I'm really not the Saviour! (我唔係救主囖!) [danmei/BL xuanhuan]

47 - Is *everybody* kung-fu fighting?

A/N: Wow, a chapter!

I'm having my teeth kicked in by life again, so the writing has been frustratingly slow.

But look! A new and pretty cover!

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The route that they followed seemed somehow familiar. Gong Lau Yan remained in human form, but she was still faster than the two disciples, in spite of the speed of their lightness arts. Cheng Baak-hap had elected to stay behind. "Just a little more. I think... I'm almost achieved a breakthrough..." No amount of wheedling or pleading from Chan Bik would change her mind.

Gong Lau Yan flowed across the landscape, and as the three of them entered a stretch of hills, Gaam Yuk Ying said, "The canyon?"

It was. Gong Lau Yan halted at the edge of the precipice, and they all looked down on strange, carved visage that peered out from the depths. Chan Bik pulled a face.

"Wow, that's really creepy. This is where that bitch cut apart a demon camp, right?"

Her Senior Brother nodded, but he was looking to Gong Lau Yan.

"You're wondering why I brought you here? Well, you tell me, Little Gaam. Grandmother started acting a little strange after she was here. How did she seem when you first arrived here?"

"She... was not comfortable."

"I know I'm not," Chan Bik said, turning her back on the face. "Argh, that's even worse! I can feel it staring at my back!"

They all backed away from the edge.

"How do you feel, Gong Dze?" Chan Bik asked. The loong's usual carefree smile was strained.

"Better, now that we can't see that thing. But I feel like it's going to come crawling up out of there at any moment."

"Don't say that!"

"What else?" Gaam Yuk Ying asked quietly, still staring in the direction of the canyon.

"What else... You mean about Grandmother?"

"Yes."

"She keeps coming back here."

Two faces with identical looks of confused concern turned to her.

"I've seen her a few times. I only managed to follow her twice, but it was enough. If she was in her right mind, she would have noticed me straight away."

"Are you sure she didn't notice you?" Chan Bik asked. "What if she was pretending?"

"What for? I can't think of any good reason she would pretend that she didn't notice me following her. She's coming back to this spot again and again to stare obsessively at that face. You know what she said to me the other day? 'Lau Yan, I think we've been doing this all wrong.' What does she mean by 'this'?" She flung herself down with a sigh and smoothed stray hairs back aggressively with both hands. "Kids, I'm telling you this so you're not blindsided, you understand? I'm not expecting you to fix anything, or solve anything. But I want you to be aware that Grandmother is worried, so that if she tells you to run, you run, and if she tells you to hide, you hide, even if it doesn't make sense in that moment, okay?"

"Of course." Chan Bik bristled. "I know you're a thousand years older than us, Gong Dze, but we're not idiots!"

"I know you're not," Gong Lau Yan said, with a fond smile. "You're smart. But sometimes you're too determined for your own good, okay? And this is not something you can handle. I want you to live to my age, okay?"

"That will only happen if I Ascend," Chan Bik said grumpily, but she looked placated.

"I'm sure you will. All of you."