The beggar's heart-wrenching screams jolted the disguised Lin Yan from his slumber on the bed. He sat up, uttered a vague sound, glanced groggily at Feng Qishi, yawned, and lay back down.
Xie Xin reacted not at all, his eyes widening, his heart thrumming with tension.
In contrast, Feng Qishi remained calmly seated at the table. He looked up at the beggar who was staring at him as if awaiting a response and asked with a placid expression, "What is it?"
The beggar's lips began to tremble. "Ghosts, there are ghosts."
Feng Qishi sighed, stood up, and walked to the beggar's side. "Is it that scary?" As he spoke, he reached out and placed his hands on the beggar's continuously trembling shoulders.
"Green flames."
"Green fire?"
The beggar nodded.
Seeing the beggar's terrified expression, Feng Qishi removed his hands. "Come, let's go sit down."
"I can't walk," the beggar stammered, his legs shaking.
Upon hearing this, Feng Qishi looked down and his mouth twitched. "You're not a child anymore."
"I'm scared."
"You're scared, but you don't have to wet yourself. You've been captured by a demon soul before, you've seen bigger things," Feng Qishi clicked his tongue. "This is truly embarrassing for you."
Listening to Feng Qishi's words, Xie Xin dared not move an inch.
The beggar looked embarrassed.
Suddenly, Zeng stepped forward. "Follow me."
The beggar looked down at Zeng. "What are you going to do?"
"You can't stay like this forever."
"You're right," the beggar said. He glanced at Feng Qishi, then turned and walked away with Zeng.
Feng Qishi looked down at the ground, a smirk playing on his lips. He strode to the temple entrance, then looked up at Gu Xiao, who was holding a torch. He sighed, stepped over the threshold, and walked towards them.
The next moment.
Feng Qishi, ignoring Mu Anxiao and the others, stopped in front of Gu Xiao. "Wait a moment." He reached out to block Gu Xiao.
Gu Xiao asked, "What are you doing?" He stopped.
Feng Qishi pointed to the torch in Gu Xiao's hand and asked, "What's the meaning of this green flame?"
"I..." Gu Xiao's eyes flickered evasively as he pointed to Piao beside him.
Immediately, Feng Qishi's gaze fell on Piao's face. "This is really scary."
Mu Anxiao looked at Feng Qishi's accusatory demeanor and then at Chen, who was tightly holding her arm, her face still full of fear. "Shen Fengzi, you're afraid of this?"
Hearing this, Feng Qishi turned to look at Mu Anxiao. "It's not me who's scared, it's..." He trailed off, suddenly remembering the note he had asked the beggar to give to Mu Anxiao. "Why are you only back now?"
Mu Anxiao replied, "I had something to do." She then looked around and noticed that the wolf demon was gone.
Seeing Mu Anxiao glance around, Feng Qishi looked at Chen, who was holding Mu Anxiao's arm tightly. "Chen, what's wrong with you?"
Chen swallowed hard. Just as she was about to speak, Mu Anxiao interrupted, "Shen Fengzi, you sent the beggar to deliver that ridiculous thing to me, and now you're acting like you don't know anything. This isn't like you."
Feng Qishi was not taken aback by Mu Anxiao's direct words.
On the contrary, he had been prepared for this. "Why did you let the wolf demon offend Xie Xin? As soon as she came back, she started saying she liked the wolf demon, and that if she couldn't see the wolf demon, she'd marry me. Mu Shazi, what do you mean by that?"
"I..." Mu Anxiao pointed to herself and then looked at Chen. "Who she likes is her freedom, I can't control it."
"And you, you were eating, and then suddenly you met the wolf demon. How did that guy get here?"
Mu Anxiao had intended to scold Feng Qishi upon her return, but instead, she was thoroughly reprimanded by him. At this moment, she was speechless.
Seeing Mu Anxiao's speechless expression, Feng Qishi, as if he had won a decisive victory, slightly raised his chin.
Mu Anxiao looked at Feng Qishi's smug expression and smirked. "What are you so proud of?" she said, and a gust of wind blew past her ear. She then turned around with Chen.
Gu Xiao asked, "That, are you really afraid of this?" He looked at the back of Feng Qishi's head.
Hearing this, Feng Qishi retracted his gaze from Mu Anxiao and turned to look at the torch in Gu Xiao's hand. "This is really scary."
Gu Xiao looked at Piao.
Piao asked, "Brother Shen, are you scared?"
"I'm not scared, it's this thing that's scaring people."
"We just arrived, we didn't see anyone on the street. Besides, your reaction," Piao chuckled, "is indeed a bit unusual."
"So what if I'm unusual, why are you laughing?" Feng Qishi frowned.
Piao said, "I just didn't expect that the formidable Brother Shen would be afraid of a green fire torch. It's quite funny." He deliberately pointed to the torch in Gu Xiao's hand.
Hearing Piao's teasing words to Feng Qishi, and looking at Feng Qishi's face illuminated green, A Xia said, "I told you it would scare people, but you two didn't listen."
Piao and Gu Xiao simultaneously shifted their gaze to A Xia.
A Xia averted her eyes, glanced back at Feng Qishi, and walked ahead.
Meanwhile.
Mu Anxiao looked around and sighed. She turned to Chen. "You really don't need to be afraid of that wolf demon. He really doesn't eat meat, only vegetables."
Chen clutched Mu Anxiao tighter. "I don't care, I'm just scared."
Mu Anxiao sighed, thinking that Chen must have witnessed something unpleasant in the past. Otherwise, she wouldn't be so frightened.
With that thought, she let Chen pull her along and continued to scan her surroundings, actively searching for the suddenly missing wolf demon.
As Mu Anxiao had guessed, Chen was originally just earth; she should not have had life. However, the place where she was located was a place of slaughter.
Nourished by blood and the memories of the dead, Chen gradually gained life.
Now, her mind retained only frightening memories, and among them were memories of wolves, which was why she feared the wolf demon.
However, she did not want to tell anyone about this. At this moment, she simply did not want the wolf demon to stay with them.
She glanced at Mu Anxiao, who had fallen silent, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Mu Anxiao sensed Chen's gaze, but this time, she did not intend to probe further. She could feel that Chen had something on her mind, a matter that was beyond ordinary people's reach.
Therefore, she deliberately avoided looking at Chen, allowing her to relax.
Ten minutes later.
They returned to the dilapidated temple. As they sat down, the beggar, who had changed his clothes, was brought out from behind by Zeng.
The beggar's eyes lit up as he saw Mu Anxiao. He hurried to Feng Qishi's side and pointed at Mu Anxiao. "She's back."