Chapter 37: Ideas for a New Game The thirty-seventh chapter of game development…
Yuan Yi dared not raise his head at this moment. Not only Zhen Yuanzi, but even Yuan Shi and Laozi looked rather unwell. Only Hong Yun looked at the two of them with a smile in his eyes.
There's no chat interface, or at least you could write it to me, but you just say it out loud in front of so many people, as if you're afraid everyone won't know.
Yuan Yi gritted his teeth: "It's nothing. When you escorted me back to Wuzhuang Temple, I had a brief encounter with my brother." As he spoke, he deliberately double-clicked the chat interface in front of him.
Tongtian was completely unaware, and even scratched his chin: "Oh, it's the one who chased after me after you urged me to leave. Luckily, I flew fast on my sword, or I would have really been caught."
What are we doing? How did we get caught? We're doomed, let's take them away.
Hearing Tongtian's heartfelt words, Yuan Yi no longer expected that Tongtian and her brother could reconcile. Sensing the increasingly low air pressure around her, Yuan Yi wisely moved a few steps away from Tongtian.
She tugged at the wide sleeves of her dress, her face full of anticipation: "Brother, the most important thing now is to go to Zixiao Palace."
"You agree, Tongtian."
The word "Tongtian" was pronounced with particular emphasis, as if it were ground out from the roots of his teeth. At this moment, even Tongtian sensed the lingering meaning of Yuan Yi and obediently shut his mouth.
Zhen Yuanzi snorted coldly, but did not offend Yuan Yi. He pulled the blue robe out of Yuan Yi's hands and said, "Then it is as you wish."
But then he changed the subject: "However, once this matter is over, you'd better have a proper talk with me."
Seeing that the matter was over, Yuan Yi immediately agreed, nodding like a chicken pecking at rice. She wanted to stall for time, hoping that once her brother calmed down, he wouldn't hold onto the matter between her and Tongtian.
Zhen Yuanzi glanced at Yuan Yi, only to see Tongtian sidling up to him again, whispering something in his sister's ear, managing to keep the sound completely from leaking out.
Don't you have a younger sister? Why are you constantly bothering my sister?
Zhen Yuanzi frowned, intending to manually separate the two people who were connected together.
As luck would have it, Yuanshi Tianzun approached him again and struck up a conversation. He invited him to go to Zixiao Palace together and spoke about the principles of brotherhood. He said that there was a reason for their deep brotherhood that had lasted for ten thousand years, and for a moment Zhen Yuanzi was so engrossed in his words that he didn't notice the two people behind him.
“Yuanshi is used to spouting grand principles, and I’m tired of hearing them. This is the first time I’ve discovered they have such a wonderful use. Let’s talk about it together, so that we can avoid the trouble of nagging.”
Tongtian pulled Yuanyi onto his sword, and whispered to her as they flew together.
Having reached the Heavenly Realm, his speed immediately increased, and he walked ahead of his elder brothers. Yuan Yi looked back and saw Laozi and Hongyun slowly lagging behind. The two of them did not say anything, but when Yuan Yi turned around, they met his gaze and gave him a gentle smile.
Zhen Yuanzi and Yuan Shizhui were not far away, riding the wind at a leisurely pace. Their conversation occasionally reached Yuan Yi's ears, with words like "running away from home," "siblings," and "rebellion" escaping his notice.
When they noticed Yuan Yi turning around, they both stopped talking. Yuan Shi nodded slightly to her, and even Zhen Yuanzi's gaze towards Tongtian softened.
For a moment, things were quite harmonious, completely unlike how they had just met.
Yuan Yi nudged Tongtian's lower back and, mimicking Tongtian's method of telepathy, asked, "What did you do?"
Tongtian turned around abruptly, his eyes gleaming with smugness: "Seeing that you don't want to say more, I asked my two elder brothers to get along well with you two fellow Daoists."
As she spoke, she glanced at Zhen Yuanzi and whispered, "Didn't you say that your brother treats you very well and that you have a deep brother-sister relationship? How come you were put in such a difficult position just now?"
Yuan Yi looked at Tongtian with a complicated expression. Who was responsible for all of this?
She had already calmed down about her leaving home without permission, but Tongtian barged in first and then deliberately whispered something to her, causing her brother to reminisce and bring up old grievances.
Faced with Yuan Yi's death stare, Tongtian also felt guilty. He touched the tip of his nose and said, "It was your brother who made the first move. When he sent you away a few days ago, he was behind the scenes and did the same thing today. He just can't stand the closeness between you and me."
"Since he can't stand me, then I naturally have to live up to his disapproval."
Tongtian spoke with conviction, becoming increasingly self-righteous. Who was Tongtian? One of the Three Pure Ones, the little tyrant of Kunlun Mountain. He usually dared to defy heaven and earth, even towards Yuanshi Tianzun; if anyone else had treated him like this, he would have drawn his sword long ago.
“If he weren’t your brother, I would have used the Azure Lotus Sword to give him a good beating long ago.”
Yuan Yi looked at Tongtian's matter-of-fact expression and felt extremely frustrated.
She angrily tugged at Tongtian's hair: "So you did this on purpose, didn't you?"
He wouldn't feel anything from just a few strands of hair, but seeing Yuan Yi's unhappy expression, he still pretended to grimace and frantically pulled out his hair.
"Hey, don't pull it anymore. Didn't I ask Yuanshi to help you out later?"
Tongtian smoothed his hair again, then pretended to touch Yuanyi's hair. Soft and smooth, no wonder it was his friend's new hairstyle, not only good-looking but also nice to touch.
Tongtian's eyes drooped, giving him a pitiful look: "You know, I've always had a bad relationship with my second brother. This time, I had to pay a heavy price to get him to help me hold your brother back."
“Even the things I cherish most, the things I do every day, have been forced to be given up because of this.” Tongtian spoke with deep emotion, his eyes filled with reluctance.
What? All he did was step in to smooth things over and get things out of a tight spot, and Tongtian has to pay such a high price?
Yuan Yi turned around and saw Yuan Shi dressed in black, his figure as slender as a bamboo, his appearance as bright as the moon and clear as the wind. When he saw her looking at him, he nodded reservedly, and then turned back to talk to Zhen Yuanzi in a gentle voice, neither too fast nor too slow.
He doesn't seem like the kind of person who would take advantage of his brother; appearances can be deceiving.
But Tongtian immediately interrupted this idea: "He demanded that I never be allowed to steal vegetables from his farm again!"
"Huh?" Yuan Yi looked up in astonishment: "So your most cherished thing is stealing vegetables?!"
"Of course, if I don't randomly steal vegetables from my second brother's farm, I don't know what I'll see. I might only be able to pick up a few melons and dates, which won't be enough to make a living. My farm has twenty-eight guardian beasts to raise." Tongtian winked, clearly teasing you.
Yuan Yi didn't hold back this time. He grabbed all of Tongtian's hair from behind and forced Tongtian to bow his head and beg for mercy.
"No, no, we've finally met again, how can we hurt each other like this?" Tongtian once again rescued his pitiful hair. "Your docile appearance before was quite unpleasant to look at, but now it's finally fine."
Tongtian took out another garment from his bundle: "This is a robe I won from Yuanshi. I specially altered the stitching to match your hairstyle and re-refined it. It suits you perfectly."
As she spoke, she deliberately spread the clothes out in the wind. The clothes were covered with interwoven gold threads and adorned with jewels and ornaments, and the shawl at the shoulders had a fur-like outer lining that was fluffy and extremely cute.
The garment unfurled amidst the fierce winds, remaining perfectly still regardless of the approaching winds, like a magnificent and shimmering banner that made Yuan Yi's eyes ache.
He couldn't remember what they were talking about before. Yuan Yi held the clothes in one hand and Tongtian's hand in the other, crumpled the clothes into a ball, and put them back in Tongtian's hand.
"I appreciate your kind words, but you should still take them back." The light was so dazzling it was almost rainbow-like; I can't imagine anyone actually wearing it.
"Hmph." A mocking voice came from behind.
Zhen Yuanzi and Yuan Shi were only two people away from them, and the mocking voice came from Yuan Shi's mouth. At this moment, Yuan Shi was looking at Tongtian with an undisguised look of disdain.
Tongtian couldn't stand Yuanshi's gaze and was like a firecracker ready to explode: "Didn't you say this outfit suited Yuanyi last time, so I changed it? Why is it like this now?"
Yuanshi said, “When I gave it to you, it was a proper robe, with some decorations, but it was by no means as ostentatious as this.”
“Moreover, this shawl…” Yuanshi’s gaze fell on the furry area; he had never liked furry materials.
Now it was Tongtian's turn to run out of words: "Didn't you say that young friend likes sparkly things? I even specifically asked Duobao..."
These pearls and gems are arranged like the veins of mountains and rivers, and the golden threads depict insects, grasses, scales, and beasts. In particular, the plush texture that he deliberately crafted is so exquisite that anyone who touches it will praise it.
Unfortunately, no matter how good it was, it couldn't overcome Yuan Yi's dislike for it.
"Fine, I'll take it apart then, and I'll give you another one another day." Tongtian thought for a moment and decided to take on a female disciple next time as a reference.
The six of them gathered together again, and Yuan Yi took the clothes back before Tongtian put them away.
Yuan Yi looked around and found that the other four people were watching the show with an air of detachment, clearly knowing everything about the matter. Even his older brother, who had previously had a stern face, now had a smile in his eyes.
It was obvious that during their conversation, the four older brothers had thoroughly explained everything about their two younger siblings.
After all, he's the younger brother. Yuan Yi patted Tongtian's limp body and decided to save face for her friend: "These clothes are quite nice."
Yuan Yi spread out his clothes again, making a loud noise in the wind, and the patterns on them shimmered especially brightly in the fierce wind.
"At the very least, the attributes are very high, making it perfect for my next game after that." Yuan Yi smiled at Tong Tian.
Upon receiving his friend's affirmation, Tongtian immediately perked up: "I knew it! This is a dress I made with great care. I added all my favorite things to it. You'll definitely look good in it."
Yuan Yi gave a polite smile: "Let's get going first, I'll definitely do it next time." She decided that for the next dress-up game, she would definitely tell Tong Tian about his fashion sense.
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Along the way, time passed, and Yuan Yi and his companions walked and joked as they went, getting along well and each gaining something from the experience.
Both Yuan Yi and Tong Tian had the exact location of Zixiao Palace. They didn't take any detours along the way, and after passing the test of the Ninefold Gale, they arrived in front of Zixiao Palace.
A palace stood suspended in mid-air, with countless Dao patterns swirling within it. Behind the palace grew a large tree, its branches laden with purplish-red fruit.
The hairpin on Yuan Yi's head had now turned completely purple, so there was no need for her brother and Tongtian to cover it up.
Following the hairpin's guidance, she stepped forward, and with each step she touched the ground, a lotus flower bloomed beneath her feet, which then dissipated into purple specks of light.
She was the only one receiving such treatment, and soon she walked to the front of the group.
Yuan Yi knew perfectly well that the lotus flower was exactly the same as the hairpin on her head, which meant that Hongjun must have given her special treatment.
However, there are limits to opening the back door. When Yuan Yi arrived at the palace gate first, she found the two doors tightly closed, clearly indicating that Yuan Yi was not welcome.
At this moment, a pair of children appeared from both sides, smiling as they greeted us: "Fairy Yuanyi, we have been waiting here for a long time on the orders of the Dao Ancestor. Please come with us to pay our respects."
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Author's Note: Tongtian [holds a grudge] [This guy hit me for the second time] [But he's my friend's older brother] [My friend wouldn't let me hit him] [Intentionally provoked the other side] [The other side got angry] [Seeing my friend in a difficult position] [Decided to give in]: Come out, my second brother!
Fighting one brother with another, defeating magic with magic! [doge]
Tongtian: What a joke! My brother and I have been fighting each other for tens of thousands of years. I don't know how to deal with my brother. Even if it's my friend's brother, I can easily subdue him. Look, he can't even bother with me taking Yuanyi and running away on his sword now.
Yuanshi, frantically patching things up from behind: "Fellow Daoist Zhenyuanzi, younger siblings always have their rebellious phases. Let me tell you about my relationship with my brother over the past tens of thousands of years..."
The novice elder brother Zhen Yuanzi got hard-controlled [heart emoji]
The next chapter will be released at midnight on Thursday [heart emoji]. I'll also update on Friday. Thank you, my little darlings!
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