Xiang Nang glanced at Shen Xian and said, "Yes!"
"He knows about the past, and yet he acts like this?"
"Mm." Xiang Nang nodded.
Mu Anxiao: "...." She was speechless.
Mu Anxiao had initially thought this was a simple matter, but after Xiang Nang's explanation, she instantly felt... it had become troublesome.
Xiang Nang said, "Alright, sit down."
Heeding Xiang Nang's words, Mu Anxiao and the other two sat down.
After Feng Qishi sat down, he glanced at Mu Anxiao and said, "In a moment, no matter what you see, remember, it's not me."
"Why are you saying this?" Mu Anxiao curled up into a ball.
Feng Qishi: "....."
Shen Xian glanced at Mu Anxiao, then tilted his head to look at the rows of blood-red lanterns swaying uniformly in the wind, and closed his eyes slightly.
Immediately, Xiang Nang said, "You two, close your eyes." As she spoke, she sat down opposite Mu Anxiao.
Hearing this, Feng Qishi and Mu Anxiao obediently closed their eyes.
A gust of wind arrived, and circles of red light beams began to surround their bodies.
Then, the moment Mu Anxiao opened her eyes, she found herself lying in a forest.
Beside her stood a man dressed in blue, a familiar sight, though she couldn't recall why.
"Who are you?"
These words were not spoken by her, but by the body she inhabited.
Hearing that voice, Mu Anxiao realized she had entered Gu An's body and was now merely an observer.
"My name is Shen Yan."
"Shen Yan?" Gu An repeated, sitting up.
Shen Yan crouched down beside Gu An and asked, "Are you alright?"
Listening to Shen Yan's indifferent question, Mu Anxiao became curious about what had just transpired between them.
Gu An shook her head, "I'm fine." She then stood up, lowered her head to look at the soul sword lying on the ground, and asked, "Is this yours?"
"It's mine." Shen Yan nodded, reached out to pick up the soul sword, straightened up, and handed it to Gu An, "However, I'm giving it to you."
"Why are you giving it to me?"
"Because you are a demon."
However, the moment Shen Yan said this, Mu Anxiao was also startled because she had always believed that none of them knew Gu An was a demon, only to find out Shen Yan knew all along.
Swallowing, just as she was about to mutter to herself, a red light struck her forehead.
The next second, she fainted within Gu An's body.
As the red light fell, Xiang Nang stood beside Mu Anxiao and said, "Mu Anxiao, are you kidding me? I asked you to close your eyes so your subconscious could experience and remember this memory, but look at you," she crouched down and poked Mu Anxiao's face twice, "you became an observer, unlike everyone else." Saying this, she hit Mu Anxiao's arm again and left.
As Xiang Nang had said, Feng Qishi and Shen Xian's subconscious minds had begun to imprint the memories.
When they woke up, all of this would become their dream, a dream that could be remembered forever.
Gu An, influenced by Mu Anxiao, also felt dizzy, "...."
Shen Yan, seeing that Gu An was not well, asked, "What's wrong?" He reached out and held Gu An's arm.
Gu An shook her head, "Nothing, just felt a bit dizzy."
Then, Shen Yan removed his hand and offered the soul sword to Gu An again, "This is for you."
"Why don't you want it?"
"It?"
Shen Yan didn't know how to explain, because this soul sword had killed countless demonic beings.
A while ago, because Shen Yan did not handle the sword's malevolent energy in time, it had turned into a demonic sword. Because of this sword, many demonic energies had appeared in the Heavenly Realm.
For Shen Yan's sake, the old master had instructed him to descend to the mortal realm and cast this soul sword into the demon realm. However, the sword had been with him for a hundred years, and he couldn't bear to part with it. So, he thought of leaving it on the ground, and whoever picked it up would prove their fate with it.
As Shen Yan had predicted, Gu An found it.
However, perhaps because Gu An's cultivation was too shallow, she fainted as soon as she touched the soul sword.
She had been unconscious until now and had just woken up!
"Why did you stop talking?"
"If I told you, you might get angry."
"You say it."
"I am telling you."
"Mm."
"This sword is called the Soul Sword. It was originally a divine sword, but it became tainted with the lives of demonic beings and turned into a demonic sword. I..."
"You killed those demonic beings?"
"....." Shen Yan's eyes darkened.
"....." Gu An started to laugh.
Shen Yan asked coldly, "What are you laughing at?"
"When did you kill those demonic beings?"
"A while ago, why?"
"Why did you do that?"
"I..." Shen Yan's gaze did not waver, remaining indifferent, "One, they went to the mortal realm, and two, they bullied people."
"What did they look like?"
"How would I know?"
"You don't know, and yet you helped?"
"They are demons who kill people. If others don't intervene, I will. I..."
Shen Yan was halfway through his sentence when Gu An took off her straw hat from behind and put it on, saying, "Do I look familiar to you?"
Shen Yan: "...." He knitted his brows slightly.
Gu An tilted her head back and smiled, "I am the mortal you saved."
That day was a dark night. Shen Yan hadn't noticed whether the person being bullied was male or female. He only remembered that the person was wearing a straw hat. However, after he dealt with the demonic beings, that person had disappeared.
At the time, he had been puzzled. It was so late, how did that person enter that forest? And their speed of escape was astonishing!
Now that Gu An mentioned it, he finally understood.
Then, he suddenly leaned down to meet Gu An's eyes and asked, "Why don't you have any demonic aura?"
"I can conceal it," Gu An said, snapping her fingers. "Smell it, do you still sense it now?" She raised her arm.
Shen Yan smelled again, straightened up, and said, "Truly a demoness."
"I am a demon, why didn't you kill me, yet you gave me this," Gu An pointed at the Soul Sword, "Aren't you abetting evil? If your master finds out, he'll definitely break your legs."
"I discarded it, you picked it up, I didn't know," Shen Yan said coldly, gripping the Soul Sword, and speaking from his heart, "Be good, only in this way can you live."
After hearing Shen Yan's instruction, the Soul Sword ceased to glow.
Gu An, deeply recalling the painful sensation of being electrocuted earlier, shivered and said, "I don't want this thing."
"It has accepted you. Just now," Shen Yan's gaze was firm, "it was just greeting you."
"Greeting? I don't believe it," Gu An put her hands behind her back.
Shen Yan said, "If you take it and still feel that way, I will stay and help you tame it until it obeys you, and then I will leave. What do you say?"
At that time, Gu An had rarely met men, nor had any man ever given her a gift. Shen Yan's current demeanor evoked a stir of affection in her.
However, she did not reveal her feelings for him and continued to say nervously, "You promised, if you leave, I'll throw it away, and dispose of it without a trace."
"I won't lie to you," Shen Yan said earnestly.