Why Aren’t You Cultivating Immortality? (GL) Chapter 82

After Yun Su said it was not convenient to go there, the temperature in the room clearly dropped by several degrees.
Feiyue secretly glanced at Xiao Xing’s expression. Anger surged in her eyes, and she gave off a frightening aura.
Feiyue edged closer to Yun Su. Feeling that this still was not safe enough, she shrank her body and quietly changed back into the little orange cat, hiding beside the leg of the coffee table.
Xiao Xing’s gaze turned toward her.
The little orange cat lifted her head. Her pale golden vertical pupils, glowing faintly, met Xiao Xing’s icy gaze. She gave an obedient meow.
I do not know anything.
Of everyone present, only Yun Su knew where Bai Moqing was, and only she had seen what Bai Moqing and Sikou Yan were doing.
Seeing the little orange cat so scared she had changed back to her original form, Yun Su bent and picked her up. She smoothed the little orange cat’s fur, which had puffed up from fright, and silently comforted her in her heart.
Do not be afraid. Xiao Xing will not do anything to us.
Looking at the intimate actions of the person and cat before her, Xiao Xing stepped forward and grabbed Yun Su’s wrist.
Yun Su was smoothing the little orange cat’s fur. When Xiao Xing suddenly caught her, she instinctively wanted to pull back. She guessed what Xiao Xing wanted to do: read her memory.
In only an instant, Xiao Xing’s divine sense entered Yun Su’s mind and saw what Yun Su had seen earlier.
On top of a lush green mountain peak, Bai Moqing and Sikou Yan sat cross-legged, facing each other. Bai Moqing’s clothes had changed into a moon-white Daoist robe. That robe was the magic treasure that appeared when she used cultivation to cast arts. Thunder could not destroy it, and fire could not burn it.
The God-Slaying Cauldron floated between them, blooming with dazzling misty white light. Spiritual energy from the earth was continuously drawn out by the God-Slaying Cauldron and circled around Bai Moqing and Sikou Yan, forming a protective ring.
Golden floating script was carved into the ground, looking as if it were forming an array.
Xiao Xing could not tell what Bai Moqing and Sikou Yan were doing, but she knew that it really was not convenient to go over at this moment.
Then she thought of how Sikou Yan had always been waiting for Bai Moqing to return to the Eleventh Heaven, and how that mountain peak was set with a great barrier array that cut off Heavenly Dao immortal arts. Xiao Xing’s thoughts shifted.
She feared Sikou Yan would take Bai Moqing away from this realm. No matter how inconvenient it was to go there, she had to go.
Grabbing Yun Su, she ordered, “Take me to that place now.”
An overwhelming aura was released in an instant, allowing no refusal.
“Awoo…”
The little orange cat howled in a soft, milky voice, helping Xiao Xing persuade Yun Su to take them there.
Yun Su hesitated for a moment. Then she wrapped Xiao Xing in dragon qi, held the little orange cat securely, and brought them to that mountain peak in an instant.
Feeling someone break into the barrier, Bai Moqing did not think much. She immediately summoned the Wu Ze Emperor Sword and thrust it toward the intruders.
Standing at the front while holding the little orange cat, Yun Su did not react in time and could only watch as a powerful sword flew toward her.
The little orange cat’s eyes widened. She let out a broken awoo and shouted, “Qingqing, it is me!”
Just as the tip of the sword touched Yun Su’s brow, Xiao Xing grabbed the hilt of the Wu Ze Sword. With a light flourish, she turned the sword in a graceful arc and held it behind her back.
Bai Moqing heard the little orange cat’s voice. Turning her head, she saw that the people who had broken into the barrier were Xiao Xing and the others.
She looked deeply at Xiao Xing, said nothing, then closed her eyes and continued forming the array.
The little orange cat recovered from the fright. Her soft paw patted her own chest, and she asked, “Why is Qingqing ignoring us?”
She turned to look at Xiao Xing, hoping Xiao Xing could give her an answer.
Xiao Xing’s brows were tightly furrowed. The hand holding the sword trembled slightly. She looked very nervous about what Bai Moqing was doing.
The little orange cat pushed Yun Su’s chest, signaling her to look at what was wrong with Xiao Xing. Yun Su glanced at Xiao Xing and raised a hand in a gesture for silence.
About five minutes later, a cracking sound came from the cauldron.
The surrounding barrier and array collapsed in an instant, then vanished into nothing.
Sikou Yan pressed a hand to her chest, turned her head, and spat out a mouthful of blood. The bright red blood dripped onto the gray-yellow ground and disappeared in an instant.
Sikou Yan wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and looked around. She did not hide the disappointment in her eyes.
“Still here.”
Seeing Xiao Xing, and seeing the killing intent in her eyes, Sikou Yan stood and dusted off her clothes.
“If you had not come, we would already have left this place.”
After saying this, she glanced at Bai Moqing and left before Xiao Xing could act.
“You were going to leave this place?”
Xiao Xing asked Bai Moqing without expression. It was impossible to tell what she was thinking at this moment.
“No.” Bai Moqing walked toward Xiao Xing. “I wanted to…”
Before she could say the words of explanation, Xiao Xing threw the Wu Ze Sword toward her and turned to leave.
The little orange cat jumped down from Yun Su’s arms and ran to Bai Moqing with quick little steps.
“Moqing.”
She tugged at the corner of Bai Moqing’s clothes.
Bai Moqing frowned and stared in the direction Xiao Xing had left. Hearing the little orange cat’s voice and feeling her clothes being pulled, she lowered her head and looked at the little orange cat standing beside her foot, tugging at her clothes.
The little orange cat said anxiously, “Qingqing, why are you still standing here? Hurry and explain to Xiao Xing!”
Had she never watched television? When the heroine was misunderstood by the hero, she could not stupidly stay where she was. She had to hurry after the person and explain everything clearly. If the heroine would not listen, then press her against a wall, a sofa, or anywhere that could trap her, and explain clearly.
But it was very obvious that Bai Moqing had never watched television. At least, she had never watched the romance dramas the little orange cat watched.
Bai Moqing put the sword back into her body and bent to pick up the little orange cat. The moon-white Daoist robe on her body changed back into ordinary clothes with her movement.
Unhurried, she asked, “How did you all come here?”
As she spoke, she glanced at Yun Su. Receiving her gaze, Yun Su walked slowly toward her.
“Do not ask that!” The little orange cat stretched out a paw, hooked it into Bai Moqing’s sweater underneath, and tugged. “Hurry and chase Xiao Xing!”
Could she not see that Xiao Xing was unhappy? Why was she still asking these unimportant questions here?
Yun Su reached out, grabbed the little orange cat by the back of her neck, and carried her back into her arms.
Calmly, she said, “I brought them here.”
“Aiya!”
The little orange cat angrily smacked Yun Su. This little fool. Why did she tell Qingqing?
Seeing how protective she was, Bai Moqing smiled and rubbed the little orange cat’s head.
“People say a married daughter is like water thrown out. It turns out cats are the same.”
She withdrew her hand and said, “Let us go home.”
The little orange cat shyly tucked in her paws. “You are not going to find Xiao Xing?”
Sikou Yan, that nasty woman, had deliberately said those words about leaving this place just to create a misunderstanding between Xiao Xing and Qingqing and make them separate.
If Bai Moqing just let Xiao Xing leave, was she not afraid they would break up?
The little orange cat recalled everything that had happened since she met Xiao Xing. At first, she had not liked Xiao Xing and had even treated her as a rival in love. But after living together for so long, and after she herself got Yunyun, she had become used to that lively home.
Their family of four. If anyone was missing, it would no longer be a complete home.
Bai Moqing did not answer. She still said, “Let us go home first.”
The God-Slaying Cauldron floated in midair. Its light gradually withdrew and turned back into cyan light.
Bai Moqing turned back to look at the God-Slaying Cauldron. It turned into a stream of light and drilled into Bai Moqing’s body.
When they returned home, Bai Moqing looked at the empty living room and the bedroom door standing wide open. She could not sense even the slightest trace of Xiao Xing’s aura.
Xiao Xing had not come back here.
Bai Moqing spread out her divine sense. Her divine sense could not find Xiao Xing at every moment, and just like now, she could not find Xiao Xing again.
The little orange cat changed into human form and walked to Bai Moqing’s side. Seeing Bai Moqing’s somewhat sad face, she wrapped an arm around her shoulders.
“You cannot find Xiao Xing, right? It is fine. We can call her.”
Bai Moqing’s phone was in her own pocket. A white corner of it was showing. Feiyue glanced at it.
According to romance drama development, Xiao Xing would not answer Bai Moqing’s call at a time like this.
Feiyue thought for a moment and used her own phone to call Xiao Xing.
A cold female voice came from the phone.
“Sorry, the user you dialed is not in the service area…”
Feiyue hung up. “Qingqing, Xiao Xing…”
She could not think of a suitable way to phrase it and was tongue-tied for a moment.
Bai Moqing had heard it all. She nodded to show that she knew.
“It is fine. Yunyun is very powerful. She can find where Xiao Xing is.”
Earlier, Xiao Xing had not been able to find Bai Moqing, but her Yunyun had found her right away. Finding Xiao Xing now should also be easy.
Making the decision on her own, Feiyue gave Yun Su a look.
“Yunyun, hurry and help Qingqing find Xiao Xing.”
But Yun Su did not immediately search for Xiao Xing. Instead, she turned and asked Bai Moqing what she wanted.
“Do you want to find her?”
Bai Moqing pondered for a moment, then shook her head. “No need. I know where she is.”
At her own home.
The high-rise apartment downtown had a wide view.
In the bedroom, the entire half-arc wall was made of glass. The gray curtains were pulled to both sides. Xiao Xing stood at the very center in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, arms crossed, gazing outside.
On the roof of a tall building in the distance stood a billboard. It was a lipstick ad endorsed by Sikou Yan. She wore a fierce, dazzling red as charming as Daji, her head slightly raised so that a close-up of her red lips sat in the center of the picture. Her eyes were slightly narrowed, her gaze hazy and blurred.
Xiao Xing thought of the scene where Sikou Yan spat blood.
Right after that, Sikou Yan’s voice sounded by her ear.
If you had not come, we would already have left this place.
Already left this place.
Left this place.
Did Xiao Mo still want to leave this place?
Xiao Xing asked herself, but she could not find the answer.
The air rippled like a lake struck by a stone. A figure appeared behind Xiao Xing.
Xiao Xing did not need to turn back to know who had come. Looking at Sikou Yan on the billboard, she said lightly, “I do not want to listen for now.”
Bai Moqing stood behind Xiao Xing and looked at her.
Sunlight stretched a long shadow across the floor. Xiao Xing was not wearing much, and her body looked thin. The shadow cast on the floor looked even slimmer than she was.
No one could see Xiao Xing’s cultivation. She was like an ordinary mortal, staying among ordinary people and living a life no different from theirs.
The two of them remained like this. One gazed at the world outside, and one gazed at the person gazing at the world outside.
The sun tilted west little by little.
Bai Moqing approached Xiao Xing and broke the silence.
“Sikou Yan wanted to leave this place. I was only helping her. I never thought of leaving with her.”
Xiao Xing was silent for a long while.
Then she turned and asked Bai Moqing, “Did you never think she might use the chance to take you back?”
She did not want to know what Sikou Yan had said to Bai Moqing that made Bai Moqing willing to help her return to the Eleventh Heaven.
She only wanted to know whether Bai Moqing had considered this question. Whether Bai Moqing had thought about what Xiao Xing should do if Sikou Yan took her away. Should Xiao Xing stay here and wait for her, or find a way to go to the Eleventh Heaven to find her?
The answer went without saying.
Bai Moqing had not considered this question at all. If she had considered it, she would not have helped Sikou Yan.
“I thought about it. I know she has no way to take me away from here.”
Bai Moqing’s tone was certain. She took Xiao Xing’s hand and smiled at her ingratiatingly.
“A-Xing, do not be angry.”
Xiao Xing denied it. “I am not angry.”
Looking at Bai Moqing’s sincere, deeply affectionate eyes, she held Bai Moqing’s hand in return and sighed.
Then she changed her words. “Yes, I am indeed angry.”
So angry she had not wanted to see Bai Moqing. So angry she had not wanted to speak to her.
But when Xiao Xing thought about it calmly, she had no standing to be angry. Bai Moqing had come to this spiritually thin and barren world because of her. If Bai Moqing wanted to go back, Xiao Xing should not stop her.
“I originally wanted to take you to the peak of the Snow Region, but now I have changed my mind.”
She pulled Bai Moqing into her arms.
“These few days, we will stay here. We will not go anywhere.”
Bai Moqing’s heartbeat sped up a little. Unsure, she asked, “Stay… in this bedroom?”
Her throat was a little dry, and without realizing it, her thoughts went a little too far.