"Forget it. Whether you're colluding with evil spirits or not isn't my business, but the cat demon you harmed last time escaped. You have to help me catch it." Jin Nuoyan said in a commanding tone.

Yuan Mu Ye hated it when people spoke to him in a commanding tone. Besides, what did it have to do with him that the cat demon had run away? It wasn't like he had let it go.

"Clearly you didn't have the ability yourself, so how can you blame me now? How can you even have the nerve?" Yuan Mu Ye looked at Jin Nuoyan and said coldly.

"If it hadn't been for you delaying me for so long that night, I would have subdued the cat demon long ago."

Jin Nuoyan gave a bunch of reasons.

Sure enough, women always have reasons to overturn your arguments, leaving you speechless.

Yuan Mu Ye sighed helplessly in his heart. He really didn't want to argue with this woman, because he didn't think it was worth it.

Since he and this woman were on the same path now, it was okay to agree temporarily. After all, if this woman helped him deal with the monsters, he wouldn't need to be distracted by them and could just focus on the evil spirits.

"Alright! Do you know where the cat demon is now?" Yuan Mu Ye got straight to the point.

Jin Nuoyan was stunned. She didn't expect Yuan Mu Ye to agree so quickly.

"I know, it's in the forest ahead, but let me warn you, that forest is very dangerous. I've been there once before, but I turned back before I even reached the depths of the forest. As for how dangerous the depths of the forest are, I can't say." Jin Nuoyan said with experience.

In fact, she had originally planned to go in alone, but considering that her injuries had not yet healed, she couldn't guarantee that she would be able to catch the cat demon with one hundred percent certainty. When she saw Yuan Mu Ye here just now, that's when she had this idea.

Maybe this was fate!

Although Jin Nuoyan didn't believe in fate, since she had encountered him, she certainly didn't want to miss this opportunity.

Yuan Mu Ye widened his eyes, because Jiang Peng seemed to be in that forest ahead as well. There couldn't be such a coincidence, right?

But the truth seemed to be just that.

Oh well, he should go in and take a look first!

If that forest was really too dangerous, then he would retreat first!

"Then let's go!"

Yuan Mu Ye didn't waste any words and walked directly towards the forest.

Jin Nuoyan immediately chased after him and asked curiously, "Why didn't you bring your assistant with you?"

Hearing this, a trace of surprise flashed across Yuan Mu Ye's face. When did he get an assistant?

"Where did I get an assistant?"

"The evil spirit from last time!" Jin Nuoyan said casually.

Yuan Mu Ye immediately realized that this woman was trying to get information out of him!

"What's it to you?" Yuan Mu Ye dismissed her with one sentence.

Jin Nuoyan knew better than to ask any further questions.

When the two of them reached the outside of the forest, they slowed down.

Because the yin energy in this forest was much heavier than outside.

Jin Nuoyan looked at the misty forest and frowned slightly. Although she hadn't walked into the forest yet, standing here, she could already feel the danger inside.

"Are you scared? If you're scared, you can still regret it now."

"What are you talking about? Now that I've agreed to you, I won't back down at the last minute."

Yuan Mu Ye never thought of himself as a coward, so even if there was danger in the forest, he wouldn't go back.

Besides, Jin Nuoyan, a woman, wasn't afraid, so what reason did he have to be afraid?

"Alright!"

The two of them spoke as they walked into the forest.

After entering the forest, both of them were shrouded in yin energy.

Seeing that the yin energy here was so heavy, Yuan Mu Ye directly used the Gathering Yin Pearl to collect it.

However, he didn't dare to absorb it too greedily, only daring to absorb it little by little.

He thought that he wouldn't be discovered if he did this, but he didn't expect that Jin Nuoyan would see through him.

"You really aren't an ordinary person."

Yuan Mu Ye didn't react at first, and looked at Jin Nuoyan in surprise. "What do you mean?"

"You're a living person who can absorb yin energy, isn't that strange?"

Jin Nuoyan stared at Yuan Mu Ye intently. She could feel that Yuan Mu Ye was a living person, but for a living person to absorb yin energy was really too strange. Either Yuan Mu Ye had some kind of magical treasure on him.

Yuan Mu Ye looked at Jin Nuoyan with a smile that wasn't quite a smile and said, "The world is so big, there are all kinds of strange things. What's so strange about that? Besides, you shouldn't be meddling in things that aren't your business."

He said this mainly because he didn't want Jin Nuoyan to be too curious and keep harping on this matter.

Jin Nuoyan couldn't help but frown. Since the other person had already said this, she was too embarrassed to continue asking.

Just as they were talking, a burst of birdsong suddenly came from not far away.

Yuan Mu Ye immediately stopped. How could there still be living things like birds in this forest? So the birdsong coming from ahead might not be real birds.

Jin Nuoyan also stopped and subconsciously scanned the surroundings, saying, "In addition to yin energy, there's also demon energy here. If nothing goes wrong, this cat demon should be nearby."

"Speaking of which, do you usually come out to catch demons alone?" Yuan Mu Ye asked casually.

Jin Nuoyan replied in the same tone, "What's it to you? Don't ask what you shouldn't ask."

Yuan Mu Ye was a little speechless. Did women like to hold grudges so much?

"Chirp, chirp..." As the birdsong got closer and closer, Yuan Mu Ye became more vigilant.

But what he didn't expect was that it was actually a real bird, and a very beautiful one at that.

Yuan Mu Ye looked at the painted finch flying in front of them, his eyes filled with curiosity in addition to surprise.

Because he hadn't seen such a vibrant animal like the painted finch in a long time, and most importantly, in a place like this.

Under normal circumstances, it was impossible for living things to appear in a place like this.

The painted finch suddenly flew in front of Yuan Mu Ye, tilting its head and looking at Yuan Mu Ye, as if it wanted to say something to him.

Yuan Mu Ye knew that the painted finch didn't come with good intentions, so he didn't let his guard down just because the painted finch looked cute.

"Who sent you here?" Yuan Mu Ye asked, looking at the painted finch.

"Chirp, chirp..." The painted finch just chirped twice.

Jin Nuoyan took a step forward and reached out to grab the painted finch. Realizing this, the painted finch flew higher.

"Hmph, you think you can play tricks in front of us?"

Jin Nuoyan took out a hidden weapon from her body and shot it at the painted finch.

The painted finch couldn't react in time and fell directly to the ground.

"Little rascal!"

Jin Nuoyan walked forward, wanting to touch the painted finch, but Yuan Mu Ye pulled her back.

"Are you trying to die?"