Why Aren’t You Cultivating Immortality? (GL) Chapter 46

Sikou was a surname, and also the name of a punishment.
Bai Moqing had once encountered a group of criminals being punished by being sent to the border to guard against enemies. That punishment was called Sikou, so her impression of the name was very deep.
Sikou Yan’s relationship with Xiao Xing looked close. That closeness did not mean the physical distance of two people linking arms and standing close. It meant how long they had known each other.
Bai Moqing had a feeling that the two had known each other for many years.
Bai Moqing silently followed Sikou Yan out of the banquet hall. The banquet hall slowly returned to calm. An Huaigu was about to take Bai Moqing to Xiao Xing’s side, but when she turned, she found Bai Moqing was gone.
She called Bai Moqing’s phone, but no one answered until the call ended on its own.
Strange. Where had she gone?
Bai Moqing was standing in a corner of the press conference, studying Sikou Yan, who was speaking onstage.
On the movie poster covering the background wall, Sikou Yan wore black armor and held a sharp, bold heavy sword in one hand. The splendid mountains and rivers behind her seemed to lose their color.
A female reporter seated directly across from Sikou Yan stood with a microphone and recorder. “I heard this movie is about a female general becoming a female emperor. Yan Yan has always acted in modern films before. Can she really handle the role of a female general?”
Sikou Yan turned to look at herself in armor on the poster and smiled back at the reporter. “Do I not look like a general in armor?”
The general on the poster was handsome enough to make straight women bend. Her sword-like brows, starry eyes, and beautiful face looked sharp and fierce. Her gaze was keen as a hawk’s, firm but hiding ambition.
How would the reporter dare say, in front of so many people, that Sikou Yan did not look like a general? If she dared say it, Best Actress Yan’s fans would tear her to pieces once she walked out.
The reporter had just sat down when the reporter beside her immediately stood and asked a sharp question.
“A passerby revealed that all the fight scenes in this movie were completed by a stunt double. Rumor says Best Actress Yan only filmed some close shots in the studio, and the rest was edited in later. Is that true?”
The whole room stirred. Every reporter and cameraman grew excited. Sikou Yan smiled calmly, with no displeasure on her face. Her gaze swept over the press pass hanging from the reporter’s neck.
Wang Xiaofeng, Southern Entertainment.
So he was a reporter from Southern Entertainment, the entertainment media outlet that loved gossip most.
Sikou Yan’s gaze landed on the reporter’s face. She signaled for him to come over, then sent a look to her assistant standing at the side of the stage. She handed the microphone to Gu Jun, the actor who played her deputy general.
Onstage and offstage, Deputy General Gu and General Sikou worked together with great understanding. From one movement and one look, Gu Jun knew what Sikou Yan wanted to do. After taking the microphone, Gu Jun opened his hands and signaled for everyone to step back and make room for General Sikou.
Speaking of it, at first, Gu Jun had thought Best Actress Sikou was only a pretty vase with the title of best actress. But when Sikou Yan picked up the heavy sword, which weighed nearly twenty-two pounds, with one hand and swung it easily, Gu Jun had been won over on the spot.
The assistant had the staff bring up the sword Sikou Yan had used in the movie. Yes, bring it up. As in, lift it.
The sword was kept in a sword case. The staff carried the sword onto the stage. Sikou Yan opened the case and smiled gently.
“Reporter Wang, please take the sword out and hand it to me.”
Although Wang Xiaofeng did not know what Sikou Yan wanted to do, it was obvious that this was a pit.
Reporter Wang forced himself to pick up the sword. Anyone could lift something that was almost twenty-two pounds. But how long they could hold it was another question.
Sikou Yan did not take the sword for a long time. Wang Xiaofeng’s face turned a little pale. His wrist sank, and with a bang, the sword stabbed into the floor, making a hole. Then it tilted sideways and almost smashed his own foot.
The floor quality was truly poor.
The sword was truly sharp.
Sikou Yan smiled, held one hand over her chest, and bent down to pick up the sword. In her hand, something over twenty pounds seemed to weigh only two.
Her face did not redden, and her breathing did not change. Wearing a long dress, Sikou Yan performed a set of sword moves in front of everyone. It was clean, sharp, and flowing. Just as she was about to end, Gu Jun picked up the scabbard from the sword case and shouted, “General!” Then she threw it toward Sikou Yan.
Sikou Yan caught the scabbard, spun a gorgeous sword flourish, and slid the sword steadily into the sheath.
Everyone stared, dumbfounded. A few seconds later, applause erupted like a mountain flood. Wang Xiaofeng, who had always felt that female stars in the entertainment circle only had beauty and earned money with their bodies, instantly became Sikou Yan’s fan.
Bai Moqing watched Sikou Yan’s swordsmanship and felt it looked a little familiar. When Sikou Yan handed the sword to the staff, she saw Bai Moqing.
Their eyes met. Sikou Yan gave her a smile that seemed to say, long time no see. Then she withdrew her gaze and continued answering reporters’ questions.
Bai Moqing did not remember having met Sikou Yan. She used divine sense to check her. Sikou Yan was only an ordinary mortal. But that set of sword moves from just now could not have been so smooth without more than ten years of practice. Sikou Yan was definitely not ordinary.
Thinking of Xiao Xing, Bai Moqing left the press conference.
Sikou Yan raised her eyes and looked at Bai Moqing’s back, the smile on her face unchanged.
The press conference and banquet hall were not far apart. As Bai Moqing passed through the corridor, an excited voice entered her ears. She turned her head. A girl was pointing at her phone screen and saying to another person, “Sikou Yan is so handsome! I’m about to bend!”
Bai Moqing glanced over. It was a video of Sikou Yan performing with the sword.
In only a few short minutes, before the press conference had even ended, the video of Sikou Yan sword-dancing in a long dress had already become the number one topic on Weibo.
Bai Moqing, who had suddenly vanished, suddenly appeared again. As soon as An Huaigu saw her, she quickly crossed through the crowd and came to her.
“Where did you go?” Her tone was a little anxious.
“The restroom.” Bai Moqing’s gaze searched the crowd and landed on Xiao Xing.
Xiao Xing smiled faintly. Holding a wineglass, one arm folded across her chest, she was speaking with Jing Tianzong. Bai Moqing tugged An Huaigu’s sleeve.
“Sister An, I need to leave first.”
As if she had heard Bai Moqing’s words, Xiao Xing turned and looked over. One look made Bai Moqing change her mind about leaving.
An Huaigu tried to keep her there with a few words, and Bai Moqing naturally agreed. Then she walked with An Huaigu to Xiao Xing’s side.
Xiao Xing personally handed Bai Moqing a glass of red wine. When Bai Moqing took it, their fingers touched. This was their first intimate contact after the skin-to-skin closeness in the office.
The cohabitation they had agreed on had been delayed because the flood dragon was injured. Xiao Xing glanced at Bai Moqing’s smooth, fair neck and felt it was necessary to remind her that she should come live with her now.
After the banquet ended, Xiao Xing was afraid Bai Moqing would disappear again, so she had the driver send Bai Moqing home. Xiao Xing’s home was not far from here. After returning home, she immediately went to Bai Moqing’s place.
The little orange cat was lying on the sofa, waiting for Bai Moqing to come home. The air shifted. She got up and was about to pounce toward the figure, but after seeing clearly that it was Xiao Xing, she braked hard.
“You… why are you here?” Her small, milky meow voice sounded soft and cute. The little orange cat shrank back into the corner of the sofa. “Qingqing hasn’t come back yet.”
Xiao Xing sat on the sofa and turned slightly to look at the little orange cat. “Where have you been these last two nights?”
Her cold tone gave the little orange cat a great pressure. The little orange cat flattened herself down until her whole belly pressed against the sofa. Her voice trembled as she answered, “I can’t tell you.”
Xiao Xing’s sharp, cold gaze was terrifying. The little orange cat felt she was about to die under Xiao Xing’s eyes. “Qingqing told me I can’t tell anyone.”
Actually, even if Feiyue did not say it, Xiao Xing could still know.
Xiao Xing’s fingertip touched the little orange cat’s forehead. Memories flashed quickly before Xiao Xing’s eyes like scenes in a movie. When she saw Bai Moqing cultivating inside the barrier, Xiao Xing withdrew her hand and sighed softly.
The little orange cat did not know Xiao Xing had seen her memories. Hearing the sigh, she tilted her head and gave Xiao Xing two meows.
“You can ask Qingqing and let her tell you herself.”
The sound of the door opening came. The little orange cat’s ears stood up. She turned and jumped off the arm of the sofa, ran around the sofa, and reached the entryway. As soon as Bai Moqing opened the door, she heard the little orange cat say, “Qingqing, Xiao Xing is waiting for you!”
The little thing climbed up to her shoulder in two or three quick moves.
When the driver sent Bai Moqing home, she already knew Xiao Xing would come. Bai Moqing stroked the little orange cat’s fur and told her to stay in her room. The little orange cat rubbed her face against Bai Moqing’s cheek and obediently went back to the room.
“What is Sikou Yan’s relationship with you?” Before Xiao Xing could ask where Bai Moqing had been these two days, Bai Moqing asked first.
Xiao Xing was silent for a moment, then answered, “An old acquaintance.”
She had seen everything that happened at the press conference. Bai Moqing asking this was within her expectations.
One line about an old acquaintance could not satisfy Bai Moqing. Bai Moqing sat beside Xiao Xing, her tone low.
“An old acquaintance? How old? I can’t see her cultivation. Is she above me?”
Xiao Xing froze for a moment. Looking at Bai Moqing’s faintly resentful eyes, she wrapped an arm around Bai Moqing’s waist and pulled her into her arms. “So you’re jealous.”
Their bodies pressed tightly together.
“She is not a cultivator. She is only an ordinary mortal. When I met her, she had just entered the entertainment circle.”
Only an ordinary mortal? Bai Moqing felt it was not that simple. But Xiao Xing would not lie to her. Even if she had hidden things before, there was no need to lie about this.
Then why did Sikou Yan look at her with such a familiar gaze?
Bai Moqing lowered her eyes and thought. Seeing this, Xiao Xing pinched her chin.
“Now it’s my turn to ask. These past two days, where did you go?” Her eyes seemed able to see into another person’s heart as she looked closely at Bai Moqing.
“Nowhere.” Bai Moqing’s expression was natural as she changed the subject. “Are you staying here tonight?”
Seeing that Bai Moqing did not want her to know, Xiao Xing rubbed Bai Moqing’s cheek. Whether she would stay or not was obvious.
Not far away, a pair of green eyes watched the living room through a crack in the door. Xiao Xing glanced at the little orange cat and let go of Bai Moqing.
“Go shower. Wait for me in bed.”
Bai Moqing had just stood up straight when the little orange cat shot out. “Qingqing, I want to sleep with you too!”
Afraid Bai Moqing would carry her back to the bedroom, the little orange cat changed into human form, puffed out her chest, and held Bai Moqing’s hand. “My body is soft and comfortable. I can warm the bed for you.”
“Warm the bed?” Xiao Xing’s gaze swept over their joined hands, and her brow lifted slightly. “Xiao Mo and I are going to do some things in bed. It isn’t convenient for a little cat demon to watch.”
Bai Moqing felt embarrassed. This was completely different from the Xiao Xing she had first met. Back then, Xiao Xing had been cold, detached, and full of restrained desire. Now her eyes were filled with emotion, and she was only one step away from directly saying she wanted to roll in bed with Bai Moqing.
“I won’t watch. I’ll just sleep obediently.” Feiyue gripped Bai Moqing’s hand tightly and blinked. Her eyes were innocent, as if she had no idea what the two of them wanted to do.
Xiao Xing stood and left Bai Moqing a look that said, You handle this. Then she smiled and entered the bedroom.