Mu Anxiao immediately detected the wolf demon's fear, but she didn't intend to expose it.
"Let me think," she said.
"Think away," the wolf demon replied, looking at Mu Long. "But he really seems to be at death's door."
Having captured demon souls for so many years, Mu Anxiao had witnessed countless partings and deaths. Looking at Mu Long, who was still struggling, she saw that his vitality was tenacious. He could afford to wait a little longer.
"..." She remained silent, glancing at both sides.
Seeing Mu Anxiao so calm, the wolf demon said no more.
Over there.
Hearing Mu Long's heart-wrenching cries and seeing his constantly struggling body, the female ghost couldn't help but recall her own pain before death. She then cast aside all the ideas falsely instilled in her by Lin Yan, immediately pressed Mu Long's wrist, and began to save him with her demonic energy.
False Lin Yan's eyes widened at this. "You're not allowed to save him."
The female ghost: "...."
On the other side, the male ghost had his single arm slung over Lin Yan's shoulder. As Lin Yan led him step by step towards the door, false Lin Yan inadvertently shifted his gaze and roared, "Don't move."
The male ghost was startled.
Lin Yan deeply felt the male ghost's soul tremble the moment false Lin Yan uttered those words. "Don't be afraid," he whispered, still dragging the male ghost towards the door.
Having plotted for a long time, Mu Xi, the false Lin Yan, had finally obtained such an opportunity, and now this opportunity was slipping away before his very eyes.
He could only feel anger. "Lin Yan, if you take another step, I'll burn you." As he spoke, he intentionally moved the torch closer to himself.
Hearing this, Lin Yan's mind immediately went to those people. If his body were to burn, those people would surely not survive. Thus, he compromised and stopped, bringing the male ghost to a halt.
The male ghost's calf twitched again, and then he pulled Lin Yan down to the ground.
Seeing this, the corners of false Lin Yan's mouth curled. "Don't think you can escape my grasp." With that, he moved the torch away again and turned his gaze towards Mu Long, who was being saved by the female ghost. "You're courting death," he snarled, then unleashed his demonic arts towards the female ghost.
The female ghost dodged the demonic light as it shot towards her.
False Lin Yan's eyes widened. "You..."
"You fraud," the female ghost said, looking up at false Lin Yan.
False Lin Yan was taken aback. "I saved you, and yet you come to cause trouble. You deserve to die." As he spoke, he struck the female ghost with demonic light again.
This time, the demonic light hit the female ghost's body, and she collapsed.
Unable to exert any strength, Mu Long lay sprawled on the ground, turning his head to look fearfully at the female ghost lying on her side, her eyes half-closed, her mouth slightly opening as she silently asked, "Are you alright?"
"...." The female ghost's eyes were vacant, her lips parting slightly as she uttered, "I don't want to die."
The female ghost's life had always been intertwined with dogs.
From childhood, she had been abandoned by her family, and thus... she understood the pain of being cast aside, the feeling of wandering alone and being despised by everyone.
She was like a dog.
The year she was abandoned, she was three years old. She had no memory of her family situation, but she clearly remembered her father's words: she was a girl, and their family only wanted boys, so they should discard her, just like a dog, discard her.
Those words were deeply etched into her heart.
A few days after being thrown out that year, she was saved by a dog, which gave her a new home.
That old man was a good person, but he didn't live long, dying when she was thirteen. On that day, the dog that had saved her and brought her home also died.
That day was her most painful day. From then on, she began to wander, and various hardships awaited her. It was also during that time that she encountered stray dogs.
Looking at those dogs, she thought of herself, of the dog that had given her life. From that moment, she vowed to raise dogs and ensure that all dogs had a home.
Eventually, her wish came true, and her life gradually improved.
One day, she met an old woman and her husband. In her eyes, they were a kind couple who also loved dogs, so she sold her dogs to them.
All along, she had no idea they were in the dog meat business. Even when the old woman and the man came to snatch the dogs, she didn't know what she had done to offend them.
She only remembered that before they took the dog souls away, they suddenly changed their minds and demanded all her dogs. She refused to agree, and then the old woman slapped her across the face.
After the slap, she calmed down.
Then, the old woman inexplicably became gentle again, reaching out to stroke her face, saying that she was incapable of raising dogs, and that those dogs were suffering with her. In short, those words pierced her heart.
But those words also made her doubt herself, questioning if she could truly provide a good life for every dog, and other doubts surfaced in her mind.
Finally, to give those dogs a better future, she compromised and gave all the dogs to the old woman.
She cried for a whole day after the dogs were taken away.
Who knew that the very next night, the old woman and the man would suddenly break into her house, and together with the man, they dragged her to a secluded place and tightly strangled her neck with a rope.
Before she died, she finally realized that it was the old woman's scheme.
As she struggled, her mind went blank. She didn't know when she shouted, "Don't kill the dogs."
Perhaps afraid, the old woman agreed, "No." Thus, the old woman's words reached her ears, and she still remembered them to this day.
During her time as a lonely spirit, she had always wondered why the old woman hated her so much.
It was only yesterday that she found out. The old woman's husband had been killed by the dogs she raised. It was from that moment that she saw the old woman's wicked side.
Clenching her fists, she repeated incessantly, "I don't want to die, I don't want to die."
Mu Long watched as the female ghost's eyes slowly closed. Thinking of her efforts to save him just moments ago, he silently said, "You'll be alright, you'll be alright." As he spoke, he tried to move his body, but to no avail.
At the same time, false Lin Yan's gaze fixed on Mu Long. "Die," he said, preparing to cast a spell on him.
The wolf demon asked, "Have you thought of a way?" Seeing the dire situation over there, he became anxious.
"I'll go," Mu Anxiao said. Just as she was about to try and extinguish the fire with her magic, the door panel exploded, and with a gust of wind, Feng Qi Shi entered.
The wind was strong, and the group of people lowered their heads, shielding their faces with their arms.
The next second, the fire was extinguished.
Ignoring false Lin Yan, Mu Long finally moved towards the female ghost, reaching out and taking her hand, repeating, "You'll be alright, you'll be alright."
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