Mu Anxiao squeezed her eyes shut in pain and said, "I don't have time to talk to you, get out of the way." Sweat beaded on her forehead.
Wan Sha gripped Mu Anxiao's arm and smiled, "I, however, have plenty of time to talk to you. Speaking of which, you broke the rules last night."
"..." Mu Anxiao didn't understand Wan Sha's meaning, gritting her teeth to endure the pain.
Wan Sha continued to herself, "You didn't notice me. Tsk tsk, your spiritual energy must be depleted." She then let out a strange laugh.
Mu Anxiao retorted, "Even if my spiritual energy is depleted, my life will not be handed over to you."
"..." Wan Sha scanned Mu Anxiao from head to toe, smiling. "Do you think... you're in a position to say that right now?"
"..." Mu Anxiao clenched her good hand tighter. "If that's the case, then bring it on." As she spoke, she looked down and realized the dagger was still in her hand. However, it didn't matter anymore, because even with the dagger, she couldn't deal with this Wan Sha.
Wan Sha observed Mu Anxiao's movements closely, smiling, "You're scared."
"I am not," Mu Anxiao said, thinking that since her spiritual energy was depleted, she would have to resort to demonic arts. But, she was...
Unexpectedly, before she could finish her thought, Wan Sha raised her hand and began casting a spell towards her.
Seeing this, Mu Anxiao quickly abandoned her hesitant thoughts. She lowered her gaze slightly, thinking, *What does it matter if I'm discovered? At least I won't die. But if I do nothing, the outcome might be worse than death.*
With that, she slowly raised her eyes and looked at the dark light flying towards her. She quickly extended her palm, using demonic arts to absorb the dark light into her palm. "Wan Sha, don't think too highly of yourself," she said, then swung the hand holding the dark light behind her. The dark light shot towards a large tree behind her.
The next second, after a deafening explosion, the tree vanished.
Inside the city gate.
Mu Xiang watched Mu Anxiao's use of demonic arts with astonishment. She quickly took out her notebook and brush, writing: Mu Anxiao, failed to cultivate immortality, switched to demonic arts, shocked heaven and earth, blew up trees, causing the common folk to be filled with panic. After finishing, she gently placed her hand on her chest.
However, this was the result Wan Sha wanted. "You cultivate demonic arts."
"So what?"
"If higher powers find out about this, you'll be finished."
"Whether I'm finished or not, I don't know. But today, I suddenly have a... " Mu Anxiao said, "desire to not let you go." As she spoke, she conjured her soul sword.
Seeing this, Wan Sha's lips curled, and she turned and ran into the city gate.
Mu Xiang, seeing Wan Sha running towards her, quickly put away her brush and notebook, turned around, and also ran away.
Mu Anxiao stood in place, her eyes blurred as she watched Wan Sha's figure gradually disappear from her sight. She retracted her soul sword, her strength failing her, and slowly crouched down, sitting on the ground.
"So uncomfortable," she murmured to herself, raising a hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead. Finally, her gaze fixed on her injured arm, and she gasped in pain.
Inside the city gate.
Wan Sha caught up to Mu Xiang. "Stop."
Hearing this, Mu Xiang finally stopped. She turned around breathlessly to face Wan Sha, who had stopped behind her, saying nothing.
Wan Sha showed no signs of breathlessness and asked, "Did you record it?"
"Mm," Mu Xiang nodded, peeking behind Wan Sha. "She didn't follow us, did she?"
"If she had followed, I wouldn't have let you stop," Wan Sha replied.
"That's good then," Mu Xiang sighed in relief.
Wan Sha asked, "You're afraid of her seeing you?"
Mu Xiang shook her head slightly. Then, recalling Mu Anxiao's relatively polite attitude towards her last night, she hesitated for a moment before nodding again.
Wan Sha sighed, "I knew it."
"How did you know she was outside the city gate?"
Before dawn, Mu Xiang had intended to find the matchmaker. But the matchmaker had left the day before to attend to business.
Helpless, she had to temporarily put aside that plan and wander around the city with Wan Sha.
When dawn broke, Mu Xiang wanted to have a good breakfast with Wan Sha. However, as soon as they arrived at their destination, Wan Sha suddenly said that Mu Anxiao was outside the city.
At the time, Mu Xiang thought the distance was too great and assumed it was just Wan Sha's guess. To her surprise, when they reached the city gate, they actually encountered Mu Anxiao.
Therefore, after the recent incident, Mu Xiang suddenly became curious about how Wan Sha had found Mu Anxiao.
"You really want to know?" Wan Sha asked.
Mu Xiang nodded, "Yes, I want to know."
"It's very simple."
Hearing Wan Sha say this, Mu Xiang's gaze became unexpectedly serious. "It's very simple, so I can too... right?"
"You..." Wan Sha deliberately hesitated and said, "You can too, but you have to die first."
Die?
Mu Xiang had left her previous life precisely to live well, to live for herself.
To her surprise, Wan Sha spoke this way, which startled her. "Then never mind." Her face showed surprise, and she took half a step back.
Wan Sha smiled, "As expected, you fear death."
"Of course, I fear death. I'm following you because I want to live."
"If I wanted your life, would you give it to me?" Wan Sha deliberately tried to scare Mu Xiang.
Mu Xiang's expression froze upon hearing this.
Wan Sha smiled at Mu Xiang's stunned expression. "Just kidding, I won't take your life. But I also won't tell you why I knew she was there."
Many things lose their appeal if they are all revealed.
Just like the question of how Wan Sha could sense Mu Anxiao immediately.
In reality, she could have simply told Mu Xiang that because Mu Anxiao was a fairy she disliked, she could sense Mu Anxiao's presence instantly.
But, even so, she could only know that Mu Anxiao was nearby!
Where she was, she didn't know!
As for earlier, she had actually just stumbled upon Mu Anxiao by chance.
Of course, for this reason, she didn't want to explain accurately to Mu Xiang, because she didn't want Mu Xiang to underestimate her because of this.
In short, it was all a matter of pride.
And now, in Mu Xiang's eyes, her own life was obviously the most important thing. As for that question, she no longer wanted to ask, "Alright, I won't ask anymore."
"..." Wan Sha smiled. "Let's go have breakfast. Later, we still need to continue looking for Mu Anxiao."
"Okay," Mu Xiang nodded, then suddenly remembered Mu Anxiao's injuries from earlier and asked, "By the way, she won't die, will she?"
"Why do you say that?"
"I saw her condition just now, and it didn't look good. She was covered in blood," Mu Xiang recounted what she had observed from a distance.
Wan Sha commented, "Your eyesight is quite good."
"I saw it by chance while I was following you earlier," Mu Xiang explained.
"..." Wan Sha looked at Mu Xiang's earnest expression and smiled faintly. "Don't be so nervous, I was just speaking casually." She patted Mu Xiang's shoulder.