What Do You Mean Flying on Swords is Illegal?

6. Bing'er is an Innocent Puffball I Promise

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It was a very ordinary day. The sky was bright and blue. The people were going about their business running here and there. The wind was blowing, the sun was shining. Birds were tweeting. The Internet was working. Everything looked absolutely normal.

Except for one itsy bitsy city. New York City was the exact opposite of okay. All inhabitants: mortals, immortals, the supernatural, animals, plants, anything living was suffering under suppression. Each of them was on their knees pressing their faces flat to the ground in a kowtow position.

May and Zhen Xiang the perpetrators of the entire ordeal had it worse. They were sweating heavily and could barely breathe.

Their Master stood in front of them with an extremely disappointed expression. His black eyes staring into them. "Chang Mei Hua, tell me how many rules do I have."

May gulped. "Three, Master."

"Zhen Xiang, tell me what is one of my rules?"

Zhen Xiang lost his arrogance. He could play around with anyone but towards his Master. Lying was courting death in the stupidest way to his Master.

"Never have inner conflict."

Yu Long pulled at the sleeve of the bathrobe. "And what did each of you do?"

May and Zhen Xiang lowered their heads lower into the ground. "We fought each other." The tiles were beginning to crack due to the immense pressure.

"But Master!" May pulls herself up for a split second. "We didn't get into a serious fight! We would never betray each other!"

Yu Long walks towards her. His eyes sharpening with every step as he approaches her. "Not serious? Never betray?" His voice holding a mocking tone. "You never know what could set off people to betray you."

May looks into his eyes. His serious gaze frightening her.

He uses his spiritual forces and pushes her back into the ground. "As your Master, I am obliged to set you, my disciples, certain rules that will benefit you in the long run. If I don't set these rules, who knows which tiger's den you idiots will hop into." His black eyes scan the surrounding area. Muttering a word under his breath, the entire New York City gets their minds wiped of the memory of oppressive aura.

New York City is moving again. Unaware save for certain individuals.

"Mei Hua. Zhen Xiang. As your punishment for violating one of my rules." He hangs on his words. "You will each perform the Everlasting Friendship Rituals until I determine you no longer any animosity to each other."

Mei Hua and Zhen Xiang look at each other before looking at Master. The Everlasting Friendship Rituals? Kill me now. They both thought.

The Everlasting Friendship Rituals was a number of heartwrenching, stupid, cheesy rituals they needed to perform with each other. As full-grown adults well over the age of multiple centuries, this was complete bullsh*t to them.

Who the f*ck wanted to waste time making friendship bracelets, mud pies, coloring drawings to gift, playing tag or hide and seek, when they clearly had money to make and things to do.

"Master, can we just get a beating and get it done and over with?" May asked weakly.

Yu Long rose his eyebrows, a smile flitted across his face. "Oh? My disciple wants to negotiate with her Master? Very well." He reached into the bathrobe's sleeve and pulled out a white puffy bird. Its docile and cute appearance scoring a ten out of ten for the people walking around the trio. "Since you don't want to do the Everlasting Friendship Rituals, you can take care of Bing'er for the entire week."

May and Zhen Xiang froze. Their eyes going to the cute chick in their Master's palm. It sat there as if it was on a throne happily receiving attention as it eyed them. Letting out a sharp chirp, the disciples jumped back.

"Master, we will be fine doing the ritual." Zhen Xiang spoke. His eyes holding undisguised disgust towards the white puff in his Master's hand.

Then, Bing'er opened his mouth. Zhen Xiang runs to hide behind May peering over her shoulder only to see Bing'er stick out its tongue to the side and make a dumb expression. Fooled, Zhen Xiang thought as he heatedly stared at the stupid bird.

"So you will perform the Everlasting Friendship Rituals then?" Yu Long rose one eyebrow at them. The two nod their heads frantically, anything to avoid that white poof. "Wonderful, as I'm still in the middle of receiving new clothing, I will have Bing'er accompany you on your rituals. He will relay your actions back to me so don't think about lying."

Master you can already read our minds, can't you just let us go? Why does the sociopathic bird need to follow us?

"Because I've been asleep for so long and Bing'er hasn't gotten a chance to explore since he was in my spacial dimension. What better option is there than to send him with you?" Yu Long replied as he shamelessly read their minds.

Master why must you bullsh*t with us? Just say that you want to give us extra torture by sending Bing'er with us. You never keep him in your pocket dimension... Who knows what that idiot bird has in store for us?

"Yes Master." The two exasperated disciples recited as they bowed their heads.

Yu Long gave a nod before placing Bing'er in Zhen Ziang's shaky outstretched hand. Flicking his sleeves, he turned to leave for the spa.

"So-" Zhen Xiang starts before he nearly chucks the silly chick into a nearby trashcan. "You!" He uses his other hand to point at the arrogant chick. "How dare you just poop on my hand! Aren't you suppose to be some kind of elegant and majestic beast?"

Bing'er gives a dazed look before chirping and attempting to bite his finger.

"Shidi, just leave it. We can't touch the bird anyways. He is one of Master's chosen pets." She rubs her forehead tiredly. "If we choose to ruffle one of his feathers he'll just make our task harder. Better tolerate him."

Zhen Xiang nods in agreement gazing heatedly at the annoying little b*stard.

"Master's oldest pet is right. Tolerating master's true disciple is the way to go if you don't want to court death." A soft child's voice is heard from the white puffball.

"Did it just call me a pet?"

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Xie