Shen Yan recalled Gu An's instructions before leaving, and seeing Shen Xian's determined figure as he departed, he deliberately called out, "Senior Brother, you must listen to me."
Shen Xian did not stop.
Immediately, Shen Yan chased after him, intending to provoke Shen Xian, and they began to fight.
The Demon Realm.
Gu An remained seated by Yan Bian's bedside, looking at Yan Bian's frail appearance and asking, "By the way, do you know where those monsters usually appear?"
"Why are you asking this?"
"Oh, I'm going to marry Shen Xian soon, but as you know, I don't have a good dowry. I heard that monster cores are quite valuable, so... tell me where they are?"
"Without a dowry, you can't marry him?"
"...." Gu An didn't want to tell Yan Bian her true intentions and replied perfunctorily, "Yes."
"Are you crazy?"
"How am I crazy? This is my happiness."
"Don't you know your current condition? If you go, you'll surely die."
"Do you look down on me that much?"
"I don't look down on you. Those monsters, how can a woman like you, neither demon nor devil nor human, possibly subdue them? If you ask me," Yan Bian thought for a moment and said, "I'll accompany you."
"You're injured, how can you go?"
"I'm fine, I'll just take this now." Yan Bian picked up the Jie Shi Pill.
Gu An remembered Yan Bian's words clearly. As Yan Bian was about to take the Jie Shi Pill, she quickly grabbed Yan Bian's wrist. "Don't eat it."
"I..."
"Don't take that risk. Just tell me where they are."
"But..."
"When I came down, Shen Xian gave me an immortal pill. I took that immortal pill before coming to you, so don't worry, I'll be fine."
"What you're doing is too foolish."
"Shen Xian will protect me."
"You?" Yan Bian looked at Gu An's firm expression and believed her words. "Alright then, they are in the demon forest, and they usually like to act near the lake."
At this time, there was no area for dueling with monsters in the Demon Tower.
Normally, they could only hunt in the demon forest, which is how Yan Bian got injured.
Therefore, she was worried about Gu An.
"I understand."
"When are you going?"
Gu An thought for a moment and said, "I want to go now."
"I think you should go tomorrow morning. They usually act at night. In other words," Yan Bian coughed a few times and continued, "they are more energetic at night and difficult to subdue. In the morning, they are tired, so it will be easier for you..."
Listening to Yan Bian's advice, Gu An nodded. "Okay, I'll listen to you."
"..." Yan Bian smiled, spread out her hand, and conjured a key. "Here."
"Why are you giving me this?"
"You can stay next door."
Although Gu An and Yan Bian were friends, she didn't know her name.
Besides, she knew Yan Bian's identity in this Ghost Tower was just a housekeeper. She figured that if she moved in, it would surely bring her trouble.
So, she refused, "No need."
"Why?"
"I don't have a monster core, I'll go back to the ghost cave."
"You..."
"Take care of your injuries." Gu An reached out and patted Yan Bian's shoulder. "I'm leaving now."
Yan Bian understood Gu An's stubborn nature, so she didn't try to keep her and said, "Goodbye!"
Just like that, Gu An returned to the ghost cave once more.
"I'm back," she said, walking under the blood lanterns and asking, "Where is the sachet?"
The blood lanterns made a whistling sound.
"You mean she's not here?"
Then, the blood lanterns swayed in the wind, and one of them fell, transforming into a little boy. "Yes."
"Why didn't you go find her?" Gu An asked in surprise.
The little boy said, "You didn't succeed."
"You can tell, and you still ask."
"Then do you have a way to restore Shen Xian's sense of taste?"
"Why are you asking so clearly?"
Gu An felt a connection between the little boy and Xu Lan, so she dared not speak!
She feared that if she spoke, this guy would immediately notify Xu Lan, and then things would become complicated. If Xu Lan were implicated, it would be bad.
"I want to."
"You want to, but I won't tell you," Gu An said, squatting down and sitting on the ground.
"It's very cold here at night," the little boy said, looking down.
Gu An replied without looking up, "It's cold, so what? I've been to even colder places."
"Indeed, who are you? You are the master who gave us life, just a bit foolish."
Hearing the little boy's words, Gu An's expression immediately stiffened. "You dare call me foolish." She looked up at the little boy.
Immediately, the little boy sat down beside Gu An of his own accord and said, "Xu Lan always calls you foolish, so it's okay for me to say it."
Gu An reached out and patted the little boy's head. "Then you still can't say it."
"Why?"
"No reason."
In the past, if Xu Lan ever called Gu An foolish, Gu An would chase after him and beat him without mercy.
But after hearing what the little boy said, Gu An couldn't help but feel that Xu Lan was gradually becoming a stranger in her eyes.
"Do you feel like you owe him?"
That's right, the little boy had the memory of Xu Lan being scolded away by Gu An.
Gu An: "...."
"Alright, if you don't want to say it, then don't," the little boy nodded slightly and looked up at the lanterns. "When will they turn into human form?"
"...." Gu An glanced at the worrying little boy and said, "Shouldn't you turn back now?"
"I won't."
"Won't?" Gu An repeated, frowning. "Then what do you want to do?"
"I just want to sit quietly by your side, Master."
"You know I'm your master, yet you dare to call me foolish."
"..." The little boy chuckled foolishly.
Gu An's lips curled up slightly, and she sighed, thinking, what would happen tomorrow?
The Heavenly Realm.
Shen Xian and Shen Yan were fighting fiercely.
Xu Lan, enduring the pain all over his body, looked up at the two fighting in the air. Hearing Shen Yan repeatedly say that Gu An should be driven away, his heart sank. He muttered, "Gu An, went down?"
Saying this, he turned and left, moving to a large expanse of immortal clouds. He squatted down, bit his finger, and as the blood seeped from the wound, he asked with his mind, "Lanterns, where is Gu An?"
The Ghost Cave.
The little boy suddenly sensed Xu Lan's question and abruptly opened his eyes. He glanced at Gu An, who had fallen asleep beside him, and said with his mind, "She is by my side."
"By your side?" Xu Lan closed his eyes, frowning tightly, and continued, "Do you know why she went back?"
The little boy lowered his head and said with his mind, "I don't know."