Yuji

A match made in heaven, a mortal's paradise.

• Planet: Celestial
• Partner: Murong Xiaotan

Yuji is a fairy who obeys the Heavenly Palace and is lurking on the planet, Celestial. She appears as a mortal and has been traveling in Celestial for over ten years. Yuji's duty is to monitor every move of Celestial; when she does not receive instructions from the Heavenly Palace, she is no different from a mortal. Yuji originally thought that this leisurely life would continue indefinitely. That is, until she met the absurdly intelligent young man, named “Murong Xiaotian.” Murong Xiaotian finally met someone who rivaled his wits. The two fell madly in love, and traveled together like a nomad couple, through the mountains and across the rivers of Celestial.

Since their encounter in the mountains, Yuji and Murong Xiaotian had been traveling together for over a year. Murong Xiaotian had straightforwardly abandoned his ill attitude, and along the way, he fetched tea and water, concerned about her well-being, and cared for Yuji with the utmost attentiveness. Yuji felt grateful in her heart for everything Murong Xiaotian had done, so she decided to give him a surprise.

: “I'm going out to handle some things. Don't follow me.”

After settling into an inn, Yuji casually made up an excuse and went out alone. During her ten years of wandering, she had visited this place more than once and knew of a skilled blacksmith who lived in seclusion here. Since Murong Xiaotian loved fine swords, she decided to commission the blacksmith to forge one as a gift for him.

The blacksmith's skills were profound, but the materials Yuji had prepared for him were incredibly tough divine iron. As a result, the forging process took quite a long time. Yuji waited patiently by the forge's furnace until dawn, when the sword was finally completed.

The time spent was well worth it. Yuji looked at the razor-sharp blade and felt very satisfied. She wanted to test the sword by cutting some branches or stones, but she worried that Murong Xiaotian might be anxious waiting, so she hurried back to the inn at a jog.

In the inn, Murong Xiaotian was sitting on a chair by the door, his head tilted against the wall as he slept soundly. His handsome face was covered in scratches and bruises of various sizes.

: “How did you get these bruises!”

Yuji grabbed him by the shoulders, and shook him awake.

: “Ah! You're finally back!”

Murong Xiaotian was overjoyed to see Yuji. But accidentally pulled a muscle, wincing in pain.

: “What happened? Who hurt you?”

Yuji's hand cupped his face.

: “This sword is really beautiful! Is it for me?”

Murong Xiaotian was drawn to the sword's divine aura, and ignored her question.

: “Don't move! Tell me what happened!”

Yuji hid the sword behind her back, he sighed and rolled his eyes.

: “Nothing too serious, I just tripped and fell.”

: “What do you take me for—a child? How could a fall bruise your entire face!”

Murong Xiaotian was great in every way except for one: he never said anything serious, always spouting nonsense.

: “He got beaten by those ruffians at the village entrance,”

The innkeeper chimed in, unable to stand by any longer.

: “This morning, this young fellow saw them and rushed over, yelling at them. They're not ones to back down—they gave him a good thrashing and tossed him back here like this.”

Murong Xiaotian waved his hands frantically, trying to signal the innkeeper to shut up. But the innkeeper doesn't care, and told Yuji everything in detail.

: “Oh, so you lost a fight and didn't want me to know because it'd be embarrassing,”

Yuji sneered.

: “What were you thinking? I've told you over and over on this trip not to stir up trouble, but the moment I'm gone for a day, you go picking fights!”

: “I wasn't picking a fight….”

Murong Xiaotian looked away in shame, like a child getting scolded. Shortly after, he gave Yuji the puppy dog eyes.

: “Can I see the sword now?”

: “No!”

Yuji slapped his hand away.

: “You always brag about being a genius, yet you let a bunch of bullies beat you up like this. Sit here and reflect on that—I'm going to get you a doctor.”

: “I really didn't fight them!”

Murong Xiaotian added.

: “If I had actually fought, they wouldn't have lasted! Now come on, let me see the sword!”

: “Fine! Tell me exactly what happened,”

Yuji said, casually dangling the sword with her fingertips like dangling keys in front of a toddler.

: “If you explain yourself properly, without goofing around, I'll give it to you.”

: “Really?”

: “Get to the point!”

: “It went like this; When we checked in yesterday, there was this group of old men drinking downstairs. They witnessed your ethereal beauty, and started spouting all sorts of dirty fantasies. You didn't hear it, but I did. I was disgusted, but I remembered you didn't want me causing trouble, so I waited until you were gone to go reason with them.”

: “Hah! You call that reasoning? You brought up members from their long line of ancestors from top to bottom!”

The innkeeper laughed.

: “Hey, don't interrupt me, old man!”

Murong Xiaotian said desperately.

: “There! Now can I have a look at the sword?”

: “No.”

Yuji responds, with a stern face.

: “Why not? You promised!”

: “Enough talk—we have business to attend to.

Yuji grabbed Murong Xiaotian and dragged him out onto the street. She pointed to a shack nearby and asked,

: ”Is that them?“

Under the shack, a group of men were munching on some sunflower seeds. When they saw Yuji pointing, they got excited and started wolf whistling.

: ”Y-yeah, that's them…“

Murong Xiaotian nodded, hesitantly.

Yuji's face darkened like a storm. She approached the group of men, slapped the one in front right to the ground. The others saw her attack and charged at her with fists flying. But they were no match for a fairy—Yuji grabbed one of them by the fist, and threw him at the other.

Yuji pummeled her fists into his face, kicked him when they're down.

Right when she drew the sword from its scabbard, right when she was about to put them down.

Murong Xiaotian quickly restrained her from behind, whispering softly in her ear.

: ”Don't be rash. They just hit me a few times—it's not worth killing them.“

Yuji turned red from the sudden hug, she stopped trying kill them.

The men scrambled away in terror, and only then did Murong Xiaotian let Yuji go.

: ”I don't want to cause trouble either! But you can't just let people treat you like that! If you're going to be with me, you have to learn fight back when you're in danger! Look at what they've done to you!“

: ”Hehe! Got it!“

Murong Xiaotian's heart melted at her words ”with me,“ and he couldn't stop smiling.

: ”Look at you, acting so high and mighty.“

Yuji said in exasperation.

: ”Give the sword back! If you're not going to use it, what's the point?“

: ”No, I will use it! Next time someone puts my life on the line, I'll slice them into strips with this sword!“

Murong Xiaotian clutched it tightly, refusing to let go.

Seeing how happy he was, Yuji knew the gift was perfect. She smiled and tossed him the scabbard.