"Either your soul is annihilated, or you choose to become a demon." the wolf demon said casually.
The woman's eyes flickered. Looking at the wolf demon, she thought: It seems I've found a treasure. With this thought, she smiled faintly at the wolf demon.
In the study, Mu Anxiao and Shen Yan still hadn't found a way to enter, and the green light of the lock was growing brighter.
"This is too troublesome," Mu Anxiao said, stepping back and sitting by a pillar.
Shen Yan had exhausted all her methods and finally turned to Mu Anxiao helplessly: "You should think of something too."
"I'm just a mortal. I don't have the brains of cultivators like you."
"This lock must be under an evil curse," Shen Yan said, pointing at Mu Anxiao: "Don't you like to overthink things? Now I'm giving you the space to do so."
"Before you appeared, I didn't believe in anything. Since you appeared, my life has completely changed. This change makes me feel incredibly unrealistic," Mu Anxiao said, taking out the last piece of dry food from her bag and biting into it.
"If you want to go back, I'll agree anytime, but on the condition that you repay the debt," Shen Yan said with lowered eyes.
Mu Anxiao looked up at Shen Yan's expression, took a big bite of the dry food, and said: "Just pretend I said nothing, and you heard nothing. I'll find a way." With that, she freed one hand, pushed herself up from the ground, and walked to the door.
"Can you do it?"
Mu Anxiao, while eating the dry food, leaned over and stared at the lock, saying: "This lock really looks unique."
Shen Yan sighed softly.
Mu Anxiao continued to stuff the last bite of dry food into her mouth. Chewing, she said: "Hmm, I'll try." Then, she fumbled in her bag and pulled out a thin iron wire.
"What are you doing?" Shen Yan leaned closer and asked.
Mu Anxiao swallowed the dry food, pursed her lips, and poked the end of the wire at the lock twice: "Huh, it didn't react." As she spoke, she glanced at Shen Yan, her eyes meeting his, and holding her breath, she poked the lock twice more with the wire.
"This lock has a spirit. Only when a person..." Before Shen Yan finished speaking, a curve appeared at the corner of his mouth: "I know. This thing cannot be touched directly. It must be treated gently."
"Exactly, gently," Mu Anxiao said, slowly reaching out her hand, murmuring to herself: "Lock, my good buddy, I promise to treat you gently. Cooperate, don't hurt me." As she spoke, she successfully inserted the wire into the keyhole.
Shen Yan looked at the beads of sweat on Mu Anxiao's temples and smiled.
"Found it, found it," Mu Anxiao whispered, gently turning and hooking the wire. The lock clicked open.
"It's open?" Shen Yan was surprised.
Mu Anxiao gently held the opened lock and said: "It was that simple." As she spoke, she glanced at the still glowing green lock in her hand.
"Who are you?"
Hearing the voice, Mu Anxiao frowned, looked around, and asked Shen Yan: "Was that you speaking?"
Shen Yan looked at Mu Anxiao's face speechlessly and said: "I know you. In other words, that was clearly a woman's voice. You say it was me? What a joke."
"That's..." Mu Anxiao slowly opened her mouth, blinked, and looked at the green glowing lock in her hand, asking: "It was you."
"You are truly quite stupid," the lock said.
Mu Anxiao swallowed a couple of times and gave a dry laugh.
Shen Yan looked down at the lock and smiled: "You have sharp eyes."
"You are a man who doesn't understand gentleness," the lock said.
Shen Yan was bewildered.