The vine spirit walked ahead, listening to the young man's explanation from behind and quietly asked the accompanying yin cha, "What crimes did Mu An Xiao arrest?"
"More than grave offenses," the yin cha replied while picking a lock. "They are all confined together. Because the judgments are difficult, the crimes are not clearly distinguished. They are all punished uniformly."
"I see." The vine spirit nodded, tilting his head to reveal a sinister smile.
The boy tightly clutched the young man's clothes, looking at the unclear path ahead by the faint candlelight, and said, "The voices are getting quieter."
"Mhm," the young man nodded.
Soon, they arrived in a dark room. In the center of the room was a square table, and then, a black-clothed yin cha slowly appeared above the table. The boy and the young man looked up at the black-clothed yin cha together.
The black-clothed yin cha looked expressionlessly to both sides, then lowered his head to look at the vine spirit.
As the black-clothed yin cha looked at him, the vine spirit's heart began to pound, but to avoid revealing any flaws, he forced himself to remain calm. "Why are you looking at me?"
The moment the vine spirit spoke, the black-clothed yin cha suddenly jumped down, zipped in front of the vine spirit, and stared intently into his eyes, asking in a very hoarse voice, "Why do you smell of alcohol?"
The yin chas dared not speak the moment the black-clothed yin cha opened his mouth.
The vine spirit swallowed, "It's my first time here, I wanted to bolster my courage."
"Is that so? Then why do you have demonic energy on you?" The black-clothed yin cha's eyes widened.
The vine spirit looked at the black-clothed yin cha's glowing black eyes with a look of terror, and took half a step back, saying, "It's not me," he gestured to the demons standing behind the boy and the young man, "It's them."
The black-clothed yin cha furrowed his brow, glanced at the demons standing behind the boy and the young man, and said, "So it's you." As he spoke, he floated like black smoke to the front of the young man.
"Hello," the young man said calmly.
The black-clothed yin cha coldly regarded the young man and said, "Useless, move aside." He then lowered his head to look at the boy.
The boy looked up at the black-clothed yin cha and said, "We are not useless."
"Abandoned by the future, and still not useless," the black-clothed yin cha said in a rough voice.
"If you hadn't made a mistake, you wouldn't be here either," the boy spoke without restraint.
Upon hearing this, the young man quickly lowered his head and said, "Everyone here holds high office. Speaking like that will offend people, little boss." The boy immediately covered his mouth.
"Scared, are we, useless?" the black-clothed yin cha said, looking down.
The boy removed his hand and said, "Yes, I'm scared." He then handed the silver rope in his hand to the black-clothed yin cha.
However, the black-clothed yin cha did not catch the silver rope and said, "I don't want these guys."
"Why? They are all wicked and heinous." The young man said excitedly.
"They are wicked and heinous, but their wickedness is not substantial enough. It's a waste of space here. The demons Mu An Xiao arrests are more wicked." The black-clothed yin cha said.
"These were also caught by her, sir." The yin cha said quickly.
"Oh?" The black-clothed yin cha furrowed his brow and turned to the yin cha, "How do you know?"
"They said so," the yin cha pointed at the boy and the young man.
"It was her," the young man said firmly.
"Yes, I can prove it," the boy said, raising his hand high.
"Her, her cultivation is not good anymore. The demons she catches are of such poor quality." The black-clothed yin cha looked at the demons with disdain.
The demons looked at the disdainful gaze of the black-clothed yin cha and his fierce appearance, and were all speechless.
"She is already useless now," the vine spirit suddenly said.
The black-clothed yin cha was stunned, he looked at the vine spirit and said, "How do you know?" He narrowed his eyes.
"Oh," the vine spirit's eyes darted slightly, and he said, "I saw her on my way down. She's having a really hard time now, and she barely managed to catch these guys."
Upon hearing the vine spirit's words, the Number One Leopard Print Demon's eyes twitched, and he quickly said, "We weren't caught by her, we were caught by an immortal."
Hearing this, the black-clothed yin cha's gaze shifted to the boy and the young man, "You lied to me."
"No, we don't know either. We thought she didn't have time to come, so we... we thought that." The young man's voice grew weaker and weaker.
"You two are useless," the black-clothed yin cha said.
The boy lowered his head and said, "We haven't familiarized ourselves with the environment here, so it's natural that we can't. If you went to our time, you would also be useless."
"Little boss, you should say less," the young man said helplessly.
"I'm telling the truth. Ever since we came here, we've been looked down upon by them. I've had enough of this feeling," the boy said, turning and forcefully swinging his hand towards the Number One Leopard Print Demon. The leopard print demon's face turned sideways, and his face suddenly felt pain.
"You hit me?" he said, covering his face.
"For talking too much," the boy said, looking at the other demons, "If you speak again, and he doesn't deal with you, I will."
The black-clothed yin cha looked at the boy's powerful demeanor and couldn't help but smile. "What's your name?"
The boy turned to look at the black-clothed yin cha and said, "I don't have a name, but you can call me Little Follower."
"Little Follower, who gave you that name?" the black-clothed yin cha asked, looking at the boy with admiration.
The boy said, "No one gave me a name. I think this name is good, so it's good."
"Alright then, I'll call you Little Follower from now on," the black-clothed yin cha said with a smile.
"Can you please stop looking at me like that? It's creepy," the boy said impolitely.
The black-clothed yin cha felt no anger at the boy's words and said, "You're quite a character, child."
"I guess so. There are many children with personality where I come from, even more unique than me. But you'll probably only get to see me, because they are all still in that time," the boy spread his hands.
The black-clothed yin cha opened his mouth and laughed in a hoarse voice.
The young man was genuinely startled by the black-clothed yin cha's laughter.
The yin cha looked at the black-clothed yin cha's unprecedented behavior and said, "Sir really fancies that child."
"How do you know?" the vine spirit asked, feigning ignorance.
"It's obvious. You're too foolish," the yin cha said, glancing at the vine spirit helplessly.
The vine spirit clenched his fist, but thinking his objective had not yet been achieved, he chuckled foolishly and said, "Yes, I thought sir was teasing the child. But the child looks quite mature."
"Beneath a childlike face hides a mature heart," the yin cha summarized.
The vine spirit gave an awkward laugh.