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@consumerofleplays
Since thereâs a couple new people with eyes on this blog
Svsss is my main fandom and I have the best characterization for those characters. I'll also do tgcf, mdzs, married thrice to salted fish, twisted wonderland, honkai star rail, and genshin impact
I am currently open for roleplaying but responses will be slow due to college being crazy
Please only request a roleplay if you are 18+, Iâm not comfortable doing things with minors
Iâm still on my internship so replies may be sporadic but the brainrot is getting to be too much
Iâm looking for anyone willing to do Project Hail Mary roleplays! I do have a broad situation in mind but Iâm open to discussion.
Any pairing or dynamic works. Preferably canon & canon. That can be Grace & Rocky platonic or romantic, Grockdrian (personally love this as a qpr with aroace Grace), or even bloodymary (though I have yet to watch iron lung. Itâll happen soon, trust)
Fluff/angst/smut is all fine. Prefer 1-2 paragraphs but shorter/longer depending on situation works. I prefer discord or tumblr dms. 18+ only. Message me on this post or in dms to work out details
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Shen Jiu woke up with a start. Flashes of pain and hands grabbing at him drifted through his mind from the nightmare. He looked around the unfamiliar room. It was too unsettling. Shen Jiu got up and quietly padded out into the rest of Qi-ge's house.
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Considering Shen Jiu was currently hiding something very large, there was no way that he was going to allow this to be turned back on him. "If there's no need to fight Liu Qingge doesn't have to be so hostile," he hissed. "So afraid of my presence?"
@consumerofleplays
"Hardly afraid!" He snapped back. "I know what you get up to. I'm not about to let you stroll around my peak. You would do the same with Qing Jing!"
@ask-yue-qingyuan
"That's enough, Liu-shidi!" Yue Qingyuan snaps, stepping forward. "I am accompanying him, so please stop this bickering."
"That's right," Shen Jiu said with triumph flashing in his eyes. "I am here with Qi-ge. You cannot stop the sect leader."
@consumerofleplays
Liu Qingge whirled on the sect leader, only his respect for the man keeping him restrained. "Zhangmen-shixiong, what are you doing here?" He demanded. "And why does Shen Qingqiu want to come here so badly?!"
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Yue Qingyuan sighs. "Is it a crime for the second Peak Lord to visit your peak?"
Second? Hm, so he was only second to Qi-ge. Good. Shen Jiu rose his head proudly.
@consumerofleplays
"It's not a crime," he relented. "But it's suspicious he would come with the sect leader as a bodyguard when he normally turns up his nose at my peak."
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Yue Qingyuan purses his lips. "So what is the issue?"
@shenjiuroleplay
"He's afraid I'll poke my nose in and find something he doesn't want me to see," Shen Jiu sneered.
@consumerofleplays
"The issue is I don't know why he came here of all places!" He hissed. "There's hardly anything to hide."
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Yue Qingyuan resists the urge to sigh. "Shidis..."
@shenjiuroleplay
"I came because I wanted to," Shen Jiu shot back. There was no way he was revealing it was an accident.
@consumerofleplays
Liu Qingge folded his arms over his chest. âIf youâre walking around on this peak, Iâm coming with you. Otherwise, leave,â he said firmly.
@ask-yue-qingyuan
"Is Liu-shidi questioning my authority?"
@shenjiuroleplay
Shen Jiu fumbled for a moment before flicking his fan open. Better. He peered at Liu Qingge watching him.
@consumerofleplays
Liu Qingge frowned at the sect leader. âIs Zhangmen Shixiong questioning mine? You are the sect leader but this is my peak.â
@ask-yue-qingyuan
"Liu-shidi," Yue Qingyuan sighs.
@shenjiuroleplay
"No, we can go," Shen Jiu said benevolently. "I recognize when someone is too mindless to argue with."
@consumerofleplays
Liu Qingge bristled but didnât argue further, just glad to be kicking them out. âGood. Iâm too busy to deal with you bothering me.â
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Shen Jiu woke up with a start. Flashes of pain and hands grabbing at him drifted through his mind from the nightmare. He looked around the unfamiliar room. It was too unsettling. Shen Jiu got up and quietly padded out into the rest of Qi-ge's house.
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Considering Shen Jiu was currently hiding something very large, there was no way that he was going to allow this to be turned back on him. "If there's no need to fight Liu Qingge doesn't have to be so hostile," he hissed. "So afraid of my presence?"
@consumerofleplays
"Hardly afraid!" He snapped back. "I know what you get up to. I'm not about to let you stroll around my peak. You would do the same with Qing Jing!"
@ask-yue-qingyuan
"That's enough, Liu-shidi!" Yue Qingyuan snaps, stepping forward. "I am accompanying him, so please stop this bickering."
"That's right," Shen Jiu said with triumph flashing in his eyes. "I am here with Qi-ge. You cannot stop the sect leader."
@consumerofleplays
Liu Qingge whirled on the sect leader, only his respect for the man keeping him restrained. "Zhangmen-shixiong, what are you doing here?" He demanded. "And why does Shen Qingqiu want to come here so badly?!"
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Yue Qingyuan sighs. "Is it a crime for the second Peak Lord to visit your peak?"
Second? Hm, so he was only second to Qi-ge. Good. Shen Jiu rose his head proudly.
@consumerofleplays
"It's not a crime," he relented. "But it's suspicious he would come with the sect leader as a bodyguard when he normally turns up his nose at my peak."
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Yue Qingyuan purses his lips. "So what is the issue?"
@shenjiuroleplay
"He's afraid I'll poke my nose in and find something he doesn't want me to see," Shen Jiu sneered.
@consumerofleplays
"The issue is I don't know why he came here of all places!" He hissed. "There's hardly anything to hide."
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Yue Qingyuan resists the urge to sigh. "Shidis..."
@shenjiuroleplay
"I came because I wanted to," Shen Jiu shot back. There was no way he was revealing it was an accident.
@consumerofleplays
Liu Qingge folded his arms over his chest. âIf youâre walking around on this peak, Iâm coming with you. Otherwise, leave,â he said firmly.
@ask-yue-qingyuan
"Is Liu-shidi questioning my authority?"
@shenjiuroleplay
Shen Jiu fumbled for a moment before flicking his fan open. Better. He peered at Liu Qingge watching him.
@consumerofleplays
Liu Qingge frowned at the sect leader. âIs Zhangmen Shixiong questioning mine? You are the sect leader but this is my peak.â
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Shen Jiu woke up with a start. Flashes of pain and hands grabbing at him drifted through his mind from the nightmare. He looked around the unfamiliar room. It was too unsettling. Shen Jiu got up and quietly padded out into the rest of Qi-ge's house.
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Considering Shen Jiu was currently hiding something very large, there was no way that he was going to allow this to be turned back on him. "If there's no need to fight Liu Qingge doesn't have to be so hostile," he hissed. "So afraid of my presence?"
@consumerofleplays
"Hardly afraid!" He snapped back. "I know what you get up to. I'm not about to let you stroll around my peak. You would do the same with Qing Jing!"
@ask-yue-qingyuan
"That's enough, Liu-shidi!" Yue Qingyuan snaps, stepping forward. "I am accompanying him, so please stop this bickering."
"That's right," Shen Jiu said with triumph flashing in his eyes. "I am here with Qi-ge. You cannot stop the sect leader."
@consumerofleplays
Liu Qingge whirled on the sect leader, only his respect for the man keeping him restrained. "Zhangmen-shixiong, what are you doing here?" He demanded. "And why does Shen Qingqiu want to come here so badly?!"
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Yue Qingyuan sighs. "Is it a crime for the second Peak Lord to visit your peak?"
Second? Hm, so he was only second to Qi-ge. Good. Shen Jiu rose his head proudly.
@consumerofleplays
"It's not a crime," he relented. "But it's suspicious he would come with the sect leader as a bodyguard when he normally turns up his nose at my peak."
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Yue Qingyuan purses his lips. "So what is the issue?"
@shenjiuroleplay
"He's afraid I'll poke my nose in and find something he doesn't want me to see," Shen Jiu sneered.
@consumerofleplays
"The issue is I don't know why he came here of all places!" He hissed. "There's hardly anything to hide."
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Yue Qingyuan resists the urge to sigh. "Shidis..."
@shenjiuroleplay
"I came because I wanted to," Shen Jiu shot back. There was no way he was revealing it was an accident.
@consumerofleplays
Liu Qingge folded his arms over his chest. âIf youâre walking around on this peak, Iâm coming with you. Otherwise, leave,â he said firmly.
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Shen Jiu woke up with a start. Flashes of pain and hands grabbing at him drifted through his mind from the nightmare. He looked around the unfamiliar room. It was too unsettling. Shen Jiu got up and quietly padded out into the rest of Qi-ge's house.
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Considering Shen Jiu was currently hiding something very large, there was no way that he was going to allow this to be turned back on him. "If there's no need to fight Liu Qingge doesn't have to be so hostile," he hissed. "So afraid of my presence?"
@consumerofleplays
"Hardly afraid!" He snapped back. "I know what you get up to. I'm not about to let you stroll around my peak. You would do the same with Qing Jing!"
@ask-yue-qingyuan
"That's enough, Liu-shidi!" Yue Qingyuan snaps, stepping forward. "I am accompanying him, so please stop this bickering."
"That's right," Shen Jiu said with triumph flashing in his eyes. "I am here with Qi-ge. You cannot stop the sect leader."
@consumerofleplays
Liu Qingge whirled on the sect leader, only his respect for the man keeping him restrained. "Zhangmen-shixiong, what are you doing here?" He demanded. "And why does Shen Qingqiu want to come here so badly?!"
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Yue Qingyuan sighs. "Is it a crime for the second Peak Lord to visit your peak?"
Second? Hm, so he was only second to Qi-ge. Good. Shen Jiu rose his head proudly.
@consumerofleplays
"It's not a crime," he relented. "But it's suspicious he would come with the sect leader as a bodyguard when he normally turns up his nose at my peak."
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Yue Qingyuan purses his lips. "So what is the issue?"
@shenjiuroleplay
"He's afraid I'll poke my nose in and find something he doesn't want me to see," Shen Jiu sneered.
@consumerofleplays
"The issue is I don't know why he came here of all places!" He hissed. "There's hardly anything to hide."
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Shen Jiu woke up with a start. Flashes of pain and hands grabbing at him drifted through his mind from the nightmare. He looked around the unfamiliar room. It was too unsettling. Shen Jiu got up and quietly padded out into the rest of Qi-ge's house.
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Considering Shen Jiu was currently hiding something very large, there was no way that he was going to allow this to be turned back on him. "If there's no need to fight Liu Qingge doesn't have to be so hostile," he hissed. "So afraid of my presence?"
@consumerofleplays
"Hardly afraid!" He snapped back. "I know what you get up to. I'm not about to let you stroll around my peak. You would do the same with Qing Jing!"
@ask-yue-qingyuan
"That's enough, Liu-shidi!" Yue Qingyuan snaps, stepping forward. "I am accompanying him, so please stop this bickering."
"That's right," Shen Jiu said with triumph flashing in his eyes. "I am here with Qi-ge. You cannot stop the sect leader."
@consumerofleplays
Liu Qingge whirled on the sect leader, only his respect for the man keeping him restrained. "Zhangmen-shixiong, what are you doing here?" He demanded. "And why does Shen Qingqiu want to come here so badly?!"
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Yue Qingyuan sighs. "Is it a crime for the second Peak Lord to visit your peak?"
Second? Hm, so he was only second to Qi-ge. Good. Shen Jiu rose his head proudly.
@consumerofleplays
"It's not a crime," he relented. "But it's suspicious he would come with the sect leader as a bodyguard when he normally turns up his nose at my peak."
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Shen Jiu woke up with a start. Flashes of pain and hands grabbing at him drifted through his mind from the nightmare. He looked around the unfamiliar room. It was too unsettling. Shen Jiu got up and quietly padded out into the rest of Qi-ge's house.
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Considering Shen Jiu was currently hiding something very large, there was no way that he was going to allow this to be turned back on him. "If there's no need to fight Liu Qingge doesn't have to be so hostile," he hissed. "So afraid of my presence?"
@consumerofleplays
"Hardly afraid!" He snapped back. "I know what you get up to. I'm not about to let you stroll around my peak. You would do the same with Qing Jing!"
@ask-yue-qingyuan
"That's enough, Liu-shidi!" Yue Qingyuan snaps, stepping forward. "I am accompanying him, so please stop this bickering."
"That's right," Shen Jiu said with triumph flashing in his eyes. "I am here with Qi-ge. You cannot stop the sect leader."
@consumerofleplays
Liu Qingge whirled on the sect leader, only his respect for the man keeping him restrained. "Zhangmen-shixiong, what are you doing here?" He demanded. "And why does Shen Qingqiu want to come here so badly?!"
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Shen Jiu woke up with a start. Flashes of pain and hands grabbing at him drifted through his mind from the nightmare. He looked around the unfamiliar room. It was too unsettling. Shen Jiu got up and quietly padded out into the rest of Qi-ge's house.
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Considering Shen Jiu was currently hiding something very large, there was no way that he was going to allow this to be turned back on him. "If there's no need to fight Liu Qingge doesn't have to be so hostile," he hissed. "So afraid of my presence?"
@consumerofleplays
"Hardly afraid!" He snapped back. "I know what you get up to. I'm not about to let you stroll around my peak. You would do the same with Qing Jing!"
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Shen Jiu woke up with a start. Flashes of pain and hands grabbing at him drifted through his mind from the nightmare. He looked around the unfamiliar room. It was too unsettling. Shen Jiu got up and quietly padded out into the rest of Qi-ge's house.
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Yue Qingyuan is nowhere to be found. Shen Qingqiu has to pester a nearby disciple for his whereabouts, which are the public cold springs.
Shen Jiu is deeply uncomfortable seeking Qi-ge out. Calling him Zhangmeng-shixiong when speaking to a disciple helped. He really needed to find his full name. Right now though, the emptiness was chasing him. He stood at the edge of the cold springs. "Qi-ge."
Yue Qingyuan jumps and turns around, startled by both the nickname and the approach. "Xiao-Jiu?!" he exclaims, staring at Shen Qingqiu with wide eyes. Thankfully, he's waist deep in the water and slightly behind some mossy rocks, but he is naked.
Shen Jiu's gaze dropped down to the exposed chest. Firm, broad, radiating strength. He flushed a bright red. "You're-you're in public!"
Yue Qingyuan can only stand there awkwardly, unable to move to fetch a towel for fear of being exposed. "Why did you come to me? I'm bathing!"
"In public!" Shen Jiu repeated still staring.
"These aren't technically public," Yue Qingyuan protests. "They're only for teachers on Qiong Ding."
"You wash with the other teachers?" Shen Jiu's eyes narrowed in jealousy.
Yue Qingyuan frowns. "Not necessarily..."
Shen Jiu frowned and shivered. "How long are you going to be?"
"I'm almost done. If you could leave so I could dry off...?"
Shen Jiu turned around and hurried away to wait around a bend in the path.
Yue Qingyuan hurriedly wraps a towel around his waist, then pats at his chest and arms.
"Are you done yet shixiong?"
Yue Qingyuan throws his clothes over his shoulder. "Yes."
Shen Jiu turned back around to face him again. He was still pink from seeing his bare body. He reminded himself that while he didn't remember, he was in a relationship with Qi-ge. This had to be fine.
"Apologies for being so... unprepared," Yue Qingyuan mumbles, shyly rubbing the back of his neck.
"You left too early," Shen Jiu accused.
"You usually sleep in on free days."
Did he? It seemed likely, the bed was very soft. "I didn't today," he grumbled.
Yue Qingyuan smiles wryly. "Of course."
"Stay close today," Shen Jiu half asked half ordered. He felt safe around Qi-ge. It would chase off the last of the nightmare.
The anxiety in Shen Qingqiu's tone makes him frown. "Alright," he agrees.
Shen Jiu relaxed at the easy agreement. He grabbed onto Qi-ge and tugged him along with him back to the house.
Yue Qingyuan lets himself be pulled along.
"You need to make breakfast for me," Shen Jiu told him.
"Me?" Yue Qingyuan repeats, surprised. "Why not get breakfast from the kitchens?"
"I want you to make it," Shen Jiu said stubbornly. He knew Qi-ge. He didn't know these strangers.
"Ah, I'll try my best," Yue Qingyuan promises helplessly. It's going to be bad.
"Good." Shen Jiu lead the way right to the kitchen and settled in to watch Qi-ge make them food.
Yue Qingyuan makes simple congee with scallions and pickled radish, and picks out a few quail eggs to boil. It's not the same quality as from the kitchens, but it is good.
When the breakfast is ready Shen Jiu settles in and nibbles away at the food without a single care.
Yue Qingyuan smiles, happy his simple meal is enough to please the usually picky Shen Qingqiu. He can only make basic dishes.
"What are you doing today?" Shen Jiu asked. He turned his tea cup slowly in his hands.
Yue Qingyuan pours him more tea. "I don't have anything scheduled today." A half-truthâhe'd cleared his schedule for the day, uncaring of what he was supposed to do.
Shen Jiu nodded. He thought carefully trying to think of what he could suggest. "We should walk the sect. Since you are the sect leader." How suspicious was this suggestion?
Thankfully for Shen Jiu, sometimes he would pettily take up any of Yue Qingyuan's free time with useless activities like just wandering around, so he only smiles and nods. "Of course. Would Xiao-Jiu like to go down the peak?"
"We'll walk the entire sect." And give him a subtle chance to learn where things are laid out.
Yue Qingyuan agrees easily. "I'm glad Xiao-Jiu is up for something like that today."
"It was just a minor deviation," Shen Jiu brushed off. His missing memories notwithstanding he was fine.
Yue Qingyuan nods without challenging the statement.
Shen Jiu walked down hiding behind his fan and following Yue Qingyuan's lead. This sect was very large. At least there was little doubt he would lack anything.
Yue Qingyuan follows behind quietly.
This was a problem. Shen Jiu did not in fact know where things were in this sect. He could only walk with false confidence and hope he wasn't seeming strange. His grip on his fan tightened and he shifted closer to Qi-ge.
Yue Qingyuan glances at him. "Do you need something?"
"No," Shen Jiu replied quickly. He was fine.
Yue Qingyuan gives him a concerned glance.
Shen Jiu tensed. He was giving off the wrong signals. "What?" He didn't know how to fake this!
"Ah, nothing."
Shen Jiu clutched his fan more tightly. "If Zhangmeng-shixiong has an opinion he should share it."
"I... was just thinking about how affectionate Xiao-Jiu has been recently," Yue Qingyuan admits bashfully.
Shen Jiu stiffened. They must have fought before the qi deviation. "You're still not forgiven."
Yue Qingyuan freezes and immediately runs through what he had done recently. "Oh. Ah, my... my apologies."
Shen Jiu eyed Qi-ge and nodded. "I'll consider it if you get an appropriate gift."
Shen Qingqiu continues walking, which further confuses Yue Qingyuan. "Alright..."
Shen Jiu reached over to tug Qi-ge up to keep following.
Yue Qingyuan lets himself be pulled, still trying to remember what he could have done in the last day or so. The bath? The room? The food...?
Shen Jiu noticed none of that as they wandered onto Bai Zhan.
@consumerofleplays
The war god of Bai Zhan was currently in the central training field of Bai Zhan running through his regular set of forms. The training dummy he was pitted against had long been reduced to a pile of splinters and rope, forcing him to use the air where it sat as a target instead.
A disciple scrambled onto the field, keeping their distance as they announced the sect leader's presence on the peak. Immediately, Liu Qingge stilled and sheathed his blade. He was still sweaty and slightly unkempt, but he trusted his shixiong to excuse the rudeness as he always did. He departed in search of the man immediately.
Yue Qingyuan is bracing himself for a cat fight because of Shen Qingqiu making a beeline for Bai Zhan peak. "Liu-shidi," he greets carefully.
@shenjiuroleplay
Shen Jiu scanned over the unkempt man that came before him. He had pretty features, but was clearly careless of his appearance. From Qi-ge's words it seemed he was a fellow peak lord. Shen Jiu had to work alongside this? He kept his expression as neutral as he could and nodded at Liu-shidi. "Liu shidi," he said calmly.
@consumerofleplays
"Zhangmen-shixiong." Liu Qingge nodded a respectful greeting to the sect leader before turning his attention to his oddly neutral shixiong. "...Shen Qingqiu. What brings the two of you to Bai Zhan?"
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Yue Qingyuan subtly tries to keep Shen Qingqiu behind him. "Xiao-Jiu wanted to take a walk. He's free to go where he likes, you know."
Oh, he didn't get along with Liu shidi? Good to know. "I can cross this peak as much as I wish," Shen Jiu agreed. "Even if it is full of brutes."
@consumerofleplays
"Shen Qingqiu isn't a dog that needs to be walked." The fact that the Qing Jing peak lord decided to peruse the place casually was deeply suspicious. "Every time he comes, it's to pick a fight."
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Yue Qingyuan frowns. "Shidi, don't instigate."
@shenjiuroleplay
So it seemed he had a courtesy name. Shen Jiu had been correct in guessing how intimate he was with Qi-ge with the nickname. Someone who wasn't close to him would never be allowed to call him that way.
"I would leave you alone more if you weren't so insistent on acting like you're hiding something," Shen Jiu pushed arrogantly.
@consumerofleplays
That had Liu Qingge puffing up in offense. "I am not the one hiding things," he snapped. "I have been nothing but honest with this sect, which cannot be said for you."
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Shen Jiu woke up with a start. Flashes of pain and hands grabbing at him drifted through his mind from the nightmare. He looked around the unfamiliar room. It was too unsettling. Shen Jiu got up and quietly padded out into the rest of Qi-ge's house.
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Yue Qingyuan is nowhere to be found. Shen Qingqiu has to pester a nearby disciple for his whereabouts, which are the public cold springs.
Shen Jiu is deeply uncomfortable seeking Qi-ge out. Calling him Zhangmeng-shixiong when speaking to a disciple helped. He really needed to find his full name. Right now though, the emptiness was chasing him. He stood at the edge of the cold springs. "Qi-ge."
Yue Qingyuan jumps and turns around, startled by both the nickname and the approach. "Xiao-Jiu?!" he exclaims, staring at Shen Qingqiu with wide eyes. Thankfully, he's waist deep in the water and slightly behind some mossy rocks, but he is naked.
Shen Jiu's gaze dropped down to the exposed chest. Firm, broad, radiating strength. He flushed a bright red. "You're-you're in public!"
Yue Qingyuan can only stand there awkwardly, unable to move to fetch a towel for fear of being exposed. "Why did you come to me? I'm bathing!"
"In public!" Shen Jiu repeated still staring.
"These aren't technically public," Yue Qingyuan protests. "They're only for teachers on Qiong Ding."
"You wash with the other teachers?" Shen Jiu's eyes narrowed in jealousy.
Yue Qingyuan frowns. "Not necessarily..."
Shen Jiu frowned and shivered. "How long are you going to be?"
"I'm almost done. If you could leave so I could dry off...?"
Shen Jiu turned around and hurried away to wait around a bend in the path.
Yue Qingyuan hurriedly wraps a towel around his waist, then pats at his chest and arms.
"Are you done yet shixiong?"
Yue Qingyuan throws his clothes over his shoulder. "Yes."
Shen Jiu turned back around to face him again. He was still pink from seeing his bare body. He reminded himself that while he didn't remember, he was in a relationship with Qi-ge. This had to be fine.
"Apologies for being so... unprepared," Yue Qingyuan mumbles, shyly rubbing the back of his neck.
"You left too early," Shen Jiu accused.
"You usually sleep in on free days."
Did he? It seemed likely, the bed was very soft. "I didn't today," he grumbled.
Yue Qingyuan smiles wryly. "Of course."
"Stay close today," Shen Jiu half asked half ordered. He felt safe around Qi-ge. It would chase off the last of the nightmare.
The anxiety in Shen Qingqiu's tone makes him frown. "Alright," he agrees.
Shen Jiu relaxed at the easy agreement. He grabbed onto Qi-ge and tugged him along with him back to the house.
Yue Qingyuan lets himself be pulled along.
"You need to make breakfast for me," Shen Jiu told him.
"Me?" Yue Qingyuan repeats, surprised. "Why not get breakfast from the kitchens?"
"I want you to make it," Shen Jiu said stubbornly. He knew Qi-ge. He didn't know these strangers.
"Ah, I'll try my best," Yue Qingyuan promises helplessly. It's going to be bad.
"Good." Shen Jiu lead the way right to the kitchen and settled in to watch Qi-ge make them food.
Yue Qingyuan makes simple congee with scallions and pickled radish, and picks out a few quail eggs to boil. It's not the same quality as from the kitchens, but it is good.
When the breakfast is ready Shen Jiu settles in and nibbles away at the food without a single care.
Yue Qingyuan smiles, happy his simple meal is enough to please the usually picky Shen Qingqiu. He can only make basic dishes.
"What are you doing today?" Shen Jiu asked. He turned his tea cup slowly in his hands.
Yue Qingyuan pours him more tea. "I don't have anything scheduled today." A half-truthâhe'd cleared his schedule for the day, uncaring of what he was supposed to do.
Shen Jiu nodded. He thought carefully trying to think of what he could suggest. "We should walk the sect. Since you are the sect leader." How suspicious was this suggestion?
Thankfully for Shen Jiu, sometimes he would pettily take up any of Yue Qingyuan's free time with useless activities like just wandering around, so he only smiles and nods. "Of course. Would Xiao-Jiu like to go down the peak?"
"We'll walk the entire sect." And give him a subtle chance to learn where things are laid out.
Yue Qingyuan agrees easily. "I'm glad Xiao-Jiu is up for something like that today."
"It was just a minor deviation," Shen Jiu brushed off. His missing memories notwithstanding he was fine.
Yue Qingyuan nods without challenging the statement.
Shen Jiu walked down hiding behind his fan and following Yue Qingyuan's lead. This sect was very large. At least there was little doubt he would lack anything.
Yue Qingyuan follows behind quietly.
This was a problem. Shen Jiu did not in fact know where things were in this sect. He could only walk with false confidence and hope he wasn't seeming strange. His grip on his fan tightened and he shifted closer to Qi-ge.
Yue Qingyuan glances at him. "Do you need something?"
"No," Shen Jiu replied quickly. He was fine.
Yue Qingyuan gives him a concerned glance.
Shen Jiu tensed. He was giving off the wrong signals. "What?" He didn't know how to fake this!
"Ah, nothing."
Shen Jiu clutched his fan more tightly. "If Zhangmeng-shixiong has an opinion he should share it."
"I... was just thinking about how affectionate Xiao-Jiu has been recently," Yue Qingyuan admits bashfully.
Shen Jiu stiffened. They must have fought before the qi deviation. "You're still not forgiven."
Yue Qingyuan freezes and immediately runs through what he had done recently. "Oh. Ah, my... my apologies."
Shen Jiu eyed Qi-ge and nodded. "I'll consider it if you get an appropriate gift."
Shen Qingqiu continues walking, which further confuses Yue Qingyuan. "Alright..."
Shen Jiu reached over to tug Qi-ge up to keep following.
Yue Qingyuan lets himself be pulled, still trying to remember what he could have done in the last day or so. The bath? The room? The food...?
Shen Jiu noticed none of that as they wandered onto Bai Zhan.
@consumerofleplays
The war god of Bai Zhan was currently in the central training field of Bai Zhan running through his regular set of forms. The training dummy he was pitted against had long been reduced to a pile of splinters and rope, forcing him to use the air where it sat as a target instead.
A disciple scrambled onto the field, keeping their distance as they announced the sect leader's presence on the peak. Immediately, Liu Qingge stilled and sheathed his blade. He was still sweaty and slightly unkempt, but he trusted his shixiong to excuse the rudeness as he always did. He departed in search of the man immediately.
Yue Qingyuan is bracing himself for a cat fight because of Shen Qingqiu making a beeline for Bai Zhan peak. "Liu-shidi," he greets carefully.
@shenjiuroleplay
Shen Jiu scanned over the unkempt man that came before him. He had pretty features, but was clearly careless of his appearance. From Qi-ge's words it seemed he was a fellow peak lord. Shen Jiu had to work alongside this? He kept his expression as neutral as he could and nodded at Liu-shidi. "Liu shidi," he said calmly.
@consumerofleplays
"Zhangmen-shixiong." Liu Qingge nodded a respectful greeting to the sect leader before turning his attention to his oddly neutral shixiong. "...Shen Qingqiu. What brings the two of you to Bai Zhan?"
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Yue Qingyuan subtly tries to keep Shen Qingqiu behind him. "Xiao-Jiu wanted to take a walk. He's free to go where he likes, you know."
Oh, he didn't get along with Liu shidi? Good to know. "I can cross this peak as much as I wish," Shen Jiu agreed. "Even if it is full of brutes."
@consumerofleplays
"Shen Qingqiu isn't a dog that needs to be walked." The fact that the Qing Jing peak lord decided to peruse the place casually was deeply suspicious. "Every time he comes, it's to pick a fight."
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Shen Jiu woke up with a start. Flashes of pain and hands grabbing at him drifted through his mind from the nightmare. He looked around the unfamiliar room. It was too unsettling. Shen Jiu got up and quietly padded out into the rest of Qi-ge's house.
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Yue Qingyuan is nowhere to be found. Shen Qingqiu has to pester a nearby disciple for his whereabouts, which are the public cold springs.
Shen Jiu is deeply uncomfortable seeking Qi-ge out. Calling him Zhangmeng-shixiong when speaking to a disciple helped. He really needed to find his full name. Right now though, the emptiness was chasing him. He stood at the edge of the cold springs. "Qi-ge."
Yue Qingyuan jumps and turns around, startled by both the nickname and the approach. "Xiao-Jiu?!" he exclaims, staring at Shen Qingqiu with wide eyes. Thankfully, he's waist deep in the water and slightly behind some mossy rocks, but he is naked.
Shen Jiu's gaze dropped down to the exposed chest. Firm, broad, radiating strength. He flushed a bright red. "You're-you're in public!"
Yue Qingyuan can only stand there awkwardly, unable to move to fetch a towel for fear of being exposed. "Why did you come to me? I'm bathing!"
"In public!" Shen Jiu repeated still staring.
"These aren't technically public," Yue Qingyuan protests. "They're only for teachers on Qiong Ding."
"You wash with the other teachers?" Shen Jiu's eyes narrowed in jealousy.
Yue Qingyuan frowns. "Not necessarily..."
Shen Jiu frowned and shivered. "How long are you going to be?"
"I'm almost done. If you could leave so I could dry off...?"
Shen Jiu turned around and hurried away to wait around a bend in the path.
Yue Qingyuan hurriedly wraps a towel around his waist, then pats at his chest and arms.
"Are you done yet shixiong?"
Yue Qingyuan throws his clothes over his shoulder. "Yes."
Shen Jiu turned back around to face him again. He was still pink from seeing his bare body. He reminded himself that while he didn't remember, he was in a relationship with Qi-ge. This had to be fine.
"Apologies for being so... unprepared," Yue Qingyuan mumbles, shyly rubbing the back of his neck.
"You left too early," Shen Jiu accused.
"You usually sleep in on free days."
Did he? It seemed likely, the bed was very soft. "I didn't today," he grumbled.
Yue Qingyuan smiles wryly. "Of course."
"Stay close today," Shen Jiu half asked half ordered. He felt safe around Qi-ge. It would chase off the last of the nightmare.
The anxiety in Shen Qingqiu's tone makes him frown. "Alright," he agrees.
Shen Jiu relaxed at the easy agreement. He grabbed onto Qi-ge and tugged him along with him back to the house.
Yue Qingyuan lets himself be pulled along.
"You need to make breakfast for me," Shen Jiu told him.
"Me?" Yue Qingyuan repeats, surprised. "Why not get breakfast from the kitchens?"
"I want you to make it," Shen Jiu said stubbornly. He knew Qi-ge. He didn't know these strangers.
"Ah, I'll try my best," Yue Qingyuan promises helplessly. It's going to be bad.
"Good." Shen Jiu lead the way right to the kitchen and settled in to watch Qi-ge make them food.
Yue Qingyuan makes simple congee with scallions and pickled radish, and picks out a few quail eggs to boil. It's not the same quality as from the kitchens, but it is good.
When the breakfast is ready Shen Jiu settles in and nibbles away at the food without a single care.
Yue Qingyuan smiles, happy his simple meal is enough to please the usually picky Shen Qingqiu. He can only make basic dishes.
"What are you doing today?" Shen Jiu asked. He turned his tea cup slowly in his hands.
Yue Qingyuan pours him more tea. "I don't have anything scheduled today." A half-truthâhe'd cleared his schedule for the day, uncaring of what he was supposed to do.
Shen Jiu nodded. He thought carefully trying to think of what he could suggest. "We should walk the sect. Since you are the sect leader." How suspicious was this suggestion?
Thankfully for Shen Jiu, sometimes he would pettily take up any of Yue Qingyuan's free time with useless activities like just wandering around, so he only smiles and nods. "Of course. Would Xiao-Jiu like to go down the peak?"
"We'll walk the entire sect." And give him a subtle chance to learn where things are laid out.
Yue Qingyuan agrees easily. "I'm glad Xiao-Jiu is up for something like that today."
"It was just a minor deviation," Shen Jiu brushed off. His missing memories notwithstanding he was fine.
Yue Qingyuan nods without challenging the statement.
Shen Jiu walked down hiding behind his fan and following Yue Qingyuan's lead. This sect was very large. At least there was little doubt he would lack anything.
Yue Qingyuan follows behind quietly.
This was a problem. Shen Jiu did not in fact know where things were in this sect. He could only walk with false confidence and hope he wasn't seeming strange. His grip on his fan tightened and he shifted closer to Qi-ge.
Yue Qingyuan glances at him. "Do you need something?"
"No," Shen Jiu replied quickly. He was fine.
Yue Qingyuan gives him a concerned glance.
Shen Jiu tensed. He was giving off the wrong signals. "What?" He didn't know how to fake this!
"Ah, nothing."
Shen Jiu clutched his fan more tightly. "If Zhangmeng-shixiong has an opinion he should share it."
"I... was just thinking about how affectionate Xiao-Jiu has been recently," Yue Qingyuan admits bashfully.
Shen Jiu stiffened. They must have fought before the qi deviation. "You're still not forgiven."
Yue Qingyuan freezes and immediately runs through what he had done recently. "Oh. Ah, my... my apologies."
Shen Jiu eyed Qi-ge and nodded. "I'll consider it if you get an appropriate gift."
Shen Qingqiu continues walking, which further confuses Yue Qingyuan. "Alright..."
Shen Jiu reached over to tug Qi-ge up to keep following.
Yue Qingyuan lets himself be pulled, still trying to remember what he could have done in the last day or so. The bath? The room? The food...?
Shen Jiu noticed none of that as they wandered onto Bai Zhan.
@consumerofleplays
The war god of Bai Zhan was currently in the central training field of Bai Zhan running through his regular set of forms. The training dummy he was pitted against had long been reduced to a pile of splinters and rope, forcing him to use the air where it sat as a target instead.
A disciple scrambled onto the field, keeping their distance as they announced the sect leader's presence on the peak. Immediately, Liu Qingge stilled and sheathed his blade. He was still sweaty and slightly unkempt, but he trusted his shixiong to excuse the rudeness as he always did. He departed in search of the man immediately.
Yue Qingyuan is bracing himself for a cat fight because of Shen Qingqiu making a beeline for Bai Zhan peak. "Liu-shidi," he greets carefully.
@shenjiuroleplay
Shen Jiu scanned over the unkempt man that came before him. He had pretty features, but was clearly careless of his appearance. From Qi-ge's words it seemed he was a fellow peak lord. Shen Jiu had to work alongside this? He kept his expression as neutral as he could and nodded at Liu-shidi. "Liu shidi," he said calmly.
@consumerofleplays
"Zhangmen-shixiong." Liu Qingge nodded a respectful greeting to the sect leader before turning his attention to his oddly neutral shixiong. "...Shen Qingqiu. What brings the two of you to Bai Zhan?"
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Shen Jiu woke up with a start. Flashes of pain and hands grabbing at him drifted through his mind from the nightmare. He looked around the unfamiliar room. It was too unsettling. Shen Jiu got up and quietly padded out into the rest of Qi-ge's house.
@ask-yue-qingyuan
Yue Qingyuan is nowhere to be found. Shen Qingqiu has to pester a nearby disciple for his whereabouts, which are the public cold springs.
Shen Jiu is deeply uncomfortable seeking Qi-ge out. Calling him Zhangmeng-shixiong when speaking to a disciple helped. He really needed to find his full name. Right now though, the emptiness was chasing him. He stood at the edge of the cold springs. "Qi-ge."
Yue Qingyuan jumps and turns around, startled by both the nickname and the approach. "Xiao-Jiu?!" he exclaims, staring at Shen Qingqiu with wide eyes. Thankfully, he's waist deep in the water and slightly behind some mossy rocks, but he is naked.
Shen Jiu's gaze dropped down to the exposed chest. Firm, broad, radiating strength. He flushed a bright red. "You're-you're in public!"
Yue Qingyuan can only stand there awkwardly, unable to move to fetch a towel for fear of being exposed. "Why did you come to me? I'm bathing!"
"In public!" Shen Jiu repeated still staring.
"These aren't technically public," Yue Qingyuan protests. "They're only for teachers on Qiong Ding."
"You wash with the other teachers?" Shen Jiu's eyes narrowed in jealousy.
Yue Qingyuan frowns. "Not necessarily..."
Shen Jiu frowned and shivered. "How long are you going to be?"
"I'm almost done. If you could leave so I could dry off...?"
Shen Jiu turned around and hurried away to wait around a bend in the path.
Yue Qingyuan hurriedly wraps a towel around his waist, then pats at his chest and arms.
"Are you done yet shixiong?"
Yue Qingyuan throws his clothes over his shoulder. "Yes."
Shen Jiu turned back around to face him again. He was still pink from seeing his bare body. He reminded himself that while he didn't remember, he was in a relationship with Qi-ge. This had to be fine.
"Apologies for being so... unprepared," Yue Qingyuan mumbles, shyly rubbing the back of his neck.
"You left too early," Shen Jiu accused.
"You usually sleep in on free days."
Did he? It seemed likely, the bed was very soft. "I didn't today," he grumbled.
Yue Qingyuan smiles wryly. "Of course."
"Stay close today," Shen Jiu half asked half ordered. He felt safe around Qi-ge. It would chase off the last of the nightmare.
The anxiety in Shen Qingqiu's tone makes him frown. "Alright," he agrees.
Shen Jiu relaxed at the easy agreement. He grabbed onto Qi-ge and tugged him along with him back to the house.
Yue Qingyuan lets himself be pulled along.
"You need to make breakfast for me," Shen Jiu told him.
"Me?" Yue Qingyuan repeats, surprised. "Why not get breakfast from the kitchens?"
"I want you to make it," Shen Jiu said stubbornly. He knew Qi-ge. He didn't know these strangers.
"Ah, I'll try my best," Yue Qingyuan promises helplessly. It's going to be bad.
"Good." Shen Jiu lead the way right to the kitchen and settled in to watch Qi-ge make them food.
Yue Qingyuan makes simple congee with scallions and pickled radish, and picks out a few quail eggs to boil. It's not the same quality as from the kitchens, but it is good.
When the breakfast is ready Shen Jiu settles in and nibbles away at the food without a single care.
Yue Qingyuan smiles, happy his simple meal is enough to please the usually picky Shen Qingqiu. He can only make basic dishes.
"What are you doing today?" Shen Jiu asked. He turned his tea cup slowly in his hands.
Yue Qingyuan pours him more tea. "I don't have anything scheduled today." A half-truthâhe'd cleared his schedule for the day, uncaring of what he was supposed to do.
Shen Jiu nodded. He thought carefully trying to think of what he could suggest. "We should walk the sect. Since you are the sect leader." How suspicious was this suggestion?
Thankfully for Shen Jiu, sometimes he would pettily take up any of Yue Qingyuan's free time with useless activities like just wandering around, so he only smiles and nods. "Of course. Would Xiao-Jiu like to go down the peak?"
"We'll walk the entire sect." And give him a subtle chance to learn where things are laid out.
Yue Qingyuan agrees easily. "I'm glad Xiao-Jiu is up for something like that today."
"It was just a minor deviation," Shen Jiu brushed off. His missing memories notwithstanding he was fine.
Yue Qingyuan nods without challenging the statement.
Shen Jiu walked down hiding behind his fan and following Yue Qingyuan's lead. This sect was very large. At least there was little doubt he would lack anything.
Yue Qingyuan follows behind quietly.
This was a problem. Shen Jiu did not in fact know where things were in this sect. He could only walk with false confidence and hope he wasn't seeming strange. His grip on his fan tightened and he shifted closer to Qi-ge.
Yue Qingyuan glances at him. "Do you need something?"
"No," Shen Jiu replied quickly. He was fine.
Yue Qingyuan gives him a concerned glance.
Shen Jiu tensed. He was giving off the wrong signals. "What?" He didn't know how to fake this!
"Ah, nothing."
Shen Jiu clutched his fan more tightly. "If Zhangmeng-shixiong has an opinion he should share it."
"I... was just thinking about how affectionate Xiao-Jiu has been recently," Yue Qingyuan admits bashfully.
Shen Jiu stiffened. They must have fought before the qi deviation. "You're still not forgiven."
Yue Qingyuan freezes and immediately runs through what he had done recently. "Oh. Ah, my... my apologies."
Shen Jiu eyed Qi-ge and nodded. "I'll consider it if you get an appropriate gift."
Shen Qingqiu continues walking, which further confuses Yue Qingyuan. "Alright..."
Shen Jiu reached over to tug Qi-ge up to keep following.
Yue Qingyuan lets himself be pulled, still trying to remember what he could have done in the last day or so. The bath? The room? The food...?
Shen Jiu noticed none of that as they wandered onto Bai Zhan.
@consumerofleplays
The war god of Bai Zhan was currently in the central training field of Bai Zhan running through his regular set of forms. The training dummy he was pitted against had long been reduced to a pile of splinters and rope, forcing him to use the air where it sat as a target instead.
A disciple scrambled onto the field, keeping their distance as they announced the sect leader's presence on the peak. Immediately, Liu Qingge stilled and sheathed his blade. He was still sweaty and slightly unkempt, but he trusted his shixiong to excuse the rudeness as he always did. He departed in search of the man immediately.
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For the past week Shen Qingqiu has been circling around Bai Zhan. Normally his approach to the peak is straightforward. He looks for Liu Qingge and picks a fight.
After that trip he took with Shang Qinghua however, he's been acting differently. He's still seeking Liu Qingge out, but he's not picking a fight. He just watches for a few minutes before leaving, and then returning again the next day to watch again.
@consumeroflemoans
Liu Qingge watched the peak lord circle like a hawk for several days before deciding to confront the man. Shen Qingqiu staying just far enough from Bai Zhan to have plausible deniability while still watching had to mean a nefarious plan was in place. Nothing else could explain the clear surveillance the strategist was doing.
"Shen Qingqiu." His call was a sharp as his blade as he rose from Bai Zhan to confront his shixiong. "Just what are you planning?" A graceless question, but he was never one to beat around the bush.
Shen Qingqiu tensed, immediately bracing for a fight. He eyed Liu Qingge warily. Shang Qinghua had said that Liu Qingge didn't see him as an enemy. But it looked like Liu Qingge was evaluating him as one. "I'm not planning anything, I'm testing a theory," Shen Qingqiu said. He had already moved past planning. He was watching now.
âJust what is that theory?â He snapped back. After all their fights, all of their peaksâ fights, Shen Qingqiu couldnât expect to be able to get away with providing a meaningless answer.
"How dedicated are you to Cang Qiong?" Shen Qingqiu asked instead of answering. "Enough to cover up a murder?"
Liu Qinngeâs eyes hardened. âAnd you expect me to think youâre not planning anything?â He snapped. If he wasnât standing on his blade heâd point it Shen Qingqiuâs way. âWhat murder?!â
Shen Qingqiu relaxed. There was something assuring about the way Liu Qingge was so blunt about his principals. "So you would turn on a peak lord that killed." He was right to not trust him.
âJust who did you kill?â He demanded. âWhy bother coming to me about this?â
"Wu Yanzi," Shen Qingqiu told him loftily. "He took me to follow him once. He enjoyed my potential." His lips twisted. "I helped lure his victims."
Liu Qingge paused, thrown off by the admission. "You worked with a demonic cultivator? When even was this?"
"You asked who I killed." It wasn't the only person Shen Qingqiu had killed, of course. He wasn't lying about helping to lure the victims Wu Yanzi killed while he was with him. "Before I joined Cang Qiong."
"Wu Yanzi was found dead." He heard that only from whispers at the time and didn't pay much mind. "Was that your doing too?"
"It was," Shen Qingqiu said. "A betrayal from his dearest student. I stabbed him through the back."
"So not much has changed," he commented. Shen Qingqiu had always been a snake...but he'd been let into Cang Qiong despite that. "Who else knows?"
"No one," Shen Qingqiu lied. Liu Qingge didn't need to know that Yue Qingyuan had seen it. Had brought him here in a desperate attempt to buy Shen Qingqiu's silent compliance in covering his past.
"Did you practice demonic cultivation?" He asked next.
Shen Qingqiu smirked. "How do you feel to know for sure that your sect holds such a monster in it?" Would Liu Qingge strike to kill him now?
"Do you still practice demonic cultivation?" Nothing Shen Qingqiu was saying made sense, why would he admit to heinous crimes so easily? "What do you want from me? Is this some foolish suicide attempt?"
"What?" Shen Qingqiu frowned. "No, I do not wish to die." He merely wanted to test Liu Qingge's choices.
"You come here, fly around Bai Zhan every day, admit to being a murderer and a demonic cultivator for no reason, all for...what?"
"Why wouldn't you kill me for that?" Was Shang Qinghua right?
"I should, but no person in their right mind would admit to something that would earn them a death sentence, especially not someone as selfish as you." He narrowed his eyes at Shen Qingqiu. "This is cause for investigation."
"It is not," Shen Qingqiu snapped. "There's nothing to look into."
âYou expect to admit to all of this and have me entirely ignore it?â He demanded. âEven if your claims are ridiculous, you still admitted to being a demonic cultivator and a murderer.â
"And you're going to do nothing about it."
"If you wanted inaction, you should have spoken to Shang Qinghua," he snapped back before shooting through the sky to Qiong Ding.
"Stop!" Shen Qingqiu rapidly shot into the air after Liu Qingge.
Liu Qingge refused to heed his call as he landed on the peak. He didn't bother to address any of the disciples or hallmasters standing in his way. He shouldered past them and stormed straight into Yue Qingyuan's office.
Yue Qingyuan looked up with some bewilderment from his paperwork. "Liu shidi?"
Shen Qingqiu barged in after him. "Liu Qingge!"
Liu Qingge slammed one hand onto his desk. âShen Qingqiu just informed me he was a demonic cultivator that assisted Yu Wanzi with his murders.â
"Did he?" Yue Qingyuan asked mildly. He glanced at Shen Qingqiu waiting for an explanation.
"He seems to think someone like that could slip into the sect," Shen Qingqiu said. Both of them knew what Liu Qingge was saying was true, but neither would admit it.
"I trust Shen Qingqiu," Yue Qingyuan told Liu Qingge.
Liu Qingge shot Shen Qingqiu a glare. "You've been stalking Bai Zhan daily waiting for me to confront you just to say this to me. You asked me to choose between remaining loyal to my sect and covering for a murder." He whirled on the sect leader once more. "This has to have at least cause for investigation."
"He did?" Yue Qingyuan turned a pained lost look to Shen Qingqiu. Why was Shen Qingqiu asking for that? What had Liu Qingge done to convince Shen Qingqiu to give him a chance?
Why wasn't it given to him?
"Is a confession not enough?" Shen Qingqiu asked lazily.
"Clearly not, considering our sect leader doesn't believe the report I gave him," Liu Qingge snapped. "Unless you'd like to confess your crimes to him as well."
Shen Qingqiu smirked. "You know what I am." He wouldn't ruin Yue Qingyuan alongside him.
Liu Qingge eyed him distrustfully. âI thought I did.â Shen Qingqiu was a lying, backstabbing snake, but at least he was a skilled cultivator that helped people. It was like he was trying to erase his few good qualities.
"Shen shidi," Yue Qingyuan said. "Liu shidi. I will look into this." He would do what he could to quiet Liu shidi.
"This is not something that can be swept under the rug," he said firmly. "Having a demonic cultivator as a peak lord is unforgivable."
For the past week Shen Qingqiu has been circling around Bai Zhan. Normally his approach to the peak is straightforward. He looks for Liu Qingge and picks a fight.
After that trip he took with Shang Qinghua however, he's been acting differently. He's still seeking Liu Qingge out, but he's not picking a fight. He just watches for a few minutes before leaving, and then returning again the next day to watch again.
@consumeroflemoans
Liu Qingge watched the peak lord circle like a hawk for several days before deciding to confront the man. Shen Qingqiu staying just far enough from Bai Zhan to have plausible deniability while still watching had to mean a nefarious plan was in place. Nothing else could explain the clear surveillance the strategist was doing.
"Shen Qingqiu." His call was a sharp as his blade as he rose from Bai Zhan to confront his shixiong. "Just what are you planning?" A graceless question, but he was never one to beat around the bush.
Shen Qingqiu tensed, immediately bracing for a fight. He eyed Liu Qingge warily. Shang Qinghua had said that Liu Qingge didn't see him as an enemy. But it looked like Liu Qingge was evaluating him as one. "I'm not planning anything, I'm testing a theory," Shen Qingqiu said. He had already moved past planning. He was watching now.
âJust what is that theory?â He snapped back. After all their fights, all of their peaksâ fights, Shen Qingqiu couldnât expect to be able to get away with providing a meaningless answer.
"How dedicated are you to Cang Qiong?" Shen Qingqiu asked instead of answering. "Enough to cover up a murder?"
Liu Qinngeâs eyes hardened. âAnd you expect me to think youâre not planning anything?â He snapped. If he wasnât standing on his blade heâd point it Shen Qingqiuâs way. âWhat murder?!â
Shen Qingqiu relaxed. There was something assuring about the way Liu Qingge was so blunt about his principals. "So you would turn on a peak lord that killed." He was right to not trust him.
âJust who did you kill?â He demanded. âWhy bother coming to me about this?â
"Wu Yanzi," Shen Qingqiu told him loftily. "He took me to follow him once. He enjoyed my potential." His lips twisted. "I helped lure his victims."
Liu Qingge paused, thrown off by the admission. "You worked with a demonic cultivator? When even was this?"
"You asked who I killed." It wasn't the only person Shen Qingqiu had killed, of course. He wasn't lying about helping to lure the victims Wu Yanzi killed while he was with him. "Before I joined Cang Qiong."
"Wu Yanzi was found dead." He heard that only from whispers at the time and didn't pay much mind. "Was that your doing too?"
"It was," Shen Qingqiu said. "A betrayal from his dearest student. I stabbed him through the back."
"So not much has changed," he commented. Shen Qingqiu had always been a snake...but he'd been let into Cang Qiong despite that. "Who else knows?"
"No one," Shen Qingqiu lied. Liu Qingge didn't need to know that Yue Qingyuan had seen it. Had brought him here in a desperate attempt to buy Shen Qingqiu's silent compliance in covering his past.
"Did you practice demonic cultivation?" He asked next.
Shen Qingqiu smirked. "How do you feel to know for sure that your sect holds such a monster in it?" Would Liu Qingge strike to kill him now?
"Do you still practice demonic cultivation?" Nothing Shen Qingqiu was saying made sense, why would he admit to heinous crimes so easily? "What do you want from me? Is this some foolish suicide attempt?"
"What?" Shen Qingqiu frowned. "No, I do not wish to die." He merely wanted to test Liu Qingge's choices.
"You come here, fly around Bai Zhan every day, admit to being a murderer and a demonic cultivator for no reason, all for...what?"
"Why wouldn't you kill me for that?" Was Shang Qinghua right?
"I should, but no person in their right mind would admit to something that would earn them a death sentence, especially not someone as selfish as you." He narrowed his eyes at Shen Qingqiu. "This is cause for investigation."
"It is not," Shen Qingqiu snapped. "There's nothing to look into."
âYou expect to admit to all of this and have me entirely ignore it?â He demanded. âEven if your claims are ridiculous, you still admitted to being a demonic cultivator and a murderer.â
"And you're going to do nothing about it."
"If you wanted inaction, you should have spoken to Shang Qinghua," he snapped back before shooting through the sky to Qiong Ding.
"Stop!" Shen Qingqiu rapidly shot into the air after Liu Qingge.
Liu Qingge refused to heed his call as he landed on the peak. He didn't bother to address any of the disciples or hallmasters standing in his way. He shouldered past them and stormed straight into Yue Qingyuan's office.
Yue Qingyuan looked up with some bewilderment from his paperwork. "Liu shidi?"
Shen Qingqiu barged in after him. "Liu Qingge!"
Liu Qingge slammed one hand onto his desk. âShen Qingqiu just informed me he was a demonic cultivator that assisted Yu Wanzi with his murders.â
"Did he?" Yue Qingyuan asked mildly. He glanced at Shen Qingqiu waiting for an explanation.
"He seems to think someone like that could slip into the sect," Shen Qingqiu said. Both of them knew what Liu Qingge was saying was true, but neither would admit it.
"I trust Shen Qingqiu," Yue Qingyuan told Liu Qingge.
Liu Qingge shot Shen Qingqiu a glare. "You've been stalking Bai Zhan daily waiting for me to confront you just to say this to me. You asked me to choose between remaining loyal to my sect and covering for a murder." He whirled on the sect leader once more. "This has to have at least cause for investigation."
"He did?" Yue Qingyuan turned a pained lost look to Shen Qingqiu. Why was Shen Qingqiu asking for that? What had Liu Qingge done to convince Shen Qingqiu to give him a chance?
Why wasn't it given to him?
"Is a confession not enough?" Shen Qingqiu asked lazily.
"Clearly not, considering our sect leader doesn't believe the report I gave him," Liu Qingge snapped. "Unless you'd like to confess your crimes to him as well."
Shen Qingqiu smirked. "You know what I am." He wouldn't ruin Yue Qingyuan alongside him.
Liu Qingge eyed him distrustfully. âI thought I did.â Shen Qingqiu was a lying, backstabbing snake, but at least he was a skilled cultivator that helped people. It was like he was trying to erase his few good qualities.
