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September 26 - October 7, 2024
“The power to end the world, but with a heart as gentle as a flower.”
This was the eight-thousandth Temple of the Crown Prince within the Kingdom of Xianle.
My god
“The girl I like fancies my shixiong! Please make him uglier, please, I beg you.”
This prayer is my favorite. They know what they want.
Feng Xin still covered his ears with his hands, even though the gesture wasn’t helping one bit. “Your Highness, why do you have so many female devotees?!”
What happened to you? Why do you hate women so much?
As he continued to manage his own task, Feng Xin snapped, “How couldn’t you? Refugees have already fled here!” It was said in a tone so sharp that Mu Qing’s face stiffened. He replied in a hard voice, “I told the truth; there really wasn’t anything. Are you trying to say that I’m purposely withholding information? Well, did you hear anything yourself? I’m on duty at the Temple of the Crown Prince during odd months, and you’re on duty for even months. If there really were people from Yong’an praying for the end of a drought, there’s no reason the drought-related prayers would only come in
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WATCH OUT I'M GONNA POP FENG XIN'S HEAD LIKE A ZIT. NO WONDER MU QING HITS HIM SO OFTEN HE DESERVES IT
Xie Lian was growing even more confused, but his heart was sinking. He watched as Lang Ying removed the satchel from his back and opened it. “My son.” Inside that satchel he’d been carrying on his back was the dead body of a small child.
Oh.
“The priority right now is to save and settle the disaster victims. Please speak to my father on my behalf and tell him to stop constructing these temples; there are already too many Temples of the Crown Prince in this kingdom,
Omg just like Rome
He had originally hoped there’d been some mistake in Mu Qing’s report and thus decided to come and see for himself. But now he couldn’t deny that Mu Qing had never let him down before.
Bro stop doubting him.
In the past three years, Xie Lian had seen at least three thousand, if not five thousand, crown prince statues. However, not a single one of them looked exactly like him—even the ones closest to the mark were only about two thirds of the way there. As for the rest, they were all either too ugly or too beautiful. Most of the divine statues of other heavenly officials were too ugly, yet Xie Lian had the exact opposite problem. There were some that were beautiful beyond recognition, to the point that it embarrassed him.
This is how I feel about the official art. In my heart these losers do NOT look like that.
“Hey, ugly freak, are you sleeping at this shrine again tonight?
He's gonna sleep at this shrine for the rest of his life <3.
Feng Xin was amazed at his deduction, as he didn’t know that Xie Lian had helped the boy chase away his bullies and had even chucked a fruit at him. “Li’l guy’s kinda smart, he actually figured it out.” Mu Qing, on the other hand, clearly suspected that something must have happened. He eyed Xie Lian.
It's like Xie Lian has two idiots on his shoulder. One is sincerely dense (Feng Xin), and the other is just socially inept (Mu Qing).
“All right, fine. It worked. Because you’re a god,” Mu Qing said. “Right, right. It worked. Because you’re a god,” Feng Xin said as well.
This was the first time in Xie Lian’s life that he had killed. The very first time, and he had killed thousands. Ants. The word kept appearing in his mind. Before his might, mortals fell with a single blow; he could destroy them with even a single light squeeze. It was so easy to steal another’s life, just as that palace attendant had stomped on the ants. He had almost lost his heart for reverence in between the swings of his sword.
Every once and a while MXTX just drops bangers of sentences.
It was indeed Qi Rong. He was hung upside down from a tree,
OH NO... that's a tie-in that I did not enjoy
Xie Lian’s breath hitched, and he shouted angrily, “Why is it always ‘Kill! Kill! Kill!’ rattling around in your head?! Soldiers and civilians are different!” “How are they different?” Qi Rong countered. “Aren’t they all people? Isn’t killing the same thing either way?”
This looks bad on him but he is right tho...
“But you’d be better suited to a saber.”
That's a parallel that I don't like
At the end of the day, lust and murder were both wildly aggressive desires—Xie Lian had even heard that some considered them to stem from the same origin, their nature one and the same.
BANGER OF SENTENCES.
Feng Xin seemed to have seen something, and gave an angry, muffled shout through the suggested face covering. “Is that…Your Highness? Your Highness?! Fuck! What the fuck?! What’s the meaning of this?!” Mu Qing let out an “eh?” then commented, “What an indecent sight! How outrageous!”
This is the funniest possible outcome.
Mu Qing heard him make those compliments, “really good potential with the saber,” “spectacular when he’s older,” and his expression turned unreadable.
Oh, he noticed the parallel too.
A few of the burly men passing by couldn’t watch anymore and commented, “Which household let their lunatic loose? Take him away, jeez…”
I love how this implies that every household just has a lunatic they keep.
“There’s nothing wrong with me…is there?” The moment he took off his robe, everyone fell silent. It wasn’t just “some bumps” on that man’s chest. It was clearly a woman’s face, with all five of her features indistinct but intact!
OH NO
The not-ordinary Feng Xin retrieved a shovel and approached.
That's cute.
Feng Xin always spoke his mind whenever a thought arose,
We know.
“Nothing. You always manage to bring up good points. I have nothing to say,” Mu Qing replied. What annoyed Feng Xin the most was people who pretended to act courteously but whose real intention was to snipe at others. Thus, Feng Xin ignored Mu Qing completely.
I was literally like "Awww" until it narrated how Feng Xin felt and then I was filled with rage again. I hate him so much. I want to chuck him into a ravine.
Xie Lian and Mu Qing both gave him a look, not wanting to respond. After a pause, Feng Xin himself added, “Wait, that’s not right.”
Feng Xin: speaks
Xie Lian and Mu Qing: (Loud Wrong Buzzer)
Xie Lian didn’t have the patience to defuse the fight between the two like he usually did and scolded them, “The two of you can start an argument over a single word! What a disgrace. Stand here for one incense time. No one’s allowed to move within that time. Same old rules.”
like children...
“He is playing with you. What the hell. What the fuck!” Mu Qing, however, piped up. “He wasn’t playing with you. He did tell you the way.”
I'm so glad Mu Qing spoke because I caught on immediately and was worried they hadn't
You don’t have a third path and there is no second cup of water. Wake up, Your Highness! You’re running out of time.”
Legit do not disagree with him
can tolerate you always standing where you shouldn’t in the Upper Court.
IM A FENG XIN HATER TILL I DIE
Feng Xin and Mu Qing had both taken seats that were as far from each other as possible.
good.
Xie Lian as the villain, spinning stories depicting the lonely, abandoned Mu Qing being bullied, or Xie Lian robbing Feng Xin of his beloved,
Idk what that Feng Xin one is about but the Mu Qing one is not entirely inaccurate.
At the words “servant boys,” both Feng Xin and Mu Qing imperceptibly froze for a moment.
Clown boys
Shi Qingxuan was more excited than he was, repeatedly proclaiming “Too few, too few.”
I'm actually obsessed with Qingxuan and Ming Yi
Following Ling Wen were the Palaces of Nan Yang and Xuan Zhen, counted at five hundred seventy-two and five hundred seventy-three. Mu Qing looked relaxed and pleased, while Feng Xin appeared neither happy nor angry, and seemingly didn’t care.
My boy is superior. Hell Yeah
At the banquet, it was only Ming Yi, all by his lonesome, who was still working hard at eating. Honestly, Xie Lian thought that out of everyone present, only he treated the “feast” seriously for what it was. It seemed he’d attended specifically for the food,
I'm getting nervous about this. Why is he eating so much
“That beauty exists in this world is, in itself, something to be grateful for.”
“I want one from Ju Yang-zhenjun, please save one for me!”
Ju Yang will never stop being funny
Never in his life had anyone treated him like this. First, no one dared; second, no one could.
Innumerable random thoughts popped into his mind, all inappropriate for the time and place, such as: So it was Hua Cheng! No wonder he’s cold. Ghosts don’t need to breathe, but he can still transfer air to me?! Don’t ghosts sink in the water?
This entire scene was hilarious
He sensed Hua Cheng’s brush growing wilder under his hand, so he pressed down a little more firmly to control and correct its path. It didn’t take long before it veered further off course, resisting the control, so Xie Lian had to grasp tighter. The characters drawn through their power combined were crooked and twisted, unseemly and ugly, and the more Xie Lian guided, the more he felt something was off. Finally, he couldn’t help but gape at the results. “What…” The ink on the paper had run tyrannically askew. As if this were a successful silly prank, Hua Cheng snickered softly, leaving Xie
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Oh my god its just like dick ouija
“Watch out for Mu Qing.” Xie Lian hushed his voice as well. “Mu Qing?” “That ghost woman reacted oddly when he entered the hall, like she was afraid of him,” Feng Xin said. “I don’t care to pry into other people’s personal affairs, but in any case, watch yourself.”
I'm a Feng Xin hater till I die. Are you STUPID? Why are you trying to make people suspicious of Mu Qing.
