"What's going on?" Feng Qishi asked, looking at the scene before him.
"He's here," Mu Anxiao said, consciously stepping back to the roadside behind him.
"Who's here?" Feng Qishi asked, glancing at the ambulance parked at the school entrance.
Mu Anxiao looked at Feng Qishi with a helpless expression and sighed, asking, "You're pretending to be foolish a little too much."
Feng Qishi chuckled twice at Mu Anxiao's question, his expression returning to normal. He said, "Alright, when do we make our move?"
"Make our move," Mu Anxiao repeated, tilting her head back to look at the dark green light mist that had just passed overhead. "He's up there."
Hearing this, Feng Qishi followed her gaze, tilting his head back to look at the dark green light mist in the sky, which had noticeably slowed. He asked, "Why is he so slow?"
Mu Anxiao looked at the dark green light with confusion. "That's not right, why is he so slow? Could it be..."
"The vine spirit captured the master," the short demon hurried through the door and ran up to Mu Anxiao.
"Please save him quickly," the stout demon said anxiously.
"Isn't your master over there?" Feng Qishi pointed at Hu Yuan, who was being loaded into the ambulance.
The stout demon glanced at Feng Qishi, pouted, and said, "That's not the master."
"Not your master," Feng Qishi repeated, lowering his gaze. After a moment's thought, he asked, "No way, your master... is dead?"
"Although I really don't want to answer you this way, yes, that's how it is," the short demon said, lowering his head.
"Your master gave his body to the wolf demon," Mu Anxiao said.
The stout demon, afraid Mu Anxiao might misunderstand the wolf demon, quickly said, "It wasn't the wolf demon this time. It was all that vine spirit's doing."
"The wolf demon wasn't involved this time?" Feng Qishi asked.
"Yes, the wolf demon was very good to our master. The wolf demon is currently unconscious and doesn't know the master's condition," the stout demon explained in detail.
"Then let's go quickly," Feng Qishi said impatiently.
Mu Anxiao watched Feng Qishi impulsively charge forward and quickly said, "Don't go."
"Why?" The three of them asked in unison.
Mu Anxiao looked at each of them and said, "The wolf demon must know about this."
"You know he's here to find the wolf demon?" the stout demon asked in surprise.
"I'm just guessing. Who knew the vine spirit's target was really here," Mu Anxiao said, glancing at the departing ambulance. "It should still be that hospital."
"How do you know?" Feng Qishi asked.
"Because that hospital is the closest to here," Mu Anxiao said.
"Oh, I didn't even think of that," Feng Qishi said with a simple smile.
"I'm going to see the master," the stout demon said.
"Big brother, do you know the place?" the short demon asked in surprise.
"I've remembered his scent. I can follow it," the stout demon said.
"I'll go with you."
"No, you're responsible for taking them there," the stout demon said. He waved his hand in front of the short demon's face and asked, "Do you remember the scent?"
The short demon took a deep breath and nodded, "I remember."
"Let's go," the stout demon said and disappeared with a turn.
The short demon looked up at the departing figure of the stout demon, his eyes darkening. He turned and said, "We have to hurry, or something will happen to the master."
"Let's go," Feng Qishi said.
Mu Anxiao nodded and turned to run towards the bus stop.
Feng Qishi glanced at a taxi passing them by and reluctantly followed Mu Anxiao.
A moment later, they arrived outside the hospital. At the same time, Hu Yuan's mother and her male companion also arrived.
"It's you," Hu Yuan's mother recognized Mu Anxiao at a glance.
Mu Anxiao was startled, turned, and looked at Hu Yuan's mother, who was greeting her. He said, "Hello."
"Are you here to..."
"I just passed by the school and saw Hu Yuan being taken into an ambulance, so I followed," Mu Anxiao said casually.
"Let's go in together," the man said, putting his arm around Hu Yuan's mother's shoulder.
"Okay," Mu Anxiao agreed and walked in with them.
Half an hour later, after Hu Yuan's mother and the man left the ward, Feng Qishi followed Mu Anxiao into the ward. The wolf demon, lying in bed, looked at Mu Anxiao and Feng Qishi entering and said, "You know."
Mu Anxiao nodded and said, "I know. Um, can you use demonic arts now?"
The wolf demon shook his head slightly. "No."
"Why?" Mu Anxiao asked.
The wolf demon looked at Mu Anxiao's questioning expression helplessly and said, "Hu Yuan was here before, but now that Hu Yuan is gone, I need to adapt to this body myself and then cultivate."
"Then what do we do?" Mu Anxiao asked, looking troubled.
"What's wrong?" the wolf demon asked.
Feng Qishi glanced at Mu Anxiao, stepped forward, and said, "Hu Yuan was captured by the vine spirit."
"What?" The wolf demon's eyes widened, and he clenched his fists. "The vine spirit captured Hu Yuan."
"I just came to tell you this news. Since you can't use demonic arts, we're leaving."
"Can you do it?" the wolf demon suddenly asked.
Mu Anxiao was startled, then looked at Feng Qishi standing beside him and said, "I can't, but there's him."
"He..."
"You look down on me," Feng Qishi said, straightening his back.
The wolf demon couldn't help but smile. "No, I just don't think you two working together can defeat him."
"Why do you say that?" Feng Qishi asked.
"The vine spirit was once a spirit, but now he is a demon. Do you know how powerful a demon is?"
"If you hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have asked you," Mu Anxiao said. He walked to the wolf demon's bedside and asked, "Why don't you want to become a demon?"
"I like to be bound. Becoming a demon means being destined for loneliness," the wolf demon said.
"You're too much," Feng Qishi said with a smile.
The wolf demon looked at Feng Qishi and said, "To be honest, I was once a lonely wolf. Although we are considered short-term pack animals, I was an exception. I was always alone... no, I always hunted alone. Ever since I cultivated into a demon, I've done many evil deeds. Afterwards, there were always yin officials chasing me, and I was always worshipped by humans. But if I were to stray into the demonic path, then I would be destined for loneliness."
"Speaking of which, don't you already look very lonely even if you don't become a demon?" Feng Qishi said, looking at the wolf demon's face.
The wolf demon frowned. "Feng Qishi, why do I feel like you've suddenly become so arrogant lately?"
"Have I?" Feng Qishi was surprised and touched the back of his head as if he had been praised. "Maybe I've become more confident after becoming a ghost."
"Hey, hey, hey, please be clear, I'm not praising you," the wolf demon said hastily, afraid Feng Qishi would misunderstand his meaning.
Mu Anxiao watched Feng Qishi and the wolf demon chat so casually and said, "You mean, you'll follow us?"