A wolf demon generally dislikes thinking about things that do not concern him, but upon hearing the Yin Messenger's words, he found some sense in them.
"So, you're just following me now, and you don't care about Lin Yan anymore?" he asked.
"I want to care, but the conditions don't allow it," the Yin Messenger replied with difficulty.
The wolf demon expressed understanding and said, "Indeed. Then let's wait a bit before going back. I believe that kid Lin Yan will be fine too."
The Yin Messenger nodded. "I think so too." As he finished speaking, he looked back towards the shops not far away and was stunned.
Following the Yin Messenger's gaze, the wolf demon looked at Mu Anxiao and the old man outside the shop and said, "Mu Anxiao and the old man, that's quite unusual."
"That's a soul," the Yin Messenger scratched his nose and walked towards them.
"Soul..." The wolf demon, feeling bewildered, quickly followed the Yin Messenger's footsteps.
At the same time, Mu Anxiao lowered her hand from patting the door and turned her head, inadvertently looking at the Yin Messenger approaching them. She was startled. "Why is he coming over?" she wondered, glancing at the old man.
The old man also glanced at Mu Anxiao, then followed her gaze towards the approaching Yin Messenger and asked, "Hey, is that a person?"
Mu Anxiao looked at the old man, swallowed, and said, "Run."
"What?" The old man was taken aback.
"That's a Yin Messenger," Mu Anxiao whispered a reminder.
The old man remained unmoved, staring openly at the approaching Yin Messenger and said, "I'm not running."
"You'll be..."
"You forgot," the old man reminded her.
Upon hearing this, Mu Anxiao suddenly remembered. "Oh, right. You have demonic energy protecting you."
The old man nodded slightly.
Immediately after, Mu Anxiao relaxed and turned to face the Yin Messenger, who had stopped directly opposite her, and asked, "Why are you here?"
"He's a soul," the Yin Messenger got straight to the point.
Mu Anxiao moved to shield the old man behind her and nodded. "Yes, a demon soul."
"Demon..." The Yin Messenger uttered the word and focused his gaze on the old man's face, saying, "I don't feel like he is."
"You mean I'm lying?" Mu Anxiao tilted her chin.
"No, I just feel he looks a bit familiar," the Yin Messenger said, lowering his head to look at Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao replied, "Familiar? People in this world all have noses, mouths, and eyes. Some resemblance is normal. But speaking of which, aren't you..." She trailed off, her gaze unintentionally falling on the wolf demon standing beside the Yin Messenger. She frowned. "Huh? You're here too."
"Hello," the wolf demon nodded slightly.
"Quite polite," Mu Anxiao's lips curved.
The wolf demon said, "Passable. What are you doing here?" He gestured towards the shop door.
Mu Anxiao replied, "Looking for someone."
"Looking for someone?" the wolf demon exclaimed, feigning curiosity. "Oh, who are you looking for?"
"It's none of your business. Where's Lin Yan?"
"Lin Yan, the ruined temple," the wolf demon answered honestly.
Witnessing their decision-making process, Mu Anxiao nodded without surprise. "Oh, is it going smoothly?"
"Currently, it's going very smoothly," the wolf demon said.
"That's good," Mu Anxiao nodded, looking up at the Yin Messenger, who was staring at the dagger at her waist. She asked, "What are you looking at?"
The Yin Messenger pointed at the dagger. "Is that a dagger?"
"..." Hearing the Yin Messenger's words, Mu Anxiao looked down at the dagger and asked, "Yes, what about it?"
"How did she get to you?" the Yin Messenger was confused. He suddenly felt that Lin Yan had gone in vain, but then he thought of a imposter and quickly dismissed the thought of Lin Yan having gone in vain.
"This," Mu Anxiao said with a forced smile, "you don't need to know."
"You..."
"At that time, you were the one who swept her away," the wolf demon chuckled.
Seeing the wolf demon's smiling expression, Mu Anxiao said, "Shouldn't you two be with Lin Yan right now? What are you doing here?"
Hearing Mu Anxiao's words, the Yin Messenger stopped dwelling on his question and said, "He encountered someone he feared." He gestured towards the wolf demon.
The wolf demon glanced at the Yin Messenger and said, "It's not that Xie Xin, always bothering me. Today she even said I had to make a choice. I'm so sick of it."
Seeing the wolf demon troubled by romantic entanglements and thinking of Xie Xin's persistent pursuit, Mu Anxiao couldn't help but smile. "That's great."
"Great what? Great?" the wolf demon sighed. "I'm almost driven crazy."
"It proves you're charming. But," Mu Anxiao surveyed the wolf demon from head to toe, "if you didn't have this good looks, I guess she wouldn't like you this much, right?"
"..." The wolf demon disliked Mu Anxiao's words and sneered. "If I weren't living inside this skin, she wouldn't like it either, right?"
"No," Mu Anxiao laughed. "It seems you're quite enjoying it."
Upon hearing this, the wolf demon quickly said, "Don't talk nonsense."
"..." Mu Anxiao lowered her eyes and smiled. "You two should do what you need to do. Don't disturb us."
Next, the Yin Messenger, a second after Mu Anxiao finished speaking, shifted his gaze back to the old man's face. "What's your name?"
Seeing the Yin Messenger's serious expression, the old man's nerves tensed, and he turned to look at Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao glanced at the old man, then back at the Yin Messenger. "Why are you asking so much? He's the... demon soul I caught." She lightly pushed the Yin Messenger's shoulder.
However, the Yin Messenger paid no attention to Mu Anxiao. Instead, after staring at the old man for a few seconds, he asked, "Is your surname You?"
The old man: "...." He frowned slightly. Did he have no impression of the Yin Messenger before him?
Mu Anxiao was surprised that the Yin Messenger could even say the old man's surname and showed a look of astonishment.
The Yin Messenger still didn't look at Mu Anxiao. "If you don't speak, I'll assume you've defaulted."
The old man frowned.
Hearing the Yin Messenger's words, Mu Anxiao felt there was no need to continue hiding this matter. "You want to catch him? No way."
Upon hearing this, the Yin Messenger finally turned his gaze back to Mu Anxiao. "I guessed right."
"Yes, you guessed right, but he's a demon soul I caught now. He has nothing to do with you," Mu Anxiao said, stepping back with the old man.
The Yin Messenger said, "To tell you the truth." He paid no attention to the movements of the old man and Mu Anxiao.
"What truth?"
"Back then, I fought with the little demon who took him away, and in the end..." the Yin Messenger sighed. "I lost."
"You've seen me?" the old man was surprised.
The Yin Messenger explained, "To be honest, I'm the Yin Messenger assigned to catch you. Due to limited abilities, I couldn't defeat that monster, and therefore," he sighed again, "I have no connection with you anymore."
Mu Anxiao retorted, "It's your dereliction of duty. Stop making excuses."
"I was knocked unconscious. When I woke up, I couldn't sense him anymore. Of course," the Yin Messenger nodded, "I admit, it was my dereliction of duty."