Suixuan, Feng Qishi walked behind Mu Anxiao and draped his outer robe over her. "...."
Mu Anxiao tugged at the robe, turned her head to Feng Qishi, and asked, "Why are you so kind?"
"A burly man with soft, fair skin, anyone would be suspicious," Feng Qishi stated directly.
If he hadn't mentioned it, Mu Anxiao would have forgotten she was Ergou. Reminded by him, she quickly said, "Thank you," then asked, "How bad is my back?"
Feng Qishi: "....." He tapped Mu Anxiao's shoulder. "The bleeding has stopped, your clothes are torn, it's that simple."
"That casual?" Mu Anxiao's mouth twitched as her Soul Sword vanished.
"Then how do you want me to treat you?"
"On..." She uttered a word, then suddenly remembered the environmental issues here, as well as Feng Qishi's gender. Shaking her head, she said, "Never mind, pretend I didn't say anything." With that, she tied the sash of her robe, turned around, took a few steps forward, and bent down to pick up the inner core.
Feng Qishi looked at Mu Anxiao, thinking of her desperate appearance just now, and sighed.
"Alright."
A female voice sounded, and the black-dressed woman reappeared before them.
"Here." Mu Anxiao took the inner core from her coin pouch and handed it to the black-dressed woman.
The black-dressed woman smiled and accepted the inner core, saying, "I didn't expect you to actually manage it."
Mu Anxiao asked, "You mean you thought we would die?"
"You're injured."
"A minor injury."
"I can't tell that it's a minor injury," the black-dressed woman said, glancing at Feng Qishi and Piao. "You two, throw your inner cores over."
Immediately, Feng Qishi and Piao tossed the three inner cores they held towards the black-dressed woman.
The black-dressed woman caught the inner cores with her outstretched hand and said, "Alright, turn around."
Mu Anxiao asked suspiciously, "What are you... what are you doing?"
"The injuries you sustained with us, we naturally have to heal."
"You're not taking inner cores anymore?"
"No."
"....." Mu Anxiao turned her back.
Then, the black-dressed woman withdrew the inner cores and suddenly struck Mu Anxiao's back with her palm.
"....." Mu Anxiao only felt waves of pain surging through her, her expression twisting with it.
Seeing this, Feng Qishi was startled and was about to step forward when Piao stopped him. "Don't go over."
Feng Qishi asked, "Why?"
"She's healing Mu Anxiao. If you go over and disrupt her rhythm, what if Mu Anxiao suffers a qi deviation?"
"Shouldn't the woman suffer a qi deviation? Why Mu Jianzi?"
"....." Piao, corrected by Feng Qishi, said awkwardly, "I misspoke."
"....." Feng Qishi took half a step back.
Over there.
Mu Anxiao was covered in cold sweat, enduring the burning pain in her back, and asked, "Is it done yet?"
"You're a woman!"
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao's eyes widened. Just as she was about to move, the black-dressed woman added, "If you move, the wound will tear more severely."
"....." Mu Anxiao endured.
While healing Mu Anxiao, the black-dressed woman said, "You could defeat those monsters, which shows you're more capable than those men. So, rest assured, I won't say anything."
Mu Anxiao nodded slightly. "....."
The black-dressed woman continued to heal Mu Anxiao.
The residence.
Shen Xian returned to his room in high spirits. He glanced around and said, "Mu Anxiao, I'm telling you, Feng Qishi doesn't have the monster's inner core and is currently fighting with monsters. He might..." As he spoke, he hadn't noticed Mu Anxiao's absence yet and stopped at the table to pour himself a glass of water. "...not come back." xxs壹贰
"....."
"Mu Anxiao!" Shen Xian picked up the teacup and took a sip of water, asking, "Why aren't you talking?"
"She's not here."
Hearing this, Shen Xian was stunned. Holding the teacup, he turned and looked at the vine spirit entering the room, asking, "What do you mean by that?"
The vine spirit walked forward gracefully, reached out to take the teacup from Shen Xian's hand, and said, "Can't you see for yourself?" With that, he took a sip of water.
Shen Xian frowned, thinking about tomorrow's matters. He thought that if Mu Anxiao disappeared, then Gu An would also inevitably disappear.
As various thoughts flooded his mind, he quickly turned and ran out of the room, shouting, "Everyone come out."
In an instant, Xiang Nang and the others gathered in the courtyard.
"Where is Mu Anxiao?" Shen Xian asked Gu Xiao.
Gu Xiao said, "I don't know."
"You don't know," Shen Xian said, clenching his fists in anger. "Weren't you guarding the gate?"
"Feng Qishi went out, and I've been cleaning," Gu Xiao said aggrievedly.
A Xia had long anticipated Shen Xian's reaction. After Mu Anxiao left the residence, she had already prepared herself for... evasion.
"....." She lowered her head.
Unexpectedly, this movement of hers was exactly what the vine spirit saw. "Why are you lowering your head?"
Hearing the vine spirit's question, A Xia became nervous.
She thought that if she spoke, Shen Xian would surely vent his anger on her. But if she didn't speak... they definitely wouldn't let it go.
At this moment, she hesitated.
"....."
"Speak," the vine spirit said sternly.
A Xia trembled with fright and slowly looked up at the vine spirit, saying, "I was sleepy."
"You're a soul spirit, and you get sleepy?"
"I sleep at night too."
"You..." The vine spirit thought for a moment. A Xia and Gu Xiao indeed had the habit of sleeping at night. He was momentarily speechless and said, "When we left, you were guarding the gate. Didn't you see Mu Anxiao?"
"....." A Xia thought for a moment and shook her head. "No."
"Really?"
"Why would I lie to you?" A Xia tried her best to remain calm.
Suixuan, the vine spirit shifted his gaze to Xiang Nang, "You..."
"She stayed in her room the whole time. I didn't see her come out."
"....." The vine spirit was speechless for a moment, then turned to Shen Xian and said, "She might have run off."
"...." Shen Xian clenched his fists in anger and said, "If she doesn't come back, you will all die."
Upon hearing this, their eyes widened one by one.
Chen said, "We truly don't know she went out. This..."
"You shut up," Shen Xian roared angrily.
Chen: "....."
Shen Xian glared at Chen and turned to walk towards his room.
The vine spirit followed him.
Gu Xiao glanced at them and whispered, "Should we search?"
Xiang Nang gave Gu Xiao a look, and Gu Xiao shut his mouth.
A quarter of an hour later.
Mu Anxiao, still dressed as a man and with a beard, walked into the residence. She glanced at Gu Xiao and the others standing in the courtyard, looking dejected, and asked, "What are you all doing here, looking so gloomy?"
Hearing this, Xiang Nang quickly turned and ran to Mu Anxiao, saying, "Shen Xian discovered you went out and said if we can't find you, he'll kill us."
"And you too," Gu Xiao added.
Xiang Nang turned and glared at Gu Xiao. "You talk too much."