After Faking Her Death and Escaping, the Junior Sister Fell to the Demonic Path - Chapter 142

By the time Qin Qingyi slowly woke up, it was already dusk again.

The spot next to her had long since cooled; the person was nowhere to be found.

The absurdity of the night before made her mind blank. It took her a while to realize this place was a phantom realm.

She stared at the bed curtains, murmuring a question, “How long did I sleep?”

“Not long, just a full twelve shichen (24 hours).”

A sarcastic voice replied to her.

It was Immortal Venerable Wu Wang.

Qin Qingyi’s back stiffened. She slowly turned her head towards the source of the voice.

Then, she saw Immortal Venerable Wu Wang, who was currently squatting next to her, her face full of resentment.

“You really can sleep, huh.”

Immortal Venerable Wu Wang gritted her teeth.

Qin Qingyi’s expression, however, remained unchanged. She reached out and tossed the soft pillow beside her over.

“Old pervert!”

Taking advantage of the pillow obscuring the other party’s vision, Qin Qingyi leisurely slipped on her robe, covering up the vast, blooming spring scenery.

By the time the pillow landed, she was fully dressed.

Immortal Venerable Wu Wang was certainly not hit; she was just a wisp of a remnant soul, so how could she be ambushed like this?

She simply tactfully moved to the side, turning her body away from Qin Qingyi, and huffed with folded arms, “I wouldn’t bother looking at you anyway.”

She was an elder, after all, and she wouldn’t do such a thing as peeking at her own junior.

It was just that this little fox cub had slept for too long, and she was overly worried, which was why she squatted down to check on her.

Who knew she would be misunderstood as wanting to peek!

Could she be that kind of person?!

Qin Qingyi was now sober, knowing that her reaction just now had indeed been excessive. She cleared her throat slightly, “My apologies, Senior, I wasn’t fully awake just now.”

Immortal Venerable Wu Wang rolled her eyes but didn’t continue to dwell on it.

Qin Qingyi then knew that the other party wasn’t genuinely angry.

However, she had only just stood up for a moment when Qin Qingyi felt a blackout and nearly stumbled.

Fortunately, the bed was right next to her, so she simply lay back down.

But with this fall, the dizziness in front of her eyes became even more severe.

“What’s going on?”

Qin Qingyi’s voice was weak. Why were the bed curtains above her head spinning?

Immortal Venerable Wu Wang frowned, examining her for a moment, and concluded, “You are likely about to faint from hunger.”

Faint from hunger?

She had long since achieved bigu (abstinence from grain), so how could she feel hungry?

Qin Qingyi couldn’t quite grasp the meaning.

The confusion on her face was naturally noticed by Immortal Venerable Wu Wang.

“This is a phantom realm. To put it plainly, it’s a world created according to your junior sister’s thoughts. Once you enter, you naturally have to abide by the rules of this realm’s operation. She believes that people should feel hungry, so people in this realm will feel hungry. You haven’t had a single grain of rice for nearly a day, so it’s natural to feel hungry.”

Qin Qingyi suddenly understood, so it was because of her junior sister.

“Then I couldn’t resist last night?”

“That’s also because of her.”

Qin Qingyi couldn’t bring herself to smile.

No wonder she couldn’t escape no matter what last night. Every time she crawled to the foot of the bed, she would be dragged back by Zhou Zhixue.

“Senior Sister, you can’t escape.”

The gloomy, damp words still echoed in her ears. Qin Qingyi shivered and quickly shook her head, trying to shake the sentence out.

It was this commotion that finally made her feel the rumbling hunger from her abdomen.

“Gurgle~”

The sound from her stomach made Qin Qingyi raise an eyebrow, finding it very novel.

How long had it been since she last felt this way?

The last time, it seemed, was when she used to search for delicious food to coax and feed her junior sister, and she would eat some herself too.

“I wonder what delicious food I can eat in this phantom realm.”

Qin Qingyi smacked her lips, genuinely feeling a little nostalgic for those delicious foods from the past.

The next moment, the door was pushed open.

The person outside walked in against the light. Seeing Qin Qingyi fully dressed and lying on the bed, a hint of pity flashed in her eyes.

What a pity. She thought Senior Sister hadn’t woken up yet.

If she were still sleeping, she could have…

She pursed her lips and slowly walked to Qin Qingyi’s side, supporting herself with her arms, firmly trapping Qin Qingyi beneath her. Her voice was filled with concern, “Senior Sister, are you awake? Are you feeling unwell anywhere?”

However, her eyes constantly scrutinized Qin Qingyi’s neck and the spring scenery concealed beneath her collar. It was as if she were sated, yet also as if her interest had been re-ignited, with desires swirling in her eyes, like a ravenous wolf or tiger.

Her desire was naturally captured by Qin Qingyi, who ground her back teeth, her heart almost cursing Zhou Zhixue into a thousand pieces.

She had already indulged her in all sorts of absurdities last night, and it still wasn’t enough?

If Zhou Zhixue could hear what was on her mind, she would naturally answer: Not enough.

Never enough.

Watching Zhou Zhixue about to reach out and pull off her clothes again, Qin Qingyi weakly and pitifully clutched her collar tightly.

She really couldn’t take it anymore. Even a cultivator needed a rest.

Otherwise, she would genuinely believe she was going to die in the bed.

Just then, her stomach protested again.

“Gugu~”

Zhou Zhixue’s mischievous hand paused. Her shoulders shook, and a muffled laugh escaped.

Qin Qingyi’s face was flushed with shame and annoyance.

“I’m hungry!”

She slapped Zhou Zhixue in embarrassment, “Take me to eat!”

Don’t think she hadn’t noticed. Zhou Zhixue had the scent of cooked food on her when she came in, clearly having prepared a meal.

Yet, she deliberately came in to tease her, only happy when she saw her make a fool of herself.

Fortunately, Zhou Zhixue wasn’t completely wicked. After she had laughed enough, she lightly cleared her throat and stood up, pulling Qin Qingyi up.

“Senior Sister, I’ve prepared a meal. Come and eat with me?”

Qin Qingyi had long known that her junior sister was beautiful, but at this moment, she was once again captivated by the faint starlight in Zhou Zhixue’s eyes.

The permafrost at the bottom of her eyes melted inch by inch when she smiled. The snowflakes turned into dazzling stars, and with such embellishment, her dark eyes became incredibly brilliant.

So, soul-stirring.

She forgot how she agreed, and she couldn’t remember how she was led step by step to the outside, and then sat down at a stone table under a large tree.

When she finally came to her senses, a bowl of steaming rice was already in front of her.

“You… know how to cook now?”

Qin Qingyi looked at Zhou Zhixue, who was bustling about, taking a while to serve all the dishes before finally sitting down next to her. She then looked at the rice in her hand and quietly asked.

Zhou Zhixue smiled gently. It seemed that the smile in her eyes hadn’t disappeared since she first saw Qin Qingyi.

“When Senior Sister wasn’t here, both Senior Brothers were busy cultivating, and Master was always nowhere to be seen. Over time, Zhixue also learned to cook for herself.”

She spoke lightly, seemingly not thinking that learning to cook was anything to boast about.

But her words were unintentional, yet the listener took them to heart.

Qin Qingyi’s heart suddenly constricted, and a sharp, dense pain spread from her chest.

It was her.

It was because of her.

Because she threw a tantrum and insisted on leaving, her junior sister was left uncared for, all alone, and finally learned to take care of herself.

It was all because of her.

The more Qin Qingyi thought, the more distressed she became. She looked at the fragrant rice in front of her and the several dishes on the stone table, which looked and smelled delicious, but she only felt an emptiness in her heart. It seemed like something had torn an opening in her heart, and cold wind rushed in.

“Doesn’t Hidden Snow Peak have a chef? Why is she playing the pity card?”

Two consecutive questions pulled Qin Qingyi, who was deeply immersed in guilt, out of her thoughts.

She first paused, and then realized.

Right.

Hidden Snow Peak did have a chef.

So why did Junior Sister say…

Huh?

Qin Qingyi slowly raised her head and looked at Immortal Venerable Wu Wang, who was sitting directly opposite her. Her eyes immediately widened in disbelief.

But she controlled herself because she suddenly realized that Immortal Venerable Wu Wang seemed to have been sitting there from the start.

And her Junior Sister didn’t seem surprised by her presence.

Could it be?

With the urge to verify, she first looked at the nonchalant Immortal Venerable Wu Wang, then turned to look at Zhou Zhixue, who seemed completely unaware of the person sitting opposite her.

“What’s wrong?” Seeing her looking around, Zhou Zhixue asked with concern, her voice gentle, “Does the food not suit your taste?”

Qin Qingyi pretended to be calm and shook her head, “No.”

With this test, her heart was at ease.

Junior Sister truly had no perception of Immortal Venerable Wu Wang; it was as if this person didn’t exist in front of her at all.

“She can’t see me.”

Immortal Venerable Wu Wang sat lazily to the side, seemingly having known all along that Zhou Zhixue couldn’t see her. Thus, she didn’t even bother with appearances, being completely unrestrained and comfortable.

“Don’t ask me how I know. When you two were frolicking in the room, oblivious to everything, did you ever consider that I was outside, lonely and ignored?”

“It was a long, endless night, and I could only gaze at a lonely cold moon. Did anyone consider the feelings of this old woman?”

Immortal Venerable Wu Wang kept sighing, her manner of beating her chest and stamping her feet made Qin Qingyi incredibly ashamed.

She could only keep scooping rice into her mouth, pretending she neither saw nor heard anything.

Zhou Zhixue considerately served her a dish, “Senior Sister, eat this. Junior Sister remembers this was your favorite dish before.”

Qin Qingyi nodded repeatedly, still burying her head in her food.

When Immortal Venerable Wu Wang had finished her lament, Qin Qingyi finally finished her meal.

During this meal, her ears were constantly abused. Immortal Venerable Wu Wang tormented her in various ways near her ear, and she had to listen distractedly while also pretending to be nonchalant when responding to Zhou Zhixue’s intimacy towards her.

After the meal, she felt mentally exhausted.

“Alright, I won’t bother you anymore.” Immortal Venerable Wu Wang lightly cleared her throat, finally restoring her usual reliable and immortal-like appearance.

“Perhaps it’s because I’m just a remnant soul without a physical body, coupled with the fact that I’m attached to your soul as we entered the secret realm together, so she can’t see me.”

The “she” naturally referred to Zhou Zhixue.

Hearing her say this, Qin Qingyi also felt relieved.

Can’t see, that’s great.

Not being able to see is absolutely wonderful.

Watching the sun about to set again, Qin Qingyi sighed, “This day passed so quickly.”

Zhou Zhixue, who was cleaning up the dishes, paused slightly. Then, as if she thought of something, her earlobes suddenly turned red, “Yes, it’s nighttime again.”

Since she couldn’t be seen anyway, Immortal Venerable Wu Wang moved closer to Zhou Zhixue, tilting her head to observe her carefully. Upon seeing her bright red ears, Immortal Venerable Wu Wang was puzzled, “Why are her ears red?”

Just moments ago, she was still praising her excellent roots, saying she was a good candidate for cultivation, and would have achieved great things if she hadn’t taken the wrong path.

But now, seeing Zhou Zhixue shyly utter such an ambiguous sentence, Immortal Venerable Wu Wang frowned.

Something was wrong.

Quite wrong.

“Ahem.”

Qin Qingyi cleared her throat uncomfortably, turning her head away.

Immortal Venerable Wu Wang looked at her, her frown deepening.

“Why are your ears red?!”

But neither of them paid attention to her. They just looked at each other with eyes full of deep affection.

As they gazed at each other, profound affection flowed between them.

“Senior Sister…”

“Junior Sister…”

Two gazes met, deep with emotion.

Immortal Venerable Wu Wang finally understood.

“No way?”

“Are you two going to continue???”