Outside the kitchen.
Shen Xian bent down and placed the tray on the ground, then straightened up and began to set up a barrier for the kitchen.
At the same time, Feng Qishi stopped in front of the kitchen door, "Senior brother, what are you doing?"
Shen Xian lowered his hand and said, "Nothing, just stay in the kitchen." As he spoke, he turned to look at A Xia and Gu Xiao, who were following the vine spirit towards him, "Xu Lan, lock them both in the room."
Gu Xiao asked, "What are you going to do?"
Shen Xian glanced at Gu Xiao without a word, bent down, picked up the tray, and walked towards the room.
"You..."
As A Xia uttered the first word, the vine spirit said, "Alright, let's go."
"....." The two of them exchanged a glance, and still followed the vine spirit towards the room.
Shen Xian's room.
The moment Mu Anxiao heard the door open, she hurriedly stood up from the table and walked quickly to Shen Xian, "You're going out, what are you doing with the barrier?"
"I want to," Shen Xian said, handing the tray to Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao reached out and took the tray, saying, "Thanks." Then she turned to the table, put down the tray, hesitated, and asked, "By the way, were there many monsters during the day?"
"I don't know," Shen Xian replied, stopping at the table and sitting down.
Mu Anxiao glanced at Shen Xian, took the food out of the tray, and placed it on the table, saying, "You don't know, then there must be a lot."
"....." Shen Xian looked up at Mu Anxiao, "What do you want to do?"
"Oh, it's just... I also fought with those monsters yesterday, and I'm still a bit tired. If possible," Mu Anxiao picked up her chopsticks and sat down, saying, "Can you send me a few subordinates?"
"....."
"Two is fine too."
"I already told you yesterday, no," Shen Xian picked up his teacup.
Mu Anxiao winced and said, "If I go alone, I'll definitely die."
Shen Xian glanced at Mu Anxiao, thinking, it would be good if she died, then Gu An could come back.
"...."
"Still no?"
"No, I never change my decisions," Shen Xian looked at Mu Anxiao, "Unless, you want to go back on your word."
"No," Mu Anxiao shook her head.
"Since you don't, then eat," Shen Xian pointed at the food.
Mu Anxiao scratched her temple and muttered, "You're really quite heartless."
"I thought you were quite spirited with your promises before, why have you changed your mind after one night? Tell me, why?"
"I think I overestimated myself."
"Overestimated?"
"Yes, I killed a total of three monsters yesterday, and one of them escaped. I think," Mu Anxiao pursed her lips, "If I go alone, I'm bound to be in great danger. So, for the last time, please send me a subordinate, Feng Qishi is also fine."
"Feng Qishi?"
"Yes," Mu Anxiao nodded.
Shen Xian smiled, "Did you not understand what I said earlier, or what? He has..."
"I'll change his demonic aura, so those monsters won't detect him, just like yesterday, that's how I did it. See, he came back safely in the end."
"...."
"Please, let Feng Qishi and Piao follow me."
"...." Shen Xian took a deep breath and said, "You really want them to follow you."
"Mhm!"
Shen Xian pointed at the food, "Eat it all, and I'll give you an answer."
"Can't it be now?"
"No."
"...." Mu Anxiao pouted and picked up her bowl to eat.
A quarter of an hour later.
Under Shen Xian's coercion, Mu Anxiao ate all the food.
Then, Shen Xian spread his hands, conjured the green pill that the vine spirit had specially prepared for Mu Anxiao, and handed it to her, saying, "Eat it."
"What is this?"
"It aids digestion. If you go out so full, your stomach will definitely be uncomfortable."
"No..."
"Eat it."
"Alright," Mu Anxiao compromised, reached out, pinched the green pill, opened her mouth, and swallowed it.
Shen Xian said, "Tidy up and get ready to go."
"No," Mu Anxiao picked up the cup and took a sip of water, saying, "Didn't you say... you'd give me an answer after I finished eating?"
"Answer what?"
Mu Anxiao gave a dry laugh, "What kind of memory do you have? You said, you'd give me an answer about Piao and Feng Qishi..."
"No."
"...." Mu Anxiao's face fell, "Why?"
"This time, you can only go alone, I've already told you."
"You... were you deliberately teasing me just now?"
"You can think of it that way."
"You... you win," Mu Anxiao pointed at Shen Xian and stood up.
"What are you doing?"
"What else can I do? I'm going now." Mu Anxiao glared at Shen Xian, stepped to the door, opened it without hesitation, and walked out.
Seeing this, Shen Xian hurriedly stood up, chased out of the room, and followed Mu Anxiao, "Wait for me."
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao stopped in the middle of the courtyard and turned to look at Shen Xian, "What is it?"
Shen Xian said, "You're going without taking anything?"
"No need. Just wait for my good news," Mu Anxiao said, then turned to look at Feng Qishi, who was standing at the kitchen door, and shouted, "Feng Qishi, I'm leaving. Remember to make me something delicious tonight."
Hearing this, Shen Xian angrily said, "You're crazy."
Mu Anxiao said, "This is the consequence of you not agreeing with me." After saying that, she glared at Shen Xian and left.
Whether she lived or died on this trip, Mu Anxiao didn't know.
However, she knew that going was better than not going.
Kitchen.
Feng Qishi took Mu Anxiao's words to heart and shouted, "Senior brother, what does she mean by that?"
However, Shen Xian didn't even look at Feng Qishi. Instead, he calmly watched Mu Anxiao's retreating figure as she walked towards the outside of the mansion and sighed.
At the same time, the vine spirit appeared beside Shen Xian and said, "I've gone."
"Go ahead."
The vine spirit nodded slightly, glanced at Feng Qishi, and ran towards the mansion gate.
Feng Qishi: "...."
"...." Shen Xian also didn't look at Feng Qishi at all. He turned and walked back to his room.
However, all of this was arranged by the vine spirit.
Learning from experience, he knew that if Feng Qishi knew Mu Anxiao had gone to the demonic forest, he would desperately chase after her to help her. Therefore, to prevent such a thing from happening, he had suggested to Shen Xian that they be locked up and sealed with a barrier.
This way, even if Feng Qishi saw through it, he wouldn't be able to find anyone to help.
At the same time, Feng Qishi suddenly remembered what Mu Anxiao had decided before.
Following the flow, he muttered, "She's not going to... look for those monsters, is she?"
"What did you say?"
Feng Qishi looked at the sachet and asked, "Can you untie this?"
"I..."
"Can you?"
"I can't."
"You..." Feng Qishi uttered a word, thinking that if he tried to tamper with this thing, he would get nowhere. Thus, he turned around and began to search for wall holes that had not been sealed by the barrier.
The sachet glanced at Feng Qishi's back and thought, is it about to begin?
Shen Xian returned to the room, tidied up the house, and eagerly awaited Gu An's resurrection.