Feng Qishi's eyes suddenly turned cold. "I am Shen Yan, not Feng Qishi." As he spoke, he bent down to meet Mu Anxiao's gaze.
"You are Feng Qishi," Mu Anxiao said, grabbing Feng Qishi's collar.
Immediately, Feng Qishi grasped Mu Anxiao's wrist and said, "I am Shen Yan, not Feng Qishi."
"You are Feng Qishi," Mu Anxiao deliberately tightened her grip on Feng Qishi's collar. "Wake up quickly, Feng Qishi."
Feng Qishi's eyes showed no change. "Who are you to me?"
However, Mu Anxiao had never considered her true relationship with Feng Qishi. After his cold question, she found herself at a loss for words.
Gu Xiao watched Mu Anxiao's nervous demeanor from the side, then looked at Feng Qishi's stiff, retreating back. He said, "Mu Anxiao, what's wrong with him?"
"..." Mu Anxiao didn't reply to Gu Xiao. After a moment's thought, she said, "I am the one who harmed you. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have become Feng Qishi, so you are Feng Qishi."
Gu Xiao: "..."
Feng Qishi said, "You are the one who harmed me."
"Yes, you reincarnated. You are Feng Qishi, you are not Shen Yan. Shen Yan is already..." Mu Anxiao didn't want to say the word, but seeing Feng Qishi like this, she couldn't refrain.
Taking a deep breath, she said it, "Shen Yan is already dead."
"Impossible."
"Your past life is dead. Now, you have possessed yourself. This is merely Shen Yan's shell. You are Feng Qishi, Feng Qishi." Mu Anxiao emphasized, forcefully pulling Feng Qishi down, her eyes meeting his intensely.
This topic was indeed suffocating.
But if it wasn't clarified, Feng Qishi would be completely controlled. So for his sake, Mu Anxiao had to speak like this, even if it provoked him.
Because this was an opportunity.
"..." Feng Qishi looked closely at the tear stains at the corner of Mu Anxiao's eyes, frowning. "You look so familiar."
"You remember."
Feng Qishi said, "You are... her."
"What?" Mu Anxiao no longer understood what he was saying.
Suddenly, Feng Qishi released Mu Anxiao's wrist and said, "You are..."
"I am Mu Anxiao," Mu Anxiao said firmly.
Hearing this, Feng Qishi closed his eyes.
Mu Anxiao released her grip on his collar and asked, "What's wrong?"
The next second, Feng Qishi stumbled back half a step, raising his hand to cover his head.
Mu Anxiao asked again, "What's wrong with you, Shen the Mad?"
"Not good," Gu Xiao shouted, glancing at the suddenly brightly lit blood-red lanterns. "Mu Anxiao, those lanterns are not right."
At this moment, Mu Anxiao had no time to worry about the lanterns behind her. She just hoped Feng Qishi would wake up.
"..." She ignored Gu Xiao's words and stepped forward to grab Feng Qishi's arm.
Then, Feng Qishi suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze still filled with only coldness. "I don't know who Mu Anxiao is. I only know... I want to kill you." With that, he grabbed Mu Anxiao by the neck.
Abruptly, Mu Anxiao's feet left the ground.
Seeing this, Gu Xiao anxiously shouted, "Feng Qishi! Wake up."
Mu Anxiao tightly clutched Feng Qishi's wrist, the veins on her temples bulging, unable to speak.
"Kill you."
"Feng Qishi, you are Feng Qishi! She is your partner. Let her go, let her go," Gu Xiao stepped forward, grabbing Feng Qishi's arm. "If you are like this, she will die, Feng Qishi."
As Gu Xiao called out his name repeatedly, his head suddenly began to ache.
In the next instant, he released his grip, striking Mu Anxiao to the ground with a palm, stepping back half a pace, and covering his head, he asked, "Who am I?"
Mu Anxiao was stunned by the fall.
Gu Xiao hurried forward, squatting beside Mu Anxiao and asking, "Are you alright?" He patted Mu Anxiao's arm.
Mu Anxiao recovered and said, "I'm fine." As she spoke, Gu Xiao helped her up.
Then, Mu Anxiao glanced at Feng Qishi's possessed state. Turning her head, she noticed that the candlelight in the lanterns was flickering. The entire ghost cave seemed to have come alive, emitting various sounds, most prominent among them being screams.
Listening to the sounds, Mu Anxiao couldn't help but feel a chill down her spine.
Feng Qishi remained frozen in place, drawing his long sword.
Although Gu Xiao was a demonic soul, hearing these sounds filled him with fear, especially when he remembered that the lanterns were dyed with demonic blood.
"Those lanterns suddenly became exceptionally bright," he said, his voice trembling.
Mu Anxiao asked, "Was that after Feng Qishi was controlled?"
"When you grabbed his collar."
"I grabbed..." Mu Anxiao uttered two words, then turned to look at Feng Qishi, who was suddenly frozen in place. She realized, "I know." She then quickly turned to look at the lanterns.
"What do you know?"
"I know that one of the lanterns is ordinary, and that lantern is looking for suitable blood."
"Suitable blood?"
"Yes," Mu Anxiao nodded, looking up at the rows of lanterns. "Shen Xian is truly ruthless."
"What's wrong?" Gu Xiao became nervous.
There were some things Mu Anxiao couldn't explain, but she understood them clearly in her heart.
If her guess was correct, Shen Xian had deliberately lured them into the ghost cave. The lanterns in this cave were not only injected with demonic blood but also with soul memories.
The memories of those demonic souls must have been related to Feng Qishi's past life.
The current Feng Qishi was undoubtedly controlled by his past memories, not by Shen Xian.
She believed that Shen Xian's intention was to awaken Feng Qishi's memories of him by using the soul memories in the lanterns, which were related to Feng Qishi's past life.
And these demonic souls had no memories of Mu Anxiao and Gu Xiao, which was why they were unharmed.
"He is controlled by memories," she said.
"Memories?"
"Yes, if I'm not mistaken, these lanterns not only absorb demonic blood but also consume the memories of demonic souls. And these demonic souls must have been related to Shen Yan in their previous lives."
"You mean Feng Qishi is controlled by past memories?"
"Yes."
"Then what should we do?"
What to do?
Mu Anxiao didn't know either.
She had used all the methods Zhang Yan had given her, but they were all useless. If she tried them again now, they would still be useless unless she could understand his past.
But she didn't know that particular spell, which left her helpless!
"I don't know," she shook her head.
Then, Gu Xiao thought for a moment and said, "Didn't you say one of the lanterns is looking for suitable blood?"
"What about it?"
"Is he being controlled by the memories in these lanterns?"
"Mm-hmm."
Gu Xiao said, "What if... I become a lantern, and then use his current memories to awaken him? What do you think?"