“How is it wrong again?”
“You’re a dog of the Vine Spirit, and now you’ve come to me for cooperation. Let me ask you this,” Mu Anxiao thought for a moment, then continued, “Put yourself in my shoes. If you were me, would you believe me?”
“No,” the dog-headed demon said resolutely.
“You have that much self-awareness, so are you still trying to lie to me?” Mu Anxiao tried to get him to talk.
The dog-headed demon knew what Mu Anxiao was concerned about. After a few seconds of silence, he said, “Look at my face.”
“What’s so good about your face?”
“Never mind whether my face is good-looking or not. Do you think the Vine Spirit would help me make my face like this?”
“How would I know? That’s something you two should have discussed.”
“....”
However, the dog-headed demon felt that talking to Mu Anxiao was not just a little bit difficult, but extremely difficult, at the moment Mu Anxiao said that.
“You’re choked up by my words,” Mu Anxiao said with a sense of accomplishment. “Let me tell you, I just don’t believe you’re not loyal to the Vine Spirit.”
“....”
Why was the dog-headed demon so persistent?
There was only one reason: he had recently received notification from the old gentleman.
The old gentleman said that he should cooperate with Mu Anxiao to slowly sabotage every one of the Vine Spirit’s schemes, but the premise was not to mention himself in front of Mu Anxiao.
And as far as the dog-headed demon was concerned, he should have cooperated with Feng Qishi, because the old gentleman was Feng Qishi’s master.
Also, based on his understanding of Mu Anxiao, he guessed that Mu Anxiao would definitely guard against him, and things would not go so smoothly.
As expected, his guess was correct.
“Not speaking means default.”
Upon hearing this, the dog-headed demon looked at Mu Anxiao, who was glaring at him, with an unexpectedly serious expression and said, “What do you want me to do for you to believe that I’m on your side?”
Mu Anxiao smiled. “Add new charges to those five women, so that the Yin messengers here will notify the ones on the other side to let Yang Tai go. This,” she said, “can you do it?”
“I...” The dog-headed demon hesitated, because he thought that if he really did this, the Vine Spirit would find out immediately, and then everything would be exposed.
Thinking this, he fell into a dilemma.
Mu Anxiao said, “I’ll give you a way. If you do as I say, I’ll believe you. What do you think?”
“You say it,” the dog-headed demon decided to trust Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao looked at the dog-headed demon’s humble and seeking expression and thought, you can keep pretending.
“....”
Seeing Mu Anxiao’s silence, the dog-headed demon asked, “Why aren’t you speaking?”
Mu Anxiao’s lips curved into a smile. “Later, when we interrogate that woman, I want to interject. You just stay quiet, and then this matter will have nothing to do with you.”
“What?”
“Of course,” Mu Anxiao smiled. “I know I don’t have the right to interject. If a Yin messenger says something to me later, you just cough twice.”
“Can this really be done?”
“Why not? If your master asks you why you listened to me, just say you have something on me.”
“I have something on me?”
“You don’t know what you have on me?” Mu Anxiao was suddenly stunned by the dog-headed demon’s bewildered look.
The dog-headed demon thought for a moment and suddenly realized, “Oh, you mean my identity.”
“Yes,” Mu Anxiao nodded slightly.
Now, in the dog-headed demon’s eyes, nothing was more important than Mu Anxiao trusting him. So, the second Mu Anxiao nodded in response, he readily agreed, “Okay, I’ll cooperate with you.”
“Very good. Next, it’s up to your performance.” Mu Anxiao smiled and moved aside. “Alright, you go in first!”
“Aren’t you coming with me?”
“I don’t want to go with you. Hurry up and go.”
Hearing Mu Anxiao’s slightly impatient tone, the dog-headed demon didn’t dare to say anything more. He stepped forward, passed Mu Anxiao, and walked away.
Following him, Mu Anxiao turned sideways and looked at the dog-headed demon’s receding back as he walked away, thinking, I’ll see how long you can pretend to be a good person.
The ruined temple.
Piao went out because she was curious about the situation outside.
Xiao Zeng and Xie Xin, due to hunger, followed Piao out of the ruined temple and went to the market to buy food.
So, Feng Qishi was the only one left in the ruined temple.
“Come in,” he sensed the aura of the fake Lin Yan outside the door.
Outside the door, the fake Lin Yan, who was about to secretly observe Feng Qishi, was startled the moment Feng Qishi spoke. He then crossed the threshold and walked to the table, looking down at Feng Qishi, who didn’t even lift his head, and said weakly, “Master, I… I’m back.”
“I know you’re back,” Feng Qishi said, closing the book in his hand and looking up at the fake Lin Yan. “Didn’t I tell you to stay there?”
“Master, my arm hurts.” The fake Lin Yan, afraid that Feng Qishi would see through him, put on a wronged expression.
“What happened to your arm?”
“Last night, I had a nightmare. Because I was scared, I accidentally bit my arm. I just discovered it over there. I saw that my wound was quite serious, and then…” As the fake Lin Yan spoke, he lifted his sleeve and exposed the wound to Feng Qishi. “So I came back.”
Feng Qishi calmly looked at the fake Lin Yan’s wound and said, “Disciple, you really need to practice your courage. You managed to bite yourself like this, you’re quite something.” As he spoke, he grabbed the fake Lin Yan’s wrist.
“Thank you, Master.”
The fake Lin Yan knew that Feng Qishi’s most skilled magic was healing. So, in order for Feng Qishi to heal this tooth mark, he mustered up his courage and spoke.
Feng Qishi quietly observed the fake Lin Yan’s wound, his eyes narrowed slightly. He thought, this wound clearly wasn’t caused by himself. It seems he really has a problem!
After thinking this, Feng Qishi intentionally put on a calm expression and said, “The injury isn’t serious.”
However, this was not the answer the fake Lin Yan wanted.
So, his face stiffened, and he said, “Master, it’s bleeding.”
Feng Qishi looked at the fake Lin Yan without even looking at him, let go of his hand, and took out a small bottle from his sleeve. “Here, I’ll put some medicine on it for you.”
“Master, if we just use medicine, it will definitely leave a scar.” The fake Lin Yan was still trying to get Feng Qishi to use that particular magic.
“What’s wrong with a man having a scar? Sit down.”
The fake Lin Yan didn’t dare to make his actions too obvious, so he obediently sat down next to Feng Qishi and asked, “Master, will leaving a scar affect my cultivation?”
Feng Qishi pulled off the stopper sealing the bottle and said, “Cultivation isn’t about choosing a beauty contest. Although appearance is important, don’t worry, this small tooth mark won’t affect anything at all.”
Fake Lin Yan: “Master, I still think this will look bad.”
“Mu Shazi also has a scar on her arm, and I haven’t seen her say anything,” Feng Qishi said, directly pouring the powder onto the fake Lin Yan’s wound. “You’re a big man, don’t be so sentimental.”
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