Necropolis Immortal

h.” Lu Yun nodded.

“I’m Qing Han’s big brother, Qing Buyi,” came the reply.
“You’ve done very well.
Chen Xiao and I very much approve.”

“You… very much approve?” Lu Yun was thoroughly confused.
“Of what?”

“Ahem.” Realizing his slip of the tongue, Qing Buyi cleared his throat before rectifying the mistake.
“We approve of what you’ve done for my little brother, of course.”

“Qing Han is my friend.
We’ve gone through a lot of difficulties together in the ancient tombs and he’s even saved my life before.
Whatever I do for him is well-deserved, so why should your approval matter?” Lu Yun’s bewilderment didn’t lessen a single bit.
How were Qing Han’s relatives factoring into all of this? He was friends with Qing Han, not them.

He’d heard of Qing Buyi and Chen Xiao’s names before and knew of their influence in the major, but hadn’t given much other thought to the pair.
His friendship with Qing Han was a private matter, not an exercise in climbing the social ladder.
He’d joked about hugging his friend’s thigh before, but that’s all that it was.
Qing Buyi’s words sat uncomfortably with him.
The two primary reasons for his accomplishments thus far were the power of the Tome of Life and Death and his own diligence.

“It matters, because… I’m Qing Yu’s big brother as well!” Qing Buyi shot back an irate glare.
“Don’t you want to see her?”

“Ah.” The governor nodded.
“That can wait until Qing Han’s cured.”

“Hmm?” Qing Buyi raised an eyebrow.
“Qing Han’s more important to you than Qing Yu?”

Lu Yun raised his head, staring straight into the other man’s eyes.
“Who’s more important to you?”

“Er….” The question stumped Qing Buyi.
To him, Qing Han and Qing Yu were one and the same—but Lu Yun didn’t know that!

“I’ve only met Qing Yu a handful of times, and never in person.
I’m attracted to her, but I don’t know if my impression of her is right.” Lu Yun spoke his mind in front of his friend’s brother.
“My friendship with Qing Han is built from adversity after life-threatening adversity.
He treats me truly, so I should absolutely return the favor.
Therefore, in my eyes, Qing Han is more important.”

“Good!” Qing Buyi roared with laughter, clapping heartily.
“I’m relieved to hear those words.”

“Why are you relieved to hear them? I really don’t get it.” Lu Yun opened his eyes wide.

“Nothing! You’re free to get some rest, I’ll take over from here.” Qing Buyi’s approval came as a major head-scratcher to Lu Yun, even as he headed out of the room.

……

Chen Xiao returned the next day with tattered clothes and an extremely bedraggled appearance.
However, he carried a tree-shaped coffin on his back.
The Fusang Purewood! He’d really managed to bring it back!

“Here.” Qing Han’s cousin tossed Violetgrave back to Lu Yun.

“So… heavy!” The incredible weight in the young man’s hands nearly caused him to fall face first into the ground.

Violetgrave was a thousand times heavier than before; he could only barely lift it up with his full strength.

“The dread zombie was too strong.
I couldn’t do much to it, so I buried it inside Violetgrave.” Chen Xiao took a few deep breaths to restore himself.
“You work on curing Qing Han’s poison.
Qing Buyi and I will watch over you.”

“You buried the dread zombie inside Violetgrave?” Lu Yun’s eyes were the size of dinner plates.
Were the tombs and graves inside Violetgrave real and functional, rather than manifestations of sword aura? Recovering from his surprise, he shook his head slightly.
“The Fusang Purewood is the main ingredient, but we’ll need two more things to fully cure Qing Han.

“First, the Skydragon Pearl buried deep in the tombs of the North Sea dragons and second, a fruit from the Ancient Tree of Life at the heart of the Endless Desert, which is in the western reaches of Nephrite Major.”

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