The soul responded to Jia’s shrewd words, and looking at the vengeful spirits that Yue Ci was pinning down with talismans, it continued without a second word.
Seeing the soul continue, Jia thought it was tempted, so he lowered his eyes, smiled, and followed.
Before long, Mu An Xiao followed Yue Ci and saw the path ahead clearly. At the same time, they saw Ouyang Ye, Gu Yan, and Gu Yan surrounded by vengeful spirits.
“These souls are so arrogant,” Yue Ci said, looking at the scene before him in surprise.
Mu An Xiao stopped beside Yue Ci. “They are quite arrogant,” she said, looking at Ouyang Ye, who was unwilling to act, and murmured, “He’s willing to be surrounded by them.”
“You know him?” Yue Ci asked, surprised, and looked down at Mu An Xiao.
Mu An Xiao knew that lying at this moment would be unrealistic, so she decided to tell the truth. “Yes.” As she spoke, she suddenly reached out and grabbed Yue Ci’s arm.
Yue Ci’s body stiffened, and he asked, “What are you doing?”
“Don’t you feel the demonic energy?” Mu An Xiao retorted, afraid of disturbing the vengeful spirits.
Yue Ci frowned. “I felt the demonic energy, that’s why I’m going forward. You…” He looked down at Mu An Xiao’s hand blocking him. “What are you doing?”
“We’ll act according to the situation,” Mu An Xiao said again.
Yue Ci was bewildered. “They are all here. As long as we pin them down, it’s over. Acting according to the situation… what does that mean?” He was getting anxious.
Immediately, Mu An Xiao scanned the scene ahead and said, “What’s happening here is not as simple as you and I see. Some things,” she said, her gaze inadvertently meeting Ouyang Ye’s, who had just turned his head, “cannot be judged by sight alone.”
She knew how much Ouyang Ye valued his reputation as a demon. As far as she knew, he would never allow a group of subordinates to surround him, nor would he… watch these ‘subordinates’ disobey him. Therefore, at this moment, she could only conclude that this was a conspiracy. She couldn’t think of anything else.
“Oh, why are you suddenly lecturing me?” Yue Ci didn’t look away, fixing his gaze on Mu An Xiao’s face.
Hearing this, Mu An Xiao withdrew her gaze from Ouyang Ye and looked back at Yue Ci, saying in a low voice, “Just don’t move.”
“You…” Uttering a single syllable, Yue Ci sensed something was wrong and immediately looked ahead. Ouyang Ye had already walked past the vengeful spirits and was approaching. Seeing this, he exclaimed, “Those vengeful spirits aren’t hurting him.”
“Nonsense. They are their masters, of course they dare not attack,” Mu An Xiao said, retracting the hand that was blocking Yue Ci.
Yue Ci glanced at Mu An Xiao, quickly put down his immortal book, grinned, and just as he was about to smile at Ouyang Ye, he felt a demonic aura. “Something’s wrong,” he muttered, immediately retracting his smile and glaring fiercely at Ouyang Ye, who was walking towards them.
Ouyang Ye ignored Yue Ci and stopped in front of Mu An Xiao. “Are you alright?”
“…” Mu An Xiao didn’t know Ouyang Ye’s intentions and fell silent.
At this moment, the events of a year ago in the forest suddenly flashed through Yue Ci’s mind. He then looked at Ouyang Ye’s face and exclaimed again, “It’s you, you…” He looked down at Mu An Xiao. “You’ve found her.”
Hearing this, Ouyang Ye turned to look at Yue Ci. “Who are you?” He had no impression of Yue Ci at all.
Similarly, Yue Ci had no impression of him. “It doesn’t matter who I am. You are the one who banished these vengeful spirits.”
“…” Ouyang Ye remained deliberately silent.
Mu An Xiao’s eyes darkened. Thinking of Ouyang Ye’s purpose for coming here, she reluctantly spoke for him, “It wasn’t him.”
“No…” Uttering a single syllable, Yue Ci looked at Mu An Xiao again. “Didn’t you say he was the master of those souls?”
“Yes, but it wasn’t him,” Mu An Xiao said in a low voice. She really didn’t want to speak for Ouyang Ye, but the fact was so, and she could only do this.
Then, Ouyang Ye smiled. “Mu An Xiao, you’re still speaking up for me. As expected of someone who is to marry…”
“Shut up.” Mu An Xiao didn’t want too many immortals to know about this and quickly interrupted him.
Seeing this, Ouyang Ye smiled.
To this, Yue Ci exclaimed, “You’re marrying him.”
Mu An Xiao didn’t want to reply. She closed her eyes and said, “You should go.”
“You want me to leave?” Yue Ci was surprised. He looked back at the vengeful spirits that had not yet been subdued and said, “No, these vengeful spirits have not been completely subdued, and I never like to do things halfway. You… I want to finish before I leave.”
At the same time, the soul and Jia stopped and looked at Ouyang Ye in fear.
“You don’t need to,” Mu An Xiao worried that Ouyang Ye would overthink things and endanger Yue Ci, so she said again, “He has already controlled them. Can’t you see?”
“Already…” Yue Ci trailed off, then turned and looked forward. As expected, the vengeful spirits had indeed stopped moving. “I see.” He replied foolishly.
“You should go,” Mu An Xiao said in a low voice, driving him away, completely forgetting about the immortal book.
“Then take care. I’ll go see how the mortals are.” Yue Ci said, holding his immortal book, he turned and walked in front of Jia and the soul. Then he looked down at the bag in the soul’s hand and said, “Take this magic artifact for now. Remember to return it when the matter is settled.” After speaking, he patted Jia’s head and left.
Jia disliked Yue Ci’s way of treating him. He sidled towards Yue Ci’s retreating figure and spat.
The soul was speechless at Jia’s behavior.
At the same time, the sack in the soul’s hand finally caught Ouyang Ye’s attention. “Is that a vengeful spirit in there?” he said, walking towards them.
Gu Yan and Gu Yan exchanged glances, not daring to speak.
Mu An Xiao worried that Ouyang Ye would do something excessive to the soul and Jia, so she hurried to catch up with him. “What are you going to do?” she asked, stopping beside him in front of the soul and Jia.
Jia had always been afraid of Ouyang Ye, so when he stopped, Jia quickly hid behind the soul.
The soul ignored Jia and looked up at Ouyang Ye, who was looking at Mu An Xiao, without speaking.
The next second, Ouyang Ye retorted to Mu An Xiao, “What do you think I’m going to do?”
“If you dare to hurt them, I’m not done with you,” Mu An Xiao warned in a low voice, reaching out her hand to the soul.
Then, the soul understood Mu An Xiao’s intention and directly handed the sack to Mu An Xiao. “Here.” He glanced cautiously at Ouyang Ye.
Seeing Mu An Xiao’s actions, Ouyang Ye sneered.
Mu An Xiao took the sack and said righteously, “This is the vengeful spirit. You want it? Well, I’m just not giving it to you.” She glared at Ouyang Ye.