Chapter 413: Power

Luo Qi reached out to pull Guan Xinyue, feeling irritable and restless. She was not Du Zhengyi; Luo Qi was not yet used to interacting with girls, nor did he realize that girls might be very sensitive about physical contact. When Guan Xinyue shook him off forcefully, he opened his hands in a daze, then apologized awkwardly.

A girl in despair is very good at sarcasm, "No one will fall for your act like Du Zhengyi does. If you want to play innocent, go find your silly brother."

"You are the one who is truly innocent. You can't see that the situation is getting more and more complicated, but I can tell you. Right now, the simple-minded Mages find me an eyesore and think I'm a threat, while the ambitious Mages want to use me. Pei Shu wants to tame me, and the power struggles in the Qionglin want to use me to take down Pei Shu. Whether I like it or not, I am now the center of the vortex. This vortex is growing larger and larger, devouring more and more. I have a premonition that in the end, I will drag the entire Mage World into it. Even the fact that I could stumble upon that Progenitor Mage's lair is too damn coincidental. I don't believe this is purely due to luck. This chess game is too big; even Zhou Quan, who brought me there, can only be considered a pawn. In any case, the one playing the game is either a god or bizarre fate. In this environment, don't make noise, don't speak up, and don't let people notice you, understand? Even more, don't try to think of ways on your own. I think all sorts of people will come to this oxygen-deprived place immediately. If someone approaches you looking friendly, tell them to get lost, and then tell... if you don't believe me, go tell Mahjong." Luo Qi said hurriedly. His expression had indeed changed; he no longer looked like the muddled boy beside Du Zhengyi. Suddenly, he became like a cold, mature adult.

Guan Xinyue's pupils shifted slightly, taking in every change in him. "Everyone wants a piece of Luo Qi after he's unsealed. What do you want yourself?"

"I want Du Zhengyi to live." Luo Qi said in a low voice without thinking, instantly looking a bit like a stubborn child again. "If I am really as important as they think, perhaps I should be able to find a way to let Du Zhengyi cross that hurdle. It's not that Mages cannot transcend life and death. Since it is possible, there shouldn't be only one superficial way."

"I see. That has always been the thing you care about most; nothing else matters." Guan Xinyue said. "My sister and I are just secondary parts that can be sacrificed."

"I don't think I've ever done that." Luo Qi said. He was very irritable because he truly couldn't remember, and he didn't know how he knew about Guan Xinyue's sister. He had some speculations, but he had set a warning for himself: as long as he tried to think about Guan Xinyue's sister, his train of thought would be interrupted. This was to ensure that other Mind Masters could not observe his thoughts, but the problem was that even he himself didn't know why he did this now. He speculated that this blocked part of his thoughts would only be unlocked when a safe or necessary signal appeared. The only thing he could do now was to believe in himself, to believe in his own character, but this looked particularly untrustworthy to others; it sounded like a low-level excuse.

"Fine, is my sister alive or dead? Just this one question."

Luo Qi said irritably, "I told you, I really don't know, I don't remember."

A slap landed on his face, and Guan Xinyue looked at him with heartbreak and despair. Fine, Luo Qi now knew why he had been slapped by Guan Xinyue when he was reborn and returned here.

"I can make you forget this matter, you know I can." Luo Qi said in a low voice.

"Don't you dare!" Guan Xinyue roared.

Luo Qi did not like this loss of control; Guan Xinyue was losing control. He could touch Guan Xinyue's mind; human Yajian was like an open safe, and he could move the gold inside at will. If he started adjusting other people's minds, his path would be very smooth, and doing things would be less strenuous. Now his own emotions were also a bit out of control. The gold was right in front of him; no Mind Mage could withstand this temptation, because they could.

With ability comes power; the winner is the king, and the loser is the bandit.

To have ability and still practice abstinence, everyone would say he is an idiot.

He wouldn't touch other parts of Guan Xinyue, just make her forget this matter, then she wouldn't lose control, there would be no danger, and no worries.

He was doing it all for her own good; he liked her, they were like a family.

Luo Qi's eyes were a bit red, as if he were suppressing something. In the world of the mind, if there were a high-level Mind Mage here like Luo Qi, they would see several mental tentacles extending from behind Luo Qi, like the true form of a Nine-Tailed Fox.

"Luo Qi." Du Zhengyi's voice came from behind him. He turned his head and saw Du Zhengyi coming toward him quickly. He nodded apologetically to Guan Xinyue, "Sorry to interrupt you two. I sense they are coming. Young lady, go back immediately and don't leave Mahjong. It might be inconvenient for us to see people soon. If you run into trouble, you can go find Liu Ziyu; she might have some unconventional methods."

Guan Xinyue glared at him with hostility and turned away coldly.

"What's going on?" Du Zhengyi said, puzzled. He looked at Luo Qi carefully and was startled, "What's wrong with you? Your eyes are red, and your face is a bit red too?"

Luo Qi's lips trembled, and he leaned against Du Zhengyi, "Big brother, your brother got hit by someone."

Du Zhengyi laughed, not minding Luo Qi's pathetic act of hugging him and pretending to cry, "Got slapped in the face again? What kind of heartless thing did you do?"

"Brother, why don't people with ability live as they please? For example, you, you can Teleportation so well, have you never been tempted to walk through walls to watch girls take a bath?"

"Tsk, you really are asking for a beating. I should call Guan Xinyue back to give you a few more slaps." Du Zhengyi said.

"I'm serious. Why do you work for the Qionglin? If you're an awesome person, why not live freely and be brilliantly awesome?" Luo Qi said sullenly.

"No reason. Because choosing to exercise restraint despite having the ability, I think that is what's truly brilliantly awesome." Du Zhengyi said casually, his tone relaxed and leisurely.

Luo Qi swallowed, suppressed a powerful surge of emotion, stood up, and rubbed his eyes, "You really are my conscience."

"Enough nonsense. The energy fluctuations I felt just now were not small. A lot of people must have come, and they have started setting up Magic Arrays. They are making a big show of guarding against us." Du Zhengyi said, "A bunch of cowards; they wouldn't dare stand in front of us without ganging up and using some equipment."

"Ah." Luo Qi's interest was piqued, "It seems I've suddenly become a big villain. I'm a little excited. If someone bullies me, can I fight back?"

"As long as the other party isn't the unarmed Guan Xinyue, go ahead and fight back."

Luo Qi licked his lips embarrassedly; he suspected that his brother didn't really not know what had almost happened.