They were joking, well he was joking, meanwhile Xiao Xingchen was simply being the object of his fun. He loved these calm days they passed together. It was fun teasing Xiao Xingchen because he always believed him, he had put his blind trust into him, and that made him feel a bit especial.

He grew up being treated worse than a dog, he knew what pain was like, but for the first time he was learning what the warm of another human's felt like. He knew satisfaction, which always fulfilled him after finishing a job, but the warmness was out of his limits then. Now for the first time he felt like he was loved.

"Haha, I'm joking! It's my turn to go get vegetables, you stay. Haha you can be so easy to trick."

"It's ok I'll wait then – smiled Xiao Xingchen in complete trust, quietly loving his days surrounded of who had become his important people."

He grabbed the basket and left their so-called home, but an attack almost caught him off guard. Who could it be? To his surprise it was someone he had learn to despise. After all Xiao Xingchen had trusted his own eyes to him, so a bit of jealousy overwhelmed him. Good he got attacked, now he could attack back. Song Lan attacked him merciless, the perfect excuse to respond the same way. He hated this person after all.

Their fight didn't last long since he had the upper hand, that silly Song Lan really thought that he'd get to Xiao Xingchen, no way he was allowing it. He was a precious person to Xiao Xingchen, a thought that filled him with hate, he had to win this battle no matter what. Xiao Xingchen now was his, and he was not going to allow anyone to tell him the truth about his identity. If Xiao Xingchen found out he'd get really mad... So he was not going to lose no matter what. Bitter and mocking words left him as he attacked Song Lan, he couldn't help but mock him and fill him with guilt towards Xiao Xingchen losing his eyesight, therefore Xiao Xingchen becoming weak over the influence of those who can see, like Xue Yang. It was fun to see the change in Song Lan's face when he was confronted with the truth of Xue Yang's manipulation of Xiao Xingchen. This wouldn't happen if he could see after all, so the guilt overcame it. This allowed him to be weaker and like that Xue Yang could poison him. Right in time.

No long after Xiao Xingchen could feel the presence of the poison, which caused him to believe a zombie was close by, he came out and attacked Song Lan. Not knowing that he was his dearest friend, mistaking him with a zombie.

Things couldn't have gone better according to Xue Yang. Perfect end for his jealousy. Now he had taken revenge. What can be worse than Song Lan's guilt and dying in the hands of his beloved friend he had so hard tried to warn about Xue Yang's identity. Perfect ending, he was dead, and his jealousy as well.

Now He had the perfect chance to mock Xiao Xingchen, he had murdered his best friend after all! And if he finds out he has been killing normal humans as well it would be delightful. Now it was the perfect time, forcing him to recognize the sword would be the perfect moment.

He was about to open his mouth when his own sword vibrated. He touched it and this one flew out by itself and directed him outside it seemed to the little blind girl. She was outside and the sword was sitting next to her. This distracted him so he asked the girl to go grab vegetables, after all she was blind and could not see what had happened. He tossed the basket to her, getting his own sword in the way, and then walked inside to where Xiao Xingchen was already sitting at the gates again. He lost a good opportunity but thinking again maybe it was not time to tell him the truth yet.

On a different note his sword was very active, as if it was trying to tell him something. He should check just in case, so he decided to leave the home towards the forest close by to meditate with his sword. He stayed there until the night fell, at the end the energy of his sword didn't go down, but he still couldn't find out why.

He went back and found the little blind girl barely cooking, since he is the one who could see the best, he was the one usually cooking. He removed the girl off the fire and he took her place. She had brought a great variety of vegetables and even meat! Delicious but it seems they'll be low on money for the next few days.

"How come you got meat?"

"You like it, we all like it."

"Seems fair, but now are you going to beg for money or how will we do now?"

"…"

The girl went quiet and he was just teasing her, she looked quite pale. Maybe she was getting sick, good they had so much food at the moment.

"You must be careful when you go out, today there was a zombie right outside our door."

"Yeah, but you killed him! - said happily Xue Yang remembering the good day he had had."

They ended their meal then went to sleep, everyone in their own coffin. The blind girl was acting weird, maybe she truly was getting sick.

The next morning was a beautiful day, Xue Yang cleaned up the mess of the day before, he woke up early and while Xiao Xingchen meditated, he took the body of the zombie far into the trees to forget about him forever.

By the afternoon he got back just to be received by Xiao Xingchen with a very serious tone.

"Can we talk?"

"Sure, what's the problem?"

"According to a-qing, we had a visitor yesterday. She insists it was a beloved friend of mine... and that he was the zombie we got rid of? I can't believe it, but I need to ask you."

"Yesterday? - he was astonished, had the blind girl spoken to Song Lan and seem his cadaver after wards? Or it could be worse, and she saw it all... but it was impossible, she was blind."

"I don't know what you are talking about, yesterday it was a simple zombie, and I just threw it away, or do you not believe me? She is blind maybe she mistook your friend with the zombie. Hey A-Qingyou can't see, how is that you think the zombie was a real person?"

". . . - A-qing couldn't tell the truth or who knows if she'd end up murdered as well."

'See, she must be hallucinating."

'Yesterday a gentleman asked me about Xiao Xingchen, so I told him where to find him, and then a zombie appeared."

'Maybe he became a zombie as he reached our home?, more like he sent it to us."

'I don't think that would happen to Song Lan, he is very strong I greatly appreciate him."

"Tsch, it's nothing, forget it already – he was getting irritated by hearing Xiao Xingchen show so much appreciation about that person. It was annoying to hear it. He didn't want Xiao Xingchen to focus so much on other people."

At the end he decided to start cooking lunch hoping for everyone to forget about it. His jealousy had taken over. Song Lan was dead, yet he still felt jealous to him.

After they finished eating, he approached a-qing

"Hey, blind girl, come here."

"What? - she was trying to act normal."

"Come here, I need to ask you some things."

"Is it about the zombie?"

"Of course, I can't have you making up lies."

"I don't think I'm lying."

"You did see someone coming our way and at the end a zombie appeared, maybe the person went another way while a zombie reached us."

He kept trying to convince a-qing that she was mistaken for a few hours. Around dinner Xiao Xingchen expressed his own concerns.

"If A-qing truly spoke with Song Lan why didn't he reach us?"

"Tsch, come on, maybe something came up and he had to attend straight away. He'll come after he is done with his job, stop worrying."

" you are right – smile Xiao Xingchen."

That smile took his heart, more than usual Xue Yang's heart beat faster and not only his heart, his sword also moved a bit. It was awkward. His sword had been acting out since the day before.

"My sword has been acting strange."

"Can I see? -asked kindly Xiao Xingchen."

"Sure – he handed him his sword and to his surprise once it was in Xiao Xingchen's hands it moved slightly and warmed up."

"It's warm, I have never seen a sword acting this way."

"I don't know, it was since yesterday . . ."

At the end none could explain why the sword was behaving that way.

Xue Yang loved the hot summer nights, it was his favourite season. That night was calm and quiet.

Xue Yang was staring at the sky simply relaxing, and thinking of nothing much.

"Hello,"

"What is it?" - asked Xue Yang in a warm voice, feeling the sky within, he felt so calm and happy with his actual situation

"I wanted to cultivate with my sword, since your's has been acting strange how about you join me."

"Sure" – Xue yang was feeling quite warm inside, his words came out like honey, sweet as never.

For some reason hearing Xue Yang so soft gave Xao Xingchen a bunch of feelings inside. It was more than appreciation, it was adding something more to their friendship, but he simply allowed his feelings to fill him, as they sat down to concentrate on their cultivation.

Xia Xingchen's cultivation was exceptional, that warm feeling filled him. Meanwhile Xue Yang was on the same boat, he didn't resist the warmness that Xiao Xingchen made him feel, as his sword was also vibrating at the same level of his cultivation. The night was soft and the cultivators that night were too.