"Forget it. Whether you're colluding with evil spirits or not isn't my business. But the cat demon you harmed last time escaped, and you have to help me catch it back." Jin Nuoyan said in a commanding tone.

Yuan Muye hated it when people spoke to him in a commanding tone. Besides, what did it have to do with him that the cat demon ran away? It wasn't like he let it go.

"It's clearly because you weren't capable enough yourself, so why are you blaming me now? How can you even justify that?" Yuan Muye looked at Jin Nuoyan and said coldly.

"If it hadn't been for you taking so long that night, I would have subdued the cat demon already."

Jin Nuoyan gave a whole bunch of reasons.

Sure enough, no matter when, women always have a reason to overturn your argument, leaving you speechless.

Yuan Muye sighed helplessly in his heart. He really didn't want to argue with this woman, because he felt it was pointless.

Since he and this woman were on the same path now, it wouldn't hurt to agree temporarily. After all, if this woman helped him deal with the demons, then he wouldn't have to be distracted by them and could just focus on dealing with the evil spirits.

"Alright! Do you know where the cat demon is now?" Yuan Muye got straight to the point.

Jin Nuoyan was stunned, not expecting Yuan Muye to agree so quickly.

"I know, it's in the forest ahead. But I'll warn you first, that forest is very dangerous. I went there once before, but I turned back before I even reached the depths of the forest. As for how dangerous the depths of the forest are, I can't say for sure." Jin Nuoyan said with experience.

In fact, she had originally planned to go in alone, but thinking that her injuries hadn't fully healed, she couldn't guarantee that she would be able to catch the cat demon with one hundred percent certainty. When she saw Yuan Muye here just now, she had this thought.

Maybe this was fate!

Although Jin Nuoyan didn't believe in fate, she definitely didn't want to miss this opportunity since she had encountered it.

Yuan Muye widened his eyes, because Jiang Peng seemed to be in the forest ahead too. There couldn't be such a coincidence, right?

But the truth seemed to be just that.

Oh well, he should go in and take a look first!

If the forest was really too dangerous, then he would retreat first!

"Let's go then!"

Yuan Muye didn't waste any words and walked straight towards the forest.

Jin Nuoyan immediately followed, curiously asking, "Why didn't you bring your assistant with you?"

Hearing this, a trace of surprise flashed across Yuan Muye's face. When did he have an assistant?

"Where did I get an assistant?"

"That evil spirit from last time!" Jin Nuoyan said casually.

Yuan Muye immediately realized that this woman was trying to trick him into talking!

"What's it to you?" Yuan Muye dismissed her with one sentence.

Jin Nuoyan tactfully didn't ask any further.

When the two of them reached the outside of the forest, they slowed down.

Because the yin energy in this forest was much heavier than outside.

Jin Nuoyan frowned slightly as she looked at the misty forest. Although she hadn't entered the forest yet, she could already feel the danger inside.

"Are you scared? If you're scared, it's not too late to regret it now."

"What are you talking about? Now that I've already promised you, I won't back down."

Yuan Muye never thought of himself as a coward, so even if there was danger in the forest, he wouldn't go back.

Besides, Jin Nuoyan, a woman, wasn't afraid, so what reason did he have to be afraid?

"Okay!"

The two of them spoke as they walked into the forest.

After entering the forest, they were surrounded by yin energy.

Seeing that the yin energy here was so heavy, Yuan Muye directly used the Gathering Yin Pearl to collect it.

However, he didn't dare to absorb too much, only daring to absorb it little by little.

He thought that he wouldn't be discovered if he did this, but he didn't expect that Jin Nuoyan would still see through it.

"You really aren't an ordinary person."

Yuan Muye didn't react at first and looked at Jin Nuoyan with a surprised expression, saying, "What do you mean?"

"You're a living person who can actually absorb yin energy. Isn't that strange?"

Jin Nuoyan stared at Yuan Muye intently. She could feel that Yuan Muye was a living person, but it was too strange for a living person to absorb yin energy. Either Yuan Muye had some kind of magic treasure on him.

Yuan Muye looked at Jin Nuoyan with a smile that wasn't quite a smile and said, "The world is so big, there are all kinds of strange things. What's so strange about that? Besides, you'd better not interfere with things that aren't your business."

He said this mainly because he didn't want Jin Nuoyan to be too curious and keep dwelling on this matter.

Jin Nuoyan couldn't help but frown. Since he had already said this, she was too embarrassed to continue asking.

Just as they were talking, they suddenly heard a bird's call not far away.

Yuan Muye immediately stopped. How could there still be living things like birds in this forest? So the bird's call from ahead might not be a real bird.

Jin Nuoyan also stopped and subconsciously scanned her surroundings, saying, "In addition to yin energy, there's also demon qi here. If nothing goes wrong, this cat demon should be nearby."

"Speaking of which, do you usually come out to catch demons by yourself?" Yuan Muye asked casually.

Jin Nuoyan replied in the same tone, "What's it to you? Don't ask what you shouldn't ask."

Yuan Muye was a little speechless. Were women so vengeful?

"Chirp, chirp..." As the bird's call got closer and closer, Yuan Muye became more vigilant.

But what he didn't expect was that it was actually a real bird, and a very beautiful bird at that.

Yuan Muye looked at the painted bunting flying in front of them, his eyes filled with surprise and curiosity.

Because he hadn't seen an animal as vibrant as the painted bunting for a long time, especially in this kind of place.

Under normal circumstances, it was impossible for living things to appear in this kind of place.

The painted bunting suddenly flew in front of Yuan Muye, tilted its head, and looked at Yuan Muye, as if it wanted to say something to him.

Yuan Muye knew that the painted bunting didn't come with good intentions, so he didn't let his guard down just because the painted bunting looked cute.

"Who sent you here?" Yuan Muye asked the painted bunting.

"Chirp, chirp..." The painted bunting just chirped twice.

Jin Nuoyan took a step forward and reached out to grab the painted bunting. Realizing this, the painted bunting flew higher.

"Hmph, you think you can play tricks in front of us?"

Jin Nuoyan took out a hidden weapon from her body and hit the painted bunting.

The painted bunting couldn't react in time and fell directly to the ground.

"Little rascal!"

Jin Nuoyan walked forward, wanting to touch the painted bunting, but Yuan Muye pulled her back.

"Are you trying to die?"