Back in the room...
Shen Xian closed the door tightly, turned, and walked directly to the desk. He spread his hands, conjuring a picture album. "These monsters are getting more and more cunning," he muttered, flipping through the album and picking up a brush to draw a cross over the face of a monster on a certain page.
At this moment, Mu Anxiao's curiosity about Shen Xian's deeply hidden secrets grew.
"If I help him find the monster that killed Gu An, perhaps I can help him find his conscience," Mu Anxiao thought, raising her hand to support her chin.
Meanwhile, Feng Qishi walked past Mu Anxiao, holding a broom.
Immediately, Mu Anxiao frowned and turned sideways to look at Feng Qishi, who was deliberately ignoring her, asking, "Why aren't you talking to me?"
Hearing this, Feng Qishi stopped and turned to look at Mu Anxiao, retorting, "Are you talking to me?"
"It's just us two here. If I'm not talking to you, who else would I be talking to?"
Hearing Mu Anxiao's words, Feng Qishi cast a slightly concerned glance around, then stepped up and walked in front of Mu Anxiao, saying, "You were the one who told me not to talk to you, and now you're talking to me. Aren't you afraid Shen Xian will be jealous?"
"Stop talking nonsense."
"I'm not talking nonsense. That's just how it is. My current identity," Feng Qishi hugged the broom and chuckled, "is Shen Xian's love rival, your..."
"Say that again, and I'll find Chen."
"......" Feng Qishi's mouth twisted, and his expression turned serious again. "Is there something?"
"Yes, I'm asking you. What happened between you and Shen Xian?"
"What?"
"Tsk, I mean, did you two have some pleasant encounter?"
"What pleasant encounter?"
"How would I know what pleasant encounter you had? I'm just asking you, did something pleasant happen?"
"The way you say that, don't you think it's confusing?"
"Just answer me, did anything pleasant happen or not?"
"No."
"No?"
"What about it?"
"Nothing. You carry on." Mu Anxiao pointed at the broom in Feng Qishi's arms. "Shen Xian says you sweep the floor cleanly."
"Is he complimenting me?"
Mu Anxiao shrugged. "I suppose so!"
"I don't like it."
However, the moment Feng Qishi uttered the words "I don't like it," Mu Anxiao suddenly understood. When Feng Qishi was unhappy, it meant that in Shen Xian's eyes, it was a pleasant experience.
Thus, the facts proved that they had indeed had a pleasant encounter.
Thinking this, she smiled at Feng Qishi. "You saw Shen Xian just now, didn't you?"
"I did."
"What happened between you two?"
"He saw me eat the breakfast you prepared for him," Feng Qishi said, unable to resist recalling the taste and shivering. "Mu the fool, you're quite wicked." He pointed at Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao smiled. "It's all gone."
"You know my master doesn't let us waste food, so you deliberately..."
"Stop right there. I gave it to you, and you accepted it. You could have refused at the time."
"......" Feng Qishi glared at Mu Anxiao and took two steps to leave. Mu Anxiao quickly reached out and grabbed his arm. "I haven't finished talking. Why are you leaving?"
Feng Qishi looked down at Mu Anxiao's hand and said, "There's nothing worth talking about with you."
"I've discovered a secret," Mu Anxiao said softly.
Hearing this, Feng Qishi tilted his head and asked, "What secret could you possibly discover?"
"Turn around, and I'll tell you." Mu Anxiao released her hand.
Then, Feng Qishi very cooperatively turned back. "Go ahead."
"Do you know why Shen Xian is hunting monsters?"
"I do."
"You know?" Mu Anxiao frowned.
"Mm-hmm."
"Tell me what you know."
"Why should I tell you?"
Mu Anxiao chuckled softly. "Then you don't know."
"When he goes out to hunt monsters at night, to those who don't understand, it's to earn a living. But it's not. His purpose in hunting monsters is..." Feng Qishi looked around, then leaned in to meet Mu Anxiao's eyes. "...to find the truth about your past life's death."
Mu Anxiao thought Feng Qishi knew nothing, so hearing him say this, she became furious. "You know everything, so why didn't you tell me?"
"Did I say anything wrong?"
"Yes, you did. Where did you find that out?"
"Last night, I heard Shen Xian going out with his subordinates. I guessed that a devil like him, who lacked nothing, would actually forgo a good night's sleep to do something so suicidal. So," Feng Qishi hugged his broom, "I... thought and thought, and I figured it out."
"....." Mu Anxiao narrowed her eyes.
Feng Qishi smiled. "What? Are you surprised by my guessing ability?"
Mu Anxiao sneered. "If what you say is true, then people who have everything don't need to work? What kind of thinking is that?"
"Why are you getting angry?"
"....." Mu Anxiao glared at Feng Qishi.
In the demon realm, those monsters represented the realm's currency and also their hierarchy.
As long as they killed a thousand monsters, they would leave to undertake more difficult tasks.
Mu Anxiao didn't know this, but Feng Qishi understood it very well. Seeing Mu Anxiao's unfriendly gaze, Feng Qishi sighed helplessly. "Do you understand the demon realm?"
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao rubbed her stiffened eyes. "I don't understand."
"You don't understand," Feng Qishi sneered. "Let me tell you, the rule in the demon realm is that capable demons don't need to hunt monsters. It's the incapable ones who do that. You tell me, is Shen Xian capable or incapable?"
"Capable."
"Then you should understand what I mean now."
"What you said is not correct."
"People strive for higher goals, and water flows to lower places. Everyone knows to pursue challenging things. Do demons not know this?"
"...."
"You don't understand?"
Mu Anxiao shook her head.
Feng Qishi sighed. "Alright, your brain is truly something else." He paused, then continued, "Let me put it this way: those monsters are killed by demons who have just cultivated into demons. Shen Xian, at his level, no longer needs to hunt monsters. He can go out into the world and fight more powerful evil beings. But he still goes there every day. Don't you find that strange?"
"I understand!"
Now... Mu Anxiao truly understood.
It was like her cultivation of spiritual energy. When she first cultivated to the first level, she could only touch spirit souls and yin messengers, and could only fight relatively weaker evil spirits.
The higher her spiritual energy, the bolder she became. Evil spirits that she once considered powerful, she now dismissed with a glance.
Over time, she only wanted to find more powerful evil spirits to fight.
But Shen Xian was already so powerful, yet he still went to deal with monsters that were insignificant to him.
Mu Anxiao could understand this point, because of Gu An.
However, what puzzled her now was why he would get injured?
"He's so powerful, so why would he get injured?" she asked, looking up at Feng Qishi.