Chapter 471: Eating (1/2)

As the saying went, better safe than sorry.

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“Big bro, your fifth promotion quest sure is epic…” Beiming Xue said smilingly while sticking close to me.

I nodded in agreement. “It’s okay…”

Murong Mingyue complained, “Okay, my ass! This is torture, dammit. My period just came a couple of days ago, and now I’m forced to stay online for over half a day without pause! What’s going to happen to me!”

I couldn’t hold back a chuckle as I looked back at her. “Relax, sis, I’m sure it won’t leak. The quality of May Flower tissue papers is pretty good these days…”

“Pretty good, my ass! Every last one of them is like a heartless businessman!” Murong Mingyue swore frigidly. She must’ve suffered a lot to show such a reaction.

Meanwhile, Beiming Xue was desperately trying to hold in her laughter.

I said, “Don’t laugh. If sis gets angry and decides to ravage you, I’m not going to help you…”

“Sure, I won’t laugh! Hehe…”

“When was your last period, Beiming?”

“12th last month.”

“Oh? It’s the 11th today. Isn’t that just perfect…”

“...”

I felt better than ever as I continued to make fun of the girls while being surrounded by the valiant warriors of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls. With an army like this, who could say we didn’t have the right to conquer the world? Tsk tsk.

It was at this moment He Yi returned to us and got off her horse. She canceled her mount and walked beside me.

“Lu Chen.”

“Hmm?”

“When was the last time you went back home?” she asked with a blink.

“Er…” I answered a bit awkwardly, “Haven’t been there since the last time we went there together. I did call him a few times though…”

He Yi curled her lips. “You really don’t know how to be a good son… oh well. I have the time anyway. Once this Coldblade War is over, let’s take two days off, go back to your hometown, and visit your father again. Recently, you’ve been spending all day and night working in the office or playing games in the workshop. You’ll crumble if you don’t take a break every once in a while. Let’s also take this opportunity to explore the landscapes around your house, alright?”

Beiming Xue hugged my arm excitedly before I could even say anything. “I want to go too big bro!”

Murong Mingyue pursed her lips. “Sigh, if everyone’s going then I suppose I can make the trip as well. Hey, does your family raise chickens, Lu Chen? I want to eat cooked free-range chicken with facing heaven pepper in it…”

“Fuck, you greedy bastard. You’re gonna make me pay that much to eat at your place?”

It was at this moment Xu Yang moved closer to us with a look of terror on his face. “What did you say, Mingyue? You want to pay Lu Chen to eat him? I… I… heavens, Du Thirteen once told me that this world is full of debauchery, and I didn’t believe him. I also thought that Lu Chen and boss are made for each other, but the two of you are… I’ll never believe in love anymore!”

Murong Mingyue hit Xu Yang’s head once with her scepter and scolded him, “What the hell are you talking about, you simple-minded fool! You can’t even hear a dialogue without misinterpreting words, and you dare talk about love!? Hmph! Who told you I want to eat Lu Chen?!”

She then shot me a grudgeful look. “He would turn me down anyway even if I asked nicely…”

Xu Yang foamed at the mouth and died. I survived because my resistance was greatly improved due to prolonged contact with Murong Mingyue. I could handle her even if we were engaged in a most heinous conversation while she was in her invincible mode.

He Yi giggled. Grabbing onto my hand with one hand and Murong Mingyue’s with the other, she declared, “Alright, it’s decided. Once the Coldblade War is over, we’ll spend a day to prepare and travel to Lu Chen’s house together. We’ll visit uncle and temporarily free our thoughts from work and leveling.”

I nodded. “Okay. I’ll give him a call later.”

“No!”

But He Yi stopped me and said, “If you call uncle now, he’ll stress himself out trying to prepare for our arrival! We don’t want to burden him more than he already is, right? We should only call him when we’re ten minutes away from reaching the house. This way, he won’t have time to prepare the rooms, and he’ll have to leave it all to us. We should also buy our food and drinks beforehand before we head over.”

“Okay!” I smiled at her. Truth be told, I didn’t want to trouble my father either. He had worked hard enough his whole life. As a son, my only job now was to keep him comfortable as much as I could.

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Over an hour later, we arrived at the foot of Sky City. We gazed at the floating from the ground and noted that the rocks that made up the path to its entrance were crawling with all kinds of Night Creatures. Moreover, our return scrolls were useless because the magic formation had already been destroyed.