Mu Anxiao saw Shen Xian ignoring her again and deliberately asked, "Didn't you not want to hear me speak?"
"I just don't want to hear your nonsense," Shen Xian said, picking up his teacup, glancing outside, and asking, "Are you injured?"
It was only after they had returned for so long that Shen Xian finally remembered to ask.
To Mu Anxiao, it sounded like a pretense.
Therefore, she was too lazy to bother with him and continued eating, "....."
Kitchen.
Piao rushed to Feng Qishi's side and said, "I saw it."
Feng Qishi asked while wiping the pot, "What did you see?"
"I saw..." Before he could finish, Piao turned his head to look at the sachet who was staring at him, "Can you leave?"
"Why?"
"We two men are talking, and it's not good for you, a woman, to listen."
"What secrets can two grown men have?"
"Don't women also prevent men from listening when they talk?"
"....." The sachet glared at Piao and turned to leave.
Immediately, Piao ran to the door. After confirming the sachet had gone far, he returned to Feng Qishi and whispered, "I saw... Mu Anxiao saw."
"How do you know?"
Piao raised his index finger, "You said that a little saliva on your finger could pierce a paper window. I tried it, and it really worked. Then I saw," he glanced furtively to both sides, "Mu Anxiao saw."
"You can't do that again in the future."
"I know, I was just trying it."
"What you did is..."
"I was helping you."
Feng Qishi saw that Piao had good intentions, so he stopped using a lecturing tone. "Alright, thank you."
"You're welcome," Piao shook his head slightly and whispered, "Where do you think the rattan spirit went?"
"I think..." Feng Qishi remembered the monsters outside the demonic barrier and said, "It's probably looking for the monsters. After all, their subordinates were all dealt with by us, so they must be very angry now."
"Do you think they will seek revenge?"
"....." Feng Qishi sighed, "I only know that the rattan spirit is in for a rough time."
Piao laughed, "That's a good thing."
Ever since the rattan spirit appeared, Piao had disliked it. Hearing Feng Qishi say this now filled his heart with joy, but due to his identity, he did not show it.
Demon Forest.
The rattan spirit transformed back into a chain and floated to the monster leader leaning against a tree, asking, "Why did you urgently call me out?"
Monster Number One lay on the ground, gazing at the rattan spirit with blurry eyes, and said, "You help her."
Upon hearing this, the rattan spirit quickly flew in front of Monster Number One, "You can't just say things. Who did I help?"
"The Soul Sword was sealed in the underworld. Ten years ago, you banished those demon souls and stole the Soul Sword," Monster Number One sat up with difficulty, "I know about this matter."
Before returning, Monster Number One hadn't thought much of it. But upon returning, he mentioned it to the monster leader, and the monster leader suddenly remembered the matter of the Soul Sword. Thus, he thought of the rattan spirit first.
Then, considering how many times the rattan spirit had tricked them over the years, especially this time, which was even more disastrous.
As he thought, the monster leader also became furious.
However, he couldn't just find fault without reason, so he let Monster Number One converse with him while he remained silent, observing the situation.
"What do you want to say?" the rattan spirit asked bitterly.
Monster Number One said, "You handed the Soul Sword to that person."
"Who?"
"That ma—"
Before he could finish speaking, the monster leader continued, "That woman who looks like Gu An, why was she there? Did you give her the Soul Sword and let her kill us deliberately?"
"Why do you say that?"
"That Soul Sword is yours," the monster leader endured his grief, stepped forward, bent down, and grabbed the rattan spirit's chain. "You said there was only one person, but three appeared, and one of them was a demon. What do you mean?"
"You could all defeat Shen Xian, and yet..."
"Shen Xian," the monster leader threw the rattan spirit to the ground. "Every time we confront Shen Xian, we go in large numbers, but we have never succeeded. Do you know what that means?"
"What?" the rattan spirit floated up.
"It means you are helping him."
"....." The rattan spirit said bitterly, "I didn't."
"You say you are serving us, but in reality, you want to exterminate us. You..."
"I really didn't. That demon was an accident, and that Mu Anxiao... was even more of an accident."
That's right, the rattan spirit originally just wanted to lure Feng Qishi out and then trick him into that location for a decisive battle. Who would have thought that Piao and Mu Anxiao would suddenly appear midway?
He truly hadn't expected any of this!
So, at the moment the monster leader spoke, he truly felt wronged.
"Accident?" Tears streamed from the monster leader's red eyes. "Because of you, how many of my brothers have died? Every time you come, you say it has nothing to do with you. Is every time an accident?"
After failing many times, the rattan spirit did indeed say each time that there was only Shen Xian. But as a result, Shen Xian always brought a group of demons to help.
For this reason, Shen Xian was always able to survive, while they always faced defeat.
In this regard, the monster leader had tolerated the rattan spirit for many years. Previously, he had only heard from other monsters about how many had died, but this time, he had witnessed the entire process firsthand.
That feeling was obviously different from what he had heard.
One could imagine his pain.
The rattan spirit nodded, "Yes, all accidents."
"Say that again." The monster leader roared.
The rattan spirit, frightened, floated much higher. "It was truly an accident. But this time," he recalled his agreement with Shen Xian and said firmly, "it will definitely be one person."
"Don't lie to me anymore."
"I'm not lying to you. It's Mu Anxiao. I lied to Shen Xian, saying that if Mu Anxiao died, Gu An could be revived. Shen Xian agreed when he heard Gu An's name. So, don't worry, this time..." the rattan spirit's voice trembled, "it will definitely be just her."
He was prepared to go back and brainwash Shen Xian!
The monster leader glared at the rattan spirit: "....."
The rattan spirit said firmly, "I'm really not lying to you."
"The Mu Anxiao you mentioned..." the monster leader lowered his eyes and thought, "is that woman who looks like Gu An?"
"Yes."
The monster leader thought again and asked, "What about the Soul Sword?"
"Soul Sword," the rattan spirit repeated, remembering Ah Xia in the mansion, and said, "I couldn't take the Soul Sword, so I gave it to a demon soul. That demon soul made a mistake once, and the Soul Sword fell into their hands. It truly had nothing to do with me."
"Really?"
"Really, absolutely true. If I lie to you, I will suffer demonic lightning."