Outside the dilapidated shop, the Soul Spirit pondered Mu Anxiao's abilities and realized that Mu Anxiao was definitely not as fragile as he had imagined. Thus, he put aside his worries for her and looked up at Jia, who was still relentlessly pursuing Gu Yuan's consciousness. He thought that if he continued to wait like this, he would only be wasting time. Therefore, he cast aside all his concerns and assurances, and spread out his hands.
Immediately, Gu Yuan's consciousness returned to above the Soul Spirit's palm at the fastest speed. At the same time, Jia swooped down rapidly, landing in front of the Soul Spirit. Then, with a furious expression, he stared at Gu Yuan's consciousness in the Soul Spirit's hand and said coldly, "You've broken the rules."
"I haven't broken the rules," the Soul Spirit replied just as coldly.
Hearing the Soul Spirit's indifferent attitude, Jia glanced at Gu Yuan's consciousness cradled in the Soul Spirit's hand and said, "Still saying you haven't broken the rules? You said you wouldn't reach out. Now, what is this?"
"I did say that, but don't you think you've already wasted enough time?"
"I..."
"Stop with the 'I'. We are partners now. I've given you a chance, but she clearly doesn't want to bother with you. If you continue like this, you'll only be asking for trouble. Rather than that," the Soul Spirit's bulging eyes looked exceptionally firm, "you might as well cooperate with me."
"Cooperate with you? You'll only play dirty tricks. Besides, you also said that if I couldn't catch her, then..."
"You have a good memory. Don't worry, it'll be a fifty-fifty split. I won't take an extra cent," the Soul Spirit said, fixing his gaze on the dilapidated door.
Hearing the Soul Spirit's words, and then looking at Gu Yuan's consciousness that he had been chasing for so long without it bothering to acknowledge him, Jia muttered, "It seems like it's about to end."
"What's about to end?" The Soul Spirit did not understand Jia's meaning.
Jia said, "Counting the time, we've been in the General's Mansion for some time. During this period, although we've deduced some things, we haven't found clues as smoothly as we have now. So I think," he crossed his arms, looking serious, "things should be ending soon."
"Do you think you can capture Ouyang Ye?" The Soul Spirit assumed Jia was about to make a move on Ouyang Ye.
Upon hearing this, Jia recalled Ouyang Ye's scheming and ruthless methods of exterminating demons. He couldn't help but shiver and said, "I didn't mean that. What I mean is, isn't Ouyang Ye's goal to get Mu Anxiao? Now that Mu Anxiao has made such a choice, naturally, this matter should be ending soon."
"Are you really going to hand Mu Anxiao over to Ouyang Ye?"
"Mu Anxiao has always been the one I protect. How could I think like that? I really don't know what's in your Soul Spirit brain."
"You can't explain yourself clearly and then you try to fight back. I really don't know what you're thinking," the Soul Spirit glanced sideways at Jia, then looked down at Gu Yuan's consciousness again and asked, "Are you sure your soul is in here?"
After the Soul Spirit spoke, Gu Yuan's consciousness, just as before, let out a 'whoosh' sound.
"It's the wind again," Jia couldn't help but say.
Without even looking at Jia, the Soul Spirit continued to stare at Gu Yuan's consciousness in his hand and said calmly, "You mean... there's more than just you in here." He frowned slightly, appearing tense as if about to receive significant news.
This time, Jia fell silent.
Then, Gu Yuan's consciousness let out two more 'whoosh' sounds.