Why Aren’t You Cultivating Immortality? (GL) Chapter 64

Moonlight poured down like white silk. Bai Moqing sat cross-legged facing the moon. She had not cultivated for a very long time. The spiritual energy in this world was growing thinner and thinner, and Sikou Yan’s matter kept troubling her. She simply could not enter a proper cultivation state.
Her hands formed seals. With one thought, the God-Slaying Cauldron floated out from her Divine Terrace. The cauldron, glowing with green light, formed a shield around Bai Moqing and drew in the surrounding spiritual energy and the essence of the moon.
Her heart could not quiet down.
After the media reporters outside the company hit walls several times and gained nothing, they slowly withdrew like a receding tide. Photos of her and Xiao Xing had once appeared online, but in less than two minutes, they were deleted completely. Every media outlet that broke the news was invited by the relevant departments for tea two days later. After a round of rectification, none of them dared to publish any news about Xiao Group again.
Not only that, the gossip articles about Sikou Yan were also deleted until almost nothing remained. At the same time, something even more explosive happened in the entertainment industry: a model actor couple both cheated, and the actor was accused of incest and assault against his biological daughter. In one blow, Sikou Yan’s heat was pressed down.
In this world, Xiao Xing’s identity was a mystery. Even as the person sharing her bed, Bai Moqing only knew a little. Xiao Xing was the Heavenly Dao. She stood supreme and controlled the highest laws of this world.
While Bai Moqing’s mind wandered, the Four-Directions Eight-Trigrams flags suddenly released a burning light. A divine sense was probing her. Bai Moqing immediately followed the thread of divine sense that had spied on her.
The aura of that divine sense was very familiar.
With one flash of thought, Bai Moqing arrived at a mountain peak.
The temperature at the summit was low. The accumulated snow had frozen into ice and would not melt for a while. Bai Moqing stood on the snow and saw someone sitting on a huge stone two meters high not far away, bathed in moonlight and smiling brightly at her.
It was Sikou Yan, the one who had just probed her.
“Long time no see, Moqing.” Sikou Yan stood and leaped down from the stone. Her flowing, light body was like a swallow skimming across a lake as she landed gracefully.
Two rows of footprints appeared on the snow. Sikou Yan walked up to Bai Moqing. “I didn’t expect you to dare come.”
“I want to know about the past.” Seeing Sikou Yan, Bai Moqing’s heart still rose with waves she could not suppress, but her eyes were calm and still, without even a ripple. She knew that only by facing the past directly could she free herself from Sikou Yan’s entanglement.
“Not by having you tell me. I want to remember it myself.”
“You want to remember it yourself?” Sikou Yan’s brows moved slightly. A trace of surprise flashed through her eyes. She raised her hand and pinched Bai Moqing’s chin. Their heights and builds were close. Neither needed to stand on tiptoe or lower her head. With only a tilt, they could kiss.
Sikou Yan leaned closer. “Then… should I kiss you, or should you kiss me?”
“Is there a difference?” Bai Moqing grabbed Sikou Yan’s hand and moved it away. At the same time, she stepped back half a pace. Under Sikou Yan’s surprised and puzzled gaze, Bai Moqing leaned in and tilted her head, looking as if she was about to kiss her.
But the kiss did not land on Sikou Yan’s lips. Bai Moqing brushed past her and leaned beside her ear. She summoned the God-Slaying Cauldron and trapped them both. “You came from the Eleventh Heaven, so you should be a god, right? I wonder how powerful this God-Slaying Cauldron is. Can it kill you?”
Her tone was very calm, but the threat in her words was complete.
As if a knife had carved flesh from bone, Sikou Yan’s back went cold. Her mind shook hard. By the time she wanted to retreat and escape Bai Moqing’s restraint, it was already too late. She was trapped by the God-Slaying Cauldron.
The God-Slaying Cauldron had merged with Bai Moqing’s divine soul. Person and cauldron shared one mind. With a single thought, the cauldron reacted. An aura that could destroy heaven and earth rose suddenly, circling around them like a tornado.
At the eye of the storm, one person was calm, while the other was terrified. Sikou Yan looked uneasily at Bai Moqing. In a daze, she seemed to see the Bai Moqing of the past, the one who could overturn clouds and rain with a turn of her hand and easily kill immortals and gods.
There were three thousand worlds and nine heavens. The Ninth Heaven was both the god realm and the immortal realm. Above the Ninth Heaven, the Eleventh Heaven was the only pure god realm.
Between them, the Tenth Heaven was called Severance. It separated gods from humans, immortals, and demons.
Outside the wind, Xiao Xing stood quietly. She watched Bai Moqing control the God-Slaying Cauldron. She watched Sikou Yan hold Bai Moqing’s hand. She watched the aura around Bai Moqing slowly change. She watched Sikou Yan fall into Bai Moqing’s arms, and Bai Moqing hold her…
Her heart hurt as if someone had stabbed it with a sword. Unable to keep watching, Xiao Xing turned and left.
The wind stopped. Sikou Yan was weak all over and could only cling to Bai Moqing’s shoulders to keep from falling. She lifted her head and looked at Bai Moqing, her eyes full of a thick smile. “Did you see it? This is your past. Do you still want to be with her?”
Bai Moqing was silent. She lifted Sikou Yan in a bridal carry. “I’ll send you back.”
In the recovered memory, Bai Moqing wore immortal-white robes and stood beside a lake. Not far away, a person in flowing black wide-sleeved immortal robes walked slowly along the lakeside. It was Xiao Xing.
They had compared divine power and immortal arts countless times, and the one who lost was always Xiao Xing.
The last time, Xiao Xing asked to meet her at Fallen God Lake.
Xiao Xing still lost. Bai Moqing’s palm wind sent her falling into Fallen God Lake. Just as Xiao Xing’s body was about to touch the water, Bai Moqing saved her. But at that moment, Xiao Xing struck Bai Moqing with one palm and sent her into the lake. Whether it was on purpose or by accident, Bai Moqing did not know.
In truth, Fallen God Lake did not wash away a god’s soul, nor did it turn gods into mortals. Saving Xiao Xing had been an instinctive action. In that moment, Bai Moqing realized she liked Xiao Xing. But in the very next moment, her heart turned to ashes.
She had come from Fallen God Lake to this world, a place poor in spiritual energy and like a prison, only because she did not want to see Xiao Xing again. As for why Xiao Xing had come here too, Bai Moqing smiled bitterly. It was probably only coincidence…
After placing Sikou Yan on the sofa, Bai Moqing turned to leave. Sikou Yan grabbed her wrist to keep her. “Moqing, can you stay and protect me?”
To make Bai Moqing remember the past, Sikou Yan had used more than half of her cultivation to open Bai Moqing’s memory seal. Right now, she was so weak she could not even lift a cup of water.
“How long would I have to stay?” Bai Moqing knew that damaged cultivation could not recover in only a day or two.
Sikou Yan thought for a moment. “One month is enough.” She tugged Bai Moqing’s hand, signaling her to sit.
Bai Moqing did not want to go home, but she also did not want to stay here and protect Sikou Yan for a month. She removed Sikou Yan’s hand and set up a defensive formation around her.
Sikou Yan asked, “Moqing, what is this?”
Bai Moqing looked back. “I remember you have an assistant named Xiao Qiao. She is obedient and capable. Have her come take care of you.”
She searched through her storage ring, took out an immortal herb and a bottle of pills, and stuffed them into Sikou Yan’s hand. “These can help you recover.”
After saying that, she left.
Less than two seconds after leaving, before Sikou Yan could even make a sad expression, Bai Moqing suddenly returned.
“Moqing?” The rising tone showed just how surprised Sikou Yan was. But Bai Moqing was unmoved. Her face had no expression as she said coldly, “I do not remember you. You can return to the Eleventh Heaven, or you can stay here, but neither has anything to do with me. Today, I truly had the thought of killing you. I will say this one last time. Stop entangling me.”
Bai Moqing left Sikou Yan’s home. Sikou Yan sat frozen on the sofa. After a long time, she laughed.
Bai Moqing, you are still the same as before. You only see her. You never see me.
After leaving the mountain peak, Xiao Xing returned home. She sat leaning on the sofa with her arms folded, eyes closed as she replayed the scene she had seen.
Feiyue stayed in the bedroom watching over Yun Su. Thirsty, she went out to pour water. Passing through the living room, she saw Xiao Xing sitting in the dark and was so frightened she cried out and immediately pressed herself against the wall.
Feeling around, Feiyue turned on the living room light. Xiao Xing did not move. Feiyue tiptoed quietly into the kitchen, picked up a pot of water, and secretly glanced at Xiao Xing twice. Seeing that Xiao Xing was not paying attention to her, Feiyue quickly returned to the bedroom.
The moon set, the stars tilted, and dawn was near. Bai Moqing finally returned, carrying the chill of wind and frost.
Xiao Xing had sat on the sofa all night. Her mind had never been clearer than at this moment.
Suspicion was a seed that sprouted easily. As long as it was buried in soil, it could break through the ground and grow, whether into a bush or a towering tree.
Sikou Yan had planted such a seed in Bai Moqing’s heart. Xiao Xing knew this day would come sooner or later. Bai Moqing would go to Sikou Yan to seek answers.
“You finally came back.” Xiao Xing opened her eyes. Her tone was faint, but she quietly let out a breath of relief.
“You were waiting for me?”
“Mm.”
After that, both of them fell silent. Bai Moqing sat beside Xiao Xing, held her hand, and leaned her head on Xiao Xing’s shoulder. The two stayed close, feeling each other’s breathing and heartbeats, and all the emotions neither wanted to say aloud.
Morning light appeared. In the blink of an eye, day broke.
The life-filled sunrise spread warmth over the earth. Bai Moqing lifted her head and looked out the window. Clouds layered along the horizon, and the sun slowly rose into a sea of clouds.
Xiao Xing also lifted her head and glanced outside. A new day had begun. But perhaps their relationship was about to end.
She turned to look at Bai Moqing. Bai Moqing’s side profile was clear, but her expression was calm and gentle. Thousands of years had passed. That wild, unrestrained cultivator had been worn smooth by time. Xiao Xing had never again seen her reckless, arrogant smile.
Xiao Xing gathered her emotions, turned her head, and looked ahead. “Xiao Mo, are you going to separate from me?”
Bai Moqing’s mind roared and went blank. She looked at Xiao Xing in confusion. “Why would we separate?”
“You stayed at Sikou Yan’s place all night?” Her mouth formed a question, but in her heart, it was already a statement.
After Xiao Xing returned home, her heart had been in chaos, her emotions overturning like waves.
Unwilling to believe Bai Moqing and Sikou Yan were together, she spread out her divine sense to look at Bai Moqing. She saw Bai Moqing lift Sikou Yan in a bridal carry and carry her back home…
In that instant, a despair she had never felt before rose in her. She wanted to kill Bai Moqing and then kill herself.
“No.” Bai Moqing wrapped an arm around Xiao Xing’s waist and turned Xiao Xing’s head to face her. Looking into Xiao Xing’s eyes, she asked, “A-Xing, did you see something and misunderstand me?”
After leaving Sikou Yan’s home, Bai Moqing had gone to the stream. She sat all night on a stone in the middle of the water, listening to the flowing sound and thinking about the past and the present.
With one night, she understood everything.
So what if she had seen Xiao Xing knock her into Fallen God Lake with her own eyes? She liked Xiao Xing. This love could embrace everything the other person did, including hurt.
She had never thought of separating from Xiao Xing, and she was unwilling to separate.
Right now, Xiao Xing seemed to have misunderstood that she and Sikou Yan had spent the night together. Maybe Xiao Xing had even imagined they had done something improper.
Bai Moqing held Xiao Xing’s hand and guided it to press against the space between her brows. “Stop thinking nonsense. Look for yourself.”
Closing her eyes, Bai Moqing smiled and showed her memories to Xiao Xing.
Xiao Xing saw everything that had happened last night. What Bai Moqing had said, what she had done, and the scenes she had seen all appeared clearly before Xiao Xing, including the part at Fallen God Lake.
A dull pain hit Xiao Xing’s chest. Mist instantly filled her eyes. Xiao Xing, who had never shed tears before, cried. She had not known there was such a past.
The tears that fell brought back her lost memories. Xiao Xing remembered how she had come to this world.
After accidentally knocking Bai Moqing into Fallen God Lake, Xiao Xing watched Bai Moqing close her eyes in despair and sink toward the bottom. She jumped into the lake as well, wanting to bring Bai Moqing back to shore and explain everything just now.
Bai Moqing’s body was within reach. Xiao Xing was about to catch her hand when Bai Moqing suddenly disappeared, like a mermaid turning into foam and melting into the water, vanishing without a trace.
Xiao Xing searched the Eleventh Heaven for Bai Moqing like a madwoman. The Godly Heights, the God Palace, everywhere. No matter where she looked, she could not find her.
Later, she learned where the name Fallen God Lake came from. She learned where Bai Moqing had gone.
Even gods could despair. When a despairing god entered Fallen God Lake, they would go to a place where one could never cultivate into a god. That place was this world where they now lived.
Bai Moqing had fallen into Fallen God Lake in despair and become mortal, arriving in this world.
Xiao Xing chased her here. This world had a guardian called the Heavenly Dao. In order to stay here and find Bai Moqing, Xiao Xing replaced the previous guardian and became the new one…
Hearing crying, Feiyue shot out of the bedroom in one step. “Xiao Xing, you’re bullying Qingqing again!”
Then she saw Xiao Xing leaning against Bai Moqing’s shoulder, crying and choking out apologies. Feiyue froze beside them. A few seconds later, she apologized awkwardly. “S-Sorry. I disturbed you…” Then she turned and ran back into the bedroom.
Ah, too scary. Xiao Xing could actually cry!
Feiyue held her chest, unable to describe how shaken she was. Then she looked at Yun Su on the bed. Yun Su was still sleeping as always, perfectly missing this scene.
Watching Feiyue leave, Bai Moqing gently stroked Xiao Xing’s long hair and asked with a soft laugh, “A-Xing, can you help me take away last night’s memories? I don’t want to remember what happened in the Eleventh Heaven.”
She only wanted to remember everything that had happened with Xiao Xing in this world.