Mu Anxiao stood up.
Half an hour later, Mu Anxiao, carrying the rabbit spirit, completely left the forest.
"You walk so slowly," the rabbit spirit said, curled up in Mu Anxiao's arms.
Mu Anxiao looked down at the rabbit spirit, who had been complaining about him all the way, and said, "It's still you who led the way."
"So it's my fault now?" the rabbit spirit said without looking up.
"I wouldn't dare," Mu Anxiao replied, glancing sideways at the deep forest and letting out a sigh of relief. "However, thank you for not reporting me."
"Why were they chasing you?" the rabbit spirit asked.
"I don't know," Mu Anxiao said, not wanting to reveal his identity to the rabbit spirit, and gave a perfunctory answer.
"You look very familiar," the rabbit spirit suddenly said.
"Is that so? You look very familiar too, especially at the morning market, where you can be seen everywhere," Mu Anxiao said, deliberately talking nonsense.
The rabbit spirit repeated the word "market" in its mouth, and its body began to tremble.
"What's wrong?" Mu Anxiao felt its fear and asked.
"Before, I heard my sisters say that any rabbit that entered the market could never return alive. After my sister was taken away, she never came back. So," the rabbit spirit said with a trembling voice, "I'm scared."
Mu Anxiao stroked the rabbit spirit's head and said, "Don't worry, I'm here."
"What use are you?" the rabbit spirit asked with disbelief.
Mu Anxiao's expression stiffened and he said, "I'm human. They wouldn't dare do anything to me. Besides, as long as I hold onto you, no one will dare touch you."
"Don't lie to me," the rabbit spirit said.
"How dare I lie to you? You are a rabbit spirit," Mu Anxiao said, looking down.
Hearing this, the rabbit spirit suddenly remembered that it was no longer its past self. Then, its body stopped trembling and it said, "It's fine. Even if you don't protect me, I can protect myself."
"You said it," Mu Anxiao said, leaning down. "Then you can walk by yourself."
Immediately, the rabbit spirit hurriedly shouted, "Hey, hey, hey, no, no, no."
"Don't you say you can protect yourself?" Mu Anxiao said, leaning down.
"I don't understand the situation in the human world. I take back what I said, I take it back," the rabbit spirit said, backing down.
Mu Anxiao's lips curved into a smile. He straightened up and stroked the rabbit spirit's head, saying, "Next, I'll take you to play some fun things."
"Okay," the rabbit spirit said, relieved.
"Let's go." As Mu Anxiao took a few steps, a dark green light suddenly descended from the sky. Mu Anxiao quickly stopped and looked vigilantly at the green-clothed man who appeared before him following the light.
"Little spirit," the green-clothed man said, completely ignoring Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao looked down at the rabbit spirit, who had started trembling again, and then looked up at the green-clothed man, asking, "Who are you?"
"You are quite bold," the green-clothed man said, his gaze fixing on Mu Anxiao's face.
Mu Anxiao, worried that the green-clothed man's presence might attract the dog-headed monsters who wanted to kill him, suddenly grinned foolishly.
The green-clothed man looked at Mu Anxiao, who was inexplicably grinning foolishly, and frowned.
"What are you laughing at?" he asked.
Mu Anxiao continued to grin foolishly, stroking the rabbit spirit's head, and did not answer.
"Are you an idiot?" the green-clothed man guessed, then walked up to Mu Anxiao and looked at the dirt on his clothes, saying, "That's not right either. You seemed normal just now."
Mu Anxiao completely ignored the green-clothed man and continued to grin foolishly.
In an instant, the green-clothed man was at a loss: "I say, idiot, what are you laughing about?"
Mu Anxiao's throat became dry from laughing, so he stopped and cleared his throat.
Seeing Mu Anxiao stop his foolish grin, the green-clothed man let out a sigh of relief and said, "You finally stopped. I'm telling you, idiot, this fellow is a spirit. You'd better not hold her," he pointed at the rabbit spirit and extended his hand, "Come on, hand her over to me."
Mu Anxiao frowned and moved his body to the side, saying, "I won't. This is my rabbit."
Hearing Mu Anxiao speaking so normally, the green-clothed man frowned and said, "You're not an idiot."
"I never admitted I was an idiot," Mu Anxiao said, lifting his chin.
"If you're not an idiot, then you know what this is, right?" the green-clothed man asked, pointing at the rabbit spirit in Mu Anxiao's arms.
Mu Anxiao nodded: "I know. She is my savior."
"She's not human," the green-clothed man emphasized angrily.
Mu Anxiao was momentarily speechless and said, "I know she's not human, but in my eyes, she is human."
"What you're saying is quite convoluted," the green-clothed man said helplessly.
Mu Anxiao took half a step back. "You can't take her away from me."
"Do you know how she became a spirit?" the green-clothed man asked, pointing at the rabbit spirit.
"I don't know," Mu Anxiao said righteously.
"You don't know, and you dare to take her in? Are you tired of living?" the green-clothed man said, indignant at Mu Anxiao's behavior.
"What does it have to do with you whether I want to live or not? Anyway," Mu Anxiao's eyes widened, "I won't allow you to touch her, otherwise, I... I..."
"You what?" the green-clothed man interrupted Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao hesitated and said, "I'll fight you."
"You're just a mortal, and you want to fight me? What a joke," the green-clothed man said, looking at Mu Anxiao with disdain.
"What did you say I was?" Mu Anxiao's brow furrowed slightly.
"Aren't you a mortal?" the green-clothed man asked, pointing at Mu Anxiao.
Immediately, Mu Anxiao lowered his eyelids, recalling what the vine spirit had said before leaving, and thought: The vine spirit used sorcery to seal the celestial energy within my body. Only monsters can sense it. She thought, looking up at the green-clothed man, so this guy in green is a deity?
"Say something," the green-clothed man said impatiently.
Mu Anxiao snapped back to attention and asked, "Are you from above?"
"I..." the green-clothed man glanced at the rabbit spirit looking up at him and said, "I'm not."
"Then what are you?" Mu Anxiao took a few steps back.
The green-clothed man didn't notice Mu Anxiao's actions and said, "I am a cultivator." As he spoke, his gaze swept around.
Mu Anxiao observed the green-clothed man's eyes and inadvertently recalled how Shen Yan had deceived him in the past. Thinking about the beam of light he carried, he narrowed his eyes and said, "You're lying."
"I..."
"You are from above," Mu Anxiao interrupted firmly.
Seeing how perceptive Mu Anxiao was, the green-clothed man said helplessly, "Fine, I admit I'm from above. Since you know," he pointed at the rabbit spirit, "give this fellow to me."
"If you're from above, then I can't give her to you any less," Mu Anxiao said, moving his body further to the side.
"She'll eat you," the green-clothed man said, deliberately trying to scare Mu Anxiao.