Shen Xian's room.
Mu Anxiao, her face smeared with ink, sat blankly at the desk, holding a brush. Yawning, she said, "Can I stop now?"
Ever since she entered this room, Shen Xian had forced Mu Anxiao to sit at the desk and pass the time practicing calligraphy.
While writing, Mu Anxiao couldn't help but think of unresolved matters in the human world, which stirred up waves in her heart, leaving her with no inclination to practice calligraphy.
Shen Xian: "....."
Hearing Shen Xian ignore her, Mu Anxiao became angry. She put down the brush, looked up at him sitting at the round table, sipping tea, and said, "I said, can I stop now?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Xian finally looked up at Mu Anxiao. "What do you want to do after you stop?"
Mu Anxiao said, "I want to go to the outhouse after I stop." She stood up.
Immediately, Shen Xian also stood up. "Alright then, I'll accompany you."
"You'll accompany me?" Mu Anxiao refused from the bottom of her heart, shaking her head. "No need, I can do it myself."
"Let's go." Shen Xian completely ignored Mu Anxiao's words.
Mu Anxiao: "....." Her forehead was covered in black lines.
Shen Xian knew Mu Anxiao didn't like this, but he had to supervise her like this to revive Gu An.
"Let's go," he said again.
Mu Anxiao took a deep breath, glanced at the crooked characters on the paper, sighed, walked around the table to Shen Xian, and said, "Stay away from there later."
However, Shen Xian did not reply. He reached out and wiped the ink off Mu Anxiao's face, saying, "Just like before."
In the past, whenever Gu An was bored, she would beg Shen Xian to teach her calligraphy. Shen Xian would patiently teach her, and the day would pass by as they practiced.
Gu An always enjoyed this, but no matter how she practiced, she always ended up with a lot of ink on her face. Shen Xian would always laugh at her when he saw her like that.
Then she wouldn't say anything and would laugh with Shen Xian.
At this moment, Shen Xian thought of Gu An from back then, then looked at Mu Anxiao's face, and he smiled.
Mu Anxiao looked at Shen Xian, utterly confused, and said, "What's so funny?" As she spoke, she pushed Shen Xian's hand away and turned to leave.
"....." Shen Xian slowly stopped smiling.
In front of the mansion.
A Xia stood bored, looking up at the starless night sky, then at the moon emitting a faint glow hidden behind the dark clouds. She sighed and turned her head, only to see scattered red lights converging towards them.
Seeing this, A Xia rubbed her eyes and asked, "Who are you?"
"Demon souls."
Upon hearing this, A Xia was startled and quickly made a gesture, saying, "You are monsters."
"Monsters?" The monster leader repeated, approaching A Xia. "Little girl demon soul, that's not a nice thing to say."
"Don't come any closer," A Xia roared, throwing a punch.
At the same time, Shen Xian, who had followed Mu Anxiao out of the room, immediately heard the noise outside. "Not good," he said, looking towards the red-glowing gate.
Mu Anxiao also stopped at the same time, turned her head to look over there, and her eyes widened. "What is that?"
"Don't move from here," Shen Xian said, then rushed down the steps and towards the gate.
Kitchen.
Feng Qishi quickly stood up and ran out, circumventing the sachet.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Mu Anxiao quickly followed Shen Xian.
In the next moment, A Xia flew through the gate, was thrown back several meters, and landed precisely at Shen Xian's feet.
Shen Xian looked down at A Xia, then looked up and saw that the monsters had broken through the gate and entered the mansion.
The monster leader entered first and immediately spotted Shen Xian. "Yo, I didn't expect to meet again."
The next second, with a loud "boom," several lanterns appeared one after another, illuminating the surroundings brightly.
Mu Anxiao stopped behind Shen Xian, looked down and accidentally saw Shen Xian's bleeding hands, and said, "Don't move." She stepped forward and bypassed him, approaching the monster leader.
Subsequently, the monster leader's eyes widened the moment he saw Mu Anxiao.
"Gu An."
"You know me?" Mu Anxiao said as she walked.
Shen Xian was stunned. Just as he was about to step forward, Feng Qishi walked behind him and whispered, "She told you not to move, so don't move." He stepped forward to stand parallel to Shen Xian.
Shen Xian glanced at Feng Qishi and said in a low voice, "She can't go."
"She won't die."
"You?"
"Don't you. If you get injured, she'll be the one to heal you, and her spiritual energy will be depleted. If she fights that monster now, she might even gain some spiritual energy. Don't interfere."
In the previous few times, whenever Mu Anxiao fought, her spiritual energy would surge. Based on past experience, Feng Qishi had confidence in Mu Anxiao.
"....." Shen Xian glanced at Feng Qishi, squatted down, and looked at A Xia, asking, "Are you alright?"
A Xia sat up and shook her head slightly. "I'm fine."
Then, Shen Xian helped A Xia up.
Feng Qishi thought Shen Xian would ignore A Xia, so the moment Shen Xian helped A Xia up, he realized that Shen Xian still had a conscience!
It was just that Shen Xian's conscience was blinded by some obsession.
Feng Qishi: "...."
Shen Xian turned his head and looked at Feng Qishi, who was staring at him, and asked, "Why are you looking at me?"
"Nothing much, just wondering why you don't let me see Mu Anxiao."
Shen Xian didn't want to answer Feng Qishi's question, so he glared at him and remained silent.
"....."
Feng Qishi pouted.
Piao drifted to Feng Qishi's side and asked, "How is it?"
"How could it be? You can see for yourself," Feng Qishi said, pointing to Mu Anxiao's retreating figure.
Piao: "....." He looked towards Mu Anxiao in the direction Feng Qishi was pointing.
The sachet and the others also hurried out, but they were all stopped by Feng Qishi.
On the other side.
The monster leader stared at Mu Anxiao, who was walking towards him, and said, "You are not Gu An."
At the same time, Mu Anxiao stopped in front of the monster leader, scrutinizing it. The monster, which resembled both a dog and a wolf, said, "It seems you were the one who injured Shen Xian." She stared at its claws.
"If he hadn't pestered me, I wouldn't have..."
"Never mind that, why are you here?"
The monster leader narrowed his eyes. "Are you alright? You're asking me, and I'm answering, why did it turn into me talking about other things?"
"Why are you here?" Mu Anxiao repeated.
The monster leader said, "It's none of your business. I'm not here for you."
"If you're not looking for me, then who are you looking for?" Mu Anxiao narrowed her eyes.
Who was he looking for?
The vine spirit hadn't clearly told the monster leader. Now that Mu Anxiao asked, the monster leader remembered that the vine spirit had seemed to say that they should lurk outside first.
He would handle what happened next.