Why Aren’t You Cultivating Immortality? (GL) Chapter 8

Steam rose from the Italian latte. Xiao Xing took a sip and listened to An Huaigu with a serious expression, but her divine sense had already gone to Bai Moqing’s home.
Seeing Bai Moqing lying on her side in bed, Xiao Xing frowned. Why was she sleeping so early?
She remembered that Bai Moqing liked to sit under the moon and cultivate. Sometimes, one meditation session lasted several months. It was rare to see her lying down to sleep.
Had she stopped cultivating immortality? No. She had persisted for thousands of years and undergone the immortal ascension tribulation a thousand times. How could Bai Moqing give up so easily?
An Huaigu was talking about how He the Fox had already negotiated employment with HR at Changsheng, a rival company. Seeing Xiao Xing frown, she stopped and asked, “Ah Xing, what’s wrong? Will the data He the Fox has affect our company’s sales?”
Xiao Xing returned to herself and said coldly, “It won’t. Keep going.” She picked up the coffee and took a sip to hide her abnormal behavior.
The slightly milky and bitter coffee went down her throat and cleared her mind. Xiao Xing put down the cup, and her divine sense went to Bai Moqing’s home again.
Unexpectedly, one moment of carelessness triggered the four-direction Eight Trigrams Formation Flags in Bai Moqing’s bedroom.
The formation flags used flag spirits as restriction guards, and those flag spirits recognized only Bai Moqing as their master. Sensing the spying divine sense, they immediately formed a barrier to protect Bai Moqing.
The dazzling white light they emitted nearly blinded the little orange cat. The little orange cat closed her eyes, all her fur puffing up, and gave a long, piercing aow toward the bedroom.
Bai Moqing flipped up from the bed, closed her eyes, released her divine sense, and chased after it. Just like last time, in the blink of an eye, she lost the feeling.
It was the person who spied on her last time!
Bai Moqing shifted into the living room. The flag spirits had already returned to the formation flags. When the little orange cat opened her eyes and saw Bai Moqing, she jumped off the sofa and climbed up Bai Moqing’s leg to her shoulder.
Sitting on her shoulder, she said, “Bai Moqing, someone was peeping at us just now.”
Bai Moqing nodded and carried the little orange cat to the window. H City at night was bright with lights and wine. Its nightlife had only just begun.
“Feiyue, can you find the person who spied on us?”
The little orange cat nodded. With one light leap, she landed on the floor and changed into human form, sitting cross-legged there.
After a long while, Feiyue opened her eyes, stood, faced Bai Moqing, and looked at her apologetically. “I can’t find her.”
“You can’t find her? Then how did you find me before?”
Feiyue picked at her little fingers and said honestly, “Your cultivation is much lower than hers, so I could tell which direction your divine sense came from. But that person just now, her divine sense was like a net. It came from everywhere, covering the sky and the earth. When it withdrew, it retreated in all directions too.”
“Her cultivation is much higher than mine?”
Feiyue nodded. Bai Moqing fell into deep thought. She had once reached Immortal Transformation. If that person’s cultivation was much higher than hers, then wouldn’t that person already be…
“Are you certain?” Bai Moqing gathered her thoughts and raised her eyes to Feiyue.
Feiyue hesitantly nodded, then shook her head. “Not certain.”
Bai Moqing: “…”
Forget it. She should go back and lie down, then think slowly.
This cat was unreliable.
At the cafe, An Huaigu saw Xiao Xing suddenly lower her head and cover her eyes. She hurriedly asked, “Ah Xing, what’s wrong?”
Xiao Xing waved her hand. A few seconds later, she raised her head. “I’m probably tired these two days. We’ll discuss the rest at the company tomorrow. That’s all for today.”
Without waiting for An Huaigu, she stood and left the cafe.
“Hey, Ah Xing!” Seeing Xiao Xing like this, An Huaigu knew something was wrong. She hurriedly paid the bill and quickly chased after her.
Outside the cafe, Xiao Xing was already gone. An Huaigu quickly took out her phone and called her. The call connected. “Ah Xing, why did you leave so fast? Are you feeling all right? Do you need to go to the hospital?”
The clear sound of a car engine came through the phone. Xiao Xing said, “I’m fine.” Then she hung up.
Xiao Xing drove very fast. Her home was not far from here, and she arrived in only ten minutes.
Back home, Xiao Xing sat cross-legged on the sofa, breathed in and out, and borrowed the force of nature to restore her burned divine sense.
She had not expected Bai Moqing, who never set restrictions, to suddenly place restrictions and barriers at home.
After thinking for a while, she released her divine sense to spy on Bai Moqing. This time, she was very careful.
So it was the four-direction Eight Trigrams Formation Flags. No wonder they could burn her divine sense.
After investigating, Xiao Xing injected her divine sense into the formation flags. A moment later, the flag spirits had two masters. The original master, completely unaware, lay on the bed, thinking about who the person spying on her could be.
Suddenly, a meow came from outside the bedroom door.
The little orange cat’s body was sharp and sensitive. Her fur suddenly puffed up, and she immediately opened her eyes and raised her head to inspect the room. Finding nothing strange, she gave a confused meow and set her head back down on the sofa.
Only then did Xiao Xing notice that Bai Moqing’s home had gained a cat.
A little cat demon!
Xiao Xing recognized the little orange cat. This cat had survived a tribulation not long ago and had barely taken human form.
Why was it in Bai Moqing’s home?
Seeing the pile of cat food on the table, Xiao Xing thought, She actually bought these things for the little orange cat? Does she not recognize that it is a demon?
Looking once more at Bai Moqing, lying on her side in bed, broad-hearted enough to still have the mood to sleep, Xiao Xing withdrew her divine sense.
The next day, when Bai Moqing woke up, the long-pile carpet outside the bedroom door was empty. The little orange cat was not sleeping there.
Bai Moqing looked around and saw the thin blanket on the sofa spread out messily, with a small bulge in the middle. She walked over.
A faint purring sound came from under the blanket. Bai Moqing lifted one corner and saw the little orange cat sleeping peacefully. She gently lowered the blanket and turned into the bathroom.
Until Bai Moqing left, the little orange cat did not wake.
Today, Sister An did not come again.
Bai Moqing sat at her seat, looking at the open book on her desk, while the scene from the cafe last night appeared in her mind.
President Xiao’s gaze had landed on Sister An, and she had walked toward her step by step. Her eyes had been so firm.
President Xiao and Sister An really were a couple, weren’t they? And last night, because Bai Moqing was in the car, President Xiao had insisted on meeting at the cafe to create the illusion that there was nothing ambiguous between them.
If Bai Moqing had not been there, President Xiao definitely would have driven straight to Sister An’s home.
As she thought this, the sound of high heels came from outside the office.
Bai Moqing’s heart gave a thud. She raised her head and looked toward the door. Sure enough, it was President Xiao again.
Today, President Xiao wore the same caramel-colored trench coat Bai Moqing had seen the first time they met at the Western restaurant. Her long hair fell smoothly over her shoulders. In her hand was the First Five Years record book she had taken yesterday. Her gaze indifferent and face expressionless, she walked into the office and up to Bai Moqing.
Bai Moqing stood. “President Xiao.”
“Mm.” Xiao Xing nodded and handed her the book. “Put this back.”
Bai Moqing accepted it with both hands, but Xiao Xing did not look like she intended to leave. She stared steadily at Bai Moqing, as if wanting to personally watch her return the book to the archive cabinet.
After a moment of hesitation, Bai Moqing opened the archive room door and went in. Behind her, footsteps approached. Bai Moqing looked back. Xiao Xing had followed her into the archive room.
Bai Moqing did not know what Xiao Xing wanted to do. Nervous, she gripped the book hard and quickly walked to the innermost cabinet, thinking that if she put the document back sooner, President Xiao would leave.
Yet when she closed the cabinet door and turned around, Xiao Xing not only had not left, but was walking toward her step by step. Her dark eyes reflected Bai Moqing’s startled-deer appearance.
Bai Moqing swallowed, raised her eyes to Xiao Xing, and saw her lips part. Her heart rose into her throat.
“I am sorry I did not take you all the way home last night.” The voice, cold as a lake in December, entered Bai Moqing’s ears. Bai Moqing froze. President Xiao had followed her in just to say this?
While Bai Moqing was unsure how to respond, Xiao Xing moved her gaze away and swept it over the nearby large redwood cabinets. “These files have all been reorganized?”
Hadn’t she already asked this question in the car yesterday? Bai Moqing answered, “Mm. They are all organized.”
Xiao Xing’s gaze returned to Bai Moqing, and she smiled faintly.
When Xiao Xing did not smile, she looked very abstinent, like a sacred snow lotus on the peak of a snowy mountain, untouchable and inviolable. But when she smiled, she was alluring like a beautiful evildoer. Bai Moqing’s heart stopped for a moment. Two seconds later, it began pounding wildly.
Her body felt as if it were burning, restless and shaken.
However, Xiao Xing’s slight smile lasted only a few seconds before it disappeared. Her face returned to its coolness. “There are several bookcases in my office. I would like to trouble you to organize them.”
Her tone sounded as if she were asking Bai Moqing’s opinion, but with her position as president, forget organizing a few bookcases. Even if she asked Bai Moqing to organize the bookcases in the whole building, Bai Moqing could not refuse unless she did not want this job anymore.
Bai Moqing nodded blankly and followed Xiao Xing out of the archive room. As she turned to lock the door, remembering what had happened inside, her ears grew hot and red.
A person lost in wishful thinking thought that one extra glance meant the other person had interest. But every time, it turned out to be because President Xiao wanted her to do work.
Xiao Xing stood at the doorway waiting for Bai Moqing. Her focused gaze followed Bai Moqing’s movement. Sensing that Bai Moqing was about to lift her head, she withdrew her gaze first and turned to look outside the door.
Bai Moqing raised her head and looked at Xiao Xing. As expected, she had thought too much. After she agreed to organize President Xiao’s bookcases, President Xiao would not even look at her one more time. She walked to Xiao Xing’s side and said, “President Xiao, it’s done. We can go.”
“Mm.” Xiao Xing gave a cold, brief response and walked out of the office first.
Standing before the elevator, Bai Moqing pretended to be calm, but she did not dare lift her eyes. She kept her head lowered and looked at the floor. Xiao Xing looked at Bai Moqing’s reflection in the elevator doors and curved her lips in a smile.