Mu Anxiao had no time to tend to Feng Qishi and continued to search for a way to save him in the immortal books.
Meanwhile.
Under duress from the spirits, Yang Pan'er detoxified them. Now, she crouched beside Lou Yi, peeking at his feigned sleep, her eyes darkening. "How long do you intend to pretend?" she asked. The moment she began using her sorcery to detoxify Lou Yi, he had fallen back down. Initially, she thought her sorcery had knocked him out, but during the detoxification process, she realized... he was faking it.
Upon hearing her, Lou Yi, after attempting to circulate his energy, gave up the act. He opened his eyes, sat up, and looked at Yang Pan'er, saying, "Cruel and heartless."
"I saved you, and you still speak to me like this. Be careful, I might poison you again," Yang Pan'er deliberately teased Lou Yi.
Lou Yi snorted, "If you dare, I'll take you down with me."
"You really dare to say such a thing," Yang Pan'er replied, standing up.
At the same time, the spirit waiting for Jia to awaken glanced at Yang Pan'er. "Why isn't he awake?" He had been observing Jia for a long time but had remained silent for fear of disturbing Yang Pan'er's detoxification of Lou Yi.
Hearing this, Yang Pan'er looked at Jia, who showed no signs of movement, and was also puzzled. "Yes, why isn't he reacting?" As she spoke, she glanced at Lou Yi, who had stood up, and walked over.
Lou Yi brushed the dust off his clothes, recalling Yang Pan'er's earlier action of tightly gripping the silver rope, his eyes darkening. "Did you disrupt the balance of spiritual energy within him?" he asked, quickly following her.
Immediately after, Yang Pan'er stopped beside Jia, then thought about Lou Yi's words and realized, "The silver rope is on Mu Xiao." She then looked at Lou Yi.
Lou Yi frowned, "What do you mean?"
"That silver rope is his magical artifact. When I was acting earlier, I bound spiritual energy to his artifact, but... he should have woken up by now." As she spoke, she also found Jia's 'unconscious' state perplexing.
"Tell me, did you do something?" the spirit demanded, looking up and glaring at Yang Pan'er.
Yang Pan'er looked innocent. "I really don't know, his poison," she stammered, trembling at the spirit's gaze, "I've completely cleared it. By all rights, he should have woken up by now."
"You..."
"He's awake," Yang Pan'er quickly said, pointing at Lou Yi.
The spirit swallowed his retort and looked at Lou Yi.
Subsequently, Lou Yi looked at both Yang Pan'er and the spirit. "Why are you looking at me? I wasn't unconscious."
"You were faking it," the spirit stated calmly.
Upon hearing this, Lou Yi chuckled for some reason. "Yes, I was faking it. Didn't you notice?" He inexplicably admired himself.
Yang Pan'er's eyes widened. "So, you were faking it all along."
"If I hadn't, would your master have let me go? But," Lou Yi said, looking down at his palm, and then spoke up for Yang Pan'er again, "she did indeed remove my poison."
"How do you know she detoxified you?" the spirit asked deliberately.
"I really detoxified him, and the poison was completely cleared," Yang Pan'er said quickly, fearing she would anger the spirit.
Hearing this, the spirit looked up and fixed his gaze on Yang Pan'er's face.
Yang Pan'er felt awkward under the spirit's scrutiny, but her gaze remained steady.
Lou Yi was not very familiar with the spirit's temper, but the facts proved that the spirit had indeed intimidated Yang Pan'er. From this alone, it was enough to show that this spirit was not to be trifled with. If he were to speak again, he would surely displease the spirit.
Therefore, he remained silent, not wanting to disturb them.
Yang Pan'er became frightened by the spirit's gaze. "What's wrong? Everything I said is true."
"Everything is true," the spirit repeated, then looked down at Jia, who was still unconscious, and narrowed his eyes. "Then tell me, why isn't he awake yet?" He then stared at Yang Pan'er again.
Yang Pan'er was at a loss for words. "I really don't know..." Halfway through her sentence, she suddenly thought of the spirit's axe and became even more scared.
Seeing Yang Pan'er hesitate to speak, the spirit said coldly, "Fine, I won't force you. I'll give you time to wake him up." With that, he stepped back.
"I..." Yang Pan'er said, looking at the axe in the spirit's hand, which could 'chop her to pieces.' She swallowed twice. "I'll try." She stepped forward and crouched beside Jia.
"There might be residual poison," the spirit reminded her.
"Let me see." Yang Pan'er cooperated unconditionally.
After a short while.
Yang Pan'er withdrew the two fingers that had been pressing on Jia's shoulder and said softly, "There is indeed residual poison." She then stood up.
The spirit ignored Yang Pan'er, his eyes fixed on Jia's face.
Similarly, Lou Yi also fixed his gaze on Jia's face.
Seeing how tense the two of them were, Yang Pan'er also became nervous. "The residual poison has been completely cleared," she said. As soon as she turned her attention to Jia, he stirred, and seeing this, she was relieved.
Lou Yi, who had been somewhat distrustful of Yang Pan'er, was instantly relieved when Jia woke up. "She didn't lie to us."
"I told you I didn't lie to you," Yang Pan'er echoed Lou Yi.
Lou Yi glanced at Yang Pan'er, remained silent, and quickly crouched beside Jia, asking, "How do you feel?" He reached out and supported Jia's arm.
"Feel..." Jia unconsciously repeated. He opened his eyes, looked at Lou Yi's face, and was stunned. "Who are you?" His mind was a haze.
Lou Yi's expression stiffened. Just as he was about to speak, Yang Pan'er quickly spoke up for herself. "I didn't do anything to him, you have to believe me." As she spoke, she also fixed her gaze on Jia's face.
The spirit glared sideways at Yang Pan'er.
At the same time, Jia looked at Yang Pan'er, and with that glance, his memory was awakened. "It's you," he said, grabbing Lou Yi's arm.
Lou Yi was startled. Before he could speak, Jia used his strength to stand up.
Upon hearing Jia speak, Yang Pan'er smiled. "You remember me," she said, looking at the spirit. "I told you I didn't do anything."
Hearing this, the spirit glanced at Yang Pan'er, turned back to Jia, and asked, "Do you know who I am?"
"You are the spirit," Jia replied softly, looking at the spirit.
The spirit breathed a sigh of relief. "Your memory is still intact."
"What memory is intact? He doesn't recognize me anymore," Lou Yi said indignantly.
Hearing this, Jia looked up at Lou Yi's face and said coldly, "Are you alright?"
Lou Yi smiled when Jia recognized him.
Conversely, Jia paid no attention to Lou Yi. He turned back and looked at Yang Pan'er again. "Sorceress, what did you do to me? Where is my silver rope?" He only remembered Yang Pan'er's expression changing; he had no recollection of anything else.
Yang Pan'er's eyes darkened. "I..." She didn't know what to say and looked at the spirit.
Following Yang Pan'er's gaze, Jia turned back to the spirit and realized, "Strange, why are you here?"
"I'm here to save you," the spirit said nonchalantly.