“None of that nonsense!” Azureclad turned beet red and hectored, “Crimsonclad and I have gone through life and death together. Our families are also friends as well! What is wrong with the two of us discussing cultivation and dao together?”

“So have the Champion Duke and I gone through life and death together!” Qing Ting wasn’t going to accept his explanation so easily. “What, are you the only one allowed to have friends?”

Azureclad had the sudden misconception that the cutely naive Qing Ting was filling out her wings and no longer needed him anymore. When he came back to his senses, his sister had already taken Lu Yun’s arm and dragged him into the city lord’s manor.

“Your Grace,” commented a disgruntled young man dressed in traditional Chinese garb. “Do we let that Champion Duke go inside just like that?”

“And you!” Steaming mad, Azureclad rounded on the young man next to him. “Don’t you dare think about my sister!”

The young man blinked and fell quiet with embarrassment.

……

“Where are my crystals...