"Alright," Zhang Yan nodded without much persuasion.
Feng Qishi felt a sense of crisis at Zhang Yan's sudden question, so he stepped forward and said, "Are you hiding something from me?"
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao quickly turned to Feng Qishi and said, "What could we possibly be hiding from you? Let's go."
"If you're hiding something from me, we'll see about that," Feng Qishi pointed at Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao lowered her head and fell silent.
Feng Qishi narrowed his eyes.
The wolf demon said, "Since everyone is ready, shouldn't we depart?" As he spoke, he intentionally pressed the chain deeper into his pocket.
"You're wearing this outfit?" Mu Anxiao pointed to the wolf demon's casual wear.
The wolf demon looked down at his attire and said dismissively, "I didn't prepare anything like you did. It's fine to change back later."
"Aren't you afraid of being treated as an anomaly?" Feng Qishi asked.
The wolf demon shrugged, " mortals can't see..."
"You're using a mortal body," Mu Anxiao interrupted, "Naturally, they can see you."
"You're right about that," the wolf demon said, tugging at his clothes. "Never mind, we'll talk about it later."
"As you wish," Mu Anxiao said casually.
A few minutes later, they gathered in Zhang Yan's bedroom. The old man stood very casually on Zhang Yan's bed and said, "Close your eyes."
"Wait," Zhang Yan interrupted, pointing at the old man's feet. "You have a very strange way of standing."
The old man looked down at his feet calmly and said, "My soles were cleaned before I came, don't worry."
"You still shouldn't do that," Zhang Yan said, pointing at the old man.
The old man narrowed his eyes. "If you say one more word, and we can't go back, you'll be responsible."
Hearing this, Zhang Yan promptly shut his mouth.
Then, the old man withdrew his gaze from Zhang Yan's face and said, "All of you, close your eyes."
"Okay," Feng Qishi replied obediently, then closed his eyes.
The wolf demon glanced at Mu Anxiao, patted his pocket, and closed his eyes.
Mu Anxiao took out her phone and handed it to Zhang Yan without a word.
Zhang Yan took the phone and nodded slightly.
Following this, the moment Mu Anxiao turned her head, she inadvertently saw something in the wolf demon's pocket. What was in his pocket? As she thought this, just as she was about to step forward, a dazzling blue light emanated from beside her.
"What is this?" she exclaimed, looking at the light in surprise.
Gradually, Zhang Yan was separated, their feet left the ground, a large hole opened in the ceiling, and they were sucked into the opening.
Mu Anxiao did not feel any change in herself. Instead, she witnessed the entire process of the light turning into a vortex with her own eyes, then blinked in disbelief. Following this, she remembered the old man's earlier reminder, "Close your eyes." Repeating it, just as she was about to close her eyes, the chain in the wolf demon's pocket instantly flew out.
The wolf demon frowned, but did not react.
Seeing this, Mu Anxiao quickly reached out and snatched the chain, saying, "Vine Demon."
Due to the surrounding wind, Feng Qishi and the wolf demon did not hear Mu Anxiao speak.
However, the old man did.
"Close your eyes," he said anxiously.
Mu Anxiao looked at the old man looming above her and quickly closed her eyes.
Seeing Mu Anxiao close her eyes, the old man couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and resume his spellcasting.
Mu Anxiao held the chain tightly.
"Let me go," the vine demon shouted.
"I won't," Mu Anxiao said, gripping it even tighter.
"You..."
The vine demon had just uttered one word when a sudden force pulled it. The moment Mu Anxiao felt that force, she immediately opened her eyes. The old man's eyes widened, and just as he was about to speak, the time tunnel opened. Simultaneously, the vine demon escaped from Mu Anxiao's grasp. Mu Anxiao watched the chain shadow of the vine demon fly into the tunnel, then pushed off with her feet and, without thinking of anything else, accelerated past Feng Qishi, the wolf demon, and the old man, rushing into the tunnel...
"Stop," the old man roared, looking sideways at Mu Anxiao's retreating figure.
This time, Feng Qishi heard the voice and opened his eyes, looking at the old man and asking, "What's wrong?"
"We'll talk about it when we get back," the old man said, looking back at Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi frowned, looked sideways at the person behind him, and then quickly looked back at the old man, asking, "Where's Mu the idiot?"
At the same time, the wolf demon also opened his eyes.
"He's gone in," the old man replied helplessly. Then, with a flick of his sleeve, he tied Feng Qishi's arm.
"What are you doing?" Feng Qishi asked, looking at the old man in surprise.
"Follow me," the old man said, turning and flying into the tunnel.
Feng Qishi followed the old man in.
The wolf demon touched his pocket and thought, "Mu Anxiao must have gone after the vine demon."
"Hurry up!" Feng Qishi shouted.
Hearing this, the wolf demon replied with an "okay" and chased after them.
Immediately after, the tunnel disappeared, and the ceiling of Zhang Yan's bedroom returned to its original state. As the blue light dissipated, Zhang Yan turned off the phone Mu Anxiao had used. "Mu Anxiao, we'll meet again," he said, turning and opening the bedroom door before walking out.
After an unknown period of travel, Feng Qishi was led by the old man into an ice cave.
"Where is this place?" Feng Qishi asked, his arm still bound by the old man's sleeve.
The old man lightly flicked his sleeve, retracting it from Feng Qishi's arm, and said, "Ten Thousand Year Ice Cave."
"Ten Thousand Year Ice Cave..." Feng Qishi said, his mind turning, and he looked behind him and asked, "Where is the wolf demon?"
"He can't come to this place," the old man said, turning his back. "Follow me."
Feng Qishi frowned, but still followed the old man.
Meanwhile, Mu Anxiao, having failed to catch the chain, landed in an empty alley in the marketplace.
"I'm back," she stood in place, smelling the air, which was different from the present world, and muttered to herself.
"Mu Anxiao, you're back."
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao turned to look at Hei Feng, who had a playful smile on his face, and said, "I'm sorry."
"What's wrong?" Hei Feng asked, looking at Mu Anxiao in confusion.
"The vine demon went to that side, but..." Mu Anxiao's eyes darkened. "I didn't catch him."
"It's also my fault. If I had sent him to hell earlier, none of this would have happened," Hei Feng said self-reproachfully.
"So, it seems we are both at fault in this matter," Mu Anxiao said.
"What does that have to do with you?" Hei Feng asked.
Mu Anxiao shrugged and asked, "Do you have any work for me, something that doesn't involve using magic?"
"No magic," Hei Feng smiled, and as he extended his hand, it passed through Mu Anxiao's body.
"Understand now?" Mu Anxiao looked down at Hei Feng's transparent hand and said.
"How can this be?" Hei Feng looked at his hand in astonishment and asked.
Mu Anxiao looked calmly at Hei Feng's face and said, "It's very simple, I've lost everything. In the wolf demon's words, I'm now an immortal old fossil."