"Let me ask you a question," Mu Anxiao had the idea of scaring the female monster.
As expected, the moment Mu Anxiao spoke, the female monster’s expression became dazed. "Can you speak clearly? Being so vague like this," she gasped in pain, "is truly meaningless. So ask what you want quickly, don't beat around the bush." Her voice trembled noticeably.
Watching and feeling the reaction given by the female monster, Mu Anxiao felt a surge of satisfaction, but even so, she had not forgotten the recent grudge. "Have you ever stood on your head?"
"Stood on my head?" The female monster repeated, then realized Mu Anxiao's meaning. "I don't believe you're that petty." She was unable to move, and her gaze towards Mu Anxiao became exceptionally cautious.
Mu Anxiao chuckled twice, moved the soul sword away from the female monster's shoulder, took a step back, and said, "I don't have your skill of turning bare hands into white silk. Since that's the case," she curved her lips, "you'll have to do it yourself."
"How do I do it?" The female monster didn't quite understand Mu Anxiao's meaning.
Mu Anxiao: "I won't make you float in the air. You just..." She propped up her chin with one hand, "You can just do it against the tree."
"You want me to stand on my head?" The female monster was startled. She looked around and said, "But I don't know how."
"You just swap the positions of your feet and hands, how could you not know how." Mu Anxiao said it easily and casually.
The moment Mu Anxiao spoke so casually, the female monster showed an embarrassed, yet polite smile. "How do I swap them?" She lowered her head to look at her hands, then her feet.
"I don't believe you don't know what I'm talking about," Mu Anxiao said indifferently.
"This..." Faced with Mu Anxiao's repeated 'torment', the female monster clearly didn't know what to do. But seeing Mu Anxiao's solemn expression, she became afraid. "Alright, I'll try. But can you move aside first? Otherwise, I can't perform well."
"Such a thing indeed requires performance, but if you dare to play any tricks, don't blame me for being impolite." Mu Anxiao said, lightly tapping the female monster's shoulder with her soul sword.
"I wouldn't dare, wouldn't dare." Under Mu Anxiao's repeated threats, the female monster was thoroughly intimidated.
Seeing this, Mu Anxiao curved her lips and retreated several steps further.
Then, the female monster gave a dry laugh at Mu Anxiao, turned around, and just as she was about to start carrying out Mu Anxiao's instructions, Ouyang Ye's voice suddenly came, "It really is you."
Upon hearing this, the female monster's body stiffened, then she turned back and looked in the direction of the voice. Her expression froze. "Master." In front of Ouyang Ye, she ultimately dared not be presumptuous.
Mu Anxiao's heart sank as she saw the female monster's obvious fear towards Ouyang Ye. Just as she was about to speak, the female monster put on a stern face and extended her claws towards Mu Anxiao.
"What do you want?" Mu Anxiao truly didn't understand what the female monster meant and asked.
"Even if I die, I'll find someone to take with me," the female monster said, aiming her claws at Mu Anxiao's chest.
Following that, under the female monster's repeated provocation, Mu Anxiao slightly lowered her head and glanced at her chest, saying, "It seems you've made up your mind to drag me down with you." With that, she abandoned all trust in the female monster, let out a light哼, and stepped towards her.
The female monster hadn't expected Mu Anxiao to accept her actions so calmly. She thought... after she made this move, Mu Anxiao would immediately change her attitude and promise to put in a good word for her with Ouyang Ye, asking him to let her go. Who knew, she was overthinking it.
"What do you want?" Startled by Mu Anxiao's actions, she stumbled back a step.
At this moment, Mu Anxiao also saw through the female monster's thoughts, so without a second thought, she pointed at the female monster's still-raised claws and said deliberately, "Giving you the chance to kill me." Saying this, she stopped in front of the female monster's claws.
The female monster looked and was stunned. "You... are you truly willing to be my scapegoat?" Her thoughts were clearly in disarray under Mu Anxiao's forceful pressure, so she didn't even know what she was saying.
Mu Anxiao looked calmly at the female monster's flustered expression, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curve upwards. "No one is willing to give up their life, but I can see," she met the female monster's eyes, "that you cherish your life."
"I..."
"You want me to help you, yet you still threaten me. I truly don't know what you're thinking." Mu Anxiao said, not forgetting to glance at the single hand the female monster was still holding up.
"Will you really help me?" The female monster asked in a low voice. Then, just as she was about to lower her claws, Mu Anxiao grabbed her claw. "What are you doing?" She was startled.
"Killing me." Mu Anxiao said coldly.
The female monster was full of confusion. "As long as you help me, I won't kill you, you..."
"I can't help you." Mu Anxiao interrupted the female monster once more.
At this moment, Ouyang Ye stopped behind Mu Anxiao...
Under Ouyang Ye's imposing aura, the female monster cautiously glanced at Ouyang Ye's face and said, "I was just kidding, don't be like this." Saying this, she tried to break free from Mu Anxiao's grip.
Conversely, Mu Anxiao deliberately tightened her grip on the female monster's wrist. "Ouyang Ye, see?" she said deliberately.
Upon hearing this, Ouyang Ye immediately shifted his gaze from the female monster's face... and looked at Mu Anxiao. "Mu Anxiao, you have quite the nerve."
Mu Anxiao smiled.
The female monster was dumbfounded...
Ouyang Ye said, "Look at me when you speak." He fixed his gaze on the back of Mu Anxiao's head.
"Compared to you, I'd rather look at her." Mu Anxiao said without turning her head, intending to play for time.
Under the exchange between Ouyang Ye and Mu Anxiao, the female monster completely fell silent...
"If I tell you to turn around, then turn around. Why so much nonsense?" Ouyang Ye was clearly impatient.
The female monster looked at Ouyang Ye's impatient expression and became flustered inside.
Mu Anxiao smiled again.
Ouyang Ye narrowed his eyes. "Mu Anxiao, why are you smiling? My words..."
"I knew it, you coming here always means trouble." Mu Anxiao interrupted, flung away the female monster's claws, and continued, "It looks like you won't do anything to her." Saying this, she turned to look at Ouyang Ye.
Then, Ouyang Ye lowered his head to look at the soul sword in Mu Anxiao's hand and chuckled, "Soul sword, ah."
The moment Ouyang Ye said this, the soul sword lit up with a blue light... and disappeared.
Ouyang Ye looked at the soul sword's reaction and laughed.
At the same time, Mu Anxiao clenched the hand that had been holding the soul sword slightly and said, "It seems it doesn't like you."