Mo Jie turned his head and looked at Uncle Wu with a half-smile, "What? Not enough kissing?"
Uncle Wu was stunned, his hand trembling as he pointed at Mo Jie: "You... you've gone too far!"
"How is that going too far? Didn't you kiss me first?" Mo Jie asked back, arms crossed.
"That was to wake you up, there was no other way," Uncle Wu said, rubbing his forehead.
"Ha, now that things have come to this, you want to deny it?"
"Who's denying it? I'll take responsibility if I have to," Uncle Wu said with a sigh.
Mo Jie strolled up to Uncle Wu and looked him up and down. "Take responsibility? I didn't expect you to be so innocent."
"My role as a housekeeper requires me to take responsibility for everything."
Mo Jie nodded and flicked Uncle Wu's forehead. "Okay, little steward, let's leave here first."
After saying that, Mo Jie walked towards the place where the sound had come from.
Uncle Wu touched his forehead with a complicated expression:
"No, I'm forty years old! Do you think I'm a child?"
Mo Jie's voice drifted from ahead. "No difference."
"Tsk."
Uncle Wu smacked his lips and quickly followed.
Be careful!
"Know."
The two walked forward side by side, their cries of "Help me!" still echoing in their ears.
Just as Mo Jie was about to take another step forward, Uncle Wu grabbed her wrist.
"Wait, something's not right here."
Uncle Wu squatted down and pinched the sand on the ground.
"Quicksand."
Mo Jie frowned. "A trap?"
"Almost."
Uncle Wu stood up, scanned the Shadow patches of shadow in the mountains, and then shouted sternly:
"Get out here!"
Before long, the cries for help gradually faded away, and creatures resembling giant sand foxes, but with hairless bodies and skin like dry, cracked clay, emerged.
These creatures had deep-set eyes and pupils that glowed with a ghostly green phosphorescence.
Uncle Wu watched these Mutated Sand Fox, his gaze fixed on the sand where they were slowly walking.
There were no footprints, and no sound.
"This thing doesn't look easy to deal with," Uncle Wu said, his eyes narrowing slightly.
"It doesn't matter. By the time they show themselves, they'll already be a bunch of dead things," Mo Jie said coldly.
Having said that, Mo Jie took the initiative!
Strands of black True Qi seemed to surge forth from the abyss.
Uncle Wu shook his head and leaned forward. "Watch out for quicksand."
With Mo Jie unleashing its full power, these Mutated Sand Fox didn't last five minutes.
"Serves you right for pretending! Do you like seducing people?"
"You like lying?"
"You like to imitate?"
Uncle Wu couldn't bear to watch as Mo Jie grabbed Sand Fox by the neck and punched it repeatedly in the head.
Violence, so much violence!
"Clatter".
Mo Jie tossed the sand fox's corpse aside, clapped his hands, and looked at Uncle Wu again. "Are you leaving or not?"
"Let's go, let's go."
After dealing with the sand fox, the two continued deeper into the area.
On the sandy path, Mo Jie suddenly spoke:
Did you call out " Mo Jie " earlier?
Uncle Wu's heart skipped a beat. "No, I called for Sister Mo."
Mo Jie sneered, "You like lying?"
A bead of cold sweat trickled down Uncle Wu's forehead. "It really isn't..."
"I heard that." Mo Jie stopped where he was, looking calmly at Uncle Wu. "My memory should be accurate."
Uncle Wu fell silent and sighed inwardly.
Young Master, there's no other way. I'll accept my punishment when I get back.
"Okay, I did call him Mo Jie."
Mo Jie narrowed his eyes slightly. "Wow, it really is. Looks like I heard right."
Uncle Wu:???
"You!"
Mo Jie ignored Uncle Wu and walked forward. "So, your Young Master also knows that Miss is the Fate Lord?"
Uncle Wu sighed, resigned to his fate. "That's right."
Seeing that Mo Jie didn't speak again, Uncle Wu asked, "Aren't you angry?"
"What's there to be angry about? Everyone has their own secrets," Mo Jie said calmly. "Besides, I reckon that the Lord of Destiny has probably been exposed as well."
"Hmm?" Uncle Wu frowned.
Mo Jie looked up at the sun overhead. "With this kind of sunlight and danger lurking everywhere... it's impossible not to be exposed, especially since the Lord of Destiny... loves him very much."
Uncle Wu thought for a moment and sighed softly, "That makes sense. It seems that the fact that the Young Master is part of the Shadow has been exposed."
"What?!"
Uncle Wu's heart skipped a beat. Oh no, it seems he's betrayed the Young Master.
Mo Jie grabbed Uncle Wu by the collar. "He's Shadow?!"
"Hey! Watch your words! You should call him son-in-law!" Uncle Wu said disapprovingly.
Mo Jie bit her lip. "Okay, so the son-in-law is Shadow?"
"Hmm... if nothing unexpected happens, it should be, probably, likely, maybe, yes." Uncle Wu shifted his gaze elsewhere.
"Look at me!" Mo Jie said softly.
Uncle Wu immediately turned around, looked at those heroic and sharp eyes, and his Adam's apple bobbed.
Look closely... this woman... seems to have a certain charm...
"What are you thinking?" Mo Jie's eyes gradually turned dangerous.
"No... no..."
"So, you knew about the Black Palace all along?" Mo Jie frowned.
"That's right..."
Mo Jie sighed and released Uncle Wu: "What kind of beings are you? How do you know everything about the Black Palace?"
Uncle Wu paused for a moment before speaking, "Let's talk about it after we find the Young Master Young Madam. There are some things I don't know."
Mo Jie snorted coldly, "Hmph, men."
The two walked for a while longer and found a "corner".
It was exactly the "sanctuary" that Dilinar had mentioned.
"Let's stop here for today. We've just used up a lot of our True Qi energy, which isn't good for the rest of the day," Uncle Wu suggested.
"Um."
The two arrived at the cave, Uncle Wu put down his BTD Heavy Tactical Backpack and began to take things out.
Carpets, blankets, lights, water, food, small folding barriers.
After putting everything in place, Uncle Wu nodded in satisfaction.
"With these things, the Young Master Young Madam should not have too much trouble at night."
Mo Jie's mouth opened slightly. "You, you're so well prepared?"
Uncle Wu smiled smugly, "As a butler, this is just basic operation."
He picked up a bottle and tossed it to Mo Jie: "Add something."
Mo Jie took it and gulped it down. "You're really meticulous."
"Tsk." Uncle Wu clicked his tongue. "Please add the word 'heart' after 'meticulous'."
"Huh? What's this?"
Uncle Wu turned around when he heard Mo Jie's strange tone.
Immediately afterwards, his face turned terrified.
That's—an alcoholic beverage?
Who put it there?!
"How did this thing end up in my bag?!"
"Hehehe, I stuffed it in." Mo Jie chuckled to himself.
She moved closer to Uncle Wu and licked her slightly moist lips.
"Hey! Hey! Calm down!"
Uncle Wu stared wide-eyed and crawled back a little.
"Thump!"
Uncle Wu leaned against the stone wall, his eyes slightly frightened. He glanced at Mo Jie's arm beside his ear, his Adam's apple bobbing.
"You, you mustn't do anything reckless."
"So what if you act recklessly? Didn't you say you'd take responsibility?" Mo Jie leaned closer to Uncle Wu's face, her breath sweet as orchids. "Or are you going back on your word?"
Uncle Wu smelled the strange aroma mixed with alcohol and tilted his head back slightly.
"This... this place isn't suitable!"
"Would it be better to just go somewhere else?"
"No! Sis! We're not out yet! Calm down."
Uncle Wu gently nudged Mo Jie, but little did he know that this action would completely ignite Mo Jie!
"Calm down my ass! I want it now!"
Mo Jie completely swooned over Uncle Wu.
"Ouch! Ouch—! Ugh—!"
Two hours later...
Uncle Wu, his muscular body covered in hickeys, looked at the Mo Jie beside him, who was covered by a blanket and whose fair arms were exposed, and sighed.
He lowered his head and touched his waistband, his face relaxing slightly.
Thankfully, it hasn't come to that.
Uncle Wu looked out at the dark sky and stared blankly into space.
After a while, he lowered his head: Tsk, how did we end up... here?
"Why--!"
Inside the cave, Uncle Wu let out a long sigh.