"You hide well." As the wind began to stir, Feng Qishi directly conjured a long sword with an outstretched hand, then began to turn back and forth in place, searching for the other fellow.
Mu Anxiao watched Feng Qishi's slow movements, feeling increasingly nervous. She then pressed her hands tightly against the cold, non-stinging bark of the tree and asked, "Shen Fengzi, has he already left?"
Feng Qishi: "....."
Mu Anxiao's lips twisted. "Since you're ignoring me."
Gu Xiao: "I'll go take a look."
Mu Anxiao nodded. "Go!"
Following this, Gu Xiao shifted his steps to Feng Qishi's side and said, "I'll search with you."
"You..."
"I can sense demonic energy."
"Alright then."
Seeing Feng Qishi agree, Gu Xiao felt a sense of mission.
The next second, he closed his eyes and began to sense the demonic energy around him.
Mu Anxiao looked at Gu Xiao's retreating back, then at Feng Qishi who was solely focused on finding the man in blue, ignoring her. She sighed, "Alright, you guys search slowly, I'll rest for a bit." Saying this, she moved her hands away from the tree bark and sat directly on the ground.
A gust of wind passed, and Mu Anxiao let out a yawn. Gu Xiao leaped a few steps away, and Feng Qishi hurriedly swung his sword.
Mu Anxiao sat cross-legged in place, propping her chin with one hand as she watched Feng Qishi's long sword making swishing sounds. She muttered, "So Shen Fengzi still has a magical artifact." She yawned again.
"Who are you?"
"I..." Uttering a single word, Mu Anxiao frowned and slowly turned her head to see the man in blue standing beside her. "...."
"I'm asking you."
Mu Anxiao tilted her eyes and said, "I'm... a tree spirit." She pointed to the large tree in front of her.
The man in blue narrowed his eyes, glanced at the tree, and said, "Who are you trying to fool!"
Mu Anxiao chuckled dryly. "Aren't you looking for him?"
"I am looking for him, but I see you are quite leisurely."
"Pretty much," Mu Anxiao pointed towards Feng Qishi. "Aren't you looking for him?"
Over there, Feng Qishi stopped swinging his sword and turned with Gu Xiao to look this way.
Feng Qishi: "Don't talk to him."
Upon hearing this, the man in blue rolled his eyes, crouched down, reached out to support Mu Anxiao's shoulder, and turned to look at Feng Qishi. "Shen Yan, you still love to interrupt so much."
Listening to the man in blue's rambling, Mu Anxiao was certain... they definitely knew each other!
Unexpectedly, Feng Qishi said, "Who are you?"
"Your senior brother, and you don't even remember me. It seems," the man in blue said, leaning on Mu Anxiao's shoulder and standing up, "you've truly become a cripple."
Cripple? Feng Qishi had absolutely no impression of the demonic figure before him. Moreover, if he remembered correctly, their master had only taken him and his junior brother, no one else? xxs
Now, he was confused. "Who are you?"
"It seems Master erased your memories of me."
"....."
The corners of the man in blue's lips curved. "Shen Yan in your past life, Feng Qishi in this life. Master, he is truly biased. Towards me," he sneered, "he was so ruthless."
"What exactly do you want?"
"I once swore to take the woman you love as my own. Now, Chen is in my hands. You," the man in blue pointed at Feng Qishi, "you came looking for her, didn't you!"
Take as his own.
At this moment, Mu Anxiao saw clearly. This demonic figure before her must have once been a celestial being.
Just as Zhang Yan had said, if she made a mistake, he would erase all memories of Feng Qishi and those who had helped her.
This, she thought, was the greatest punishment for a punished immortal.
Because... it was often the feeling of being forgotten by others that was the most painful.
She thought that the man before her must have received such a punishment!
Feng Qishi hadn't heard his words clearly. After a moment of hesitation, he asked, "Where did you take her?"
The man in blue said, "Never mind. Come with me."
Mu Anxiao was certain the man in blue had not perceived her true gender.
Thinking this, she inexplicably began to laugh.
Hearing this, the man in blue turned his head to look at Mu Anxiao and asked, "What are you laughing at?"
"...." Mu Anxiao felt a bit awkward and looked up at the man in blue. "Nothing much."
"What is your relationship with him?"
"I.."
Uttering a word, Feng Qishi stepped forward. "She has nothing to do with me." He retracted his long sword.
Feng Qishi said this to prevent the man in blue from discovering Mu Anxiao's female identity.
Mu Anxiao blinked her eyes. "Yes, nothing."
"What are you doing here?"
"I.."
"Stand up and talk."
"Oh." Mu Anxiao nodded and stood up directly. "I want to go to the underworld."
"Go to the underworld?"
"Yes."
"The underworld," the man in blue said, then conjured a dagger with an outstretched hand. "Then, I will grant your wish."
Seeing this, Mu Anxiao was startled. "What are you doing?"
"If you die, you can go to the underworld. I'll help you."
Mu Anxiao gave a wry smile. "No need." She took two steps back.
Feng Qishi still had no impression of the man in blue, but seeing his attitude towards Mu Anxiao, Feng Qishi felt indignant.
"She is just..."
"Junior brother, she's your person, isn't she!" the man in blue interrupted.
Mu Anxiao: "....."
Gu Xiao watched everything unfold and felt fortunate that he was in an invisible state.
Feng Qishi narrowed his eyes. "She's not."
"Not yet. Don't think I didn't see you carrying her earlier. If I'm not mistaken," the man in blue glanced at Mu Anxiao, "she's the follower Master gave you."
It proved that the man in blue had indeed not seen through Mu Anxiao's female identity.
At this, Feng Qishi breathed a sigh of relief. "You saw through it. This guy is just stupid, always needing my help."
"I see." The man in blue glanced at Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao's eyes darted away, and she chuckled foolishly.
Feng Qishi: "Stop laughing and come here."
"Okay." Mu Anxiao agreed, then turned to look at the man in blue. "Um, please move aside."
However, the man in blue showed no intention of moving aside. Instead, he pointed towards Gu Xiao and asked, "Junior brother, who is this?"
The moment he asked this, Gu Xiao appeared.
Subsequently, Gu Xiao was startled and quickly hid behind Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi turned his face slightly. "This, I shouldn't need to tell you, right!"
"He is a demon soul."
"Yes." Feng Qishi nodded.
Gu Xiao grabbed Feng Qishi's arm, his entire body beginning to tremble.
The man in blue snorted coldly. "It seems you have quite a few secrets." He glanced at Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao took a step back. "...." Then, just as she was about to walk towards Feng Qishi, the man in blue suddenly reached out and grabbed her arm.
Her body stiffened. "What are you doing?"
"From now on, you are my follower."
"Huh?"
"Go back and take good care of Chen. Otherwise," the man in blue leaned down to meet Mu Anxiao's eyes, "I'll take your life."