes darted around, and a scheme was already forming in his mind: "Princess Ling, losing your freedom isn't a pleasant experience, is it? How about we make a deal?"
"What kind of deal?" Hua Ling asked. Although she knew that Huo Liaoye was never one to suffer a loss, since he had brought it up, he must have something to make her agree.
"If you and Princess Time return my Fiery Eyes to me, I'll tell you how to regain your freedom, how about it?" A hint of calculation flashed in Huo Liaoye's eyes.
"How...how did you know?" Hua Ling asked in surprise. "Could it be that you were behind all of this?"
"Of course not, how could I possibly trap you, the Mother of Life?" Huo Liaoye didn't want to say much, but he hit Hua Ling's weak spot with a sharp point: "Think about it carefully yourself. If you can leave Hua Hai Chao, you can go to the human world and stop more living beings from being wiped out in the war."
"Let me think about it..." Hua Ling was undecided for a moment. Was Huo Liaoye really trustworthy? But if she could really gain her freedom, she could go to the human world to help the other Lingxi Pavilion masters.
These are turbulent times. The Lingxi Pavilion is in decline, and the human world is facing a life-or-death crisis... It must be said that Huo Liaoye's offer is indeed too tempting.
"But the war is about to begin soon, how much longer do you have to hesitate?" Huo Liaoye was calm and composed. Although he was cunning and treacherous, he was no less intelligent than anyone else.
Judging from Hua Ling's appearance, even Shi Xi couldn't see the mastermind behind the scenes in the long river of time. This means that Shi Xi also can't predict whether he knows the truth or not. When he gets back the Fire Eye, he can just run away. Anyway, the war in the human world is too intense. He doesn't believe that Shi Xi will waste time chasing him.
With the right timing, location, and people all in place, it's only natural to take advantage of the chaos.
After much hesitation, Hua Ling finally contacted Shi Xi, who was still in the human world, and asked her to come to Hua Hai Chao first.
When Shi Xi arrived at Hua Hai Chao, she was quite surprised to see Huo Liao Ye. However, after learning about the deal between Huo Liao Ye and Hua Ling, Shi Xi hesitated as well.
After all, Huo Liaoye doesn't have a good reputation in the Fairy Realm, and who knows if he might go back on his word.
When in doubt, Shi Xi would use magic to glimpse the future—a practice she always followed. She took out her pocket watch, about to cast a time spell: "Ye Luoli Magic, the long river of time throughout history..."
However, all of this was broadcast live by Qianqian to Shui Qingli, and Qianqian also caused Shi Xi's magic to fail at the crucial moment, making him unable to see anything.
"Shi Xi, how is it?" Hua Ling looked at Shi Xi hopefully, hoping to hear good news from her.
"I don't know either." It was rare for Shi Xi to encounter a situation where time magic didn't work; the last time was when she was spying on the cage where Hua Ling was imprisoned.
However, this situation made her think of a possibility—perhaps Huo Liaoye really knows who the mastermind is, and this secret, like before, cannot be detected by time magic, which is why such a rare situation has occurred.
This idea confused Shi Xi's judgment, or perhaps it all stemmed from Shi Xi's excessive reliance on time.
In the end, they had no choice but to agree to Huo Liaoye's conditions. Of course, what they didn't expect was that after Huo Liaoye took back the Fire Eye, he just ran away!
【to be continued…】
[TO BE CONTINUED…]
[LiLi's Words]
Huo Liaoye's credit rating is so low, he probably couldn't even scan a shared bike in Wonderland.