At this moment, Mu Anxiao was quite dumbfounded by Feng Qishi's string of words.
"..." She just stared at Feng Qishi, not saying a word.
Seeing Mu Anxiao silent, Feng Qishi frowned, "Why aren't you talking?"
"I don't understand what you're saying," Mu Anxiao replied honestly.
Feng Qishi's expression stiffened, "Mu Anxiao, don't play dumb with me, you..."
"You said only you can find me, and I can't interact with you. This means you will still help me, but..." Mu Anxiao interrupted, her brow furrowed, "Now you're saying I have to rely on myself to complete the mission. Aren't your words contradictory?"
"..." Feng Qishi's face hardened.
Mu Anxiao, seeing Feng Qishi's displeased expression, added, "I'm telling the truth. Your words are contradictory, and so contradictory that they make me..." She pursed her lips, "a little unable to understand what you're saying."
"Mu Anxiao, you're doing this on purpose," Feng Qishi said coldly.
Upon hearing this, Mu Anxiao quickly said, "I'm not doing it on purpose. Oh, right," she thought for a moment, "I still don't understand one thing. Helping Mai Liang find monsters and helping me collect demon souls, they don't conflict, do they?"
"..." Feng Qishi crossed his arms.
Mu Anxiao tilted her head up, looked at Feng Qishi, and blinked her eyes, asking, "What? Am I wrong? Or... did you not understand what I said either?" She cautiously observed Feng Qishi's facial expression.
Feng Qishi looked down at Mu Anxiao's 'inquiring' expression and retorted, "Who am I?"
"You are Shen Moyun."
"What is my identity?" Feng Qishi asked again.
Mu Anxiao smiled, "Does this even need to be asked? Your identity is a general, much more formidable than Mu Gui."
"What does a general usually do?" Feng Qishi continued to ask.
Mu Anxiao's smile faded from her face, and she said plainly, "A general leads troops to fight and defend the homeland..." She swallowed, "If you have something to say, just say it directly. Can you stop being so circuitous?"
"Since you know, do you think it's appropriate for me to wander around the harem every day?"
"..." Mu Anxiao shook her head slightly, but then she thought of Feng Qishi's powers and said, "No, you're different. You're an immortal, so you can naturally become invisible."
"I can become invisible, but I cannot clone myself."
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao understood. Feng Qishi must have thought she had completely handed Mai Liang over to him, which was why he was refusing her with such a serious attitude.
If that was the case, she understood Feng Qishi's meaning. "I understand."
"Understand what?" Feng Qishi asked, confused.
Mu Anxiao: "You're doing it for those brothers, right?"
"..." Feng Qishi remained silent.
Mu Anxiao frowned, "What... am I wrong?"
"Yes. Your master placed something on the palace gate, so entering requires passing through the main entrance like ordinary people and registering. As far as I know, the courtyard Mai Liang mentioned is not far from King Jin's study. I can go to that courtyard daily under the pretense of discussing official business with King Jin... to help Mai Liang check it. And you..."
"Didn't you say you found a way to help me before?" Mu Anxiao interrupted.
Feng Qishi: "This is that way. Now it's being used for Mai Liang."
"What?" Mu Anxiao was shocked.
"I can only spare half an hour to help each day. If I help Mai Liang, I naturally cannot help you. And this outcome," Feng Qishi said seriously, "is your own doing."
"I never asked you to help Mai Liang," Mu Anxiao suddenly changed her mind.
Seeing Mu Anxiao's anxious change of heart, and then thinking about the identity of the demon soul, Feng Qishi said, "Actually, I've also thought about it. Compared to helping you, I think helping Mai Liang is more worthwhile."
"Why are you like this?" Mu Anxiao said helplessly.
Feng Qishi: "This is how I am. Of course, I also have you to thank for helping me see who is more important."
"What do you mean?" Mu Anxiao was once again confused.
Feng Qishi: "If I compare you with the lives of my brothers, they are more important. Because," he leaned in slightly, meeting Mu Anxiao's eyes, "you won't die."
"..." Mu Anxiao met Feng Qishi's gaze, suddenly feeling displeased. "Shen Moyun, you're really good at weighing things. When I die, don't you..."
"Don't scare me. Also, you didn't need my help in the first place. Why are you now..." Feng Qishi said, "relying on me again? It seems your intention to use me is not small."
"I'm using you..." Mu Anxiao snorted coldly, "Shen Moyun, you say whatever you want. Fine, I'm not talking to you anymore. You're right, I really don't need you." With that, she walked past Feng Qishi towards the door.
Feng Qishi lowered his eyelids, turned to look at Mu Anxiao, and said, "Take him away."
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao's body stiffened, and she stopped. She remembered Jia, who had fainted on the ground, and said, "Right, I have Jia to help me, I don't need you." Saying that, she turned and quickly walked to Jia's side, squatted down, and began to call out to him.
Jia lay on the ground, motionless.
Feng Qishi calmly watched Mu Anxiao shaking Jia incessantly and said, "Use magic."
"..." Mu Anxiao heard this and looked down at her injured hands, saying, "Help."
"What a nuisance," Feng Qishi said coldly. He reached out and cast a spell on Jia.
Mu Anxiao's heart sank. She lowered her head and stared at Jia's face.
Feng Qishi retracted his hand, turned his back, and his expression suddenly changed.
A quarter of an hour later.
Mu Anxiao, with Jia, walked through the dark night, guided by the light of the lanterns on both sides, back to her room, not saying a word.
Jia looked up at the silent Mu Anxiao and asked, "What's wrong?" He was sure no one else was around.
Mu Anxiao sighed and looked down at Jia, "It's nothing."
"You and Feng Qishi didn't say a word just now. Did you... upset him again?" Jia probed.
Mu Anxiao's brow furrowed, and she immediately stopped, displeased, "What do you mean I upset him? Let me tell you," she curled her lips, "that guy not only has no original intention now, but his face also changes extremely quickly. I'm just wondering, isn't it just being a mortal general? Does he need to be so smug?"
"He has status, it's just a pity you're just a wild girl," Jia said quietly.
Mu Anxiao narrowed her eyes upon hearing this.
Jia noticed Mu Anxiao's eyes and said, "I'm telling the truth." He suddenly remembered something, "Right, why did I faint just now?" He couldn't remember what happened.
Mu Anxiao: "You were controlled." She felt there was no need to hide this from Jia.
Jia's eyes widened, "What? I was controlled? Then where did the person who controlled me go?" He became excited.
Mu Anxiao said calmly, "Gone."
"Gone..."
"However, she will be with us the whole way," Mu Anxiao interrupted Jia.
Jia exclaimed, "With us? You..." He widened his eyes, "You're colluding with her... to harm me."
"...." Mu Anxiao narrowed her eyes again.