The dark purple veins on her pale face were particularly noticeable, and the faint sound of the girl's exhausted breathing could be heard.
Mu Xian glanced at the bracelet on his hand, then secretly looked at Yan Fei not far away, and finally fixed his gaze on Hu Tao.
Mu Xian then noticed that Hu Tao was looking at him.
Mu Xian didn't see the expression on Hu Tao's face clearly at that moment.
When looking at Hu Tao, focus your attention on her swaying body.
Silently, Mu Xian took a step forward, but the girl in front of him seemed to be stimulated by something and took a step back at the same time.
As she swayed precariously, her balance crumbled, and her slender, white hand, gripping the staff of homa, and her extremely weak body collapsed uncontrollably to the ground.
However, before that, the body that should have fallen to the ground was helped up.
Hu Tao was stunned for a moment, then turned her head and saw Mu Xian, who was half a head shorter than her and just tall enough to support her.
"what the hell..."
A smile appeared on his pale face.
The smile was weak, but the weakness was mixed with a lot of joy.
"Hu Muxuan said that he has always kept his distance from Hu Tao."
"Hu Tao has always listened to Hu Muxuan."
Mu Xuan remained silent, unsure of what to say.
"But, but you broke the agreement first."
This time, even Hu Tao's eyes crinkled with laughter, but she spoke in a tone as if she were about to fall asleep.
Hu Tao forced herself to stay awake, muttering to herself.
"In that case, the agreement is null and void."
"Now, it's Hu Tao's turn to talk about her promise."
"Brother Mu Xian... From now on, when no one is around, Hu Tao will call you Brother Mu Xian."
"When there are other people around, you are my personal employee, Little Wooden Head."
"Brother Mu Xian, you said..."
"You said Hu Tao likes you so much, why don't you like Hu Tao?"
"If only I could share some of Hu Tao's affection with Brother Mu Xian..."
Mu Xian, who was supporting the walnut, paused, looked up, and saw the little girl's peaceful sleeping face after letting go of her worries.
Fell asleep?
Mu Xian breathed a sigh of relief for no apparent reason, and then felt the movement coming from in front of him.
Turning her head, she saw Yan Fei standing in front of her without her noticing.
A sense of disgust inexplicably arose in my heart. I wanted to take a few steps back to create some distance, but when I felt the weight on my shoulder, I stopped abruptly.
"strangeness?"
Yan Fei took a few steps back, looking puzzled. "Have you grown taller?"
Mu Xian turned his head away, not wanting to respond to her question immediately.
But considering that Yan Fei might overthink things later, Mu Xian suppressed his impatience and replied perfunctorily, "I don't know."
"I thought you weren't going to answer me."
Upon receiving a response, Yan Fei suddenly became somewhat pleased: "So you can still talk after all."
Mu Xian did not answer. Yan Fei in his memory was the same, but Mu Xian had changed a lot.
Mu Xian used to be able to sense the girl's closeness, but now Mu Xian only wants to stay away from this so-called closeness.
Using his hand to protect the walnut, Mu Xian took a small step back to increase the distance between himself and Yan Fei.
"I need to stay here to take care of the sect leader and keep an eye on these treasure-hunting gangs."
Mu Xian looked up and faced Yan Fei for the first time. Just as he was about to speak, the bracelet on his wrist began to tremble violently.
"Never mind, you take good care of the hall master."
After handing the walnut to Yan Fei, Mu Xian continued walking along the mountain path: "I'll bring Aja here."
Fortunately, the second half of the mountain road was not difficult to travel, and there were no problems along the way.
Perhaps because he had something on his mind, Mu Xian's speed increased significantly.
Before long, a dilapidated little house surrounded by bamboo came into Mu Xian's view.
Do people who gossip about others behind their backs really have this kind of interest?
Pulling back her wild thoughts, Mu Xian immediately wondered if she had found the wrong house.
But remembering what Qianyanjun had told him—that there was only one house here—he suppressed his doubts.
Standing in a corner ten meters away from the house, Mu Xian glanced at the unremarkable body and knew what to do in the next second.
The bracelet emitted a faint glow, and the next second, Mu Xian's body slowly grew taller, transforming back into the appearance of a twenty-year-old youth.
Mu Xian knew that by appearing like this, he could save himself a lot of trouble talking to A-Jia.
As Mu Xian approached the door, before he could even knock, the person inside seemed to hear footsteps outside and opened the door in front of him, revealing their head.
The eyes on his head were slightly turned upwards...
Snapped!
The wooden door was slammed shut, the sound echoing loudly through the mountains.
The loud noise made Mu Xian uncomfortable, and it also dampened his mood.
"I'll count to three. If you don't open the door, don't blame me for coming in myself."
Before Mu Xian could even finish saying "one," the door was slowly opened.
Aja poked his head out again.
"Um... big brother... I was wrong."
"But I only did this because I was paid, and I didn't curse as harshly as others."
"It's just...it's just for show."
Mu Xian lowered his eyes, his face expressionless.
Clearly, Aja knew exactly why he wanted to see him.
How did the Thousand Rock Army lose its identity?
Mu Xian asked an unrelated question.
"It's just... just that I can't make it here."
Aja's eyes darted around, but he kept glancing at Mu Xian.
Mu Xian looked up at A Jia, who was startled by Mu Xian's gaze.
Mu Xian looked at A Jia and understood.
"Your departure from the Thousand Rock Army has something to do with me, doesn't it?"
Mu Xian's words made Aja freeze. He glanced at Mu Xian, only to find that Mu Xian had looked away.
“I didn’t make any excuses. I just wanted to teach you a lesson for not being able to control your mouth.”
As Mu Xian spoke, he walked directly into the house.
Looking around, it was so rudimentary that there wasn't even a single stool to sit on.
"If you're really bored, you can come to the Hall of Rebirth."
"Of course, if you feel it's really bad luck, you can just starve to death."
Mu Xian's words were somewhat impolite, his tone as if A Jia owed him something.
Aja was angered by this rudeness, but not too much, and he managed to suppress it.
Moreover, even though it was just his tone that was impolite, Aja could tell that Mu Xian wanted to find him a job.
"Thank you," Aja said, though somewhat reluctantly.
"Thanks?"
Mu Xian was taken aback, feeling somewhat puzzled: "You actually thanked me?"
"actually..."
"never mind."
Aja tried to explain something, but Mu Xian stopped him.
Mu Xian looked at Aja and asked, "Tell me, who was the guy who told you to spread those rumors?"
“A fool,” Aja said. “He gave me a lot of Mora.”
As he spoke, Aja pulled the money bag, which was half-filled with Mora, from his bosom.
Looking at the money bag in front of him, Mu Xian frowned. Just as he reached out, he noticed that A Jia suddenly pulled back his hand holding the money bag.
"Don't worry, I don't even want the Mora you have."
Mu Xian's words put A-Jia at ease, and Mu Xian took the money bag.
Upon closer inspection, the purse turned out to be just an ordinary cloth bag with virtually no decoration.
But looking at the money bag in front of him, Mu Xian felt that the money bag looked familiar, as if something was missing from it.
"That fool gave you the money bag along with it, didn't he?" Mu Xian asked, returning the money bag to Aja.
Aja, who had just received the money bag, was a little puzzled as to why Mu Xian would ask such a question, but he nodded nonetheless.
"That's weird."
Mu Xian spoke up, then looked at Aja: "The funds for the Fools' activities are provided by the Northern Bank, so there should be the Northern Bank's logo on the money bag."
But Aja was holding the money bag, looking completely bewildered, with no other expression on his face.
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