In his clear purple eyes, she seemed to have seen Gu Liyan's face clearly. She was certain that the face behind that mask was the one that would make countless girls swoon!

Gu Liyan surprisingly did not remove his mask, and withdrew the compass he was about to hand to Murong Xiaoxiao, saying:

"Since you don't need it anymore, then give it to me!"

Murong Xiaoxiao was not stingy and nodded generously, "I wasn't planning on taking this originally, but my senior brother insisted on giving it to me. I'll ask him for another one when I see him back!"

Gu Liyan didn't stand on ceremony. With a flick of his hand, he stored the magic artifact into the Nine Springs Token. Seeing Gu Liyan's action, Murong Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up immediately. She asked with surprise and curiosity, "You, how did you do that?"

“This is fox magic, you can’t learn it!” Gu Liyan said with a smile.

Murong Xiaoxiao pouted, "If only I were a fox, I wouldn't have to carry around a whole bunch of exorcism tools every time I do an exorcism!"

Gu Liyan chuckled. Murong Xiaoxiao was truly innocent and adorable, and even more so, pure and kind. Gu Liyan had already confirmed that she was the reincarnation of Mu Qing.

Although it's unclear why Mu Qing came to this place through reincarnation, or why her soul split into two into Murong Xiaoxiao and Murong Xiaoxiao, Gu Liyan will take extra care of her now that her identity has been confirmed.

However, Gu Liyan would never reveal the truth that she was also a fox demon in her past life, since many people in this world do not like demons.

Murong Xiaoxiao looked at Gu Liyan, her expression suddenly becoming serious, and said:

"Now that the city gates are sealed, we suspect that demons and monsters are lurking in the central city, so our lineage of exorcists has been mobilized. Although I have discovered your identity, I will not reveal it!"

Hearing Murong Xiaoxiao's words, Gu Liyan felt a warmth in his heart and smiled slightly, saying, "Thank you. My name is Mo Li, what's yours?"

"My name is Murong Xiaoxiao. By the way, the person you just saw who looks a lot like me is my younger sister, Murong Xiaoxiao," Murong Xiaoxiao said without blinking.

Gu Liyan shook her head with a wry smile. It was obvious that her claim that Murong Xiaoxiao was her younger sister was a lie!

"Mo Li, you should go back now, don't wander around on the street! It would be terrible if you were discovered!" Murong Xiaoxiao said with concern.

Gu Liyan nodded, then, as if remembering something, asked, "By the way, do you know where the Zhi Mansion is?"

"The Wisdom Bureau?!" Murong Xiaoxiao's eyes widened. "Why, why are you asking this?"

Gu Liyan told her about his encounter with Tianzhi, and Murong Xiaoxiao was even more astonished, her mouth agape. "Master Tianzhi actually invited you to the Zhi Mansion?!"

Murong Xiaoxiao looked at Gu Liyan with a strange gaze, but she couldn't see Gu Liyan's expression and couldn't tell whether it was true or false. She could only shake her head to indicate that she didn't know.

Seeing that Murong Xiaoxiao was trying to hide it, Gu Liyan didn't press further. Instead, he smiled and waved his hand, "Then I'll head back now. If fate allows, I think I'll meet the old gentleman again another day."

After saying that, Gu Liyan parted ways with Murong Xiaoxiao. Watching Gu Liyan leave, Murong Xiaoxiao breathed a sigh of relief. "This guy is clearly a fox demon, so why did Master Tianzhi invite him to the Zhi Mansion?"

Murong Xiaoxiao couldn't figure out the reason, but she was by no means a fool. Gu Liyan had taken her compass; she wasn't worried about not being able to track him down, and she could clearly see that Gu Liyan obviously needed the compass!

That's right, Gu Liyan does need this compass; he wants to use it to find the whereabouts of the Demon Scorpion!

Gu Liyan wasn't afraid of Murong Xiaoxiao monitoring him; on the contrary, after learning that she was an exorcist, he hoped that she would notice him.

After all, the exorcists in this world pose no threat to him. Moreover, if he could use the exorcists to get rid of the Demon Scorpion, it would be a good choice!

Gu Liyan took out the compass and began to study it. Having once guarded the divine artifact Reincarnation Compass, Gu Liyan roughly knew how to use it.

Simply locating the demon doesn't require much magical power. Gu Liyan watched the compass in his hand spin rapidly before finally coming to a steady stop, the pointer pointing directly at him without any hesitation!

Gu Liyan was speechless. Sure enough, there was a bug when he used this thing!

There's no other way, let's wait for Fatty to come back and let him try!

Gu Liyan didn't expect that going out to find the fat man would lead him to Mu Qing's reincarnation. What was surprising was that her reincarnation had two souls, which was really baffling.

It seemed to be evening when the fat man sneaked back, just like last time, as wary as if he were being chased!

Du Xiu looked out the window and saw that no one was following him. He breathed a sigh of relief and nervously wiped his sweat. Before he could turn around, a hand patted his shoulder.

"Ahhh!" the fat man cried out in fright.

Gu Liyan said irritably, "What wrong have you done that makes you so timid?"

Upon hearing Gu Liyan's voice, the fat man realized that there was another big shot in his room!

"Sir, please don't scare me like that. I've been scared out of my wits all day!" the fat man said, letting out a sigh of relief.

"What are you doing, leaving so early every day and coming back so late?" Gu Liyan asked suspiciously.

"I took on a side job!" the fat man said in a low voice.

Gu Liyan said irritably, "I asked you to help me find the Scorpion, what kind of side job are you taking on! Do you even want to work for me anymore!"

Seeing that Gu Liyan was a little angry, the fat man hurriedly explained, "My lord, you don't know how big a commotion this lockdown of Central City has caused! Array masters, exorcists, wizards, warriors and all sorts of people have been mobilized!"

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