"Are you still going to throw it or not?" Mu Anxiao glared, her eyes wide.
Xu Lanyan shook his head.
Mu Anxiao let out a cold snort.
Hong Yan couldn't help but smile, seeing Xu Lanyan appear intimidated by Mu Anxiao.
Xu Lanyan picked up his teacup, took a sip, and sat down.
Feng Qishi turned to look at Mu Anxiao and said, "Come over and take a look."
"Look at what?" Mu Anxiao frowned.
"Don't ask what to look at, just come when I tell you to," Feng Qishi beckoned.
Mu Anxiao shot Xu Lanyan a glare, then scurried over to Feng Qishi's side and asked, "What are we looking at?"
"Outside," Feng Qishi pointed out the window.
Mu Anxiao furrowed her brow, stepped to the window, tilted her head up to gaze at the reddening sky, and exclaimed, "What is this?"
"I don't know, but the aura of the demon souls is very strong," Feng Qishi said, staring outside along with Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao sniffed the air and was about to speak when the Vine Spirit floated in front of her, saying, "Mu Anxiao, your doom has arrived."
Mu Anxiao looked at the man in the underworld official's attire before her in surprise and asked, "Who are you?"
"You don't recognize me just because I changed my appearance? You..."
Before the Vine Spirit could finish speaking, Feng Qishi quickly pulled Mu Anxiao behind him, saying, "Vine Spirit, I didn't expect you to be quite capable."
"He's the Vine Spirit?" Mu Anxiao exclaimed in shock.
"You idiot, you can't even recognize this," Feng Qishi said, turning his face slightly.
"You're the idiot," Mu Anxiao retorted.
Feng Qishi didn't retaliate further. He glanced at the Vine Spirit before him and asked, "There are quite a few of those demon souls, aren't there?"
"Indeed, there are many," the Vine Spirit replied. He peeked at Mu Anxiao, who was staring at him from behind Feng Qishi, and added, "You'd best hide well. The game has only just begun."
"What game?" Mu Anxiao pulled Feng Qishi aside and stepped forward, asking.
"You can't even recognize the demon souls you captured yourself. You've truly become useless," the Vine Spirit said, glancing sideways at the demon souls gathering behind Feng Qishi. "Everyone, please remain calm. I will take you to a good place now. Remember this person's face."
"We remember," they replied in unison.
Mu Anxiao was stunned by the cacophony of responses. Watching the red mist gradually dissipate before her, she shouted, "Vine Spirit, what exactly do you want?"
"You'll know soon enough," the Vine Spirit said, then reverted to his chain form and left.
Soon, the sky returned to normal.
Mu Anxiao had already been fearful of this situation, and after the Vine Spirit's declaration, she felt completely hollow.
Feng Qishi looked down at Mu Anxiao's slightly trembling shoulders and asked, "Are you scared?"
Upon hearing this, Mu Anxiao pouted, "I'm not scared, I'm a ghost! Didn't you see how those guys were looking at me?" As she spoke, she turned to look at Feng Qishi. "He said the game had only just begun, and you saw so many demon souls, all of whom have grudges against me. Oh dear, how are those guys below holding up in the prison?"
"Didn't I tell you the Vine Spirit escaped?" the green-clad man said, walking over to Mu Anxiao's side.
Mu Anxiao looked at the green-clad man and cried, "How dare you say that! What were you thinking, letting him escape for no reason? It's all your fault. I'm completely finished now. How am I supposed to get by in the human world from now on?"
"Isn't there me?" Feng Qishi said weakly.
Mu Anxiao looked back at Feng Qishi, let out two bitter laughs, and said, "You, what can you even do? You're just a demon catcher. Can you catch demon souls? Moreover, that Vine Spirit has already gone mad. Oh dear, what am I going to do?" Saying this, she squatted down.
Feng Qishi looked down at Mu Anxiao's state and was speechless.
Mu Anxiao burst into tears.
Hong Yan and Xu Lanyan walked over to the green-clad man. Xu Lanyan said, "Tell me their weaknesses, and I'll help you, won't that be enough?"
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao sobbed and tilted her head up to look at Xu Lanyan, crying as she said, "You unconscionable fellow, talking about helping me! You should focus on correcting your own bad habits first."
"At a time like this, can you please stop joking?" Xu Lanyan said helplessly.
Mu Anxiao wiped her face on her skirt, stood up, and said, "I'm really not afraid of him."
"Don't force yourself too much," Feng Qishi said, looking at Mu Anxiao's tear-streaked face.
"I really..." Mu Anxiao pouted again. "I'm really not scared! Ahhh, woo woo woo!" She tilted her head back and began to wail loudly.
Feng Qishi reached out and patted Mu Anxiao's shoulder, saying, "Crying like this won't solve anything, will it?"
At the same time, Xu Lanyan and the green-clad man watched Feng Qishi comforting Mu Anxiao, both of them astonished.
Xu Lanyan thought, No way, this guy actually feels pity for someone? This reincarnation wasn't in vain.
If it were in the past, his senior brother would have been angry. The fact that he's comforting her, the green-clad man shook his head, it's too miraculous.
Hong Yan blinked her eyes and remained silent.
Mu Anxiao followed Feng Qishi's advice, using both arms to wipe away her snot and tears, saying, "You're right, crying doesn't solve anything at all."
"Your ability to come to your senses is indeed a bit fast, but it's good," Feng Qishi said with a smile.
"Let's not talk about that for now," Mu Anxiao looked around and asked, "Where are the three rabbit spirits and the soul spirits?"
"They're next door," Feng Qishi said.
Mu Anxiao nodded, "Okay, I'm going to find them." With that, she walked around them towards the room door.
Feng Qishi sighed.
Xu Lanyan glanced with confusion at Mu Anxiao's hasty departure, then looked at Feng Qishi, "What's the deal with the soul spirits and the three rabbit spirits?"
"You're asking me..."
"Senior brother, this person wasn't here just now," the green-clad man said, pointing at Xu Lanyan.
Feng Qishi looked at the green-clad man and said, "They all belong to the cultivation sect. As long as they are here, Mu Anxiao can follow them to join that cultivation sect."
"She wasn't bragging?" Xu Lanyan had asked questions from the moment he entered, but Feng Qishi hadn't answered any of them, nor had the green-clad man responded to his inquiries. Now, hearing Feng Qishi's words and thinking about Mu Anxiao's state just now, he wondered if Mu Anxiao could really do it.
"Of course, she wasn't bragging. The cultivation sect is surrounded by poisonous gas. If you force your way in, you'll die," the green-clad man said.
Xu Lanyan's nerves tightened. Recalling the scene when he looked down from the sky on his way here, he said, "Why wasn't I affected at all when I flew in the sky above?"
"That's because you were flying high and didn't touch it," Feng Qishi said, pointing at Xu Lanyan. "You're lucky, kid."
"Yes, I am indeed lucky," Xu Lanyan nodded.
Feng Qishi turned his head slightly and said, "Sometimes I really can't understand where Mu Anxiao's courage comes from. She's always the first to stick her head out for anything. She wasn't like this before?"