"Mm," the white-haired woman nodded and looked at Shen Yan, "Don't believe him."
"We all know that," Mu Anxiao said, suddenly sensing something was amiss.
The white-haired woman looked at Mu Anxiao and said, "My demonic poison has been resolved, so naturally, I can speak."
Mu Anxiao looked up at the white-haired woman and smiled, "You actually knew what I was going to ask you, impressive."
"Not bad," the white-haired woman replied, then passed through the wall with a Yin messenger and left.
Mu Anxiao swallowed and said, "I can go with you, but I need to eat something first." As she spoke, she rummaged through her bundle and pulled out a piece of dry ration.
"This thing tastes very bad," the man in the pale blue robe pointed at the dry ration in Mu Anxiao's hand.
Mu Anxiao took a bite of the incredibly hard dry ration, chewed, and asked, "What species are you exactly?"
The man in the pale blue robe was taken aback, "What do you mean by that question?"
"Shen Yan is a high-level cultivator, and his magic is completely unaffected by this demonic energy, but your magic is clearly weakened," Mu Anxiao took another bite, "This is something that greatly concerns me."
The man in the pale blue robe was speechless.
Shen Yan hadn't expected the usually foolish Mu Anxiao to ask such a question. Especially seeing her eagerness to know the reason now, and the man in the pale blue robe avoiding her gaze, he asked, "Do you really want to know?"
The man in the pale blue robe visibly relaxed.
Mu Anxiao stared at Shen Yan expectantly and nodded, saying, "Honestly, I strongly suspect you, Shen Yan, are colluding with demons. If not, why would those demons flee upon seeing you." After saying that, she glanced meaningfully at the man in the pale blue robe beside them.
"Are you saying I'm a demon?" the man in the pale blue robe pointed at himself.
Mu Anxiao nodded earnestly.
The corners of the man in the pale blue robe's mouth twitched, and he looked at Shen Yan, "Brother Shen, quickly explain."
Shen Yan glanced at the man in the pale blue robe's speechless expression towards Mu Anxiao and said, "He is my junior brother, though not from the same master."
"Eh?" the man in the pale blue robe exclaimed in surprise.
Mu Anxiao noticed the man in the pale blue robe's surprised expression and tutted, "It's not like that, is it?"
"Mu Anxiao, what exactly do you want to know?" Shen Yan asked impatiently.
"I just want to know why his internal energy is weakened," Mu Anxiao didn't know why, but she had become interested in these matters.
"He..." Shen Yan was momentarily speechless, pointing at the man in the pale blue robe, "You tell her."
The man in the pale blue robe cast a hesitant glance at Shen Yan and said, "I am a demon, but I am not one now."
"The demons here only absorb the internal energy of demons and the spiritual power of those with immortal destiny?" Mu Anxiao inquired further.
The man in the pale blue robe nodded reluctantly, "Yes, because I am now considered a half-demon, my internal energy is also affected."
"Huh, then that doesn't add up," Mu Anxiao frowned.
"What have you thought of now?" Shen Yan asked helplessly.
Mu Anxiao thought for a moment and said, "If these things only absorb the spiritual power of demons, then... why am I okay?"
Shen Yan said, "You don't cultivate, only those who have immortal destiny are absorbed of their spiritual power by demons."
"In that case, the wolf demon wouldn't have paid any attention to me," Mu Anxiao said to herself.
The man in the pale blue robe looked at Mu Anxiao's clearly relieved expression and realized, "I get it. You've been asking all this just to get Brother Shen to tell you this."