The Aloof Immortal Venerable is Pregnant with My Fox Cub - Chapter 36

Chapter 36

Cang Ran had never been so bold as to kiss someone. This time, she was even close to Qingqing’s ear, ambiguously blowing several puffs of warm air, and Qingqing didn’t dodge.

Her heart was stirring, and the fervent desire in her eyes was hard to conceal. It was impossible to expect Qingqing to take the initiative, so she had to rely on herself.

Cang Ran’s heart raced, and she kissed her directly. No wonder everyone loved beautiful women; kissing her felt so soft and cool.

After kissing Tan Qingxuan’s profile, Cang Ran inhaled the pleasant sandalwood scent on Tan Qingxuan, her heart pounding. She kissed Tan Qingxuan’s cheek a few more times: “Do you really not want to cultivate together?”

She had read the storybooks. She was now a fox spirit with a cultivation of the sixth stage of the Soul Condensation phase. If they cultivated together, Qingqing should also benefit from the spiritual fungus.

Tan Qingxuan still didn’t move. The moment Cang Ran kissed her, the ice and snow in her eyes melted, turning into shimmering spring water.

She had always been highly restrained, but after being kissed by Cang Ran twice in succession, a warmth rose in her jade-like cheeks.

Cang Ran knew she seemed a bit shameless doing this, but she really wanted to be with Qingqing. She hadn’t tried it before and was quite curious, but it wasn’t a simple curiosity; it was the curiosity of exploring the unknown with the person she loved.

Does Qingqing like women? She shouldn’t find me strange, right? She knew that two female demons could cultivate together in the demon world, but she wondered what the situation was like in the cultivation world.

Cang Ran’s face was flushed. She kissed Tan Qingxuan’s smooth jawline: “Let’s try it. If you like it, I’ll marry you right here. Will you be my wife?”

She knew that ancient people valued reputation, which required the ‘Three Letters and Six Rites.’ She was willing to marry her. Surely, Qingqing would be willing to cultivate with her now, right?

Cang Ran said a heartfelt string of words and noticed Tan Qingxuan’s moist red lips were tightly pursed. Her ear roots were slightly red, but it was impossible to tell what she was thinking.

She pressed her forehead against Tan Qingxuan’s neck, nuzzled and kissed her several times until her heart was burning and her whole body was warm and restless.

Seeing that Tan Qingxuan neither pushed her away nor nodded in agreement, she decided to try again.

Cang Ran tentatively stroked Tan Qingxuan’s body, just as Tan Qingxuan had stroked hers earlier.

Tan Qingxuan felt a warmth spread through her chest. A strange tingling sensation permeated her body. She couldn’t help but bite her lip, looking down to see Cang Ran’s hand resting on her chest, separated by the fabric of her clothing.

She grasped Cang Ran’s hand and removed it from her body, her voice slightly flustered: “No.”

Hearing this, Cang Ran felt a pang of sadness: “Why not again? I can marry you.”

She wrapped her arms around Tan Qingxuan’s slender, graspable waist and tightly coiled her legs and large tails around her.

After taking the spiritual fungus, she was more beautiful than before. If Tan Qingxuan truly liked women, she should be moved. Why does she always reject me?

Qingqing didn’t like fluff. She had also ascended to the Soul Condensation phase. If she wanted to, her fox ears and tails could be retracted at any time. Why is it still no?

Tan Qingxuan lifted her wide sleeve, pushing away Cang Ran’s heated embrace. A rare allure flickered in the corner of her eyes: “Your thunder tribulation just passed. Doesn’t it hurt anymore?”

Cang Ran was usually brazen, but when Tan Qingxuan mentioned the thunder tribulation, her body began to ache faintly. But she couldn’t bear to let Tan Qingxuan go: “It doesn’t hurt anymore, not at all. I want to cultivate with you, Qingqing.”

When Tan Qingxuan was helping Cang Ran repair her body with spiritual energy, she noticed Cang Ran kept crying out in pain, so she sealed one of her acupuncture points.

She had thought this little demon would calm down, wash up, and go rest obediently. She never expected Cang Ran to start planning their dual cultivation as soon as she felt a little better.

Having such lustful intent, she really had no regard for her own life.

Tan Qingxuan brought two fingers together and gently tapped Cang Ran’s forehead: “And now?”

A wisp of golden spiritual energy circulated inside Cang Ran’s body. The pain that Tan Qingxuan had temporarily alleviated instantly returned.

Cang Ran trembled all over from the pain, instantly going limp in Tan Qingxuan’s arms, tears welling up in her eyes: “It hurts so much. Qingqing, hold me.”

Tan Qingxuan lifted Cang Ran out of the water, temporarily sealed that acupuncture point again, and said gently, “Behave yourself lately and heal well. When you’re better, you can unseal it yourself.”

After her acupuncture point was sealed, Cang Ran felt much better. Crystal tears still clung to her eyelashes. She sniffed her red nose: “Okay, I understand.”

Does this mean that when I’m better, Qingqing will be willing to cultivate with me?

Qingqing didn’t say she disliked women, nor did she use any other excuse to reject her. Does that mean she likes me?

Tan Qingxuan saw that Cang Ran’s thin red gauze was soaked, and she was now like a pear blossom bathed in rain, making her even more enchanting. She lowered her eyes and said, “Transform into a fox, and I’ll wipe your fur dry.”

Cang Ran very obediently transformed back into her fox form and spread out her fox paws: “Okay.”

Tan Qingxuan took a soft white cotton cloth and wrapped Cang Ran up, placing her on the smooth green stone by the shore.

Cang Ran shook her body, and water droplets splashed onto Tan Qingxuan’s flowing skirt. Tan Qingxuan was wearing a simple, light apricot dress today. This vibrant and gentle color did not diminish her aloof aura, which was like the thin snow on a distant mountain.

When Tan Qingxuan’s skirt was dampened by Cang Ran, she merely raised her hand to form a spell, drying the fabric and carefully blow-drying the soggy little fox as well. Cang Ran’s fur became even fluffier than before, like a ball of fluff coated in red sugar icing.

After gently completing these tasks, she picked up Cang Ran. Her robes floated, and she walked back to the cave like a bright moon in the sky. On the way, she met the little hedgehog carrying a basket of wild fruits.

The little hedgehog’s eyes widened. Did the Great King succeed in her endeavor? As expected of the Great King, she acts fast!

Just as it was about to run over and flatter the Great King, it was glanced at by Tan Qingxuan and instantly froze on the spot, trembling into a ball.

Oh no! It looks like the Great King was conquered by someone! Wuwuwu, poor Great King!

This woman is truly fierce. She’s even more possessive of the Great King than a little hedgehog, carrying her and not letting a hedgehog get close. This is too much!

Cang Ran, nestled in Tan Qingxuan’s arms, was completely oblivious. She was rocked gently all the way, on the verge of falling asleep.

She had endured the thunder tribulation. By the time Tan Qingxuan carried her to the bed, she was fast asleep, curled up into a small ball.

Tan Qingxuan covered her with a light blanket, but Cang Ran waved her paw and pushed it away in her sleep, exposing her soft little fox belly.

Tan Qingxuan couldn’t help but look closer. It was all soft white fur. She couldn’t see anything particularly different, but why did the little fox become so sensitive when this area was rubbed? Although it was indeed softer than other places.

She pulled up the corner of the blanket, covered Cang Ran’s little belly, and tucked the corner under Cang Ran’s body. The fox’s paw waved but couldn’t push it away. She whined a few times in dissatisfaction.

Tan Qingxuan exposed her little paws and gently patted Cang Ran’s belly twice.

Although she had never raised children, she recalled being taken care of so gently by her wet nurse a few times in her early childhood memories.

The Tan family was a family of cultivators affiliated with the Taixuan Sect. Since her birth mother became pregnant, she knew she wouldn’t stay with the Tan family, so she didn’t raise her personally. The wet nurse took care of her until she was three years old, then she was sent to the sect.

Her master, Ancestor Fu Qing, was also a person with an extremely cold temperament and had strict requirements for her. Reflecting on the warmth of her early years, most of it came from that mortal wet nurse.

She went down the mountain to see her when she was eighteen and gave the wet nurse some life-extending pills. But mortals had short lives. Even with the pills, she couldn’t escape fate and could only live for a hundred more years.

Tan Qingxuan collected her thoughts, noticing that the little fox’s paws were covering her ears. Outside, birds chirped and insects hummed. She truly found any little noise annoying.

She casually set up a spell array to block out external sounds, enveloping the little fox. She then sat beside Cang Ran to meditate. The cave dwelling was exceptionally quiet for a time.

In the evening, the little leopard demon from Dong Ming Mountain came to invite her. Cang Ran woke up, thinking about how she had gone through the thunder tribulation today. The little demon kings on the surrounding mountains must have seen it. If they knew she had jumped so many stages at once, they would definitely suspect her.

Cang Ran transformed into human form and leaned closer to Tan Qingxuan: “Qingqing, do you have a way to help me conceal my cultivation, making it look like the first stage of the Soul Condensation phase is enough?”

Tan Qingxuan caught the peach-blossom sweetness in Cang Ran’s breath, momentarily distracted: “Yes.”

Tan Qingxuan stroked her head, and Cang Ran noticed that her cultivation was indeed concealed.

Since she was already in the Soul Condensation phase, she could retract her fox tails and ears. No one should be able to see that she now had two extra tails.

Before concealing her tails and ears, Cang Ran placed her fluffy fox tails in Tan Qingxuan’s palm and said happily: “Here, feel them. These two tails are new. Doesn’t the texture feel different from the others?”

Tan Qingxuan didn’t touch them. The two fox tails moved a few more times. The fine fur seemed to be tickling her palm. Cang Ran urged her: “Just rub them once. It’s been a long time since you rubbed them. I want you to rub them.”

Her cultivation had now reached the middle stage of the Soul Condensation phase. Unlike the Shape-Shifting phase, she was no longer controlled by the desire of her estrus period. However, Tan Qingxuan helped her relieve it very comfortably last time. It would be a pity not to have such a beautiful woman like Qingqing help her.

A trace of warmth rose in Tan Qingxuan’s ear. Did Cang Ran even know that she was asking for intimacy?

Seeing that Tan Qingxuan ignored her, Cang Ran pressed against her, leaning close to her ear and softly saying, “If you rub them twice, I won’t bother you anymore.”

Tan Qingxuan’s eyelashes trembled. She had no choice but to rub Cang Ran’s fox tails twice, just to send this little fox on her way.

Cang Ran moaned comfortably, hugging Tan Qingxuan’s waist tightly. Her five large tails were almost twisted into a rope.

Cang Ran suddenly didn’t want to leave. She clung to Tan Qingxuan, burying her head in Tan Qingxuan’s neck: “Rub them a little longer. I love it.”

Tan Qingxuan’s expression was calm. She pushed her away: “Aren’t you supposed to go to Town Mountain Leopard’s place? You’ll be late if you don’t go now.”

Cang Ran wrapped both of them with her large tails, firmly winding them around Tan Qingxuan’s hand: “I can skip it. Sister Leopard won’t blame me. I want to stay with you.”

It seems that after a nap, her courage and lustful heart have returned.

Tan Qingxuan brushed Cang Ran’s tail aside, showing no inclination to help.

Cang Ran clung to her, rubbing against her for a long time to no avail. Truly, Qingqing’s heart is like iron.

She reluctantly got up from Tan Qingxuan, took a few final deep breaths of the pleasant sandalwood scent. Her fox heart was shattered into eight pieces, and she felt a little unwilling.

Cang Ran stared at Tan Qingxuan’s moist red lips: “You said you’d take me back to your sect. Aren’t you going to kiss me first, as payment?”

Tan Qingxuan said faintly, “What if you change your mind?” This little fox had a new idea every day. The possibility of her changing her mind at the last minute was high.

Did she look like the kind of fox without credibility? It was clearly Qingqing who looked like the one who would take advantage of someone and then deny it.

Cang Ran smoothed her messy clothes and pulled her long hair out from her collar. She was once again an enchanting beauty.

She looked back at Tan Qingxuan: “Since I promised you, I won’t go back on my word. Isn’t it just being a spirit pet? I can even be your mount, as long as you treat me as well as you do today in the future.”

Chasing Tan Qingxuan was too difficult. Cang Ran had already come this far, so she could only continue.

Cang Ran left the cave dwelling. Tan Qingxuan couldn’t help but frown. She didn’t know Cang Ran thought of her that way.

She hadn’t treated Cang Ran as a spirit pet or a mount. She just wanted to keep her close, not too far away, always by her side, in any place she could see her.

Why did her heart feel like it was being pierced by a cold sharp sword when Cang Ran said such words?

Cang Ran went to Town Mountain Leopard’s place. The body of the One-Armed Ape had been properly laid out, the blood wiped clean, and he was dressed in his former magnificent robes, resting in a crystal ice coffin.

Town Mountain Leopard wore white flowers in her hair and dressed in black, presiding over the One-Armed Ape’s funeral. She led the little demon kings in offering condolences to the One-Armed Ape.

This action was also to gather the remaining forces of the One-Armed Ape and the Icy Wolf, to prevent others from thinking Town Mountain Leopard was cold and ungracious. This civil war would have severely weakened all the beast tribes in the Azure Mist Mountain Range, likely requiring decades to recover.

Because Cang Ran’s advice was adopted during the battle, the fight ended quickly. In fact, only just over six thousand beast demons were killed or wounded, which was less than the losses in any previous large-scale war. It was estimated that Town Mountain Leopard could secure her position as the Great Demon King of the Azure Mist Mountain Range within a few years.

Other demon kings knew Town Mountain Leopard had won and, lacking sufficient strength and alliances, could only submit. At most, they could only keep their own territories and wouldn’t be purged for the time being.

During this bloody conflict, some allied demon kings who followed the Icy Wolf were killed, and those who weren’t were expelled from the Azure Mist Mountain Range. The remaining territories would be re-divided.

Cang Ran offered several excellent strategies while following Town Mountain Leopard and even saved her life in time. Town Mountain Leopard privately told Cang Ran that she planned to allocate the ten best-located mountains with spiritual veins in the Azure Mist Mountain Range to her.

Cang Ran, however, was not so greedy. She only requested the four demon mountains near her Fox Fox Mountain, which made a total of five demon mountains. The yearly output from these demon mountains would be enough to keep her well-fed and worry-free.

Everyone had contributed. The Azure Steel Dog and the Bloodthirsty Spider had followed Town Mountain Leopard for many years and even contributed some of their own demon soldiers during the war. Although she fought bravely with those demon soldiers and repelled the enemy, she also understood the principle that a tall tree catches the wind.

If Town Mountain Leopard really gave her the best territories, the other demon kings might not say anything to her face, but they would secretly roll their eyes at her. It’s better to be low-key.

Town Mountain Leopard never treated her subordinates unfairly. Hearing that Cang Ran only wanted this small amount of territory, she couldn’t help but say in surprise: “You only want five demon mountains? Even the Yellow Weasel has three more than you now. How about this? I’ll supplement you a bit more. I’ll give you ten percent of the One-Armed Ape’s treasury. Take a storage ring and fill it up however you like.”

Cang Ran’s eyes instantly lit up: “Then thank you, Sister Leopard.”

Town Mountain Leopard laughed heartily: “You saved my life. Don’t mention thanks. It’s all yours to take.”

Cang Ran didn’t want to take all the credit, only saying, “Sister Leopard is at the Void Integration stage. Even without my intervention, Sister Leopard could have dodged it.”

Cang Ran was right. With Town Mountain Leopard’s strength, she wouldn’t die that easily. She had many ways to protect herself. However, no one else noticed in time; only Cang Ran took action. Town Mountain Leopard liked this quick-wittedness.

Moreover, Cang Ran was only a two-hundred-year-old little fox. Even though she had advanced one stage, her cultivation at the first stage of the Soul Condensation phase was still far behind hers, posing no threat for the time being.

Coupled with the fact that her favorite daughter, Dong Ming, spoke highly of her every day, she had always had a good impression of Cang Ran.

However, this incident also made Town Mountain Leopard vigilant. She would not be like her old sister, the One-Armed Ape, keeping powerful, threatening subordinates and favoring concubines.

She would properly train her daughters to ensure the Leopard Clan’s position as the Great Demon King of the Azure Mist Mountain Range forever.

Cang Ran followed Town Mountain Leopard to the One-Armed Ape’s treasury. The moment the vault door opened, a large pile of sparkling treasures poured out, almost blinding the little fox.

The One-Armed Ape’s treasury was much wealthier than Town Mountain Leopard’s armory. No wonder every demon wanted to become the Great Demon King. Fighting over these territories was also a means of accumulating wealth.

At this moment, Town Mountain Leopard sighed with emotion: “No one expected that the Great Demon King One-Armed Ape would be assassinated by a human cultivator. I’ve searched the entire treasury but couldn’t find the whereabouts of that half of the thousand-year spiritual fungus. What a pity.”

A drop of sweat trickled down Cang Ran’s forehead. Sister Leopard, you already have a big treasury. Stop worrying about it.

Cang Ran cheekily echoed her: “Yes, yes, it’s such a pity. It was probably taken away by that human cultivator.”

Town Mountain Leopard said coldly: “Human cultivators are truly hateful. One day, I will reclaim that spiritual fungus.”

Cang Ran didn’t dare to speak. The spiritual fungus had already been absorbed by her. Unless another identical one appeared in this world, which was impossible.

Cang Ran thought about how she would need a teleportation array on the road with Qingqing. Activating a teleportation array required a lot of spiritual stones. If she took treasures, she would have to exchange them at an appraisal house, which was troublesome. Spiritual stones were more convenient.

There weren’t many high-grade spiritual stones in the One-Armed Ape’s treasury. The rest were mountains of mixed mid-grade and low-grade spiritual stones, about twenty to thirty piles.

Cang Ran swept up a pile of high-grade spiritual stones and packed one mountain of mid-grade spiritual stones. Her storage ring was almost full, so she had to spit out a small half of the spiritual stones.

Cang Ran looked at the spiritual stones clattering down, and her heart began to break. Town Mountain Leopard saw this and laughed heartily. She took off a storage ring from her hand and put it on Cang Ran’s hand, telling her to continue filling it up.

Cang Ran felt a little embarrassed, but then she felt relieved. Perhaps in Town Mountain Leopard’s eyes, Town Mountain Leopard saw her the way she saw the little hedgehog demon. These spiritual stones were just a drop in the bucket.

She happily finished packing the remaining small half of the spiritual stones. Only then did she mention to Town Mountain Leopard that she was going to the cultivation world for a while and asked her to help look after her Fox Fox Mountain and her new territories.

Town Mountain Leopard frowned: “Why go to the cultivation world? Those human cultivators are very cunning, and none of them are good people. Some immortal sects appear bright and upright, but they slaughter entire clans of demon beasts, old and young, only keeping the young ones to take back.

These young ones are raised as spirit beasts within the immortal sects. It’s pitiful that when they grow up, they have to treat their enemies as benefactors and fight for them. It’s truly tragic.”

Cang Ran hadn’t expected Town Mountain Leopard’s resistance to humans to be so strong. She didn’t know if what Town Mountain Leopard said was rumor or real. She gently reassured her: “Sister Leopard, don’t worry. I’m just going for a period to relax. If anything feels wrong, I will come back.”

Town Mountain Leopard patted her shoulder: “Sister Leopard is an experienced demon and won’t lie to you. If you must go, Sister Leopard has no good reason to stop you. The outside world is sinister. You’ll only realize this is your home after you leave the demon world.”

Cang Ran nodded solemnly: “I’ll remember that. Thank you, Sister Leopard.”

She hadn’t been transmigrated for long. She was very touched by the multiple ways Town Mountain Leopard had looked after her since she moved to the Azure Mist Mountain Range.

Cang Ran left Town Mountain Leopard’s place and encountered the Yellow Weasel on the way. The Yellow Weasel had been allocated a new territory by Town Mountain Leopard, and the spiritual vein under the mountain was better than her current one. She was dressed up gaudily, eagerly arranging for the little demons to move away from Yellow Ridge Mountain overnight.

They were far apart. The Yellow Weasel saw that Cang Ran had now advanced to the first stage of the Soul Condensation phase and clicked her tongue in praise: “As expected of Sister Fox! You’ve advanced again in such a short time. I wonder what good fortune you stumbled upon?”

Cang Ran thought the Yellow Weasel would suspect her regarding the stolen spiritual fungus, but she saw the Yellow Weasel fanning herself with a round fan, asking furtively: “It couldn’t be that little girl Dong Ming gave you some rare item again, could it? Why doesn’t that little girl remember her Auntie Huang?”

“Auntie Huang is only twenty-eight, beautiful as a flower, and considerate. Why doesn’t anyone appreciate her?”

Cang Ran was silent for a moment: “Dong Ming didn’t give me anything, and I wouldn’t accept it. You are seven hundred years old, and Dong Ming is less than one hundred. You are over six hundred years apart. Can you show some restraint?”

The Yellow Weasel didn’t care: “What’s wrong with being seven hundred years old? My life span is still long. You don’t appreciate it, but maybe a fresh, young girl likes my type?”

Cang Ran rubbed her forehead, no longer wanting to talk to the Yellow Weasel. As she walked back to Fox Fox Mountain, she suddenly thought of something.

Qingqing was also a cultivator. She didn’t know how old Qingqing was, but she herself was already two hundred years old.

She had just talked about the Yellow Weasel, but could she be the one pursuing a younger lover now?

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