"You've seen it, so hurry up and cast your spell," the wolf demon urged.
Immediately, Mu Anxiao dropped the dagger in her hand and began to cast her spell with all her might.
The fake Lin Yan looked at Mu Anxiao's actions with a look of surprise, his brow furrowed, "..."
A quarter of an hour later.
Xie Xin's wound healed, and all her pulses returned to normal. "..." She opened her eyes, staring blankly at the roof beams, and said, "Wolf demon, save me."
Hearing this, Feng Qishi turned his head to look at the wolf demon, "..."
The wolf demon said, "Put it down." He stared down at the long sword.
Then, Feng Qishi put down the long sword and looked at Xie Xin, whom Mu Anxiao was helping to sit up, and asked, "Xie Xin, what's wrong with you?"
Xie Xin: "..." Her gaze locked onto the fake Lin Yan.
The fake Lin Yan, seeing Xie Xin look at him, said lightly, "Master, I gave her that dagger."
Upon hearing this, Feng Qishi's brow furrowed. He turned to the fake Lin Yan and asked, "Disciple, why did you give her the dagger?"
Fake Lin Yan: "I..." He flickered his gaze. "She is my friend. I wanted to give her a dagger to protect herself. I never expected her to commit suicide."
"I did not commit suicide," Xie Xin said, agitated.
The wolf demon: "..." He stared at the fake Lin Yan with a frown, but made no move to expose him.
Feng Qishi: "You committed suicide."
"I..." Xie Xin frowned. "Feng Qishi, what do you mean by that?"
"Monster, can you not live anymore?"
"I am not a monster, you..."
"I know. You're just unhappy that I don't trust you, so you used that dagger to harm yourself, and by doing so, you're trying to pin all the blame on my disciple, right!"
Xie Xin shook her head, "..." but had lost the strength to reply.
Seeing Xie Xin's silence, Feng Qishi asked again, "Tell me, where did you go last night?"
Last night, Xie Xin had gotten up simply to go to the privy.
Feng Qishi's question now left her, a proper young lady, truly speechless.
"..."
"I can't say."
Mu Anxiao watched Feng Qishi's aggressive stance in defense of the fake Lin Yan and grew angry. "Shen Fengzi, you've truly gone mad." She clenched her fist.
Feng Qishi: "Mu Shazi, you say one less word."
"Are you a dog, biting everyone you see? Now that the wolf demon is out of it, you're trying to shift all the blame onto Xie Xin, who just came back from the dead, all for your disciple. What do you mean by that, bullying people?"
"You cannot escape responsibility for this matter either."
"What do you mean by that?"
"If it was Wan Sha who did it, then I think surely..."
"Just shut up, Shen Fengzi. Stop playing detective here. I'll tell you the truth. He," Mu Anxiao pointed at the fake Lin Yan, "is not your disciple at all."
Fake Lin Yan: "..." His eyes widened.
Feng Qishi: "Say that one more time."
"It's you who is talking nonsense and imagining things, not me," Mu Anxiao said, her patience completely gone. She bent down, picked up the dagger glowing with black light, walked up to the fake Lin Yan, and said, "Here."
"What are you doing?" The fake Lin Yan deliberately put his hands behind his back.
Mu Anxiao: "You know perfectly well what I want you to do."
"I don't know."
"Take it."
"..." The fake Lin Yan averted his gaze and looked at Feng Qishi, who was glaring at Mu Anxiao. "Master."
"This dagger is fine for spirits, ghosts, and demons. Once a human touches it, they are basically courting death. But since you could give this to Xie Xin, it shows you have a problem, young man."
"..." The fake Lin Yan was speechless.
The wolf demon, thinking Mu Anxiao knew nothing, was startled by her words.
Feng Qishi: "When a human first takes this dagger, nothing happens. But the moment a demon touches it, it will be unsealed. This principle," he looked down at the back of Mu Anxiao's head, "don't you understand?"
Mu Anxiao took a deep breath and turned to Feng Qishi. "Shen Fengzi, have you lost your mind?"
"You are the one who has lost your mind."
"For him," Mu Anxiao pointed at the fake Lin Yan, "you are saying this about me."
"My disciple risked everything and survived. Of course, I have to focus all my attention on him. You..." Feng Qishi said, "Are you not jealous?"
"I am not jealous, I just think you are blind," Mu Anxiao said. She turned and glared fiercely at the fake Lin Yan, then looked at the wolf demon. "Let's go."
Xie Xin: "What about me?"
Mu Anxiao: "Take your things and come with me," she said, tilting her head up to look at Feng Qishi. "In three days, I will definitely make you apologize to me."
"....."
And so, Mu Anxiao left the dilapidated temple in a muddle, leaving only Feng Qishi and the fake Lin Yan behind. As for Xiao Zeng, he had left the temple earlier when the fake Lin Yan went out and had gone to beg.
The forest.
Mu Anxiao stopped by a tree, clutching the dagger tightly in her hand, and asked, "Wolf demon, is Shen Fengzi right?"
The wolf demon: "What do you think?"
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao turned to look at the wolf demon standing behind her and said, "If I could judge, would I be asking you!"
"I think his disciple has a problem."
"Do you know, and why aren't you saying anything?"
"I am a wolf demon. No matter how much I say, it will be wrong. Rather than that, I might as well keep quiet."
"....." Mu Anxiao had never realized the wolf demon was so perceptive. Hearing his words now, she was speechless. Then, she inadvertently looked at Xie Xin, who was leaning against the tree and panting heavily, and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Xie Xin gently stroked her chest, saying, "My chest is tight, I can't catch my breath." She leaned against the tree.
"What's going on?" Mu Anxiao asked, walking up to Xie Xin and bringing her hand in front of her face, feeling her palm. "Sit up."
Hearing this, Xie Xin straightened up and took two steps forward, gasping for breath.
"Bear with it," Mu Anxiao said, reaching out her left hand to grab Xie Xin's arm, then slowly raising her right hand and forcefully patting Xie Xin's back a few times. Several wisps of turbid energy then shot out of Xie Xin's nostrils.
Seeing this, the wolf demon said, "You can sense demonic energy."
"After fighting with you all for so long, if I still can't sense that," Mu Anxiao said, while helping Xie Xin sit down in front of the tree, and straightened up, "then I haven't lived in vain."
"You haven't lived in vain, that's for sure. Speaking of which," the wolf demon sighed, "I feel like Feng Qishi has been brainwashed by that guy."
"Which guy?"
"His disciple."
"Brainwashed is an exaggeration, it's just that after losing and finding him again, he's learned to cherish him."
"Lose and find again what?"
"You weren't there that day?"
"Which day?"
"The day the villagers were saved."
"Oh, I wasn't there that day."
"You weren't there? Then where were you?"
"..." The wolf demon scratched the back of his head. "I was tidying up the vegetable patch."
"You're really diligent."
"Thank you for the compliment."
"Who complimented you?" Mu Anxiao said, squatting down to support Xie Xin's shoulders and asking, "How are you?"
Xie Xin nodded slightly. "Much better."