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Small box like things appeared in the world a few weeks ago, at first people were shocked but soon realized they can be used to call and send messages to their friends and so they were captivated by said things, gods and ghosts included
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"Heaven gives gods each their own phones now?" Xie Lian asks while observing the object in his hand. "Yes, your highness, it is very useful. If you run out of spiritual power during your missions you can use it to call someone for help" Ling Wen nods her head before she watches Xie Lian leave heaven to go on his first mission, to capture the ghost groom.
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Meanwhile a black haired male is sitting in a chair, observing the crowd below gamble their lives away with some betting their arms, legs, eyes and everything else when suddenly he got a text message.
[Black water]
I got some news you might be interested in
The god you worship has ascended and is now on a mission on Yu Jun mountain.
[Crimson Rain]
Really?
- 0.1% debt.
[Black Water]
ONLY 0.1% OFF????
WHAT THE FUCK.
"How annoying"
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Xie Lian settles down at a seat in a teashop when his phone suddenly vibrates, confused he opens it and sees that he's been added to a group chat with tons of other people in it. "I'll assume that's heaven's main groupchat in case the communication array is down-" The god cuts himself off as he sees a silver butterfly fly outside. Xie Lian lifts his hand out and watches as the butterfly rests on top of his finger "Beautiful.."
Xie Lian's phone vibrates again and sees that he's been added to a groupchat with someone named 'Fu Yao and Nan Feng'. Xie Lian didn't have to be curious for long as he senses two presences in front of him so he looks up. "And you are?" "Fu yao" "Nan Feng". Well that settles that question.. as for question number 2 and 3 "Who sent you here?" "We came on our own accords" "So as volunteers? .. And you two know who i am?" "The crown prince of Xianle" "A true beacon of virtue" "Did he just roll his eyes at me?" "Yes, kick him out".
Before Xie Lian could even say anything the two junior officials before him began to bicker with each other.. This was gonna be a fun ride for the god.
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Xie Lian doesnt know how he ended up being dressed up as a bride to lure out the ghost groom but here he was, sitting in the sedan wearing a red wedding dress.
[Nan Feng]
Remember your highness to be extra careful
[Fu Yao]
And you had to type that into a message because?
[Xie Lian]
Alright alright.. let's not argue (>‿◠)✌
"What the hell was that?!" "Your highness stay inside the sedan!" Xie Lian heard a twig snap, then other and another, it seemed like something had found them 'Perhaps they were sent by the ghost groom'. Xie Lian peeks his head out to find the sedan being surrounded by wolves and binu, it didn't look good so he did the most logical thing in his mind "Leave! I'll stay here alone and lure out the ghost groom". "WHAT?!"
It took a bit of convincing but everyone finally left and Xie Lian sat back down in the sedan's seat when he got another message
[Nan Feng]
Be careful.
And call us if something happens.
[Fu Yao]
Let's just hope his higness doesnt die first.
'Lively as ever..' Xie Lian thought to himself before he heard another pair of footsteps, a few seconds later a hand emerged from behind the curtains, the owner of it seems to want him to take it. Xie Lian thought about it for a few seconds before grabbing it and walking outside..
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"Remind me to never get married to a woman" Nan Feng grumbles as he and Fu Yao remove the hanging bodies that the ghost 'groom' had left as an offering. "Remind me to never get married in general" Fu Yao bites back while tossing another body down.. "Quite the affair general Pei has.." Xie Lian thinks out loud, his mind half focused on something else.. or more specifically someone else. The man who walked him over here. "I need to ask Ling Wen about him" "Who are you talking about? ... Your highness did you meet someone on your way here?". Right- Xie Lian forgot to mention about that to the junior officials.
"A man in red.. i'll see if Ling Wen has any information about him". Xie Lian opens his phone and scrolls through it.. though not very well, he should learn how to use it better soon as currently he only learned how to call someone and how to text someone. "A man in red?" Nan Feng repeats, his expression turning somewhat sour. "Yes, when I tried to bind him earlier with Rouye he turned into nothing but silver butterflies, flying off to the distance" Xie Lian responds, noticing how Nan Feng's expression turning even more sour. Even Fu Yao was shocked as he almost drops the body he was carrying.. did they know the man in red?
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"I don't remember the last time I had a roof over my head" Xie Lian smiles to himself while tidying up the shrine when his phone suddenly vibrates again. To his shock Xie Lian noticed how he had been added to a group chat by a man named 'Shi Qingxuan'. There were already a lot of people though he only knew Fu Yao and Nan Feng. There were also people named 'Crimson', ' Ming Yi', 'Pei Ming', Ling Wen and Shi wudu and.. Mu Qing and Feng Xin, this was going to be awkward.
[Shi Qingxuan]
Your highness welcome!! ≧◠‿◠≦✌
It appears there's another heavenly official who likes to use emoticons just like Xie Lian!
[Xie Lian]
Ehem.. thank you?
I apologize but I don't know who you are
[Mu Qing]
Have you been living under a rock?
[Feng Xin]
His highness just got his first phone when in heaven!
Anyway that is the wind master Shi Qingxuan, they decided it was a good idea
to add you aswell into this group chat
[Pei Ming]
Who the hell is 'Crimson' though?
Sounds lame.
[Shi Qingxuan]
I have no clue
Ming-xiong wanted me to add them! (✿◠‿◠)
[Xie Lian]
Well isn't this a lively chat?
It's a pleasure to meet you all (✿◠‿◠)
"I'm not sure if i'm exactly welcomed there though" Xie Lian chuckles to himself as he ventures out to collect scraps to hopefully repair his shrine with.
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"It's a miracle how I found these ancient papers though.. unfortunately they don't seem to contain information about the four calamities and ghosts though.." Xie Lian sighs and shrugs his shoulders while closing up the papers he found. Xie Lian didn't expect to hear someone laugh though and he turns around to see a young male laying against the hay next to him on the cart. The male had black hair which was tied into a carefree and lazy ponytail and seemed to be around sixteen or seventeen. "I could tell you some things about ghosts if you'd like. My name is San Lang, the third born of my family". Xie Lian smiled and nodded "It'd be much appreciated, i don't exactly know how to use Google on my phone and even then i've been told the stuff can't be 100% trusted, my name is Xie Lian".
"Hm? Yeah Googling stuff is sometimes hard, you can't trust the stuff and always have to take it with a grain of salt but i've read a lot of books though. Which ghost would you like to know about?". Xie Lian wasn't going to lie, San Lang didn't seem like the type to read in his spare time, he simply looked mischievious. "Hmm.. about Hua Cheng, the crimson rain sought flower" The god responds with a gentle smile. His thoughts however had begun running after the words 'crimson rain sought flower' left his lips, wasn't there someone in the group chat that the wind master added him in that was named 'Crimson'? Unless that was just a coincidence and it was someone's nickname in heaven.
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"Are you okay?" "Well i'm scared Gege" San Lang playfully pouts to Xie Lian after they hopped to the front of the cart to steel the ox after dealing with ghosts. Xie Lian laughs and shakes his head "Well i'm here to protect you.. do you think the ox knows the way back to Puqi village?" "It seems like the smart type, besides considering how old the owner is he must've carried the cart back and forth often" "San Lang.." Xie Lian scolded half serious half joking about the other's jab at the old farmer. Still the ox did seem like it knew the way so Xie Lian pulled his phone out again and checked the groupchats he was in, nothing interesting except for the one the wind master had added him in, which during his absence had been named to 'The fantastical'. No doubt by Shi Qingxuan himself. Even though Xie Lian didn't know the other for long or well hadnt met him face to face he figured only he could name a groupchat something like that.
[Nan Feng]
Your highness where is your new shrine located?
[Fu Yao]
Why would you ask him here instead of in private messages
[Pei Ming]
- Message has been removed by Fu Yao -
OH COME FUCKING ON.
[Xie Lian]
Wait what did he send?
[Fu Yao]
Nothing.
[Nan Feng]
Nothing.
[Crimson]
So you two can agree on something? Wow shocker, i'm so proud, want a punch as a reward?
[Fu Yao]
SERIOUSLY WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?
[Crimson]
◭,◭
[Fu Yao]
Bitch.
[Feng Xin]
Language.
[Pei Ming]
BRO DID NOT.
[Fu Yao]
kys.
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"Thank you San Lang" Xie Lian smiles at the other male as he carries Xie Lian's bag of scraps into the shrine. It was a heavy bag though so Xie Lian was a bit puzzled on how he carried with ease, then again San Lang had fascinated Xie Lian already a few times during their meeting, he seemed calm during the ghost thing while normal people like the cart owner would panic or pass out.
The brown haired male didn't realize he was staring until he noticed San Lang waving his hand in front of his face "Gege? Are you alright?" "O-Oh i'm fine, just lost in thought. I apologize but we'll have to share a bed tonight, i don't exactly have much furniture in this shrine at the moment" "That's fine.. though there's something missing from your shrine". Now Xie Lian was puzzled again, other than the followers he wasnt sure what exactly he was missing. So Xie Lian tilted his head to the side curiously. San Lang laughed out loud "A painting or statue of Xianle's crown prince" "Right.. i'll have to make one tomorrow then" "I could paint him for you if you'd like gege" "I dont think you know what the crown prince looks like though?" "I'm sure I know, and even though i could Google it". So San Lang knew how to use Google and his phone's other features? Maybe he could ask him to teach him one day.. "You don't have to" "But I want to". That sentence made Xie Lian a bit flustered and he shook his head again "It's getting late, we should sleep".
Surprisingly the black haired male agreed and they both lay down on the small 'bed'. At first Xie Lian couldn't sleep and he thought San Lang was asleep until he listened closely and heard some tapping. The crown prince quickly sat up and noticed that San Lang was typing on his phone.. he couldn't exactly make out the words though or rather he couldn't.. San Lang seemingly didn't know how to type on it which was.. rather interesting.
After narrowing his eyes and observing more Xie Lian could make out the words "Later" and "No" on the screen.. though they were written very wrong.. Later as in "Layther". Xie Lian quickly covered his mouth though it was too late as the snicker was heard by San Lang and the youth turns around to look at Xie Lian. The god quickly coughs into his sleeve and shakes his head "Couldn't sleep either? How about I brew some tea for us?" "... That'd be nice, thank you gege". Xie Lian gives San Lang an affectionate smile and he gets up.
Meanwhile San Lang returned back to his phone..
[Black water]
I swear to fucking god if i hear ONE MORE thing about who's fucking who in heaven
i'm going to eat my own fucking ashes and kms.
[Crimson rain]
Do it.
[Black water]
-.-
I'm going to eat, dont fuck your god
... Don't respond to that, i DONT want to know.
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