Mu Anxiao scratched her eyebrow and retorted, "When did I ever say I wouldn't eat?"
"You did," the first disciple insisted.
Seeing the grievance in the first disciple's eyes, Mu Anxiao was reminded of the man in the pale blue robe who had impersonated her here.
"Alright, I forgive you," she said.
The first disciple looked confused. "No, it was you..."
"Enough nonsense, hurry and protect your junior sister," Mu Anxiao said, standing up.
The boy, about sixteen years old, looked at the red mist emanating from the woman's palm in surprise. He leaned against the wall and stood up, saying, "Senior Sister has demonic energy on her."
"You can smell it?" Mu Anxiao asked, taken aback.
The boy nodded.
"Since you can smell it, then tell him I'm not a demon," Mu Anxiao said, pointing at the first disciple.
The boy casually replied, "Senior Brother, she's indeed not a demon, you don't need to be scared." He continued to stare at the woman's hand.
Mu Anxiao followed the boy's gaze and turned to look at the red mist in the woman's palm. She shouted, "Shen Yan, be careful."
Shen Yan didn't look at Mu Anxiao. Instead, he deliberately pulled the girl behind him and said, "Stay behind me."
Looking at the scene before her, Mu Anxiao didn't feel as lost as before, because she had accepted the reality of not being protected. As Shen Yan had said, perhaps this was her fate, different from other girls.
"I'm here," she said, and strode towards Shen Yan and the others.
The Yin spirit was surprised by Mu Anxiao's fluctuating mood, from dejected to cheerful.
In the next moment, Mu Anxiao grabbed the woman's hand, which was glowing with red mist.
The woman froze, turned her head, and looked at Mu Anxiao in surprise from up close, "You, a human, can actually hold my hand."
"Wolf demon, it's you, isn't it?" Mu Anxiao saw the shadow of a wolf demon in the woman's eyes.
"Clever," the wolf demon woman's lips curved into a sinister smile.
Mu Anxiao narrowed her eyes and said, "If you have the guts, come out yourself." As she spoke, the contents of a book surfaced in her mind.
"I don't want to waste my energy," the woman said in the wolf demon's voice.
Mu Anxiao snorted, "Alright then, I'll tell you, you'll never get..."
Mid-sentence, a red glint flashed in the woman's eyes. She then closed her eyes for a moment before opening them and saying, "What are you doing, you brat?"
Mu Anxiao was startled and let go of her hand.
Immediately, the wolf demon's voice reached the woman's ears: Immortal blood is in the sachet on Shen Yan's waist. Steal that thing and leave.
Do I need to bring the junior sister? the woman asked mentally.
No, just bring that item, the wolf demon replied.
The woman nodded slightly and turned to look at Mu Anxiao, who had been staring at her. "You truly are a dog by your young master's side."
"If I'm a dog, then you're a wolf cub, and a female one at that," Mu Anxiao said deliberately.
The girl trembled all over, hiding behind Shen Yan, and said, "I'm scared."
"Junior Sister, what are you doing?"
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao and the woman turned simultaneously to look at the boy who had walked into the woodshed.
"Senior Sister," the boy cupped his hands and walked up to Mu Anxiao, "What did you do to my junior sister?"
"Why are you here?" Mu Anxiao said dismissively.
The boy glared at Mu Anxiao and looked at Shen Yan, "Don't you know that men and women should not touch? What are you doing?" He pointed at the girl's hand on Shen Yan's arm.