Mu An Xiao returned to the room, but for some reason, Xiao Nian’s body had become weak again.
“Come quickly and take a look.” Bi Hu stood by the bed, turning his head to beckon Mu An Xiao urgently.
“What’s going on?” Mu An Xiao asked, hurrying to the bedside and looking down at Xiao Nian, who was curled into a ball.
“I don’t know. She was just eating, and then suddenly, she became like this,” Bi Hu said, pointing at Xiao Nian.
Mu An Xiao listened to Bi Hu, looked down at the spilled white congee, and exclaimed, “No way.”
“What is it?” Bi Hu asked.
Mu An Xiao swallowed, crouched down, dipped a finger into the white congee, brought it to her nose, and sniffed. “It’s poisoned.”
“Poison?” Bi Hu’s eyes widened.
Mu An Xiao stood up again, reached out, and touched Xiao Nian’s head. “She doesn’t have a fever.” As she spoke, she turned to look at Piao.
Piao nodded. “I understand. I’ll force the poison out.”
Mu An Xiao hummed in agreement.
Bi Hu looked at the back of Mu An Xiao’s head with confusion and asked, “What are you doing?”
Mu An Xiao turned to look at Bi Hu and said, “Step aside for a moment.”
“What are you going to do?” Bi Hu asked cautiously.
“Just move aside, and you’ll know soon,” Mu An Xiao said, looking at Piao, who was passing by her. She whispered, “I’m counting on you.”
Piao was startled, glanced at Mu An Xiao, walked to the bedside, raised two fingers, and gently tapped Xiao Nian’s arm. Following that, lines of dark energy, visible only to Mu An Xiao, surged into Xiao Nian’s body.
Outside the room, Xiao Nian’s mother stood at the door, looking at Xiao Nian lying on the bed, tears welling up in her eyes.
Yan turned and happened to see Xiao Nian’s mother and said, “Look.”
Hearing this, Queen Rabbit turned her head and said, “We’re here.”
Mu An Xiao frowned and turned to look at Queen Rabbit, asking, “What are you talking about?”
Bi Hu looked at Mu An Xiao with a puzzled expression and didn’t dare to speak.
“Xiao Nian’s mother heard it. Something is about to happen,” Queen Rabbit said.
Mu An Xiao didn’t dare to look towards the door, lowered her head, and then turned back to look at Xiao Nian.
Then, Bi Hu thought for a moment and said, “It must be those people in the kitchen who poisoned her.”
“Definitely,” Mu An Xiao said, clenching her fist. “I really didn’t expect them to use such methods.”
“It’s my fault,” Bi Hu said.
Mu An Xiao shook her head. “It’s not your fault. They all know what Tian Jiang is capable of, yet they still did this. It’s intentional.”
“Will Xiao Nian be alright?” Bi Hu asked, looking down at Xiao Nian, who was still curled up.
“My ghost friend is doing her best to save her. Let’s wait,” Mu An Xiao said deliberately in a chilling tone.
“Okay,” Bi Hu nodded.
Xiao Nian’s mother clenched her fists in anger and said, “I won’t let anyone here go.” With that, she turned and disappeared.
In the kitchen, the people inside were still scurrying. Hei Guang stopped under the eaves and said, “Your lives will soon be taken by someone. Wait, haha.” After saying that, she vanished.
The people below were all squatting on the ground. The women were crying, while the men, filled with panic, stared fixedly at a certain spot, not daring to utter a word.
At the same time, a man in his thirties kicked open the kitchen door. Then, as he looked at them, he angrily shouted, “What are you doing?”
“Master, there are ghosts, ghosts,” they cried out.
The man in his thirties heard this and roared in frustration, “You scoundrels! This master is hungry. Cook!”
Concurrently, Xiao Nian’s mother stopped behind the man in his thirties. Then, with a wave of her arm, those people saw Xiao Nian’s mother.
“Madame,” one of the maids shouted.
The man in his thirties frowned and said, “You wretched girl, what are you shouting about?”
“Madame, it’s Madame,” the maid shouted again.
Immediately, the man in his thirties followed the maid’s gaze, turned around, and saw nothing.
“You wretched girl,” he yelled, quickly walking up to the maid and kicking her forcefully. “What nonsense are you spouting? There’s nothing there, ghosts, ghosts, who is it?” The maid, lying on the ground, looked up at Xiao Nian’s mother’s sinister ghostly figure and cried, “Madame, it wasn’t me, it wasn’t me.”
“Who poisoned Xiao Nian? Who?” Xiao Nian’s mother stared at the maid and asked.
The maid pouted and said, “It wasn’t me, it wasn’t me.”
“You all know that ghost is from Xiao Nian’s side, yet you intentionally poisoned her, trying to kill my daughter. You are all seeking death,” Xiao Nian’s mother said, looking around at them.
“It has nothing to do with me. It was the young madame who told us to give her the medicine. She said it would be even better to poison her sister as well,” the cook said.
“Master also said so,” the second cook pointed at the man in his thirties.
The man in his thirties looked at each of them in confusion as they replied and shouted, “Who are you talking to?”
However, they paid no attention to the man in his thirties and continued to answer Xiao Nian’s mother.
“He told you to kill, and you just kill? Do you have any brains?” Xiao Nian’s mother said in a chilling tone.
“Master knows cultivators. If we don’t obey him, we will die.”
“Cultivators? Without me, he wouldn’t be able to live at all. My daughter, is she someone you can bully? You all die!” Xiao Nian’s mother said. With a wave of her hand, before those people could even cry for help, expressions of terror appeared on their faces one by one, and then, they all perished.
“This is your fate,” Xiao Nian’s mother said, turning to look at the man in his thirties, who was staring with wide eyes. “You, I still want to torment you properly.” As she spoke, she took two steps back, waved her hand, and a green light flashed. The man in his thirties was instantly sent flying, crashing against the wall.
At that moment, Hei Guang reappeared beside Xiao Nian’s mother. “Not bad.”
“Is the soul energy of these guys enough?” Xiao Nian’s mother asked.
“Not enough, but you don’t need to worry about it,” Hei Guang said, then suddenly shouted, “Come in!”
Following that, a group of rabbits ran in one by one.
The man in his thirties climbed up. The moment he saw the rabbits, he quickly took out a sachet from his embrace, then retreated to the corner, closed his eyes, and continuously muttered, “Save me, save me, save me, save me.”
“Take your time, don’t rush,” Hei Guang said, turning to look at the man in his thirties who was acting erratically. “When are you going to deal with him?”
Xiao Nian’s mother coldly stared at the man in her thirties and said, “I want to keep him for another day.”
“Alright, that’s your business,” Hei Guang said with a smile.
Xiao Nian’s mother listened to Hei Guang, looked at the rabbits who had begun to cast spells to absorb soul energy, and asked, “After absorbing their soul energy, will they be unable to descend?”
“Yes, because we became human forms by borrowing your soul energy. If they descend, won’t we end up looking like them?” Hei Guang said lightly.