Heaven's secrets cannot be revealed.
Black Feng did not know if Mu Long was still alive. As a Yin Messenger, not speaking would be losing face.
He had no choice but to play dumb.
"Why would we be watching you?" the Dagger retorted provocatively.
Black Feng replied, "I'm only asking because I don't know." He was being unreasonable.
The Dagger was speechless.
Mu Xiang asked kindly, "Excuse me, is Mu Long truly dead?"
Hearing Mu Xiang's gentle inquiry, Black Feng's heart softened. However, the truth was, whether Mu Long was dead or not remained a mystery.
Furthermore, he was unsure of the relationship between Mu Xiang and Mu Long. If he said the wrong thing, the responsibility would fall on him. Thus, for his own sake, he shifted his gaze to Mu An Xiao's face. "You'll have to ask her," he said, pointing at Mu An Xiao.
At that moment, Mu An Xiao realized she couldn't escape this burden.
However, just as Mu An Xiao was indulging in this self-centered thought, Mu Xiang remembered her conspiracy with Wan Sha.
Therefore, to avoid owing Mu An Xiao a favor, she gave up. "Forget it, his life or death has nothing to do with me," she said, looking at Wan Sha.
Wan Sha asked, "You really don't want to know?"
Wan Sha thought of Mu Xiang's sister-in-law, who had treated her quite well. She believed that out of respect for her sister-in-law, Mu Xiang would set aside her pride and ask Mu An Xiao about the situation.
Moreover, from Mu Xiang's expression, Wan Sha could tell that she was reluctant to ask Mu An Xiao because of the task she had given her. So, Wan Sha spoke up, merely hinting that she shouldn't worry too much and should ask if she wanted to.
To her surprise, Mu Xiang completely missed Wan Sha's implication and shook her head, "I don't want to."
Wan Sha was speechless.
Mu An Xiao, seeing Mu Xiang's sudden lack of interest, asked again, "You really don't want to know?"
"No," Mu Xiang refused again.
Mu An Xiao nodded. "Alright, if you don't want to know, then fine. Anyway, your brother's death won't have too much of an impact on you, at most," she said, "your sister-in-law will be sad."
Hearing Mu An Xiao's words, Mu Xiang's eyes widened. "He's dead."
Mu An Xiao nodded. "As you wish, your brother," she sighed, "is dead."
"What..." Mu Xiang froze.
Wan Sha glanced at Mu Xiang, then lowered her eyes and asked, "Hey, Mu An Xiao, if I help you, can you continue..."
"Reduce it by five years," Mu An Xiao said abruptly.
Wan Sha was stunned. "On what grounds?"
"On what grounds? You said you could defeat that guy, but in the end, you returned injured. Moreover, you promised that if you lost, it would be reduced by five years."
Quite some time had passed, and Wan Sha had forgotten her own words. She only remembered that she had to save A Long, who was yelling so erratically.
In reality, she had succeeded, but Mu An Xiao was speaking like this.
It seemed like she was angry. "Mu An Xiao, you said that until you thought of something for me to do, it wouldn't truly begin. So, the talk of ten years of freedom was just my verbal condition, and you haven't..."
"What I want you to do is to catch that," Mu An Xiao glanced at A Long, "the guy who caught A Long. But you didn't."
"When did you say that?" Wan Sha was confused.
Mu An Xiao smiled. "I said it in my heart. Didn't you hear me?"
"You..." Wan Sha clenched her fists. "You are indeed insidious. Back then, Wan Xia was..."
"Don't mention Wan Xia," Mu An Xiao interrupted, abandoning the idea of lightening the mood. She said softly, "I was just kidding. Since you want ten years, you'll have to do ten things for me. Now, the first thing you'll do is assist me."
"Ten things, and then I'll have ten years," Wan Sha smiled.
Ten years. Mu An Xiao didn't know how many bad things Wan Sha would do, so she came up with a good idea: to give Wan Sha ten tasks. As for the deadline for those ten tasks, she didn't know either.
In any case, she wanted to keep Wan Sha occupied.
Of course, she also realized that with Wan Sha's cunning mind, she would surely discover something amiss, so she had also prepared a response for Wan Sha.
Who would have thought that the outcome would be so smooth? She felt a sense of relief.
"Yes," she smiled.
"Alright, what do you want me to do now?" Wan Sha asked confidently.
"Just assist me," Mu An Xiao said calmly.
Feng Qi Shi heard this and showed a disdainful expression. "Mu Dummy, I'm your partner. She's assisting you, what am I?" he asked, looking unhappy.
Hearing this, Mu An Xiao remembered the agreement she had just made with Feng Qi Shi. She then turned to look at Feng Qi Shi and, after thinking for a moment, said, "Go to the forest outside the city and find Mu Long's soul."
"And you?" Feng Qi Shi asked.
"Me..." Mu An Xiao thought for a moment and said, "I'll follow her and check out the Mu family."
"You're going to my house?" Mu Xiang asked in surprise.
Mu An Xiao deliberately said, "You have to tell your sister-in-law about the news of your brother's death."
"Ah?" Mu Xiang was stunned.
Mu An Xiao frowned. "What, you don't want to say it?"
Mu Xiang hesitated.
Mu An Xiao completely disregarded Mu Xiang's feelings and instead turned her attention to Wan Sha. "Come with me."
"..." Wan Sha glanced at Mu Xiang and said, "If she goes, and her sister-in-law finds out about this, she'll surely be angry. Then, none of us will look good."
"You're also afraid of not looking good?" Mu An Xiao smiled.
Wan Sha frowned. "Of course."
"It's fine, I'm not afraid," Mu An Xiao said, looking at Lin Yan and the wolf demon. "You two follow Shen Fengzi, don't follow me."
"You..."
As soon as the wolf demon uttered one word, Mu An Xiao looked at A Long. "You follow us." Saying this, she then turned sideways and extended her hand towards the Dagger.
Seeing this, the Dagger transformed back into its original form without hesitation and flew into Mu An Xiao's hand.
Wan Sha exclaimed, "She really listens to you."
Mu An Xiao, while putting the Dagger back at her waist, said, "If you listen to me, I'll give you benefits too." Then, she looked at Black Feng. "How do you plan to proceed?"
"I'll wait here for that guy to come back," Black Feng said, referring to the Yin Messenger.
Mu An Xiao pretended to understand and nodded.
Thus, everything was arranged by Mu An Xiao.
A moment later, Mu An Xiao arrived outside the Mu family's gate with Wan Sha and the others. Mu Xiang stood behind Mu An Xiao, looking very uneasy. "How should I explain this?"
Hearing this, Mu An Xiao smiled down, turned to look at Mu Xiang, and said, "Didn't you say you didn't care about your brother's life or death?"
"I..." Mu Xiang was speechless.
Mu An Xiao smiled faintly, intentionally stepping back behind Mu Xiang. "Knock on the door," she said, nudging Mu Xiang's shoulder.
Mu Xiang's shoulder twitched, and she turned her face to look at Mu An Xiao, hesitating.
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