天官降灾 (heaven official's calamity) mdzs x tgcf (mxtx crossover)

The World be Kiln, The Soul Be Copper

A band of ghosts paraded around the perimeter of the mountain as a strange sense of Deja Vu washed over Xie Lian. The last time they came to Tong'lu, the same thing happened, a band of ghosts parading together, vowing to become a demon king and showing mercy to each other in the name of justice. But all 3 demon kings that came out of the mountain knew this was impossible. In this world, it was eat or be eaten, there was no third way out, there was no option for "mercy." 

However, unlike last time, Hua Cheng didn't just press his forehead to Xie Lian's, but rather his lips to Xie Lian's. He felt a strange energy pulse through him, and only after Xie Lian pulled away did Hua Cheng stop. 

"San Lang, you were done transferring energy within the first few seconds, but you continued to kiss me," Xie Lian said while giggling. 

"Haha, gege caught me," Hua Cheng replied, a look of mischief in his eyes.

Of course, while entering Tong'lu the group had to disguise their heavenly scent, even Shi Qingxuan, who was now a mortal, due to his spiritual energy. The quickest way to do this was to have Hua Cheng stain all of them with his overpowering scent of evil, but it was obvious he didn't even want to touch the others. 

"Uh- your highness, dare I ask, what about us?" Mu Qing said, impatient. 

Xie Lian looked around and sighed. He tapped into the communication array, and reached straight for Ling Wen. 

"Ling Wen, do you have the brocade immortal with you?" he asked, hoping she did.

A moment of silence occurred before her hushed sigh and reply.

"Your highness, I do, but I may need to come down to deliver it to you, so it may take hours if not days. Or, if you want, I could just drop it from heaven and try to get it as close as I could to you, but there's no guarantee where it would land." 

Xie Lian contemplated for a moment. They had no time to spare, yet if Ling Wen dropped the brocade immortal and it landed in the wrong place and a malicious ghost managed to get their hands on it, it would be just as catastrophic as if they tarried for a few more days. However, if they tarried any more, they would be sure to fail, but if Ling Wen dropped it, they only had a chance of failing.

"Ling Wen, please drop the brocade immortal." 

"On it."

A moment passed. Then two. Then three. Xie Lian prayed and prayed that the brocade immortal would appear, but even after five minutes, there was nothing. Xie Lian sighed and conceded, thinking that even after the shattering of the shackles, his luck still hadn't improved. Then he felt a large mass fall right on his head as he stumbled backwards in shock. He fell into a pair of arms, presumably Hua Cheng's, and his hands instinctively shot to his head as he pulled the mass off his head.

When he saw what it was, Xie Lian didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. It was none other than the brocade immortal, a glimmering shade of black, silky smooth and light as a feather. 

Ling Wen ah, you're aim is really too accurate!

"Well, that's one person out of the way now I guess," Xie Lian sighed, ignoring the judgmental looks from Feng Xin and Mu Qing. 

"Well who's wearing it?" Xie Lian asked.

Deathly silence. Of course, everyone in the group trusted Xie Lian to not brutally slaughter them, but still, after what happened with Quan Yizhen, it was pretty obvious nobody really wanted to get close to that thing ever again. 

"I'll wear it," the oblivious Lan Wangji said. 

Xie Lian chuckled.

"Sure thi-"