"I'm fine," Mu Anxiao said. She stepped forward to stand opposite Feng Qishi and looked at the young waiter clutching his arm, saying, "Do you know what this teaches you?"
"..." The waiter trembled all over.
Mu Anxiao said, "I'm talking to you, can you hear me?"
"Speak," the waiter's voice trembled.
Seeing the fear on the waiter's face, Mu Anxiao couldn't help but smile. "This teaches you not to trust someone who harms others and herself easily. She doesn't even care about herself, do you think," she said, "you hold any place in her eyes."
The waiter shook his head slightly.
"Since that's the case, tell me everything you know." Mu Anxiao casually patted the waiter's shoulders twice.
After the recent incident, the waiter had seen his status in the eyes of that green light clearly.
So, he nodded and agreed, "Okay."
Back in the room.
The waiter sat at the round table with Mu Anxiao and the others.
Mu Anxiao was no longer as agitated as before. Instead, she had calmed down considerably. "Speak."
The waiter sat opposite Mu Anxiao, thinking about her ruthless actions towards the green light just now. He swallowed and said, "I'll answer whatever you ask."
"Good, tell me, what exactly was inside those leafy greens?"
"That was her."
"Her?"
"The green leaves around the inn are her."
Mu Anxiao's mouth twitched. "What do you mean?"
The waiter said, "It means those green leaves are her true form, and the green vegetables you ate were all transformed by her."
Mu Anxiao: "..." She gagged.
Upon hearing the waiter's words, Xu Lan also felt disgusted.
Xu Lan and Feng Qishi exchanged glances at Mu Anxiao and Xu Lan. "..."
Mu Anxiao said, "Why are those who ate the vegetables all fine?"
"Those green vegetables are alive and cooperative. Once fully consumed, they are considered dead. If not finished, the remaining green vegetables would save those within the demon bodies. This way... after a period of struggle, it becomes a state of mutual destruction. In this final moment, the demon soul would absorb the demon's demonic energy, and then they would disappear."
"That's enough," Mu Anxiao couldn't accept this.
"In all this time, only the two of you finished," the waiter pointed at Xu Lan and Mu Anxiao, "This shows that you are not ordinary."
Mu Anxiao: "You can see that."
The waiter said, "Being able to finish those disgusting leaves proves that your stomachs are not just unusual, but extremely unusual. It also indicates that you are from the underworld."
Hearing the waiter's confident words, Mu Anxiao breathed a sigh of relief. She thought, if this guy says it like this, I'm truly on Hei Feng's side. This way, Xu Lan won't suspect me. Very good, very good.
Seeing Mu Anxiao lost in thought, and looking at the waiter's vacant eyes, Feng Qishi asked, "Are you feeling sleepy?"
Hearing this, the waiter yawned and said, "Yes, I'm feeling sleepy."
"Then perhaps we should rest," Feng Qishi suggested.
Mu Anxiao shot a glare at Feng Qishi. "She hasn't finished speaking yet..."
"You continue asking, he'll start spouting nonsense soon."
"You're quite the protector of the weak," Mu Anxiao said, standing up.
Feng Qishi asked, "What are you doing?"
"Sleeping."
Early morning.
Feng Qishi walked to the bed and looked down at Mu Anxiao, who was half suspended in the air and half pressed against the bed. He sighed and said, "Wake up."
Mu Anxiao: "..." She snored.
Feng Qishi: "..." His mouth curled, and he bent down to tap Mu Anxiao's forehead twice, saying, "Wake up!"
Mu Anxiao: "..." She remained motionless.
Seeing this, Feng Qishi frowned. "Silly Mu, it's already noon. If you don't get up, you won't complete your mission. Then, you can stay in the demon realm." After saying this, he casually pushed Mu Anxiao further inside.
As Mu Anxiao rolled over, she woke up. "It's noon."
Feng Qishi straightened up, crossed his arms, and said, "Yes, the waiter has closed the inn."
"Closed?" Mu Anxiao repeated, quickly sitting up and tilting her head, her eyes hazy, asking, "Why is it closed?"
"You'll know when you get up," Feng Qishi said, turning to the table and tidying up the bedding.
Mu Anxiao: "So mysterious," she said, staring at Feng Qishi's back and asking, "Is it comfortable sleeping on the table?"
"You'll know next time if you try."
"I won't try." Mu Anxiao refused outright.
A quarter of an hour later.
Mu Anxiao and Feng Qishi stopped outside the inn, then looked in surprise at the walls, no longer adorned with green leaves. She asked, "Shen Fengzi, what's going on?" She turned to Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi said, "I don't know. It became like this as soon as I woke up this morning."
Suddenly, Mu Anxiao remembered what the waiter had said last night, and her mouth twisted. "Ran away."
"You mean the demon soul."
"Yes, as cunning as expected," Mu Anxiao said, looking around.
Then, Xu Lan and Xu Lan walked out of the inn and came before them.
Xu Lan asked, "What's going on?" He pointed at the bare exterior.
Xu Lan said, "Master, she ran away." Her eyes sank.
Mu Anxiao looked at Xu Lan's disappointed expression and then at Xu Lan. She said, "Do you know what this teaches us?"
"What?" Xu Lan cooperated.
Feng Qishi was impatient. "Can you stop being so weird? Just say what you have to say, we're all in a hurry."
Mu Anxiao: "..." She glared at Feng Qishi again and said, "The lesson is that if you persevere a little longer, it might be success. But if you choose to give up when you are about to achieve it," she gave a strange cold laugh, "this is the consequence." She pointed at the dull walls.
"This lesson is indeed striking, but," Xu Lan sighed, "we've come this far. What's the point of saying it now?"
Mu Anxiao: "..." Her gaze flickered.
Feng Qishi said, "Let's not think about other things for now. Let's go inside and have breakfast."
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao looked at Feng Qishi again. "Didn't you say it was noon?"
Feng Qishi: "If I didn't say it was noon, would you get up?"
"You lied to me."
"Yes, it's still early," Feng Qishi said, walking into the inn first.
Mu Anxiao snorted lightly and only walked in after they had all gone.
The hall.
Mu Anxiao sat at the table, looking at the hall where only she was present. She muttered, "Strange, where are they?" As she spoke, she looked at the normally colored meals and shook her head. "Never mind, I'll eat first."
As she finished speaking, she rolled up her sleeves and was about to start eating when a woman in a dark green dress walked up to her and asked, "Are you Mu Anxiao?"