The Strange Flame Rekindles in Battle Through the Heavens

Chapter 105 Eating Fish!

"Ahem, why did you suddenly mobilize an army of 100,000 to deal with a Dou Zhe like me? Isn't that a bit too much of a show of force?" Xiao Yan coughed twice and changed the subject again.

"Even if you sent out an army of 100,000, you still managed to escape, didn't you?" Yao Ye rolled her eyes and asked back.

"I had to use a little dirty trick! Otherwise, I would either have been captured alive or dead," Xiao Yan said somewhat awkwardly. After all, surviving by undressing women was too shameful to admit.

"Hehe, whatever the method, as long as it works. Actually, I admire you for coming up with such a bizarre method. What shocks me even more is that you actually managed to kill more than 10,000 people, which further proves that I made the right decision to send out 100,000 people! Otherwise, it might not have been enough for you to kill them all." Yao Ye said with a faint smile.

"That's because you didn't send any strong experts. If you had sent a Great Dou Master or several Dou Masters, you could have captured me alive," Xiao Yan retorted.

"Even if we capture you, will you submit? With your personality, you'd probably choose suicide rather than suffer humiliation!" Yao Ye shook his head helplessly.

Xiao Yan nodded, agreeing with Yao Ye's statement. If she really sent powerful experts to capture Xiao Yan alive, he would most likely commit suicide.

Because there are too many methods in the palace, if you are captured alive and refuse to submit, then what follows can truly be described as a fate worse than death.

"Besides, I didn't send any powerful warriors directly, don't you know that? You took out the wine I gave you and drank it right in front of me, wasn't that just trying to mislead me? Otherwise, I probably would have sent powerful warriors to capture you alive after thousands of people had died." Yao Ye retorted again.

"That's right. I took out the poisoned wine to buy time and find a way to escape. Later, I pretended to be exhausted to lure you here. I also poisoned myself, so that as soon as you got close, your fighting spirit would be sealed without you even realizing it." Xiao Yan nodded.

"Mr. Nie Feng's calculations are truly brilliant, in no way inferior to those of our royal family, so I very much hope that you can join us. As long as you are willing to join, you can have whatever you want, and we will not restrict your freedom in any way. Moreover, someone as outstanding as Mr. Nie Feng is also very tempting to me." Yao Ye once again extended an olive branch to Xiao Yan.

"Let's eat the fish first! And if I want you, can't I do it now?" Xiao Yan handed Yao Ye a grilled fish and said with a smile.

Yao Ye took the fish from Xiao Yan and ate it generously, unlike other women who would be coy and hesitant.

"Now that you mention it! I've actually come up with a way to deal with you. I plan to play with you until I'm done, and then let you go. That way, I can reduce the hatred I feel for you, and you'll have been punished. What do you think? Isn't that perfect?" Xiao Yan said suddenly, as if struck by a sudden realization.

"Can you?" Yao Ye rolled her eyes when she heard Xiao Yan's words. She knew that Xiao Yan was joking.

"Of course I will! Eat up! Otherwise you'll be too tired and it'll be so boring!" Xiao Yan replied matter-of-factly.

"You! Shameless! Vulgar!" Yao Ye's face flushed red with anger. She was still a virgin; how could she possibly accept such words!

Even with her excellent self-control, Yao Ye couldn't withstand Xiao Yan's provocation. She immediately started eating even more vigorously, and judging from her fierce eating manner, she probably thought of Xiao Yan as a grilled fish.

"Eat more! These are wild fish, rich in nutrients. Our future children will be very smart." Seeing Yao Ye's eating habits, Xiao Yan immediately knew what she was thinking, and then said jokingly again.

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's words, Yao Ye's breathing became rapid. He didn't even spare the fish bone, biting it into pieces and swallowing it, probably mistaking it for Xiao Yan's bone.

"You're so clever! How did you know that fish bones can promote the baby's bone development?" Xiao Yan said with a smile.

"You! Can't you just shut your stinking mouth?" Yao Ye said through gritted teeth.

Seeing that Yao Ye's face had turned red with anger, Xiao Yan knew that teasing her any further would be going too far, so he patiently started grilling the fish again.

Seeing that Xiao Yan had stopped talking and was happily grilling the fish, Yao Ye's flushed face regained its composure. She stared at Xiao Yan for a long while before finally saying, "You're such a strange person! You wear so many masks on your face that even I don't know which one is the real you."

"Is this the real me?" Xiao Yan raised his head and sighed deeply.

Yao Ye is right. Xiao Yan has so many masks on his face that even he can't tell which one is himself anymore.

Since arriving in the Dou Qi Continent, Xiao Yan has been constantly disguising himself, even pretending to be a child when he was young.

As he grew up, Xiao Yan had to put on a facade in front of his father, Xiao Zhan; he had to pretend he didn't know Xun'er's background; and he had to pretend he didn't recognize Yao Lao. After entering the capital, Xiao Yan put on another mask.

Xiao Yan really wanted to find someone to confide in, but he knew it was impossible; the secret in his heart could only be kept hidden deep inside.

"What does it matter how many masks you wear on your face? It's all about the mind." Xiao Yan exhaled a breath of turbid air, and his tightly furrowed brows relaxed. He then skewered another fish and placed it on the fire to grill.

Xiao Yan said calmly, "You say I wear many masks, but aren't you the same? Are you the real you now?"

After hearing Xiao Yan's words, Yao Ye suddenly fell silent, his expression constantly changing, as if he was thinking about something, before returning to calm.

"Sometimes, people really have no choice in what they do. I've lived in the palace since I was a child, and every day I'm surrounded by intrigue and scheming. People living in the royal family can't survive in that environment without wearing a mask. People die in the palace every day; they're all just losers in the power struggles. The princes are also incompetent; they only know how to fight for power and have no other achievements. They don't know how to govern the country at all. My father only knows how to seek pleasure and doesn't care about state affairs at all. It was my great-grandfather who saw my intelligence and began to cultivate me, teaching me how to govern this country," Yao Ye Shen said with a sigh.

"It's precisely because your royal family is so corrupt and chaotic that I dislike it so much." Xiao Yan nodded, his gaze falling on Yao Ye, and said calmly.

"Hehe, sometimes I envy you. You're free to go wherever you want. I'm like a canary in a cage, my fate already sealed. I'm not sad at all about being captured by you. It's a rare opportunity. It allows me to put down those burdens, to stop working so hard for the country, and to enjoy some time alone. I'm very happy," Yao Ye said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)