Originally, it was just a feeling when the wind stirred.
Now, hearing the waiter's words, he immediately confirmed his guess. It was correct!
Seeing the waiter weeping profusely, Xu Lan glanced at the window and said, "You are a demon, not some mongrel. Can you stop crying?"
"Don't comfort me, I am just..."
"Shut up." Mu Anxiao truly couldn't stand watching a man cry.
Hearing her, the waiter immediately closed his mouth and stood up obediently.
Mu Anxiao asked, "Where is that demon soul now?"
"I don't know."
"You don't know," Mu Anxiao said, turning to glance at the faint green light appearing outside the window. She turned back and said, "I advise you to tell the truth."
The waiter's mouth turned down.
Seeing this, Mu Anxiao immediately raised her Soul Sword and pointed it at the waiter's throat. "If you lie to me again, I will truly plunge this sword in."
Immediately, the waiter swallowed, his eyes cautiously glancing at the dazzling blue light of the Soul Sword. He said, "He's elusive every day. I really don't know, he..."
Mid-sentence, Mu Anxiao's eyes lit up. She quickly lowered the Soul Sword, stepped forward, pulled the waiter aside, and slashed at the green light slowly emerging from the black wall.
The waiter's body stiffened. He turned and shouted, "It's him."
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao glanced at the waiter, then tightly gripped her Soul Sword, and turned to face the green light that was gradually healing. A smile played on her lips. "As expected of a demon soul, it can't be killed with one strike."
The green light asked, "Why are you meddling in other people's business?"
Hearing the feminine voice of the green light, Mu Anxiao said coldly, "It's a woman."
"You saw through it."
Mu Anxiao stared intently at the green light, as if afraid she would escape, and asked, "Do you know who I am?"
The green light replied, "Who you are is none of my concern. I only know that you will never catch me." Saying this, she suddenly rushed towards Mu Anxiao.
Meeting the green light's speed, Mu Anxiao quickly raised her Soul Sword and slashed at her. "Don't think you can escape." With that, Mu Anxiao slashed at the green light countless times.
The waiter stood to the side, watching the green light emit continuous screams. His whole body trembled as he said, "I'm finished, I'm finished."
Feng Qishi stepped forward and asked, "You have a partnership with her. Don't you want her to live?"
Hearing this, the waiter's eyes darkened. He took a step back, turned to Feng Qishi, and said, "If she dies, my inn won't be safe either." Tears welled up in his eyes. "I'll be eaten by monsters."
Feng Qishi: "..." He reached out and patted the waiter's shoulder.
The waiter forgot the distance between them and unhesitatingly grabbed Feng Qishi's arm, wiping his tears.
Feng Qishi looked down at the effeminate side of the waiter and swallowed. He said, "I advise you not to wipe your sleeves dirty. If you do, I won't be polite to you." With that, he pushed the waiter's head away.
The waiter cried loudly.
Meanwhile.
Mu Anxiao stopped, panting, and looked at the green light, which had dispersed under her attacks, and shouted, "Shut up!"
Hearing this, the waiter stopped crying and looked blankly towards Mu Anxiao.
Xu Lan and Xu Lan both glanced at the waiter, and just as they were about to step forward to assist Mu Anxiao, Mu Anxiao urgently shouted, "You two, don't come over."
Hearing this, they immediately stopped.
At this moment, Mu Anxiao was enveloped by the demonic aura released by the green light.
"You feel it."
"This is not your true form," Mu Anxiao said, glaring at everything before her.
The green light threw its head back and laughed heartily. "Haha, you are indeed capable. How many Yin Messengers either died or were severely punished for failing their missions. For you to find me is also your skill."
Before coming, Xu Lan and Xu Lan had also heard that the demon soul was difficult to capture.
However, Xu Lan hadn't believed it before.
But after such a long journey, he realized that things were not as simple as he had imagined.
At this moment, Xu Lan couldn't help but admire Mu Anxiao.
Xu Lan said, "Master, if we fail to complete this mission this time, we will be separated."
"I know."
"You know?"
"Yes, I know," Xu Lan glanced at Xu Lan. "That's why I needed to find them for help."
Before this, Xu Lan had been a Yin Messenger who cared a lot about his reputation.
He had never listened to Xu Lan's opinions, always acting stubbornly on his own.
This mission had made him realize that his abilities were not as great as he thought!
"Master!"
"After this mission, don't call me Master anymore. Just call me by my name. From now on," Xu Lan said sincerely, "I will listen to your opinions."
"Master, you will always be my Master."
"You are my partner," Xu Lan said seriously.
Feng Qishi looked speechlessly at the two who were inexplicably getting emotional. He said, "Can't we say touching words after things are over? It hasn't even begun yet." He pointed at Mu Anxiao's back.
Then, Xu Lan and Xu Lan exchanged glances and simultaneously looked towards Mu Anxiao.
The waiter looked nervous, still holding Feng Qishi's arm.
At this point, Feng Qishi was at a loss with the waiter.
Mu Anxiao stared at the green light for a few seconds and laughed, "Are you stupid?"
The green light: "..."
"You're a demon soul, how can you have a true form? Really... I say whatever you say. Can't you not brag about such things? Aren't you ashamed?"
The green light: "I have a true form."
"You have a true form, it just doesn't exist anymore," Mu Anxiao said, extending her other hand and conjuring a silver rope.
The green light glanced at the silver rope in Mu Anxiao's hand and said, "You can't capture me."
"Reason." Mu Anxiao tightened her grip on the Soul Sword.
The green light: "You are a Yin Messenger who catches demon souls, and I am human. If you..."
"You are a human-demon."
The green light: "..."
"From the day you cultivated demonhood and harmed people, you were no longer a normal person. Now," Mu Anxiao retracted her Soul Sword and raised the hand holding the silver rope. "Go back with me obediently." Her eyes suddenly became firm.
"If you capture me, you'll be stealing my job."
"Stealing my job? I don't understand what you mean, human-demon."
"You?"
"Do you think I'm afraid of this impure demonic aura of yours?"
"You?"
"Why don't you check what I did in my previous life? This little bit of demonic aura has no offensive power against my soul, you little thing." Saying this, Mu Anxiao whipped the silver rope towards the green light.
At this moment, Mu Anxiao was proud of her past life as Gu An for the first and only time.
Following this, the room was filled with screams.
A few minutes later.
The demonic aura dispersed, and the green light escaped.
Mu Anxiao stood in place, muttering, "Damn it." Then she turned to Feng Qishi and the others and said, "We failed." She spread her hands.
Feng Qishi said, "Are you alright?"