“....” Mu Anxiao glanced at the wall behind her, then turned back to the cultivating woman. "I'm just tired."
"If you're tired, come sit down," the cultivating woman beckoned.
"No, thank you."
"No what? Come sit," the cultivating woman's face turned cold. "Otherwise, I'll get angry."
"You..." Mu Anxiao uttered the word, then, seeing the displeasure on the cultivating woman's face, her lips twitched. She stepped forward and sat opposite her. "I told you I'm not afraid of you." XXS1
"What's your name? What's your identity?"
"You tell me your name, and I'll tell you mine." Mu Anxiao hid her good hand behind her back, ready to summon her silver rope at any moment.
The cultivating woman said, "My name is Miyán."
"Miyán?"
"Yes, I gave my surname to my master."
"You can give away your surname?"
"Yes, he said that if I gave him my surname, he would take me with him to achieve immortality. But," Miyán's eyes darkened, "that day, I saw it."
"You saw what?"
"He cooked braised fish for me in the kitchen."
"...." Mu Anxiao suddenly felt that this Miyán wasn't just a little bit, but extremely problematic.
Miyán said, "Why aren't you asking me?"
"What do you want me to ask you?" Mu Anxiao gave a dry laugh.
Miyán asked, "Ask me, 'and then what?'"
"Oh," Mu Anxiao nodded, and asked, "And then what?"
Miyán spoke as if narrating her own story, "Then I discovered it, and I was very angry. I asked him, didn't you say cultivators can't eat meat? Why are you eating meat?" After saying this, Miyán fell silent.
Seeing Miyán suddenly go quiet, Mu Anxiao asked, "And then..."
"Can you not interrupt?" Miyán looked up and said.
Mu Anxiao's lips twitched. "Alright, I won't interrupt." She lowered her head.
Miyán continued, "I'm thinking, just a moment."
Mu Anxiao casually replied, "Oh."
At that moment, a Yin Messenger arrived outside the prison cell. He glanced at Mu Anxiao and Miyán sitting face-to-face and smiled faintly. "Mu Anxiao, you've made new friends so quickly. It seems you are truly guilty."
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao stiffened. She glanced at Miyán, then quickly turned to the Yin Messenger and said, "Can you say fewer words?"
The Yin Messenger said, "I..."
"You are called Mu Anxiao?"
Mu Anxiao had intended to use her name to save her life!
Now, this Yin Messenger had ruined all her plans.
Hearing Miyán's question, her heart clenched. She glared fiercely at the Yin Messenger and smiled at Miyán. "Yes."
"Your name sounds familiar."
"Familiar?"
"Yes," Miyán nodded, narrowed her eyes, and thought hard, then excitedly exclaimed, "I remember now! Master said, when cultivating, don't be like Mu Anxiao. He said you are someone who reaps without sowing."
Mu Anxiao: "...."
Since Shen Yan had become a mortal, Mu Anxiao's notorious reputation had spread far and wide. She just hadn't expected her infamy to have reached the ears of cultivators.
Thinking about it, she felt a strange sensation.
"I can't believe you're an immortal," Miyán said, staring at Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao replied, "I'm just very approachable, which is why I seem more like a mortal."
"Who gave you the courage to say that?"
Mu Anxiao's face turned stern. "What do you mean by that?"
"Someone who reaps without sowing, who became immortal by stealing the blood of a great deity," Miyán sneered. "Of course, you only have worldliness, no immortal aura. It's a wonder you can shamelessly utter the words 'approachable'."
"..." Mu Anxiao was filled with rage.
Hearing Miyán's words and seeing Mu Anxiao clench her fist, the Yin Messenger turned and walked away.
Miyán said, "I was right."
"Do you even know me?" Mu Anxiao asked coldly.
"We're not familiar with each other, and this is our first meeting today. How can there be any talk of knowing each other?" Miyán said. "You're quite narcissistic."
"You don't know me, do you?" Mu Anxiao said coldly.
Miyán replied, "Indeed, I don't know you."
"You don't know me, yet you speak ill of me. Who gave you the courage?" Mu Anxiao said, continuing to glare at Miyán. "Could it be the courage from your master, whom you killed?"
"...."
"I was right."
"I..." Miyán's eyes flickered. "Everything I said is the truth."
"You judge a person's character simply by listening to others. You must have a lot of free time, girl of cultivation."
"You..."
"You say I reap without sowing, but I know how to work hard and strive for progress. And you?" Mu Anxiao snorted. "You just know how to idle around and badmouth me to your master. No wonder you'll always remain this way."
"You..."
"I misspoke."
"You can't talk about my master."
"You killed your own master, and you won't let me speak about him? Didn't you dislike it when others appeased you? I'm showing you my true thoughts right now. What, are you unhappy?"
Miyán said, "My master, only I can speak of him. You cannot."
"Your master's life isn't yours. Your master spoke of me, and I speak of him. It's even. And also..." Mu Anxiao propped herself up with one hand behind her back, leaning backward slightly. "From my observation of you, you have no immortal affinity whatsoever."
From the moment Mu Anxiao first saw Miyán, she felt no trace of immortal energy from her. So, when Miyán claimed to be a cultivator, Mu Anxiao was surprised.
However, to avoid discouraging her, Mu Anxiao had not voiced her thoughts.
Now, Mu Anxiao was acting this way purely because she was provoked and angered.
"What did you say?" Miyán's eyes widened.
Mu Anxiao stated, "I said you have no immortal affinity. Not a bit."
"Impossible."
"How is it impossible?" Mu Anxiao retorted. "Although I reaped without sowing, I've been on this path for nearly a hundred years. Naturally, I see many things more clearly than you. You, simply, have no immortal affinity."
"The old grandpa said I have immortal affinity."
"Old grandpa?" Mu Anxiao repeated, then sneered. "Who is it?"
"A..." Miyán frowned. "A ninety-year-old grandpa who died and came back to life."
"Ninety..." Mu Anxiao uttered the word and suddenly remembered the old man that Piao had mentioned. Her heart sank, and she asked, "When did you embark on this path of cultivation that does not belong to you?"
"...." Miyán frowned slightly. "If I dared to kill my own master, do you think I wouldn't dare to kill you?"
Mu Anxiao replied, "If I can get in here, do you think I'm a pushover?"
Hearing Mu Anxiao's words, Miyán's gaze clearly flickered. She said, "Can you not speak so harshly?"
"Just tell me, when did you embark on this path of cultivation that does not belong to you?"
"You..."
"Hurry up," Mu Anxiao urged.
Miyán was not afraid of Mu Anxiao at first, but seeing the fierce gaze Mu Anxiao was giving her, she became afraid.
Therefore, she stopped being arrogant and said, "A year ago."
"A year ago?" Mu Anxiao was startled and instantly connected the old man Miyán mentioned with the old man Piao had spoken of.
--Extra Notes--
Second update, done!
I will persevere! See you tomorrow!