Feng Qingshi was stunned: "...."
Mu Anxiao glanced at Feng Qingshi, then pointed to the bowl in his hand and said, "Give it to me!"
Feng Qingshi: "...." He frowned slightly, glanced at the woman in green, and then handed the bowl to Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao took the bowl and looked at the woman in green again: "I'm talking to you, can't you hear me?"
The woman in green: "...."
After a night of reflection, the deeds of the five women towards her flashed through her mind. Thinking of their threats, she couldn't help but recall her original intention.
She had escaped the underworld to live better, not to kill. She just wanted to leave this place, find her true form, and live a normal life like a human.
But over the years, she had done nothing but be used by those sisters and hunted by underworld officers.
Thinking of that, she said, "I want to live."
Mu Anxiao: "You are already dead."
"I escaped there to live," the woman in green looked up at Mu Anxiao, "Why are you chasing me?"
"You made a mistake, and you shouldn't be caught. What are you thinking?"
"I..."
"When people make mistakes, they must take responsibility for them. You, a demon soul..."
"Why don't they have to be responsible?"
Mu Anxiao: "...." She was stunned by the woman's question.
"Why aren't you talking anymore?"
"Who are you talking about?"
"My helpers."
"Your helpers," Mu Anxiao repeated, deliberately stepping back, "As expected, it's a trap." She conjured her soul sword.
The woman in green glanced at the soul sword flashing blue. Just as she was about to speak, Mu Anxiao suddenly smashed the bowl on the ground.
Hearing the sound of the bowl shattering, the woman in green was startled, "What are you doing?"
Mu Anxiao: "This is the boundary. If you cross it," she cut her finger with the soul sword, then took a step forward and dripped blood into the broken bowl, continuing, "you will only die."
However, Feng Qingshi was truly unable to understand what Mu Anxiao was doing.
The woman in green: "This is a demon formation. How do you know it?"
Feng Qingshi was stunned and looked down at Mu Anxiao, "..."
Mu Anxiao: "You're surprised that I know it?"
"You are connected to the underworld and the boundary. If you know demon realm formations, then you are..."
"So what? As long as I can catch you, I can do anything." Saying that, Mu Anxiao waved her soul sword in front of her twice and then pointed the tip at the broken bowl, "..."
Seeing Mu Anxiao's move, Feng Qingshi muttered, "Silly Mu."
Mu Anxiao didn't hear Feng Qingshi's voice and continued to stare intently at the broken bowl.
Then, just as the woman in green was about to quietly retreat, streaks of blue light suddenly emerged from the center of the bowl and shot towards her, surrounding her.
In an instant, the woman in green was engulfed in blue light, with a red dot appearing on her forehead.
Immediately, Mu Anxiao retracted her soul sword and said, "Done."
The woman in green stood in the center of the blue light, looking at Mu Anxiao without pain and asked, "What did you do to me?"
"Everyone wants freedom, and you are no exception. I know."
"You?"
"But first, you have to pay for the mistakes you've made."
"I just want..."
"You are dead, and your true form is naturally gone. However, speaking of which," Mu Anxiao looked down at her still bleeding finger and continued, "Why didn't you surround this house with those green leaves this time?"
"Those green leaves were just to set the scene."
Nonsensical.
The woman in green's words made Mu Anxiao feel disgusted with her.
"Isn't that your true form?" she asked disdainfully.
The woman in green: "..."
Mu Anxiao said angrily, "I hate lying demon-humans the most. You'd better tell the truth."
"That is also my true form, but it's not all of me."
"Not all?"
"Yes, my true form is gone, and those leaves are just aids to my cultivation as a demon."
"You cultivated into a plant demon?"
"A flower demon."
"Why a flower demon?"
"In my past life, I liked flowers. Once, by chance, I met a demon who was a flower demon. She said she could help me, so I..." The woman in green lowered her eyes slightly, "I followed her to cultivate demon arts. Soon after, she gave me a seed. After I ate it, I had two true forms, one was green leaves, and the other was a human form, but the human form was my entirety."
After going in such a long circle, Mu Anxiao was dizzy from the demon soul.
At this moment, she recalled the demon soul's actions at the inn, then thought about the woman in green's interactions with the girl and all the bad things she had done, she said, "Weren't you quite arrogant last night? Why are you suddenly," she looked at the woman in green's completely different expression after being surrounded by blue light, "so obedient now?"
The woman in green: "My helpers have been using me all along."
Mu Anxiao: "...." She snorted, "So, you've come to me for comfort."
"I didn't kill those underworld officers."
Mu Anxiao: "You mean you wanted them to kill them, and it has nothing to do with you?"
"Yes."
"Then what does it have to do with me?"
"Please... catch them."
To save her life, she had to resort to any means necessary, as the woman in green had thought last night.
"They were your partners, your good sisters."
"Not anymore."
It wasn't Mu Anxiao's first time catching a demon soul. She had seen many demon souls like the woman in green.
However, she liked dealing with demon souls who had been betrayed the most.
Because at that time, they were the most vulnerable. They would answer whatever you asked.
However, she didn't know if the demon soul before her would cooperate.
"Are you sure?" she asked.
"Mm."
"Alright, give me a reason."
"...." Feng Qingshi remained silent, quietly watching Mu Anxiao ask questions from behind, then glancing at the woman in green who wasn't struggling and instead looked calm, sighed.
The woman in green: "They used me to lure underworld officers and then made their move, to train their abilities, so that they could kill the demon who killed them in the future."
Mu Anxiao asked, "Were they human in their past lives?"
The woman in green: "Yes, they were my cellmates. They escaped prison using my abilities."
"Then, if you helped them, why did they still want to kill you?"
"I only found out last night."
After so much time had passed, she only then realized she had been used.
Mu Anxiao thought that the demon soul before her must be very upset!
So, she said, "I don't even know where they are, so how can I help you? And," she deliberately raised her vigilance, "they could use you, which means you can also use me. If I help you, and you turn around and stab me in the back, then I... wouldn't I become like you."