"How do you know he hasn't harmed anyone?" the third rabbit spirit asked Mu Anxiao indignantly.
Mu Anxiao stared coldly at the third rabbit spirit's face and said, "I just know."
"You... give me a reason," the third rabbit spirit said, staring at Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao rolled her eyes at the third rabbit spirit and turned to Feng Qishi, saying, "Alright, let's go back."
"We're going back already?" Feng Qishi asked in surprise.
"What else? Who are you waiting for here?" Mu Anxiao said coldly.
"Fine, but my junior brother told me before he left that we should go to..." Feng Qishi glanced at the three rabbit spirits and said, "Never mind, we'll talk about it when we get back."
"If you want to do something, go ahead. I'll handle them," Hun Ling extended his hand to Feng Qishi.
"Can you do it?" Feng Qishi asked.
Hun Ling glanced at the three rabbit spirits and said, "I can, don't worry."
"Okay." Feng Qishi nodded and handed the silver rope to Hun Ling.
Hun Ling took the silver rope, turned to the three rabbit spirits smiling at him, and said, "If you make any other moves, I'll kill you."
"You wouldn't dare," the third rabbit spirit said arrogantly.
"I wouldn't dare," Hun Ling said, spreading his hand and conjuring a ball of black mist, "See if I dare."
The moment the second rabbit spirit saw the black mist in Hun Ling's hand, he nudged the third rabbit spirit and said, "You'd better say less."
The third rabbit spirit pursed his lips tightly.
Hun Ling snorted and withdrew his hand.
Feng Qishi said, "Let's go."
"I have to follow you too?" Mu Anxiao asked, looking up at Feng Qishi.
"Mm," Feng Qishi nodded.
Then, Mu Anxiao looked at the minor demons Hun Ling had frozen in place and asked, "You're not just going to leave them like this, are you?"
"This, I can handle," Hun Ling said.
Mu Anxiao looked at Hun Ling's confident demeanor with disbelief and smiled, "Alright then."
"Let's go," Feng Qishi patted Mu Anxiao's arm.
Mu Anxiao nodded, turned to Shi Yi who was about to follow, and said, "You stay and help him."
Upon hearing this, Shi Yi stopped in his tracks, looking at Mu Anxiao reluctantly and saying, "Alright then."
"We're leaving," Mu Anxiao said, and left with Feng Qishi.
Shi Yi sighed.
Hun Ling waved his hand towards the minor demons. The minor demons all closed their eyes briefly, then one by one, they woke up.
"Where's our boss?" the first minor demon asked nervously, looking around.
"I don't know," the second minor demon said, looking around as well.
The third minor demon looked at Hun Ling, who was holding the three rabbit spirits, with a look of horror and said, "It's Hun Ling."
As soon as they heard "Hun Ling," they were all terrified.
"You have not done evil, so I will let you go. Of course," Hun Ling said coldly, "if you ever do evil, your fate will be the same as your bosses'."
"Where's our boss?" the first minor demon asked sluggishly.
The third minor demon nudged the first minor demon's arm and said, "Are you stupid? They must have been caught. We should leave quickly."
"But..."
"No 'buts,' let's go," the second minor demon interrupted the first minor demon.
The first minor demon looked at Hun Ling and said, "Can we go now?"
"You ask too many questions," the second minor demon said softly, looking at the trembling first minor demon with helplessness.
Hun Ling glanced at the second minor demon, then at the first minor demon, "Go, but I have recorded your demonic energy here." He pointed to his nose. "If you dare to do anything harmful, you know what will happen."
"No, no," they said in unison and vanished instantly.
However, the three rabbit spirits became silent the moment they saw this side of Hun Ling.
Shi Yi walked to Hun Ling's side and said, "Well, shall we go back?"
"Mm," Hun Ling nodded, tightened the rope, and walked towards the inn with Shi Yi.
Meanwhile, Mu Anxiao walked behind Feng Qishi and asked, "Where are we going? Can you stop being so mysterious?"
"Hong Yan is still over there," Feng Qishi said.
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao suddenly remembered Hong Yan and smiled, "I forgot until you mentioned it. But, can't you go alone?"
Feng Qishi stopped and turned to look at Mu Anxiao, smiling, "Are you stupid? If I, a big man, go to find her, wouldn't that be strange?"
"That's true. Then, you go first, then I go," Mu Anxiao pointed at Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi looked at Mu Anxiao's finger and spread his hands, "You go ahead."
"From now on, if I need a favor, you go first," Mu Anxiao said halfway, then blinked and said, "No, if there's any danger, you go first, and I'll follow."
"We'll see," Feng Qishi shrugged.
"See what? We'll do it like this," Mu Anxiao said and walked ahead, brushing past Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi smiled faintly at Mu Anxiao's retreating back, lowered his hands, and followed, saying, "Speaking of which, why don't you just become my disciple?"
"Why should I?" Mu Anxiao replied without looking back.
"You didn't want to be my master, and now I have a master. You, on the other hand, don't even have a trace of spiritual energy. This won't do," Feng Qishi said as he walked with his hands behind his back.
"This indeed won't do, but even so, my affairs have nothing to do with you," Mu Anxiao said resolutely.
Ever since she was abandoned by Mu Anxiao upon arriving here, Feng Qishi had become accustomed to Mu Anxiao's bouts of heartlessness. Looking at the back of her head, he said nothing.
Mu Anxiao turned her face slightly and asked, "Where is it?"
"On the street with the acrobats, but I don't know the exact location. You'll have to lead the way," Feng Qishi said lightly.
"There's a decent tavern there. She should be there," Mu Anxiao said.
"Since you know," Feng Qishi said, feigning surprise.
"I'm very familiar with every street here," Mu Anxiao stopped, turned to look at Feng Qishi, and pointed forward, "I heard the common folk say there were acrobats on the street ahead."
"Speaking of which, why are you memorizing these roads?" Feng Qishi walked to Mu Anxiao's side and asked.
Mu Anxiao lowered her hand and said, "This way, I can find monsters more accurately."
"Your method is really old-fashioned," Feng Qishi said.
"Old-fashioned, but I've caught so many monsters," Mu Anxiao glared at Feng Qishi and walked ahead.
Feng Qishi covered his mouth, "Did I say something wrong again?"
In a blink of an eye, they arrived downstairs at the tavern. Mu Anxiao looked up and said, "Look, is that it?" She pointed to the room with the wide-open window above.
Immediately, Feng Qishi looked up at the room enveloped in immortal light and exclaimed, "You can't tell?"
"I can't tell," Mu Anxiao shook her head.
"No way," Feng Qishi said in surprise.