Mu Anxiao watched Feng Qishi’s stunned expression and snorted, “What, you’re going to give me a whole bunch of excuses again, to make me…”
“Ouyang Ye gave me an hour. If I don’t bring those souls back within that hour, he’ll kill everyone in the General’s Mansion,” Feng Qishi explained the truth to her, not wanting their misunderstanding to deepen.
“You’re being threatened by him?” Mu Anxiao thought Ouyang Ye was just trying to scare Feng Qishi.
“Yes,” Feng Qishi nodded.
Mu Anxiao smiled.
Seeing this, Feng Qishi became confused, “What are you laughing at?”
“He’s just scaring you, can’t you tell?” Mu Anxiao said, shaking her head, “I really don’t know what to say about you.”
“I don’t think he’s just saying it,” Feng Qishi became exceptionally serious.
Mu Anxiao snorted, “I know, he…”
“Mu Anxiao, I think Feng Qishi makes sense. Ouyang Ye might not be bluffing, but might be serious,” Jia interrupted Mu Anxiao’s judgment, saying faintly.
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao frowned, turned to look at Jia who had started speaking up for Feng Qishi, and became impatient, “You mean I’m talking nonsense.”
“I’m not saying you’re talking nonsense, it’s just…” Jia glanced at Feng Qishi, then recalled what Gu Yan had said when he left, and said in a low voice, “I don’t think Ouyang Ye is as… merciful as you think.”
“When did I say he was merciful? I just…” Mu Anxiao said, thought for a moment, and continued, “I just think he wouldn’t dare cause trouble in this Jin City, because this is under the jurisdiction of immortals. He… he’s still quite afraid of Yuan Xian, that’s all.” She took a breath.
“He is a demon,” Jia emphasized.
“Then he… must still fear Yuan Xian,” Mu Anxiao also emphasized.
Feng Qishi glanced at Jia, who was speaking for him, then at the stubborn Mu Anxiao, and said faintly, “Mu Anxiao, let’s make a bet.”
“Who wants to bet with you?” Mu Anxiao just found Feng Qishi disagreeable.
“I bet Ouyang Ye will do that heinous thing. If he doesn’t,” Feng Qishi’s eyes darkened, “I’ll kowtow to you three times.”
“You want to kowtow to me?” Mu Anxiao asked, her heart skipping a beat.
Feng Qishi nodded, “Yes, but,” he said, “if he really does as I say, then you… you’ll have to…”
“I won’t kowtow to you,” Mu Anxiao interrupted sharply.
“I won’t have you kowtow to me either,” Feng Qishi said, hesitating for a moment, then continued, “You’ll have to risk your life to escape from him and find me.”
He knew that Mu Anxiao’s compromise was mostly because of him, and in this way, he guessed that Mu Anxiao would definitely elope, and by then, she would definitely come back. At this moment, saying this was to tell Mu Anxiao that no matter where she went, he would be her support.
Of course, he knew that saying this would cause Mu Anxiao to feel a sense of loss, but to help her get rid of Ouyang Ye without any ties, he had to harden his heart towards her. This realization came from the threat of Hei Gu.
“Why don’t you say save me?” Mu Anxiao was surprised by Feng Qishi’s… heartlessness towards her.
Feng Qishi’s eyes darkened and he said, “Do you want to see him annihilate everyone in Jin City, Mu Anxiao?” His eyes welled up with tears, “What that woman in black said indeed woke me up.”
“What did she say to you?”
“She told me not to say.”
“Then why tell me she woke you up? Feng Qishi, you’re really good at keeping people in suspense.” Mu Anxiao glared at Feng Qishi, “Forget it, I’ll bet with you. If I win, you kowtow. If you win, I’ll elope and seek refuge with you, but the prerequisite is that you must welcome me.” After saying this, she seemed to understand Feng Qishi’s meaning, but… she didn’t seem to.
“No problem. Now can you take me to find the souls?” Feng Qishi said faintly.
“Yes, but you have to wait for me outside.”
“Why?” Feng Qishi was confused.
Mu Anxiao curled her lips, “Why else? Using flying techniques. If you follow me in,” she snorted twice, “there’ll be two of you, and it’ll arouse the suspicion of the Mu family.”
“You… make sense,” Feng Qishi nodded.
“An hour has already passed the halfway point. Walking back is definitely not an option,” Mu Anxiao said, reaching out and grabbing Feng Qishi’s arm.
Feng Qishi was stunned and asked, “What are you doing?”
“What else can I do? Use flying techniques.”
“Can’t you fly yourself?”
“The reason I’m using demonic techniques is that I don’t want to use spiritual energy. Hurry up,” Mu Anxiao was completely impolite to Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi liked this way of interacting with Mu Anxiao, so he lowered his eyes and smiled, “I thought you were going to give me the cold shoulder for a long time.”
“It’s you giving me the cold shoulder,” Mu Anxiao said coldly.
“It’s me,” Feng Qishi admitted, then looked down at Jia and Hong’er, who were standing still, and asked, “What about them?”
Jia chimed in, “Yes, what about me if you leave?”
“You stay here with her. Time is tight now, I don’t have time to waste with you,” Mu Anxiao said, looking at Feng Qishi, “Let’s go.”
Hearing Mu Anxiao’s words, Feng Qishi nodded and took her, transforming into a beam of light… and disappearing.
After they left, Jia tied Hong’er’s wrist with a silver rope and said, “Now, I am your master.”
“How long are you going to drag me like this?” Hong’er woke up.
Jia was not startled by this. Instead, he looked again in the direction Feng Qishi and Mu Anxiao had left, and said, “What, still want to fight me?” As he spoke, he tightened the silver rope.
“You little thing…”
“If you say one more word, I’ll pull this silver rope and send you to eternal damnation,” Jia interrupted Hong’er and glared up at her.
Hong’er, upon hearing this, was clearly scared, “Don’t try to scare me.”
“Then let’s try,” Jia said, pulling the silver rope outwards forcefully. The silver rope emitted a blue glow.
The next second, Hong’er’s wrist began to burn, “What did you do to me?” She winced in pain.
Jia curled his lips, “If you struggle any more, this silver rope will crush you.”
“You… you win,” Hong’er said, daring not to move.
Jia smiled faintly, “Stand here with me and wait for your master.”
“Master?”
“Mu Anxiao, of course,” Jia replied casually.
Hong’er, hearing this and recalling everything she had just experienced, dared not make a sound.
Jia cast a triumphant glance at Hong’er, thinking that Mu Anxiao’s method of frightening demons was actually quite effective.
On the other side.
Mu Anxiao and Feng Qishi appeared together at the entrance of the Mu mansion. “Are the souls all here?” Feng Qishi asked.