A great throng of people rushed to the back mountain.
At that moment, Elder Chang had just arrived beneath the great willow. He straightened his powder-pink gown embroidered with golden butterflies and adjusted his carefully selected wig. The matching golden butterfly hairpin at his temple looked ready to take flight. Then he took out a mirror to inspect his flawless makeup.
The woman in the mirror had rosy cheeks, a powdered face, and long, narrow eyes, her lips so red they seemed ready to drip. He pursed his lips. The more he looked, the more beautiful he found himself. No wonder Immortal Lord Moonfall could never forget him!
Taking advantage of this birthday celebration, he had to see him, no matter what.
He waited beneath the tree for a while, and sure enough, a white-robed figure arrived as promised. Immortal Lord Moonfall was handsome and slender, his gaze slightly unfocused as he looked at Elder Chang.
This immortal lord had a secret: he had a mild eye condition. Usually, however, it barely affected him. Just now, for instance, he looked at Elder Chang's brightly colored purple gown and praised him. "What a beautiful immortal gown. Those butterflies suit you wonderfully."
Like a great bird seeking shelter, Elder Chang nestled into his arms. "Moonfall, you have such good taste."
The position was rather uncomfortable for him. After all, he was considerably taller than Immortal Lord Moonfall, so he could only bend his knees and squeeze into his embrace. "What do you think of my makeup today?"
Immortal Lord Moonfall studied him carefully for a while. "As beautiful as a heavenly immortal. Breathtakingly divine."
Elder Chang smiled bashfully and lifted one leg. "Immortal Lord, hold me."
Moonfall froze for a moment, then held up his leg without understanding why.
Taking advantage of this, Elder Chang leaned backward, bending his waist into a right angle, and cast him a seductive glance. "Come, kiss me."
Just then, Qiaoqiao arrived with her vast army of spectators. At the sight, she stared, dumbstruck.
Beside her, the immortal crane could not help blurting out, "Wow, he's so slutty."
That one sentence voiced everyone's thoughts-
Elder Chang was so slutty!
Even with makeup and a dress on, that was obviously Elder Chang!
Elder Chang actually had this sort of hobby!
And the person holding him was Immortal Lord Moonfall, wasn't it?
Were the two of them... having a secret tryst?!
Good heavens!
How thrilling!
Everyone stared wide-eyed at the scene. Elder Chang's pose was truly unbearable to look at, and that makeup... Two lumps of peach-red sat on his cheekbones, his eyelashes resembled fly legs, and his lips had been painted into a gaping, bloody maw. With a little touching up, he could pass seamlessly as a ghost.
The sight really seared their eyes!
[Hahahaha!]
[Elder Chang's expression is absolutely priceless!]
At that moment, Elder Chang turned his head and saw several hundred people. His vision abruptly went black. His face went from red to green, green to purple, and purple to blue, changing more colorfully than a strip of lights. A single person's face could actually display so many changes of color!
What could be more socially devastating than having several hundred people catch you secretly meeting your lover?
It had to be having several hundred people catch you meeting your lover while dressed as a woman.
He had been so excited to see Moonfall that he had forgotten to scan his surroundings with his Divine Sense... But why had so many people suddenly come to a place no one usually visited?!
What on earth was going on?
Elder Chang's eyes rolled back, and he nearly fainted on the spot!
Immortal Lord Moonfall could no longer maintain his composure either. He let go, and with a thud, Elder Chang fell to the ground and rolled several times, coming to rest right beside his wife's feet.
His disciple stood beside his wife, his mouth open wide enough to swallow an egg, his eyes nearly falling out of their sockets.
He had never seen such an icy expression on his wife's face. She had always been gentle, always smiling.
His heart instantly went half cold. "My dear, I..."
"What happened to you?" His wife crouched down and asked, "Did you put on the wrong clothes before leaving home? Did you accidentally fall onto the immortal lord just now?"
Elder Chang immediately choked on his words.
His wife had said everything he could have said. What else could he say?!
[Hahaha.]
[Elder Chang's expression seems to be saying, 'Need the right answer. Urgent. Waiting online.' Hahaha.]
The immortal crane laughed so hard it honked.
This tryst really was exciting and thrilling to watch. Just look at Immortal Lord Moonfall's expression. He looked as though he had swallowed a hundred flies.
From this day onward, his reputation was ruined. Hahaha.
Elder Chang could not come up with the right answer. He was falling apart inside. With so many people witnessing what had happened today, how could he ever face anyone again? How could he continue serving as grand elder?!
His reputation, his standing, everything he had in the Flowing Cloud Sect-all of it was ruined!
His tryst with Immortal Lord Moonfall had been so private. Who on earth had learned about it and brought so many people to watch?!
His gaze swept across the crowd and settled on Qiaoqiao.
The disciple was watching him with her almond-shaped eyes wide open, looking just like an intensely curious cat.
Could it have been her?
He rejected the thought as soon as it arose.
No, it could not have been her.
Before this, he had never met this young disciple from Ethereal Peak. How could she possibly have known about his tryst with Moonfall?
While Elder Chang was racking his brains, his wife took a pair of scissors from her Storage Bag. The scissors were tiny, their sharp edges gleaming coldly. They were a Law Artifact his wife used as a medical cultivator, capable of cutting even merfolk gauze impervious to water and fire.
Seeing her take out those scissors, Elder Chang felt an ominous premonition rise in his heart.
"Since you like dressing as a woman so much, I'll grant your wish," his wife said coldly.
Elder Chang sucked in a breath of cold air!
"My dear, stop!!"
[Wow! How spectacular!!]
[I never thought I'd get to witness the spectacular sight of Elder Chang becoming a eunuch today!]
[I wonder if his wife has any experience. If she accidentally cuts crooked, wouldn't that mean... she'd have to make a few more snips?]
Hiss.
Standing behind Qiaoqiao, Shen Ji and Fu Fengyuan pictured it and could not help drawing in sharp breaths. Wasn't that far too terrifying?
Elder Chang was a Mahayana cultivator whose cultivation matched the sect master's, but his wife's cultivation was not low either. On top of that, he was so panicked that he failed to react in time, allowing his wife to pierce his vital points with silver needles. Instantly immobilized, he could only watch as she ripped his dress apart, exposing two bare, hairy legs.