Chapter 875: Good Guy, You Actually Dare to Touch This Young Master's People?

Mu Zixi felt as if she had encountered a great terror tonight.

First, there was Xu Xiaoshou, then Sang Lao.

These two people, who absolutely shouldn't be here, and now the one in front of her—how could he unleash such precise lightning bolts, making them all appear just to scare her?

Could it be that he already knew her true identity but wasn't exposing it, instead changing his face to toy with her?

Most importantly...

This guy's intuition was far too sharp!

Just from that brief, uncontrollable emotional reaction, he had deduced everything so accurately.

Denying it outright was impossible... Mu Zixi knew in her heart that denying it now would be equivalent to admitting guilt.

For now, she had no choice but to go along with her emotional response. Trembling, she said,

"Seen... seen him once..."

"Once?"

Yi hadn't expected that by changing into the face of Sheng Nu Wuxiu, he would gain such an advantage.

He asked with great interest, "Where did you see him once? Tell me everything in detail—the exact time, place, people involved, and what happened."

Mu Zixi's mind was racing, unable to come up with a story on the spot. Then, the cold voice of her "master" echoed again: "You have three breaths to answer. If you can't, it's the same as fabricating it, and you'll face the consequences!"

The young girl froze for a moment, her eyes instantly filled with fear as she stammered, "In Bei Yu, during the clan assembly..."

She had to choose that.

Because her identity as Mu Xiao Gong was from Bei Yu, and the farthest mission she had undertaken was to the current Dong Tian Wang Cheng.

By this time, Sang Lao had already entered.

If she said she saw him in Dong Tian Wang Cheng, the person in front of her might just crush her on the spot.

Yi's eyes narrowed, his expression becoming even more terrifying as he said ominously, "Since you recognize my face, that means you know my identity... You saw me in Bei Yu, at a clan assembly? Some sort of clan celebration?"

"Uh-huh." Mu Zixi nodded hesitantly, her mind spinning rapidly.

Yi's voice turned icy as he snapped, "I am from Sheng Nu, and you saw me at a Bei Yu semi-saint clan assembly? Are you saying your clan's semi-saint has ties with Sheng Nu?!"

The young girl's thoughts came to a screeching halt, her mind going blank as if struck by lightning.

"It's not like that..." She waved her hands frantically.

"Then what is it?" Yi leaned in, his face twisted in menace.

Mu Zixi was so flustered she couldn't think of anything to say. In a flash of inspiration, tears streamed down her face as she hugged her head and squatted down, crying, "Don't get so close to me! Do you know how scary this face of yours is? Can you let me talk properly?"

"You should talk properly too..." she added weakly, sounding utterly aggrieved like a child.

Yi furrowed his brows.

He knew that Sang Qiye's face in the moonlight was more than enough to stop a baby from crying—it might even scare one to death.

But from his vast experience in interrogations, Yi immediately sensed that the young girl's state was an act.

He had seen too many people use this kind of delay to fabricate perfect excuses.

However!

Those who ended up in the Liu Bu were all old foxes.

This girl in front of him looked completely inexperienced in the world, so it was entirely possible she was genuinely frightened by his appearance.

Yi hesitated for a moment.

His specialty, spiritual guidance, had no effect on this young girl at all, leaving his biggest trump card useless.

So, he decided to play along.

Yi stepped back and said, "Fine, take your time. Tell me everything you know. But remember, the three breaths are already up, so your words aren't evidence anymore. All of it could be made up. Got it?"

Mu Zixi's heart sank into despair.

This person gave her the same feeling as facing Xu Xiaoshou.

It was a terrifying sense that every thought in her mind was being seen through, even though she hadn't done anything yet. He could probe her thoughts just by psychological deduction and pressure, seeing right into her head.

Like a worm in her stomach.

This kind of person was too frightening!

"I'll talk, I'll talk..." Mu Zixi's mind was blank, so she stopped trying to make things up and just spilled out the memory of her first encounter with Sang Lao.

"It's the person you've turned into!"

"At the time, I was just strolling in the clan's small grove, and he suddenly appeared, trying to kidnap me to be his disciple."

"I had no idea what was happening, who he was, or how he got there, but he was going to do it anyway. What could I do?"

"I couldn't fight him!"

"I tried to resist..." As Mu Zixi spoke, she started to feel into it and thought about editing the story.

But at that critical moment, Yi interrupted with a frown, asking, "Was he very domineering?"

Mu Zixi was talking about Tian Sang Ling Palace.

In Yi's mind, he pictured the small grove at the Bei Yu semi-saint clan assembly.

The two were too far apart for him to connect them.

But in Yi's impression, Sheng Nu Wuxiu wasn't particularly domineering.

The man might be unreasonable, but when dealing with a junior, how could he act like a bandit? That would be beneath him!

Mu Zixi was startled and subconsciously wanted to nod.

But then she had a sudden realization—Yi was too meticulous. If she made something up, he probably wouldn't believe it.

Instead, if she told the truth and selectively omitted key details, he might fill in the gaps himself through his own assumptions.

Being foolish had its advantages.

Why fight your weakness against his strength?

So, the young girl looked up weakly, a bit shyly, and said, "Well, you can't really say he was very domineering. The truth is, he did chat with me a little..."

"But I was already Xu Shao's person, so how could I go with him?" As she spoke, the young girl grew agitated, standing up and gesturing wildly.

"But he still wanted me to go with him!"

"But I refused to go with him."

"Then he insisted on me going with him..."

"Stop!" Yi's head throbbed.

If spiritual guidance worked, he swore he wouldn't let this young girl say another pointless word!

Yi tried to steer the conversation, making it flow better: "He wanted you as his disciple? How did you get away from him?"

"Uh!" Mu Zixi choked.

Yeah, how did I get away from Sang Lao? He was so strong. What happened back then?

Yi's face darkened immediately.

This was clearly the look of someone lying, and now he was waiting to see what she'd come up with.

But Mu Zixi's mind was still blank, and she couldn't fabricate anything. She just said hesitantly, "If... I mean if, haha, if I said I don't know, would you kill me?"

Yi: ...

Right then, he felt an urge to slap the girl to death.

Mu Zixi saw things weren't going well and burst into tears again, hugging her head and squatting down: "Don't kill me! I really don't know! Back then, he wanted me as his disciple, and I kept refusing, and suddenly he just left without saying anything. How would I know why? I can't make things up..."

Yi tuned out the rest of her rambling.

He narrowed his eyes and actually started to make sense of what the young girl was saying.

Has it been exposed?

Aside from Sheng Nu Wuxiu revealing his aura, there was no way the girl could have escaped from someone so intent on taking her.

He picked up the thread again, asking, "So, after Sheng Nu Wuxiu left, what else happened?"

Mu Zixi was stunned.

It was over?

Why wasn't he pressing on the process?

He could accept such a full-of-holes story?

"Speak!" Yi's expression turned stern.

Mu Zixi jolted, tears welling up: "D-don't be so fierce! Talking like that makes me think of bad memories."

Yi: ...

He simply transformed, turning into an ordinary passerby, and said gently, "What happened next?"

Mu Zixi gave up on making things up altogether and decided to play the role of an ignorant bystander.

"Next..."

"Then Xu Shao showed up with people and protected me."

She glanced up secretly and saw no reaction from him, so the young girl added weakly, "Let me tell you, Xu Shao might act all smug and annoying usually, but he's really good to me. You, you, you..."

She struggled internally, then closed her eyes like she was facing death: "If you choose to back off and leave now, I can pretend none of this happened and won't tell Xu Shao about tonight!"

Yi was speechless.

What was this...

A threat?

As the head of Yi Bu, could he be threatened by a Zong Shi-level girl?

"Nothing else?" Yi didn't care about irrelevant details and asked again.

Mu Zixi saw her threat didn't work and sighed inwardly. Of course not...

Suddenly, her eyes lit up, as if she remembered something: "Wait! When Xu Shao came to get me, he said something!"

"What?" Yi leaned in quickly, realizing this might be the only key piece in all her nonsense.

Mu Zixi straightened up and said firmly, "Good guy!"

Yi was taken aback.

He waited for a while.

Seeing no follow-up, he finally couldn't help but twitch his mouth: "Th-that's it?"

"That's it." Mu Zixi shrugged, looking baffled.

Good guy!

In that moment, Yi felt like she was messing with him. His face darkened.

Mu Zixi saw the situation turning bad and thought to herself that she really couldn't make things up. She shrank back and said timidly, "Um, actually, there was a second half, but I don't dare say it..."

Yi sensed a turnaround and grabbed her shoulders, demanding, "Say it!"

Mu Zixi glanced at the hands gripping her shoulders, then turned her head away, squeezing her eyes shut like she was heading to her doom: "Good guy! How dare you touch my people?"

Yi: ???

In that instant, he felt a storm raging in his heart, his overwhelming killing intent almost piercing the sky!

So...

It was all nonsense!

"Don't kill me..." Mu Zixi burst into tears on the spot. "You told me to say it! I didn't want to, I wasn't trying to beat around the bush or shoot shadows at you, or point at trees and curse ghosts. I just said everything I know, so please don't kill me!"

Yi exploded in irritation and roared, "Shoot shadows! Not shoot me! And it's called point at mulberry and curse wutong!"

"Uh?" Mu Zixi stopped crying, confused. "What point at mulberry and curse wutong? Did I say that?"

Yi: !!!

He clenched his fists in anger and slammed a powerful punch into the ground.

With a boom, stones flew everywhere.

Mu Zixi trembled in fear, her shoulders held tight, so she could only tilt her neck back, muttering to herself, "Bodhisattva protect me, Bodhisattva protect me..."

Yi's mindset shattered.

What kind of person was this!

Was she an idiot?

But why did this idiot have the ability to instantly break free from spiritual control?

It was just ridiculous!

After a deep breath, Yi calmed down, released her, but then remembered something and grabbed her shoulders again, channeling his Ling Yuan.

His intention was to probe if there was any Jin Zhao aura in the young girl's body.

But as soon as the Ling Yuan entered, it was like throwing a stone into the sea...

"Burp."

Mu Zixi let out a satisfied burp, her wilted state revitalized by absorbing the Tai Xu Ling Yuan, making her look radiant.

She was baffled.

Why had this person suddenly become so kind, sending over such life-filled Ling Yuan?

All she could do was blink her big eyes and tilt her head.

"Hmm?"

She didn't dare speak, just made a nasal sound.

But Yi was losing it!

I wasn't trying to feed you!

I wasn't being generous; I was probing!

Probing, do you understand?

You... you idiot!

Yi gave up.

He suddenly felt relieved, wondering why he was getting worked up over someone with such a special ability who was clearly an idiot.

This young girl probably didn't even understand what was happening to her right now.

What could he get out of continuing like this?

Even if he asked her why her Sheng Mu body was showing signs of mutation, or if it was as Rao Yao Yao and Ye Xiao had speculated...

What could this girl say?

She was too stupid to make anything up, so she might just tell the truth.

That was an advantage, sure.

But the downside was, she was stupid beyond belief!

Yi couldn't even sort out Rao Yao Yao and Ye Xiao's intuitions himself.

If he tried to explain it to this idiot, just the background would take three days and nights to make her understand.

And most importantly, once she understood, she'd probably just say something like:

"Good guy! So I'm that amazing?"

Yi didn't even want to ask anymore, let alone waste time explaining to this minor player.

He thought Rao Yao Yao and Ye Xiao were just stirring up trouble.

If the Lei family really had a successor like this, it would be a family disgrace, not a blessing!

Yi suddenly missed Sheng Nu's Xu Xiaoshou. Even though that guy had tricked him last time, at least he was smart. Under spiritual control, he showed strong survival instincts and fighting spirit.

That kind of prey was exciting for a hunter.

This girl, though...

"Forget it, I'm tired."

Yi let go of her hand and turned away wearily, walking off into the distance.

Mu Zixi was completely caught off guard that the crisis had dissolved so inexplicably. She was still processing it and even waved, calling after him, "Nothing else you want to ask? I know a lot more stuff!"

Yi's mouth twitched wildly, and he quickened his pace without stopping.

Mu Zixi was thrilled and shouted at his back, "Don't worry, you're a good person. I'll keep tonight's events from Xu Shao, and I'll make up an excuse for you if needed."

Yi was startled and quickly turned around: "Don't! No need to make anything up! Just tell him everything in detail."

Since he hadn't gotten any useful information, Yi didn't want to make an enemy of a semi-saint successor.

What he feared most was this girl going back and spinning some tale, leaking his abilities.

With her "brilliant mind"...

Yi shuddered.

He knew Xu Shao wasn't Mu Xiao Gong—that guy was sharp.

One sentence from him could probably figure out Yi's identity.

Then, making an enemy of a semi-saint family over tonight's trivial matter? Yi thought about it and felt a headache coming on.