Chapter 200 - 189: Cold White Ghost; Warm Words Confounding the Crown Prince 3
"Move." Xie Lian said coldly.
That ghost fire didn't move.
"Why are you blocking my way?" Xie Lian demanded.
That ghost fire didn't answer, and the other little ghost fires only repeated "Don't go there" nonstop. Xie Lian didn't want to bother with those things at all, and he struck out a hand, dispersing them.
He didn't disperse the spirits; this hand was only for breaking apart the blocking formation of those ghost fires, like waving away a band of fireflies or a school of goldfish.
Xie Lian passed through quickly, wilted branches and broken leaves crackling under his steps. Yet when he looked back, the ghost fires had also swiftly caught up to him, looking like it was ready to form another wall. Xie Lian warned, "Don't follow me."
That ball of the brightest and hottest ghost fire was flying at the very front, unheeding of his words, and Xie Lian raised his hand like he was going to strike again, warning fiercely, "Keep following me and I just might disperse your spirits!"
With a threat like this, many of the ghost fires became scared, fluttering and shriveling backing away. However, that leading ghost fire only paused for a moment in mid air before it continued to trail behind him keeping a distance of not five feet away, making Xie Lian think that it was telling him "It doesn't matter if you disperse me", or perhaps, it knew that Xie Lian wouldn't really hit it.
A sudden inexplicable anger filled Xie Lian. In the past, if he shouted, what little minions would dare continue their harassment? They would've disappeared in a flash with tails between their legs. Now, not only do people step all over him as they willed, even this tiny little ball of ghost fire wouldn't obey him, taking his threat for nothing. Xie Lian's eyes reddened from anger and he mumbled, "...Even a little ghost like you is like this... you're all like this...everyone's like this!"
It was a little funny to be so enraged by such a small thing, yet at this moment, Xie Lian was genuinely filled with furious resentment. Unexpectedly, after he mumbled those words, that ball of ghost fires seemed to have understood that he was both angry and sad, and it stopped in mid air, no longer moving forward. Leading those hundreds of little ghost fires, they backed away slowly. Not long after, they disappeared completely into the night.
Xie Lian blew out a breath, turned and continued forward.