Mu Zixin overslept again. This time he wasn't woken up by the demon king caressing his face,it was a piercing pain inflicted on his arms. If felt as if sharp needles were prickling his skin. He winced in pain looking around for the source of pain. That was when he realized it wasn't his own pain. It was the demon king's pain being transferred to his own body. He jumped out of bed ,dressed up and rushed to Tiao Ge's room.
"This method actually worked!" Tiao Ge smirked placing the needle on the table. Mu Zixin walked towards him with dishevelled hair and the demon king found him cute.
"You're up."
"Sorry I don't know what's wrong with me nowadays."
"You actually risked your reputation last night just to escape those lasses."
"Desperate times call for desperate measures."
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The Tiao military camp was bustling with soldiers running around practicing their combat skills,others with swords. Tiao Xueli patrolled around with her two subordinates Tai Rong and Chu Xue. These three girls had the strongest bond in the demon realm. They also started as ordinary soldiers and fought their up to the top most rank in the military. Tai Rong and Chu Xue were both her senior aides.
Tiao Ge,Mu Zixin and Hei Yin entered the military camp attracting everyone's attention. Their auras silently demanded attention. It was hard to not glance at them more than once.
"Your brother is here,"Tai Rong said shyly playing with the strands of her hair. She had a huge obvious crush on the Demon King. Tiao Xueli scoffed at her friend's duality ; switching from a cold demoness to a shy lovesick fool.
"Ge, why are you here?" Tiao Xueli asked approaching her brother whose eyes were busy assessing the recruits ' skills.
"I got bored and decided to have some fun."
"Our military camp is not a playground ," Tiao Xueli retorted feigning seriousness.
"Who said it's a playground?I'm only here to entertain myself by watching those recruits strain to regain their concentration with us around," Tiao Ge teased.
"Overlord,"Tai Rong greeted with a sweet voice but Tiao Ge ignored her making the girl sulk for not getting the attention she wanted.
"This is..." Tai Rong asked with a forced smile noticing the strange beautiful man beside Tiao Ge.
"I'm Mu Zixin, Overlord's attendant,"Mu Zixin introduced himself.
"Get me your best in this camp to have a fight with me."
"I'm the best in this camp ,"Tiao Xueli bragged.
"Are you picking a fight with me?"
"Yes. I'm not afraid of you."
"Bring it on then."
Tiao Xueli summoned her spear and stood in a fighting stance. The others stepped back. With time ,the recruits stopped trained and joined the rest to spectate the siblings' sparring.
Tiao Xueli unleashed her best moves, rotating her energy filled spear and charging at her brother. Tiao Ge countered with palm strikes full of energy. As the fight escalated, the spectators retreated further afraid of being accidentally struck by their strong demonic energy. Mu Zixin watched keenly, analyzing their fighting tactics finding it more interesting than he thought.
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"Dijun,bad news! Three rogue demons have attacked at the border,"an immortal palace guard reported.
"These treacherous creatures! They actually dared to come after hearing the news about Lord Lingyun!"
"Inform Situ Xuanye to take some strong disciples and head over to the border."
Rogue demons were demons who had either been cast out of the demon realm and most of them loved to wreck havoc in the three realms.
Situ Xuanye who had been waiting for the order like a salivating dog headed to the border. A fight broke out between the immortals and the rogue demons. Situ Xuanye was on the frontline fighting with all his strength. These demons were insanely stronger. These kind of demons mostly used unorthodox methods to enhance their power.
Situ Xuanye glided backwards stumbling after receiving a heavy blow from one of the rogue demons.
"Situ Xuanye, you're not as strong as that Lord Lingyun. He's much better than you. He killed four rogue demons on his own," one of the rogue demons mocked him.
"You despicable creatures how dare you!" Baili Qinglan rebuked as she descended and landed in front of the injured Situ Xuanye.
"Beauty, you think you can save him from us?" another demon mocked and they laughed mockingly.
"Even if I don't save him, it'll be a shame to let creatures like you trample on us," Baili Qinglan spoke contemptuously and launched an attack. Her prowess was also high so she was deemed a worthy opponent. Then the Tang brothers from Immortal Lake joined the fight. Situ Xuanye joined too. With their combined strength,they managed to suppress the rogue demons who escaped after realizing they were going to lose.
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Tiao Ge and Mu Zixin returned to the palace at the Xu hour. They had spent the entire day at the military camp where Tiao Ge seemed to have much fun. After having dinner,he went to bathe. In Tiao Ge's large bathroom,there were two bathtubs- a large one, almost the size of a water pool and a smaller one fit for one or two people. That night,he sat in the smaller bathtub,his muscles relaxing under the effect of the optimum temperature water. Mu Zixin crouched behind him washing the demon king's long hair. Tiao Ge leaned back wanting more of that soothing feeling. He closed his eyes feeling the immortal's long fingers raking through his hair , scrubbing his scalp gentle.
"Overlord,I have a concern," Mu Zixin suddenly spoke up.
Tiao Ge hummed in response urging him to shoot his question.
"Why does that bond transfer the pain only? Why do I feel your pain only and not your pleasure ?"
"..."
Tiao Ge opened his eyes and turned to look at him stunned by the question. Honestly he had never thought of something like that.
"You want to feel my pleasure too?" Tiao Ge asked with a playful smile.
"Nevermind."
"I have a concern too."
"Go ahead."
"Why did you always wear a mask?"
"I thought it was cool and mysterious,"Mu Zixin said with a straight face.
Tiao Ge chuckled in a deep voice which later transmuted to a genuine heartfelt laughter,his muscles flexing as a result.
"You're interesting,"he remarked,"But why you never wore one back then when we met in the mortal realm?"
Mu Zixin stilled, letting his mind wander to a thousand years ago when he met Tiao Ge for the first time.