Shen Yuan waits for Liu Mingyan to take her own place; she sits across from Luo Binghe, which--okay!!! sure!!! They're friends now or whatever!! He kneels next to Binghe and pours them all tea--thankfully the muscle memory takes over for this part, or he'd be spilling it all over the table.
"So," he says. "Okay. Well--um, obviously the first part is that I, um, got in here," he gestures at himself, "before the other guy could kill him. So I just--didn't do it. I met him in the Lingxi Caves, and he was halfway through a qi deviation, so I helped him out." He feels a little embarrassed about taking credit for that like it had been a big heroism moment when it was just, like, not being as big of a dick as Shen Qingqiu of all people. He stares down at his teacup and thinks about Liu-shidi. "That was five years ago, now. He's still Peak Lord, obviously, the Bai Zhan War God. He still spends basically no time training his disciples and basically all of his time off hunting cool monsters, except when--" he clears his throat, even more embarrassed about this part. "I was poisoned--Without-A-Cure. He visited me, monthly, before I came here, feeding me qi and helping me stave it off."
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Date: 2023-12-19 01:27 am (UTC)"So," he says. "Okay. Well--um, obviously the first part is that I, um, got in here," he gestures at himself, "before the other guy could kill him. So I just--didn't do it. I met him in the Lingxi Caves, and he was halfway through a qi deviation, so I helped him out." He feels a little embarrassed about taking credit for that like it had been a big heroism moment when it was just, like, not being as big of a dick as Shen Qingqiu of all people. He stares down at his teacup and thinks about Liu-shidi. "That was five years ago, now. He's still Peak Lord, obviously, the Bai Zhan War God. He still spends basically no time training his disciples and basically all of his time off hunting cool monsters, except when--" he clears his throat, even more embarrassed about this part. "I was poisoned--Without-A-Cure. He visited me, monthly, before I came here, feeding me qi and helping me stave it off."