"You must not cry, I'm telling you," Mu Anxiao rubbed Hong Yan's fur. "It's bad for your wound to be like this."
Upon hearing that it was bad for her wound, Hong Yan immediately stopped sobbing and said, "Okay, I won't cry."
Hearing Hong Yan's no longer choked voice, Mu Anxiao said, "I also think I'm a very meticulous person, although," she chuckled, "I do look quite rough."
"You speak the truth," Hong Yan said, looking at Mu Anxiao's face.
Mu Anxiao paused, then smiled and said, "Alright, you are still an honest rabbit."
Hong Yan thought Mu Anxiao was praising her, and let out a soft laugh, saying, "Right, did you injure an old lady today?"
"Yes, you know her?" Mu Anxiao asked.
Hong Yan lowered her rabbit head and said, "From the aura, I could smell that they were all from immortal cultivation sects."
Mu Anxiao hadn't thought of the innkeeper's words until Hong Yan mentioned it. When Hong Yan mentioned it, she recalled the innkeeper's frightened expression when she spoke of the immortal cultivation sect rabbits. She asked, "Right, why are they all afraid of rabbits from your immortal cultivation sects?"
"I don't know. That year, we were scattered. I entered the deep forest and miraculously found the demon grass for cultivation. I don't know anything else," Hong Yan said faintly.
"Do you know where the rabbits from the immortal cultivation sects went back then?" Mu Anxiao asked after thinking for a moment.
Hong Yan thought for a moment and said, "I heard they were all sent to the human markets. I was sick that day and wasn't taken."
"Is that so?" Mu Anxiao responded absentmindedly, unsure of how to continue the topic.
"I know the rabbit spirit that injured me today," Hong Yan suddenly said.
Considering Hong Yan's background, Mu Anxiao had expected her to know those rabbit spirits, so she wasn't surprised at all. Instead, she calmly asked, "It was Hei Tu, wasn't it?"
"Mhm, how did you know?"
"If I'm not mistaken," Mu Anxiao stroked Hong Yan's fur, "that old lady must be her subordinate. She intentionally transformed into that appearance."
"I think it's possible," Hong Yan nodded.
"If they ask you to return, will you go back?" Mu Anxiao asked, staring into Hong Yan's red eyes.
"They won't accept me anymore," Hong Yan said dejectedly.
"Why?" Mu Anxiao asked.
"I'm with humans. They hate humans the most," Hong Yan said faintly.
"Indeed. I imagine quite a lot must have happened on their way here back then," Mu Anxiao said based on her intuition.
"Mhm," Hong Yan replied with a nod and closed her eyes.
Mu Anxiao removed her hand from Hong Yan and said, "You should rest well."
Hong Yan responded with another "mhm."
Mu Anxiao sighed and turned her gaze to the closed room door, thinking, Didn't Feng Qishi say he would come over? Why hasn't he arrived yet? As she thought, she frowned.
In the adjacent room, a man in green looked apologetically at Feng Qishi, who was sitting at the table drinking tea, and said, "Senior Brother, I never expected you to use your connections to... reincarnate with your memories. Amazing!"
"Don't misunderstand. I was also awakened by Mu Anxiao," Feng Qishi corrected.
"I truly didn't expect that the kid next door, the one who harmed you, was Mu Anxiao. If I had known it was her," the man in green waved his hands vigorously in front of him, "I would have beaten her... No, killing her would get me punished. I would have definitely given her a good beating."
"She has suffered enough. Doing that might not be appropriate," Feng Qishi said calmly.
Hearing Feng Qishi's words, the man in green chuckled, "Senior Brother is right."
"You are not allowed to tell her that I still have my memories, or else," Feng Qishi pointed at the man in green, "you know the consequences."
"Alright, alright, I'll listen to you," the man in green said with a playful smile.
"Are you looking for Xian Yuan?" Feng Qishi asked.
The man in green awkwardly scratched the back of his head and said, "Yes, how did you know?"
"In a place like this, Xian Yuan is the most plentiful. Do you think I wouldn't know?" Feng Qishi said.
"Indeed. You have more experience than me," the man in green said shyly.
"Sit down," Feng Qishi indicated a chair next to him.
The man in green glanced at the chair and said, "Perhaps not. You said that as a junior brother, one must stand before his senior brother. Sitting is a disrespectful act."
"I am now a mortal who has attained immortality. Naturally, such rules of respect and disrespect no longer apply," Feng Qishi said, pointing at the chair again.
"Alright," the man in green, seeing that Feng Qishi had gone this far, compromised and stepped forward to sit beside Feng Qishi. He asked, "Senior Brother, does Master know you're following Mu Anxiao again?"
Feng Qishi was silent for a moment and said, "I told him, but I don't know if it reached Master."
"You sent someone to deliver the message?" the man in green exclaimed.
"Yes, I don't know if it reached him," Feng Qishi said, picking up his teacup.
"How about..."
As the man in green was speaking, a blue light flew in from outside the window. Seeing this, Feng Qishi quickly put down his teacup and stood up. The man in green followed suit, cupping his hands together with him, and they said in unison, "Master."
Immediately, the old gentleman appeared before them. "In the mortal world, you don't need to do this," he said, looking at Feng Qishi. "You wanted to continue your previous immortal position, right? At this time, you should be looking for Xian Yuan like your junior brother. Why are you..."
"Master, I have my own decisions. The person who delivered the message should have explained everything clearly to you," Feng Qishi interrupted.
The old gentleman paused and said, "Alright. Since you want to be a mortal who has attained immortality, I don't object. However, you must pay attention to your safety." As he spoke, he flicked his horsetail whisk towards Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi's brows tightened, and a surge of spiritual energy erupted from his body.
The man in green exclaimed, "Master, this will greatly reduce Senior Brother's cultivation!"
Feng Qishi, enduring the pain of his spiritual energy being drained, said, "It is my decision. Only by doing this can I help Mu Anxiao. Junior Brother, stop talking."
"Is it worth it for Mu Anxiao?" the man in green asked, grabbing Feng Qishi's arm.
"It is worth it," Feng Qishi said, taking a sharp breath. "She returned all her spiritual energy to me, becoming a cripple herself. If I don't help her, she will die."
"Senior Brother, you are truly loyal," the man in green's eyes deepened, and he asked, "Then... are you still looking for Xian Yuan?"
"I am now a demon hunter. As long as I don't die, I have a chance to find the girl I desire," Feng Qishi said, his forehead beaded with sweat.
"A demon hunter... Your cultivation has been greatly reduced, how can you hunt demons?" the man in green asked, tightly gripping Feng Qishi's arm.