Chapter 56: ★Interspersed Extra★
This event happened before the attack on Xianju City by Junce…
In the tent, Qi Xiao frowned at the map before him. It had been three days, and Junce had made no move. What on earth are they up to…
Just as he was pondering, a lieutenant came to report, “General! Master Fu and Cult Leader Mu have gone out! This subordinate cannot find them!”
Qi Xiao gritted his teeth. He went out with Mu Linglong again?
For the past three days, Mu Linglong had either been studying how to perform the blood exchange or going out with Fu Yunzhi. He didn’t know where the two of them were sneaking off to, but they would be gone for hours at a time.
Although it was strange to be jealous of Mu Linglong, Qi Xiao was annoyed.
What are they doing going out alone? Why won’t they let me know? No matter how he coaxed and pestered, Fu Yunzhi wouldn’t say, acting all mysterious.
Wifey has a secret with someone else that I don’t know about…
Qi Xiao stopped looking at the map and just sat to the side, sulking.
A few hours later, the lieutenant came to report again. “General Qi! Master Fu has returned!”
Qi Xiao: “…” And where is he?
“General,” the lieutenant said, “please calm down first…”
“I am very calm,” Qi Xiao smiled. “Just say it. I’ll lose if I say a single curse word.”
So, the lieutenant said, “Master Fu said he had a lot of fun with Cult Leader Mu and plans to sleep in his tent tonight.”
“Damn it!” Qi Xiao flipped the table.
The lieutenant: “…”
He then watched as his general, his face as black as the bottom of a pot, stormed out of the tent. He walked so fast that the loose strands of hair on his own forehead even flew up as he passed.
Qi Xiao’s movements were so large that Mu Linglong heard him from a long way off…
“Cult Leader Mu!”
Seeing him striding towards him with such ferocity, Mu Linglong immediately said with great understanding, “Master Fu is in the western forest.”
“The western forest?” Isn’t that the small forest not far from the military camp? What is he doing there?
“General Qi,” Mu Linglong smiled, “there’s a surprise!”
In a certain part of the western forest, there was a grove of strange trees. They were strange because their leaves were red all year round. Now, in autumn, they were a brilliant red, enchanting and eerie, but exceptionally beautiful.
Seeing Qi Xiao, Fu Yunzhi smiled. “I was waiting for you.”
Noticing the sword in his hand, Qi Xiao asked, confused, “What are you planning to do?”
Fu Yunzhi pressed him down, making him sit, then walked a distance away, took a deep breath, and… swung his sword into the air!
Qi Xiao’s eyes widened. Yunzhi is performing a sword dance!
His movements had no real killing power, but they were beautiful. Of course, a sword dance was originally just for show.
The moonlight fell evenly on him and his sword. His dark hair and soft robes swayed with his movements.
He was dressed in red, a perfect match for the red leaves behind him. It was hard to say whether the forest enhanced his enchanting beauty, or if he made the forest more brilliant.
Although he was performing a sword dance, it was as if he were telling a story. When he began, he was hesitant, his moves playful and unexpected. Then, the force grew stronger and stronger. Suddenly, he leaped up, his sword cutting through the sky. The blade was sharp, his presence magnificent, like ten thousand horses thundering, like a dragon soaring in the sky. Then, the momentum of the sword weakened. The dragon rested, and the vast mountains and rivers became a gentle, trickling stream. When he sheathed his sword, only four words remained: still wanting more!
It was, in a word, a life told by a sword!
A bead of sweat fell from his forehead. Qi Xiao watched his fluid movements, his wholehearted performance, and felt as if he had drunk aged wine. He was intoxicated.
When the dance ended, Fu Yunzhi completed the series of movements and stood there, panting heavily.
Qi Xiao still hadn’t come back to his senses, just staring at him, mesmerized.
After an unknown amount of time, he stood up and, unable to control himself, lowered his head and kissed him fiercely. Fu Yunzhi felt as if he were about to be crushed by him, his lips and tongue roughly ravaged.
Seeing his face flush red and that he was almost out of breath, Qi Xiao slowly pulled away.
“Was it beautiful?” Fu Yunzhi panted, smiling as he asked.
Qi Xiao nodded like a pecking chicken.
“Were the moves beautiful, or was I beautiful?”
“Both were beautiful!”
Fu Yunzhi rested his head on Qi Xiao’s broad chest and said in a low voice, “Qi Xiao, no matter what I become in the future, you must remember how I look today. Only remember how I look today, okay?”
A pang went through Qi Xiao’s heart. He held the person in his arms and said, “Okay.”
“You must, must remember how I looked just now. You must carve it into your heart, into your bones, for a lifetime.”
“Don’t remember how I look when I’m not beautiful in the future…”
“Okay,” Qi Xiao said.
He knew that no matter what he did, he couldn’t erase the unease in Fu Yunzhi’s heart, because he loved him so much…
“Qi Xiao, your eyes are red. You’re not going to cry, are you…”
Qi Xiao’s large hand gently stroked his hair. “Mm, isn’t wifey going to comfort me?”
He could understand the content of Fu Yunzhi’s sword dance. A lifetime. From childhood to adulthood, from adulthood to old age, from old age to death, there had always been only one person. He was the only one in the past, and it would be the same in the future.
What have I ever done to deserve this, to have him cherish me so? And how many lifetimes of cultivation did it take to be as happy as I am at this moment? No matter how many hardships he had endured in his past life and this one, they were all canceled out in this moment.
“Yunzhi, you don’t know how much I like you. I can’t even describe it. I feel like it’s never enough! I’m going crazy…”
Fu Yunzhi lowered his head, his cheeks red.
Am I not the same?
The moonlight was beautiful, and the person was good.
