The wolf demon was perplexed by Mu Anxiao's meaning, frowning, "You... what do you mean? I don't quite understand?" He shook his head slightly.
Mu Anxiao thought she had made her intentions clear, but realized she had been overly optimistic.
So, she took a deep breath, "This means, there's that guy's demonic energy left here."
"..."
"Still don't get it?" Mu Anxiao raised an eyebrow.
The wolf demon gasped, "Can you explain that in more detail?"
"I sense demonic energy here, and it's not yours," Mu Anxiao stated simply.
"It's that guy's?"
"Possibly. So, you drip your blood into it. With my assistance, your blood will find your demon core. This way," Mu Anxiao whispered, "do you understand now?"
"Why is your voice so shaky?"
"It's my first time using this spell, I can't help but be a little nervous."
"You're worried it's not that guy's demonic energy, aren't you?"
"..."
Indeed, Mu Anxiao was concerned about that.
"It seems," the wolf demon said, looking at Mu Anxiao's guilty expression, "I've got you."
"You go first."
"What would happen if it fails?"
"Probably nothing."
"And if it succeeds?"
"Success," Mu Anxiao repeated, recalling the contents of the celestial book, "I haven't tested this before, but my master said there would be a prompt. As for what kind of prompt, I don't know."
"I'm feeling a bit nervous."
"You should feel lucky."
"I don't feel lucky at all," the wolf demon lamented.
Mu Anxiao said, "Let's be honest," she kept that ball of blue light clutched in her hand and sat down, "I only just learned this spell, and you came along. You, you are quite lucky, aren't you?"
Then, the wolf demon thought about it based on Mu Anxiao's words, "Thinking about it that way, I really am lucky."
"Yes," Mu Anxiao smiled, glancing at her hand, "I'll give you some time."
The wolf demon: "..." He looked down at his fingers, "Will it hurt a lot?"
"Pain, it will definitely hurt."
"Then wait." The wolf demon sat down, beginning to prepare himself mentally.
Ten minutes later.
Mu Anxiao looked at the hesitant wolf demon, "Time is life. If you keep hesitating, I think," she said, "that guy will eat your demon core."
"You're right," the wolf demon nodded, instantly conjuring a dagger, "Then here I go." Saying that, he immediately cut his finger.
Seeing this, Mu Anxiao quickly got up, opened her hand, and pressed it onto the uneven ground, "Drip your blood onto my hand."
The wolf demon gasped, got up, quickly pointed his finger above the back of Mu Anxiao's hand, then gently squeezed the wound. Blood dripped onto the back of Mu Anxiao's hand.
The next second.
The blood did not stay on the back of Mu Anxiao's hand but flowed along her hand, slowly sinking into the uneven earth.
The wolf demon endured the pain, letting the blood drip.
Mu Anxiao quietly watched the blood gradually merge into the blue light, "Take your hand away." Afterwards, the blood turned into red light.
Hearing this, the wolf demon quickly retracted his finger and stood up, gasping in pain as he fumbled for a handkerchief to crudely bandage his wound.
Then, Mu Anxiao slowly stood up, watching as the red and blue lights passed through her palm and shot straight into the sky.
"It went up!" the wolf demon exclaimed.
Mu Anxiao: "..." As she looked at the wolf demon, the two lights descended, swiftly brushing past her shoulder and shooting directly into the ground.
Seeing this, the wolf demon was startled, "What's going on?"
Mu Anxiao looked down at the ground, "Your blood has gone to protect your demon core."
"Why underground?" the wolf demon asked, taking a step forward.
Mu Anxiao replied, "That guy went to the underworld." As she spoke, she realized she might have been tricked by the vine demon again.
The wolf demon exclaimed, "Found it."
Mu Anxiao understood the wolf demon's nature, so as soon as he said this, she quickly reached out and held him back, "Even if you go, you won't find him."
"My demon core is in his hands. As long as I'm away from him..."
"That place is the underworld. If you go there, I can't," Mu Anxiao interrupted, her expression serious, "you'll never be able to come back."
The wolf demon asked, "Why don't you take me there?"
Back when the wolf demon transformed into his black-clothed form, it was Mu Anxiao who led him to the underworld with a silver rope. Her current reminder made him feel surprised.
"Big brother, don't you know?" Mu Anxiao said helplessly.
"What do you mean?" the wolf demon's heart grew anxious.
Mu Anxiao stated, "The underworld that guy went to is not the one I took you to."
"What?"
"What I mean is," Mu Anxiao looked at the wolf demon's confused expression, "he went to the underworld that mortals go to. You are a demon, how can you go?"
"I am a demon..."
"That place is not easy to find. If you want to go, there is only one path."
"Tell me the path, and I will surely drag that guy out."
"The demon realm."
"..." The wolf demon's expression clearly turned bitter.
Mu Anxiao asked, "What's wrong?"
The wolf demon scratched the back of his head, "No, the demon realm, I don't like the demon realm."
"I knew you'd say that."
"That's not right," the wolf demon frowned slightly, "he's also a demon, how did he get there?"
"..." Mu Anxiao shrugged, "How would I know?"
"That's true, you only found out recently too," the wolf demon nodded, beginning to worry that the other guy would misuse his demon core.
Mu Anxiao looked at the wolf demon's thoughtful expression and then at the completely darkened sky, asking, "Does your demon core have any other functions?"
"Functions?" the wolf demon repeated, nodding, "Yes, it can conceal my demonic energy, preventing me from being locked onto by people like you."
"Did you tell him about it?"
"Why would I tell him something like that?"
"Then how did he know you have a demon core?" Mu Anxiao raised an eyebrow.
In the past, the wolf demon was a talkative and boastful person. Mu Anxiao was certain he had revealed the matter of his demon core himself, but he had forgotten.
"..." Reminded by Mu Anxiao, the wolf demon suddenly recalled an evening when he and that guy got drunk. He then lowered his gaze to carefully recall what he had said that night, his eyes darkening, "Alright, I did mention it."
Mu Anxiao said, "Then I can only say you brought it upon yourself."
"I didn't expect the wine he brought to be so potent."
"He brought wine?"
"Yes, he said he liked to drink."
Suddenly, Mu Anxiao pondered based on the wolf demon's words, "Then, it seems he indeed had an agenda."
"I know."