The Aloof Immortal Venerable is Pregnant with My Fox Cub - Chapter 88

Chapter 88

The golden pillar that shot straight up from the Penglai Mountain Range not only drew in people from the Five Great Immortal Sects, but also the Great Demons from the closest Cloud Marsh and Kunlun Mountain Ranges. Even the Mountain Suppressing Leopard from the distant Azure Wave Mountain Range brought demons with it.

Due to the heavy toll of two major battles, the demon cultivators were greatly weakened and only sent a few high-ranking demon lords to observe.

The people from the Five Great Immortal Sects interpreted this anomaly as a chance for immortal cultivation. However, the demons, especially those with ancestral knowledge, knew well that the Ancient Demon Emperor’s relic was essentially an inheritance left by the Demon World’s ancient ancestors. It had nothing to do with these human and demonic cultivators.

If you want to enter, do you have the bloodline of a demon? Everything in the Ancient Demon Emperor’s relic is a treasure meant for demons. If human or demonic cultivators use them, they will sooner or later be corrupted and demonized by the demonic artifacts, making it impossible for them to compete.

If Cang Ran had lived in the Demon World for a few hundred more years, and had more interaction with the Mountain Suppressing Leopard, she would have uncovered more secrets about the Ancient Demon Emperor’s relic, including the most important Demon God Hall within the relic.

Tens of thousands of years ago, the demon race had the God of Ten Thousand Demons. It was the Demon God who granted the ability for two female demons to procreate and also consecrated the strongest female demon of that time as the Empress of Ten Thousand Demons, giving her the most powerful divine artifact, the Demon Emperor Seal.

The Demon World was not originally scattered but a single, complete landmass where ten thousand demons flourished. The cultivation world and the demonic realm were pushed to the marginalized, desolate regions by the demon race.

As time passed, the dissatisfaction and hostility of the cultivation world and the demonic realm towards the Demon World grew, leading to continuous wars. The Demon Empress led her people in resistance but was later tragically assassinated. The Demon World fell into the hands of the cultivation world and the demonic realm like a piece of fat meat.

To protect the final inheritance of the demon race, the Demon Empress sacrificed herself to the Demon Emperor Seal, simultaneously suppressing and perishing with the strongest human and demonic cultivators of that time. She sealed the Demon Emperor’s Hall and divided the Demon World’s territory into four scattered regions, preserving the chance for the demon race to survive and multiply.

However, the demon race’s inheritance was severed with the sealing of the Demon Emperor’s Hall. Having lost their most wise and brilliant Demon Empress, they were left without a leader and suffered great losses.

The cultivation world took advantage of this period to rise, annexing large territories from the demon race. The demonic cultivators were no less aggressive, taking a chunk out of the demon race as well.

The demon race disliked both human and demonic cultivators. If they had to choose the most disliked, it would definitely be the human cultivators. Greedy and cunning, human cultivators occupied the best spiritual vein locations, becoming the later, most powerful cultivation world.

The demons rushing to the Penglai Mountain Range saw the human and demonic cultivators hurrying along the way and collectively decided to trip them up first. When they couldn’t be stopped any longer and all arrived at the entrance of the Ancient Demon Emperor’s relic, the human and demonic cultivators were stunned: it truly only allowed demons to enter.

Tan Qingxuan was able to enter the Ancient Demon Emperor’s relic solely because of the little fox cub she was carrying.

The little fox cub was of the demon bloodline. Even in its mother’s belly, it knew to protect its mother, intertwining its aura with that of its fox mother, concealing Tan Qingxuan. This made the relic mistakenly believe that one large and one small fox demon had entered.

Cang Ran was unaware of the outside events. She and Tan Qingxuan had traveled by sword for a day and a night and were now not far from the location of the Red Moon Sacred Orchid.

After entering this place, the little fox cub had become active, restless, and giving Tan Qingxuan some discomfort. She had to stop and rest for a while.

Cang Ran extended her spiritual energy into Tan Qingxuan’s body. The fiery red spiritual energy only circled the little fox cub twice, and the cub immediately knew it was its mother, wanting to cling to her even in the womb.

Tan Qingxuan leaned on the couch, her eyes gentle, “Stop teasing her. If she turns out to be a mischievous little troublemaker when born, what will you do?”

Cang Ran retracted her spiritual energy and said with a smile, “She won’t. She’ll definitely be a good baby like you since childhood. The cub is truly adorable. I want to keep playing with her.”

Tan Qingxuan lightly poked Cang Ran’s nose, “She needs a lot of time to fuse her bloodline. You, this irresponsible mother, only think about playing with her.”

Cang Ran sat on the edge of the couch and chuckled, “You sleep for a while. I’ll make you something to eat. After eating, we’ll go to the Demon God Hall to get the Red Moon Sacred Orchid.”

Tan Qingxuan held her wrist, “I’ll only rest for a little while. Let’s set off early.”

Cang Ran sighed and became serious, “You’ve lost a lot of weight these past few days. It’s fine if I just eat a couple of Sustenance Pills, but you and the child can’t handle this strain. The beasts in this Demon Emperor’s relic probably have a high spiritual energy content. I’ll get some to nourish you and the child.”

Tan Qingxuan couldn’t stop her. Seeing Cang Ran about to leave the room, she raised her hand and gave her both Eighty and Zhuoyue, “Take both.”

Cang Ran lowered her head and kissed Tan Qingxuan’s cheek. She helped her lie down in bed, covered her with a silk quilt, took both divine swords, exited the bamboo house, and closed the courtyard door. The light golden barrier returned to normal.

This bamboo house courtyard was Tan Qingxuan’s personal spiritual abode. It was very small when placed in a storage artifact but returned to normal size when taken out. The bamboo house was also protected by a Heaven-grade defensive array disc. Ordinary demonic beasts could not approach, making it very safe.

Cang Ran remembered the story of the Three Little Pigs she had told Tan Qingxuan. So Tan Qingxuan also had such a house! No wonder her reaction was so calm at the time. Tan Qingxuan’s house even had an array, so there was no possibility of a wolf breaking in and demolishing the house.

This small house, unlike the spacious and exquisite Rising Phoenix Palace, felt like their little home. If only they could stay here forever.

Cang Ran sorted out her feelings and took the swords to look for some beasts. They had encountered many ferocious beasts and strange plants along the way, dealing with them without serious incident. However, the closer they got to the Demon God Hall, the more dangerous the beasts they encountered.

The autumn chill was deepening. Cang Ran had seen a herd of wild cattle nearby earlier and wanted to get one to make beef bone soup for Tan Qingxuan. She arrived at an unfortunate time, encountering a fierce tiger chasing the herd, and the cattle were fighting back against the tiger.

A hurricane-like flame swept through. Cang Ran cast a spell and kindly intervened, driving away the tiger. She returned home carrying a calf whose neck had been broken by the tiger.

She wondered if the demonic beasts here lived too comfortably; few had successfully cultivated to become demons, and they had grown fat and strong, looking very delicious.

The wild beef was full of concentrated spiritual energy. Cang Ran couldn’t help but swallow a few mouthfuls of saliva. She found a place with clean water, skinned and bled the cow, and put both the beef and bones into a pot to stew.

This small wild cow was quite plump. Cang Ran stewed two large pots, and there was still a large amount of uneaten beef, which she put into her storage artifact for preservation.

There were also many precious spiritual plants along the way. Cang Ran couldn’t distinguish them but could tell where the spiritual energy was most concentrated. She didn’t dare to throw them in the pot randomly. She put them all into her storage artifact to show to Song Zhen later, asking her to find which ones were suitable for refining medicine for Tan Qingxuan.

When Cang Ran placed the large pot of cooked meat soup in front of Tan Qingxuan, Tan Qingxuan, having just woken up, was also surprised by the abundant spiritual energy.

She couldn’t help but poke Cang Ran’s head, “Why did you cook so much again? There are only two of us, and Little Hedgehog isn’t here. Can we finish it?”

Cang Ran raised the corners of her mouth from the poke, “We can finish it. If we really can’t, I’ll put it in the storage artifact to keep it fresh. Either way, you and the child won’t go hungry.”

She also took out a pile of spiritual plants from her storage artifact and poured them onto the table for Tan Qingxuan to see, “I also picked a lot of spiritual plants. I don’t know if they are useful to you, and I didn’t dare to use them randomly, so I stored them first.”

Tan Qingxuan nodded slightly and said warmly, “The ones you cooked are enough. The meat soup you stewed is very rich in spiritual energy. After eating it, hopefully, this little cub in my belly will quiet down for a while.”

Cang Ran put the spiritual plants away and served Tan Qingxuan a bowl of soup to cool, “Then I’ll save them to bring back to the sect for you next time. We’ll have Song Zhen refine some good medicine for you then. She should be almost better by the time we return.”

She reached out and wrapped her arms around Tan Qingxuan’s waist, rubbing Tan Qingxuan’s neck with her fox ears. Her five fox tails also wrapped around Tan Qingxuan’s slender legs, her tone soft, “The cub is indeed a bit noisy. It’s good if she sleeps for a while. I want to be closer to you.”

The fox tails squeezed tightly, rubbing against her legs repeatedly, causing Tan Qingxuan’s fingers to involuntarily curl up.

A faint heat rose in Tan Qingxuan’s ear. She naturally knew what the fox was hinting at. Her long fingers grabbed Cang Ran’s restless fox tails, “Wait until we return to the sect. After you finish the meat soup, we’ll go and pick the Red Moon Sacred Orchid and return early.”

Cang Ran only wanted a little affection. Upon hearing this, she immediately nodded, her eyes sparkling, “Okay, I’ll bring the soup to you and help you cool it.”

Tan Qingxuan took two sips of the beef bone soup. It was very delicious. The sheer amount of spiritual energy was indeed faster than cultivation or taking pills for supplementation. If not for her profound cultivation and having already passed all her tribulations, combined with the inability of the Celestial Ladder to descend, this world would probably force her to ascend right now.

She had previously considered ascension, but at the moment, spending time entangled with this fox was also quite nice.

Tan Qingxuan settled her mind, then saw Cang Ran hadn’t started eating, “Why are you just watching me and not drinking it yourself?”

The fox was usually quite greedy, but today she seemed to have suddenly changed her nature.

Cang Ran hesitated, “I broke through to the eighth stage of the Nascent Soul period on the way. If I drink the spiritual meat soup, I’m afraid I’ll have to face the Void Refining stage tribulation lightning in this secret realm. I don’t want you to have to take care of the child and me.”

Tan Qingxuan raised an eyebrow and said, “This place has already formed its own small world, sheltered by your Demon God’s Hall. It has generated its own rules, outside the Heavenly Dao. Tribulations will be restricted and won’t be imposed here.”

Tan Qingxuan’s words were very reasonable. The matter of the fox getting struck by tribulation lightning could wait until the fox was well-fed. In any case, when they left the Ancient Demon Emperor’s relic, the heavenly punishment would descend, and it could strike however it wanted. Qingqing would definitely pick her up then.

Cang Ran started eating heartily without any mental burden. She ate most of the two large pots of meat. After finishing, she saw beads of sweat rolling down Tan Qingxuan’s forehead and quickly picked up a handkerchief to wipe Tan Qingxuan’s sweat.

Cang Ran couldn’t help but ask with concern, “Is the child still noisy?”

Tan Qingxuan leaned in her arms, her eyes shimmering, “Much better. Let’s tidy up and go.”

Cang Ran acknowledged this and cleaned up the leftovers on the table, but her mind drifted to the intimate moments with Tan Qingxuan.

Tan Qingxuan rarely sweated on ordinary days. Even when they were doing that kind of thing, sweat only rolled down her beautiful, slender neck and along her exquisite collarbones into the deeper, alluring depths when Cang Ran demanded too much.

Thinking of this, a hot fire burned in Cang Ran’s heart. Her big fox tail involuntarily popped out and wagged continuously. The entire fox pounced onto Tan Qingxuan.

Tan Qingxuan did not let Cang Ran succeed. She rubbed Cang Ran’s head, intertwining her fingers in Cang Ran’s red long hair, and teased, “What I give you on a regular day is enough. Why are you still like this?”

“I’m like this because I love you,” Cang Ran’s tone was soft and gentle, her eyes filled with reliance on Tan Qingxuan, “I just want to hold you more. I can’t help wanting to be closer to you.”

Tan Qingxuan let her hug her for a little longer but did not indulge her mischief here. After they embraced for a while, they left the bamboo house. Tan Qingxuan flicked her sleeve and put away the bamboo house. The two of them continued to fly by sword towards the center of the Ancient Demon Emperor’s relic.

At this time, not only them, but all the demon kings had also entered. Even without a map, every demon, based on the long-standing memories passed down by past Great Demons, knew that the Demon God Hall was the demon race’s place of pilgrimage, containing countless rare and exotic treasures. They all transformed into their true forms and rushed toward the Demon God Hall at the fastest possible speed.

Because Cang Ran and Tan Qingxuan had gained a day’s head start, they arrived at the Demon God Hall before the other demons. More accurately, they reached the area outside the Demon God Hall.

Cang Ran had never seen such a magnificent place. Layer upon layer of palaces, unparalleled divine light, and the surrounding mountains stood like silent guards, protecting the majestic and magnificent Demon God Hall. A grand aura undulated outward in all directions.

The area was covered in ice-blue divine flowers, with only one or two being a striking crimson, double-petaled flower. It shimmered with light, its layers of petals swaying in the wind like dancing sprites, breathtakingly beautiful.

Cang Ran quickly took out the jade slip. Seeing that the flower on the slip matched the double-petaled flower, she instantly felt the satisfaction of finding something she had tirelessly searched for. She immediately pointed it out to Tan Qingxuan, “Qingqing, is that the Red Moon Sacred Orchid we’ve been looking for?”

An expression of awe also flashed across Tan Qingxuan’s eyes. She nodded slightly, “It is. I’ll go pick it with you.”

Only this last step remained to get the flower. Cang Ran could hardly contain her excitement and descended from her flying sword with Tan Qingxuan. As they walked up to the Red Moon Sacred Orchid, the moment Cang Ran’s fingertip touched a petal, the flower suddenly twirled and flew away.

Neither Cang Ran nor Tan Qingxuan managed to catch the flower. They couldn’t help but follow the flower a few steps forward and reached out to grab it again, only to find the flower dodged them once more. They were led by the flower all the way to the gate of the Demon God Hall, where the flower suddenly dissipated.

Just as Cang Ran felt at a loss, she suddenly heard a loud thud. Huazhao, covered in blood, flew in from somewhere and crashed right in front of them.

Cang Ran quickly helped Huazhao up from the ground, “What happened to you all of a sudden?”

Huazhao pulled out a bundle of fiery red Red Moon Sacred Orchids from her arms, her eyes bloodshot, “I picked the flowers for you, but I’ve tried many methods and I can’t get into the Demon God Hall.”

Cang Ran immediately took the Red Moon Sacred Orchids and put them away. She took out a healing pill from her storage artifact and put it into Huazhao’s mouth, “Forget about the Demon God Hall for now. Take the medicine to heal your injuries.”

Huazhao grabbed Cang Ran’s sleeve, “But if the other demons get in, I won’t get what I want! Can you please help me?”

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