Xu Lanyan smiled, then pulled Mu Anxiao and leaped upward, disappearing.
In the Ten Thousand Year Ice Cave, the old man looked at Feng Qishi with confusion and asked, "What are you still standing there for?"
"I want to wait for her to come," Feng Qishi said calmly.
The old man looked at Feng Qishi's face, identical to Shen Yan's, and his eyes sank as he said, "Fine."
In a flash, Xu Lanyan appeared at the cave entrance with Mu Anxiao. Xu Lanyan let go of her hand instinctively.
Mu Anxiao crossed her arms in front of her chest, feeling the chill emanating from within, and shivered, uttering two words: "So cold."
"This is the Ten Thousand Year Ice Cave; the ice here hasn't thawed for millennia," Xu Lanyan explained, taking off his outer robe and handing it to Mu Anxiao.
"What are you doing?" Mu Anxiao's lips began to tremble.
"Put it on, lest you freeze to death before even entering," Xu Lanyan said, offering the robe.
Mu Anxiao touched her frozen nose, reached out to take the robe, and said "Thank you" verbally before draping it over herself.
"Feeling any better?" Xu Lanyan asked, casting a spell on Mu Anxiao.
Instantly, strands of faint blue light enveloped Mu Anxiao. Mu Anxiao looked at the light surrounding her body in surprise and asked, "What is this?"
"It's to prevent you from freezing to death; I'm giving you some warmth," Xu Lanyan said, turning and walking ahead.
Mu Anxiao suddenly felt her body no longer so cold, so she stepped into the ice cave.
A short while later, Feng Qishi saw Mu Anxiao. "You're still alive, that's great."
"Shen Yan." Mu Anxiao's gaze did not linger on Feng Qishi's face but instead fell upon Shen Yan, who lay there, his youthful appearance restored.
Seeing that Mu Anxiao was ignoring him, Feng Qishi frowned and said, "Idiot Mu, can't you see me?"
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao shifted her gaze from Shen Yan's face, looked up at Feng Qishi, and said, "I just can't see you."
"Your clothes..." Feng Qishi pointed at Mu Anxiao, then shifted his gaze to Xu Lanyan and asked, "What is your relationship with him?"
Mu Anxiao looked helplessly at Feng Qishi's troublemaking face and said, "Are you sick? Since your master has prepared everything for you, hurry up. I'm freezing to death."
"What master?" Feng Qishi asked, confused.
Mu Anxiao turned her face away.
Feng Qishi's eyes widened. "Explain yourself. Aren't you my master? Didn't you say you would guide me to immortality? What do you mean by speaking like this now?"
Mu Anxiao took a deep breath, put on a heartless expression, turned back to Feng Qishi, stepped forward twice, and said, "Feng Qishi, do you see the immortal light around my body?"
Feng Qishi looked down and nodded obediently. "I see it. What are you trying to say?"
"I'm trying to say that there are many powerful immortals here, and a useless person like me can't teach you anything. You should go back to your former master and cultivate properly," Mu Anxiao said coldly.
Xu Lanyan looked at Mu Anxiao, who spoke so heartlessly, in astonishment. "You asked me to bring you here, and this is what you intended to do. How cruel."
Mu Anxiao ignored Xu Lanyan, continuing to stare into Feng Qishi's eyes.
Tears welled up in Feng Qishi's eyes. "You lied to me. You said you wouldn't abandon me. You said..."
"There, I promised you, it was just pity for you. I had already planned to sever ties with you once I returned," Mu Anxiao looked coldly at Feng Qishi and said, "From now on, there is no me in your life, and no you in my life. You walk your golden path, and I'll cross my single-plank bridge. We'll be fine separately."
"Idiot Mu, how could you do this to me?" Feng Qishi roared.
"This is just how I am, nothing can be done," Mu Anxiao took half a step back.
Feng Qishi, forgetting himself, reached out to grab Mu Anxiao's arm but missed.
"You can't touch me. We'll never meet again," Mu Anxiao said, directly taking off Xu Lanyan's robe. Then, she looked at the old man and said, "I'm leaving." With that, she shoved the robe back to Xu Lanyan and turned, walking forward with difficulty.
Xu Lanyan glanced at the old man and quickly followed Mu Anxiao.
Seeing this, Feng Qishi thought nothing more and quickly re-entered Shen Yan's body.
The old man, without saying anything, flicked a spell towards Shen Yan and said, "Done."
Immediately, Feng Qishi turned around and opened his eyes successfully. Before he could speak, the old man said, "You're such a good actor, Shen Yan."
"Master, I am called Feng Qishi now, and I will only be called Feng Qishi from now on." Saying this, he stood up and chased after Mu Anxiao.
The old man, with no means to stop him, leisurely followed.
At this moment, Mu Anxiao had already left the ice cave. Xu Lanyan had not managed to drape his robe over Mu Anxiao's shoulders.
"Don't follow me anymore," she stopped, trembling all over, and said.
"Are you angry?" Xu Lanyan asked.
Mu Anxiao let out a breath, turned around, her eyebrows frozen, and said, "No, this is the retribution I deserve. From now on, don't look for me again. Thanks for your cooperation."
"But..."
"If you're thirsty, go drink water," Mu Anxiao said. Just as she turned, Feng Qishi, in Shen Yan's form, appeared behind her. "Idiot Mu, you really are incredibly heartless."
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao's body stiffened. She slowly turned around to face the resurrected Feng Qishi and said, "Say whatever you want."
"Alright, I'll let you go, but I'm telling you, you'd better hide well. If I find you, I won't let you off again, Mu Anxiao." Feng Qishi spoke with the tone of his previous life.
Mu Anxiao sneered. "Don't worry, I won't let you find me." After saying this, she turned and walked away.
Feng Qishi stood in place, watching Mu Anxiao's departing figure, and lowered his eyelids.
At the same time, the old man stopped behind Feng Qishi and asked, "Why didn't you say you had memories?"
"Saying it would only put pressure on that guy," Feng Qishi looked at Mu Anxiao's retreating back, pursed his lips, and smiled. "That guy should live for himself this time."
"Come back with me," the old man said.
"Master, I still want to continue my previous celestial position. This time, I hope you won't interfere," Feng Qishi said, looking at the old man sideways.
The old man nodded. "Alright, I won't interfere."
"Thank you," Feng Qishi smiled faintly.
Xu Lanyan looked at Feng Qishi, utterly confused. "Who exactly are you?"
"I am your senior brother, I am whoever you want me to be," Feng Qishi said, looking at Xu Lanyan.
"No," Xu Lanyan, unable to react for a moment, glanced in the direction Mu Anxiao had gone. "Were you reincarnated with memories?"
"Yes and no. These memories of past lives only surfaced the first time I saw Mu Anxiao in this life," Feng Qishi confessed honestly.
"You just let go like this," Xu Lanyan said. "Don't you think it's a pity?"