The Aloof Immortal Venerable is Pregnant with My Fox Cub - Chapter 42

Chapter 42

Cang Ran read the booklet for a while, her face growing warm. She tucked it away in her lap.

She found the little hedgehog asleep in her den, snoring a series of snores, and kicked it lightly.

“Go back to your own den to sleep.”

“Got it, Great King.”

The little hedgehog rubbed its eyes, sleepily crawled out of Cang Ran’s fox den, and climbed back into its own den to sleep.

The hedgehog nest was shaped like a bird’s nest, with branches sticking out, and the inside was not as smooth as the fox den. It was lined with a soft, light yellow mat.

The external branches were just right for the little hedgehog to file its nails. It scratched twice and discovered a small round hole near the nest. It poked inside with its small paw and found a wooden bone inside.

The little hedgehog squeezed it in its paw, finding the bone to be just the right size, neither too big nor too small. Taking a bite, it actually tasted like meat.

It immediately perked up and excitedly presented it to the Great Fox King: “Great King, I found something good! For you!”

Cang Ran glanced at it, disdainfully: “Oh, a chew toy. I don’t want it. You play with it, but don’t eat it.”

Hearing the Great King didn’t want it, the little hedgehog happily chewed on it, then burrowed happily in its soft nest for a while.

“Great King, I don’t know what material this blanket is made of. It’s soft and cool, and it doesn’t snag the little hedgehog’s quills at all. No matter how much I rub, it doesn’t pull threads. It’s so comfortable, much better than the one I bought before.”

“That Mingyue said it was made of Spiritual Silkworm Silk. If you like it, sleep in it longer.”

“Great King, when we leave, can we take this den with us? I want to move it into my cave dwelling.”

“Why ask for such a small thing? Take it all. The Great King will help you put it into your storage ring then.”

“Great King, you are so good to me, sniffle. Although this place is great, I still prefer living with the Great King on Fox Fox Mountain. I miss the pile of hay I roll around in every day.”

Cang Ran was silenced by the little hedgehog. Couldn’t it stop getting sentimental at such a happy, food-coma moment? Why bring up past hardships to appreciate the present?

What were they doing at the Taixuan Sect? Of course, paying off a debt! Her Great Fox King had changed her mind. They were here to procure goods!

Cang Ran said heartlessly: “Mountain pigs cannot eat fine bran.”

The little hedgehog didn’t understand: “Where did the mountain pig come from?”

Cang Ran was speechless: “Wild hedgehogs can’t sleep in good nests. Why worry about so many things? The most important thing when going out is to be happy.”

The little hedgehog rubbed its full belly, looking at the many bags of jerky the Great King had given it: “The Great King makes so much sense! I am very happy now! I want to go out and play with the Great King again next time!”

Cang Ran nodded. There was still hope for it. They were already hostages. Worrying all the time would only prevent her from lying flatter.

Being happy is one way to spend the day. Life would be too dull if she constantly dwelled on hatred and resentment.

Speaking of storage rings, she remembered the two storage rings confiscated by Tan Qingxuan. They contained her large and small mountains of spiritual stones, and Eighty was inside. It’s been long enough. Tan Qingxuan should have healed her injuries by now, right?

She didn’t want to see Tan Qingxuan’s rigid and boring junior sister. She would go scout first. If Tan Qingxuan’s junior sister wasn’t there, she would go in and find Tan Qingxuan.

Cang Ran jumped out of the fox den, intending to go to the main hall first.

The little hedgehog was chewing on the chew toy and asked when it saw the Great King about to leave: “Great King, where are you going?”

Cang Ran waved her paw: “I’m going to find Tan Qingxuan. You sleep here for a while.”

Hearing the Great King was going to see Tan Qingxuan, the little hedgehog shrank its neck in fear: “Good luck, Great King.”

Cang Ran had already surveyed Fuyuan Palace. Besides Tan Qingxuan living here, there were no immortal attendants. The main hall should be where Tan Qingxuan usually receives guests. If her junior sister hadn’t left, she should still be in the main hall.

Cang Ran went there and found the main hall empty. It seemed Tan Qingxuan’s junior sister had already left.

She transformed into human form and headed toward the sleeping quarters of Fuyuan Palace.

There seemed to be a restriction on the sleeping quarters. She wondered if she could enter. Cang Ran stood in front of the sleeping chamber door and touched it with her hand, feeling a faint light barrier, but it didn’t seem to offer much resistance.

She gently pushed the door open, stepped inside, and looked around, seeing no one. She called out: “Qingqing, are you here?”

Hearing no response, Cang Ran planned to look elsewhere but suddenly heard the sound of flowing water.

Tan Qingxuan’s junior sister was supposed to give her a medicinal bath. Could the two of them be together?

She had taken care of the beautiful woman, her wife, for so long, yet they had never bathed together.

Cang Ran clenched her fists, very annoyed. Following the sound of water, she entered the sleeping quarters. Past the carved four-poster bed draped with light gauze and around the ink landscape screen, Cang Ran finally saw that there was a hot spring inside this sleeping chamber.

Only Tan Qingxuan was in the hot spring. Her dark hair cascaded over her shoulders, her long eyes were slightly closed, and her picturesque face was cool and serene, full of immortal energy.

Cang Ran stared for a few seconds, then softly called out: “Qingqing.”

Tan Qingxuan did not speak. She must have been undergoing medicinal bath treatment. She looked so beautiful, as beautiful as a painting.

Cang Ran wanted to get closer, but the hot water generated milky white steam, obscuring her vision.

She waved her hand, using spiritual energy to disperse some of the mist, but only managed to clear about a foot-square area.

It seems Qingqing must know she is here and is deliberately blocking her with the mist.

This slight mist was nothing to Cang Ran. She quickly reached Tan Qingxuan’s side. She had intended to call Tan Qingxuan “Qingqing” again.

But thinking about how much Tan Qingxuan had deceived her, it was impossible for her to call her “Qingqing” affectionately as before.

The pool water was covered by a layer of white mist. The icy, jade-like skin and graceful figure beneath the water could not be seen.

She stood behind Tan Qingxuan and quietly asked: “Immortal Venerable Qingxuan, when will you return my storage rings?”

Hearing Cang Ran asking for the rings back and addressing her as Immortal Venerable with such distance, Tan Qingxuan couldn’t help but frown and say: “Please go outside first. I will return them to you after the medicinal bath.”

“Okay.” Cang Ran turned to wait outside but, smelling the faint bitter herbal scent in the air, asked out of concern: “Your junior sister gave you acupuncture just now. Do you feel any better?”

Tan Qingxuan’s thick eyelashes fluttered. She had previously felt a surge of dryness in her body every time Cang Ran approached her. When her cultivation was strong, she could suppress it, but the dryness in her body today was truly difficult to suppress.

Her junior sister, after the acupuncture, had said that due to her forced recovery of cultivation, her body hadn’t fully recovered. After taking the medicine, she would be weaker in the next few days. However, she hadn’t anticipated that the heat within her body would also intensify.

She remembered Cang Ran’s words of separation. Bringing Cang Ran to the Taixuan Sect was her doing alone. If she were to immediately drive Cang Ran away due to her current physical condition, the little demon would likely get angry and flee at once.

She silently bit her lip, enduring the fluctuating tides within her body. Her voice was as cool as usual: “I’m a little better. Go to the multi-treasure cabinet in the inner chamber and help me get some Heart Calming Pills.”

Cang Ran agreed, thinking Tan Qingxuan was genuinely feeling better. Her perception of the annoying junior sister also improved slightly. Although her words were harsh, her medical skills seemed decent.

But why take Heart Calming Pills? Shouldn’t she be taking medicine that helps repair the meridians?

A trace of doubt arose in Cang Ran’s heart. She went to the multi-treasure cabinet and found a small, white porcelain bottle labeled with the three words “Heart Calming Pills.”

She opened the cap uneasily and sniffed it. It had a very refreshing, cool feeling, made of mint. A very gentle spiritual energy lingered on it. It seemed like good medicine.

Cang Ran capped the bottle and returned to the hot spring pool. Seeing that Tan Qingxuan was in the medicinal spring and it was inconvenient, she poured out a pill herself, held it between two fingers, and brought the pill to Tan Qingxuan’s lips: “I brought you the Heart Calming Pill. Hurry and take it.”

Tan Qingxuan bowed her head slightly. The strands of hair on the side of her face fell down, smooth as silk. Taking the pill from Cang Ran’s hand, she parted her lips and took it in.

Cang Ran looked at her rosy lips, her throat tightening. She suddenly felt her fingertip being touched by something wet and cool.

A tingling sensation immediately spread from her arm to her whole body, drilling into her heart.

Cang Ran’s heart quickened. She looked at Tan Qingxuan’s cool side profile and noticed that Tan Qingxuan was different from before. The corners of her eyes were tinged with a faint blush, and her whole being exuded an indescribable allure, both inside and out.

Cang Ran looked away, feeling inexplicably nervous, and clenched her fingers: “You took the medicine. Do you feel better now?”

Tan Qingxuan had thought the Heart Calming Pill would relieve the heat in her body, but unexpectedly, the pill entered her body like a clay ox sinking into the sea. Instead, it stimulated the heat, making it more intense.

Before she could seal the meridians in her body, a wave of metallic sweetness surged in her throat. She couldn’t control herself and spat blood in front of Cang Ran.

Cang Ran was instantly panicked and dismayed. She quickly jumped down and lifted Tan Qingxuan out of the hot spring pool: “Why did you suddenly spit up blood?”

In her heart, she cursed Tan Qingxuan’s junior sister to high heaven. She had guaranteed to heal Tan Qingxuan in front of her, so why would the prescribed medicine cause her to spit up blood?

Cang Ran’s fox ears and tail popped out in fright. She quickly snatched a nearby robe and wrapped Tan Qingxuan tightly.

She carried Tan Qingxuan and placed her on the bed in the inner chamber. Seeing Tan Qingxuan’s face was pale, she reached out her slender fingers to push aside the messy hair at her temples, feeling a burning sensation.

Cang Ran said anxiously: “Wait here for me. I’ll go find your junior sister right now. How can there be such a quack? She can’t even prescribe medicine! I knew that Heart Calming Pill was unreliable!”

Just as she was about to leave, Tan Qingxuan grabbed her wrist.

Tan Qingxuan’s eyes were filled with moisture, a rare haze. Her voice trembled: “It has nothing to do with Junior Sister. I insisted on taking that elixir myself. I didn’t expect it to turn out like this.”

Cang Ran saw that she was already so uncomfortable yet still trying to excuse her junior sister. She didn’t know whether to sigh over the deep affection between their sect sisters.

Tan Qingxuan’s whole body was hot and unbearable. Waiting for her Junior Sister to come and refine medicine for the symptoms would likely be too late. The feeling Cang Ran gave her right now was the very cure that could dispel the heat.

She tightened her grip on Cang Ran’s wrist, and her red lips slightly parted: “Come here, let me hold you for a while.”

Cang Ran didn’t understand medicine and could only listen to Tan Qingxuan. Tan Qingxuan should know her physical condition better. She is an Immortal Venerable now. She shouldn’t do anything foolish, right?

She knelt by the bed, bent down, and leaned in to embrace Tan Qingxuan. Only then did she realize Tan Qingxuan’s whole body was burning hot, so hot that fine beads of sweat were roused on her fox tail.

Cang Ran was rarely held this tightly by Tan Qingxuan, as if she were firmly entangled, an embrace of extreme intimacy that reminded her of the comfortable relief she felt when Tan Qingxuan rubbed her tail.

This was not the time to think about those things. Cang Ran’s cheeks inexplicably grew hot, and she worried: “Is this really okay? You seem very uncomfortable.”

Her fluffy fox ears inadvertently brushed against the side of Tan Qingxuan’s face. The delicate, snow-white skin was brushed with a continuous, ticklish sensation, a numbing feeling that flowed to her heart.

Tan Qingxuan already found it difficult to bear. Smelling Cang Ran’s tempting, peach-blossom allure, her cheeks flushed. Her slender fingers threaded into Cang Ran’s long hair, cupping the back of Cang Ran’s head.

Her sweat-dampened palm pressed Cang Ran’s face against her own crimson neck. The muffled moans between her lips were about to escape: “Mmm, don’t move.”

Cang Ran’s cherry-red lips pressed against Tan Qingxuan’s neck. Feeling Tan Qingxuan trembling in response, she opened her lips and gently kissed her a few times, clearly feeling Tan Qingxuan’s body tremble with increasing difficulty to suppress.

Tan Qingxuan was like the frigid thin snow on a branch. At this moment, a single kiss seemed enough to make her melt. Cang Ran wanted to kiss her again, further down, but was suddenly gently cupped by Tan Qingxuan’s cheeks.

The water in Tan Qingxuan’s cool eyes shimmered, and the sparkling light made one fall instantly into them. Her rosy lips were beautiful, like an elegant begonia flower.

Cang Ran had tasted her lips. They were very sweet and soft, making one want to kiss them for a long time after the first taste. But she couldn’t kiss her. She would be able to pay off her debt soon.

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