In the forest, Mu Anxiao still held Feng Qishi’s arm tightly. The whistling wind in her ears amplified her fear tenfold.
“Shen Fengzi.”
Feng Qishi no longer felt anything about the moniker Mu Anxiao had given him. He withdrew his gaze and turned to Mu Anxiao, asking, “What is it?”
“You, if you directly capture them for me,” Mu Anxiao swallowed, “they’ll likely still resent me, right?”
“What do you intend to do?”
“I think… it’s better to try and enlighten them. Using force might not be ideal.”
Mu Anxiao had initially wanted to subdue those demon souls directly and complete the task. However, remembering the vine spirit’s abilities, she feared it might release them again.
If that happened, the grudges between her and them would deepen, creating future trouble for herself.
Of course, she knew that if she said this to Feng Qishi, he would definitely think she was crazy. But considering the situation ahead, she couldn’t *not* say it.
Feng Qishi: “……”
“Why aren’t you talking to me?” Mu Anxiao felt Feng Qishi’s silence was worse than him scolding her.
Feng Qishi said, “You have only one heart, and you expect to enlighten fifty demon souls? Are you dreaming?”
Mu Anxiao gave a dry laugh, “I know, it’s very unrealistic, but… I don’t want them to resent me anymore.”
“No one is perfect. Although you’ve done many things that hurt those demon souls before, but,” Feng Qishi gently pulled Mu Anxiao’s hand off his arm and turned to face her, “remember this, you can’t make all demon souls forgive you.”
“But…”
“No more ‘buts.’ You should worry about your own safety. They’re coming in groups, and you’re alone. To put it bluntly, they have enough of an advantage to bully you.”
“I think so too.” Mu Anxiao conceded.
Feng Qishi reached out and grabbed Mu Anxiao’s arm. “Since you think so, stop thinking about other things. Based on my observation, there are ten demon souls here.”
“You sensed them?” Mu Anxiao asked.
Feng Qishi nodded, glanced behind them, and said, “Stay close to me.”
“Okay.”
“Don’t overthink it, it’s useless,” Feng Qishi released her hand and turned his back.
Immediately, Mu Anxiao quickly grabbed Feng Qishi’s arm again.
Feng Qishi: “If you keep holding me like this, I can’t fight properly.”
“It’s okay, they don’t dare to come out yet.” Mu Anxiao looked up at a green light spot on a tree branch.
Feng Qishi asked, “How do you know?”
“They’re all in the trees.”
“In the trees?” Feng Qishi repeated, glancing at the various trees. “So, I just spoke a bunch of nonsense, and halfway through, you knew where they were?”
“No, I just saw them.”
“Don’t be modest.”
Mu Anxiao stated firmly, “I’m not being modest.”
In fact, Mu Anxiao had only noticed the demon souls unintentionally after conversing with Feng Qishi.
If it were in the past, she would have undoubtedly flaunted her discovery. But at this critical moment, she didn’t want to pretend to be something she wasn’t, as it would only endanger herself.
“……” Hearing Mu Anxiao’s firm tone, Feng Qishi dropped the subject. “That’s strange, why would they hide in the tree branches?”
“Probably because they’re afraid of me,” Mu Anxiao said with a smile.
“Why are they afraid of you?”
“I don’t know,” Mu Anxiao shook her head, then added, “but perhaps it’s because the celestial energy on me is too strong.”
Feng Qishi had expected Mu Anxiao to say they were afraid because he was there. To his surprise, even at this moment, she was still so narcissistic.
He felt utterly speechless about this.