"What about you," the rattan spirit echoed, taking a sip of water and continuing, "you've done so many wicked things, you have to solve them yourself. What's the use of asking me." With that, he placed the cup in his hand back on the table.
The bug looked troubled. "If I had known the consequences would be like this, I wouldn't have deceived that magic sword," he said, then suddenly shifted his gaze to the wolf demon's face. "I know you're smart, can you help me figure something out?"
"Things haven't even started to happen, what are you afraid of," the wolf demon said leisurely.
"Exactly..." The bug became exceptionally serious. "It's precisely because things haven't happened yet that we need to prevent them from happening. What if... the magic sword comes back and chops me up while I'm sleeping? What if... it gets angry with me for deceiving it, and without me knowing anything, takes me to where its master is imprisoned, and then throws me into a fire pit?" As he spoke of these consequences, he fell into complete terror, then looked expectantly and firmly at the wolf demon's face.
Conversely, the wolf demon was completely unfazed by the bug's words. He calmly looked at the almost deranged bug before him and said, "If you're scared, then just hide."
"It will come back, I..."
"Just leave here, won't that do," the rattan spirit said indifferently.
Upon hearing this, the bug shifted his gaze to the rattan spirit's face and said, "You reminded me, so you have to take responsibility for me." For his own fate, he became extraordinarily unreasonable.
"I just said that it was indeed your fault for deceiving the magic sword. As for other things," the rattan spirit said, frowning slightly, "I didn't say anything else. Why should I take responsibility for you? You really think too highly of yourself."
"You..." The bug, admitting fault, avoided eye contact and looked at Xiao Yi. "You and I are of the same kind. Can you help me?" he lowered his tone.
"I am an ant, you are a stink bug. Who is of the same kind as you," Xiao Yi expressed deep disdain.
The bug puckered his lips. "You all bully me."
"Deceiving people is wrong, but I think..." the rattan spirit said, resting his cheek on one hand. "If the magic sword really wanted to chop you, it wouldn't have taken Mu An Xiao out with it. Besides, if it were as cunning as you say, it wouldn't have believed your words. You..."
"I never said it was cunning, I just worried it would make a move against me," the bug immediately corrected.
Listening to the bug's words, the rattan spirit fell silent for a few seconds and said, "There's nothing more to say to you."
"No..."
"No what, no what. If you're scared, then leave. Why are you talking so much nonsense here," the wolf demon said impatiently. xxs one
The bug's eyes sank. "You all asked me to speak, and in the end, you all blame me. You are too fickle."
"There's nothing more to say to you." The wolf demon completely lost patience with the bug, stood up, and walked away.
Immediately, the rattan spirit also walked away.
Thus, only Xiao Yi and the bug remained. "Why aren't you leaving?" the bug asked, confused.
Xiao Yi picked up her cup, turned her head to glance in the direction of the courtyard gate, and said, "If I let you go, you definitely wouldn't leave, right?" She then retracted her gaze.
"I've been here since I started cultivating demonhood. The day I left the garden, I was very anxious. I even lost hope of living. It wasn't until I met the magic sword, who shared my plight, that I had hope of living. This place is my second home. If you ask me to leave," the bug's eyes were firm, "impossible."
"This is Xi'er's cultivation place. If I'm not mistaken, you should be stealing her demonic energy," Xiao Yi said faintly.
Upon hearing this, the bug's eyes flickered. "I'm not... that despicable."
"Whether you are despicable or not, I don't know. I only know," Xiao Yi gasped, "that anyone who can stay here for a long time is not a good thing. And good things have probably all entered the forbidden area for reflection."
"You only just arrived here, how do you know these things?" the bug asked in surprise.
Xiao Yi picked up her cup, took a sip of water, and said, "There are some things I know better than you. If you don't want to leave, then stay and be my subordinate. If you don't behave," she put down the cup, "as I said before, I will definitely not let you off lightly." With that, she stood up and left.
Having just met them, the bug was threatened by each of them. Not only that, but Xiao Yi also revealed his act of stealing demonic energy. It was this beginning that plunged him into a new round of fear. Glancing around, he thought, with things having come to this, if I were to leave, I'm afraid the outcome wouldn't be good either.
Thinking it over, he temporarily put the magic sword out of his mind. After a few seconds of contemplation, he decided it was better to follow their instructions.
In the forbidden area, Mu An Xiao, relying on her memory, came to the screen that was still crying for help and stopped.
"Is it here?" she asked, looking down at the magic sword.
The magic sword struggled for a moment but soon became quiet again.
Mu An Xiao paid no attention to the magic sword's reaction. Instead, her gaze fixed on the screen before her. "Jiong Ye, are you there?" she asked, staring at a small figure in the picture.
The next second, the cries for help stopped, and Jiong Ye's voice came from within. "Who are you?" he said, looking at the white surroundings, his eyes filled with tension.
In contrast, Mu An Xiao clearly saw the movements of the small figure on the screen. She then set aside her extraneous surprise and calmly said, "I am Mu An Xiao."
"Mu... Impossible, she's already dead." Jiong Ye remembered the entire process of Mu An Xiao's fight with Da Xiong a year ago. He also remembered the circumstances of Mu An Xiao's death, so he naturally wouldn't believe Mu An Xiao's words now.
"Believe whatever you want. Tell me, how can I save you?" Mu An Xiao, feeling pity for the magic sword, had this thought.
Jiong Ye clearly heard Mu An Xiao's words and exclaimed, "You want to save me..."
"Save me." Zhao Mei'er, afraid of being forgotten, tried to make her presence known.
After Zhao Mei'er stopped speaking, Jiong Ye said, "Why do you want to save me?"
Listening to Jiong Ye's words, Mu An Xiao glanced at the magic sword, which Jiong Ye had not sensed at all, and asked in confusion, "You don't sense it?" she deliberately asked.
Jiong Ye said again, "Who."
"It's..." Mu An Xiao uttered a syllable and realized that things might not be as simple as she thought. So she deliberately said, "Xi'er."
"That woman is also here," Jiong Ye said fiercely.
Mu An Xiao hummed in response and was about to continue testing him when he shouted, "You are Xi'er, aren't you? You venomous woman, get lost."