Chapter 29: It’s For Your What?!
After wisely choosing cowardice, Sen gave Lo Meifeng a brief recounting of what happened on their way to the capital. She mostly took it in stride until he got to the last fight with Tseun Rong. As he talked his way through that fight, her expression went increasingly slack and her eyes took on a glassy look.
“So, then I let the lightning qi pass through my skin to make pretend tribulation lightning and… Lo Meifeng? Are you alright?”
Lo Meifeng just stared through him for several seconds before she shook her head back and forth a few times, none too gently. It seemed to rouse her from whatever stupor she’d fallen into because her gaze focused on Sen again.
“You fought, no, you killed Tseun Rong?” she demanded.
“Yeah. I sort of thought that had gotten around by now.”
“It hasn’t. Well, maybe the sects and the nobles knew, but the details haven’t trickled down yet. All anyone really knew was that there was a fight between powerful cultivators and then, a day or two later, you came sauntering through the city gates.”
“I don’t saunter,” said Sen.
“You always saunter. Unless you’re off to do violence. Then, it’s anyone’s guess what you’ll do.”
“That’s… That’s neither here nor there. Do you want to hear the rest of the story or not?”