Lou Yi knew that invisibility did not grant freedom. The stir of the wind earlier had clearly instructed them to stay put. If he went now, he would only be asking for trouble.
However, Mu Anxiao was so resolute. If he didn't listen to her, he would also be asking for trouble. Suddenly, he didn't know what to do.
"..." He stopped in his tracks.
Mu Anxiao looked at Lou Yi's hesitant expression and then at Feng Qishi's retreating back. She sighed, "Forget it, if you don't want to go, then don't." With that, she returned behind the tree.
Lou Yi's eyes lit up. He looked at Mu Anxiao and asked, "Why?" He walked behind her.
Mu Anxiao replied, "Why else? Even if you went, you might not find out anything. In the end, you'll just get yourself dirty and blame me." She turned to face Lou Yi.
"You..."
"No wonder your master assigned you to Jia. It turns out you're no better than him."
"What do you mean by that?" Lou Yi felt a pang of disappointment.
Mu Anxiao said, "He always procrastinates with his tasks, and in the end, nothing gets done. Of course," she added seriously, "I admit that the things I ask you to do are very dangerous. Forget it, if you don't want to do it, that's fine. I'll think of something else."
A provocation.
Although Mu Anxiao didn't know what Lou Yi had experienced, seeing that he cultivated the 'Fei Xian' technique, she guessed he must have had a reason.
As for the main reason, Mu Anxiao didn't know.
But she had a hunch that provoking Lou Yi would definitely work.
"..." Lou Yi fell silent.
Mu Anxiao glanced at Lou Yi, deliberately refraining from speaking, lest she disturb his thoughts.
The next moment, Lou Yi slowly looked up at Mu Anxiao and said, "If I go, would it be considered a breakthrough?"
"Yes," Mu Anxiao affirmed. "As long as you do as I say, I will definitely help you surpass Jia, and then he won't dare to bully you anymore."
"Surpassing him or not doesn't matter to me. I..." Lou Yi stopped himself.
Mu Anxiao asked, "Why did you stop?"
"I want to switch to a different Yin Messenger. Can you put in a good word for me with my master then?" Lou Yi clarified his objective.
Mu Anxiao smiled, "Who do you want to switch to?"
"Hei Feng," Lou Yi said, his gaze firm.
Mu Anxiao looked at Lou Yi's determined expression and considered that Hei Feng preferred to work alone and was commanding in nature. She hesitated. "..."
Lou Yi asked, "What's wrong? Can't you help me?"
Mu Anxiao replied, "It's not that I can't help you. That guy cherishes his freedom. If someone followed him, he definitely wouldn't agree. Why don't you choose to surpass... that kid Jia?"
"I want to learn, not surpass anyone."
"Do you think you can learn something by following Hei Feng?"
"Yes."
"Why do you say that?"
Taking advantage of Mu Anxiao's question, Lou Yi paused to think and then said, "Take Gu Qin for example. Jia chased her for half a day and didn't even know her name. But Hei Feng, without even appearing, knew everything. This shows that Hei Feng is a responsible Yin Messenger, and I want to learn this quality from him."
"What do you think of Jia?"
"A brat."
"Brat..." Mu Anxiao uttered the word and then thought about how Lou Yi always referred to Jia as "Boss." Her gaze darkened. "You're not sincerely calling him Boss, are you?"
"It's not that I'm insincere. It's just that my master told me to follow him, so I have to follow him. 'Boss' to me is just a title; I just treat it as calling his name."
"That's even more ruthless," Mu Anxiao remarked, thinking that Jia would be heartbroken if he knew.
In his room, Jia sat at the table, sneezed several times, then picked up his cup, took a sip of water, and muttered, "Who's talking about me?" After saying that, he sneezed twice more.
On the other side.
Lou Yi listened to Mu Anxiao and said indifferently, "Ruthless?"
"He thinks he's taken on a subordinate, but in the end, the subordinate only treats the title 'Boss' as a name. In other words, it's like you've changed Jia's name. Imagine," Mu Anxiao said, shaking her head slightly, "he'll be very sad when he finds out."
"He'll still be sad?"
"Yes, he's a very responsible Yin Messenger. It was only after he started following me that his missions ceased. Last year, he was very formidable, and he's also very loyal. If you follow him, you can learn a lot." Mu Anxiao felt that Lou Yi and Jia were quite compatible, so she decided to talk more about Jia to Lou Yi, thereby helping Lou Yi change his perception of Jia.
"..."
"What's wrong?"
"Learning things, but he's just a brat. If I learn from him," Lou Yi said, "I'll only learn how to act cute."
"You dislike him that much."
"It's not dislike, it's just... I can't accept it," Lou Yi said, lowering his head.
Mu Anxiao's gaze darkened. "Since you can't accept it, why didn't you refuse earlier?"
"This is my master's arrangement. If I don't agree," Lou Yi said, "my master will surely be angry."
"You..."
"I know you're deliberately saying this to me, and your purpose is very simple: you want me to give up my obsession with Hei Feng. Am I right?"
As they spoke, the conversation turned to these topics.
Mu Anxiao looked at Lou Yi, and her heart suddenly felt heavy.
Seeing that Mu Anxiao remained silent, Lou Yi added, "If you don't want to answer, then don't."
"Hei Feng is a Yin Messenger who advocates freedom. He would never allow you to follow him. Just now, I thought that if I said this directly," Mu Anxiao decided to be blunt, "you would definitely feel bad."
"Are you that sure?"
"Yes, I'm just sure he won't agree," Mu Anxiao said. "Therefore, you should give up."
"I..."
"Actually, following Jia can also teach you a lot. Just now, if it weren't for him, we wouldn't have found these souls, nor would we have known that Xiao Fei's consciousness was merely taken. Some Yin Messengers don't even know these things," Mu Anxiao interrupted, her expression resolute.
"..." Lou Yi's heart was stirred.
"If you follow him diligently, he will give you many surprises because he is a competitive guy, even though he is young."
Listening to Mu Anxiao's words, Lou Yi couldn't help but recall the scene of Jia confronting Hei Feng. He lowered his eyes slightly, and he suddenly felt a measure of respect for Jia.
However, because of Hei Feng's existence, he decided to... observe Jia carefully first before saying anything else.
"I understand," he said faintly.
"If you go now, I'll have him teach you spells," Mu Anxiao raised an eyebrow.
Upon hearing "spells," Lou Yi's heart stirred. "Really?"
"Yes. Many of the spells he knows are not publicly taught. If you follow him and make him happy, he will teach them to you."
"That's great."
Mu Anxiao breathed a sigh of relief. "Go. This can also be considered his mission. If you do well and make him happy, everything will be easily resolved." She intentionally wanted to divert his attention, all so that he would recognize Jia's capabilities.