Meng Ruji was so infuriated by Mu Sui that anger rushed to her heart. She angrily broke free from Mu Sui’s control, grabbed his collar with both hands, took two steps forward, and pushed him directly against the earthen wall behind him.

Their footsteps passed over the rabbit’s body. With a “thunk,” the muffled sound of Mu Sui’s back hitting the wall covered the sudden grunt from the rabbit on the ground.

Neither Meng Ruji nor Mu Sui heard it.

Meng Ruji only glared at Mu Sui through gritted teeth, so angry she laughed: “Men turn bad when they have money – the folk tales truly don’t deceive me. Qianshan Jun, what excellent scheming.”

“Mountain Lord Meng flatters me,” Mu Sui allowed Meng Ruji to grip his collar, his gaze carrying traces of contempt and mockery as he looked at her. “When it comes to scheming, you’re not lacking either.”

Meng Ruji’s back molars ground together with a grinding sound.

The rabbit lying on the ground like a carpet made grunting sounds again, and unsurprisingly, was once again ignored by both of them.

Mu Sui stared at Meng Ruji, the smile disappearing from his face as he said coldly, “Exchange the cultivation method for a thousand gold. I keep my word.”

“Little thief, you stole my things and still threaten me. There’s no principle in this world where you get to take all the advantages.”

“I’m offering you a thousand gold – that’s not taking advantage, it’s a trade.”

“Uh ahhh…” The rabbit made a strange sound that was impossible to ignore.

Meng Ruji was at the peak of her anger and finally couldn’t help but angrily scold the rabbit spirit: “I just saved your life – I advise you not to speak too much right now!” She looked down angrily, then her furious expression froze on her face.

Seeing this, Mu Sui also glanced over.

On the ground, the rabbit looked like a puppet whose limp body had been lifted by someone, standing stiffly in place.

“What’s wrong with your rabbit?” Meng Ruji asked, still gripping Mu Sui’s collar. “He doesn’t have some kind of mad rabbit disease, does he?”

Mu Sui’s gaze also fell on the rabbit. Seeing a strange black aura emanating from the rabbit’s body, Mu Sui’s expression became serious. He yanked Meng Ruji’s hands away, and before Meng Ruji could get angry, he had already pulled her entire person behind him.

Almost instinctively, he once again stood in front of Meng Ruji.

Looking at Mu Sui pressed close against her in the narrow, deep pit, Meng Ruji was somewhat dazed.

They hadn’t finished arguing yet…

She was thinking this in her heart.

The next moment, the rabbit suddenly bounced up from the ground and launched an attack, but its movements were completely different from before!

Its movements were faster, its killing intent heavier. Its rabbit eyes were so red they seemed ready to drip blood. Its gaping mouth kept emitting sharp, piercing cries that were ear-splitting and terrifying, just like…

“Are there malevolent spirits in this Realm of No Return?” Behind Mu Sui, Meng Ruji watched him grab the rabbit by its ears with one hand and fling it away, then couldn’t help asking, “What kind of thing possessed it?”

“Malevolent aura,” Mu Sui answered briefly. “Just like the malevolent spirits you mentioned…”

As his words fell, as if to echo Mu Sui’s statement, the flung rabbit grabbed onto the mud wall with its two legs, opened its mouth wide, and screamed: “I want your life!”

“It wants my life,” Meng Ruji stared in shock. “Your pet is as unreasonable as you are. I’m not the one who tried to kill it! I saved it!”

“Mu Sui!” The rabbit shouted again, as if its body was gathering strength. “I want you dead!”

Meng Ruji: “…”

She examined Mu Sui from behind. “It wants your life out of love turned to hate.”

There was somewhat of a spectator’s element in her words.

Mu Sui didn’t pay attention to Meng Ruji, only asking coldly: “Do you still have any silver coins?”

“None left.” Seeing his expression was truly grave, Meng Ruji stopped watching the show. After all, if Mu Sui died, without the little green pills, she probably wouldn’t survive the night either. “Is a rabbit, even possessed by a malevolent aura, really that troublesome?”

“It will increase its strength,” Mu Sui said. “No wonder it could find us so quickly and dig all those holes. It might have been affected while still in Zhuliu City.”

While Mu Sui was still analyzing, the next instant, the rabbit that had gathered its strength pounced forward again!

This time, its movements were even faster. Its already long front teeth were completely exposed and had become sharp and pointed. Its originally short front legs had grown terrifying claws that even Meng Ruji found frightening, as if they could pierce directly into their hearts with those claws.

The rabbit’s movements were so fast that even Meng Ruji found them difficult to follow, but Mu Sui still caught the rabbit’s vital point in one grab, gripping its neck and slamming it directly against the wall.

“Should we kill it?” Seeing Mu Sui’s actions – another move to subdue the enemy that would only require a little force to send the rabbit to its death – Meng Ruji asked.

But Mu Sui didn’t rush to act. He pressed the rabbit’s face against the pit wall and rubbed: “Get out.”

The rabbit’s face was against the pit wall, its teeth, claws, and even the fur on its face were nearly rubbed bare by Mu Sui, but Mu Sui didn’t stop. With a cold face and no mercy, he continued: “I’ll only give you one chance. If you don’t come out, I’ll kill her too.”

It seemed like he was warning the “malevolent aura” possessing the rabbit.

Meng Ruji pursed her lips, watching Mu Sui rub the rabbit, and couldn’t help saying: “If it’s this easy to handle, why did you ask me for silver coins?”

“To force the malevolent aura out, silver coins can serve as a container.”

“Uh ahhhhh!” The rabbit emitted another piercing shriek under Mu Sui’s frantic rubbing.

After this shriek, the rabbit’s voice began transforming into a human voice – a man’s voice, but much more refined than the earlier “Jade Rabbit Brother.”

That voice said: “Mu Sui! Meng Ruji! You adulterous pair!”

“Hm?” Meng Ruji’s ears perked up.

Hearing this, Mu Sui also looked at Meng Ruji with a subtle expression.

“You betrayed me!” The refined man’s voice shouted sorrowfully and angrily from the rabbit’s throat. “You betrayed me! You heartless, fickle woman!”

“Is he…” Meng Ruji pinched her chin. “…scolding me?”

“He is scolding you…” Mu Sui’s tone also became somewhat subtle. “Heart-less, fick-le.”

“Hmm…” Meng Ruji fell into contemplation. “Why?”

“Why? How can you ask others about this?” Mu Sui smiled with sarcastic undertones. “Besides an old father, Mountain Lord Meng, it seems you have quite a few romantic debts.”

“Wait.” Meng Ruji rubbed her throbbing temples. “Don’t rush…”

“I’m naturally not rushing. What do I have to rush about? I’ve never had so many old romantic entanglements, pestering me day and night without cease.”

Meng Ruji looked at Mu Sui speechlessly: “No, I mean, this voice… when you listen to it… Don’t you think it sounds somewhat familiar? Haven’t we heard it somewhere before?”

Mu Sui gave another cold laugh, mockery already spilling from his throat: “How could I find it familiar? It should naturally be Mountain Lord Meng who finds it familiar. You must have heard it in the past. Night after night in dreams, impossible to forget…”

“Qianshan Jun.” Meng Ruji stared at him. “Can you control your jealousy as a life-sustaining object a little?”

‘Jealousy.’

These two words were directly pointed out by Meng Ruji.

Mu Sui’s expression nearly couldn’t hold.

Meng Ruji rolled her eyes at Mu Sui: “We’ve already laid everything out, so can you please control yourself? Your sarcastic appearance makes it seem like you have feelings for me.”

Mu Sui was choked by these words.

The sourness and sarcasm that were about to emerge from his throat were all swallowed back down.

“Fine.” His lips moved for a long while: “Your affairs, you solve them yourself.”

With that, he was about to throw the rabbit to Meng Ruji.

“If I have to solve it myself, then I’ll solve it myself. I conduct myself uprightly and sit properly – what romantic debts could I have?”

Meng Ruji straightened her back, speaking frankly, and reached out to grab the rabbit from Mu Sui’s hands.

The accident happened the instant she went to take the rabbit.

The malevolent aura on the rabbit suddenly surged with a “whoosh,” rushing directly out from the rabbit’s body. A mass of black gas lunged straight at Meng Ruji’s face.

“If I can’t have you! I’ll destroy you!”

The black malevolent aura shouted.

Seeing this, Mu Sui’s eyes widened slightly. Even though he had been sarcastic just moments before, his body had already moved before his consciousness, rushing forward. He dropped the rabbit’s body, grabbed Meng Ruji, and held her in his arms, trying to use his body as a shield to block the danger for her.

But the black gas was different from other things. While Mu Sui shielded Meng Ruji, he couldn’t prevent the aura from passing between them, then surrounding them, enveloping them in the deep pit.

“Destroy you! Destroy you both…”

The man’s voice wound around their ears. Mu Sui’s eyes began involuntarily closing.

They embraced each other, leaning against the wall, sliding down to sit on the ground.

Meng Ruji’s head rested against his shoulder, her voice becoming intermittent and unclear: “I remember now… this voice…”

So it was her old lover…

“Ye Dahe…”

Her old lover’s name…

Sounds awful…

Thinking this, Mu Sui also followed Meng Ruji into the chaotic dark abyss.