Mu Anxiao, hearing Ye Yin's words and recalling Shen Yan's usual attitude towards her, scrunched her nose and sat down on the ground.
At the same time, the main door was knocked.
Ye Yin straightened her clothes, stepped forward, and opened the door, asking knowingly, "Why are you here?"
"Hand over Mu Anxiao to me," Shen Yan said coldly.
Ye Yin chuckled, covering her mouth, "I don't know the Mu Anxiao you're talking about, but if you want me to help you find a companion, I can try."
"I don't need you. Hand over Mu Anxiao to me," Shen Yan stared at Ye Yin and said.
Ye Yin sighed helplessly, "I already told you I don't know her. No matter how many times you say it, I still won't know her, so..."
"If you don't speak," Shen Yan grabbed Ye Yin by the neck, "I'll turn you back into your original form and prevent you from cultivating forever."
"I don't know her," Ye Yin said, her expression beginning to contort, "I just don't know her. No matter how many times you say it, I'll still say I don't know her."
"Fine, this is the outcome you want," Shen Yan said, raising her other hand. As a blue light emanated from her palm, Ye Yin's eyes widened in terror.
In the dry well, Mu Anxiao looked up at the round opening above, opened her nostrils, and inhaled the air thick with the smell of soil. She laughed, "This smell is comparable to the smell after it rains. But speaking of which, it shouldn't smell like this here." She shivered, "It's quite cold."
"Is that Mu Anxiao's voice?" Shen Yan casually released her hand from Ye Yin's neck, moved past her, and walked to the dry well, "Mu Anxiao, if you're in there, answer me."
Mu Anxiao looked up at the opening calmly, thinking, 'If I don't answer, Ye Yin might really trust me.' With that thought, she covered her mouth.
Ye Yin cradled her neck, tilting her head slightly, "I told you, I don't know her. I simply don't know her, cough cough."
Shen Yan ignored Ye Yin completely and continued, "Mu Anxiao, answer me, quickly answer me."
Mu Anxiao kept her mouth covered, refusing to make a sound.
Shen Yan's brows furrowed. She glanced at Ye Yin behind her, then, disregarding everything else, gripped the edge of the dry well and easily leaped down with one hand.
Immediately, Mu Anxiao's eyes widened in terror. She hurriedly got up, leaned against the well wall, and covered her mouth.
Shen Yan landed steadily in place, unable to see anything. She looked left and right, and asked softly, "Mu Anxiao, are you here?"
Mu Anxiao looked at Shen Yan, who couldn't see anything, at close range, holding her breath.
"Mu Anxiao, if you want to die, don't answer me," Shen Yan said coldly.
"..." Mu Anxiao thought of Ye Yin's words and the hardships she had endured following Shen Yan for half a year. She decided not to speak.
Shen Yan's eyes narrowed, and she began to sweep her hands around blindly. Just as Shen Yan reached out towards her, Mu Anxiao quickly crouched down.
Unexpectedly, with this movement, Shen Yan discovered her, "Mu Anxiao, get up."
Mu Anxiao's nerves tightened. She looked up at Shen Yan, who suffered from mild night blindness, with a helpless expression. She closed her eyes and deliberately said, "You wouldn't eat carrots when I offered them, and now you can't see anything after coming down." As she spoke, she pushed herself up with her knees.
Immediately, Shen Yan slapped the top of Mu Anxiao's head, "You've gotten quite bold these past few days, daring to speak to me like this." After saying that, she removed her hand.
Mu Anxiao rubbed her head in pain and pouted, "I was only doing it for your own good."