"Baili Xiao and the other one have woken up..."
"Creak—"
The door was slowly pushed open, and Bai Ran stepped out, her expression still terribly somber.
...
"I fell asleep?" Wusi rubbed her head and slowly sat up. How could she be so impolite, collapsing while on guard duty?
Baili Xiao also awoke at the same time. He frowned, his azure eyes filled with confusion and bewilderment.
Qing Long, seated on a wooden chair, glanced at the two of them. "The calming incense in the room was too potent. It's natural to feel sleepy."
Upon hearing this, Baili Xiao looked at the still-burning calming incense on the windowsill. It was indeed quite strong...
"I apologize, Baili Xiao was rude," he said, rising and bowing slightly.
Wusi also quickly jumped off the bed, apologizing flusteredly.
"Do you feel any better?" Bai Ran entered from the doorway.
Before coming here, she had specifically disguised herself. After all, it would be inexplicable for the two of them to wake up and find her appearance changed.
In their eyes now, she was her original self.
Baili Xiao nodded slightly. The sense of emptiness and loss in his heart had indeed vanished. "Thank you for your help, Miss Bai."
"No need for thanks. Wusi has also been a bit tired lately. I saw her collapse on the ground when I left."
Wusi froze, she had fainted outside the door?
Baili Xiao looked at her. A hint of surprise flashed in his azure eyes, but he still replied to Bai Ran, "Yes, I will lighten her duties when we return."
"Since your injuries have improved, we will not linger any longer."
With that, Baili Xiao led Wusi away. Bai Ran and Qing Long did not stop them, merely watching them depart.
"Did you also erase their memories of you?" Bai Ran looked at Qing Long, having sensed something amiss with the two earlier.
Wusi had woken up and seemed unfamiliar with Qing Long.
Qing Long nodded. "If they retained their memories of me, given Baili Xiao's intelligence, he would quickly deduce that I was the one who erased their memories."
Making them forget Qing Long, and unaware of his abilities, was the safest course of action.
Bai Ran's lips curved upwards, her mood finally improving slightly.
"Do you feel anything is amiss?"
Hearing Baili Xiao's question, Wusi pursed her lips, then nodded slightly. "Something does feel amiss..."
Baili Xiao's loss of consciousness might have been due to extreme pain, or perhaps the calming incense. But Wusi's fainting was inexplicable...
"After Miss Bai's hint, Wusi does feel extremely weary..."
Baili Xiao was stunned and stopped, looking at Wusi beside him. Could it be that Miss Bai was not lying?
Did Wusi truly collapse from exhaustion outside the door?
His own memories only extended to the time of the acupuncture...
The two pondered, unable to understand the reason for their fainting, and could only accept the reality Bai Ran had presented them with.
"God? Divine Lord? What are those...?"
Baili Xiao followed Wusi's gaze and saw dense masses of souls gathered outside the barrier. The scene was spectacular.
"The Ghost Clan!" Baili Xiao's palms gradually clenched. Since their decline, the Ghost Clan had never seen group actions of more than five individuals.
To see them gathered in such numbers was unprecedented...
Could it be... Baili Xiao frowned. "Is the Ghost Clan going to war with the Demon Clan?"
If the Ghost Clan and Demon Clan went to war, the Demon Clan would undoubtedly be at a disadvantage...
Wusi's expression turned anxious. "Divine Lord, what do we do? Miss Bai is still within the Demon Clan!"
If the Demon Clan and Ghost Clan went to war, would Miss Bai be affected?
"You two over there, stop!"
Wusi paused, then stiffly turned her head. It was over... she and the Divine Lord had been discovered...
Ying Xing strode forward, the dark mass of souls behind him appearing extremely terrifying.
"Have you seen a woman this tall and beautiful?"
Watching Ying Xing gesture, Baili Xiao pursed his lips, his hands hanging by his robes tightening. The Ghost Clan's target was her?
Wusi nervously looked at Baili Xiao, at a loss. Should she go tell Miss Bai!
Baili Xiao's lips moved slightly, then he slowly shook his head. "Never seen her."
Ying Xing scratched his head, looking very disappointed. "Haven't seen her..."
The King must still be angry with them...
"Forget it, you can go..."
Baili Xiao led Wusi, passing directly through the souls, and left the Demon Clan.
Far from the souls, Wusi was on the verge of tears. "Divine Lord! What do we do! Those ghosts are targeting Miss Bai!"
Baili Xiao's azure eyes were calm. He glanced back at the Demon Clan shrouded by the barrier, then lowered his gaze.
"Wusi, she has nothing to do with us."
He and Bai Ran had only met a few times. In other words, Baili Xiao was unwilling, and unable, to confront the entire Ghost Clan for the sake of a stranger.
Wusi froze, then clenched her fists, before slowly loosening them. "Yes..."
The two chose to ignore it and left the Demon Clan directly.
"What do we do, the King doesn't want to see us anymore..."
"Why don't we go catch that heart demon that escaped?"
"Are you foolish? That guy must have returned to the heart demon's stronghold. How could you possibly catch him?"
"Then what do we do? We made such a big mistake... the King must be furious..."
Ying Xing also scratched his head anxiously, at a loss for what to do.
They had found the King, and they had met him, but unexpectedly, their arrival had disrupted the King's plans...
"Still here?" a teasing male voice sounded. Ying Xing looked up.
"Lord Zhongzi! Lord Dong Ling!" He was overjoyed, almost kneeling before them.
Zhongzi and Dong Ling strode forward, shaking their heads helplessly at the gathered ghosts. "Pathetic."
Zhongzi looked at Ying Xing and chuckled. "The King wishes to see you."
"Me?" Ying Xing pointed at himself, followed by overwhelming joy and excitement. "Could it be that the King has forgiven us!"
Dong Ling snorted. "He wants you to receive your punishment."
Punishment...? Ying Xing's joy was instantly extinguished, replaced by immense fear.
"Come with me," Zhongzi said, looking at the stiff Ying Xing, finding him extremely amusing.
Ying Xing swallowed hard and could only follow him.
"It's over, the Sect Leader is going to be annihilated..."
Dong Ling scanned the crowd and looked at the soul who had spoken. "The King's order is for all of you to return to the Ghost Clan."