Mu Anxiao’s heart leaped with joy upon hearing that the girl had a spiritual destiny.
“You mean,” she asked, bypassing Shen Yan and stepping forward, “this girl has a spiritual destiny, but she was misdiagnosed?”
“Why are you so excited?” the man in the pale blue robe asked, releasing the girl’s hand.
Mu Anxiao ignored the man in the pale blue robe and looked at the girl with a smile. “I misspoke earlier, please forgive me. To put it another way, I haven’t read many books and don’t know how to speak properly. Miss, since you…”
Before she could finish, Shen Yan stepped forward and grabbed her by the collar of her back, speaking with conviction: “If you say one more word, I’ll throw your rations into the mud pit. Think carefully.”
You… Mu Anxiao had just uttered a sound in her mind when she suddenly looked down and realized her bundle in front of her had vanished. Following with her peripheral vision, she saw that the bundle was already held by Shen Yan above the mud pit. Thus, she said helplessly, “Miss, if you don’t like it, you don’t have to do it. Life is happier when you do what you love.”
Shen Yan was satisfied with Mu Anxiao’s words and handed her the bundle, saying, “Your bundle.”
Mu Anxiao, without turning her head, grabbed the bundle and smiled foolishly at the girl.
“You weren’t saying that just now,” the girl said softly.
Mu Anxiao glanced at the man in the pale blue robe who was still standing beside the girl and said, “I apologize for any offense earlier, please forgive me. If there’s nothing else, we’ll…” She swallowed her reluctance, forced a smile, and said, “leave.”
Shen Yan turned her back first.
The man in the pale blue robe looked at Shen Yan’s back and said, “Your master doesn’t allow you to seek out mortal girls. Isn’t it inappropriate to defy him like this?”
Mu Anxiao had never heard Shen Yan mention her master, and hearing the man in the pale blue robe’s words now, she became truly curious about what kind of person Shen Yan’s master was.
“What do you mean by that?” she asked.
The man in the pale blue robe looked at Mu Anxiao and smiled, “You don’t know?”
“I don’t,” Mu Anxiao shook her head blankly.
Shen Yan narrowed her eyes and said sternly, “Mu Anxiao, let’s go.”
“I…”
“Go,” Shen Yan emphasized.
Mu Anxiao had no choice but to suppress her sudden surge of curiosity, turn around, and follow Shen Yan’s footsteps, glancing back repeatedly.
“Aren’t you going to chase them?” the man in the pale blue robe asked, glancing at the girl.
“Who are you?”
“Who I am is not important. What’s important,” the man in the pale blue robe lowered his eyes to the girl’s face and smiled gently, “is that if you marry him, from then on, you won’t have to cultivate immortality. Because in that way, you can directly become an immortal, saving a lot of trouble.”
“Really?” The girl’s mood became joyful.
“Yes,” the man in the pale blue robe nodded.
Seeing the man in the pale blue robe’s firm gaze, the girl pursed her lips into a smile. “I’m going.” Saying this, she stepped forward to follow them.
The man in the pale blue robe stood in place, watching the girl chase after them. He smiled, then turned and vanished into a blue light.
Soon, the girl caught up with Mu Anxiao and Shen Yan. “It’s getting late, why don’t you come to my place?”
Mu Anxiao tilted her head to look at the sky, then turned to the girl who was walking beside her, panting. “Didn’t you run away from home? You might lose face going back now.”
“It’s alright. You gave me the food from your bundle just now, and I drank so much of your water. For you…” The girl glanced at Shen Yan walking ahead and said, “It’s worth it for me to be scolded when we go back.”