Proving the Dao of Hunyuan from the Age of Witches

Chapter 037 The Rose's Condition

"Just these people?" Luo Xi sat on the sofa, holding the list Qiangwei had given her. "These are the people who caused Yang Jian's death?"

Luo Xi scrolled down the list to the very bottom and finally found a familiar name among the unfamiliar faces—Rose.

"...Why is your name on it?" Luo Xi raised an eyebrow.

The senior-level expert is too arrogant. Is this a provocation?

Is Rose going to fight her to the death? Is she going to make her her enemy?

"I have a certain sense of bad things, no matter who it is," Rose said without looking up, "whether it's something that happens to an ordinary person or a witch."

"I can vaguely sense that Yang Jian is in mortal danger. If I were by his side, I should be able to save him." Rose looked at her calmly.

"Then why don't you take action?" Luo Xi asked calmly. "Or are you also a demon who sees all things in the world as worthless weeds?"

"Because of you," Rose pinched her cheek, "if I stayed by Yang Jian's side, you... would surely die."

"Birth, aging, sickness, and death are all impermanent. There are many things I cannot solve," Rose hugged her from the side, her faint fragrance wafting over. "The reason I'm explaining this to you is because I'm afraid you'll have any reservations."

What else can we do...?

Luo Xi sighed and left Qiangwei's embrace without making a sound.

"Are all these people members of the Witch Council headquarters?" Luo Xi looked at the list, feeling a headache coming on.

"He Xingwen, Du Jingchuan, Tian Jialiang, Ma Jie, He Qi, Wei Jun, a total of six..." Luo Xi didn't recognize anyone on the list except for Qiangwei, and her eyes flickered.

"I confirmed with Chu Qichen yesterday, and all six of them are from the headquarters," Rose said.

It seems the Witch Council will have to make a personal trip!

This is also a good opportunity to see if Chu Qichen is worth cooperating with.

Thinking this, Luo Xi turned to stare at Qiangwei, "I want to know your information, all the characteristics of your magic."

"Didn't you already know?" Hearing Qiangwei's gentle voice, Luo Xi felt that it was a bit dangerous for Qiangwei to be sitting next to her, so she quietly moved a few places away.

"Xiao Qiang, as the head of the Yin-Yang Department of the Vishzhe Group, have you forgotten the task I assigned to you?" Luo Xi said, sitting on the other end of the sofa, adopting an old-fashioned and domineering demeanor.

"I want to know your information, also so I can make more money," Luo Xi said, her voice tinged with pain.

"Forget all that. The most important task now is to establish a secret base," Luo Xi said, making plans. "You don't want to see witches coming to our door every day, me tearing our house down, and having to move every day, right?"

"And the bank card Yang Jian gave me," Luo Xi said, looking utterly devastated. "I need to buy weighted sandbags, I need to buy dumbbells... I need to train my body!"

"Let me tell you about my magical properties first," Rose said with a smile. "The first is plant control. In other words, it's about creating things that resemble plants to perform various operations."

As she spoke, a slender branch with a newly sprouted bud emerged from beside the rose, slowly climbing up Luo Xi's arm and gently lifting her chin.

"The sense of touch can also be transmitted back to me in real time," Rose said with a smile. "I must say, Miss Luo Xi's skin is the softest I have ever seen."

You used the excuse of helping me repair my body just for this? Luo Xi held back her curses and simply slapped away the plant branches that Rose had released, her face expressionless.

"My second magical ability is the perception of fate," Rose said, unconcerned about Luo Xi's actions. "For example, I can sense Yang Jian's death, and you, for instance."

Rose stared at her silently. "I can sense your utterly dark fate."

"My fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens," Luo Xi replied resolutely.

"Regardless of your perception of fate, I've always had a question that puzzles me," Rose continued, still staring at her, "You clearly crave such warm and beautiful things, so why do you always reject kindness shown to you?"

"What a joke!" Luo Xi sneered, looking coldly at Qiangwei. "Qiangwei, don't act like you know me so well."

"I don't know what you've been through, but I can sense that you've completely lost hope in this world."

"You are pessimistic about the world, and you yourself are full of self-destructive tendencies."

"What nonsense are you spouting?" Luo Xi laughed. "It's utterly absurd."

"You've been pushing yourself to fight, to reach your absolute limit," Rose listed the evidence. "You've been pushing yourself to embrace those dark things."

...Luo Xi was speechless; that was because she wanted to unlock the gene lock.

"I've investigated your background," Rose said calmly. "Your parents love you, you've been sensible since childhood, and you have excellent grades."

Rose's gaze slowly sharpened. "But what I'm curious about is... what's the price behind this maturity?"

Luo Xi felt a tremor in her heart. This was the first time she had faced such an opponent, such an enemy.

He harbored no ill intentions, was wholeheartedly devoted to treating her well, possessed unfathomable strength, and only wanted to break down her inner defenses.

She had initially thought that Rose might only be lusting after her body, but now it seemed that Rose was lusting after her soul!

"You seem to have packaged yourself as an indifferent bystander, unwilling to integrate into this world, unwilling to grieve for the world's sad things, and unwilling to be happy for the world's happy things."

Rose said slowly, "But you forgot, you are a person."

"What exactly happened?" Rose asked, but there was no doubt in her voice. "You... don't actually belong to this world, do you?"

Luo Xi almost jumped up, but forcibly suppressed the impulse and sat firmly down.

"You, you're not from this world!" Luo Xi said, feigning anger.

"Perhaps," Rose continued to stare at her quietly, "Let's talk about my magical properties, my third magical property, consciousness interference."

"When I don't want others to see me, they will ignore me; that's a strategy," Rose smiled gently.

"I want you to open up. The way you are now isn't your true self," Rose said quietly. "But I don't want to do it this way."

Luo Xi stood up, then sat down again.

She knew that if Rose used her magical properties against her, she would have no way to resist.

Rose is too dangerous.

No matter what, I can't stay by her side any longer!

"Miss Luo Xi is actually quite timid," Rose said softly.

"Isn't labor and capital incredibly brave?" Luo Xi didn't say it aloud.

"If Miss Luo Xi acknowledges that I saved your life," Rose said politely, "then let me change your extremely dark fate."

"Absolutely not!" Luo Xi gritted her teeth. "I...I decide my own destiny!"

"I remember asking Miss Luo Xi what her ultimate goal was," Rose said politely. "Let me accompany you to attain the Primordial Chaos."