Mu Anxiao listened to She Ning's unconcerned words and then glanced at Zhao Xiang, who was poised to erupt. She asked, "Killing intent, he will kill them all, is that what it means?" She turned to look at She Ning.
"That's what it means," She Ning replied, removing his hand from Mu Anxiao's shoulder. He looked at them again. "However, they deserve to die."
"But they are people." After this exchange with She Ning, Mu Anxiao inexplicably began to worry about the safety of those monsters.
She Ning immediately saw Mu Anxiao's pity for the monsters. Staring at her face, he couldn't help but sneer and say, "I think you have too much time on your hands."
"How am I idle? They are all..."
"Use your brain," She Ning deliberately interrupted Mu Anxiao, trying to make her think rationally.
"Use my brain." Mu Anxiao couldn't help but repeat She Ning's words. Then she said, "They are people. So far, Zhao Xiang has done nothing wrong. If he attacks these monsters and kills them, not only will they suffer, but Zhao Xiang will too."
"What? Want to go help?" She Ning asked provocatively.
Mu Anxiao's eyes darkened, and she said, "I must stop him." With that, she turned to leave.
Seeing this, She Ning let out a cold laugh.
Hearing the sound, Mu Anxiao stopped turning and looked at She Ning, who was watching her with his arms crossed and a cold smile. She asked, "What do you mean by that?"
"I told you to use your brain," She Ning said, withdrawing his smile and fixing his gaze on Mu Anxiao's face.
Mu Anxiao was startled by She Ning's gaze. "You told me to use my brain, and I did." Her tone was much more cautious than before.
"Who are they?" She Ning asked, reminding Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao replied, "They are monsters."
"And Zhao Xiang?" She Ning asked again.
Mu Anxiao took a deep breath and answered without thinking, "He is Ouyang Ye's subordinate, possessing a demon soul..." She frowned slightly and continued, "A mortal."
"What is their relationship with Zhao Xiang?" She Ning smiled.
Seeing that She Ning was no longer serious, Mu Anxiao felt a slight relaxation in her nerves. "They have a master."
"..." She Ning's lips curled. "It seems you can use your brain too."
"..." Mu Anxiao couldn't understand She Ning. She glared at him and then looked back. The monsters had already started approaching Zhao Xiang one by one. Seeing this, she grew anxious. "No, I still need to help him." She turned to look at She Ning.
She Ning let out a soft hum. "Don't worry, what you're thinking won't happen."
"What do you mean?" Mu Anxiao wanted She Ning's help, so she didn't move.
She Ning looked down at Mu Anxiao and sighed softly. "I say you're smart, and you are quite smart. At least your initial choice was not wrong. But," he glanced at Zhao Xiang, then turned back to meet Mu Anxiao's eyes, "looking at it now, you've been blindly stumbling upon things all along." He chuckled mockingly.
Mu Anxiao couldn't stand She Ning's attitude and got angry. "Can you just say what you have to say clearly? Beating around the bush like this," she narrowed her eyes, "is probably not interesting."
"Rude attitude," She Ning said in a low voice.
Immediately after, the monsters began to howl.
Mu Anxiao tensed up and said coldly, "If you don't want to help, then forget it." She then turned around.
"Ungrateful wretch, Mu Xiao," She Ning reached out and grabbed Mu Anxiao's arm. "You are truly quite stupid. I've said so much, and you still don't understand." He wasn't afraid of the monsters looking over, his voice as loud as usual.
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao, stopped by She Ning, said, "Let go."
"Listen to me, and I'll let go," She Ning said coldly.
Mu Anxiao knew that She Ning was a powerful immortal. Judging by the current situation and the monster bloodstains on him, only he could subdue those monsters. Therefore, to avoid offending him, she had to compromise. "I'm listening to you, let go." She turned around.
Seeing this, She Ning released his hand. "..." He suddenly fell silent.
Mu Anxiao looked at She Ning's sudden silence and asked, "Why aren't you talking anymore?"
"I'm reminding you, take what I just asked you and what you answered, into your mind and think about it," She Ning pointed to Mu Anxiao's head.
Then, at She Ning's reminder, Mu Anxiao put the recent exchange with She Ning into her mind and pondered it. She said, "They are all Ouyang Ye's subordinates."
"Keep thinking," She Ning gestured with his chin.
Mu Anxiao pouted. Then, hearing the howling of the monsters behind her, she felt unsure. "Why don't you just say it? My mind is all jumbled up right now." After speaking, she turned and glanced at the monsters who had ignored them.
She Ning said, "So you don't want to think anymore."
"It's not that I don't want to think," Mu Anxiao spoke earnestly, turning back to look at She Ning. "I'm just not in the mood. I'm really worried that Zhao Xiang will kill them, and then they..."
"They are already guilty. Zhao Xiang killing them would be eliminating evil for the people," She Ning said.
Mu Anxiao sneered, "Eliminating evil for the people? I thought you had a lot on your mind when you dealt with them."
"Because the monsters are numerous, if I were to truly unleash my killing intent upon them, with my own abilities alone," She Ning said, shaking his head slightly, "it would be insufficient and would ultimately backfire."
"What do you mean?" Mu Anxiao was truly confused.
At this moment, She Ning accepted Mu Anxiao's tendency to avoid thinking and said, "What I mean is, I am an immortal. If I kill them, they are my enemies. Conversely," he glanced at the monsters completely surrounding Zhao Xiang, "Zhao Xiang is different."
Mu Anxiao listened, utterly bewildered. She looked back at Zhao Xiang, then at She Ning, and said, "They are engaging in self-destruction."
"Understood," She Ning said, quickly shifting his gaze back to Mu Anxiao's face.
"If you were to act, you would surely kill monsters that have committed no crime by mistake. Then it would all be trouble. In short," Mu Anxiao realized after She Ning's reminder, "if you acted, there would be no good outcome. So, you didn't kill the monsters just now." She pointed to the bloodstains on She Ning's sleeve.
She Ning looked down at his sleeve and smiled. "No, I just scared them away."
"Is that so?" Mu Anxiao said, sighing softly, and looking towards Zhao Xiang. "Do you know the consequences of self-destruction?"
She Ning replied, "The consequence is that the winning side will only gain more trust from their master, because, as far as I know, their master values usefulness." As he spoke, he also fixed his gaze on Zhao Xiang.
Mu Anxiao sighed softly and said, "I can't go over and help."
"You can't. If you go, you'll die," She Ning said in a low voice.