As the wolf demon had said, everything Zhao Meier said, thought, and did at this moment was for herself. But once this thought was spoken by someone else, it changed its flavor. Listening to and watching the wolf demon's reaction at this moment, she felt utterly awkward. “Speaking as if you were so noble, aren't you also doing this for yourself by caring so much about Mu Anxiao?” she said, rolling her eyes at the wolf demon.
The wolf demon snorted, “Don’t compare me to yourself. If it weren’t for you, that Jiong Ye probably wouldn’t have fallen into such danger. If you ask me,” he continued, his eyes still narrowed, “you are a jinx. Wherever you go, there is no peace.”
“You…”
“What are you, what are you? I’m just stating the facts.” The wolf demon intended to counter Zhao Meier’s previous words.
As expected, Zhao Meier was rendered speechless after the wolf demon said this.
At the same time, Xi’er and Song Xi exchanged glances, seeing Zhao Meier silenced by the wolf demon. Xi’er said, “Zhao Meier, you should really say less.”
Hearing this, Zhao Meier looked at Xi’er with a wronged expression and said, “He was the one who kept rambling on and on, and you’re telling me I…”
“See, it’s still you who talks too much,” Xi’er interrupted Zhao Meier.
Zhao Meier pouted upon hearing this.
With Xi’er’s full cooperation, the wolf demon lowered his eyes and smiled.
Seeing Zhao Meier’s reaction, Song Xi sighed again.
By the waterfall, Ouyang Ye watched the slightly rippling water with his arms crossed, and said faintly, “She’s out.”
“Why didn’t you stop Mu Anxiao from using her magic so freely here?” the demon-eating beast poked its head out and asked.
Ouyang Ye looked calmly at the demon-eating beast emerging from the water and snorted, “I’m not interested in Mu Anxiao using magic right now. On the contrary, I’m quite interested in you,” he said.
“Ou…”
“My name is not something you can call so casually,” Ouyang Ye said, waving his arm. The demon-eating beast plunged into the water with a splash, and then with another spray of water, it surfaced again. “If you speak out of turn again, it won’t be just this slap.” He added.
Upon hearing Ouyang Ye’s words, the demon-eating beast said indignantly, “You only know how to bully me.”
“I’ve always been curious why you can’t die. Today, I finally know,” Ouyang Ye suddenly said.
Upon hearing this, the demon-eating beast’s already dark face became even darker. “What exactly do you want to say?”
“So, the way to deal with you is this simple,” Ouyang Ye deliberately piqued the demon-eating beast’s curiosity.
Subsequently, under Ouyang Ye’s evasive words, the demon-eating beast fell silent.
Ouyang Ye continued to stare at the demon-eating beast’s face and said, “If I were to skin you, your hide would be quite valuable.” As he spoke, he crossed his arms in front of him.
The demon-eating beast became frightened. “What exactly do you want to do?” its voice had already become hoarse.
Ouyang Ye lowered his eyes and smiled, “If you can’t die, it means your skin can be peeled off at will. Since that’s the case,” he blinked his eyes, “I need to have a good talk with Mu Anxiao about this matter.”
At this moment, the demon-eating beast was led astray by Ouyang Ye, who was either talking to himself or deliberately trying to scare it. “What do you want to say? Can you speak clearly? You’re being so roundabout, it’s really…” Halfway through its sentence, the demon-eating beast suddenly stopped, as if it had thought of something.
Ouyang Ye pursed his lips and smiled.
Then, the demon-eating beast exclaimed in surprise, “Wait, how can you communicate with me?” (The demon-eating beast was originally a celestial beast, and only immortals could communicate with it. Therefore, it had never communicated with Ouyang Ye like this before. Its sudden change now truly startled it.)
“You guess,” Ouyang Ye said deliberately.
The demon-eating beast was stunned for a moment and said, “You were the one who spoke to me first. This means,” it patted the water surface twice with its tail, “you are also an immortal?”
Ouyang Ye smiled.
The demon-eating beast was confused. “Why are you laughing?”
“I am the owner of this place,” Ouyang Ye reminded the demon-eating beast in a low voice.
“I know you are the owner of this place, but,” the demon-eating beast began to act rebellious, “I will not acknowledge… that you are my master.”
“You know yourself how many wrongdoings you’ve committed here. So, even if you beg to surrender to me, I won’t agree. To be honest,” Ouyang Ye said faintly, “I never found your value until now. Today, I finally have.”
“If you dare to skin me, I’ll have it out with you.”
“You are immortal anyway, what’s the harm in taking a layer of your skin?” Ouyang Ye’s tone was cold.
The demon-eating beast had never considered Ouyang Ye to be a particularly formidable figure. Therefore, after this conversation with Ouyang Ye, it had a new understanding of him. This brand-new understanding made it completely fearful of Ouyang Ye.
“What exactly do you want to do?” it asked in a low voice.
Ouyang Ye frowned. “Your sudden question has made me unclear about your meaning.”
“You captured me, no doubt because I captured those monsters. But those monsters were also criminals, so why are you…”
“Are they tasty?” Ouyang Ye deliberately interrupted the demon-eating beast.
Upon hearing this, the demon-eating beast fell silent for a few seconds and said, “You think I ate them.” There was a trace of doubt in its tone.
“Aren’t you?” Ouyang Ye retorted.
The demon-eating beast was stunned and quickly said, “Of course not. I threw those offending monsters above the waterfall. Most of them disappeared before I could eat them. How can you blame me for all these mistakes? This…” It paused for a moment and continued, “This is unfair.”
“You mean to say that the deaths of those monsters were not all your doing?” Ouyang Ye asked. From the day the monsters started disappearing, he had directed all his suspicions towards this demon-eating beast. Therefore, hearing it say this now, he could only express his surprise.
“Yes,” the demon-eating beast said firmly.
Upon hearing the demon-eating beast’s reply, Ouyang Ye looked up at the sky again. “Do you know what the situation is up there?” he asked, then withdrew his gaze and fixed it on the demon-eating beast.
Seeing Ouyang Ye’s calm demeanor and no longer directing all his accusations at itself, the demon-eating beast breathed a sigh of relief and said, “I don’t know. But I know there’s a female monster you sent here. When that monster first arrived, blood kept flowing down. I was worried about polluting the water source, so I set up a barrier for her. As for what has happened to that woman now,” it shook its misshapen large head slightly, “I don’t know.”
“I sent…” Ouyang Ye said, his thoughts quickly processing the demon-eating beast’s words before he suddenly realized, “It’s her.”