{"id":3466,"date":"2026-05-18T13:56:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/top-cross-dressing-swordsman-transmigrated-into-a-book-16\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T13:56:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:56:37","slug":"top-cross-dressing-swordsman-transmigrated-into-a-book-16","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/my\/chapter\/top-cross-dressing-swordsman-transmigrated-into-a-book-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Cross-dressing Swordsman [Transmigrated into a Book] 16"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mu Bai fell silent.

He glanced at Su Mo, then at the Prime Minister’s residence, stubbornly saying, “Stop trying to take advantage of me. I’ll go in and try it myself.”

Su Mo smiled. “Indeed, young hero, you have backbone. But what you don’t know is that the Prime Minister’s residence has recruited many martial arts experts\u2014at least five notorious ones, like Yellow-Browed Demon and Profound Sky Daoist…”

Mu Bai had heard of these names before. They were infamous villains in the martial world, skilled in martial arts and ruthless in nature.

It was only natural for them to attach themselves to Lord Wei.

“Last year, two young heroes lost their lives just after breaking into the Prime Minister’s residence,” Su Mo retracted his folding fan and tapped it against his palm. “Besides, you only brought two iron caltrops\u2014even if you get in, what then? A pointless death?”

“……”

“I’m a bit older than you, so it’s only natural to call me ‘big brother’\u2014it’s not meant to belittle you. If danger comes your way, just by hearing you call me ‘big brother,’ I’ll surely protect you.” He smiled, eyes crinkling. “Isn’t that a great deal?”

Mu Bai: “…”

This person is just finding all sorts of ways to take advantage of me.

Yet what he said wasn’t unreasonable\u2014a true man knows when to bend and when to stand firm. If even wearing a skirt wasn\u2019t an issue, what was the harm in calling him “Brother”?

Mu Bai closed his eyes, steeled his heart, and said under his breath, “Brother…”

Su Mo suppressed a laugh. “Louder. I can\u2019t hear you.”

“Brother.”

“Oh.” Su Mo raised an eyebrow. “Are you calling me?”

Mu Bai gritted his teeth: “Su… Mo… Ge… Ge.”

This guy is absolutely terrible. Next time he falls ill, I’d rather freeze to death than lend him my clothes.

“Alright, I won’t tease you anymore.”

Su Mo opened his folding fan and whistled.

The clear, sharp whistle instantly caught the attention of the patrolling soldiers.

“Who’s there? Come out!”

The officers quickly surrounded the alley based on the sound but saw no one in sight.

They cautiously aimed their spears at the pile of debris at the end of the alley, slowly approaching, and suddenly thrust the spear tips forward.

But they found nothing\u2014absolutely nothing underneath.

Suddenly, a shadow circled down from above the alley.

The officer raised his head and saw six or seven black-feathered birds swooping down.

“Swish\u2014” The sharp claws scraped by, causing blood to gush out instantly.

The alley was instantly thrown into chaos, with chickens flying and dogs jumping in all directions.

Using the same method, Su Mo diverted the other guards and helped Mu Bai climb over the wall into the Prime Minister’s residence, hiding in a low thicket untouched by the lamplight.

The Prime Minister’s residence was guarded by martial arts masters from the jianghu, so Mu Bai dared not make a sound. He could only lean close to Su Mo’s ear and whisper, “Are those crows also one of the Xuanhe Sect’s tricks?”

Su Mo also leaned close to his ear.

Unlike Mu Bai, his breath was warm as he spoke, almost like the gentlest of kisses: “The Xuanhe Gate keeps hundreds of birds, training disciples to command them, to summon birds. Some master this skill, others never quite grasp it\u2014it all depends on natural talent.”

Mu Bai felt his ear tingling from the whisper and thought he’d just been fed a bunch of nonsense.

Usually such a concise person.

But since he’d already said so much, it wouldn’t be right not to reply at all. So Mubai leaned in again: “I thought your Xuanhe Sect’s moves would be something like ‘White Crane Spreads Wings,’ but it turns out they’re more like ‘Crow Takes the Airplane.'”

Su Mo raised an eyebrow, about to ask which sect’s style this “Crow Takes the Airplane” belonged to\u2014he didn’t recall ever hearing of it.

Just then, the sound of approaching footsteps reached them.

He pinned Mu Bai to the ground and crouched down himself.

But he propped himself up slightly, avoiding pressing down on Mu Bai.

As Mu Bai shifted slightly, Su Mo looked down at him, placing a finger to his lips: “Shh.”

In the darkness, his eyes unexpectedly held a warm, affectionate smile.

Mu Bai heard footsteps approaching and, without time to think, held his breath and lay perfectly still.

Closer and closer, now just two steps away from them.

Su Mo pressed down further, covering Mu Bai, his black hair slipping into the collar of Mu Bai’s robe, tangling around his neck.

Yet it remained restless, landing on the skin and fluttering faintly with each breath, an itch that clawed at the heart and lungs\u2014almost like a subtle yet unmistakable temptation.

Mu Bai clenched his teeth tightly, cursing the person on top of him a hundred times in his heart.

Did you grow up eating fleeceflower root to have so much hair?

He was so focused on enduring the torment of the hair that he didn’t even notice the patrolling person walking away.

Su Mo, seeing his tightly furrowed brows, couldn’t help but let out an extremely soft chuckle.

Mu Bai opened his eyes and saw this, instantly fuming: “You should go apprentice at the Hollow Valley Temple instead.”

Have the master shave all his jet-black hair off.

“Alright, alright.” Su Mo reached out and gently stroked the back of his head. “Don’t be angry, it’s my hair’s fault.”

“You think you’re coaxing a three-year-old?” Mu Bai sat up, pulling all the hair that had gotten into his clothes out, and peered through the bushes. “That person seems to have left. Let’s go take a look.”

“Okay.”

The two of them crouched low as they crept toward the bushes. Su Mo whispered, “When I was in Wuti, I often visited ministers’ residences as a guest, so I’m somewhat familiar with the layouts of these high-ranking officials’ mansions. The main courtyard should be over there.”

With his guidance, Mubai didn’t take any wrong turns.

The two of them crept along the shadows beneath the wall, sneaking into the main residence, where they spotted a bedroom with its lights extinguished.

Unlike the side rooms in the outer courtyard, this one was more spacious, with beaded curtains hanging over the doors and windows, and the pillars adorned with carvings of dragons and phoenixes\u2014clearly the residence of the estate’s master.

The courtyard was devoid of patrolling guards, leaving Mu Bai puzzled. “The outer perimeter is so heavily guarded, yet the main courtyard is empty? Could it be a trap?”

At this moment, a voice came from the bedroom.

“My lord, come quickly~”

“I’m here~”

Mu Bai: “…”

Ah, so they were indulging in pleasure.

There was more than one voice\u2014besides Chancellor Wei, two young women and two men were also speaking.

Perhaps because there were no guards outside, the words that spilled from within were downright wanton, too indecent for the ears.

Mu Bai said awkwardly, “That old scoundrel has no shame, engaging with so many… pah, I won’t say more\u2014it sullies my mouth.”

Su Mo chuckled lightly. “Back then, my father’s palace also kept male favorites, and he even sent a few to my residence.”

Mu Bai’s Adam’s apple bobbed as he asked, “Then you…”

“I never touched them.”

Mu Bai breathed a sigh of relief: “That’s good. Since you don’t like men either, we’re still birds of a feather.”

Su Mo glanced at him: “I just haven’t met anyone I like yet.”

Mu Bai didn’t catch the underlying meaning, his attention drawn again by the commotion coming from the room.

After hesitating for a moment, he decided to move closer for a look.

The two cautiously pressed themselves against the window. Mu Bai poked a small hole in the paper window and peered inside.

He had thought the people inside were still chasing and playing around, not yet getting to the main event. But one glance inside made him wish he could gouge out his own eyes.

As he retreated, he accidentally brushed aside the bead curtain, and someone inside immediately shouted sharply, “Who’s there!”

“Assassin! Protect Lord Wei!”

In just a few breaths’ time, a man with golden eyebrows and a knife scar across his face burst through the door.

He was still bare-chested and without shoes when he grabbed an iron hook chained to a rope and chased after the beam.

Yet the intruder clearly possessed extraordinary lightness skills, vanishing among the rooftops in just a few leaps.

“What did you see? You’re so scared.” Su Mo asked.

Until they escaped the capital of Jialan and placed Mubai on horseback, his face remained pale.

Mu Bai held back but couldn’t resist, leaning against the horse’s back as he retched.

“That old pervert has such terrible taste… He could even go for someone like Yellow-Browed Monster.”

No wonder there are no guards outside\u2014all the top fighters are in his room.

Su Mo mounted the horse, wrapping his arms around Mu Bai’s waist to grab the reins, and whispered in his ear, “I just saved you.”

Mu Bai came to his senses and quickly said, “Yes, yes. Thank you, elder brother.”

At this moment, he didn’t feel the slightest bit of resentment\u2014calling him “brother” was truly not a loss.

Su Mo curled his lips and spurred his horse to gallop back along the path they had come.

Before dawn, the two returned the horses and sneaked into Lingyun Palace.

Mu Bai had initially worried that Su Mo would discover where he lived, but until they returned to the room, he didn’t ask a single question and was about to close the door.

Mu Bai stopped him: “In a few days I’ll need to visit the Prime Minister’s residence again. I wonder if it’s convenient for you? No need to take action\u2014just cover my back. If it gets too dangerous, you can leave first.”

Su Mo raised an eyebrow: “Whether I go or not depends on my mood.”

“And when are you in a good mood?”

“Hard to say.”

“Oh.” Mu Bai’s shoulders slumped. “Then I’ll come find you when the time comes. If you’re in a bad mood, I’ll come every day.”

You always manage to bump into the right moment.

–

A few days later.

The night was dark and the wind was high.

Mu Bai put on his night suit, strapped the Qinglian Sword wrapped in cloth to his back, and tucked the bouquet of flowers into his chest.

The flowers were gifts from the disciples of Lingyun Palace, arriving daily without fail.

Mu Bai didn’t care for flowers, but he couldn’t bear to discard them in the palace\u2014seeing that would surely break their hearts.

So he had no choice but to carry them out under the cover of night and toss them somewhere far away.

He originally thought about giving these flowers to Su Mo\u2014who knows, maybe he’d like them?

But upon closer consideration, it felt inappropriate to offer borrowed flowers as a gift, so he dismissed the idea.

Mu Bai closed the door, lightly leapt onto the roof beam, reached Su Mo’s eaves, and lifted a tile.

Su Mo looked up to see a smiling face hanging upside down from the roof: “Dear brother, are you free tonight?”<\/p>","protected":false},"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"novel":[],"class_list":["post-3466","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/3466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/3466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3467,"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/3466\/revisions\/3467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"novel","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/novel?post=3466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}