Ji Fengming's smile touched his heart. He coughed lightly for a while and then said, "I just don't understand, Brother Hei. When you're not with me, you're usually a very talkative person. Why do you become so quiet when you're with me? Do you think my eloquence is worse than yours, and you feel inferior to me?"

Black Owl: "..."

When it comes to narcissism, he really has to admit he's inferior.

However, he does seem to become more taciturn when he is with Ji Fengming.

He had never thought about why this was, but now that he thought about it, it was probably because Ji Fengming made him feel at ease and never aroused his guard, making him feel that he didn't need to hide anything and could just be himself.

Suddenly, Black Owl stopped abruptly.

No one could have imagined that there would be a ravine, more than ten meters wide, running through the middle of this high mountain and dense forest.

The ravines were pitch black and bottomless.

Given Black Owl's current condition, it would be difficult for him to even step over it, let alone with Ji Fengming on his back.

With this pause, the men in black behind them closed in even faster.

Upon seeing Black Owl, the slender man in black immediately shouted, "Xiao Chen, you don't need to run. I don't want your life."

Upon hearing this, Black Owl stopped at the edge of the cliff and turned around. Sure enough, the tall, thin man in black also stopped.

"Then why have you been chasing us all this way?" Black Owl asked warily, looking at the man.

The slender man in black flipped his right hand, revealing a moonstone that gleamed faintly in the moonlight: "I want you to hold this. Once you've held it, I'll leave."

Black Owl's eyes flickered slightly, and he glanced back at Ji Fengming on his back.

He could hold that stone.

However, neither he nor Ji Fengming had any power to resist. If that person grabbed Ji Fengming and forcibly held the stone, not only would he and Ji Fengming be in danger, but the little bandit and the entire Ji family would also face annihilation.

"You're going to relentlessly pursue me just to get a mere stone in my hand?" Black Owl smirked wickedly. "Do you think I'm some three-year-old child, so easily fooled?"

"Xiao Chen, go and try, there might still be a glimmer of hope," Ji Fengming whispered in Hei Xiao's ear.

"I won't go," Black Owl answered decisively.

"Didn't you always complain that I was noisy?" Ji Fengming chuckled. "If you die with me, you won't have peace on the road to the underworld."

"I didn't really want to live anyway. Dying with you would be perfect, keeping you company." This was the first time Hei Xiao had said these words to anyone other than Shang Xiye. After saying this, a faint smile of relief appeared on his lips.

The pale moonlight shone on his handsome face, making his faint smile exceptionally alluring.

Ji Fengming leaned against his shoulder and saw the faint smile on his lips. She felt the burning pain in her chest lessen considerably, and she smiled gently, saying, "Alright, when we go downstairs, I'll make sure you have enough wine."

Seeing Black Owl's footsteps moving towards the edge of the cliff, the slender man in black sensed something was wrong.

His Majesty seems to greatly admire Doctor Xiao and is likely considering recruiting him; he does not want to force Black Owl to his death.

"Dr. Xiao!" the tall, thin man in black exclaimed in surprise.

With Ji Fengming on his back, Black Owl resolutely leaped into the bottomless ravine!

After falling off the cliff.

Ji Fengming abruptly turned himself and Hei Xiao around, about to use all his remaining strength to push Hei Xiao upwards.

Black Owl grabbed him and locked him up: "Don't let me go back alone and face that cruelty."