Tales Of Demons And Go...What Is This !

Nie Lan was wandering around Glory City with no destination in mind. She just felt like there was nothing important in the city since this was the period of peace, the calm before the storm.

In a secluded corner of the city, some trees were starting to wilt, the leaves turned red and orange and a bunch of other colors.

Nature was beautiful, it looked like a dance as the leaves were blown by the wind. Nie Lan enjoyed the scenery since the breeze was pleasant and her hair blown with the wind.

Under a tree she saw a figure, it was Xiao Ning'er, Nie Lan raised her hand to wave as she was about to yell out but Xiao Ning'er was hanging her head. Nie Lan was slightly worried as she moved closer to her.

Xiao Ning'er sensing a presence nearby waited for a few breaths before she raised her head. She saw that it was her friend Nie Lan. Putting on the best smile she could manage at the moment she asked, "What are you doing here?"

Nie Lan could see the bitterness in her smile and was worried, "Is something wrong?"

Xiao NIng'er had a more bitter smile as she heard Nie Lan asking this.

There was a silence between them as they felt the breeze on their skin, it wasn't cold but just cool.

Xiao Ning'er finally broke down as she started to silently cry into a bawling sadness.

"Waaah...sniff...waaah!" Xiao Ning'er was a mess as she was feeling emotional.

Nie Lan just embraced her for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea. When Xiao Ning'er finally broke out of her crying stupor she just stayed in Nie Lan's embrace more because it felt safe, she felt like she could forget all the worries she had. The silence of the moment was engraved into her heart as she enjoyed such peace and tranquility.

Xiao Ning'er, still in Nie Lan's embrace put on a slight smile while speaking, "You know...my family...has decided to engage me to the Sacred Family."

Nie Lan opted to stay silent for a few breaths.

"I don't want that, I want to control my own destiny, who I marry in the future will be who I like not what my family wants me to." Xiao Ning'er put up a brave face as she truly wanted to choose.

Nie Lan thought about it before opening her mouth "To control your own fate, you need strength...strength to protect, to advance, and to control...Xiao Ning'er, do you want strength?"

Xiao Ning'er stared at Nie Lan's demeanor, it was as if she was a confident look that somewhat charmed her and rekindled her fire of hope. Nie Lan had helped her through the arctic disease which stopped her cultivation from advancing and even this was not enough to help her gain strength for her own destiny, but she felt like if it was her...if it was Nie Lan, she would be able to guide her to newfound strength.

Xiao Ning'er, glancing at Nie Lan firmly said, "I want strength."

Nie Lan smiled which bewitched Xiao Ning'er and replied "Alright," taking out a soul crystal she told Xiao Ning'er what it was about, "by using an unused soul crystal you can take a closer glimpse at the details of the soul realm, insert your soul force into this."

Xiao Ning'er listened and put her soul force into the crystal. The crystal began to glow a green light which is normal for soul crystals since they can show color but Nie Lan saw more.

With Nie Lan's experienced eyes she saw that there was a beast within the soul realm, the soul form of it. It was a majestic dragon of wind and lightning!

"It's a green soul realm with a wind lightning soul attribute and the soul form is a winged dragon." Nie Lan told the details to Xiao Ning'er.

Xiao Ning'er with a cute dumbfounded face looked towards Nie Lan and asked "What's soul form and soul attribute?"

Nie Lan gave out a smile and also looked towards Xiao Ning'er, she was engrossed in her lecture so she did not pay attention to their positioning, only when she finished saying, "Soul attribute is the element you have the most affinity for while soul form is an indicator of what type of cultivation techniques you can use to quicken your cultivation" did she finally see how close they were.

Xiao Ning'er with her head tilted upwards and Nie Lan with her head looking down towards Xiao Ning'er were just two finger's width from each other. Their lips, barely apart from each other.

They stared at each other for a few breaths before something sparked in their eyes.

Their faces moved closer to one another and they finally...kissed.

They were entranced by the feeling, the smell, the taste of each other's lips and they stayed like that for a few more breaths.

However, Xiao Ning'er still maintained a small bit of her consciousness and pulled away while putting her head down. 'What was I doing? Why did I kiss her? It felt good...' Xiao Ning'er was in constant disarray as she felt that she was out of her mind. She liked it but they were both girls!

Meanwhile Nie Lan took a brief moment and snapped out of her stupor before putting on a serious expression, as serious as she could possibly be at this awkward moment.

"W-well, so your soul form and attribute are now determined so let me think about what cultivation tekk" Nie Lan bit her tongue and looked away in embarrassment, she was too unfocused at the moment to talk properly.

Xiao Ning'er seeing this felt something sprout in her heart, with a smile she giggled a little bit, feeling a bit cheered up.

Nie Lan's blush crept on her face before she recomposed herself to search her memory for a technique.

"I have a technique for you, it's called the Lightning Dragon Technique, since you possess a winged dragon and wind lightning attribute it would be the most fitting technique for you to practice. The chant is..." Nie Lan recited it but Xiao Ning'er was just staring at Nie Lan's face with a smile.

"Are you listening?" Nie Lan asked as she turned towards Xiao NIng'er.

"Nope," Xiao Ning'er shamelessly expressed, "I want to keep looking at you" with a teasing smile.

Nie Lan blushed even more as she wasn't immune to girls even after becoming on herself. "...Fine, I'll just copy it down for you later..."

"Does that mean we'll meet again?" Xiao Ning'er put up a smile.

"Yeah, of course after all we are stud-"Nie Lan began as she was interrupted.

"When do you want to meet up? And let's meet here by the trees dancing in the wind." Xiao Ning'er expressed her willingness to meet up in private again.

Nie Lan just could not win this argument so he just answered, "Meet me here tomorrow, I'll pass on the technique to you."

As they parted, Xiao Ning'er had a smile that she hadn't had for a long time, ever since she was engaged to Shen Fei of the Sacred Family.

Meanwhile Nie Lan had a face that showed a bit of a loss as she remembered the kiss but snapped out of it and convinced herself it didn't mean anything...except deep down she truly believed she was starting to love Xiao Ning'er even she could not convince herself out of this.