"That depends on their cultivation depth," Mu Anxiao said, glancing at the bound rabbit spirits. "If it's deep, they'll know a lot. If it's shallow…" She paused, then added, "They won't know much."
"Our cultivation isn't deep," the second rabbit spirit quickly stated.
"If we combine the three of you, then it will be deep," Mu Anxiao said, looking at the second rabbit spirit's face.
"I…"
"You should say less," the third rabbit spirit interrupted the second.
The second rabbit spirit gave an "Oh," and lowered her head again.
Feng Qishi glanced at the now-silent second rabbit spirit, then turned to Mu Anxiao and asked, "Will this be enough for us to divide?"
Upon hearing this, Mu Anxiao looked at the three of them again and said, "Yes, this is enough."
"As long as it's enough, then I'll capture the three of them," Feng Qishi said.
Mu Anxiao watched Feng Qishi's easily satisfied demeanor with a helpless expression. She then looked at the other spirits still entangled in a mess and said, "Those leaders are worth more."
"Worth more, but I'm not going to challenge them," Feng Qishi said, pulling on the rope.
Mu Anxiao curled her lips and looked at Hun Ling, saying, "You go."
"He can't even defeat us, and you want him to catch them? How is that possible?" the first rabbit spirit said with disdain, looking at Hun Ling.
"Exactly! He couldn't even teach us a single demon art properly, forcing us to find our own ways to transform into human form. What can he even do?" the second rabbit spirit chimed in.
The third rabbit spirit impolitely scanned Hun Ling from head to toe and said, "He doesn't know any demon arts at all. He was just using those demon art incantations to deceive us so that we would become his slaves. Fortunately, Black Rabbit was smart, otherwise, we would have been fooled."
"Think whatever you want. Regardless, he's not one of you," Mu Anxiao said. She turned to Hun Ling and urged, "Go, I believe you can do it."
"I…"
"This might be your chance to go back," Mu Anxiao interrupted.
Hearing the mention of going back, Hun Ling's resolve wavered. "Alright, I'll go." With that, he directly extended his hand and conjured a silver rope.
The three rabbit spirits were startled the moment Hun Ling produced the silver rope.
Mu Anxiao glared at them and looked at Feng Qishi, saying, "See? I didn't even ask you to go."
"Very good," Feng Qishi smiled.
Mu Anxiao pouted, turned her head, and looked at Shi Yi, who was staring at her, asking, "What are you thinking about?"
"There's a problem," Shi Yi stated plainly.
Following this, Mu Anxiao suddenly remembered what Feng Qishi had interrupted earlier and turned to the three rabbit spirits, asking, "Why are there only a few of you?"
However, the three rabbit spirits did not shift their gaze towards Mu Anxiao. They were each looking with increasing astonishment at Hun Ling, who was swiftly moving among the spirits, using demon arts to immobilize the smaller ones and pull out the leaders.
Mu Anxiao followed their gaze towards Hun Ling's agile movements and laughed, "Surprised, aren't you!"
Just like that, the matter concerning Shi Yi concluded once again.
"Why is he so powerful?" the third rabbit spirit asked.
Mu Anxiao said, "Truly powerful people never show off their strength. He once gave you methods to transform into human form without breaking the rules, but you didn't listen. Now, you can only regret it."
"His method took too long, and it was definitely fake," the second rabbit spirit said.
"Long? How much time could it possibly take? You yourselves chose the difficult path over the easy one. Now look at yourselves. Who can you blame but yourselves?" Mu Anxiao said animatedly.
"We were wrong," the first rabbit spirit admitted.
"It's too late," Mu Anxiao replied.
Feng Qishi tightened the rope and looked at Hun Ling, who was tying the leaders together, saying, "I didn't expect that kid to be so powerful."
Hun Ling pulled the rope and raised his arm to wipe the sweat from his brow, saying, "Do you know who I am?"
"Hun Ling," the first large leopard-patterned demon exclaimed in surprise.
"You ignored me," Hun Ling said, kicking the third large leopard-patterned demon forcefully.
"It was not intentional," the third large leopard-patterned demon said, looking at Hun Ling with fear.
"You not only ignored him, but you also ignored me. What is your crime?" Feng Qishi said, walking up to Hun Ling with the rope, wanting to steal the spotlight.
Hun Ling glanced at Feng Qishi and deliberately raised his chin, saying, "Exactly, why did you ignore us?"
"We were wrong," the demons shouted in unison.
Mu Anxiao covered her ears and said, "In that case, I'm still quite merciful." As she spoke, she glanced at the man in green walking slowly towards them and said, "You've arrived just in time."
"Oh, is it over?" the man in green asked after walking up to Mu Anxiao and her companions, glancing at the other small spirits who were immobilized.
"You did that on purpose, didn't you?" Feng Qishi eyed the man in green.
The man in green chuckled foolishly, "No, I saw how powerful this fellow was, so I didn't think of coming over," he said, pointing at Hun Ling.
"Is that so?" Hun Ling blushed slightly and scratched the back of his head.
The man in green smiled and asked, "Is there anything I can help with?"
"Help take them down," Mu Anxiao said, pointing at the leaders Hun Ling had tied up.
"Don't do that, my dear lady," the first leopard-patterned demon pleaded.
"I'm afraid of you. Why don't you go keep your eldest brother company?" Mu Anxiao said, deliberately putting on a timid expression.
"Don't…"
"What's the use of begging her?" the man in green said, reaching out to take the silver rope from Hun Ling. "I'm the one taking you down."
"Begging…"
"Is useless," he said, tightening the silver rope around his hand. He then bent down and picked up a chain that had fallen on the ground, asking, "Whose is this?"
Mu Anxiao didn't even look at the chain and said, "I don't know."
"You don't know, then I'll take it," the man in green said, tucking the chain into his embrace.
"Alright, you can go now," Feng Qishi said.
The man in green pointed at the three rabbit spirits held by Feng Qishi, "Can I take them along too?"
"They're not needed," Feng Qishi said, tightening the rope.
The man in green said, "Alright!" and walked away, pulling the rope.
Mu Anxiao watched the retreating figure of the man in green and said, "That guy really knows how to find ready-made work."
"Can't be helped. Who can go down except us?" Hun Ling shrugged.
"That's right," Feng Qishi nodded.
Then, Mu Anxiao looked at the three rabbit spirits and returned to Shi Yi's question, "Why are there only a few of you?"
"…"
"If you don't speak," Mu Anxiao narrowed her eyes, "then fine, you can go down."
"We'll be sent down by you sooner or later. What's the point of you saying this now?" the first rabbit spirit said, raising her eyes.
"There's no point, but have you ever heard of earning merit through meritorious service?" Feng Qishi raised an eyebrow.
Upon hearing this, they each glanced at each other. The third rabbit spirit asked, "Earning merit through meritorious service, is that possible?"
"If he could suggest it, then it's definitely possible, you idiot," Mu Anxiao said, crossing her arms.