“You came all this way just to tell me this?” Tian Jiang whispered, looking at Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao nodded. “Yes, I came to tell you this. If possible, could you…” Her words trailed off as she suddenly remembered the identities of the young man and his junior disciple, worrying about Tian Jiang’s safety. She hesitated before continuing, “Could you take me as your disciple?”
Tian Jiang frowned, leaning in to meet Mu Anxiao’s eyes. “I’ll be leaving this place after this month. If you want to be my disciple, you…”
“I know what I’m saying is sudden, but this is why I came back to find you. Only I know about your past identity,” Mu Anxiao said with firm determination.
“My identity?”
“You are someone who captures demons, so you must understand things others don’t. Therefore, by following you, I can learn things too,” Mu Anxiao stated righteously.
Tian Jiang couldn’t help but smile. “Mu Anxiao, you really are full of wild ideas.”
“I know I’m full of wild ideas, but I’ve already decided to be your disciple. If you don’t agree, I’ll follow you until you do,” Mu Anxiao insisted.
Tian Jiang took a deep breath and said, “Don’t worry, I won’t agree.” With that, she lowered her head to look at the accounts.
Seeing Tian Jiang intentionally avoiding her, Mu Anxiao said, “You’re leaving soon, what’s the point of looking at this?”
“It’s none of your business,” Tian Jiang replied coldly.
“I have nowhere to go, and I can only turn to you now,” Mu Anxiao said with a wronged expression.
Tian Jiang looked up at Mu Anxiao. “I’ve had similar experiences, so don’t think of me as your sanctuary. I won’t take you in, unless…”
“Unless?” Mu Anxiao repeated.
Tian Jiang’s face was cold, and she deliberately paused before saying, “You give me money.”
“Money,” Mu Anxiao said, a smile spreading across her face. “As long as I give you money, will you take me as your disciple?”
“Yes,” Tian Jiang nodded, then let out a cold laugh. “But, do you have it?”
“Yes,” Mu Anxiao nodded.
Tian Jiang was stunned.
Then, Mu Anxiao smiled at Tian Jiang and casually took out a money pouch from her embrace. With a loud thud, she placed the pouch on the counter. “With this silver, it should last me several years with you, right?”
Tian Jiang glanced at Mu Anxiao, reached out, and opened the money pouch. She exclaimed, “Where did you get all this money?”
“I earned it from past missions. I don’t have a habit of stealing,” Mu Anxiao said casually.
“Your missions are truly impressive,” Tian Jiang said, picking up the money pouch and handing it back to Mu Anxiao. “I don’t want it. Take it back.”
Mu Anxiao looked down at the money pouch in Tian Jiang’s hand, her expression turning a little embarrassed. “Oh, you’re too kind. I know I’m very capable of completing missions, but you asking me to be your disciple for free doesn’t feel right.”
“You already have so much silver, you don’t need a master anymore,” Tian Jiang refused again, placing the money pouch back on the table with a clang.
Mu Anxiao swallowed hard and said, “What’s wrong with me following you? At least you won’t be lonely in the future.”
“Don’t follow me, or I’ll make you pay,” Tian Jiang pointed at Mu Anxiao, walked around the counter, and disappeared into the small door leading to the backyard.
Mu Anxiao picked up the money pouch, watching the figure of Tian Jiang disappear from her sight before sighing.
“Why do you insist on being her disciple?”
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao turned to the young man looking at her from a close distance and said, “It’s none of your business.”
“No, I’m just curious. She’s a demon. If you follow her, you might as well come back with us to the Cultivation Sect and recognize our master as your master. That way, your chances of becoming an immortal will be higher. If you follow her, you’ll definitely become a demon,” the young man said earnestly.
Seeing the unusual expression on Mu Anxiao’s face, the young man’s junior disciple tugged on his arm. “Senior brother, you should say less.”
“I’ll tell you a secret,” Mu Anxiao said with a cold face.
The young man smiled. “What secret? Tell me.”
“Lean your ear closer,” Mu Anxiao prompted.
The young man smiled, pushed his junior disciple aside with his other hand, and slowly leaned his ear toward Mu Anxiao.
The young man’s junior disciple quickly noticed Mu Anxiao’s slowly rising right hand and, considering the young man’s attitude towards him, turned his back.
At the same time, Mu Anxiao grabbed the young man’s ear. “The secret is, if I follow the proprietress, you guys won’t dare to approach.”
“Ouch,” the young man clutched Mu Anxiao’s hand in pain. “What do you mean by that?”
Mu Anxiao increased her grip. “I can see through your little schemes. Listen, no reporting back, or I’ll deal with you.”
“You… as long as you don’t occupy the Cultivation Sect, I don’t care about you,” the young man pain’s revealed the truth.
Mu Anxiao blinked in surprise and loosened her grip, asking, “What did you say?”
The young man rubbed his ear and said, “I didn’t say anything.”
The young man’s junior disciple slanted his eyes and was about to step away when Mu Anxiao called out, “You stop right there.”
Hearing this, the young man’s junior disciple slowly turned back to look at Mu Anxiao and gave a foolish chuckle.
“Repeat what he said,” Mu Anxiao pointed at the young man.
The young man’s junior disciple glanced at the young man and said, “Senior brother has always been worried that you would occupy the Cultivation Sect.”
After hearing his junior disciple’s words, Mu Anxiao looked at the young man again and sneered. “You really think a lot, but speaking of which, your purpose for coming seems to be related to the Cultivation Sect. Since that’s the case, I’ll go and burn down the Cultivation Sect tonight.”
“If you dare to do that, we’ll go back immediately and tell our master that the proprietress here is a demon,” the young man shouted.
Instantly, the people in the hall shifted their gazes.
Mu Anxiao was startled and looked at the people who had gathered their attention, swallowing hard.
Then, an elderly man asked, “Young man, are you telling the truth?”
The young man glared at Mu Anxiao and turned to the old man, about to speak. Mu Anxiao whispered, “If you dare to say it, I’ll do what I say and make sure you can’t report back to your superiors.”
As Mu Anxiao finished speaking, the young man smiled at the old man. “Just kidding, how could that be?”
“Then what were you shouting about just now?” the young man asked, pointing at the young man.
The young man, unable to stand others being stern with him, put on a cold face. “Can you guarantee that you won’t say nonsense when you’re angry, young man!”
The moment the young man said this, the young man was left speechless.
Mu Anxiao glared at the young man and casually put the money pouch back into her embrace.