"There can be cultivation without an immortal destiny," the old gentleman said, glancing at Zhang Yan, his eyes darkening slightly, before turning and walking away.
Zhang Yan: "..." He shifted the image in the lake towards Mu Anxiao.
At this moment, Mu Anxiao was walking down the street, warily scanning her surroundings, as if afraid of being ambushed.
Zhang Yan, watching Mu Anxiao from the lake below, who was constantly looking around, knitted his brows and pointed two fingers into the lake, "Disciple, do you know where you're supposed to go?"
The street.
Mu Anxiao clearly heard Zhang Yan's questioning tone and frowned, "Master, can you stop messing around? I'm busy."
Zhang Yan: "Disciple, don't you notice..." He looked at Mu Anxiao in the lake, then glanced at the direction behind her, saying, "Are you going the wrong way?"
Upon hearing this, Mu Anxiao immediately stopped and asked, "Am I going the wrong way?"
"Sense the demonic energy."
"Oh." Mu Anxiao nodded and closed her eyes.
Zhang Yan: "..."
Meanwhile.
Feng Qishi and the others entered the merchant street.
Feng Qishi followed closely behind Lin Yan. He looked at the closed shops on both sides and then at Lin Yan's back. He asked, "Is this the place?"
Lin Yan: "Yes, I saw those black figures heading this way."
Feng Qishi: "Is that so?" As he spoke, he turned to Chen, who was following behind him, and asked, "Where is Piao?"
Chen: "I don't know. Probably went to the latrine."
After being rejected earlier, Chen had lost all interest in Piao.
"Latrine?" Feng Qishi said, stopping and walking in front of Chen, "That guy didn't follow us, did he?"
Chen: "..." She stared at Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi: "Don't just stare at me, answer me."
Chen: "I don't know where he went, but usually, he might be going to the latrine, that's what he said."
"..." Feng Qishi thought for a moment based on Chen's words and said, "Then he might have really gone to the latrine."
Chen: "I think so too."
Feng Qishi nodded and turned towards Lin Yan, "Why did you stop?" He looked at Lin Yan.
Lin Yan: "Master, I stopped because you stopped. If I hadn't, we would have gotten separated."
Feng Qishi: "My apologies, Master was mistaken." He then walked to Lin Yan's side.
At the same time, Chen stepped forward and walked behind Feng Qishi, "Feng Qishi, I want to tell you something."
Feng Qishi still couldn't forget that Chen had confessed to him before.
Ever since then, Feng Qishi's biggest worry was being alone with Chen, for fear that Chen would suddenly rekindle her feelings for him.
At this moment, when she spoke these words, he couldn't help but become nervous.
"..."
Chen frowned, looking at Feng Qishi's serious expression, and asked, "Don't you want to hear it?"
"Speak."
"Okay, I'll speak." Chen nodded, took a deep breath, glanced at Lin Yan, and said, "I feel about you..."
Immediately, Feng Qishi interrupted hastily, "I don't like you."
Chen: "..." She looked speechless.
Lin Yan looked at Feng Qishi, who had so quickly rejected Chen, with surprise. He cleared his throat and turned his face away.
Feng Qishi continued, "Don't confess to me, I..."
"Who wants to confess to you? After returning from the demon realm, I don't have any feelings for you anymore. I don't like you."
"Really?"
"Yes, right now I just want to find something to do for myself."
"What kind of thing?"
"I started thinking about following Piao and having Piao as my master, but," Chen pouted, recalling Piao's rejection, "he looked down on me, thinking I was a demon, so I thought, maybe you could be my master. Thinking about cultivating the immortal path isn't so bad."
Feng Qishi: "..." He frowned.
Seeing Feng Qishi's constipated expression, Chen said with disappointment, "I understand."
"Understand what?"
"I understand that you also look down on me. It's true, a demon cultivating the immortal path is indeed a ridiculous matter. I give up."
Two blows in one day.
Although Feng Qishi hadn't said anything, Chen could tell that he had rejected her.
Therefore, to avoid further emotional hurt, she might as well hurt herself first; this kind of pain wouldn't be as severe for her.
Chen: "..." She lowered her head.
Feng Qishi: "I hadn't finished speaking, and you've already given up."
Chen glanced at Feng Qishi and said softly, "You're definitely going to reject me."
Feng Qishi smiled, "Do you really think Piao didn't want to take you in?"
"Yes."
"I think he would compromise and take you as a disciple. If you don't believe me, let's make a bet."
The first choices people make are usually based on what they like.
Therefore, Feng Qishi could see that Chen really wanted to be Piao's disciple, and he believed he could help her.
Of course, he already had a candidate for her master in mind.
However, he wanted to fulfill this wish of hers first.
"A bet?"
"Yes, I bet Piao will take you as a disciple. If he does, you'll give me ten taels of silver. If not, I'll find you a master."
"Really?" Chen felt a glimmer of hope.
"Yes, but before that, cooperate with me well in catching demon souls and saving people."
Chen: "No problem."
Thus, Feng Qishi's words reignited Chen's full motivation.
Lin Yan: "..." He smiled.
"Alright, let's search."
Chen nodded.
Next, they began to knock on the doors of the shops.
As for whether Piao had gone to the latrine, Feng Qishi clearly no longer cared.
The street.
Mu Anxiao stopped in place, looking around and asking mentally, "Master, why is there nothing?"
Zhang Yan, watching the scene in the lake, took a deep breath and said, "Strange, why is there nothing?"
Mu Anxiao: "Master, are they invisible?"
Zhang Yan: "There's no reason for that. Don't you know where you're supposed to go?"
Mu Anxiao: "I forgot."
Zhang Yan was speechless for a moment and said, "Disciple, what good are you for?" As he spoke, he began to help Mu Anxiao find her intended destination.
Mu Anxiao paced back and forth.
The next moment.
A black shadow suddenly flashed before Mu Anxiao's eyes.
Subsequently, her nerves tensed, and she said mentally, "Master, I found it." With that, she began to chase the black shadow.
Zhang Yan: "..." He sighed, waved his arm, and made the mortal world in the lake disappear.
"Hello!"
Hearing this, Zhang Yan turned to look at Shen Xian, who greeted him politely, and smiled, "Aren't you too polite?"
Shen Xian smiled, "Is there anything I can help you with?"
Zhang Yan: "There's nothing I need your help with."
Shen Xian: "Then can you leave?"
Hearing this, Zhang Yan's expression turned cold, "Are you kicking me out, you brat?"
Shen Xian gave a dry laugh, "No, no, I need to clean the lake surface." He pointed to the lake surface covered in red leaves.
Zhang Yan looked at Shen Xian's fake smile and then at the red leaves on the lake surface, saying, "You brat, you only want to kick me out. Annoying."
Shen Xian: "I'm not kicking you out. By the way, were you just talking to your disciple?"