Asgard
"Mom." Nie Xun walked into the room with his long legs. The first thing he saw was Xue Luo's slightly embarrassed face, and he seemed to be thinking about something.
"Xun'er, you're back at the right time. I asked Sally to prepare some midnight snacks for you." Madam Qingyue refused to take her eyes off her son for even a second. She took the initiative to hold his hand, her eyes full of love, cherishment and happiness.
But probably because Xueluo was also here, Madam Qingyue was still very sensible. Before Nie Xun could finish his words, she said first: "Okay, you have been busy all night, go to bed early..."
"Xue Luo is our Nie family's guest. You must take good care of her."
Nie Xun knew that his mother must have misunderstood something, but he couldn't explain it. He glanced at Xue Luo and noticed that the other person's eyes were wide open for a while, which was actually a little cute.
"Mom...goodnight."
Madam Qingyue felt a little sad and nodded gracefully: "Good night, my children."
After she and housekeeper Sally left one after another, the maids immediately brought in midnight snacks. Xueluo was really frightened by the scene. Then she looked at Nie Xun, who had sat opposite her without her knowing when. His expression was so calm and composed, and it seemed that he was used to it. She felt like she had never seen the world before.
Xueluo also learned to be calm from him.
After serving the midnight snack, the maids left very neatly. Looking at the half-open door, Xue Luo had a big question mark on her head.
"Nie Xun, I'm really not hungry." Xue Luo declared to Nie Xun again.
"Then don't worry about it. Someone will come to clean it up soon." Nie Xun said.
"But isn't this too wasteful?" Xueluo asked.
Nie Xun replied: "These midnight snacks will not be wasted. The maids and servants in the main house will use them as their own midnight snacks."
Xueluo: "Then I won't move."
He was so well-behaved that Nie Xun laughed a little, "What's wrong? Did I do something wrong?" Xue Luo asked with confidence after noticing the strangeness in his expression.
"Why ask me?"
Nie Xun asked back, leaving Xue Luo's brain and cerebellum a little confused: "That's it... By the way, Nie Xun, there's something I want to tell you!"
Xueluo looked a little worried. "Just now, my aunt asked me to accompany you to a banquet. I wanted to decline, but she asked me to ask for your opinion."
Nie Xun knew his current mother's temperament very well. How could Xue Luo possibly be her match? He listened calmly as Xue Luo repeated their previous conversation. Looking at the young girl in front of him, he asked, "Don't you really want to participate?"
Nie Xun's tone was rarely so gentle. His whispered question was like a spring breeze passing by his ears. Xueluo's heart couldn't help but ripple like the waters of a lake at night. Her initial confusion and distress now turned into entanglement and contemplation. "It's not really that..."
"So, you're struggling?"
Xue Luo suddenly came to her senses, "But I'm not... not suitable, right?" After all, it sounded like some high-class banquet, and she had never been to such high-end banquets in either her past life or this life.
"Don't think too much." Nie Xun looked at her with blue eyes. "You can have fun at this party. It's just a party anyway. Don't forget, you left the capital planet to travel. Isn't this party the perfect place?"
"No one will care about you." His deep and moving voice was like the seductive whisper of a devil, which persuaded her who was originally a little disgusted with trouble.
"But what you said makes me feel so insignificant." Xue Luo said with a bit of disgust.
"Then what do you want?" Nie Xun asked back.
In fact, Xue Luo felt a little regretful after she finished speaking. It was so strange to be so "straightforward". She did not hide her true self in front of him, which was a bit scary sometimes.
The pair of blue eyes in front of him were filled with pure curiosity and confusion, without any anger or ridicule.
"It's too late." He suddenly said, then stood up from her side: "Go to bed early."
Xueluo was confused. She had slept for the whole afternoon. She was not tired at all. She was extremely energetic now.
He looked a little strange and kept avoiding her gaze. Xueluo didn't think there was anything wrong at the moment. At most, she thought he might be tired: "...Okay."
"Good night then."
Nie Xun looked back, "Good night."
Looking at his back, Xueluo suddenly remembered something. She seemed to have forgotten something very important... Never mind, she could ask again tomorrow, since she was already on the Divine Beast Star. But just then, he suddenly turned around and said, "Xueluo, over at the Asgard... I need to take care of some troublesome matters in the next few days. Is that okay?"
"Of course." Xueluo was very easy to talk to, and she could understand that he had just returned to his home planet after many years.
Her bright smile seemed to say, "Just go and handle your own business."
Nie Xun's eyes dimmed as he nodded slightly. He certainly wouldn't reveal that the matter he was about to address was related to her identity as a "celestial maiden," hoping to enter the Immortal Palace and approach the bronze gate at the right time. As the future head of the Nie family, he could certainly obtain this status. However, because of his many years of military service, both the Nie family and the other eleven of the twelve families would undoubtedly have second thoughts.
Therefore, he must plan carefully before making a decision and not attract the attention of people with ulterior motives.
Nie Xun was a man who kept his promises. Sure enough, less than three days later, Xue Luo, who was returning from shopping with Madam Qingyue, saw Nie Xun. In the past few days, except for occasionally seeing this person at breakfast, lunch and dinner, he was so busy that he was nowhere to be seen.
"Nie Xun!" So it was inevitable that they were excited when they suddenly saw Nie Xun standing in the hall waiting for them.
When Madam Qingyue saw her son, her eyes naturally lit up. However, when she saw the two of them looking at each other, she was happy but did not say anything. Instead, she just watched the scene of the handsome man and beautiful woman from the side.
"Xue Luo, Mom." There was a faint smile in Nie Xun's eyes, and his cold and stern features softened a little.
"Are you done?" Madam Qingyue asked, "You brought Xueluo back, but you didn't even bother to show her any regard. This is not the way to entertain a friend."
Xueluo also looked at him angrily.
Nie Xun looked at the two of them nonchalantly and said, "So, I'm here to entertain my friends."
He is really competing with Madam Qingyue for people in a fair and open manner.
Xueluo was still a little embarrassed.
"Okay, take the person away. I don't want to be the head of the family who steals someone's love." Madam Qingyue said this humorously, winking at Nie Xun. She lacked the elegance and composure of a lady from a big family, but gained a touch of playfulness and humor.
Her bold choice of words also made Xue Luo's ears red.
After Nie Xun noticed it, he frowned slightly, "Mom."
She never thought her son would defend a girl like this one day. A strange emotion flashed across Madam Qingyue's eyes, but she quickly suppressed it, preventing anyone else from noticing.
"Xueluo, there's a banquet tomorrow night, so...you must come to my place tomorrow and let me dress up."
Having been accompanying Madam Qingyue these days, she almost treated him like a dress-up doll. Xueluo smiled helplessly, but looking at her expectant gaze, he really couldn't say no.
"Xun'er, you too." Madam Qingyue was still not satisfied and immediately shifted the topic to her son.
Nie Xun's forehead was almost black. Before he could answer, Xue Luo replied for him maliciously: "Don't worry, he will come too..."
"Xue Luo..." Nie Xun interrupted harshly.
Madam Qingyue frowned, "What? Are you planning to let Luoluo go alone?"
Nie Xun: "...Mom, I didn't mean that."
Madam Qingyue: "What do you mean?"
Xue Luo couldn't help but laugh when she saw Nie Xun, who seemed calm but also helpless and overwhelmed.
At this moment, this person finally appeared to be tongue-tied.
Nie Xun sighed, "I'll go."
**
After seeing Madam Qingyue off, Xueluo suddenly realized that the atmosphere around her was a little strange. It was the man next to her who did it on purpose.
Thinking back to how she had just abused her power to bully others, and that the "power" of the ceremonial procession was no longer there, she felt inexplicably a little timid.
"Ahem..." Xueluo said guiltily, "Didn't you suggest that I go to this party? Since... you want me to accompany you, then changing clothes together shouldn't be a big deal."
Nie Xun looked at her: "It's really nothing."
"It's obviously nothing...but why do you seem angry?"
Nie Xun crossed his arms and said indifferently, "That's just your feeling."
Xueluo hesitated to speak, and only heard him say: "Xueluo, let's go to the Fairy Palace tonight."
"Is this true?" This made Xueluo forget about what she was worried about just now, and her mind and eyes were full of thinking about going to the Fairy Palace.
Originally, her biggest purpose in following Nie Xun to the Divine Beast Star was to visit the Immortal Palace.
The girl's mood changed so quickly, and there was a genuine and joyful smile in her eyes. He could feel this emotion just by standing next to her.
"Yeah." The corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously.
"tonight?"
Nie Xun: "Tonight. Everything is ready. Including the qualifications to enter the Bronze Gate."
Xueluo was very grateful: "Nie Xun, you must have been very busy these days."
"Well, what are you going to do?" Nie Xun asked back.
Xueluo chuckled and casually produced his favorite beef jerky. "Can I use this as a reward?"
Nie Xun took it from her and said, "This is good."
There was information on the history and culture of the Celestial Palace and the Bronze Gate on the Star Network, but it was less than two hundred words long, and filled with various folk legends, making it difficult to discern truth from falsehood. She was confused. However, she occasionally saw some images released by the official Divine Beast Star, and she saw some Chinese elements in them. Perhaps after thousands of years of changes, they had indeed changed a lot.
But just this was enough to make her look forward to it.
During the past few days on the Divine Beast Star, Nie Xun, in addition to being busy, also gave her all the information he could collect about the Immortal Palace and the Bronze Gate.
The information he can access with his current identity is naturally not ordinary information.
The interior of the fairy palace revived before her eyes, majestic, beautiful and magnificent. In the 3D virtual scene, the bronze door was surrounded by white smoke, as if it was in the clouds, but it had a sacred and solemn feeling.
The word "Xian Gong" was engraved on it. None of them could understand the words, but they all gave it this ethereal, solemn and majestic name.
"There are many such words in the Fairy Palace. They seem... somewhat similar to the magical words after eating your snacks." Nie Xun said as she was looking at them.
Of course it does.
Xue Luo's fingers stroked the word "Xiangong", which is a traditional Chinese character.
"Come on, let's go."
Seeing her impatient expression, Nie Xun held his forehead and reminded her, "Eight o'clock in the evening. It's not dark yet, so it's not my appointment time yet."
Xueluo said, "It will take time for us to go there by car."
Nie Xun said, "We can leave at seven." Perhaps sensing her nervousness, Nie Xun's eyes dimmed slightly and he said, "Since it's still early, why don't you have dinner with me?"
Xueluo nodded, which was just enough to ease her tension.
Xueluo hesitated for a moment and then said, "Nie Xun, are you really done with your work? Would it be okay for you to spend one night with me to the Immortal Palace?"
"I can't help it even if I don't want to. You want to enter the Immortal Palace..." Nie Xun glanced at her and said, "Without me, you can't enter. Do you still want to be polite?"
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