With Nie Chang learning how to use a flying sword and Su Yan trying to put theory into practice, time passed quickly and late afternoon finally arrived. With it, Xue Chang Fu dragged Yue Mu Gang over and happily stormed the Grandmaster’s palace.
"Senior martial brother! Xiao Hai! Are you ready? It’s time to go pl—" He coughed. "Time to go on our special mission in the Jin He City!" He craned his neck to pretend to look for them but instead glanced at Yue Mu Gang’s face. Ah, thankfully, the cranky old man hadn’t noticed his slip up.
Inside the palace, Su Yan’s eyes snapped open. He rushed to get up but his feet got entangled in his robe and he fell from the chair. He winced and rolled to the side, rubbing his leg. Ah! It hurt! Where was Nie Chang? Shouldn’t he come and comfort him?!
Nie Chang certainly would have done so but he had problems of his own. He had managed to learn how to use his flying sword and didn’t have trouble to put things into his spatial ring or get them out of it but seeing the two cultivators in front of the door, he still hesitated. Maybe they could get away if he found some excuse? But fooling two cultivators into leaving wouldn’t be easy. Not that pretending to be the Grandmaster in front of them would be any better.
Just when he tried to think of something, a pitiful looking figure came running over. He looked at him as if he had been wronged and tugged at his sleeve. "Ah … Master! I fell down!" Hurry and comfort me!
Su Yan’s eyes shimmered with expectations. Unfortunately, Nie Chang had no idea what to do. He wanted to placate his darling with a few words and maybe a kiss but he couldn’t do so in front of the Sect Master and Elder Yue, could he?
He cleared his throat and motioned over to the entrance. "The Sect Master and Elder Yue came." He looked at Su Yan intently, hoping that his little darling would get the hint.
Unfortunately … Su Yan furrowed his brows and looked at him even more wronged.
Nie Chang’s fingers twitched. He really wanted to pat Su Yan’s head and rub his back, ah! Just why were these two people standing there and watching this intently? In the end, he could only harden his heart and take out his flying sword. "If you’re ready, then let’s go."
Su Yan’s gaze darkened and very clearly communicated the thought 'I won’t talk to you for the next week!' He even turned away with a huff.
Nie Chang looked at his boyfriend, then at the sword in his hand, and sighed. "Since you’re injured, you can fly with Master."
Su Yan perked up. Fly? He turned back to Nie Chang with some hesitation.
Nie Chang held back a smile and imbued the flying sword with his spiritual energy. He stepped onto it and pulled Su Yan after him. His little darling clung to him like a koala, looking at the ground two steps below them with skepticism.
Yue Mu Gang watched the two of them but finally also took out his flying sword. As soon as he stepped onto it …
"Ah! I forgot to bring my flying sword!" Xue Chang Fu jumped onto the Elder’s back again.
Yue Mu Gang incredulously looked back only to be met with a pair of limpid eyes that cutely blinked at him. His expression blanked.
"You don’t have a problem with bringing me down to the city, do you, Ah Gang?"
"You forgot to bring your flying sword."
"Mn! It’s still at home. So be a darling and take me, yes?"
Yue Mu Gang turned away and took a deep breath. Even if he said no, this person wouldn’t let go. In the end, he just had the sword rise into the air and sped off toward the city.
Nie Chang wasn’t in a hurry to follow. He looked back at Su Yan, raising his brows to ask whether he was alright.
His little darling wasn’t paying attention though. "You know how to use a fly—"
Nie Chang clasped a hand over his mouth and motioned in the direction where Yue Mu Gang and the Sect Master had vanished.
Su Yan blinked, unable to understand what he wanted to say.
Nie Chang sighed. "OOC."
"Ah!" Su Yan hurriedly nodded. "I see, I see. Don’t worry about it. I will definitely not give us away!"
Nie Chang nodded and turned away before Su Yan could notice his skeptical look. "Your fall …"
Su Yan rubbed his cheek against his boyfriend’s back and smiled. So Nie Chang wasn’t as heartless as it had seemed! He had just been worried because there were other people around. Mn, it didn’t matter.
He craned his neck and kissed Nie Chang’s shoulder. "Don’t worry about me! I’m a cultivator now! Such a small fall won’t be anything to me!"
"That’s good then." Nie Chang patted the hands that were clinging to his waist and sighed.
Ah, he could only hope that flying together on a flying sword would give them a lot of experience points so that Su Yan could reach the next level soon. Otherwise, they would be put to trial in a few days at the very latest. In fact, just flying to the city with the other two might be enough. That Yue Mu Gang hadn’t let anything show from his expression but with the way he had watched them, it was clear that he was suspecting something. If he had more time, he would soon find a clear-enough fault in how they acted.
Nie Chang tried to glance at the person behind him again. "Did you bring something to make contact with the system?"
Su Yan didn’t answer but the way he tensed was response enough. Nie Chang sighed. Ah, he could only hope there was something in his spatial ring that would work. Otherwise, they might miss opportunities.
