She Ning glanced at Zhao Xiang and said nothing.
On the other side, the man in the conical hat squatted beside Mu Anxiao and said, "Tell me, where are you going now?" As he spoke, he put down his bow and arrow and gently bent over to help Mu Anxiao up.
Zhao Xiang dared not act rashly and responded honestly, "We are going to the city gate. She said," he glanced at Mu Anxiao leaning in the man's embrace, and continued, "Someone is looking for her."
She Ning felt Zhao Xiang was saying too much and reached out to pull Zhao Xiang's arm.
Zhao Xiang did not react, only glanced at She Ning before shifting his gaze back to the man in the conical hat, "What are you going to do now?"
She Ning looked at the garrulous Zhao Xiang with a helpless expression, sighed softly, and fell silent.
The man in the conical hat said, "What else can I do? I'll accompany you for a while." As he spoke, he picked up his bow and arrow again and hung it on Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao showed no reaction, her head lowered, allowing the man in the conical hat to treat her as a 'bow rack.'
At the same time, Zhao Xiang remembered Feng Qishi, who had feelings for Mu Anxiao, and quickly said, "She is a woman, you should be mindful." As he spoke, he stepped forward.
Instantly, the man in the conical hat lowered his head to look at Mu Anxiao's face and smiled, "I really can't tell she's a woman." With that, he scooped Mu Anxiao up horizontally.
She Ning said, "You can't tell she's a woman, yet you could discern her gender? What you're saying," he stepped forward, "is quite contradictory."
"I said I couldn't tell she's a woman, not that she isn't," the man in the conical hat said, carrying Mu Anxiao and turning to She Ning, "You're being a bit too pedantic."
She Ning believed the man in the conical hat to be his savior, so the moment the man in the conical hat spoke, he fell silent.
"Aren't you going to hunt monsters?" Zhao Xiang suddenly felt puzzled by the man in the conical hat's change of demeanor.
"Time has been wasted by her."
"Time?" Zhao Xiang repeated and smiled, "If you go deeper in here, there will be monsters. I don't think it's a matter of time." From the man's series of actions, he could tell the man was no ordinary mortal. Therefore, he harbored no suspicion about what the man wanted to do. Instead, he believed the man could definitely use his bow and arrow to eliminate evil for the people.
"I don't like people hurrying me," the man in the conical hat said coldly.
Zhao Xiang merely did not want to delay the man in the conical hat because of them; he had no intention of hurrying him.
At this moment, the man in the conical hat suddenly said this, and he became fearful. "I didn't mean that, I just..." He wanted to explain, but his mind didn't follow his thoughts. Helplessly, he couldn't go on.
"Enough nonsense, you two follow me," the man in the conical hat said, hugging Mu Anxiao and turning around, taking the lead.
Then, Zhao Xiang breathed a sigh of relief. After exchanging a glance with She Ning, he followed the man's footsteps.
A short while later.
The man in the conical hat led them to a corner of the city wall. His purpose in bringing them here was only because the city gate was guarded, and he did not want to be questioned by those people. Likewise, Zhao Xiang and She Ning had the same thought, so they watched silently as the man in the conical hat placed Mu Anxiao on the ground.
"You two, don't tell her that I held her," the man in the conical hat said, taking the bow and arrow off Mu Anxiao and letting her lean against the wall.
Zhao Xiang was bewildered, "Why? You want to do good deeds without leaving a name?" he asked, blinking his eyes.
Under the effect of the pill, She Ning had also completely recovered. Therefore, he had no questions about the man's instructions and replied, "Understood."
"Good that you understand." The man in the conical hat ignored Zhao Xiang, looked down at the listless Mu Anxiao, and stood up. "Alright, take care."
"What are you going to do?" She Ning asked curiously.
The man in the conical hat retreated a few steps and pointed upwards, "Enter the city."
"You're going to fly in from here?" Zhao Xiang understood the man's intention at a glance and was surprised.
"..." The corner of the man's mouth turned up, and he disappeared.
Zhao Xiang and She Ning were stunned by this.
Then, Zhao Xiang slowly raised his head, looking upwards while thinking about the man's disappearance, and asked, "Is he even human?" He looked at She Ning.
She Ning gasped and shook his head, "I don't know." As he spoke, he clutched his stomach, thinking about the effect of the pill he had just taken, and began to speculate, "Could it be that he's not human?"
"Not human? I also think he's not human. Then he could be..."
"Nor is he an immortal," She Ning said, shaking his head slightly, interrupting Zhao Xiang.
Zhao Xiang was stunned.
Just then, Mu Anxiao opened her eyes and asked, "Where am I?" She raised her hand to touch her head and slowly looked forward.
Immediately, Zhao Xiang and She Ning came before her.
Zhao Xiang said, "You're really quite heavy."
"I'm heavy?" Mu Anxiao said, tilting her face up and dazedly staring at Zhao Xiang's face, "Where is that guy?"
"Which guy?" Zhao Xiang feigned ignorance.
She Ning glanced at Zhao Xiang and said nothing.
Then, Mu Anxiao braced herself on the ground and, rubbing against the lumpy wall, stood up. "It's that..." she said halfway, only then noticing... this was the corner of the city wall. "This isn't right." She looked to both sides, then back at the wall behind her, bewildered.
Zhao Xiang, worried that Mu Anxiao might overthink, said, "We chased him away." He forgot that She Ning had taken the pill.
"You guys..." Mu Anxiao said, lowering her head slightly as she thought, and touched her slightly sore head, realizing, "I remember."
"What do you remember?" Zhao Xiang asked casually.
She Ning calmly watched Zhao Xiang, who thought his acting was superb, sighed, crossed his arms, and stared at the back of Mu Anxiao's head.
At the same time, Mu Anxiao thought for a moment, quickly turned around, looked at She Ning, and asked, "You didn't take it, did you?"
"What?" She Ning didn't react.
At the same time, Zhao Xiang finally remembered that She Ning had taken the pill. Thus... he thought about what he had just said and was embarrassed.
Mu Anxiao ignored Zhao Xiang and looked at She Ning with a worried expression, "That guy... didn't he give you a pill? I... I was just about to stop him when he knocked me out with that broken bow of his," she said, taking a step forward with concern, "You didn't take it, did you?" She hoped She Ning hadn't taken the pill.
She Ning smiled.
Zhao Xiang was startled and turned to look at She Ning's profile.
Mu Anxiao was stunned, "What are you smiling about? You didn't take it, did you?" As she spoke, her expression froze.
She Ning pursed his lips and smiled, "Actually, that person wasn't bad."