Ye Luoli: The tides rise and fall, the moon whispers softly.

[Fairyland, Fiery Rainbow Desert, Volcanic Cave]

Meng Yi arrived late, having only received the news long after Hua Ling and Shi Xi had left the Fire Rainbow Desert.

After all, the battlefield was in the Fire Rainbow Desert, which is not just a place with scorching heat. So even though the war was very intense, the uninformed fairies would hardly imagine that a great battle involving two Lingxi Pavilion masters had taken place here.

However, as soon as Mengyi entered the volcanic cave, she saw Huoliaoye completely bound by layers of chains.

"Liaoye, how are you?" Mengyi stepped forward with great concern, gathering her immortal power to try and break the chains.

However, Mengyi was not a fairy with very strong magical power, nor was she good at fighting or destruction, so she was naturally helpless against the formation set up by Hualing and Shixi.

"It's no use, I've been tricked by Princess Ling and Princess Time." Huo Liaoye gritted his teeth, furious about being sealed away: "Once I get out of this wretched seal, I'll make them suffer the wrath of fire!"

"But what should we do now?" Mengyi asked anxiously.

Huo Liaoye fell silent. He couldn't break the seal on his own, nor could he rely on Meng Yi. What other options did he have?

"I never thought the Fire Lord would be in such a sorry state."

In the scorching, flame-filled cave, a stream of clear, cool water suddenly appeared. The water gradually gathered not far from the blazing fire, forming a figure—it was Shui Qingli.

However, the entire cave was filled with scorching heat, which made Shui Qingli, the ruler of water, very uncomfortable: "Flames are still so annoying."

However, it's unclear whether this "annoying" refers to the flames themselves or the master of the flames.

"Water Prince? What brings you here?" Huo Liaoye had always had a bad relationship with Shui Qingli and Bing Lixue, so when he saw Shui Qingli arrive uninvited, he was naturally annoyed: "If you're here to laugh at me, then please leave. My Fire Rainbow Desert doesn't welcome you!"

As he spoke, a burst of scorching immortal power erupted from Huo Liaoye's body, revealing his turbulent emotions.

However, having just finished a major battle and lost his Fire Eyes, Huo Liaoye didn't have much immortal power left to use, so it naturally had no deterrent effect whatsoever.

"Water Prince, what are you doing here?" Mengyi stood in front of Huo Liaoye as if facing a formidable enemy, her slender fingers touching her blindfold, seemingly ready to enter battle at any moment.

"I'm here to make a deal with you, of course." Shui Qingli remained calm and composed, and Huo Liaoye's immortal power had no effect on him whatsoever.

However, Shui Qingli, who disliked the raging flames, still silently erected a protective shield around herself.

"Make a deal? What kind of deal?" Huo Liaoye didn't understand. He was already in this state, what kind of crazy ideas could Shui Qingli come up with?

However, Huo Liaoye's principle is that he is willing to make transactions, but he will never make a losing deal. He will not agree if the conditions are not satisfactory.

"Fire Lord, being imprisoned must be quite unpleasant."

Although Shui Qingli said that, he probably couldn't really empathize with him in this regard. After all, his intangible technique could even ignore the seals of forbidden lands, let alone ordinary sealing techniques that were so different.

"If I help you break the seal, you and Princess Meng will have to work for me, how about it?"

"Break the seal? You think you can?"

Huo Liaoye naturally didn't believe that Shui Qingli could break the array that sealed him. In his impression, although the Bing Shui siblings were powerful, their greatest strength lay in their superb teamwork and the perfect complementarity of their attributes. As for their true strength, he felt that they were probably only on par with him at most.

So even he couldn't beat Hua Ling and Shi Xi, he didn't believe Shui Qingli could beat them!

"Water Prince, you are merely a Saint-level fairy of equal strength to me. This seal was set up by two Pavilion Masters of the Spirit Rhinoceros Pavilion. How could you possibly break it?"

"Fire Lord, do you have a choice but to trust me?" Shui Qingli said calmly, "Or do you want to be imprisoned in this dark and sunless place forever?"

"Liaoye, why don't we just agree to his request..." Mengyi wavered. They didn't have many helpers in the fairy realm, and they probably couldn't break the seal on their own.

But if Shui Qingli really has a way to break this seal, what good will it do for them to help her?

It's much better than Huo Liaoye being trapped here forever.

"Water Prince, since you are so confident that you can break the seal, shouldn't you prove it to me?" Huo Liaoye was clearly not so easily fooled. His meaning was simple: if Shui Qingli could not prove that he could break the seal, there was no need to continue the deal.

【to be continued…】

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