205: Chapter 205 Follow-up

After instructing Xiao Dao and the other one to keep a close eye on Huan Wuxing, Xing Yaoyan withdrew from her spiritual sea.

Looking at the little cat girl before her once more, her heart was filled with relief mixed with doting helplessness.

She was about to reach out and rub her head as she usually did.

But to her surprise, the moment her hand drew near, Ying Linglong's ears and nose twitched as if she sensed her presence; her body trembled slightly, and she made a dodging motion.

"Sister Yan... you liar... I hate you..."

At the same time, her mouth parted slightly, and these low murmurs reached Xing Yaoyan's ears clearly.

This reaction left Xing Yaoyan's hand hanging in the air, feeling somewhat at a loss.

Suddenly, a bad premonition welled up in her heart.

"Hahaha... Xing Yan, I forgot to tell you, everything you encountered in my Heart-Confusing Array earlier wasn't entirely your hallucination, you know?"

Huan Wuxing's mocking voice suddenly sounded in her ear, causing Xing Yaoyan to frown slightly.

One had to know that Xiao Dao and the others could only speak like this when she actively sank her consciousness into her spiritual sea. She hadn't expected this woman to be able to speak directly through the spiritual sea even while being deliberately suppressed.

As expected of the First Priest of the Star Cult, she really did have some tricks up her sleeve.

"You don't know, do you? My Heart-Confusing Array has a very powerful trait: it can pull multiple people into the same illusory space simultaneously, and it can deliberately amplify the obsessions in the participants' hearts."

"In other words, the Ying Linglong you saw just now was real, and everything she said to you was also real. It seems... she's truly quite dissatisfied with you..."

Xing Yaoyan lowered her head and said nothing, her gaze toward Ying Linglong becoming extremely complex.

After a long silence, Xing Yaoyan leaned down, picked her up in a princess carry despite Ying Linglong's slight resistance, and walked out.

"She's still inside my Heart-Confusing Array right now, but don't worry, she'll wake up once the power I left in her body dissipates... Oh, and you should have felt it, right? She joined our Star Cult~ It's all because of her feelings toward you..."

"Shut up!!!"

Xing Yaoyan's spiritual sea instantly boiled, causing Huan Wuxing, who was restrained within, to stick out her tongue.

She had sensed that special aura on Ying Linglong after receiving that unique Breath of the Abyss. It seemed she had inhaled the same Breath of the Abyss and become a member of the Star Cult.

Ying Linglong didn't have the same resistance to the Breath of the Abyss as she did. Although no obvious changes could be seen now, there might be great trouble in the future.

Xing Yaoyan quietly circulated the Star Swallowing Art.

Wrapped in golden Power Of Will, a few thin strands of black gas slowly seeped out from the little cat girl's body and gradually flowed into her own.

Soon, the golden light dimmed.

Xing Yaoyan shook her head, shaking off the slight discomfort in her mind.

"Sigh~ You troublesome bad cat..."

Through her efforts, the vast majority of the Breath of the Abyss in Ying Linglong's body had been absorbed by her, but a very thick portion was tightly bound to her Soul, and Xing Yaoyan didn't dare to act rashly.

Her strength was still insufficient...

However, this gave her another reason why she had to go undercover in the Star Cult...

"Huan Wuxing..."

Xing Yaoyan's voice suddenly rang out in the spiritual sea.

"Behave yourself. Although I can't touch you right now, that might not be the case in the future..."

Just now, this woman had used some unknown method to set up a transparent barrier around her Soul. This time, Xing Yaoyan truly couldn't use her "vicious hands" on her like before.

"I know, I know, bleh~"

She wasn't sure if it was a hallucination, but Xing Yaoyan actually heard a barely perceptible tremor in that casual, mocking voice.

"Good..."

Xing Yaoyan pushed open the door and walked out, carrying Ying Linglong.

Before long, she arrived at the location she had agreed upon with Qian Mo.

"Are you alright?"

Qian Mo spoke. His words seemed calm, but they actually revealed deep tension and concern.

As he spoke, he kept glancing at the little cat girl in Xing Yaoyan's arms out of the corner of his eye.

Earlier, Xing Yaoyan had suddenly told him with a troubled expression that she needed to handle some matters independently, and told him that if she didn't show up after an hour of waiting, he should immediately report to the Security Bureau and contact the King of the Kingdom of Myriad Demons.

He had agreed quickly at the time without asking anything else.

Though he really wanted to ask what it was about, he knew that since she had spoken to him like that, it was something she had to handle herself. Doing what she had instructed was the greatest help he could provide.

So, he had simply said "be safe" and let her go according to the plan.

Looking at it now, Young Miss Xing Yan wasn't injured; she had just brought back Ying Linglong, the cat demon who had come with her.

Speaking of which... it seemed that after seeing her once at the hospital last time, he hadn't been able to contact her at all.

His sharp intuition told him that Xing Yaoyan's current business likely had an important connection to her...

"It's fine now..."

Xing Yaoyan looked up and noticed Qian Mo's small movements.

Although she knew this guy wasn't the type to be fickle, for some reason, Xing Yaoyan still feigned anger and said:

"What? You're not even looking at me properly, you're still looking at Ying Linglong. You don't like her type, do you?"

"No, no..."

Qian Mo quickly waved his hands, his survival instinct extremely strong.

"It's because I saw you were gone for so long and brought back an extra person, so I wondered if something happened to her, that's why..."

"Pfft..."

Seeing Qian Mo's flustered gestures and explanations, Xing Yaoyan laughed happily, the irritation caused by Ying Linglong and the Star Cult matters swept away.

"What is it?"

Qian Mo looked at her, somewhat dazed, not understanding why she had looked like she was fuming a moment ago only to suddenly change her expression.

"Alright, alright, anyway, it's all over now. Our mission this time should be considered a Perfection, right?"

"Yes."

When it came to serious business, Qian Mo also quickly adjusted his state and said in a steady voice:

"The incident we handled this time has already been reported by Wu Ya and is awaiting a rating from the Security Bureau. As for the Birdcage Squad, they can't perform any follow-up tasks due to their severe injuries; they've already been picked up by the Medical Department in advance."

"Then we now..."

"I specifically told the Security Bureau people that you had something to do and went to the restroom. They didn't seem to suspect anything, but they want me to bring you to sign out within a certain time."

"Okay."

Xing Yaoyan nodded first.

But soon, she shook her head again.

No, if she took Ying Linglong to the Security Bureau now, she wouldn't be able to hide the aura of the Breath of the Abyss like she could. What if the Security Bureau people made things difficult for her after discovering it...

"Qian Mo, please tell them that I'm not feeling well and have returned to school first. Sign out on my behalf..."

"Okay..."

Qian Mo glanced at the cat girl in Xing Yaoyan's arms again and nodded.

Some unspoken understandings didn't need to be voiced.

Xing Yaoyan also nodded gratefully to him, then quickly disappeared from his sight with the cat girl in her arms.

As Qian Mo watched her departing back, his heart felt an involuntary itch.

He really felt that his relationship with her was just one final step away.

And... although Xing Yan had diverted his attention with that straight-ball-like confession at the time, the suspicion in his heart was growing stronger.

He knew he couldn't run away anymore, couldn't just keep waiting blindly; he had to take the initiative and find a chance to have a proper heart-to-heart with her...

[Ding! Young man... have you forgotten something...]

The System's voice rang out at the right time.

A bolt of lightning instantly flashed through Qian Mo's mind.

That's right! I almost forgot about that thing!