Jiang Sheng Runs Away - Chapter 1

Chapter 1

“Quick, look! That human and that demon are messing around together again!”

“Like attracts like. Two pathetic losers are bound to stick together.”

The Celestial Maidens laughed as they swept past us, their clear, chilly eyes lingering on us with undisguised ridicule.

Lu Jiangjiang and I were long used to it. We acted as if no one else existed and kept tearing into roasted chicken in the pavilion.

“How many immortal pills did you steal? The Female Lead should be showing up soon, right? We should get moving.”

I spoke with my mouth full, the words coming out muffled.

Lu Jiangjiang, indignant, snatched the last mid-joint chicken wing right out of my hand.

“Didn’t you already eat one? This one’s mine!”

As she spoke, she casually tossed a spatial pouch beside me.

“A bit over three thousand. Check if it’s enough. If not, I’ll steal some more.”

I also pulled out a pouch. “I’ve got over two thousand here too. How about you feel around on that Crown Prince again and make it 8,888-nice and lucky.”

Lu Jiangjiang: “…You think that Crown Prince runs a wholesale shop? Five thousand immortal pills are enough for us to live through a thousand ages.”

The instant she finished speaking, a distant, lingering, otherworldly toll suddenly rang out from the Outer Heavens.

We didn’t even have time to care about the chicken anymore-we sprang to our feet.

This was…

The Zhengming Bell!

In the original novel, this bell hadn’t rung for more than five thousand years. But the moment the Female Lead achieved Ascension, it rang three times in a row!

Clang-

Once.

Clang-

Twice.

Clang-

Three times!

The Female Lead was finally here!

Lu Jiangjiang and I took off at a sprint for Lingxiao Palace.

The area was already a sea of immortals, packed so tightly there wasn’t even a crack to squeeze through.

The two of us crawled under the hems of robes and skirts, worming our way forward until we finally made it into the inner ring.

A young woman in white stood within. Her ribbons fluttered, her gaze sharp and cold, sword in hand.

Everything about her screamed proud, untamed, heaven-blessed brilliance.

The Heavenly Prince, dressed in white robes embroidered with golden auspicious-cloud patterns, stood at the very front of the crowd.

Those eyes of his-usually still as an ancient well-now held an amazement he couldn’t quite hide.

The girl showed no fear at all, holding Crown Prince Jiefang’s gaze without flinching.

As if heaven and earth had emptied out, leaving only the two of them.

I shook my head, clicking my tongue. “Your husband’s pretty good at flirting.”

Lu Jiangjiang pointed off to the side. “Yours is here too.”

I lifted my eyes and, sure enough, saw Qi Zheng, the Heavenly War God. He wore silver-white battle armor and held an Ice Soul Spear, his handsome, razor-sharp face speckled with blood.

I almost forgot-didn’t he say he was going down to the lower realm today to seal a demonic beast?

That battle-worn look made him seem murderous and fierce, yet somehow coldly fractured at the same time.

Set beside the newly ascended girl in white, it was another breathtaking tableau of doomed, heart-wrenching love.

Sometimes, from a god’s-eye view, you can tell at a glance who the protagonists are.