"What did you say?" Mu Anxiao asked.
Feng Qishi smiled and said, "I said, I know that my current disciple is fake."
"You know?" Mu Anxiao asked incredulously, glancing behind her, then back at Feng Qishi. "You know, and you're still acting like this? Are you crazy?"
"You're speaking rather rudely."
"How is my speaking rude? You clearly know that guy is an imposter, and you're still siding with him. May I ask," Mu Anxiao tugged at her arm, which Feng Qishi was still holding, "if you're not crazy, what are you?"
"...." Feng Qishi understood Mu Anxiao's feelings, so he didn't argue. He took a deep breath and said, "Mu Shazi, that guy is attached to Lin Yan's body. If I don't pretend like this, do you think he'll willingly leave Lin Yan's body?"
"...." Mu Anxiao frowned, lowering her eyes to consider Feng Qishi's words. No longer agitated, she said, "What you're saying does make some sense."
"It does, doesn't it?" Feng Qishi tilted his chin up.
"Yes, but why did you hide it from me?"
"I didn't just hide it from you, I hid it from everyone else too."
"Then your skill in hiding things is truly deeper than mine."
"What do you mean?"
"What else can I mean? I'm praising you." Mu Anxiao said, lowering her gaze to her arm.
Following Mu Anxiao's gaze, Feng Qishi glanced at her arm and consciously let go. "I'm telling you, if you hadn't spoken like that, I would have continued my disguise and told you after it was done."
"Then I wouldn't have believed you then."
"Why?"
"Because I have confidence in my own abilities. When it's done, I'll think I accomplished it, and it will have absolutely nothing to do with you," Mu Anxiao smiled.
From the beginning, Feng Qishi had worried about this outcome, which was why he chose to tell her.
As expected, he and she had thought of the same thing.
Therefore, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing Feng Qishi's obvious relief, Mu Anxiao didn't waste any more words and asked, "Shen Fengzi, where is the imposter?"
Feng Qishi: "The ruined temple."
"Will he stay put in the ruined temple?"
"Yes, he's very obedient to me now. However, it's thanks to you that Lin Yan and I had an exchange."
"No need to thank me," Mu Anxiao said, looking down at the tip of her index finger glowing blue. "That dagger really did go to find Lin Yan."
"What did you say?" Feng Qishi exclaimed.
Mu Anxiao glanced at Feng Qishi and said, "Didn't you hear what the wolf demon just said?" As she spoke, she raised her index finger before her eyes.
Immediately, Feng Qishi, prompted by Mu Anxiao's words, widened his eyes. "That dagger went to find my disciple."
"Yes."
Upon hearing this, Feng Qishi became anxious. "Then I'm going." With that, he turned around.
Seeing this, Mu Anxiao quickly stepped forward and grabbed Feng Qishi, who was about to leave, saying, "Don't go. I already have a way." Feng Qishi froze, turned to look at Mu Anxiao's confident demeanor, and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Look." Mu Anxiao raised her index finger, glowing blue, in front of Feng Qishi.
Then, Feng Qishi followed her gaze to Mu Anxiao's index finger and asked, "What happened to your hand?"
Mu Anxiao, while loosening her grip on Feng Qishi's arm, said, "My blood wasn't shed in vain." With that, she abruptly turned around and pointed her finger at a certain tree.
"What are you doing?" Feng Qishi asked in surprise.
Mu Anxiao's lips curved into a smile. She gently drew a circle in the air with her finger towards the tree. The tree then began to gradually become transparent. The next second, bathed in blue light, the dagger appeared.
At this moment, the dagger, like a normal person, stopped in the middle of the street. Then, it glared fiercely at several passersby and turned into an alley.
Feng Qishi watched the dagger on the screen and said, "She's going to find Lin Yan."
"Right." Mu Anxiao nodded, casting a spell to zoom in on the dagger, and said, "Look." She pointed to the dagger's back.
Following Mu Anxiao's words, Feng Qishi directly focused on the dagger's back and asked, "What am I looking at?"
"What's on her back?"
"There's..." Feng Qishi took a step forward, leaned in to look closely at the dagger's back, and his eyes widened. "There's a red dot there."
"I see it." Mu Anxiao turned her face to look at Feng Qishi, who seemed surprised.
Feng Qishi nodded, turned to meet Mu Anxiao's eyes, and asked, "What did you do to her?"
"I'm not telling you."
"Why?" Feng Qishi frowned.
Mu Anxiao: "You wouldn't tell me your business if I didn't push you, so why should I tell you mine?"
"Didn't I tell you everything?"
"If I hadn't pressured you, you probably wouldn't have confessed, would you?"
"I..."
"Just watch. As for what's inside," Mu Anxiao interrupted, forcing a smile, "I'll tell you when I'm in a better mood."
"We're partners."
"After this is over, we'll resume our partnership." Mu Anxiao said, raising an eyebrow at Feng Qishi, then turning back to the dagger on the screen.
Knowing that he couldn't out-argue Mu Anxiao, Feng Qishi stopped pressing and slowly turned his gaze back to the dagger.
Alley.
The dagger didn't know it was being monitored by Mu Anxiao. At this moment, it was stealthily observing everything around it, then walked to another alley entrance at the far end. It glanced at Lin Yan, who was squatting in the corner, and chuckled.
Hearing the sound, Lin Yan's body stiffened. He suddenly turned to look at the dagger, his eyes widening. "You're back."
Dagger: "Yes. My master asked me to come back and check on you."
Lin Yan stood up, feeling a chill.
Seeing Lin Yan remain silent, the dagger smiled. "Why aren't you talking to me?"
Lin Yan: "Where is the wolf demon?" He peered behind the dagger.
At the same time, the wolf demon stopped in the middle of the street, sniffed the air, muttered, "Not good," and stepped into the alley.
The yin soldier followed closely.
Over there.
The moment Lin Yan asked the question, the dagger smiled. "My master told me to kill you. Of course, my master is the wolf demon."
"You're lying to me."
"I'm not lying to you, but," the dagger looked up at the sky, which was almost completely dark, and said, "Given how well you and my master get along, I can give you two choices."
"What choices?" Lin Yan knew the wolf demon wouldn't do this, so he tried to stall for time.
The dagger smiled. "One, call me master. Two, your soul will scatter."
"I won't..."
"An imposter has taken over your body. Don't you really want your body back?"