Chapter 1077 It Has Come to This (1)

"Hmm, some things, I won't ask you about anymore, because I understand them all. Your name," Mu Anxiao smiled, "I'll remember it here for Gu An." She tapped her chest.

Piao listened to Mu Anxiao's words, then glanced at Shen Xian, saying, "It's over."

Upon hearing this, Feng Qishi looked at Piao in surprise, "When did you get back?"

Piao glanced at Mu Anxiao, "Someone told me to stand further away, so as I retreated, I just came back."

"Someone, is it her?" Feng Qishi pointed at Mu Anxiao.

Mu Anxiao said, "If you know, why ask?" She then shot Feng Qishi a glare.

"Yes," Piao nodded.

Mu Anxiao looked at Piao's tattletale expression and couldn't be bothered to say anything more to him. She then turned to Xiang Nang, "Is this matter resolved?"

Xiang Nang: "..."

Yan Bian frowned and looked at Xiang Nang, asking, "What do you mean?"

Mu Anxiao saw Xiang Nang's unwilling expression and thought that Xiang Nang found it inconvenient.

So, she turned to Shen Xian and asked, "When do you plan to leave here?"

"Me?"

Ever since entering the demon realm, Shen Xian had never considered leaving. Although he had just said he would return to accept punishment, after entering this place, he suddenly realized that he was now a demon. If he wanted to return, it would be incredibly difficult.

Thinking about this problem, he didn't know what to do.

Mu Anxiao looked at Shen Xian's hesitant demeanor and asked, "You're not getting attached to this place, are you?"

Feng Qishi saw Shen Xian's conflicted expression, then glanced at Xiang Nang, and said, "Master will accept you."

"But I'm already a demon."

"So what if you're a demon?" Feng Qishi took out a Return Token from his懷 and handed it to Shen Xian, "Go back, Senior Brother."

Although Gu An wanted Shen Xian to have freedom, and even wanted the demon realm to be more free, based on his interactions with Shen Xian during this period, he hadn't seen Shen Xian happy.

Recalling past events, he realized that Shen Xian was happier when he was in the human realm.

Shen Xian took the token and hesitated, "If I take this, how will you get back?"

Then, Feng Qishi deliberately shifted his gaze to Mu Anxiao's face.

Mu Anxiao glanced at Feng Qishi and asked, "Why are you looking at me?"

"She has two tokens."

Hearing this, Mu Anxiao's nerves tensed, and she turned to Feng Qishi, asking, "How did you know?"

Shen Xian was surprised, "You really have two?"

Mu Anxiao scratched her head, "I'm quite forgetful, so my master... gave me two, just in case."

"Who is your master?"

However, Mu Anxiao thought Shen Xian knew, and his question made her gain confidence, "My master is a very powerful old man."

Feng Qishi: "..."

Shen Xian: "..."

Mu Anxiao got lost in her own world and pouted, "No, in other people's eyes, he's a very powerful old man, but in my eyes, he's not powerful at all. He's just a... stinky old man."

Hearing this, Shen Xian looked at Feng Qishi and asked, "What is she saying?"

Feng Qishi said, "Her master is Zhang Yan."

"Zhang Yan?" Shen Xian remembered Zhang Yan. At that time, besides his own master, Zhang Yan was the immortal he respected the most.

Then, he couldn't help but laugh as he imagined Zhang Yan being infuriated by Mu Anxiao.

Hearing the sound, Mu Anxiao stopped her evaluation of Zhang Yan and looked at Shen Xian, asking, "What are you laughing at?"

"I was once curious about what Zhang Yan's disciple would be like. Today, I've truly opened my eyes."

"..." Mu Anxiao frowned, "What do you mean by that?"

"It means nothing," Shen Xian shook his head and looked at Yan Bian and Xiang Nang, "Then we shall part ways."

"You're really leaving?" Xiang Nang asked.

Yan Bian said, "Before you leave, please take this." She then conjured a pill emitting a blue glow.

Seeing this, Shen Xian frowned, "What is this?"

"I was thinking about whether to give it to you or not, but," Yan Bian glanced at Mu Anxiao, "since you're leaving, it's useless for me to keep it, so I'll give it to you."

"What is this?" Mu Anxiao asked excitedly.

Yan Bian said, "I was severely poisoned before, and only after taking a monster's core did I recover. So I thought..." Her eyes dimmed, "Gu An once told me that her greatest wish was to cure Shen Xian's sense of taste. So I used ten cores to make this. It's said to be effective."

"..." Shen Xian's eyes dimmed.

Mu Anxiao looked at Shen Xian with concern, thinking about why Gu An sacrificed her life for it, and asked, "When did you know?"

"After Gu An... left," Yan Bian lowered her head.

Mu Anxiao said, "If you had known earlier, perhaps she wouldn't have died." She then glanced at Shen Xian.

Hearing this, Yan Bian suddenly looked up and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Mu Anxiao recalled Gu An's thoughts at the time.

Then she thought, since the matter had reached its conclusion, it was fine.

So, she said, "She did that solely to obtain those ten cores to cure his..." She glanced at Shen Xian, "sense of taste."

"What?"

"..." Mu Anxiao pursed her lips, "Anyway, that's the situation."

Yan Bian listened to Mu Anxiao's words and couldn't help but recall Gu An's hesitant silence at the time, her nose stinging, and she choked out, "Why didn't I realize it back then? If I had realized, she wouldn't have died."

Mu Anxiao looked at Yan Bian's self-reproaching side and said, "You were injured at the time. Even if you had gone, she wouldn't have let you."

"Did you really remember everything?" Yan Bian was surprised.

Mu Anxiao didn't want to admit it, but considering how far things had come, it would be too fake not to.

So, she nodded slightly, "Yes, I remember everything. In short, this was Gu An's choice. Regardless of her outcome, please respect her choice, don't blame yourself. I believe she wouldn't want to see you like this."

This was Mu Anxiao's thought. Mu Anxiao believed that if Gu An were alive, she would surely have the same thought, because in a sense, she was Gu An.

It was just that she didn't want to admit it in front of them.

Yan Bian listened to Mu Anxiao's words, finding them reasonable, and nodded.

Shen Xian understood that from the moment Mu Anxiao entered Gu An's body and learned about his past with Gu An, she was Gu An. It was just that after re-experiencing those events, he realized that those were ultimately just memories.

Now, he only wanted the Gu An of this life to live freely.

Piao looked at Shen Xian silently staring at Mu Anxiao, then at Mu Anxiao smiling at Yan Bian, and his heart sank.

Soon, Gu Xiao and the others arrived.

Chen said, "Um... can we go now?"