The First Evil Ghost did not expect Mu Anxiao to still be thinking of helping this ungrateful woman. He lowered his hand, clutched the white light in his palm, and looked at the opposite side, raising his arms to "protect the woman to the death." Mu Anxiao, feigning ignorance, asked, "What are you going to do?"
"What do you think?" Mu Anxiao retorted.
Seeing the defiant expression on Mu Anxiao's face, the First Evil Ghost no longer bothered to play dumb. He said, "She treated you like that, and you're still saving her. Do you just like seeking abuse?"
"That's my business, it has nothing to do with you," Mu Anxiao said, glancing at the other evil ghosts behind the First Evil Ghost. "Let her go."
The First Evil Ghost said, "We heard what she said just now."
Mu Anxiao's eyes flickered. "So what? Everyone boasts. Anyway," her gaze was firm, "I won't allow you to eat her."
At the same time, the woman sat up, clutching her chest with one hand, and looked up indignantly at the backs of Mu Anxiao and the evil ghosts conversing. She shouted, "I wasn't boasting, I can kill all of them." As she spoke, she grabbed the short knife beside her with her other hand, stood up unsteadily.
The First Evil Ghost peeked at the overconfident woman, sneered, and turned back to Mu Anxiao, "See? It's not that we want to eat her, it's that she insists on offering herself as a gift to us."
Mu Anxiao had thought that after falling, the woman would come to her senses and realize how dangerous her situation was. To her surprise, she was wrong; the woman was utterly incorrigible. Just as Zhang Yan had said, it's easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's disposition. This woman was inherently stubborn. How could a 'stranger' like her easily change the woman's character?
Before, she hadn't thought Zhang Yan's words made sense, but now, seeing this situation, she realized Zhang Yan's words were indeed the truth.
"..." She didn't want to deal with the First Evil Ghost and lowered her head.
At the same time, the dagger held in Mu Anxiao's hand, without intending to, noticed the woman's insidious gaze and whispered, "Be careful."
Upon hearing this, Mu Anxiao shifted her gaze to the dagger.
Sensing Mu Anxiao's stare, the dagger said, "In a moment, when I count down three, two, one, you dodge."
Mu Anxiao believed the dagger's words and nodded slightly.
Seeing Mu Anxiao in deep thought, the First Evil Ghost smiled. "Yes, you should think carefully. If you figure it out, just step aside. We'll wait for you." He said, then turned to look at the evil ghosts behind him who were shaking their heads, ready to share the 'food,' and chuckled twice.
This time, Mu Anxiao ignored the First Evil Ghost and continued to keep her head down.
Just then, the woman walked behind Mu Anxiao.
The First Evil Ghost deliberately avoided looking at the woman. He just wanted to let Mu Anxiao see reality again, to avoid her causing trouble later.
Mu Anxiao stared at the dagger. The dagger looked at the woman slowly raising her single hand and said, "She's going to touch your wound."
The woman could not hear the dagger's voice.
However, as the dagger had said, her gaze was fixed on Mu Anxiao's wound. Following that, a smile flickered across her lips as she moved her hand in front of Mu Anxiao's wound.
Mu Anxiao slanted her eyes.
The dagger watched the woman intently as she was about to act maliciously, and quickly counted down, "Three. Two... One." At the same time, Mu Anxiao did not dodge.
Seeing this, the dagger's eyes widened. Just as it was about to shout 'Move aside,' the woman pressed her hand tightly onto Mu Anxiao's back.
Immediately, Mu Anxiao gasped in pain, turned her body to look at the woman's hand, stained with her own blood, and said calmly, "How does it feel to achieve your goal?"
The woman expected Mu Anxiao to be angry, but to her surprise, not only was she not angry, but she also asked so calmly.
At this moment, the woman was stunned. "You're not surprised," she said, glancing at the blood on her palm.
Mu Anxiao forced a smile. "Angry? If we're talking about anger, it was enough to be infuriating from the moment you revealed your true nature. But," she said, "I don't know why, but I don't feel angry when I see you."
"You're so verbose."
"Say whatever you want. I can't do anything with someone like you, who can't even tell who is good to you and who is not. This wound," Mu Anxiao blinked slightly in pain, "was caused by you. You treated me like that just now, and I also saved you."
"What... what exactly do you want to say?"
"It's time to pay back everything you owe," Mu Anxiao said righteously.
"You..."
"Paying back debts is only natural. My wound, plus your life, totals one hundred taels."
"You're crazy," the woman shouted.
Indeed, people are like this; they become agitated when money is mentioned. And the woman's reaction was exactly what Mu Anxiao wanted.
"You owe me, and you should repay it," she sneered.
"You prevented me from doing so first. You're in league with them..."
"They owe me money, and I'm just here to collect. Calling us 'in league' is going too far," Mu Anxiao interrupted, starting to bluster.
The evil ghosts were stunned by Mu Anxiao's words.
Immediately, the Second Evil Ghost couldn't help but shout, "You're talking nonsense! When did we... owe you money?"
Upon hearing this, Mu Anxiao narrowed her eyes, turned to look at the Second Evil Ghost who was eager to be the "early bird," and said, "Say that again."
Seeing Mu Anxiao's serious injury, the Second Evil Ghost was no longer afraid of her. "I said, when did we owe you money? Don't talk nonsense."
"Nonsense..." Mu Anxiao snorted lightly. "Those guys you ate were my source of income. So, don't you owe me?" Saying this, she gave the dagger a look and then directly threw it at the Second Evil Ghost.
The next second, seeing this, the First Evil Ghost quickly dodged.
The Second Evil Ghost snorted and stared directly at the dagger flying towards him. Just as he was about to speak, the dagger pierced his heart.
Conversely, he felt nothing. "That's it," he looked down at the dagger embedded in his chest and smiled.
Mu Anxiao raised two fingers. "Do you want to feel what it's like to have your soul scattered?"
"Just you..." Before he could finish speaking, the Second Evil Ghost suddenly felt a burning sensation in his chest. He then slowly looked down at the dagger, which had begun to glow red, and quickly shouted, "No."
"No, what does that mean?" Mu Anxiao, knowing the dagger wouldn't take his soul, appeared calm.
The Second Evil Ghost raised his face. "I was wrong, I beg you, I don't want to disappear." He clasped his hands together, terrified.
The other evil ghosts, witnessing this scene, retreated a few steps in fright.
This time, the First Evil Ghost also retreated.
Mu Anxiao glared at the Second Evil Ghost. "Do you owe me?"
Hearing this, the Second Evil Ghost quickly nodded. "Yes, yes, we owe you."
"How much do we owe?" Mu Anxiao asked deliberately.
The Second Evil Ghost said without thinking, "Three hundred taels."
Hearing the Second Evil Ghost's words, the other evil ghosts wanted to speak, but seeing his situation, they all kept quiet.
The First Evil Ghost was also the same.