Chapter 1570 'The Evil Ghost' Appears

Ouyang Ye normally didn't spend much time with Xi'er. Xi'er was a rather dispensable presence to him, and he particularly disliked anyone trying to connect him with Xi'er, or anyone asking him about her. Of course, what he hated most was... people not trusting him.

Now, Mu Anxiao had, with much 'discernment,' touched upon Ouyang Ye's 'bottom line.'

"..." He was inclined to remain silent, coldly regarding Mu Anxiao.

Mu Anxiao had no intention of believing Ouyang Ye. She knew even better that... for someone as emotionally unstable as Ouyang Ye, a little provocation could easily set him off.

Therefore, she felt nothing from his gaze. "If you don't want to answer, then don't," she said. As she was about to crouch down, Ouyang Ye suddenly stepped forward and grabbed her arm. She started, "What are you doing?" She tilted her head to stare into Ouyang Ye's eyes.

Ouyang Ye: "You really don't trust me."

"..."

"Why aren't you speaking?" Ouyang Ye narrowed his eyes.

"That's right, I don't trust you. What evil spirits? Those evil spirits only appear at night. In the daytime..." Mu Anxiao snorted, "it's impossible for them to come out. You can't even lie properly."

"They really exist," Ouyang Ye stated firmly.

Mu Anxiao snorted lightly, "Even if they do, they're monsters you made Xi'er create."

"You..."

"Let go," Mu Anxiao glanced down at Ouyang Ye's hand.

Ouyang Ye stiffened and voluntarily released his hand, saying, "Fine, if you don't believe me, forget it."

Mu Anxiao nodded.

Ouyang Ye: "In any case, I'll just tell you, Xi'er didn't come out..."

"Xi'er didn't come out, but she went to do evil deeds for you, didn't she?"

"No," Ouyang Ye gritted out the two words, infuriated.

Mu Anxiao nodded, "Alright, if you don't want to admit it, that's fine." After speaking, she crouched down.

Ouyang Ye: "Are you sure you can carry him?" he asked, glancing at the bamboo basket beside the young man.

Mu Anxiao ignored him, took the young man's arm, and was about to help him up when Ouyang Ye, unable to watch, stepped forward and said, "Get out of the way."

Mu Anxiao: "You get out of the way." As she spoke, she had already helped the young man halfway up.

Ouyang Ye clicked his tongue, "I'll help you."

Upon hearing this, Mu Anxiao was startled. She gently put the young man down and tilted her head up to ask, "I don't trust you, and you still want to help me?"

"Just watch in a moment. If there are any evil spirits, you'll marry me," Ouyang Ye said, waving his hand. "Get up."

"You really know how to stage things," Mu Anxiao said, standing up and moving aside.

Ouyang Ye glanced at Mu Anxiao and bent down.

A quarter of an hour later.

Mu Anxiao, carrying the bamboo basket and holding a sickle, looked around, then turned to look at Ouyang Ye who was carrying the young man and walking forward. She asked, "Hey, this isn't the way, is it?"

She had walked this path before. If she remembered correctly, they should have turned, but now Ouyang Ye was leading her straight ahead. This made her uneasy.

Hearing her, Ouyang Ye stopped, turned his head, and looked at Mu Anxiao. "You know the way?"

"Mmm," Mu Anxiao nodded.

Ouyang Ye: "Unfortunately, I have to tell you, the path you were taking has evil spirits, so I'm taking you on a different route."

However, Mu Anxiao thought Ouyang Ye was going to take her to meet those 'evil spirits.' To her surprise, he made such a change, which made her suspect him even more.

"You're really lying," she said.

Ouyang Ye's expression turned cold. "What do you mean by that?"

"You're deliberately taking a detour, just..."

"Tell me, why would I lie to you?" Ouyang Ye interrupted.

"..."

From what happened last night, Mu Anxiao understood that Ouyang Ye wanted to foster an "unrequited love" with her. But the condition was that one party had to like the other. She knew Ouyang Ye would never easily fall for her, so Ouyang Ye thought of doing things to move her, thereby making her fall for him.

Little did she know, Mu Anxiao was not someone who could be easily fooled. In Mu Anxiao's opinion, Ouyang Ye's behavior was as childish as it could get.

"Why aren't you speaking?" Ouyang Ye asked again.

Hearing Ouyang Ye's persistent questioning, Mu Anxiao felt there was no need to hide it anymore. "You just want to use this to move me and make me like you, right? If I can't see through this little scheme of yours," she snorted, "then I'd be a ghost."

"..." Ouyang Ye lowered his eyes and smiled. "It would be best if you could do that."

"As expected, I've seen through you," Mu Anxiao said triumphantly.

Ouyang Ye: "I didn't think that way."

"If you didn't think that way, who would believe you?" Mu Anxiao glared at Ouyang Ye, then turned her head. She saw two women in red, with their hair disheveled, walking towards them. However, she didn't feel anything and calmly turned back to look at Ouyang Ye, saying, "You really know how to play games."

Ouyang Ye: "Who's playing games?" he said, glancing at the two women in red.

Mu Anxiao: "You're still playing games," she pointed at the two women in red. "The monsters have taken human form, how advanced." She lowered her hand.

Immediately, the two women bared their teeth and let out a scream.

Ouyang Ye looked at Mu Anxiao speechlessly and said, "If those two were my monsters, do you think... they would dare to come over?" He then turned to look at the two women who had stopped in their tracks.

Mu Anxiao followed Ouyang Ye's gaze, glanced over there, and smiled. "They've stopped, haven't they."

"..." Ouyang Ye sighed. "Take a good look, see if they are monsters. Don't wrongly accuse good people."

"You're a good person? If you're a good person, then there are no good people in this world," Mu Anxiao said. She turned her head and saw the two women tilting their heads, staring at her, smiling eerily. Their laughter sounded increasingly chilling.

Ouyang Ye: "The monsters I create are the ones that howl and scream. Do you hear them calling like that?"

"..." Mu Anxiao sensed something was wrong, swallowed, and said, "They're really not your monsters?" She glanced at Ouyang Ye.

Ouyang Ye: "Why would I put on such a boring charade? Are you crazy?"

"Really not," Mu Anxiao stared into Ouyang Ye's eyes.

Ouyang Ye looked sincere. "No."

"No..." Mu Anxiao had not been scared before, but hearing Ouyang Ye's honest admission, she became afraid. "Are they... evil spirits?"

Ouyang Ye nodded.

"How do they look like that?" Mu Anxiao retorted, looking back at the two women and chuckling foolishly.

Ouyang Ye sighed. "Who knows? They appeared suddenly, and at first, I couldn't handle them."

"Are they all like this?" Mu Anxiao asked while the two female evil spirits were not moving.

"Not the same."

"Not the same?"

"Yes, they are all in this deep forest. If they are not subdued by immortals," Ouyang Ye said seriously, "they might go and harm the townspeople, and even more places."

Mu Anxiao had planned to take a few days off after dealing with Mu Xi's matter and then start anew. Who would have thought? She had found her own way back and, on this path, found new troubles for herself.

Thinking about it, she felt like crying without tears, but she still had to face what needed to be faced. She didn't know much about 'evil spirits,' but even so, she couldn't let them harm the human world.

Therefore, she secretly defined this matter as her 'mission.'

"Have you fought with them?" she asked in a low voice, afraid the two female evil spirits would hear her.

Ouyang Ye: "Yes, I have."

"..." Mu Anxiao, hearing this, seemed to have found hope and looked at Ouyang Ye. "Teach me."

"How can I teach you?"

"What spell are you using?"

"I'm using demonic arts," Ouyang Ye said, his brow furrowing slightly. "Are you planning to deal with all of them by yourself?"

"Isn't there you?" Mu Anxiao finished, clearing her throat.

Ouyang Ye looked at Mu Anxiao, who sometimes believed him and sometimes denied him, and smiled. "Are you serious?"

"Yes."

"If you're serious, then you have to marry me," Ouyang Ye seized the opportunity to set conditions.

Mu Anxiao had also thought of a countermeasure. She said, "Even if I agree, it won't constitute an unrequited love between us."

"..." Ouyang Ye smiled. "Actually, this method isn't entirely unworkable."

Mu Anxiao's expression stiffened. "The effect isn't good."

"You..." Ouyang Ye laughed. "That's true."

"See, you also think I have a point," Mu Anxiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. "Now, can you tell me?" she raised an eyebrow.

"They are afraid of people staring into their eyes."

"...." Mu Anxiao thought she would have to fight a few rounds before determining the winner. And it was that simple? Hearing this, she couldn't help but suspect Ouyang Ye was playing a trick on her.

"Why are you looking at me? Look at them."

"You're not joking?" Mu Anxiao blinked.

"At this moment, there's no need for me to lie to you," Ouyang Ye's tone was firm.

Then, Mu Anxiao also felt that Ouyang Ye made sense, so she took a deep breath, turned her head to look at the two female evil spirits who were still looking at her, and walked forward without a word.

However, the female evil spirits, seeing Mu Anxiao looking at them, retreated one by one.

Mu Anxiao, seeing this, felt happy. She continued to look at them coldly, without saying a word, and walked forward.

Ouyang Ye, carrying the young man, stood in place, watching Mu Anxiao's retreating back, without saying a word.

Immediately after, the two female evil spirits turned and ran when Mu Anxiao stopped.

"..." Mu Anxiao smiled.

After the two female evil spirits had run far away, Ouyang Ye quickly said, "Let's go."

Hearing this, Mu Anxiao was startled. She turned her side to look at Ouyang Ye. "They've all left, so we can..."

"They've gone to find reinforcements. If you stay here, you'll just be torn apart," Ouyang Ye interrupted, turning and walking ahead.

Mu Anxiao was taken aback, her mind went blank. She turned to look in the direction the two female evil spirits had gone and quickly followed Ouyang Ye. "What do you mean by that? Didn't you say they were afraid of this?" she asked, walking beside Ouyang Ye and pointing at her eyes.

"This is a provocation. They are just minor grunts. Naturally, if you provoke them, they will find their boss to teach you a lesson," Ouyang Ye said with a straight face.

"You taught me this," Mu Anxiao suddenly felt like she had been played by Ouyang Ye.

Ouyang Ye: "I taught you this, but I also learned it from the people who were killed."

Mu Anxiao froze. "Didn't you confront them before?"

Ouyang Ye laughed. "I am a demonic entity. Naturally, I cannot have too much interaction with those evil spirits, as it would be very troublesome."

"Really?" Mu Anxiao's lips twitched. "But what you just said sounded so real."

"If I didn't say it sounded real, how would you get involved?"

"You're using me," Mu Anxiao suddenly realized.

Ouyang Ye: "What do you mean?"

"What do you mean? You wretch, you dare to use me," Mu Anxiao said, nodding. "I understand. You just want to use me to anger those two female evil spirits, and then be out of it yourself. You... you are truly despicable."

"You've said it all, so I really don't know what to say."

"If you don't know what to say, then don't say it," Mu Anxiao said, looking at the young man behind him. "Hand him over to me."

"Hand him over to you?" Ouyang Ye countered.

Mu Anxiao said righteously, "Yes, hand him over to me. I want to take him away."

"You..."

"What 'you'? Give him to me."

"Do you think you can use magic?" Ouyang Ye saw through Mu Anxiao.

Mu Anxiao: "What business is it of yours whether I use magic or not? Hurry up and give him to me, or I'll turn against you." She pointed at Ouyang Ye's face.

Ouyang Ye sighed. "I won't let you die. Grab me."

"Grab..."

"Grab me," Ouyang Ye interrupted, tilting his face to explain, "I am a demonic entity. I cannot have too many enemies, otherwise, I won't be able to do anything. Also, if I provoked those two female evil spirits just now, do you think the person behind me could still be alive?"

"..." Mu Anxiao felt that what Ouyang Ye said made sense and fell silent.

"Evil spirits are creatures that kill without batting an eye. They will devour a person's body. Setting aside yourself, if you want this young man to live, then grab me and believe me," Ouyang Ye said earnestly.

Mu Anxiao looked at Ouyang Ye's serious expression and recalled that she had indeed scared away the two female evil spirits with Ouyang Ye's 'help.'

If it weren't for him, she definitely wouldn't have been able to save the young man.

Therefore, she chose to believe Ouyang Ye and reached out to grab his arm. "I believe you."

"..." Ouyang Ye remained silent and closed his eyes.

At the same time, various screams could be heard from behind them. Mu Anxiao, startled, also closed her eyes. Ouyang Ye curled his lips and disappeared with Mu Anxiao in a flash of red light.

The evil spirits saw this scene and stopped one by one. The two female evil spirits were startled. After glancing at each other, they turned to look at the male evil spirit in pink standing behind them.

The male evil spirit in pink tilted his head and uttered two words: "Immortal."

Female Evil Spirit Number One: "Boss, what should we do?"

Male Evil Spirit in Pink smiled. "I know that immortal."

"You know him?" The second female evil spirit was confused.

Male Evil Spirit in Pink: "Mu Anxiao."

Upon hearing this, the second female evil spirit was shocked. "Mu Anxiao? The one who specializes in capturing demon souls?"

Male Evil Spirit in Pink smiled. "Yes, I was caught by her. A demon." xxs壹贰

"..." The second female evil spirit was stunned. She glanced at the first female evil spirit beside her and dared not speak again.