The wolf demon was helpless. "What you said... is like saying nothing at all."
"You don't understand my meaning." Mu Anxiao suddenly became serious.
Seeing Mu Anxiao's serious demeanor, the wolf demon was also startled. "How could I not understand your meaning? To me," he dodged his gaze slightly, "you just said something useless."
"..." Mu Anxiao revealed a mysterious smile.
Seeing this, the wolf demon inexplicably became nervous. "What do you want to do?" he asked, backing away two steps as Mu Anxiao approached him.
At this moment, the vine spirit and Xiao Yi also became curious about Mu Anxiao's actions.
A quarter of an hour later.
Mu Anxiao, along with the vine spirit and Xiao Yi, stood by the wolf demon's bed. The wolf demon, lying on the bed with a face full of pustules, looked up at them as they leaned over to 'pay attention' to him and asked, "Mu Anxiao, what exactly are you trying to do?" His gaze fixed on Mu Anxiao's face.
"Does your face itch?" Mu Anxiao asked, holding up two fingers and staring at the wolf demon as if admiring a work of art.
"It itches terribly." The wolf demon, afraid of scarring, had asked Mu Anxiao to tie up his hands when he lay down.
Immediately, the vine spirit laughed. "Mu Anxiao, your method is quite torturous for him."
"That's right. Only the truth can make Rose believe," Mu Anxiao said. She lowered her stiffened fingers and turned to Xiao Yi, who was standing nearby. "I have a question for you."
Xiao Yi nodded. "Ask away." She was secretly delighted to be trusted by Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao said, "Um, how often does it get dark here?"
"Get dark?"
"I mean night," Mu Anxiao recalled the wolf demon saying that the nights here were short, and so she looked forward to the night.
This time, Xiao Yi understood Mu Anxiao's words and smiled faintly. "Oh, based on the time... I..." she said, chuckling dryly, "I don't know."
"You live here, and you don't know when it gets dark?" Mu Anxiao was startled by Xiao Yi's reply.
The wolf demon said, "The demons here never sleep, so naturally, no one keeps track of time." After speaking, he shook his head, wanting to move but daring not to.
"Even when it gets dark... you don't sleep?" Mu Anxiao asked, remembering Ouyang Ye's harsh demands, and twitched her lips. "As expected of the demon realm under Ouyang Ye's rule, it's just so... perverse."
"Absorbing moonlight can increase demonic energy, so the demons here especially cherish the arrival of night," Xiao Yi said faintly.
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao glanced at Xiao Yi, hesitated for a few seconds, and asked, "Do you also like the night?"
"Yes, as demons, we all do," Xiao Yi said.
"Then... you've never slept either?" Mu Anxiao grew curious about Xiao Yi's routine.
Xiao Yi shook her head.
Mu Anxiao pouted. "Isn't it uncomfortable to be awake all the time?" she said, then shifted her gaze to the vine spirit's face. "You don't sleep either?"
The vine spirit chuckled foolishly. "I'm used to the life in the mortal realm, so of course, I sleep."
"Only when it's dark?" Mu Anxiao asked for details.
The vine spirit nodded and was about to launch into a long explanation when the wolf demon exclaimed, "Ouch," and said, "Mu Anxiao, I want to ask you a question."
Upon hearing this, the vine spirit reluctantly withdrew his unfinished sentence.
Then, Mu Anxiao looked down at the wolf demon, who looked pained and no longer 'refined,' and suppressed a laugh. "Go ahead, as long as it's a question I can answer, I will reply carefully. If it's a question I can't answer, I won't reply."
"I haven't said it yet," the wolf demon said, squeezing his eyes from side to side. "The flower demon hasn't come yet, can you help me lift this itching curse?"
".." Mu Anxiao smiled.
The wolf demon clicked his tongue. "I'm serious. Can you stop using that creepy smile to fob me off? I'm unbearable."
"I don't know how to answer you?" Mu Anxiao saw the wolf demon's state and told him the truth.
Upon hearing this, the wolf demon struggled and sat up. "Are you crazy? If you don't know how to lift it, why did you cast this demonic art on me? Oh... you're deliberately getting revenge on me."
"No," Mu Anxiao shook her head.
"No, why don't you know how to lift it? You..." Before he could finish, the wolf demon tilted his head slightly and sneezed, continuing, "You did it on purpose."
"If I did it on purpose, wolf demon, you're too ungrateful. You asked me to think of a solution, and I found one for you. Now look at you..."
"Then why didn't you think it through before using this demonic art on me? You..."
"What do you mean, 'you'? Who told you to rush me? I just learned this demonic art. If you hadn't rushed me, I might have figured out how to break it. But you were too anxious. You really are..." Mu Anxiao said indignantly, "You are a truly ungrateful wretch."
"She tested this demonic art on herself, and now her arm is also covered in red dots. It's not right for you to say that about her," the vine spirit said, unable to watch any longer.
Hearing this, the wolf demon's lips quivered. "I'm really itching to death, Mu Anxiao, how could you be like this? You..."
"I can," Xiao Yi suddenly interrupted the wolf demon.
Hearing this, the wolf demon looked at Xiao Yi expectantly. "Really?" He regarded Xiao Yi as his savior.
"Yes," Xiao Yi nodded, glancing at Mu Anxiao and the vine spirit, who had told her not to interfere earlier, and chuckled dryly. "I wanted to say earlier that I know this demonic art, but you... didn't let me speak."
"Why didn't you let her speak? How despicable," the wolf demon defended Xiao Yi.
As it turned out, Mu Anxiao and the vine spirit had underestimated Xiao Yi's abilities. Therefore, they both accepted the wolf demon's 'criticism,' took two steps back, and made way for Xiao Yi.
Then, Xiao Yi turned to Mu Anxiao. "Can I remove it?" Although she knew the wolf demon was at his limit, she still wanted Mu Anxiao's permission.
"Go ahead, but keep the red dots on your face," Mu Anxiao said. Since she didn't know this demonic art, she wanted Xiao Yi to do it as well.
"Okay," Xiao Yi replied and turned to face the wolf demon.
"Hurry, I'm itching to death," the wolf demon said, closing his eyes.
Seeing the wolf demon's reaction, the vine spirit looked confused. "Why did he close his eyes?" He nudged Mu Anxiao with his elbow.
Mu Anxiao shrugged. "Who knows? Perhaps..." she said, looking at Xiao Yi with gossip in her eyes and chuckling, "he's shy."
The vine spirit also laughed.
At the same time, what the vine spirit and Mu Anxiao said reached the wolf demon's ears. However, to allow Xiao Yi to better perform the demonic art, he remained silent. Instead, he clenched his fists, preparing to 'settle the score later.'
Xiao Yi began to cast the demonic art.
Shortly thereafter.
The wolf demon's face no longer itched.
"Done," Xiao Yi said, withdrawing her hand.