The second malevolent spirit hadn't expected Mu Anxiao to try so hard to guess its inner thoughts. Its eyes darted around, and it slowly turned to look back at Mu Anxiao, its mouth half-open, unable to utter a word.
Mu Anxiao waved her hand towards the second malevolent spirit's face. The spirit said, "Are you really willing to help me? I was a malevolent spirit, I committed all sorts of evil in my life."
"Why didn't you choose to become a demon?" Mu Anxiao asked directly.
The second malevolent spirit lowered its gaze and said, "I just wanted a simple life. The rules for becoming a demon are too numerous, they don't suit me."
"Tell me, what did you do in your life?"
"I don't remember. I only remember I was a malevolent spirit, a malevolent spirit who couldn't bear not to do evil." the second malevolent spirit spoke elegantly.
Mu Anxiao sighed and said, "Do you remember why you came here?"
"I..." The second malevolent spirit was speechless.
"As expected, you don't remember," Mu Anxiao said, pulling on the silver rope.
"What are you going to do?" the second malevolent spirit widened its eyes.
"My powers are limited, I can only take you to see your past."
"I don't want to go back to that time," the second malevolent spirit said in terror.
"Don't worry, I can't even go back myself. I can only take you to the time you arrived here." As she spoke, she closed her eyes and, pulling the second malevolent spirit, left Feng Feng's body.
The wolf demon felt the soul's presence of the second malevolent spirit and suddenly stood up.
Then, Mu Anxiao and the second malevolent spirit appeared together, leaving Feng Feng's body, and stood steadily behind Feng Qishi.
The wolf demon angrily said, "Kid, get out!" With that, he ran forward.
Seeing this, Mu Anxiao hurriedly pulled the second malevolent spirit behind her and said, "Your grievances with him will be settled later."
"On what grounds?" the wolf demon expressed his displeasure.
"On the grounds that he is mine now," Mu Anxiao said domineeringly.
The wolf demon was stunned, then sneered, "I didn't expect your taste to be so peculiar, liking this kind of trash." As he spoke, he peered at the ugly face of the second malevolent spirit.
The second malevolent spirit dodged its gaze, losing the courage to confront the wolf demon.
"Say whatever you want," Mu Anxiao said verbally, but in reality, she didn't quite understand the meaning of the wolf demon's words. What was it?
"How is my sister?" Feng Qishi asked Mu Anxiao.
"I've found Feng Feng, but I haven't had a chance to speak with her yet."
"What?" Feng Qishi was shocked and pointed at the second malevolent spirit standing behind Mu Anxiao, "You abandoned my sister and are helping this malevolent spirit? Mu silly, you've gone too far."
Mu Anxiao glanced at herself on the sofa, then at the time. She knew she couldn't explain.
"I'll tell you when I get back," she said, pulling the silver rope and disappearing with a leap.
Feng Qishi looked displeased.
Zhang Yan said, "She must have her reasons for doing this. Trust her."
Feng Qishi glanced at Zhang Yan, frowned, and said nothing.
The wolf demon turned his head to look at Mu Anxiao lying on the sofa and sighed, "It seems this guy is just meddling in other people's business."
"What do you mean by that?" Feng Qishi asked, looking at the wolf demon.
"I don't know," the wolf demon shook his head and looked down at his glowing red palm.
Zhang Yan followed his gaze to his hand and asked, "By doing this, you'll only hurt yourself."
"What I hate most is being deceived and betrayed. Coincidentally," the wolf demon looked up at Zhang Yan and said, "He's done both. I won't forgive him."
"Nor will I," Feng Qishi said firmly to the wolf demon.
"I never thought we would have someone we both hate," the wolf demon smiled wryly, "It's good."
"If it weren't for him, my sister wouldn't have ended up like this," Feng Qishi implicitly formed an alliance with the wolf demon.
The wolf demon nodded, "Exactly. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't be like this either."
"He must die."
"Yes," the wolf demon uttered the word resolutely.
Zhang Yan looked helplessly at the wolf demon and Feng Qishi, who were speaking back and forth, and shook his head.
On the other side, Mu Anxiao had brought the second malevolent spirit to the day he had arrived.
"Is this it?" Mu Anxiao stood by the cliff and looked around, asking.
"Yes," the second malevolent spirit nodded and turned to look at Mu Anxiao, "Before I met you, I never realized how much I had forgotten."
"Are you thanking me?" Mu Anxiao asked.
The second malevolent spirit did not reply.
Mu Anxiao was too lazy to ponder the second malevolent spirit's thoughts. She looked at a beam of light descending from the sky and said, "That must be you, right?"
The second malevolent spirit's eyes sank.
Mu Anxiao glanced at the second malevolent spirit and suddenly said, "You're probably not telling the truth, are you?"
The second malevolent spirit's eyes flickered, and it weakly said, "I didn't lie. I really don't remember."
"Some people just like to play dumb, deliberately hiding their past," Mu Anxiao said, fixing her gaze on the second malevolent spirit's face, "If I'm not mistaken, you're one of those people, aren't you?"
"I didn't expect you to see through me," the second malevolent spirit once again revealed a sinister smile.
Mu Anxiao calmly watched the second malevolent spirit's sinister demeanor and forcefully tugged the silver rope, saying, "Indeed... people who are used to telling lies are truly hard to see through the flaws in their deception."
"I won't help you," the second malevolent spirit said, instantly breaking free from the silver rope. Its previously dispirited hand immediately returned to normal.
Mu Anxiao retracted the silver rope and looked at the second malevolent spirit, narrowing her eyes and saying, "You probably guessed I would do this all along, didn't you?"
"What do you think?" the second malevolent spirit bared its teeth and asked.
"Since it's come to this, tell me your purpose," Mu Anxiao said, holding out her hand and conjuring the immortal book.
"What are you going to do?" the second malevolent spirit asked in surprise.
"You tricked me into coming here... you have your purpose, and I brought you here, I have my purpose. Let's consider it a mutual exchange." As she spoke, she conjured an ink-stained brush.
"I..."
However, just as the second malevolent spirit was about to reveal its secret, Mu Anxiao interrupted, "Stop the nonsense. Hurry up and tell me how you used such a shameless trick, and how you thought of this way to resolve the predicament."
"I am not bound by you anymore," the second malevolent spirit said, retreating towards the edge of the cliff.
Mu Anxiao looked up at the bright moon hanging in the night sky and said, "You are not bound by me, but remember this: without me, you would only be a lonely soul here, a lonely soul who can only live in darkness every day."
"I know my own situation. Stop trying to scare me," the second malevolent spirit said, taking two steps back.
"I have nothing to scare you with. Just tell me quickly," Mu Anxiao dipped the brush tip into the immortal book, "Let's not waste each other's time anymore."
"You..."
"I know you will try all sorts of ways to go back, but I'll be blunt. You can maintain your soul's life by borrowing your own soul's essence here, but when you return to the future, your past soul's essence will become a fatal poison that causes you to die rapidly," Mu Anxiao looked up and fixed her gaze on the second malevolent spirit's face, "Think it through. Either tell me quickly, or just wait for death."