The next moment, Feng Qishi followed Shen Xian and the others out of the residence. He glanced at the large gate, which had been repaired by the vine spirit using sorcery, and chuckled, "Xu Lan, not bad." He patted the gate twice. "It's quite sturdy."
The vine spirit replied, "So-so."
"I found that wok this morning, it wasn't great. Come back and help me fix it."
The vine spirit: "....."
Feng Qishi had anticipated that the vine spirit wouldn't reply, so he chuckled and turned to Shen Xian, who was standing nearby. "Where is the Demon Tower?"
Shen Xian whispered, "Hush, junior brother, we can't let Mu An Xiao know."
A Xia stood to the side, glanced at Shen Xian's profile, and lowered her head.
With a swirl, Shen Xian turned to A Xia. "Don't tell Mu An Xiao."
"Got it," A Xia replied.
Then, Feng Qishi asked, "Is it far?"
"We can walk there," Shen Xian said. He walked down the steps, leading the way alongside the vine spirit.
Piao and Feng Qishi exchanged a glance before following.
Behind the large gate.
Mu An Xiao clearly heard Shen Xian's words. She lowered her head to look at her attire, then tugged at the thick beard around her chin. A smile played on her lips, and she turned, crossing the threshold and walking in front of A Xia.
A Xia: "....."
Mu An Xiao looked at A Xia's stunned expression, then glanced at her own clothes. She smiled, "You didn't recognize me?"
Mu An Xiao's voice was naturally booming. Usually, she only needed to deepen her voice to sound particularly masculine.
When she was in the human realm, Mu An Xiao typically used this voice only with people she didn't know.
Naturally, she thought A Xia must not have heard it before.
"...." she smiled.
A Xia replied, "I recognized you."
Mu An Xiao: "...." Her face darkened.
A Xia continued, "I observed you in that ruined temple for so long, after all. It's just, I was thinking about your beard..." She reached out and tugged at the beard that Feng Qishi had meticulously designed for Mu An Xiao with his sorcery. "Well, your beard is quite sturdy."
"You figured it out. Keep quiet."
"You don't want to talk. What are you going to do?"
"What else can I do?" Mu An Xiao pointed in the direction Shen Xian and the others were heading. "Follow them and see."
"Do you know they..." Halfway through her sentence, A Xia suddenly remembered Shen Xian's reminder. She paused, then asked hesitantly, "Where are they going?"
"That's precisely why I'm following," Mu An Xiao replied.
Mu An Xiao had only overheard it just now. She didn't actually know the specific location.
"I think you'd better not go," A Xia said, grabbing Mu An Xiao's arm.
Mu An Xiao looked confused. "Why?"
"Piao and the others are all..."
"Piao is going too?" Mu An Xiao interrupted.
Because she had been hiding discreetly earlier, she hadn't seen Piao. So, upon hearing A Xia's words so suddenly, she couldn't help but be surprised.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, just a bit surprised," Mu An Xiao said, relaxing.
A Xia continued, "So, I think you should still not go."
"Give me a reasonable explanation?" Mu An Xiao tilted her chin up.
"What if those monsters show up? We won't be able to handle them."
"I feel like you're more capable than I am."
"....."
Seeing A Xia speechless, Mu An Xiao glanced towards the gate again. "Don't worry, they won't come."
Based on what happened last night, she guessed that the monsters' arrival was definitely linked to the vine spirit. Since the vine spirit had gone out, she figured they wouldn't come either.
"What if..."
"There are no 'what ifs'. I'm leaving. You go inside and close the gate."
"You... you really have to follow them?"
"Yes. Don't worry, if Shen Xian finds me, I'll say I scaled the wall. You don't know anything."
Seeing Mu An Xiao's determined expression, A Xia couldn't say anything more. "Alright then."
"I'm off," Mu An Xiao patted A Xia's shoulder, then pointed at the undamaged large gate, asking a question she already knew the answer to, "Who repaired this?"
"Xu Lan."
"Oh, he has that ability?" Mu An Xiao's lips curved into a smile, and she turned to leave.
A Xia sighed, raised her hand to touch her sore shoulder, thought of the demon leader's face, shivered, and then turned to walk back into the residence.
The marketplaces in the Demon Realm were no match for those in the human realm. They were not lively at all.
On both sides of the street, besides demons engaged in peculiar businesses, there were basically no other demons.
In short, it was quiet enough, but more importantly, it was eerie.
Mu An Xiao walked along, calculating Feng Qishi's immortal energy with her fingers. She muttered, "It's just ahead." Saying this, she quickened her pace.
In no time, as she passed through an alley, a warm breeze blew, and everything in front of her became bright. Those demon heads had all transformed into human form, and the entire street looked exactly like the human realm.
Mu An Xiao stopped at the mouth of the alley, observing the bustling street before her. Then, she glanced back at the gloomy alley, which stood in stark contrast. She thought, This truly is the Demon Realm; it's quite demonic.
Next, she scanned her surroundings, then fixed her gaze on a luxurious pavilion.
The pavilion was surrounded by men dressed in various elegant clothes. Seeing this, Mu An Xiao couldn't help but wonder if this place was a brothel in the Demon Realm.
As she pondered, she looked closer and saw Feng Qishi and Piao.
"What are they doing here?" she murmured, quickly running over.
Over there.
Because Feng Qishi possessed immortal energy, all the demons focused their gazes on him.
Feng Qishi, however, didn't care.
But Piao did care about the way those guys were looking at Feng Qishi. "What are you looking at?"
However, those guys completely ignored Piao and started pointing at Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi sighed. "Piao, ignore them."
"They're calling you an immortal..."
"I am one, after all."
"I think," Piao glanced at Shen Xian and the vine spirit, who were standing not far away, deliberately keeping their distance from them, "they're doing it on purpose."
Feng Qishi replied, "Who cares about them?"
At the same time, Mu An Xiao arrived beside Feng Qishi and said, "Tsk tsk, you guys came here half-heartedly."
Upon hearing this, Piao turned to look at Mu An Xiao, who was wearing a beard, and his eyes widened. "How did you get here?"
Mu An Xiao replied, "I wanted to come."
Feng Qishi looked down at Mu An Xiao's casual expression and then reached out to pull her hat down further over her head. "Can you even wear a hat?"
Mu An Xiao's eyes were narrowed to slits by the brim of the hat. "You don't know how to wear it." As she spoke, she raised a finger and tapped Feng Qishi's arm.
Feng Qishi asked, "What are you doing?"
Mu An Xiao pulled the brim of her hat up slightly and whispered, "Just adding some demonic aura to you, to deliberately mask your immortal energy. That way, those guys won't dare to look at you."