"You dropped something.."
"I've been there," Mu Anxiao interrupted.
The Yin official paused, retracting the black rope. "Alright, I'll trust you one more time then."
Mu Anxiao saw no point in wasting words with the Yin official. She looked at Piao and the others, "I'll be back soon."
Piao: "You haven't even.."
"That's enough," Mu Anxiao cut him off. "There are some things I'll investigate while I'm at it."
Hearing Mu Anxiao's firm tone, Piao no longer tried to stop her. He nodded, "Okay, go and come back quickly."
Yin official: "Don't be so confident."
Mu Anxiao: "Just you wait to lose." She glanced at the Yin official, then at Wan Sha, "Never mind, it's meaningless for you to follow me."
Wan Sha: "A moment of conscience, you're letting me go."
"Conscience," Mu Anxiao repeated, sneering. "Between you and me, who can afford to have a conscience?"
"You're my enemy, you killed.."
"So much nonsense." Mu Anxiao, after gently tugging the silver rope twice, loosened the silver rope around Wan Sha's hand.
Seeing this, Wan Sha smiled, "Your conscience did kick in after all." With that, she turned and left.
Xu Lan: "You're crazy."
Mu Anxiao calmly glanced at Xu Lan, then at the Yin official, and smiled, "Let me tell you a secret."
The Yin official's expression became unnatural. "What secret?"
"The soul I released was the mastermind. As for who she directed," Mu Anxiao intentionally glanced towards the dilapidated temple, "I won't tell you." Saying this, she made the silver rope disappear.
Yin official: "Talking nonsense again."
"Think whatever you want." Mu Anxiao looked at Xu Lan, "Want to travel together?"
"Let's go." Xu Lan nodded.
Mu Anxiao's lips curved into a smile. She turned to the entrance and said, "Let's go, Yin official."
Yin official: "Let's go." Saying this, he turned and walked ahead.
At the same time, Feng Qishi walked to the door of the dilapidated temple.
Mu Anxiao sensed something, turned her head, and their gazes met. She called out, "Shen Fengzi, wait for me to apologize!" After speaking, she turned back and stepped into the entrance.
Feng Qishi heard Mu Anxiao's words clearly, but for Lin Yan's sake, he had to hold back his words of protest, sighed silently, then turned to Xie Xin standing behind him, "What are you doing?"
Xie Xin: "She's gone, I forgot to ask where the wolf demon is."
"...." Feng Qishi curled his lips and walked past him into the temple.
Zeng sat at the table, constantly thinking about Mu Anxiao's good deeds, and brewing words of praise for her in his mind.
A few minutes later.
The entrance disappeared. Piao and the others walked into the dilapidated temple. Then, as Piao looked at Zeng, he was startled, "You're Zeng?"
Hearing this, Zeng suddenly turned to Piao, who recognized him, and smiled, "You recognize me."
Piao: "You're the only child in this dilapidated temple. If it's not you, who could it be?"
The moment Piao recognized him, Zeng thought he had changed back. He ran excitedly to Piao and asked, "Do you see me as a boy or a girl now?"
Piao: "..." He blinked at Zeng and chuckled, "Do you want me to tell you the truth?"
"Yes."
"Okay, I," Piao's gaze drifted involuntarily, "am half male, half female, but lean more towards female."
Why did Piao answer like this?
It was because Zeng's face at that moment was indeed his original face, only his clothes and hair had changed. But to someone who didn't know him, or hadn't observed him closely, he would be mistaken for a girl at first glance.
However, for a demon like Piao, who had seen countless people and demons, he could tell at a glance.
"So, am I female or male?" Zeng was excited.
Piao: "Female."
Hearing this, the excited expression on Zeng's face faded. He lowered his eyelids slightly. "I haven't changed back yet." xxs1
"You first... Who did this?" Piao was more concerned about this.
Zeng: "I don't want to say." Saying this, he turned back to the table.
However, Piao was not one to give up easily.
So, he pressed, "Who was it?" He followed.
Xie Xin saw Piao's persistent questioning and Zeng's reluctant expression. She said, "It was Mu Anxiao."
Hearing this, Piao stopped and turned to Xie Xin, "Mu Anxiao has this ability?"
"Whether she has this ability or not, I don't know, but the fact proves," Xie Xin glanced at Zeng again, "that she indeed turned Zeng into this ghastly state."
"...." Piao looked at Zeng for a few seconds, taking Xie Xin's words to heart, "I think it's quite good-looking."
Hearing this, Zeng slowly turned to Piao, "If you were to become a girl, you would be even more beautiful than me." He nodded slightly.
"Then perhaps not."
Feng Qishi: "Have you found any clues?"
Piao shook his head, "No, but Mu Anxiao already has a target." Saying this, he stepped forward, casually picked up a cup, and took a sip of water.
Zeng looked up at the cup in Piao's hand. "That's my cup."
Piao was uninhibited. He put down the cup and smiled at Zeng. "Oh, your face is so fun." Saying this, he pinched Zeng's cheek.
Feng Qishi: "You'd better not provoke him."
Hearing this, Zeng pulled Piao's hand away. "Don't touch me, I'm busy."
"What are you busy with?" Piao asked with great interest, looking at Zeng's very adult expression.
Zeng: "...." He shifted his gaze to Feng Qishi's face, implying he needed help.
Feng Qishi understood Zeng's meaning and then looked at Piao, "He's thinking about Mu Sazi's good deeds."
"Eh? Why should I think about her good deeds?"
Zeng closed his eyes and continued thinking.
Feng Qishi glanced at Zeng, "Only then can he return to normal."
Piao: "So that's how it is. Mu Anxiao is quite ruthless."
Feng Qishi: "Who isn't? Just keep thinking."
Piao stared at Zeng's face and shook his head, then looked around and asked, "Where is your disciple?"
Hearing this, Feng Qishi's hand holding the teapot paused in mid-air, then he put it down. "He basically knows all those beggars, so I asked him to stay there and keep them company."
"He agreed?"
"Yes, if he didn't agree, he couldn't help it." Feng Qishi sighed.
Piao: "You look worried, what's wrong?" He stared at Feng Qishi's face.
Feng Qishi glanced at Piao. "Ten lives are weighing on me."
"Indeed, that beggar was here yesterday, and this morning he..." Piao shook his head. "If he had stayed here overnight, he probably wouldn't have... died."
Feng Qishi: "Yes, this is also my fault." He blamed himself inwardly.
Piao reached out and patted Feng Qishi on the shoulder. "Perhaps that was his fate. But speaking of which," he took his hand away and frowned, "Who will go and notify those beggars' families?"