When Feng Qishi heard Mu Anxiao not respond to him, he furrowed his brow and looked at Lin Yan, "Who do you think your master is?"
Lin Yan replied, "I think... my master might be the owner of this mansion."
Piao straightened his back upon hearing this.
Feng Qishi glanced at Piao, then looked back at Lin Yan, "Then he is right before your eyes."
Lin Yan also glanced at Piao, "He is a demon, and I am an immortal. I am supposed to protect him," he shook his head slightly, "It just doesn't feel right."
Piao frowned, "..."
Chen, "...." She glanced at Piao with concern.
Feng Qishi also looked at Piao, who was clearly being looked down upon by Lin Yan, "Can you not be so direct with your words?"
Lin Yan retorted, "It's not that my words are direct, but rather they are the truth. Me, a deity, protecting a demon, Master," his gaze was firm, "Do you agree with this?"
Feng Qishi, "...." He suddenly felt how arduous his own master's task had been.
Mu Anxiao glanced at Feng Qishi, then at the stubborn Lin Yan, and asked, "You think you are a deity?"
Lin Yan's brows knitted, and he looked at Mu Anxiao, "You, a servant, have no right to speak here."
Mu Anxiao, "..." She endured Lin Yan, took a deep breath, and said, "I may have no right to speak, but this mansion... indeed belongs to that demon. Doesn't that strike you as odd?"
Lin Yan questioned, "Odd about what?"
Mu Anxiao continued, "You've been here for so long, yet you don't know who your master is. Now that you know, and you don't want to serve him, then I ask you," she pursed her lips into a smile, "Do you want to ascend?"
Feng Qishi, "..." He felt Mu Anxiao's harsh words might provoke Lin Yan, so he reached out and lightly slapped her arm.
Mu Anxiao looked down at Feng Qishi, and deliberately took two steps back, "..."
Lin Yan took advantage of Mu Anxiao's words and pondered, "My master is a demon, and I..." He frowned, "I only just found out he was a demon. So why should I protect this place? Why... why should I be here?"
Seeing Lin Yan's state, Feng Qishi thought, "This is bad, this is really bad. He's been driven mad by that idiot Mu."
Conversely, this was precisely the effect Mu Anxiao desired. Some things, if not pushed, would never yield a result.
Seeing Lin Yan on the verge of collapse, she curved her lips, "..." displaying an expression of imminent success.
Piao watched Mu Anxiao's sinister smile with a poker face. He then looked at Lin Yan, who was almost driven to despair by the question, and thought that Mu Anxiao truly possessed the aptitude to be a demon.
Chen, "..." Looking at Mu Anxiao's expression, she couldn't help but think of Wan Sha. She mused that it was no wonder Wan Sha hated her; she was too insidious.
Feng Qishi, "...." He stared at Lin Yan, his expression filled with astonishment.
Immediately, Lin Yan looked at Feng Qishi, "Master, what exactly is going on here?"
"This..."
Mu Anxiao interrupted, "This is your own issue. Haven't you realized you are different from other deities?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Yan shifted his gaze back to Mu Anxiao, but this time it was different. His eyes were filled only with despair, devoid of any arrogance. "I am different?"
"The competition's rules require deities," Mu Anxiao walked behind Lin Yan and placed her hands on his shoulders, "But you, you are a soul body."
"Soul..." Lin Yan lowered his gaze.
Mu Anxiao pressed down firmly on Lin Yan's shoulders, "Think about it yourself, why is this?" As she spoke, she deliberately turned her head to glance towards the bed.
Piao and Chen continued to watch Mu Anxiao, "...."
Feng Qishi continued to stare at Lin Yan, observing the changes in him.
Lin Yan shook his head slightly, "I don't know. Who am I? I... just want to protect this place, I just want to surpass..." Halfway through, his eyes lit up, "I want to surpass Mu Anxiao!"
Mu Anxiao, "..." Her eyes narrowed, and she pressed down on his shoulders.
Immediately, Lin Yan pushed Mu Anxiao's hands away and looked up at her, "Mu Anxiao, you're bullying me."
Mu Anxiao replied, "You know I did." Saying this, she quickly retreated a step.
Lin Yan stood up, "You wicked woman."
At this moment, Mu Anxiao's face was filled with fear, but inwardly she was delighted. Because as long as Lin Yan remembered her, it meant he could recover.
"I'm a wicked woman, what did I do to you? Tell me?" she asked.
Lin Yan stammered, "You... to me..."
Mu Anxiao taunted, "You can't even say it, yet you call me wicked. How ridiculous."
Instantly, Lin Yan fell into a new wave of contemplation.
Back and forth, Lin Yan was repeatedly pushed to think by Mu Anxiao. However, after each period of contemplation, he would unleash a barrage of Lin Yan's shortcomings.
Listening to his words, Mu Anxiao grew increasingly indignant.
But to help him revive, she endured!
The sky began to lighten.
Mu Anxiao stood on the table, looking down at Lin Yan, who was constantly cursing her, "No one in your Lin family is a good person. Your ancestors were not good people to begin with."
Lin Yan retorted, "You're not a good person yourself, you cross-dressing she-devil."
"If you have the guts, say it again."
"If you have the guts, come down here and talk to me."
"I'll come down, but beware, I'll beat you into a scattered soul." Saying this, Mu Anxiao jumped off the table.
"You..." Lin Yan uttered a word, and a flash of inspiration struck him, causing him to exclaim in shock, "I remember!"
Upon hearing Lin Yan's words, Feng Qishi couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.
Chen and Piao looked weary. Seeing Lin Yan's sudden clarity, they exhaled long sighs.
Mu Anxiao, "You remember."
Lin Yan nodded slightly, walked around the table, and looked at himself lying on the bed. He pouted his lips, "That's me."
Seeing this, Feng Qishi smiled, "That's wonderful, you see."
Upon hearing this, Lin Yan looked at Feng Qishi, "Master."
Feng Qishi, "...." His body stiffened, and his expression froze.
Mu Anxiao reacted similarly, "Uh oh, has he lost his memory again?"
Lin Yan glanced at Mu Anxiao, then walked gracefully towards Feng Qishi, "Previously, I forgot myself, but I couldn't forget you."
Feng Qishi asked, "You know you forgot yourself?"
"Mmm," Lin Yan turned to look at Mu Anxiao, "At first, I desperately wanted to protect my body, but for some reason... gradually, my body began to become transparent in my eyes. It was truly painful."
"The more you want..." Mu Anxiao repeated, looking at Lin Yan, and thinking about the incident in the underworld, "Why? The more you try to grasp an opportunity, the more it slips away."
Feng Qishi advised, "Sometimes, being too eager to accomplish something can lead to failure. When doing things, one must calm down and use their mind, rather than acting on impulse."
"We are not acting on impulse," Mu Anxiao and Lin Yan said in unison.