Mu Anxiao noticed Jia’s obvious micro-expressions, deliberately paused for a few seconds, and said, “What, you think I’ll go down and report you?” She fixed her gaze entirely on Jia’s face.
“Can you stop looking at me like that?” Jia felt truly uncomfortable under Mu Anxiao’s stare.
Then, a strange smile suddenly appeared on Mu Anxiao’s face.
Seeing Mu Anxiao’s expression, Jia felt a chill. “What kind of expression is that?”
“We’ve been together for so long, don’t you know me yet?” Mu Anxiao said, completely ignoring their surroundings, and tilted her chin up. “Am I the kind of person who would just go and report someone?”
“You used to not call yourself human, you even…”
“Stop splitting hairs, just tell me, am I that kind of person.” Mu Anxiao’s face fell.
Jia gave a dry laugh.
Mu Anxiao was annoyed by Jia’s attitude and clicked her tongue impatiently. “Can you stop just laughing dryly and say something?”
“What do you want me to say? That you’re not that kind of person? Hey, I’ll say it, I’m not the type of person who likes to lie.”
“Explain yourself clearly,” Mu Anxiao said, getting angry.
“It’s already explained clearly.”
“You know, my patience has limits,” Mu Anxiao raised her fist.
After nearly a year of interaction, Jia had come to understand Mu Anxiao. As expected, she still couldn’t take a joke. Helpless, he started to act flippant. “You’re not the type to report people, I know.”
“Good, you’ve got some sense,” Mu Anxiao said, lowering the fist she had held up in front of Jia. “Speaking of which, our underworld really does have some things that like to tattle and report.”
“And some brainless leaders,” Jia chimed in, finding common ground with Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao laughed. “That’s true. Those kinds of leaders are so stupid, they offend all the people who truly serve them. I knew one, you know how he ended up…”
“I don’t think this is the time to discuss this topic,” Hun Ling couldn’t listen any longer. He pointed upwards. “The surroundings are already filled with demonic energy. Shouldn’t we head over there now?” He gestured towards the obstacles.
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao immediately stopped her tangent and followed Hun Ling’s finger. She looked towards the obstacles and nodded. “Oh, yes, we should indeed be concerned about the situation over there.”
“Ouyang Ye is there. If we want to intervene, it might be difficult,” Jia said, crossing his arms.
Immediately after Jia said this, Mu Anxiao and Hun Ling both turned their gaze to his face.
Jia felt truly uncomfortable under their sudden stare. “What are you looking at me for? My abilities are strong, but I was poisoned before, and my magic was also restricted. I… looking at me is useless.”
“We don’t need your magic,” Mu Anxiao said calmly.
“Then what do you want me to do?” Jia had a bad premonition.
Mu Anxiao smiled faintly. “Let’s work together to move these obstacles, and then we can pass.”
“Such a clumsy method,” Jia muttered.
“It is quite clumsy, but didn’t you say you can’t use magic?”
“You guys can just use your magic,” Jia wanted to shirk the work.
Mu Anxiao chuckled. “I didn’t say we wouldn’t use magic. It’s just… don’t we need to divide the labor?”
“How do we divide it?” Jia narrowed his eyes, sensing something troublesome.
“The wind is so strong. We’ll use magic to control the wind, and you can move them little by little,” Mu Anxiao said, shrugging her shoulders. “It’s that simple.”
“Your arrangement is really thoughtful.”
“I think so too. So, let’s begin,” Mu Anxiao raised an eyebrow.
A constipated expression appeared on Jia’s face.
Seeing this, Mu Anxiao asked again, “What’s wrong?”
“I think it’s unfair.”
“How is it unfair? We’re all using magic.”
“But I’m using my strength. Most importantly,” Jia said, looking down at his own scrawny body, and continued, “I’m so skinny, how can I possibly move those things?”
“You should say you’re lanky, not skinny,” Mu Anxiao said calmly.
Jia’s face turned cold. “Can you not nitpick? In short, I really can’t do this work.” Saying that, he reached out and lightly touched the obstacles piled in front of them.
“Then you stand on the side,” Mu Anxiao said again.
Jia liked Mu Anxiao’s arrangement and excitedly pointed to Hun Ling beside him. “If you ask me, with him controlling the wind and you moving these things, it will definitely be faster.” He gave a thumbs-up.
“Your arrangement is excellent. Then, after we finish moving them, you’ll take the lead and deal with those vengeful spirits that don’t know where they came from. How about that?” Mu Anxiao said, about to cast a spell.
“You want me to take the lead? No, I…”
“If you don’t want to, then cast spells with me,” Mu Anxiao said, preparing to begin.
Jia knew Mu Anxiao had ways to scare him, so he dared not cause any more trouble. “I’ll cast spells with you if I have to.” He paused halfway through his sentence when the obstacles suddenly crashed over with a ‘thud’.
And so, the path was cleared.
“No need,” Hun Ling said, looking at both Mu Anxiao and Jia.
The next second, after Mu Anxiao and Jia were startled, they quickly looked at each other and said in unison, “You did it.”
Seeing their默契 response, Hun Ling was speechless.
“It wasn’t you?” Jia realized and quickly asked.
Mu Anxiao glanced at the path that was still shrouded in mist and said, “Strange, who could it have been? There’s no one ahead.” As she spoke, she leaned forward and peered intently in that direction.
Jia looked up at Mu Anxiao’s focused expression and his own nerves instantly tensed. He clenched his fists slightly, slowly turned his head, and followed Mu Anxiao’s gaze to look in that direction… his eyes widened. “Those… those are… vengeful spirits.”
“They are vengeful spirits,” Mu Anxiao said calmly, watching three vengeful spirits drift towards them.
“Why are you so calm?” Jia asked Mu Anxiao with a look of surprise.
Hun Ling looked at Jia’s slightly trembling shoulders and said helplessly, “You’re a minor Underworld official, and you’re scared stiff by such a small scene. Truly… amazing.”
“This is how I am. What’s it to you?” Jia glanced at Hun Ling, then turned back to the vengeful spirits gradually approaching them and said, “Mu Anxiao, what do we do?”
“What else can we do? One each, charge!” Mu Anxiao said, suddenly spreading her hands and conjuring the Immortal Book.
Jia exclaimed, “What are you doing?” He looked at the Immortal Book and then at Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao took two steps back. “You two go first. I’ll check the correct way to deal with them.” After saying that, she began to flip through it.
Jia narrowed his eyes. “You said one each, what are you doing?” He then turned his head to look forward and froze.