"I don't even know where she is, how can I go look for her," Shi Yi said helplessly.
Feng Qishi shook his head. "I don't believe you, unless you come upstairs with me to rest." He pointed upstairs.
"The two of us big men together," Shi Yi forced a smile, "Are you kidding me? If this gets out, I'll be laughed at."
"Where are you going with that? I mean, come upstairs with me. You sleep, I'll watch you sleep," Feng Qishi smiled.
"I let you rest, you let me rest," Shi Yi glanced sideways. "Then neither of us will rest."
"If you don't rest well, keep me company," the landlady said as she tallied on the abacus.
Feng Qishi and Shi Yi looked at the landlady together and agreed, "Okay."
A few minutes later, the landlady looked up at the two who had fallen asleep on the table, smiling helplessly.
Meanwhile, Mu Anxiao and the others left the city gate and entered the forest filled with demonic energy.
Originally, Xu Lanyan had half-believed what Mu Anxiao and the others had said, but at the moment they arrived before the demonic barrier, he was completely convinced.
"Thank you," he suddenly said.
"You're welcome," the black-clothed demon smiled foolishly.
Xu Lanyan looked at the narcissistic black-clothed demon in the firelight. "I wasn't thanking you, I was thanking them." He pointed at Mu Anxiao and Hun Ling.
Hun Ling smiled.
Mu Anxiao looked at the white mist ahead expressionlessly, then took off the sachet from her neck. "Here," she handed the sachet to Xu Lanyan, who was unaware of anything.
Xu Lanyan took the sachet and smiled. "At this time, I should be the one giving you a gift. You're too polite."
"Take it," Mu Anxiao said.
Xu Lanyan smiled and accepted the sachet. "Then I respectfully accept."
Mu Anxiao sighed and turned to the demons who had sensed her celestial aura, frowning. Through her celestial aura, she signaled them not to speak.
The black-clothed demon looked at Mu Anxiao, who was communicating with him through celestial aura, in surprise and asked mentally, "How did you do that?"
"He can't feel my celestial aura. You'd better not say anything, otherwise, when this is over, I'll deal with you," Mu Anxiao narrowed her eyes and said mentally.
The black-clothed demon nodded and shifted his gaze away.
Hun Ling, who also couldn't smell Mu Anxiao's celestial aura, asked, "What are you doing?"
"We are enemies now," Mu Anxiao said, turning to Xu Lanyan. "You go look."
"Okay, be careful yourselves." Xu Lanyan agreed, stuffed the sachet into his pocket, and walked away.
Mu Anxiao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You guys hide."
"We can keep following you," the black-clothed demon said.
"I'm grateful that you could bring us here. For the rest of the journey," she glanced at Hun Ling, "we'll go by ourselves."
"You..."
"Follow Xu Lanyan quietly, that's acceptable!" Mu Anxiao interrupted.
The black-clothed demon paused for a moment, then quietly followed Xu Lanyan with the little ones.
After they had gone far, Hun Ling looked at Mu Anxiao and said, "There are only two of us left."
Mu Anxiao nodded and extended her hand. "Bind me with the Soul Locking Rope."
"I'll bind it," Hun Ling said, conjuring the Soul Locking Rope.
"No matter what they do to me later, you mustn't speak or interfere, understand?" Mu Anxiao instructed.
"Do you think she'll lock you up with the rat demons?" Hun Ling asked.
Mu Anxiao thought for a moment. "Even if she doesn't, I'll find a way to tell them the news. After you go back, don't worry about it."
"I will silently protect you," Hun Ling said, holding one end of the rope.
Mu Anxiao nodded. "I believe you."
Hun Ling grinned broadly.
In an instant, Hun Ling led Mu Anxiao to the entrance of the Immortal Cultivation Sect. Just as he was about to knock, the door opened.
Unexpectedly, it was brightly lit inside. The one who opened the door was... a dog-headed demon.
"Mu Anxiao, you're back," the dog-headed demon said with a lecherous grin.
Hun Ling glanced at Mu Anxiao and asked, "Where is the Rabbit Queen?"
"Rabbit..."
Just as the dog-headed demon uttered one word, the Rabbit Queen's voice came from behind him. "You're back, Hun Ling."
Upon hearing the Rabbit Queen say Hun Ling's name, the dog-headed demon quickly retreated to the side with his brethren.
The Rabbit Queen cast a calm glance at the dog-headed demon and stepped forward to stand before Hun Ling and Mu Anxiao. "I thought you had escaped and wouldn't come back."
"Who said I escaped? I just," Hun Ling feigned indifference, glancing at Mu Anxiao, "brought back a useful person for you."
Mu Anxiao watched Hun Ling's incredibly realistic acting, and all her worries vanished.
Upon hearing this, the Rabbit Queen stepped in front of Mu Anxiao, sniffed her, and said, "Indeed useful." As she spoke, her eyes met Mu Anxiao's inadvertently, and she curved her lips. "It's you."
"You are a black rabbit," Mu Anxiao said plainly.
"What kind of rabbit I am is not important. What's most important is," the Rabbit Queen reached out and patted Mu Anxiao's cheeks twice, "I really like your soul aura."
"You like it, but you won't get it," Mu Anxiao said coldly, facing the Rabbit Queen.
The moment Mu Anxiao spoke, the Rabbit Queen slapped her forcefully across the face. "You won't give it to me, but I have a way to get your soul aura." She said, then turned to the red-clothed rabbit spirit behind her. "Take her where she belongs."
"Yes," the red-clothed rabbit spirit bowed.
The Rabbit Queen looked at Hun Ling. "Come with me." After saying that, she walked away first.
"Okay," Hun Ling nodded, retracted the Soul Locking Rope tied to Mu Anxiao's hand, and followed the Rabbit Queen.
The red-clothed rabbit spirit quickly approached Mu Anxiao and said, "Since you're here, you'd better behave."
Mu Anxiao rubbed the cheek that had just been stinging from the Rabbit Queen's slap. "I must have stepped on rabbit droppings when I went out recently, bringing me bad luck." She then glanced at the dog-headed demon. "Hey, I'm right here, why don't you come and catch me?"
The dog-headed demon avoided her gaze and pretended nothing was wrong.
Mu Anxiao snorted coldly and looked down at the red-clothed rabbit spirit, who was half a head shorter than her. "I'm not capable of escaping at all. Let's go." She extended her arm.
The red-clothed rabbit spirit snorted lightly, grabbed Mu Anxiao's arm, turned, and walked down the steps, passing the dog-headed demon and the others.
The dog-headed demon stood there and sighed.
A small demon nearby asked, "Why didn't you catch her?"
The dog-headed demon glanced in the direction the Rabbit Queen had gone and said, "This rabbit has a connection with Hun Ling. If we compete with her, it won't benefit us."
"Act according to circumstances?" the small demon asked.
The dog-headed demon nodded slightly.