Mu Anxiao found Feng Qishi's sudden seriousness a little hard to accept.
She drew a breath and said, "Corny. Let's go." With that, she retracted her Soul Sword and turned away.
Feng Qishi frowned, "You call this corny? Then what do you call couples?"
Mu Anxiao: "..." She tilted her head, considering the little girl's words, and mumbled, "Who is she?"
Feng Qishi asked, "What did you say?"
"Nothing," Mu Anxiao replied, glancing left and right, "Hey, which way do we go?"
Feng Qishi: "..."
Hearing Feng Qishi's silence, Mu Anxiao clicked her tongue. She turned to face Feng Qishi, who was quietly watching her, and said, "I'm talking to you. 'As we came, so shall we go.'"
"As..." She uttered the word, sighed helplessly, then looked around again. "I followed the little chef, and the little chef was taken back by Xu Lan. You say, 'as we came, so shall we go.' Are you playing with me?"
Feng Qishi: "..." He blinked, "That's true."
"Can you not be so calm? If we get lost here, we're finished."
"You're afraid of dying?"
"Of course."
"I thought you were quite wild just now. I wouldn't have guessed you'd be afraid of death."
"You're the wild one," Mu Anxiao said, patting her stomach. "I used too much spiritual energy just now, I'm hungry."
Feng Qishi: "You're hungry." He spread his hand and conjured wild fruits, offering them to Mu Anxiao. "Eat."
Mu Anxiao sighed. Given their current situation with nothing else available, she felt it would be awkward to refuse.
She reached out, took the wild fruit, and said while eating, "This matter is settled."
"Indeed. Let's go," Feng Qishi said, extending his arm.
Mu Anxiao looked down at his arm and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Grab my arm. What else?"
"Why should I grab you?" Mu Anxiao said, freeing one hand and pointing in a random direction. "You lead the way, I'll follow."
"The demonic mist in this forest is thick. If you don't hold onto me, you'll lose sight of me. Think about it yourself."
Hearing Feng Qishi's words, Mu Anxiao considered her exhausted body. She compromised reluctantly and took Feng Qishi's arm. "Let's go."
Feng Qishi smiled. "Which way?"
"You sounded so professional, don't you know which way to go?" Mu Anxiao was still eating.
Feng Qishi said, "If I knew, I wouldn't be asking you."
"You..." Mu Anxiao drew another breath and said, "What's the point of having you then?"
Feng Qishi: "..."
Mu Anxiao glared at Feng Qishi, popped the last few wild fruits into her mouth, and closed her eyes.
Feng Qishi trusted Mu Anxiao to find their way out and remained silent.
A moment later, Mu Anxiao yawned, opened her eyes, and asked, "Have you figured it out yet?"
Feng Qishi was taken aback. "Aren't you looking?"
"I'm resting my eyes."
Feng Qishi: "..." The corner of his mouth twitched.
Several hours later.
Mu Anxiao tightly clutched Feng Qishi's arm, her eyes fixed blankly on a village in the distance. Smelling the faint traces of demonic energy, she said, "There's no demonic essence."
Feng Qishi glanced at Mu Anxiao. "We went the wrong way."
Mu Anxiao said, "You were quite accurate on the way here."
"That wasn't this path."
Mu Anxiao yawned several times, then looked up at the darkening sky. "Let's go in and take a look. It's just a matter of expending some inner cores."
"Let's go."
Mu Anxiao looked weary. "Let's go!"
The Inn.
Xu Lan and Xu Lan sat at a table, the waiter standing beside them, looking down. "Demon soul? It really escaped."
Xu Lan sighed.
Xu Lan said, "Why haven't Mu Anxiao and the others returned yet?"
"It's already dark outside." The little chef stood by the door, looking up at the fully darkened sky.
The waiter said, "What's going on?"
Just then, the little girl in red arrived. "They're lost."
Upon hearing this, Xu Lan shot to his feet and turned to the little girl, asking, "Why are you here?"
Because of the incident in the forest, the little chef, upon seeing the little girl, quickly turned and hid behind the waiter.
Xu Lan glanced at the little chef. "..." She also stood up.
The little girl walked up to Xu Lan, looking up at him. "Brother, I helped you, and you let that demon soul go. How embarrassing for you, being an Yin Envoy."
"You..."
"You can't talk about my master like that," Xu Lan said agitatedly.
Xu Lan frowned and glanced at Xu Lan. "Don't speak."
Xu Lan: "..." She pursed her lips.
The little chef stood behind the waiter and whispered, "Boss, this child is terrifying."
The waiter looked at the little chef, then at the little girl. "Do you want to eat?"
The little chef's eyes widened.
The little girl nodded slightly.
Immediately, the waiter turned to the little chef. "Go make the child a bowl of noodles."
"Boss..."
"Go."
Hearing the waiter's command, the little chef had nothing more to say. She glanced at the little girl, then turned and walked away.
Subsequently, the little girl said, "Thank you."
"You're welcome," the waiter said, pointing to a chair. "Come and sit."
The little girl smiled and looked up at Xu Lan again. "Don't worry, Mu Anxiao will help you catch that demon soul."
"Didn't you say she was lost?"
"If she wasn't lost, how could she help you catch the demon soul?" the little girl said, walking around Xu Lan and sitting at the table.
Xu Lan's eyes darkened, and he looked at the little girl sitting opposite him. "Where did they go? Tell me."
"Even if I tell you, you can't go."
"What do you mean?" Xu Lan sat down.
The little girl casually took the chopsticks handed to her by the waiter and said, "Because only two people can go there. Mu Anxiao and Feng Qishi are two people. Do you think," she glanced at Xu Lan, "you can go?"
Xu Lan: "..." She knitted her brows.
Xu Lan said, "You knew the demon soul would escape long ago."
"That guy is quite cunning."
"Who are you?"
The little girl smiled. "I'm just a little sister."
"You..."
"I don't like to talk when I eat," the little girl interrupted.
Xu Lan: "..."
Xu Lan, looking at the little girl's arrogant expression, clenched her fists.
The Village.
Mu Anxiao was still holding Feng Qishi's arm, and then she remembered the little girl's words again.
"Something's wrong." She stopped.
Feng Qishi stopped with her and turned, asking, "What's wrong?"
Mu Anxiao swallowed, scanned her surroundings, and said, "There's only one demonic forest here, and it leads directly to the underworld. We didn't take the wrong path, and the way back to the inn is also correct."
Feng Qishi was startled. "What?"
Mu Anxiao looked up at Feng Qishi and asked, "Do you remember that gust of wind just now?"
At that moment, Feng Qishi had been leading Mu Anxiao almost out of the forest. They had even seen buildings.