"Utterly outrageous, hah! For this immortal soul, leaving was only a matter of time. What pretense of mercy are you putting on here, you..."
"It is merely an immortal soul," Mu Anxiao softly interrupted, waving her other hand towards Mai Liang, "Take a good look, you." With that, Jia appeared.
"Just one more child?" Hong Er said, glancing at Jia, who had stood up.
"Child," Jia repeated, looking down at Mai Liang, who was on the ground and unable to get up, then back at Hong Er, who looked down on him, and said coldly, "Mu Anxiao, give me the silver rope."
"Give it to you? What would I use?" Mu Anxiao said faintly.
"This woman, I will teach her a lesson," Jia said, extending his hand.
"Hurry and heal her," Mu Anxiao said, fixing her gaze on Hong Er, "Do you see clearly now? Who he is."
"Yincha," Hong Er muttered, quickly turning to look at Mu Anxiao's face, her eyes lighting up, "I remember now. It was you two who conspired together that day to cause me to lose my cultivation. Since that's the case, today, neither of you will be spared." With that, she opened her palms and leaped into the air.
Seeing this, Jia hurriedly said, "Quickly, give it to me."
Listening to Hong Er's cries, Mu Anxiao instantly realized the gravity of the situation. Thus, to ensure Jia's safety, without time to consider, she tossed the silver rope towards him.
The next second, Jia caught the silver rope and said coldly, "Attempting to kill an immortal, do you know your crime?" Speaking thus, he bypassed Mai Liang and walked towards them.
At this moment, layers of red light suddenly appeared around Hong Er's body, then... protected her within.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Shen Lü quickly conjured his great saber and looked at Mu Anxiao, "Take this." He handed the saber to Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao looked down and asked softly, "If you give it to me, what will you do?" She still took the saber.
"You lead that demoness out, and I'll heal Mai Liang," Shen Lü said, glancing at Hong Er, stepping forward, passing Jia, and heading towards Mai Liang.
At the same time, the red light around Hong Er's body instantly dispersed, and then... her clothes transformed into a complete red, her hair also falling loose. She now looked completely possessed.
Mu Anxiao had never seen a demon enter possession so quickly. At this first glance, she was startled.
"She's possessed," Jia stopped beside Mu Anxiao.
"It's just a precursor, she hasn't fully entered possession yet," Mu Anxiao said, gripping the saber's hilt.
Beside them, seeing the instantaneous change in Hong Er... Mu Gui fainted.
Over there, Mai Xia looked at the motionless Mai Liang lying on the ground with despair, murmuring, "Everything... everything has changed. Mai Liang... is also dead." Speaking thus, she walked towards Mai Liang in a daze.
Unexpectedly, just as Mai Xia was moving towards Mai Liang, Hong Er suddenly opened her eyes and turned her head to look at Mai Xia.
Seeing that something was wrong, Mu Anxiao quickly turned her head in the direction of Hong Er's gaze and shouted, "Stop."
"Stop? I refuse," Hong Er said, turning to Mai Xia, a smirk on her lips. She extended her hand, filled with red light, towards Mai Xia, "Mu Xiao, ten, nine..."
Seeing that the situation was not good, Jia leaped into the air, ready... to act at any moment.
At this moment, listening to Hong Er's countdown, Mu Anxiao quickly ran forward, spreading her arms, firmly blocking in front of Mai Xia. "If you have the guts, attack me. Dealing with a mortal, what kind of gutsy demoness is that?" she shouted without thinking.
Hearing this, Mai Xia's senses suddenly returned. She stopped and turned her head to look at the back of Mu Anxiao's head.
Immediately after, Hong Er landed at the very moment Mu Anxiao spoke. "Alright, then it's two against one," she said, glancing at Jia, who was suspended in the air, ready to cooperate with Mu Anxiao, and then smiled again, "Let's see how fast you two are." With that, she instantly transformed into black-red gas, rushed out of the ceiling beams, and disappeared.
Seeing this, Jia quickly descended and ran to Mu Anxiao's front, "What does she mean?"
"What does she mean?" Mu Anxiao repeated, tilting her head to look at the ceiling beams, and then, thinking about her lightning-fast reaction, muttered, "Not good." She quickly turned and ran out of the reception hall, bypassing Mai Xia.
Seeing this, Jia followed Mu Anxiao without a second thought.
After the two of them left, Mai Xia looked blankly at Shen Lü, who was healing Mai Liang, and asked, "How is she?" She took a step towards Shen Lü.
Immediately, Shen Lü withdrew his hand, looked up at Mai Xia, and said faintly, "She's too badly injured, she... won't make it." With that, he stood up.
Upon hearing this, Mai Xia's body stiffened, and tears streamed down her cheeks, "Won't make it? She already died once, and now she won't make it," her voice trembling, she looked up at Shen Lü, "What do you mean?"
"Let me put it this way, that demoness... has completely scattered the immortal soul within her soul, causing her to become a pure human soul. Now, we can only wait... for the Yincha who takes her away to arrive and escort her." Shen Lü could see that Mai Xia and Mai Liang had a deep bond, so he decided to explain the situation clearly to Mai Xia.
"You mean... she's leaving," Mai Xia said, gasping for air. She slowly walked forward... her legs gave way, and she knelt down beside Mai Liang.
Shen Lü looked down at Mai Xia's distraught state, his eyes darkening, and said, "That's what I mean."
"Is that so?" Mai Xia said, slowly reaching out to support Mai Liang's arm, "Mai Liang... is she very cold?"
Shen Lü: "..." He didn't know how to respond.
Then, Mai Liang slowly opened her eyes, looked at Mai Xia, and smiled, "I'm fine, Mai Xia... You must live well. I... will come back to find you soon."
"My Xiao'er is dead, and now you are leaving too... this..." Mai Xia's tears flowed one by one through Mai Liang's transparent body, falling onto the ground, "How can I continue to live like this?"
"Mu Anxiao..."
"I can see she has her own mission. If I live," Mai Xia said, taking out a dagger from her embrace, "I would be a burden to her. Mai Liang, this time, I'll accompany you."
"Don't..."
"If you die like this, you will never see Mai Liang again," Shen Lü said faintly.
Upon hearing this, Mai Xia paused, then looked up at Shen Lü, who had given this reminder, and asked, "What do you mean by that?"
"Suicide is a grave sin. Mai Liang's death and your death are completely different. Naturally, the Yincha who escorts you will also be different," Shen Lü said, his expression serious, "Therefore, please... think thrice before acting."
"This..."
"Oh, and if you cruelly end yourself like this, you won't be able to see your daughter again either," Shen Lü added.
"If I commit suicide... I won't see her?" Mai Xia was moved.
"Yes," Shen Lü nodded.
Mai Xia hesitated.