The sage was determined to die.

"Ji Ying".

The girl smiled at him, then suddenly reached out and grabbed his neck, her outstretched fingers slowly tightening, and the corners of her mouth naturally turned down.

"I think I told you that before?"

The woman quickly calmed down, lowered her hand, but her voice remained cold.

"If you call me by that woman's name again, I really will kill you."

Why?

Ji Ying showed no sign of being threatened; in fact, she slightly raised the corners of her mouth and said, "Isn't that your own name?"

"That's true, you don't care about your own life at all. Doing this poses no threat to you."

The woman stared at his mask and suddenly said, "He doesn't care about his own life, but he cares a lot about his face. There must be some secret behind that, right?"

Ji Ying remained noncommittal.

"You have your secrets, and of course I have mine. So don't ask me why."

She paused, then added, "The Wenxin you're looking for might actually appear this time."

Upon hearing this, Ji Ying's attitude began to waver.

"but--"

She forced a fake smile and said, "Don't be too confident. Those mediocre people are no match for you, but you might not be able to beat Ji Bai, right?"

As expected, Ji Ying frowned slightly.

"He's a formidable rival of yours. Why don't we join forces, and I'll help you kill him?" she offered with a friendly smile.

"No need."

Ji Ying lifted her eyelids and looked in her direction: "I made an appointment with him. He said he would give it to me."

"You actually believe that kind of talk?"

"Hmm." He countered, "Why don't you believe it? Anyway, whoever obtains that Wenxin will come to Qi."

"As long as we can lure that person over, it doesn't matter who the bait is."

……

"Why did it take you so long to get here?"

Ji Bai was doing important work, tearing his clothes with a sharpened stone and applying some red paint to the corner of his mouth to pretend he was wounded in battle.

Hearing footsteps, he turned to look at the stunned girl and asked, "Are those two alright?"

"It's nothing." The girl shook her head, then added, "But I think I was a little out of it again just now."

After she finished speaking, she noticed Ji Bai's face. Seeing his bright red lips, she couldn't help but widen her eyes: "You ate behind my back?"

Ji Bai: "..."

He solemnly extended his finger, touched his lips, and said, "This is a fake wound."

"This is so fake." The girl shook her head. "What idiot would believe that?"

Suddenly, Yan Ming's face popped into Ji Bai's mind.

He said, "I think some people will believe it."

The girl nodded, found a slightly cleaner rock, and sat down without any regard for her appearance.

She whispered, "They probably won't be able to get out for a while, but I have a feeling... I know that masked man."

"Why do you say that?" Ji Bai asked.

The girl nodded and said, "Maybe you're right. This body might really have a second personality, and she might even want to devour me."

Why?

Ji Bai quickly recalled the conversation with the old woman in his mind, and said, "None of the other examiners I know have had this kind of experience."

The girl gave a somewhat forced smile and said, "Is it possible that they are in the perfect tense, and I am in the present continuous tense?"

Ji Bai was stunned.

"What does this mean?"

"I have no idea."

She shook her head and said, "But while I'm still sober, I'll finish those things for you as soon as possible."

"If there's an opportunity to go out, we must go out."