Chapter 77 - 062 Yun Qian hopes he can enjoy the surge of the azure sea (two in one)_2

For Yun Qian, the obstacle between her and Xu Chang’an in their relationship wasn’t something unbearable.

The best example is the cultivation Xu Chang’an is currently pursuing.

Chaoyun Sect and cultivation pulled Xu Chang’an away from her side, often leaving her alone for months... yet she never wished for Chaoyun Sect and cultivation to vanish from this world.

Miss Yun is a very generous person.

As long as this endeavor can eventually bring her husband a little bit of joy, happiness, or delight... even if there are moments of unhappiness in between, it doesn’t matter.

The path of cultivation is difficult, but Xu Chang’an was delighted to discover his breakthrough in the Open Source Realm and his improved talents, which sufficed.

As for separation.

Yun Qian felt it would take some time before she’d see Xu Chang’an again, but a few months seemed long to Xu Chang’an, so she somewhat understood the saying "absence makes the heart grow fonder"... and its beautiful taste.

No matter how difficult things got, they only appeared challenging in Xu Chang’an’s eyes; to her, they were nothing more than a little wave on the sea, passing in an instant.

"..."

Yun Qian set down her pen, thinking of Qinling’s words as she looked out into the somber environment beyond the window.

She should probably feel afraid of such a reclusive setting.

She should perhaps feel unsettled about Xu Chang’an being surrounded by the young ladies.

She had read about such things in books, but books were after all fiction; after Qinling, a real person, reminded her, she gained a further understanding of their importance.

However, for her to truly grasp these issues was quite difficult... so, it was best that all trials fell on Xu Chang’an, for him to experience and feel the world, which seemed more meaningful.

It didn’t matter if girls liked her husband; Yun Qian thought it showed they had good taste.

If anyone could make her feel jealousy, she might even agree to one of their conditions.

She’d told Xu Chang’an in dreams that if he were to become more fickle, she might even be happy... it was not a joke.

Miss Yun didn’t jest.

"Hmm..."

Yun Qian’s fingers brushed her brow, earlobe, lips, chin...

Xu Chang’an liked everything about her, so her husband was inherently a fickle man.

She lightly bit her lip.

——

Time passed.

Yun Qian had a beautiful smile; she had come across many of Xu Chang’an’s writings, about two fingers thick without stopping.

The poems Xu Chang’an transcribed ranged from melancholic to scenic, although Yun Qian couldn’t grasp that mental state... she liked them a lot.

However, some poems described the tipsy feeling of drinking, dreamlike and hazy, which she could relate to due to her frequent drinking.

She lifted her gaze a bit to find Xu Chang’an already back at Muyu Peak, sitting on his pillow and cultivating.

The ultimate goal of cultivation is immortality.

Yun Qian lifted her pen to write the word "immortality," supporting her face as she stared at it.

The word was slender, trapped within the neat paper, unable to leap beyond its lines.

Is immortality hard?

It should be quite difficult for others.

For cultivators, is immortality more challenging than ascension?

Immortality within paper, ascension outside of paper.

Ascension should be harder, as this world had... accidentally been ruined by some girl.

It’s not Miss Guan Yun’s fault.

Yun Qian put down the brush and walked to the mirror, looking at the ink smudged on her face, like a striped Li Hua cat.

"..."

Xu Chang’an initially advised her to cultivate, saying that being a thousand-year couple was better than a hundred-year couple... so he cultivated for immortality too.

If Xu Chang’an knew his ultimate goal in cultivation was already achieved, it would surely affect his motivation and experience, so... this matter must be hidden, and no one should tell him, not even herself.

Yun Qian raised her head to look at the ink writings in the hall.

[Live peacefully and joyously, enjoy the tide of the Azure Sea.]

Her surroundings were hardly peaceful, so she could only try to find ways within herself to bring Xu Chang’an a bit of joy as comfort, as for later, she hoped Xu Chang’an could enjoy the Azure Sea tide.

Life should advance like the tide, slowly at first then building momentum.

During high tide, waves surge, white caps stretch to hills.

After the tide recedes, the surface settles like a mirror, with vast azure waves.

Only then could he experience the rise and fall of life without her interference, much like some cultivators deliberately "descend" for Refining Heart to fill gaps, lacking experiences would eventually leave one feeling unfulfilled.

After all, Yun Qian knew her kind of life was quite dull.

Her fingertips trembled slightly as Yun Qian gently wiped away the ink on her face.

Though she said so, if she saw Xu Chang’an hurt, she couldn’t help but feel distressed and upset.

Thus, Yun Qian felt that, for her, rather than caring about the girls around Xu Chang’an, she needed to make an effort to restrain herself, to adapt to his injuries.

Perhaps she could learn from the Heavenly Dao again.

Choose not to see, like an ostrich, ignore everything.

Yet she found it unbearable not to look.

More troubling than this were incidents of being spied on through Divine Sense... as long as they weren’t during their time of warmth, she could overlook them.

Yun Qian took off her red and green floral clothes, changed into her sleeping clothes, then turned to her dreams.

——

At Muyu Peak, Xu Chang’an focused on cultivation while in his waist sachet, a piece of Glazed Jade slowly emitted a rainbow glow, concealing the conspicuous whale-swallowing movements during his cultivation.

Beside him, the star sea-like vortices were also hidden.

At this moment, the old women of Muyu Peak were again gathered a day later.

"With the jade from the Sect Leader for concealment, outsiders... no one can discover his cultivation talent."

"It’s not that easy," someone said helplessly, "His Spiritual Qi, just Open Source Realm’s Elixir Field Spiritual Qi being compressed into liquid form... he doesn’t understand cultivation, thinking it’s Water Attribute Spiritual Qi’s natural change, do you not understand cultivation?"

Due to Xu Chang’an’s exaggerated cultivation speed, the amount of Spiritual Power within him far exceeds the average cultivator at Open Source Realm.

While others were still dealing with Spiritual Qi, their Elixir Field full of Spiritual Qi unable to squeeze out a drop of Spiritual Liquid, Xu Chang’an might simulate the Azure Sea Tide given a different Open Source Realm cultivation technique, saying that in some time.

"Ah Fu, what do you think?"

The upper-rank female cultivator with the Water Attribute, named Ah Fu, who brought Xu Chang’an the Sect Leader’s Glazed Jade, researched Xu Chang’an’s Spiritual Power for an evening.

"His Spiritual Power isn’t anything special," Ah Fu stated. "However... water is just like that, like ocean water seen everywhere."

She spoke, lifting her head to look at the endless star sea.

Thinking that in this aspect, it’s like the stars in the sky, visible as long as you raise your head.

"Said to be an Immortal Reincarnation, but no one has ever seen Immortals, even if strange, it isn’t worth worrying about," someone considered, "Actually, I’m more curious about what this kid has done."

Upon mention of this matter, several women showed enigmatic expressions.

"On the first day after his Open Source breakthrough, he neither consolidated cultivation nor sought guidance from Muyu Peak’s senior sister, nor did he experience the Trial Tower," the woman sighed. "The precious first day, he spent it in warmth with his wife."

"His wife is quite beautiful, it’s normal for a young man to be unable to control his emotions, perhaps?"

"Can your family’s young man resist the Dusk Rain Melody?"

"Then he’s dedicated, only having eyes for his wife."

"But indeed, it’s still the same; suspected to be an Immortal Reincarnation child, lost his purity early, now not focused on cultivation, indulging in the gentle comforts after breakthrough..." someone covered their face, "Isn’t his wife hindering his path to the Dao?"

"I’m puzzled too, but the Sect Leader said... let him do as he pleases, besides, didn’t the steward of Celestial Bright Peak explain cultivation to him later, and... he’s been cultivating since he returned, knowing to be self-retrospective."

"..."

In the room, the other women exchanged glances, then suddenly realizing something, exclaimed, "You’ve been spying on him all day? Can’t you have some decency?"

"He just reached Open Source, what’s wrong with being a little curious?"

"Watched him for the whole day?"

"No, we didn’t watch after he went to his wife’s place," several women chimed in unison. "We’re also afraid of seeing something inappropriate."

They knew what could and couldn’t be seen.

"Speaking of which, Xu the kid is good-looking, his wife too..."

"Just a bit older."

"Why not, have his wife become my disciple."

Kidnapping Yun Qian seemed like binding Xu Chang’an.

Their topics wandered far and wide, but Xu Chang’an remained unaware, focused solely on his cultivation.

However...

He wasn’t the only one surprised by his absence all day; it wasn’t just these seniors.

——

In front of a courtyard at Muyu Peak, a young girl with ink-black hair looked at the stars in the sky, her eyes filled with slight disappointment.

He... didn’t come.