The Aloof Immortal Venerable is Pregnant with My Fox Cub - Chapter 46

Chapter 46

Cang Ran’s paw pads were useless no matter how much she stomped. She was so angry that her teeth ground loudly, and she wanted to bite Tan Qingxuan hard.

She aimed for a long time, finally zeroing in on Tan Qingxuan’s wrist. She bit down hard with her sharp fangs: “I’m angry!”

Tan Qingxuan grunted from the bite, only lowered her eyes to glance at her, and continued walking with the fox den in hand without changing her expression.

Cang Ran bit deeper, tasting Tan Qingxuan’s fresh blood, but her own heart ached, and she then helped her lick the wound.

Tan Qingxuan didn’t do anything wrong. She was the one constantly throwing a tantrum. She shouldn’t blame Tan Qingxuan for something that hadn’t happened yet.

Cang Ran let go and asked sullenly: “Doesn’t it hurt?”

Tan Qingxuan placed the fox den by the bed and rubbed her head: “It doesn’t hurt.”

Cang Ran stared at her cold eyes, which now shimmered like rippling water. A trace of guilt arose in her heart. She turned her head away: “I’m not a good fox. I have a bad temper, I’m willful, and I always cause trouble. You’re looking after me now, but sooner or later, you won’t want to look after me anymore.”

Tan Qingxuan would definitely abandon her in the future. She would discover her many flaws, meet better people, and realize that everyone else was better than her.

Tan Qingxuan saw the little fox’s eyes suddenly turn red and lovingly stroked her head: “Aren’t you the Great Fox King? Everyone should be looked after by you, and everyone should report to the Great Fox King wherever they go.”

Cang Ran remembered the arrogant words she had said when she turned into a big fox and pounced on Tan Qingxuan on the bed. At that time, she didn’t know Tan Qingxuan was an Immortal Venerable. What prestige could her self-proclaimed “Great King” title hold?

Cang Ran was a little sad. She gently nudged her head against Tan Qingxuan’s palm: “You are not under my control. You are an Immortal Venerable now. I’m just a wild fox. How could I control you? You even have to control my drinking.”

Tan Qingxuan stroked her fox ears and said gently: “Drinking too much makes you drunk. I’m afraid a certain little fox won’t be able to find her way back to Fuyuan Palace.”

Cang Ran’s ears were rubbed to a tingle. They softened into “airplane ears” from discomfort. She dodged Tan Qingxuan’s hand: “If I can’t find the way, I’ll just sleep by the roadside. Someone will pick me up.”

Tan Qingxuan’s eyes darkened as she stared at this fox who was courting trouble. If she were really picked up, her fur would be petted bald.

Her tone grew inexplicably cold, and she slowly asked: “Who will pick you up?” Was it that little leopard, or the weasel, or the person whose head she willingly allowed to be stroked today?

Cang Ran’s reactions were much slower after drinking. She suddenly felt a little cold and slowly nudged her head into Tan Qingxuan’s palm. Her voice was very soft: “Qingqing will pick me up. She won’t abandon me.”

Tan Qingxuan’s heart suddenly softened. She lifted her out of the fox den and said gently and solemnly: “Qingqing will not abandon you.”

Cang Ran rubbed against her neck. A cold tear dropped down, and her nose sounded heavy: “Only Qingqing is mine. Tan Qingxuan is not mine, and Immortal Venerable Qingxuan is not mine.”

Tan Qingxuan felt a sharp sword pierce her heart, and her whole body felt as if it had fallen into an ice cellar. Her voice trembled slightly as she held Cang Ran tighter: “No, they are all yours.”

They hugged for a long time without saying another word. When Tan Qingxuan placed Cang Ran on the bed in the sleeping quarters, Cang Ran was already fast asleep. The fiery red fur on her cheeks was wet, making her look pitiful and miserable.

Tan Qingxuan’s mind was completely occupied by her, unable to spare any extra energy for anything else.

She wiped the tears from the corner of the little fox’s eyes, pulled her into her embrace, and kissed her fox ear with deep affection.

The thick, fluffy fox ear was very sensitive. It twitched a few times from the kiss and became warm even in sleep. The little fox transformed into human form. Her beautiful eye corners were already red from crying, and her face was covered in tear streaks.

Tan Qingxuan picked up a handkerchief to wipe Cang Ran clean and kissed Cang Ran’s forehead. She rarely had such emotional moments. She once thought she had a heart of stone, but now it seemed she did not.

She looked at Cang Ran’s stunningly beautiful and seductive face under the warm lamplight. Even as a little fox, she was so captivating. With such devastating beauty now, who knows how many hearts she would attract in the future?

Just stay like this, as a little fox, only by her side, and never go back to a place where she can never be seen again.

Tan Qingxuan took out a talisman from her sleeve, performed a hand seal, and melted it into the jeweled garland on Cang Ran’s chest.

Pale golden runes flowed and flashed on it, quickly disappearing without any visible anomaly.

When Cang Ran woke up, she found herself held tightly in Tan Qingxuan’s embrace. Tan Qingxuan’s jaw rested on her head, and her cheek was pressed against Tan Qingxuan’s neck.

The fair skin near the collarbone, which she had rubbed against in her sleep, was noticeably redder than elsewhere. This time, she had slept very politely and hadn’t pulled open Tan Qingxuan’s clothes. Both of their garments were still neat.

Cang Ran glanced down and noticed her legs were wrapped around Tan Qingxuan’s long legs. She felt inexplicably hot. She moved twice, trying to get up, which woke up Tan Qingxuan.

Tan Qingxuan continued to hold her, gently rubbing her head, like a massage.

Cang Ran couldn’t help but narrow her eyes, turning into a fox, lifting her chin, and letting Tan Qingxuan rub her under her jaw properly.

A smile flowed in Tan Qingxuan’s eyes and brows. Her long, delicate fingers scratched the little fox’s jaw, and Cang Ran moaned softly in pleasure.

She arched her neck, resting her small paws on Tan Qingxuan’s shoulder, exposing a large area of soft, white fox fur, and thrusting her soft body forward, placing her neck under Tan Qingxuan’s hand.

The soft, white fox fur was slightly frizzy from just waking up, like a messy little furball. After being combed a few times, it became smooth, like the finest satin.

Cang Ran hummed contentedly, curling up in a ball, and couldn’t help but rub her fluffy head against Tan Qingxuan’s palm.

Tan Qingxuan rubbed her two more times, and she transformed back into human form. Her cheeks were flushed, pressed against Tan Qingxuan’s palm, surprisingly hot, and a blush stained her seductive eye corners.

Cang Ran’s heat cycle used to be a bit like this. Tan Qingxuan gently stroked her cheek and asked softly: “Is your heat cycle starting again?”

Cang Ran arched her head upward, meeting Tan Qingxuan’s beautiful, peach-blossom-like eyes, and shook her head: “No. Your rubbing was too comfortable. I couldn’t help myself. My current cultivation can control my heat cycle now.”

Cang Ran thought Tan Qingxuan would be relieved by this, as she was too clingy and quite annoying.

Tan Qingxuan only nodded slightly, stroked her forehead, and softly hummed in acknowledgment.

A doubt arose in Cang Ran’s heart. Why did Tan Qingxuan seem a little disappointed?

She raised her hand and circled Tan Qingxuan’s neck. Their eyes met, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little ambiguous.

Tan Qingxuan quietly looked at her, her serene, ink-black eyes filled with Cang Ran’s reflection.

Cang Ran leaned in closer, gently touching her nose with Tan Qingxuan’s, and deliberately blew a breath: “Immortal Venerable, looking at me like that makes me want to kiss you.”

Tan Qingxuan’s eyelashes fluttered slightly, and she closed her eyes. Her vivid red lips seemed inviting for picking.

Cang Ran’s heart rate spiked instantly. She couldn’t help but swallow. Did Tan Qingxuan know that she was truly inviting transgression, making people want to press her beneath them and do unspeakable things?

Her finger gently pressed against Tan Qingxuan’s lips, feeling them slightly cool, with a soft and springy texture. Tan Qingxuan was born beautiful, and even her mouth was this lovely.

She loved it deeply and couldn’t bear to bite. She only dared to suck gently, tasting Tan Qingxuan’s sweet flavor, but she felt it wasn’t enough. She wanted to occupy more.

Cang Ran rubbed a few times, and Tan Qingxuan’s soft red lips became very red, looking thoroughly ravaged. She quickly moved her fingertip away and gently blew on them twice, but unexpectedly, she was bitten by the other’s pearly white teeth.

Cang Ran’s heart hammered like a drum. Her cheeks became hot and red. Seeing a blush rise on Tan Qingxuan’s face, she slipped her soft tongue in before the pearly teeth could let go.

Tan Qingxuan’s defenses instantly fell. Cang Ran clung to her, playing and kissing her passionately and intensely. This kiss was much more heated than the last, and extremely focused. Their breathing was completely ragged when the kiss ended.

Cang Ran lay sprawled on Tan Qingxuan, hearing Tan Qingxuan’s soft gasps, feeling the rise and fall of Tan Qingxuan’s chest. Her heart felt like it was being constantly tickled by a small feather.

She loved this Qingqing now, more than any other time.

She hugged Tan Qingxuan even tighter, as if completely possessing her. She didn’t want to give her to anyone. Qingqing was hers.

Tan Qingxuan’s breathing evened out a little. Her long fingers stroked Cang Ran’s waist-length hair: “You’ve been here for several days. I heard Mingyue say you really like the jerky from the Spiritual Beast Hall, and the food cultivator at the Spiritual Food Hall also said you like their meals.”

Cang Ran rubbed her head against Tan Qingxuan’s neck, sniffing her sandalwood scent several times: “The taste is alright, and the little hedgehog likes it too. But I don’t want to go to the Spiritual Food Hall anymore. I’m surrounded by so many people watching me eat.”

A smile bloomed in Tan Qingxuan’s eyes. She pinched Cang Ran’s fluffy fox ears: “Then I’ll find someone to deliver your meals to Fuyuan Palace every day. Just let me know what you want to eat.”

Cang Ran nodded. The pinching tickled a bit. She flattened her fox ears: “I want to learn how to fly with a sword. Can you teach me? Yesterday, I went to watch your sect’s Elder teach people to practice the sword. I watched for a while. She didn’t chase me away and even gave me her wine gourd.”

Tan Qingxuan’s beautiful eyes narrowed slightly: “I’ll teach you in a moment. The Elder teaching disciples sword techniques is Elder Qu. She is of the same generation as my Master. In her youth, she was an extremely free-spirited and unrestrained sword cultivator. She has traveled to many places and has a wide circle of friends.

I heard from Master that when the situation was tense, her disregard for social norms in making friends and her protection of foreign races were criticized. She was even expelled from the sect once. When she returned, she looked weary and aged. Master and many fellow disciples pleaded on her behalf before she was allowed to return to the sect.”

Cang Ran propped her cheek on her hand. Why did she feel that Elder Qu had enough fun outside and wanted to return to the Taixuan Sect to retire? She wouldn’t have been able to return without making herself look weary, pathetic, and miserable.

Cang Ran tapped her cheek with her finger. She would keep her insight to herself: “The wine yesterday was very good. I’d like to give her a return gift. Does she have anything she likes?”

Worried that Cang Ran might try to weave a sword tassel as a gift again, Tan Qingxuan took something out of her storage artifact and handed it to Cang Ran: “Take this to her. She will be extremely happy.”

Cang Ran held the item Tan Qingxuan handed her. It was heavy and looked like a small iron block. She asked curiously: “What is this?”

Tan Qingxuan said calmly: “This is something Elder Qu has been collecting. I happen to have it here.”

Cang Ran couldn’t help but frown: “Is this very valuable?”

Tan Qingxuan shook her head slightly: “It’s not very valuable. I obtained this fragment by chance. There are some other materials that can substitute it. It’s useless to me. Since she was kind to you and you can’t find a return gift, take this to her.”

Cang Ran was relieved to hear that Tan Qingxuan had more: “Then let me give you spiritual stones. Consider it me buying it from you.”

Tan Qingxuan directly placed the item into Cang Ran’s jeweled garland, and helped her adjust her dress: “Keep your spiritual stones. You drank so much wine yesterday. You must really like Elder Qu’s wine gourd. Trading item for item is fair. It’s time to get up. Didn’t you want to learn how to fly with a sword?”

Cang Ran couldn’t help but kiss Tan Qingxuan’s cheek and wrapped her arms around Tan Qingxuan’s waist: “Immortal Venerable, you are so good. You are the best person I have ever met.”

The kiss was a little too loud. Even Tan Qingxuan was stunned for a second. A faint blush rose on her cheek again. She pushed her away and scolded softly: “Don’t call me Immortal Venerable in private.”

Cang Ran was also a little shy and nodded: “Got it. Your rigid Junior Sister made me promise to call you Immortal Venerable, so I call you that every day and night.”

Tan Qingxuan knew Cang Ran was angry with her Junior Sister, so she explained on her Junior Sister’s behalf: “Song Zhen is not as rigid as you think. She is just sharp-tongued and soft-hearted. Managing a sect requires dignity, otherwise how can she command respect? Furthermore, she is a medical cultivator. Her temperament was a little extreme when she was young, and it’s hard to change now that time has passed.”

Cang Ran got off the bed and asked puzzledly: “Aren’t medical cultivators all gentle? Why isn’t your Junior Sister gentle at all? She’s quite irritable.”

Tan Qingxuan said: “Junior Sister was a rogue cultivator before. When she inherited her family’s medical learning, she swore three principles of non-treatment: first, she wouldn’t treat murderers, thieves, rapists, or evil individuals; second, she wouldn’t treat those who didn’t trust her medical skills; and third, she wouldn’t treat those who were terminally ill and beyond saving. Later, because she adhered strictly to her family’s precepts, her family was ruined. Junior Sister’s temperament changed drastically. When she met my Master, she joined the Taixuan Sect.”

Cang Ran thought for a moment and said: “But I think your Junior Sister was an irritable medical cultivator from the start, and it has little to do with her three non-treatment principles being broken. After all, those three non-treatment principles sound like clauses to refuse medical disputes.”

Tan Qingxuan laughed when she heard this: “You said the same thing as my Master did back then. But I believe that even the most irritable people have a soft heart. Being forced to do many things they don’t want to do, Junior Sister also has her own hardships. Now that she is in the Taixuan Sect, at least she can do what she wants.”

Cang Ran looked at Tan Qingxuan’s pure and ethereal face. When she smiled, she was very vivid and beautiful. Such a person was indeed the reason the original female protagonist was proud. No matter where she went, she would mention that she was Immortal Venerable Qingxuan’s only disciple.

If it were her, with such an identity, harmony within the sect, and extreme favor from her Master, she would probably boast that she was Tan Qingxuan’s first disciple. That would certainly make a grand impression.

Unfortunately, she wasn’t. Cang Ran withdrew her thoughts and went outside with Tan Qingxuan to learn the art of sword flight. Her first flight wasn’t very high and was shaky the entire time. She realized that watching and actual practice were two different things.

Fortunately, Tan Qingxuan was below, protecting her flight. Otherwise, she would surely have fallen to the ground and been flattened into a pitiful fox pancake.

After a long time, she was finally able to fly with the sword steadily. It must be said that flying in the sky was quite cool. The strong wind made her clothes flutter, and her long hair flew in the wind. There was an indescribable feeling of freedom and recklessness, roaming the world at will.

It was just too cold. The Taixuan Sect consisted of magnificent palaces and towers suspended above the mountains. If she flew any higher, even her warm, dense fur couldn’t withstand the cold. After circling the Taixuan Sect five or six times, she stopped flying.

She hadn’t practiced the sword much in the past two days. Tan Qingxuan personally took a spiritual sword and sparred with her, finding that she had become quite rusty. She was full of flaws and was continually defeated.

Cang Ran couldn’t beat Tan Qingxuan and was also scolded by the villain. She knew Tan Qingxuan and the villain were in cahoots. Tan Qingxuan played the good cop, and the villain played the bad cop, together bullying her, the beginner.

She could only practice diligently. One day, she would definitely defeat the villain and Tan Qingxuan.

Time passed quickly. Cang Ran cultivated while paying off her debt. Tan Qingxuan even owed her a kiss.

She toured the Taixuan Sect, auditing various classes, and learned a lot. She spent her free time fishing the Great Koi up and releasing it, which was quite fun.

Since Immortal Venerable Qingxuan was about to inherit the position of Sect Master, many disciples who had been out for experience returned to the Taixuan Sect during this time, bringing back a lot of new gossip.

Compared to the gossip section of the cultivation world’s headlines, Cang Ran often jumped onto the rooftops with the little hedgehog to eavesdrop on the gossip.

#A certain fairy, while gaining experience in a secret realm, discovered that her fiancé was pursuing another female cultivator. She furiously went to catch them in the act, but the female cultivator unexpectedly pinned the fairy against a stone wall and passionately kissed her in front of everyone, declaring mad love.#

#A certain Grand Elder found his long-lost biological son who had been separated from him. During the son’s Core Formation ceremony, another Elder calculated that the Grand Elder was fated to have no children. After a blood recognition test, it was discovered that the biological son was actually a case of cuckoldry.#

#A certain Master unfortunately perished, leaving his wife uncared for. Five disciples fought fiercely to gain the qualification to look after their Mistress. A generation of the immortal cultivation sect was nearly destroyed. Later, when the truth was revealed, the youngest junior sister exposed the Mistress as a demon cultivator who had killed the Master and imprisoned the Mistress in the dungeon. Unexpectedly, the second senior sister hijacked the Mistress the day before she was to be sent to the dungeon, publicly accusing the youngest junior sister of forcefully taking the Mistress. The youngest junior sister denied it three times and declared an endless feud with the second senior sister.#

Cang Ran and the little hedgehog listened to the brilliant plot in the middle for three days and three nights, eating most of the nuts and snacks brought from Fox Fox Mountain, listening with great relish until Tan Qingxuan personally caught them and took them back to Fuyuan Palace.

The Taixuan Sect soon issued a new sect rule: Disciples are forbidden to gather privately and discuss other sect’s gossip while accompanied by a fox. Cang Ran felt it was a pity. She should have known not to stay in one place to eavesdrop.

Cang Ran later gave the return gift to Elder Qu. Elder Qu happily accepted the gift and told her during their chat that the wine gourd was originally a magical artifact she had refined. It could be used for a month for one mid-grade spiritual stone.

As long as the lid was opened and the desired spiritual fruit for brewing was placed inside, along with some spiritual spring water, and the lid was closed, delicious wine could be brewed in less than an hour. It could hold the equivalent of six large wine barrels of wine, enough to drink for a good while.

Cang Ran, having nothing better to do, went around collecting spiritual fruits with the little hedgehog to try it out. They were all successfully brewed, but the amount of fruit wasn’t much, so each time there were only a few sips, which the two demons consumed to check the taste.

It was currently the peak season for bayberries. There were over a dozen old bayberry trees on the spiritual mountains below Fuyuan Palace. After asking Tan Qingxuan if they could be picked freely, Cang Ran brewed a lot of bayberry wine, more than they could finish quickly.

Tan Qingxuan always liked to keep her close, so Cang Ran cultivated by Tan Qingxuan’s side. After cultivating for a period each day, she would enjoy a couple of drinks.

The bayberry wine, as soon as it was poured, had a rich fruity aroma. Cang Ran took a sip. The sweet wine flowed down her throat, indescribably refreshing.

If only she could have a cold drink this season. Unfortunately, she wasn’t an ice spiritual root.

Cang Ran looked at Tan Qingxuan next to her, who was wearing a flowing robe with wide sleeves and a solemn, jade-like face. Tan Qingxuan was currently using her brush to review jade slips. There was also a stack of pending jade slips next to her desk.

She poured a cup of wine, handed it to Tan Qingxuan, and asked: “Do you want to take a break and have a drink with me?”

Tan Qingxuan looked up and nodded slightly: “That would be nice.”

Tan Qingxuan took the wine cup and tasted a small sip. Knowing that this little demon worked hard every day to pick the fruit, she gently curved her lips: “Not bad.”

Cang Ran’s eyes immediately curved: “It tastes good, right? I think it’s very good too. Can you help me chill it? I want to drink it cold.”

Tan Qingxuan knew this little demon wouldn’t be attentive for no reason. So that was her plan. She picked up her vermilion brush, took Cang Ran’s wine gourd, and applied a talisman to it with waves of golden light.

Tan Qingxuan said warmly: “It’s cold now. Drink sparingly.”

When Cang Ran poured the wine from the gourd again, she found that the wine had indeed turned cold. It was sweet and refreshing. She was about to invite Tan Qingxuan to have a few more drinks when she suddenly saw Song Zhen enter from outside the palace.

Cang Ran couldn’t help but frown. Why was this rigid Junior Sister showing up uninvited?

Song Zhen, dressed in a Daoist robe, first bowed to Tan Qingxuan and then said eagerly: “Senior Sister, during the Inner Sect Competition these past few days, I discovered many promising talents. Many cultivation families will bring their children for the Sect Master’s succession ceremony, and they all wish to be accepted as your disciples.”

Tan Qingxuan said calmly: “Put it on hold for now. There is no rush to take on disciples.”

Song Zhen took out a jade slip from her sleeve and persuaded again: “Senior Sister, you haven’t taken on a disciple for many years. Elder and I have taken on many. Fuyuan Palace is too empty with only you here. If you take a disciple, someone can keep you company.”

Tan Qingxuan understood her Junior Sister’s difficulty and nodded: “The Sect Master taking a disciple is no small matter. I will first perform a divination. If there truly is a suitable child, taking them on is not out of the question.”

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