When Feng Qishi heard that Mu Anxiao hadn't eaten much, he immediately relented, "Alright, alright, go ahead and eat."
"So... I've finished eating."
"It doesn't matter if they send it over now, he won't eat it. It's better to let you eat first, and I'll do the cooking."
"Okay." Mu Anxiao readily agreed, stepped up to the stove, picked up her chopsticks, and began to eat.
Feng Qishi sighed.
Mu Anxiao: "Much tastier than the sachet."
Feng Qishi: "..." He shook his head helplessly.
Then, Xiang Nang asked, "Weren't you quite confident? How... did you fail?"
"Shen Xian doesn't listen to me at all; his obsession is too deep. I'm just wondering," Mu Anxiao said, turning to look at Xiang Nang as she ate, "Am I really Gu An's reincarnation?"
"You are."
"I am," Mu Anxiao said, chewing. "But why do I feel like he... doesn't take me seriously at all?"
"His heart is full of the master."
"Quite devoted," Mu Anxiao commented, turning back to continue eating.
Feng Qishi looked at Mu Anxiao's retreating back and, thinking of Shen Xian's cold treatment of her, breathed a sigh of relief. "I'll have to go later."
The two failures had made Mu Anxiao afraid of Shen Xian.
So, the moment Feng Qishi said that, she thanked him as if he were a relative, "Thank you!"
"What are you thanking me for?"
"I'm thanking you for not forcing me to go. In any case, the next task is yours," Mu Anxiao pointed at Feng Qishi. "Wake him up with your brotherhood."
"Wake him up?"
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao, with a mouth full of oil, glanced at Xiang Nang. "Mine is, don't let him be obsessed anymore."
Feng Qishi: "I understand."
Xiang Nang breathed a sigh of relief.
Shen Xian's room...
Shen Xian sat at his desk, and the faces of Mu Anxiao and Gu An involuntarily flashed through his mind. He clenched his fists, having the thought of awakening Mu Anxiao's past life memories.
"Lord Shen Xian, long time no see!"
Hearing this, Shen Xian frowned, quickly looked left and right, and finally looked up. He saw streaks of black light suddenly appear above the roof beams. "It's you."
"This time, you recognize me." The black light flickered, then swiftly floated to the table and transformed into chains that landed on the surface.
Shen Xian looked down at the chains. "Vine spirit, you still have the nerve to show up?"
"I know that Mu Anxiao."
"So what."
"That woman is not to be trifled with. I'm telling you, don't be..."
"Are you bad-mouthing her?"
"No, I just want to say, be careful of her."
"Be careful of her? I think the one I should be careful of is you." Shen Xian grabbed the chains.
The vine spirit exclaimed, "What are you doing?"
For ten years, Shen Xian had not stopped fighting monsters.
Until six months ago, when a monster he had beaten half to death let out a miserable cry, and a ball of black light suddenly struck. Afterward, all his subordinates were annihilated by that black light.
The monster escaped.
That day, the entire world turned black.
Thinking of that day, Shen Xian looked at the black light emanating from the vine spirit and said, "Six months ago, the one who saved that monster was you. It was you who killed my subordinates. Vine spirit, don't think I don't know."
"I didn't..."
"You're lying. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have been able to enter the Demon Realm at all. And you, in return for my kindness, used me and killed my subordinates. Vine spirit, I've wanted to kill you for a long time. I didn't expect," Shen Xian continued, "that you would deliver yourself into my hands today."
"Listen to me."
"..." Shen Xian tightened his grip on the chains.
Ten years ago, the vine spirit was injured because of the rabbit spirit incident.
Then, midway, he encountered Shen Xian, who had just achieved demonic power. After hearing his kind words, Shen Xian took him back to the Demon Realm and had his subordinates take care of him for a long time.
Later, the vine spirit had his own aspirations, so Shen Xian let him leave.
Who would have thought that six months ago, he would repay kindness with enmity? Although Shen Xian did not die, he was seriously injured because of that incident.
However, Shen Xian had always thought that the vine spirit would not dare to return after that. He did not expect that his audacity would exceed Shen Xian's imagination. Now, looking at the vine spirit in his hands, Shen Xian felt only a murderous intent.
Seeing Shen Xian remain silent, the vine spirit began, "I know Mu Anxiao is the reincarnation of your wife. I have a way to make her your wife again."
Upon hearing this, Shen Xian relaxed his grip.
The vine spirit landed on the table, catching its breath, and then transformed into a young man. "Let her help you capture those monsters. During this time, she will die. Then, I will help you awaken her past life memories, and when she is reborn, she will be your wife."
Shen Xian had never heard of this method before. "Is what you're saying true or false?"
"I know you see the shadow of your wife in Mu Anxiao, don't you?"
"Yes."
"That's right."
"How is that right?"
"She walked through the ghost cave. The blood lanterns in the ghost cave also contain memories of you and your wife. Those memories naturally entered Mu Anxiao's soul, so," the vine spirit said, supporting Shen Xian's shoulder, "you can see the shadow of your wife in Mu Anxiao."
"..."
Seeing Shen Xian's thoughtful expression, the vine spirit continued, "You saved me, and I won't lie to you. If you make up your mind, then execute it. I'll be in the woods." With that, he disappeared as a streak of black light.
Thus, Shen Xian's heart was moved.
"If it's really possible, Gu An can come back," he muttered to himself.
In the kitchen, Mu Anxiao sneezed several times before popping the last bite of food from her bowl into her mouth. "Strange, who's talking about me?" As she spoke, she twitched her nose and her eyes widened. "The smell of the vine spirit."
Feng Qishi asked, "What?"
Mu Anxiao glanced at Feng Qishi, quickly put down her bowl and chopsticks, turned, and ran out of the kitchen. She looked around. "Strange," she sniffed. "It's gone."
At the same time, Feng Qishi stopped behind Mu Anxiao. "What's wrong?"
Mu Anxiao: "I smelled the vine spirit. Didn't you?" She turned to look at Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi shook his head, "No!"
Since meeting Feng Qishi again, Mu Anxiao had felt that he was more powerful than her. Now that he hadn't sensed the vine spirit, it made her confused.
"It doesn't make sense," she said.
Feng Qishi asked, "What doesn't make sense?"
"You didn't sense it, so," Mu Anxiao touched the back of her head and then looked around again. "Is my feeling mistaken?"
Feng Qishi looked down at Mu Anxiao's uncertain expression. "Do you perhaps... just feel like the vine spirit has arrived?"