The sage was determined to die.

"What should we do next?"

Ji Bai looked up at the raging fire, his face expressionless, and then turned to look at Chu Ze beside him.

Chu Ze's calm face showed a slight change, and he hesitated before asking, "You're asking me?"

Ji Bai nodded: "Yes."

Chu Ze paused, smiled slightly at him, and said calmly, "Let's wait."

"Wait for what?" Ji Bai asked knowingly.

Chu Ze sighed, a hint of helplessness in his voice: "Of course, we have to wait for the fire to burn even brighter."

……

"Where are you taking me?"

Wang Zhixuan's face was swollen. It wasn't that he didn't resist, but every time he did, the result was miserable.

Ji Ying may look refined and gentle, but he is actually a scoundrel. Whenever he shows any sign of trying to escape, that person will ruthlessly punch him while simultaneously launching a vicious verbal attack.

Upon hearing him speak, Ji Ying almost instinctively clenched one hand into a fist, about to strike, when she suddenly realized that he hadn't said anything about looking for a fight.

He sighed with regret, "Why didn't you keep running?"

"I..." Wang Zhixuan gritted his teeth and had no choice but to say, "Why would I run away? Would I give you a chance to hit me?"

Ji Ying first looked at his swollen face, then glanced at her own fingers, and said regretfully, "It did feel really good to hit you."

He didn't pretend not to hear and responded to his initial question, asking, "Are you afraid of fire?"

"What fire?" Wang Zhixuan quickly realized, "Are you trying to burn me to death?"

Ji Ying looked at him with a smile, without saying a word.

Wang Zhixuan felt cold sweat pouring down his forehead. He opened his mouth and said, "No, you can't do this... If you kill me, the Wang family will not let you off..."

"Oh?"

Ji Ying raised her voice, feigning a joking tone: "If I'm about to kill someone, why would I announce it everywhere? As long as I don't say anything, who will know I killed you?"

"Besides," Ji Ying revealed a smile that could only be described as pleased, "as long as your Wang family kills me, can't I retaliate?"

"You dare—"

Wang Zhixuan reached out and clutched the front of his robe tightly, as if it were some kind of life-saving charm. His face hardened. "Do you know what you're saying? You'll implicate the entire Qi Kingdom!"

Ji Ying grabbed the other person's collar with one hand, her tone dismissive: "I'm so scared, are you satisfied with this answer?"

Wang Zhixuan felt his collar being tightened, and the other person was dragging him along like a dog.

He instinctively wanted to reach for his heart, but he couldn't move it.

He can't move...

"Sigh." Although Ji Ying didn't turn around, it seemed she could guess his every move. He sighed and said, "That guy from the Wang family really doesn't care about you. Didn't he ever think that if you met someone with a heart, you wouldn't even have the chance to self-destruct?"

"You..." Wang Zhixuan looked at him in disbelief.

"What about me?"

Ji Ying looked down at him from her high vantage point. The firelight in the distance illuminated half of his face, while the other half remained hidden in darkness, creating a strange and terrifying effect.

Ji Ying's grip on his neck tightened slowly, but her tone was gentle: "I'm different from your Wang family. I really don't like killing."

"So I won't kill you."

You're almost killing me...

Wang Zhixuan let out a soft breath.

The next second, he was grabbed by the neck and thrown down, and the towering flames instantly engulfed and submerged him.

"I won't kill you," Ji Ying said. "I'll just add fuel to the fire."