Feng Qishi’s body stiffened as the wind stirred, turning halfway to look at Mu Anxiao. Before he could speak, Mu Anxiao brushed past him and stood before Piao. “I’ll go with you.”
Piao looked down at Mu Anxiao and asked, “Don’t you recognize me?”
Mu Anxiao looked at Piao, who had suddenly asked this, with confusion. “I don’t quite understand what you mean.” As she spoke, she saw the surprisingly gentle look in Piao’s eyes and took half a step back.
Piao called out Mu Anxiao’s name, then deliberately looked at Feng Qishi, who was staring at Mu Anxiao. “I thought it was all rumors. After all this time, you’ve really returned, Shen Yan.”
Upon hearing this, Feng Qishi glanced at Piao, who had suddenly spoken these words, and said, “You knew me from my past life.”
“Yes, I did, but,” Piao reached out and patted Mu Anxiao’s shoulder. “You don’t know me.”
“I don’t know you,” Feng Qishi nodded.
Piao let out a light laugh, looked down at Mu Anxiao, and said, “From the start, I thought you felt familiar. After all this time, you’re that fool.”
“Who are you?” Mu Anxiao had no impression of Piao at all.
“Who I am, you don’t need to know. But,” Piao said, suddenly leaning in and kissing Mu Anxiao’s cheek, “it’s enough for me that I know who you are.”
Mu Anxiao’s mouth twitched. The moment Piao stood up, she hurriedly wiped her face, not daring to speak.
Piao smiled and directly took Mu Anxiao’s hand.
Shi Yi froze the moment Piao kissed Mu Anxiao’s cheek.
Feng Qishi clenched his fist and said, “You dare kiss her.” As he stepped forward, Piao, with Mu Anxiao in tow, vanished.
Seeing this, Feng Qishi stopped.
Shi Yi frowned and walked forward, saying, “I didn’t even dare to kiss her. He kissed her! Ugh, this is infuriating!”
Feng Qishi’s eyes darkened. He turned to Shi Yi and asked, “Do you like her?”
“Yes,” Shi Yi nodded.
“If you like her, why didn’t you stop him?” Feng Qishi asked coldly.
“I…” Shi Yi’s gaze flickered. “I… I tried to move forward, but I was too late, and he was already gone.”
Feng Qishi thought for a moment and said, “They must have returned to the Immortal Cultivation Sect.” He then turned and walked towards the door.
“I’ll go with you,” Shi Yi said, following him.
Hearing this, Feng Qishi stopped at the door and turned to look at Shi Yi. “You take the rabbit spirits away from here. This was Mu Anxiao’s arrangement for you.” He said, extending his hand, conjuring a token, and tossing it to Shi Yi. “Take this and leave here. You’ll soon meet someone who will help you. Go quickly.”
Shi Yi caught the token and, thinking of Piao’s demeanor, said, “You must come back alive with Mu Anxiao.”
“Mm,” Feng Qishi nodded and ran out of the room.
Shi Yi shivered and quickly arrived outside the rabbit spirits’ room, then knocked on the door.
From inside, Rabbit Spirit Number One asked in a trembling voice, “Who is it?”
Shi Yi replied, “It’s me.”
Rabbit Spirit Number One frowned and looked at Hong Yan, who was sitting beside her. “Can you tell who it is?”
“Shi Yi,” Hong Yan said.
Upon hearing this, Rabbit Spirit Number One breathed a sigh of relief, hurried to the door, opened it, and asked, “Why are you here?”
“I assume you’ve already sensed it,” Shi Yi said, looking at Rabbit Spirit Number One’s nervous expression.
Rabbit Spirit Number One nodded slightly.
Rabbit Spirit Number Two followed behind Rabbit Spirit Number One and looked at Shi Yi, asking, “Has he left?”
“Yes, Mu Anxiao helped you,” Shi Yi said. He looked past their heads at Hong Yan and Rabbit Spirit Number Three, who had stood up. “Prepare yourselves, we’re leaving.”
“If we leave, what about young master?” Hong Yan asked with concern.
“Your young master asked me to protect you. If something happens to you here, I’ll be in trouble too,” Shi Yi said.
Hong Yan thought that although Shi Yi’s words were unpleasant, they weren’t unreasonable.
“Alright, we’ll pack and leave immediately,” she conceded.
“Okay, I’ll wait for you next door,” Shi Yi said and turned to leave.
The moment Shi Yi was completely gone, Rabbit Spirit Number One closed the door.
Hong Yan said, “Let’s start packing.”
“Mm,” the three of them agreed.
At the same time, Piao, pulling Mu Anxiao, returned to the deep forest.
“If you want to kill me, then do it,” Mu Anxiao said, looking down at her hand, which was still being held by Piao.
“I don’t want to kill you for now,” Piao released her hand.
“I’ve deceived you,” Mu Anxiao said.
Piao looked down at Mu Anxiao, who was so self-aware, and smiled. “You weren’t this obedient back then.”
Mu Anxiao had no memory of Piao at all. The moment he said this, her face was filled with helplessness. “Big brother, before I knew you, I had no idea what demons were like. Yes, I admit, I saw a vine spirit that had recently turned demonic, but that guy wasn’t a demon at all.”
“I said, it’s enough for me that I know you,” Piao said.
Mu Anxiao gave a dry laugh. “What you said is simple, but what I think is not so simple.”
“While I don’t like you, I don’t dislike you either. You’re quite interesting,” Piao said, patting Mu Anxiao’s head.
Mu Anxiao awkwardly scratched her face and said, “I’m not interesting at all, like…”
“If you’re willing to follow me, I won’t kill those three rabbit spirits,” Piao suddenly said.
Mu Anxiao’s eyes lit up.
Piao looked at Mu Anxiao and added, “But the premise is that you must be willing. If you’re not willing, I’ll immediately find those three and execute them.”
Hearing Piao’s words, Mu Anxiao thought and asked, “You knew where they were just now?”
“They are in the room next door,” Piao replied.
“I deceived you, shouldn’t you kill me?” Mu Anxiao asked cautiously.
“If you weren’t Mu Anxiao, I would have killed you,” Piao said, turning and walking towards the Immortal Cultivation Sect.
Mu Anxiao curled her lips and followed him.
Soon, they returned to the outside of the back door of the Immortal Cultivation Sect.
“I’ll go to the woodshed,” Mu Anxiao said, offering.
“You don’t have to,” Piao said.
Mu Anxiao said, “I don’t have to go, so where should I go? You’re not going to kill me, are you?” She tilted her head, staring at the back of Piao’s head.
Piao turned his head and said, “You’ll come to my room directly in a moment.”
“Oh,” Mu Anxiao responded listlessly.
Piao suddenly reached out his hand to her.
Mu Anxiao looked down at Piao’s hand and asked, “What are you doing?”
“I don’t like knocking,” Piao said, glancing at Mu Anxiao’s hand. “Hurry up.”
Here, Mu Anxiao dared not disobey Piao. So, she obediently took Piao’s hand and said, “You want to go through the door.”
“Hold onto me tightly. Otherwise, if half of your body doesn’t go through, I won’t save you,” Piao said calmly.