At the next moment, Feng Qishi subdued the few demon souls fighting Ah Xia in a few moves.
The instant Ah Xia saw Feng Qishi, she reacted completely differently from Gu Xiao. "You're not dead," she said, surprised.
Feng Qishi replied, "How could I die so easily?" As he spoke, he pointed his soul sword at the demon souls. "If you don't want to be finished, stay put."
The demon souls cowered in fear, crouching in place, cautiously peeking at Feng Qishi, who held the soul sword. They shook their heads.
Ah Xia asked, "Where are Piao and the others?"
"Let's not talk about Piao first. Where is that silly Mu?"
"Mu..." Ah Xia uttered the word, and suddenly remembered Wan Sha. She then frantically scanned her surroundings and looked at Feng Qishi again, saying, "This is bad."
"What's wrong?"
"Wan Sha went to chase Mu Anxiao."
Due to the urgency of time, Ah Xia could not explain in detail and simply stated the situation.
Feng Qishi's face was filled with urgency. "Which way?"
"I'll lead the way," Ah Xia said, bypassing Feng Qishi and running in the direction she remembered Mu Anxiao heading.
Feng Qishi: "..." He didn't hesitate and quickly followed Ah Xia.
Next, at the moment Feng Qishi and Ah Xia ran off, Piao landed with Lin Yan in the exact spot they had just been standing.
Piao remarked, "Your comprehension is too shallow."
Seeing this, the demon souls fled one by one.
Not long ago, because Feng Qishi needed to arrive quickly, he had entrusted his new disciple, Lin Yan, to Piao. Piao felt it would be a waste of time for Lin Yan to run.
Thus, he intended to use demon arts to take Lin Yan along. However, Lin Yan couldn't grasp Piao's intentions at all.
In the end, quite a bit of time was wasted on this matter.
"I'm sorry," Lin Yan said, touching the back of his head.
Piao replied, "You've already said sorry all the way." As he spoke, he glanced at Gu Xiao, who was standing beside Gui Xiao, and asked, "What are you doing?" He then walked forward.
Upon hearing this, Gu Xiao looked up at Piao. "You're here."
Piao stepped forward and looked down at Gui Xiao, who was lying on the ground, emitting white smoke. He was startled. "Feng Qishi has been here."
"Yes, he went to find Mu Anxiao."
"Where did he go?"
At that moment, Gu Xiao's gaze had been fixed on Gui Xiao, so he hadn't noticed Feng Qishi and Ah Xia's direction.
Therefore, he shook his head. "I don't know."
"You don't know? What can you do?" Piao began to worry about Mu Anxiao's safety.
"..." Gu Xiao cautiously stared at Piao.
Piao sighed, looked up at Gu Xiao, and finally fixed his gaze on the crowd behind the blue light. He asked, "Did he do this?"
Gu Xiao looked up at the blue light. "Yes, perhaps to prevent demon souls from attacking them."
"How thoughtful."
Then, Gu Xiao asked again, "Where's Chen?"
"He didn't come. He's taking care of another group of people over there."
As he spoke, Piao took a step forward and was about to reach out when Gu Xiao hastily stopped him. "That's demonic energy from the soul sword. If you touch it, you'll end up like him," he pointed at Gui Xiao.
Upon hearing this, Piao withdrew his hand and looked back down at Gui Xiao. "That's truly terrifying," he said, lowering his hand.
Lin Yan walked over. "Piao, I'm going to find Master."
"No."
"Why?"
"There are demon souls over there. Someone like you who can't comprehend anything would be seeking death if you went. You should stay here honestly," Piao said, squatting down and sitting on the ground.
Gu Xiao was surprised. "Why are you sitting down?"
Piao replied, "Waiting by the stump."
"Waiting for what stump?" Gu Xiao asked, puzzled.
Piao: "..." He glanced at Gu Xiao and cast a spell, binding Gui Xiao with a rope. "Can you watch him alone?" he asked, pointing at Gui Xiao.
Gu Xiao: "..." His eyes flickered.
"We need to protect these people now," Piao said, pointing at the people protected by the blue light.
Gu Xiao agreed, "Okay!"
Lin Yan said, "I'm going to find Master."
Piao looked up at Lin Yan. "You're not listening to me."
"I'll go, and then..."
"Follow me," Piao said, patting the empty space beside him. "Sit down."
Lin Yan: "..."
"If you die, your master will only be sad. In other words, if your master is fighting demon souls, and you suddenly appear, do you think your master will protect you or fight those demon souls?"
"I..."
"Isn't that right? Don't distract your master. Sit down."
Lin Yan's eyes darkened. "I haven't finished speaking."
"Why are you so persistent?" Piao said, and even more outrageously, lay down.
Gu Xiao: "..."
Seeing Piao's leisurely demeanor, Lin Yan thought for a moment and said, "No, I still have to go. Don't worry, I won't go near Master, nor will I disturb Master." As he spoke, he turned and ran off.
Gu Xiao was stunned. Just as he was about to step forward, Piao sat up. "He's so stubborn, it's really annoying," he said, standing up.
Gu Xiao asked, "Are you going?"
"Otherwise? If something happens to that guy, Brother Shen will definitely blame me to death."
"Didn't you say you were going to wait by the stump and protect them?"
Piao glanced at the people, then turned back to Gu Xiao. "They are protected by the light. Also, I've already tied him up, don't be afraid," he said, walking in the direction Lin Yan had gone.
As Piao had expected, Gu Xiao was indeed afraid of Gui Xiao suddenly waking up.
However, after hearing Piao's words, he was no longer so afraid.
Alley.
Mu Anxiao sat in a corner, scaring away many demon souls with various tricks. Now, the demon souls she had captured were also starting to plead with her.
"Please let me go."
"Exactly. If you let me go, I'm willing to be your ox or horse."
"An ox or horse? You already are one," Mu Anxiao said, pointing at the demon soul kneeling before her.
The demon soul's expression stiffened.
"We don't want to go down."
"Right! Please let us go. We dare not try to take your life again."
Mu Anxiao was unsure how much trust could be placed in the demon souls' words, but she knew that it was better not to trust guys like them.
Lest they didn't know how they died.
Mu Anxiao: "..."
"As long as you don't kill us, we are willing to be your ox or horse," the second demon soul repeated.
Mu Anxiao leaned tightly against the wall and yawned. "Can you stop talking? If you keep talking, I'll fall asleep." As she spoke, she glanced at the red-clothed female demon soul standing at the entrance of the alley and frowned.
The red-clothed female demon soul said, "Mu Anxiao, do you remember me?" As she spoke, she walked closer to Mu Anxiao.
At this moment, as the red-clothed female demon soul spoke, she heard the sound of whistling wind.
Listening to the wind, Mu Anxiao was not afraid. On the contrary, she became curious about the female demon soul before her.
Then, she cautiously asked, "Who are you?"
The red-clothed female demon soul replied, "Who I am is up to you to say."
"It's up to me?" Mu Anxiao said, as she stood up, pulling the silver rope. "Demon soul, what exactly do you want?"
The red-clothed female demon soul repeated, "Who I am is up to you to say."
Mu Anxiao retorted, "If I knew who you were, I wouldn't be asking you."
The red-clothed female demon soul: "..." She walked closer.