"What do we do then?" Lou Yi was startled by Yang Pan'er's words.
Yang Pan'er listened to Lou Yi and then glanced at Jia and Hunling, who had fallen into a silent stupor. She shook her head slightly, "I don't know either, but I think..." she looked at Lou Yi, "Master shouldn't do anything to Shen Moyun. After all, he's going to marry Gu Yan."
"You even know about Gu Yan," Lou Yi said softly.
Yang Pan'er lowered her eyelids slightly. At that moment, Gu Yuan appeared before Yang Pan'er. "You really say everything." She crossed her arms, facing Yang Pan'er.
Lou Yi and the others had never seen Gu Yuan before, so they became defensive the moment she appeared.
Upon hearing Gu Yuan's voice, Yang Pan'er took a step back in fright before looking up at Gu Yuan. "Why are you here?" she asked, knowing Gu Yuan was Ouyang Ye's capable assistant, she was scared.
Lou Yi looked at Yang Pan'er's expression of feigned calmness amidst her apparent fear, then glanced at Gu Yuan's imposing back, and frowned.
Jia and Hunling also shifted their gaze to Gu Yuan.
Gu Yuan listened to Yang Pan'er's question and seemed nonchalant. "Why am I here? We're under the same roof. Aren't you afraid of eavesdropping? Yang Pan'er, oh Yang Pan'er," she smirked, "I really don't know what to say about you."
"You're going to report me to Master," Yang Pan'er said directly.
Gu Yuan smiled again. "Master is out."
"Then what are you doing here? Do you want to..."
"What else? Since you've been listening from the other side of the wall for so long, it's clear," Jia crossed her arms and stared at Gu Yuan's face, "she has a lot of leverage over you."
Hearing Jia's words, Yang Pan'er dared not speak. The words she was about to utter were swallowed back at that moment.
Thus, Gu Yuan lowered her head and turned her gaze to Jia. "Little Underworld Emissary, keeping quiet is your best option right now."
"Option what option," Jia said, appraising Gu Yuan from head to toe, then scoffed, "setting an example, it's not impossible."
Gu Yuan frowned.
Immediately, Jia touched her chin, examined Gu Yuan again, and then looked at Hunling. "..." She smiled faintly at Hunling.
Hunling curled his lips. "Without the silver rope, you can do it yourself, right?" he said, glancing at Jia's hand.
Seeing this, Gu Yuan and Yang Pan'er were both bewildered. However, Yang Pan'er was an outsider and felt nothing. On the contrary, Gu Yuan became inexplicably nervous.
Jia ignored Gu Yuan and stared at Hunling, tutting. "Are we partners?"
"We are partners, but unlike Lou Yi, I am only your partner for this mission. As for anything else..." Hunling shrugged, "it has nothing to do with me."
"..." Jia never expected Hunling to be so 'businesslike'. Looking at him, Jia sneered, "Fine, I'll do it, but I have conditions." He stared at Hunling's 'ugly face'.
Hunling simply responded with a monotonous "Mm" to Jia's words.
"If I die," Jia said, glancing at Yang Pan'er, "even if you complete this mission exceptionally well, I'm afraid... it will be invalidated. Not only that, you might even be punished. Do you understand what I mean?"
"You..."
"A partner is a cooperative relationship. If you can't even protect your collaborator, naturally, no colleague will trust you in the future. If you ask me," Jia smiled, "you should leave quickly, lest you be harmed because of me."
"What he said makes a lot of sense," Lou Yi remarked calmly.
Hunling hadn't considered these points before. Now, hearing Jia say them, he realized... they were quite reasonable. "Then what do you want me to do?" he conceded.
Jia wanted Hunling's cooperative attitude. He curved his lips and looked at Gu Yuan. "Simple, take her life."
"She's already dead," Hunling said flatly.
Jia nodded. "I know."
"You know, yet you want her life? You..."
"However, she's not completely dead yet," Jia interrupted.
"What should I do?" Hunling had never encountered such a situation and appeared somewhat flustered.
Conversely, Jia had been staying in the General's mansion for quite some time and was familiar with Ouyang Ye's current subordinates. He chuckled and said, "It's simple. Do whatever it takes to subdue a demon soul, and do the same to her consciousness," he explained, "In other words, once consciousness is without a body, it will seek another vessel, and that vessel is the soul. So, as long as we pull her out of this body, it will be twice as effective." He narrowed his eyes after speaking.
The moment Jia spoke, Gu Yuan's eyes widened.
"It's useless to stare," Jia said, closing the door with a swing of his arm while coldly instructing Hunling, "You can begin."
"Okay." Hunling cooperated with Jia completely.
Jia liked Hunling's attitude and then looked at Yang Pan'er, who was still standing in front of Gu Yuan. "What, do you want to perish together with her?"
Hearing this, Yang Pan'er suddenly came to her senses and quickly said, "No," stepping back a few paces.
When Gu Yuan heard Yang Pan'er detoxify them, she knew... Yang Pan'er was already on their side. Her intrusion was merely to threaten them into obeying Ouyang Ye. Who knew... it would ultimately drag herself into a 'bottomless abyss'. However, even so, she showed no fear. "You think you can kill me? You can scare her, but scaring me," she sneered, staring at Hunling, "is useless." After saying that, she transformed into light and was about to leave.
Seeing this, Hunling's eyes fixed, and he directly swung his axe towards Gu Yuan.
The battle between the demon and the immortal was evident... Gu Yuan was clearly outmatched.
"Since you've come, don't think about leaving," Hunling said, lowering his axe.
At the same time, under the effect of the spell, Gu Yuan reappeared. She then lowered her head and looked at the sleeve and hair that had fallen at her feet with a look of shock. "You simply..." she said, still trying to convince herself, "you simply can't scare me." After saying that, she shifted her gaze to Hunling's face.
Hunling looked at Gu Yuan and snorted.
Under Hunling's snort, Gu Yuan swallowed hard. "This time, you won't stop me." Saying that, she prepared to use the same move again.
Hunling quietly watched her... not saying a word.
However, Gu Yuan expected Hunling to say something. She hadn't anticipated... his complete lack of reaction. This also made her lose the courage to contend with him. "What exactly do you want?" she asked, her eyes darting away, afraid of offending Hunling.
Hunling remained silent, lowering his head to stare at the axe in his hand.
Lou Yi couldn't understand this. "What are you doing?" he asked, glancing at Gu Yuan again.
Gu Yuan also became nervous under this atmosphere.