Seeing the maid's reaction, Mu Anxiao also felt a bit embarrassed. "Don't be afraid, I'm just asking for directions." She said with a serious expression, not a hint of jest.
The maid, seeing this, reluctantly believed her. "You're really asking for directions?"
"Mhm, I'm new here, so," Mu Anxiao smiled, "I'm not too familiar with the paths."
"Is that so?" The maid relaxed her guard. "Then tell me, where are you going?"
"I..." Mu Anxiao chuckled dryly. "I want to go to the General's room."
"What do you want to go to the General's room for?" The maid was surprised. "Oh, to tell you the truth, I was brought in by the General. He said I would be serving him from now on, but I forgot the way." Mu Anxiao said calmly.
The maid's eyes lit up, and her demeanor changed instantly. "You should have said so earlier, I'll take you." As she spoke, she stepped forward and grabbed Mu Anxiao's arm.
Mu Anxiao was startled by this. "No need, you can just tell me. You know, the General doesn't like much contact with women. If you go with me, I'm afraid he'll be displeased. Also, you know the rules here. If you go with me alone, it will only lead to gossip from others in the manor. Of course, I'm fine, but if you, a single woman, are pointed at because of me, I would feel terrible." She said, trying to pull away from the maid.
The maid heard this and thought of Feng Qishi's unapproachable demeanor. Her expression changed, and before Mu Anxiao could act, she let go of her hand. "You're right." She said, looking around, and patiently pointed the way for Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao smiled faintly after listening.
The maid truly took Mu Anxiao's words to heart. After saying that, she left.
Immediately after, once the maid was far away, Mu Anxiao looked up at the silver needle in the sky. "Don't you dislike looking down?"
"I just happened to notice." The silver needle replied, with a smile in its tone. "I didn't expect you to actually come out."
"..." Mu Anxiao intentionally remained silent.
Then, the silver needle turned, with a black gleam, and came before Mu Anxiao. It said, "It's you."
Mu Anxiao calmly watched the silver needle hovering before her. Thinking of Ouyang Ye's methods, she casually asked, "Who is your master?"
Silver needle: "The same question again." It remembered Mu Anxiao had said this before.
Mu Anxiao: "If I'm not mistaken, this silver needle is merely a vessel for your demonic energy, right?"
The silver needle remained silent.
Seeing this, Mu Anxiao frowned slightly. "You're about to enter my body, and you won't even let me understand you." As she spoke, she prepared herself to deal with it.
Silver needle: "So you're convinced."
"What do you mean convinced? Even if I'm not," Mu Anxiao said, "does it matter?"
"You're quite sensible, kid."
"..." Mu Anxiao paused for a few seconds before saying, "My greatest virtue is being sensible."
The silver needle chuckled.
Mu Anxiao said, "Since I've said this much, can you tell me who your master is now?"
"You..."
"I know I don't have the right to say these things." Mu Anxiao suspected that before this demonic energy encountered Xiaoyue, it had never entered anyone else's body. Otherwise, it wouldn't have seemed so helpless within Xiaoyue's body, nor would it have so casually returned to the silver needle. With this thought, she decided to play hard to get, to prove her guess was correct.
Silver needle: "You know that, yet you still say it."
Mu Anxiao smiled faintly. "I know, but everything requires an exchange, right?"
"What do you want?"
"You want a body that you can control, and I want to learn what you know," Mu Anxiao smiled. "Tell me, and I'll give you my body. If you don't tell me, then you decide."
"You..."
"I know, you're definitely going to say you can enter other people's bodies without me, right?" Mu Anxiao interrupted, raising her chin.
The silver needle was speechless.
Mu Anxiao stared at the silver needle. "Earlier, you were in that person's body, and it was very painful, wasn't it."
"You meddle too much."
"Say whatever you want," Mu Anxiao said, still smiling at the silver needle. "I have a premonition that you can't easily enter other people's bodies. Even if you do, that person will suffer, and you will suffer even more. You must have experienced all of this just now, right?"
Everything depended on observation.
During the conversation with the maid, Mu Anxiao deeply felt that the demonic energy within the silver needle had weakened. Based on her understanding of demonic energy, the silver needle's state likely indicated fear. As far as she knew, the silver needle's condition was definitely related to Xiaoyue.
As the saying goes, once bitten by a snake, one fears a well rope for ten years. It was evident that the silver needle had developed a fear in this regard, otherwise, it wouldn't have so many unnecessary words.
Therefore, Mu Anxiao, leveraging the silver needle's psychological state, conceived of a method to exchange conditions with it.
The silver needle remained silent.
Seeing that the silver needle had no reaction, Mu Anxiao continued, "Xiaoyue accepted you without knowing, and her body resisted you. That's why you couldn't find a dwelling. From this, I understand a principle."
"What principle?"
"If you want to find a place to lodge, the prerequisite is that you must have someone's consent. Now," Mu Anxiao said, "I'm giving you this opportunity, how about it."
"Don't lie to me."
"Lie to you?" Mu Anxiao's lips curved. "I really don't have the time to lie to you. If you don't believe me, then try it." As she spoke, she extended her hand.
Seeing this, the silver needle asked, "What are you going to do?"
Feng Qishi watched Mu Anxiao's action and muttered, "Silly Mu, has she gone mad?" He clenched his fists, ready to help.
Mu Anxiao: "Stab me. I guarantee it. Just try." She cast aside the danger, wanting only to test if her words were true.
Silver needle: "You think too highly of yourself." Saying this, it directly aimed to stab Mu Anxiao's palm.
Feng Qishi's eyes widened when he saw this.
The next second, the silver needle firmly embedded itself in Mu Anxiao's palm.
Mu Anxiao felt nothing and stared intently at the silver needle, saying, "I don't feel anything."
The silver needle had no reaction.
Feng Qishi retracted his outstretched foot, looking puzzled.
Mu Anxiao saw the silver needle's silence, so after a few seconds of stillness, she suddenly recalled those mortals who had abandoned their souls, and thought of the demonic energy within them. Her eyes darted, and she thought: 'No way? Could it be? Those people are all related to the silver needle?' Thinking this, she reached out her hand towards the silver needle, deciding to pull it out herself.
At the same moment, as Mu Anxiao was about to grasp the silver needle, it voluntarily detached from her palm and said, "What's happening?"
Seeing this, Mu Anxiao quickly reached out to press the bleeding point and then looked up at the silver needle, saying nothing.