The next moment, she slowly closed her eyes and began to chant the spell that Hei Feng had taught her countless years ago.
At the same time, Er Ting stopped at the top of the stairs, looking at Mu Anxiao's spellcasting with surprise, and shouted, "What are you doing?"
Mu Anxiao: "..." She continued to cast the spell, unaffected.
Er's eyes widened, and just as he was about to step forward, Xu Lan quickly stood up, darted to Er's front with two swift movements, and then forcefully pressed an arm against his neck, "Don't move!"
Er's eyes widened.
Over there.
The woman in green gradually regained consciousness under Mu Anxiao's rescue.
"What happened to me?" she asked, opening her eyes.
Mu Anxiao withdrew her hand, opened her eyes, and looked at the woman in green, letting out a sigh of relief, "You were overfed." As she spoke, she glanced towards Er.
At the same time, Xu Lan removed the arm that was pressing against Er's neck and instead grabbed his arm.
Mu Anxiao walked forward and looked at Er's fearful expression, "Why did you want to kill them?"
"I..." Er's eyes began to dart around.
"I'm asking you a question, can't you hear me, or do you refuse to answer?"
"I can't," Er lowered his head.
"What about those big men?"
Er meekly said, "You already know, why are you still asking."
Mu Anxiao frowned, "They're dead."
"..."
"Those who didn't finish eating the green vegetation all died, right?"
"..." Er turned his face away.
Immediately, Mu Anxiao conjured the silver rope, "Alright, since you don't want to talk, you can go to the burial as well."
Er's eyes widened, "You..."
Mu Anxiao interrupted, "If I remember correctly, demons who die in the Demon Realm will lose the chance to reincarnate, and the consequence is eternal annihilation. I suppose you're not useful for burial either."
"No."
"No? Then tell me, who ordered you to do this, and why is it that you and she are fine?" Mu Anxiao glanced sideways at Xu Lan, who was standing by the table.
"Those who finished eating are all fine, but those who didn't finish usually get counteracted by those green leaves until they die."
At this moment, Mu Anxiao firmly believed that Er must have been instructed by someone.
And that person who instructed him must be... a demon soul.
"And then?" she asked.
"And then... there's no then."
"I asked you two questions, and you gave me a perfunctory answer to one, trying to fool me." Mu Anxiao tightened the silver rope in her hand.
Er: "..." He swallowed, "I can't answer you."
"You want to die."
"You can't kill me."
Mu Anxiao snorted, "You're too confident."
"It's not me who's confident, you definitely won't kill me."
Mu Anxiao: "..." A smile curved her lips, and she immediately pressed the silver rope to Er's neck.
Er smiled, "You won't kill me."
"You're wrong." Mu Anxiao narrowed her eyes, conjured the soul sword with one hand, "See what this is."
Hearing this, Er looked down and his eyes widened, "This is... the Soul Sword that has killed countless demons."
"You have some discernment," Mu Anxiao said with a smile, slowly raising the Soul Sword, "Do you want to try the feeling of the Soul Sword scraping against you?" she raised an eyebrow.
Er: "....." His body began to tremble.
"No need?"
"No need," Er shook his head.
Xu Lan looked at the Soul Sword in Mu Anxiao's hand with astonishment, then looked at the wicked smile on Mu Anxiao's face.
Following that, his eyes became dazed.
Feng Qishi: "..."
Xu Lan asked excitedly, "That's an item from the Demon Realm, why does she have it?"
"That was originally an item from the Divine Realm, but its owner used it to kill countless demon lords, and it gradually became contaminated with demonic aura, eventually turning into the Soul Sword of the Demon Realm, so," Feng Qishi glanced at Xu Lan, "Don't get excited."
"Why haven't I heard of this matter?"
Much of the information at that time was suppressed.
Naturally, these underworld messengers knew nothing.
Thus, Feng Qishi said, "Aren't you listening to me now?"
"Oh, that's true," Xu Lan nodded.
Feng Qishi looked at Xu Lan, whose face was etched with foolishness, smiled, and then looked at the woman in green, who had stood up and was staring at the back of Mu Anxiao's head, "You're alright now."
Hearing this, the woman in green slowly turned around, then raised her tear-streaked face and asked, "Are my sisters really dead?"
Feng Qishi: "..." He shook his head slightly.
Seeing this, the woman in green hurried to Feng Qishi and asked, "What do you mean by that?"
"I..." Feng Qishi glanced at Xu Lan.
Xu Lan could not stand to see women cry, so the moment Feng Qishi looked at her, she averted her gaze.
Feng Qishi: "..." He frowned slightly.
The woman in green did not take her gaze off Feng Qishi's face, but instead began to cry uncontrollably.
Listening to the woman in green's heart-wrenching cries, Feng Qishi's scalp tingled.
"Girl, you..."
The woman in green cried and interrupted, "I just want to know if they are really dead or not?"
Feng Qishi sighed, "They are probably dead."
Feng Qishi did not dare to jump to conclusions about the fate of those women, so he gave a perfunctory answer.
Unexpectedly, before Feng Qishi could finish speaking, his words only stimulated the woman in green's tear ducts further.
Thus, she began to cry even louder.
Gradually, her cries were the only sound left in the entire hall.
Er blocked out the crying and looked at Mu Anxiao, chuckling dryly, "Please don't kill me."
Mu Anxiao raised her chin, "Scared?"
"Yes, scared," Er nodded.
Mu Anxiao snorted lightly, turned to look at the woman in green who was crying profusely in front of Feng Qishi, sighed, and turned back to Er, "I ask you, are her sisters still alive?"
Following that, Er leaned forward to look at the still black mass of green vegetables on the table, "Not completely dead yet."
"Not completely dead," Mu Anxiao repeated, then her expression instantly turned impatient, "Can you be clearer?"
"It means... not dead," Er shook his head slightly.
"What about the big men?"
"Dead."
For some reason?
After hearing Er's answer, Mu Anxiao's heart sank, and then she remembered being tricked into eating the green vegetation by him. She suddenly felt... that it was terrifying to think about.
Thinking about it, she was truly grateful for her great appetite. If not for her large appetite, she would have likely died long ago!
So, she took a deep breath and asked, "Hey, will their lives truly end only after those vegetables completely disappear?"
"Yes," Er nodded.
Immediately, Xu Lan asked, "Why did you do this?"
Er: "...."
Mu Anxiao glanced at Er's unwilling expression and snorted, "Why else? It must be for the inner core."
Er: "..." As if his thoughts were seen through, his gaze began to shift incessantly.