“I have my own ideas,” Mu Anxiao interrupted.
The woman smiled faintly, “Then… thank you.”
Mu Anxiao replied, “You’re welcome.”
Following this, the woman was taken away by the approaching Yin messengers.
The matter concluded just like that. After the woman left, Mu Anxiao realized… there was no one else at the village entrance, only the two of them.
“Where is everyone?” she asked.
Hei Feng chuckled, “Just after you committed suicide and fell, the wolf demon arrived and released them all. Then… as soon as they saw the wolf demon, they fled back into the village.” He pointed towards the village.
“No one helped me?” Mu Anxiao exclaimed.
Zhang Yan said, “Three young men and an old man tried to help you, but they were… scared away by the wolf demon.”
“Where is the wolf demon?” Mu Anxiao scanned her surroundings.
Due to the wolf demon’s childish behavior, Hei Feng was at a loss for words.
Zhang Yan put one hand behind his back, cleared his throat, and said, “If my guess is correct, they should be running around the village right now.”
Before being mistreated, Mu Anxiao could not truly understand the wolf demon’s psychology. Perhaps it was because she had experienced similar hardships, she didn’t find his actions childish; instead, she could understand them.
However, even so, she still worried about her father’s health condition.
“ Won’t that old man run himself to death?” she asked. xxs壹贰
Zhang Yan replied, “Don’t worry, I will save him.”
Mu Anxiao: “……”
“Why don’t you ask about the cultivators?” Hei Feng nudged Mu Anxiao’s arm.
Mu Anxiao said, “Oh, right. Where are the cultivators?”
Hei Feng, having waited for Mu Anxiao’s response, put on a deep expression and said, “Alas, speaking of which, it’s all the wolf demon’s fault.”
“What did he do now?”
“On the way here, I said we should proceed stealthily and assess the situation before acting. But he, thinking the villagers had bullied you, didn’t listen to a word I said and leaped down directly from the tree. In the end, that bunch of cowards all ran away.”
After Hei Feng explained this, Mu Anxiao recalled the attitude the cultivators had towards her earlier and said, “Then that’s truly a pity.”
“It’s good that you’re alright.”
Hei Feng knew he couldn’t manage mortal affairs, so he didn’t say any more.
Mu Anxiao nodded slightly.
Zhang Yan asked, “What’s a pity?”
Mu Anxiao hadn’t expected Zhang Yan to be curious about her words. As she was about to explain, she suddenly remembered that she hadn’t obtained any evidence against the cultivators.
Therefore, she didn’t intend to reveal the cultivators’ conspiracy. But… if she didn’t, and they actually succeeded in the future, then… things would become difficult. By then, if they found out, they would surely say she knew and kept silent.
Helplessly, Mu Anxiao hesitated for a moment and said, “The cultivators are currently concocting a medicine for immortality, but this matter also started because of me.”
“How did it start because of you?” Zhang Yan asked again.
Mu Anxiao explained, “That year, I drank Shen Yan’s blood, and under the wolf demon’s instigation, I became immortal. Because the place where I became immortal was the cultivator’s sect, from then on, the cultivators insisted I was one of them, claiming I was their originator. And then…”
“Truly foolish,” Zhang Yan interrupted.
Mu Anxiao lowered her head and said, “Then what should I do?”
“Since it started because of you, it should end with you breaking their unrealistic fantasies.”
“What should I do?” Mu Anxiao truly didn’t want to go to the cultivator’s sect.
Zhang Yan’s lips curled, “To compensate for your regret, infiltrate the cultivator’s sect and disrupt their internal affairs. This way…”
“This is too impractical,” Hei Feng interjected.
Indeed, this was too impractical. Mu Anxiao was already their target. If she followed Zhang Yan’s suggestion, wouldn’t that be walking into a trap? Therefore, for her own safety, Mu Anxiao strongly refused, “I think so too.”
Zhang Yan hesitated upon hearing Mu Anxiao and Hei Feng’s words and said, “You’re right, it’s indeed impractical. However, I suppose they can’t possibly create that immortality medicine. After all… the immortal blood Mu Anxiao drank back then was tampered with by the wolf demon.”
“Right,” Hei Feng exclaimed.
Mu Anxiao startled, “Can you be quieter?” She covered her ears.
Hei Feng gave a foolish smile.
Zhang Yan, however, looked towards the wolf demon, who was returning with a green glow, and said, “You’re back.”
The wolf demon strode up to them and, looking at Mu Anxiao, smiled, “You’re alright.”
“I didn’t die, you must be disappointed,” Mu Anxiao said.
The wolf demon chuckled lightly, “Don’t say that.” He said, then gestured to a person holding a torch and the Mo brothers carrying a wooden stretcher, “Zhang Yan, I’ll trouble you.”
“Unconscious, or dead?” Zhang Yan asked.
The wolf demon replied, “Unconscious.”
Earlier, Mu Anxiao had thought Zhang Yan’s words were just a joke, but now it seemed they were serious.
The next moment, Ma Yuan, holding a torch, walked up to Mu Anxiao and breathed a sigh of relief, “It’s good that you’re alright.”
“You didn’t leave?” Mu Anxiao exclaimed.
“Lu Bing is still at the inn. They fled in disarray. Even if I didn’t go back, they wouldn’t have noticed,” Ma Yuan explained.
Mu Anxiao had always thought the three young men they spoke of were Mo Bi, Mo Chu, and the second villager. It turned out… the third young man was Ma Yuan, which was quite a surprise to her!
“Then stay, it’s good,” Mu Anxiao said.
Ma Yuan nodded slightly.
Then, Mo Chu and Mo Bi quickly placed the stretcher at Zhang Yan’s feet. The two of them simultaneously knelt at Zhang Yan’s feet. Mo Bi said, “Please, save my father.”
“Please,” Mo Chu had completely lost his previous arrogance and now appeared genuinely humble.
Zhang Yan looked down at Mo Chu and Mo Bi and said, “Yes, but you must return Mu Anxiao’s silver.”
However, the moment Zhang Yan said this, Mu Anxiao’s eyes lit up, and her eyes revealed a touch of emotion.
Mo Bi said, “Okay, I’ll give it to you now.” As he spoke, he took out a money bag from his sleeve and handed it to Zhang Yan.
Zhang Yan bent down to take the money bag, weighed it in his hand, and said, “Mu Anxiao, consider this my tuition fee.”
Uh… as expected, imagination is beautiful, but reality is harsh.
The moment Mu Anxiao heard Zhang Yan say this, she rolled her eyes.
Seeing Mu Anxiao’s silence, Zhang Yan asked again, “Did you hear me?”
Mu Anxiao said lazily, “I heard you. Tuition fee it is. Anyway, I’ll earn it back one day, and then I’ll be a little rich woman again.”
The words “little rich woman” were something Mu Anxiao had learned from Feng Qishi. In the modern world, Feng Qishi loved to call her “little rich woman” whenever he felt like it, and over time, she remembered it.
Of course, at first, she didn’t like the phrase, thinking it sounded too old. But now, considering her own immortal status, she had accepted it.
Zhang Yan smiled and said, “Little rich woman, from now on, you are bankrupt.”
Mu Anxiao frowned, “Is it that difficult for you to say something nice to me, Zhang Yan?”