Xi'er watched Song Xi's happy expression at her command and couldn't help but smile. "Mu..." she uttered a word and lowered her gaze.
Song Xi looked confused. "What did you say?" he asked, indicating he hadn't heard clearly.
"Nothing," Xi'er replied. She looked up at Song Xi and smiled again. "Since you like being commanded by me so much, I'll command you often."
"No problem, but you'll have to see if I have enough time. Ever since I became an elder," Song Xi chuckled, "I've been quite busy."
"Alright, go guard my Golden Gate quickly. Remember, you absolutely must not touch it," Xi'er instructed carefully.
Song Xi nodded and asked, "Are you going to the palace to find the Master?"
"Yes, I have to. I don't want Mu An Xiao to destroy my Golden Gate," Xi'er said. She patted Song Xi's shoulder and left.
Song Xi glanced at Xi'er's receding back, sighed, and muttered, "I should have kept A Xue here." With that, he shook his head and walked away.
The courtyard.
Mu An Xiao stopped in the center of the vegetable garden and looked down at the vegetables, which were no different from those in the mortal world. She propped her chin and called out, "Xiao Yi."
Hearing the call, Xiao Yi responded with an "Aiya" and quickly ran out of the room. "What is it?" she asked, stopping beside Mu An Xiao.
Mu An Xiao looked down at the vegetables. "Do you know what the difference is between these vegetables and those in the mortal world?" she asked, turning her gaze to Xiao Yi.
Xiao Yi smiled at Mu An Xiao's question. "I haven't seen vegetables from the mortal world. I only know that these vegetables are watered with demonic energy. For example, after picking these vegetables, if you cover them with a layer of demonic energy, they will grow again. Also, these vegetables are available all year round." After speaking, she picked a cucumber from the vine and handed it to Mu An Xiao.
Mu An Xiao said, "Thank you," and took the cucumber.
Xiao Yi smiled. "Just eat it directly."
"It's not washed..."
"My demonic energy has already washed it clean, eat it," Xiao Yi interrupted, tilting her chin.
Mu An Xiao listened, looked at the cucumber for a few seconds, and smiled. "You know quite a lot," she said, and took a bite.
Xiao Yi pointed to the cucumber vine. "New ones will grow there tomorrow."
"Amazing," Mu An Xiao nodded and glanced at the vine demon in front of the door, smiling. "Do you want to become a cucumber too?"
"My status is different from theirs," the vine demon said haughtily, stepping forward. "Xiao Yi, I also want to learn the demonic art of growing vegetables."
"You don't know how?" Mu An Xiao asked, surprised, looking at the vine demon.
The vine demon frowned. "Not every demon knows this demonic art. How ignorant."
"You're so amazing," Mu An Xiao said, looking at Xiao Yi. "Teach him. I'm leaving now." She then walked out of the vegetable garden.
Xiao Yi looked curious. "Where are you going?"
"To sleep," Mu An Xiao replied, heading towards the large room in the center without looking back.
Xiao Yi knew that Mu An Xiao must not be able to adapt to life here, so she said no more and looked at the vine demon. "Come on."
"Mm," the vine demon nodded.
Then, Xiao Yi began.
A moment later, Mu An Xiao stepped into the room. After closing the door with a spell, she looked at the brightly lit room in front of her and muttered, "How can anyone sleep in here?" She yawned, waved her arm, and the room dimmed. "This is the feeling I need," she said. As soon as she reached the bed, she remembered Jia He and Hun Ling. To prevent Gu Yan from taking them, she turned and sat on the edge of the bed, pointed two fingers at her temples, closed her eyes, and cast a spell to leave her consciousness from here...
In the transition between darkness and brightness, Mu An Xiao entrusted her consciousness to a sparrow. "I'm back," she said, opening her eyes. Looking at the morning in Jin Cheng, her heart filled with joy.
Just then, another sparrow landed next to the one Mu An Xiao was inhabiting and chirped, "There's rice outside the rice shop over there, you can go eat."
Hearing this, Mu An Xiao looked at the sparrow that had given her the news through the sparrow's eyes. After a moment of thought, she chirped, "Where is Feng Qi Shi?"
"Who?" the sparrow asked.
Mu An Xiao, hearing the sparrow's question, remembered Feng Qi Shi's name in this place. She paused and tried to repeat, "Shen Mo Yun."
"On the way to the palace, he should be arriving soon," the sparrow chirped.
Mu An Xiao responded, "Thanks," and fluttered her wings, flying down from the branch...
Not long after.
Mu An Xiao saw Feng Qi Shi walking side-by-side with Shen Lu. Worried that Feng Qi Shi couldn't hear her clearly, she deliberately landed on Shen Lu's head...
Immediately, Shen Lu was startled and stopped abruptly, raising his hand to swat at Mu An Xiao.
Seeing this, Mu An Xiao quickly flew up and chirped, "Are you crazy, Shen Lu?" She flew down a bit, flapping her wings, and made eye contact with Shen Lu.
Shen Lu was startled and said, "You're Mu An Xiao."
"Don't touch me," Mu An Xiao said, turning to Feng Qi Shi. "Shen the madman, I have limited time. Within five days—no, within four days, you must find Jia He and Hun Ling as quickly as possible and prevent Gu Yan from taking them away."
"You..."
"I'm fine," Mu An Xiao said anxiously, feeling herself fall onto Feng Qi Shi's shoulder. "Also, I have a question for you. Is there any magic that can dig out a piece of something complete without being discovered?"
Shen Lu looked at the strange way Mu An Xiao and Feng Qi Shi were communicating and felt speechless... He consciously walked a bit further away.
Feng Qi Shi held out his hand. "It would be better to communicate if you came onto my hand."
"Okay," Mu An Xiao responded, flew up, and landed on Feng Qi Shi's palm.
Feng Qi Shi looked down at the sparrow...
"Speak," Mu An Xiao said.
Feng Qi Shi smiled. "Communicating with you like this is quite awkward."
"..." Mu An Xiao was speechless for a few seconds. "Answer quickly, is there such magic? My time is limited."
"No, but you can try using the healing art," Feng Qi Shi said calmly.
Mu An Xiao: "Are you kidding me?"
"I'm not kidding you. Just use demonic arts to perform the healing art. I think it should have some effect," Feng Qi Shi said calmly.
Mu An Xiao: "Really."
"Yes, if it doesn't work, come back to me. I'll always help you find a way," Feng Qi Shi said. Although he was not used to communicating with Mu An Xiao like this, being able to talk to her was a form of reassurance for him.
"Alright, I understand," Mu An Xiao said and flew up. "Remember what I told you. You must keep Jia He and Hun Ling in the mortal world." With that, a blue light flew out from the top of the sparrow's head, and the sparrow flew away.