"You..."
"No 'you.' Since you're from a cultivation sect, that means you're not a good demon either."
Mu Anxiao already harbored a prejudice against cultivation sects. Now, the demon before her was also from there.
On this point alone, she instantly found her direction.
And that direction was to capture A Long.
"I'm not a good demon, and you're not a good person."
Mu Anxiao knew A Long would retaliate like this, so she didn't change her expression. She nodded and said, "In that case, we're even."
"How can your skin be so thick?"
"...." Mu Anxiao gave a cold laugh, deliberately ignoring A Long, and turned her gaze to the old man. "Sir, how did you leave the world of the living? Do you remember?"
"What's it to you?"
Mu Anxiao said calmly, "This, indeed, has something to do with me. I'm just curious," she glanced at A Long, "why are you with her?"
"You don't need to know. What I want to say is, now, you get out."
Mu Anxiao smiled, "I can't leave. Can you tell me your name?"
"What's my name got to do with you?" The old man's attitude towards Mu Anxiao became very unfriendly.
Mu Anxiao could only endure this, having no other choice. "I want to help you."
"Your leaving is the greatest help you can offer me."
"If you don't cooperate with me, it won't do you any good."
"Whether it's good or not," the old man said, deliberately pulling A Long behind him, then stepping forward, "is my business. What's it to you, you little brat?"
"...." Mu Anxiao endured and continued to smile, "Sir, you are a soul. Do you think it's appropriate for you to be with a demon?"
"Do you think it's appropriate for you to speak to an old man like me this way?"
"If we're talking about age, I should be as old as you," Mu Anxiao said this directly to prevent the old man from using age to dismiss her.
The old man was momentarily speechless when Mu Anxiao said this.
Hearing Mu Anxiao's words, A Long looked at the old man's frozen back and said coldly, "Old man, this has nothing to do with you." As she spoke, she tugged on the old man's sleeve.
The old man ignored A Long and instead said abruptly, "Your name is Mu Anxiao."
"Yes," Mu Anxiao nodded. "Since you know my name, can you tell me yours now?"
"Yes, but," the old man said with a serious expression, "you must promise me you won't capture her."
Although the old man had not intervened earlier, he had clearly heard the conversation between Mu Anxiao and A Long.
Similarly, from the look the old man gave A Long just now, Mu Anxiao could tell they definitely had a surprising relationship, but Mu Anxiao did not want to break through this layer of relationship because she knew she was an outsider.
As for why Mu Anxiao wanted to deal with A Long, the only reason was that she had done evil.
Of course, if she hadn't done evil, Mu Anxiao wouldn't have captured her.
"....." Mu Anxiao looked at the old man's serious, expectant expression, then glanced at A Long behind him, who was glaring at her. She said, "I can't decide this. I'm only responsible for capturing her."
"She is a kind girl. She has never done anything bad her entire life. She is exceptionally good to people and things. Why are you capturing her?"
"Her entire life." Mu Anxiao lowered her eyes and smiled. "You are a human, and she is a demon. What kind of relationship can the two of you have?"
Originally, she didn't want to ask this question, but seeing how eager the old man was to reveal the truth, she complied.
The old man said, "She and I have a very significant relationship. She is my..." He turned his head to look at A Long's youthful face, then thought of his own aged face. He mustered his courage and said, "She is my daughter."
"Daughter?"
"Yes, she is my daughter. I will not let you harm her."
"..." Mu Anxiao looked at the old man's flustered expression, then glanced at the thatched hut behind them. She said, "If I'm not mistaken, someone used to live here."
"We've always lived here," the old man lied with his eyes open.
Mu Anxiao: "...." She didn't understand the place, so after the old man said that, she was speechless.
A Long calmly watched Mu Anxiao's speechless expression, then looked down at the old man's slightly trembling hands. Her eyes darkened. "Old man, stop lying."
Hearing this, the old man's body stiffened. He quickly turned his face and met A Long's eyes.
A Long said, "I am not your daughter." Then, she gently tapped the old man's back, and he froze on the spot.
Seeing this, Mu Anxiao exclaimed, "What did you do to him?"
Then, A Long walked around the old man and stopped opposite Mu Anxiao, saying, "Mu Anxiao, do you want to know how he died?"
"Yes."
"He," A Long spat out one word, suddenly raising the corners of her mouth, "fight me. If I win, you let me go and get lost. Of course, if I lose, I'll admit defeat and honestly tell you the whole story, and help you complete your mission. How about it?"
"You know I have a mission?"
"I know."
"How do you know?"
Mu Anxiao's missions had always been confidential. Hearing A Long say this now, her heart couldn't help but start to feel nervous.
Conversely, A Long's expression didn't change at all. "It's a secret. As long as you win, I'll tell you everything."
"You said it," Mu Anxiao pointed at A Long.
A Long smiled, then conjured a folding fan behind her back and said, "I'll start counting to three." She slightly lowered her head.
Mu Anxiao rolled up her sleeves and took two steps back, saying, "Alright. Don't worry, I won't hurt that..."
Unexpectedly, before Mu Anxiao could finish, A Long suddenly raised her head, gave her a sinister smile, then displayed the hand holding the fan, and with a swish, she opened it and fanned it towards Mu Anxiao.
Her entire movement took less than three seconds.
In the woods, Feng Qi Shi frowned. There was no time to warn her, so he directly leaned his upper body back.
The thatched hut.
Mu Anxiao made the same movement as Feng Qi Shi, and then green dots from the fan flew past her eyes.
A Long looked at the scene before her and clutched her fan. "Damn it, they're quite fast."
The next second, Mu Anxiao lost her balance and fell to the ground.
Over there, Feng Qi Shi was also pulled down.
The old man looked on in alarm. "Young man, are you alright?"
Feng Qi Shi, in order to see the situation with Mu Anxiao clearly, did not open his eyes and said, "I'm fine, I'm fine. I'm practicing. Please move aside first, so you don't get hurt."