This one sentence made Yun Cuo’s eyes sparkling, and his heart was shaken.
He whispered, “Where’s there anyone who brags about themselves like that, Xue Huai ge.”
Xue Huai asked him back, “Can’t I brag? My Lord, you probably don’t know how good-looking your Daoist partner is. Recently, I was ranked first in both the most popular immortal in the immortal family and the most popular celestial official in the heavenly family.”
“What about me?” Yun Cuo knew that he was talking nonsense again and just stared at him.
“You are not on the list at all.” Xue Huai told him, “I arranged this ranking. If you were on the list and got first place, then others would come and compete for my Daoist partner with me. What should I do then?”
Yun Cuo smiled and hugged his waist, looking at him quietly. “Silly.”
He knew that this was a tactic used by Xue Huai.
Xue Huai is smart and learns everything quickly, and he is more like him in terms of his humble, sensitive, and jealous nature. At first, he used it to tease him, but later he found that it was very effective, so he became more unscrupulous.
They went to1Yaochi Yaochi is the place where the Queen Mother of the West lived in ancient mythology and legends. It is located on Kunlun Mountain. to listen to the Qin music. Xue Huai played a piece that startled everyone. He ran back to pull him away and acted coquettishly with him: “I don’t want to play the Qin here anymore. So many people are looking at me and liking me. What if someone gets jealous and wants to take my love away? What should I do?” He urged him to leave quickly.
Before Yun Cuo could even feel jealous, he was taken aback by the words, and that little jealousy disappeared in an instant.
The first time Xue Huai accompanied him to court, Xue Huai was dressed in a brocade and walked quietly under the welcome of all officials. He was born with a good appearance, a good temperament, and was at the best age. Everyone’s eyes were glued to him. He looked up and saw Yun Cuo sitting on the throne at the end of the sacred road. His eyes were dark, like an eagle staring at its prey, as if to say, Why did I let you out?
The crystal palace he built for him is still a hot topic among the immortals in the entire 19 continents connected to the Demon Realm. Various rumors, such as “Golden House Hidden Beauty” and “Imprisoned Beauty,” have long occupied the headlines of the Heavenly Court topic rankings. The sales of the picture books about the two of them made by Yue Lao and Fenghuang Mingzun are also high. Moreover, the series of the Immortal Emperor and Empress is different from other series—such as the Emperor and Empress of Fuli Palace. The other series are very pure, winning with emotions and attracting people to pursue them. Only the picture books of Xue Huai and Yun Cuo… contain dozens of pages of erotica.
Yun Cuo wanted to hide Xue Huai. When people want to hide something, it is simply because they want to possess it alone. He was afraid that Xue Huai would run away. But later, Yun Cuo discovered that Xue Huai did not want to run away at all—Xue Huai happily moved into the Crystal Palace and almost refused to leave.
The Crystal Palace was spacious and bright. Xue Huai could spend an entire afternoon doing nothing and just watching the sunlight on the dome change color. Not to mention that he didn’t have to report to work or deal with anything here. In his spare time, he can happily be his parasite and even have a happy nightlife.
As time went by, Yun Cuo stopped talking about this matter. He gradually realized from Xue Huai’s attitude that no matter where he tied the person, this person was lazy by nature, and he was only lazy with him, he had no time to love other people.
In the end, he slowly, slowly learned how to grow up from Xue Huai. He also slowly, day by day, came to realize more and more deeply that Xue Huai loved him, and his feelings are no less than his own feelings for Xue Huai.
He was flattered by this recognition and could only treat Xue Huai even better. Xue Huai took advantage of his favor and became arrogant and did whatever he wanted, and he also spoiled him. Whenever he got something good, he would first give it to Xue Huai. Xue Huai was annoyed by the piles of things, so he packed them up and sent them to Murong Mountain Sect and Shenhua Terrace.
After they came back from the Wangchuan River, they thought that they had already ended their reign, so they simply took a cloud to Murong Mountain Sect to visit Murong Jinchuan and Old Madam Murong.
After Murong Jinchuan recovered from his illness in Fuli Palace, Xue Huai had been seriously injured and had been in a coma for a long time when he woke up. This incident almost made the old man sick again, and he ran around looking for elixirs. Murong Jinchuan traveled all over the world and spent half a year finding a total of fifteen Bianque San for Xue Huai.
During this journey, the old madam still accompanied him across the rivers and mountains, just like she did when they were young, and retraced the path of his youth.
Before they set off, Yun Cuo kneeled down in front of them and said in a deep voice, “Xue Huai hasn’t woken up yet. I will take care of everything. Please rest on the mountain. If anything goes wrong, I won’t be able to explain to Xue Huai.”
But he couldn’t persuade his master, so Murong Jinchuan left anyway. Before leaving, he said, “You are now the Immortal Lord, and you have things to do. Let us old people at home take care of Xue Huai’s affairs.”
During the past six months, Yun Cuo had overdrawn his energy and had not slept for six months. During the day, he handled government affairs in an orderly manner, and at night, he gave the Qi to Xue Huai, transported his cultivation, and circulated it around his body, which took four or five hours at a time.
Later, when Murong Jinchuan learned about this, he also laughed at him: “I saw him practicing in the mountain sect’s spiritual cave, and he couldn’t even complete half a cycle of Qi. Now he is making rapid progress.”
The green bird carried them to the gate of the immortal sect.
The scenery at the gate of Murong Mountain was the same as before. The gluttonous ghost had already run out and was rolling on the ground, playing with the little gray cat happily.
Yun Cuo and Xue Huai held hands and walked all the way to the cabin on the top of the mountain.
Murong Jinchuan was teaching a class. When he saw them coming, he detained Yun Cuo and asked him to come and listen to the class and check the homework of his fellow junior disciples.
Xue Huai secretly made a gesture to Yun Cuo and went up the mountain to find Grandma Murong. It was noon, and Xue Huai’s grandma was cooking. She was very happy to see him coming. She talked to him about daily life and asked Xue Huai to help her wash vegetables and cut meat.
“Where is Xiao Yun? Why didn’t he come with you?” Grandma asked.
Xue Huai said, “He is helping Grandpa with his lessons at the foot of the mountain. I will ask them to come over at dinner time.”
Grandma immediately looked at him reproachfully: “Why did you bring him here again? You know that on such an ordinary day, it’s probably another day of trouble, right? Xiao Huai, you should be more sensible.”
Xue Huai was washing vegetables while laughing: “Grandma, you just asked me why Yun Cuo didn’t come with me, and now that he’s here, you’re saying I’m ignorant. The wedding hasn’t even taken place yet, and you’re already eager to make him your grandson. Don’t you want me, this grandson anymore?”
The old lady also laughed at him: “Poor you, no one loves you as much as I do, and yet you come here to act cute. The old man and I were talking about this a few days ago. We were talking about your two little ones getting married, and we wanted to buy you some dowry and gifts.”
Xue Huai said, “Just do it casually, it’s fine. It’s troublesome and trivial. Grandma, even if you give me a piece of cake, I like it, and no one will say anything.”
In fact, Xue Huai never thought that a wedding was a very important thing because of Murong Jinchuan’s words and deeds. This grandfather of his would hold a wedding for himself and his wife every ten years, and they could go wherever they wanted and do whatever they wanted without many red tape constraints.
Therefore, after discussing this with Yun Cuo, he only decided to hold two weddings this year. One would be held in the mountain sect on a smaller scale, with friends and relatives present to congratulate him. The other would be held in Zhongzhou, directly together with the enthronement ceremony of the Immortal Empress.
“Ai, we think so too. But since Xiao Yun has chosen you, you can’t let him down. A grand and lively wedding will reassure Xiao Yun and make him feel our sincerity, right?”
Xue Huai agreed.
Grandma Murong then asked, “Has his eyes improved recently, Xiao Huai?”
Now both the grandfather and grandson are practicing medicine, and they often exchange some medical experience when they have nothing to do. In the past few months, Xue Huai first cured the little gray cat’s injured leg, used the spiritual fire gun to give Yun Cuo a healing spell every day, and practiced with him to improve his roots, but Yun Cuo’s eyes still did not heal.
Xue Huai shook his head: “Not that good, he was born with a half-demon root structure, and it happened that the immortal energy and demonic energy rushed into the fontanelle, and the aura around his eyes was mixed. Later, because of excessive use of strength, this turbid energy could not go up or down, and it was blocked here. The more I use healing spells to relieve it, the more it is blocked. I dare not do anything to his eyes now, I can only repair his Qi meridians every day.”
Grandma Murong covered the steamer with a lid and said in distress, “What should we do then?”
Xue Huai added, “There is actually another way. I came here today to discuss this with grandma and grandpa. I wanted to let you two know.”
“You say.” Grandma was also surprised when she heard his tone.
Xue Huai said: “In fact, the root cause of the problem lies in the roots and bones, so just replace a part of his immortal root. When the immortal energy in his body suppresses the devil’s energy, his eyes will naturally get better. He and I… have been dual-cultivated together for such a long time, our energy is connected and harmonious, and our spiritual roots complement each other. Grandma, I want to exchange my roots and bones with him.”
His grandmother sighed. “Will it be useful for you to come and tell us about this? If we object, you will still do it, right?”
Xue Huai looked over with a smile and tried to act coquettishly with his grandma again: “Grandma… I’m getting married soon, you don’t want your grandson’s Daoist partner to have bad eyesight before the wedding, right?”
“Well, well, if the old man were blind, I would probably do the same. It’s up to you.” Grandma Xue Huai shook her head repeatedly.
Xue Huai came over again and said, “Actually… I have tried this method of replacing the roots several times, but it is still not very successful. Grandma, can you give me some advice?”
The old madam finally woke up from her dream. This boy seemed to be waiting for her here, coaxing her, the most powerful medical cultivator in the whole sect, to cure Yun Cuo!
“You little brat, go wash the pot. Just tell me. Are you afraid that Grandma won’t help you?” The old lady scolded him. As she spoke, she laughed again. “Your behavior is exactly the same as when I was young.”
Xue Huai obediently went over to help her.
At noon, the four of them had a meal together, and the Murong couple still wanted to keep them overnight.
Yun Cuo had no objection, so Xue Huai called the green bird over and asked the clerk under Yun Cuo’s command to deliver the official documents, and he helped to correct them.
Xue Huai hid away to review the memorials and sent Yun Cuo out to discuss the details of the wedding with the elders. Occasionally, Yun Cuo would ask outside: “Xue Huai, when the wedding ceremony comes, will the flower arch be bougainvillea or saffron?”
Xue Huai thought for a moment and said, “Bougainvillea, I want all colors. As for everything else, I want all colors.”
By then, Yun Cuo’s eyes will be healed, so it’s better to show him every color.
“Alright.” Yun Cuo wrote it down outside.
Xue Huai shouted to the outside again: “Don’t take the bull by the horns, just choose one color of the wedding dress. I want a red one.”
“Alright.” Yun Cuo replied again, lowering his head and reluctantly crossing out the item “Seven color wedding dresses.”
It was not until the evening that Yun Cuo was able to talk things over with his elders, and Xue Huai put down the vermilion brush and stretched himself.
Yun Cuo walked in to find him, sat down, and hugged him, massaging his shoulders, waist, and legs. “Are you tired, Xue Huai ge?”
Xue Huai shook his head and nestled in his arms comfortably. “It’s not that bad. By the way, baby, go to bed early tonight. Grandma and I will treat your eyes, alright?”
“Today?” Yun Cuo was a little hesitant, as if he didn’t know what to do.
Xue Huai pushed him towards the bed and said, “Go to bed early. I’ll give you a sleeping spell. It won’t hurt, and you won’t feel anything else. Tomorrow morning, you’ll be able to see me when you wake up.”
“Really?” Yun Cuo immediately became happy, like a child who was about to be rewarded, and laid down on the bed with a little expectation, “Then fine, I’ll go to sleep right away.”
“Ai, my baby Yun Cuo is so good.” Xue Huai lowered his head and kissed him on the lips, then said, “Then I’ll cast the spell now?”
Yun Cuo nodded, put down all his defenses, and waited for him to cast the spell quietly.
Xue Huai stretched out his hand and waved it in front of his eyes. Yun Cuo fell into a deep sleep soon after he felt sleepy. He didn’t notice that this spell was not only a sleeping spell but also a spell that made people lose consciousness. It was a strange remedy that only medical cultivators would use.
After he fell asleep, Xue Huai immediately called Old Madam Murong.
The pain of the root and bones replacement is to use magic to pull it out, and the one who wants to replace the roots must use their own spiritual root magic to overcome the incompatibility. Xue Huai was afraid of pain, so he bit a pillowcase in his mouth as soon as possible, looked at his grandmother with tears in his eyes, and even had time to act like a spoiled child to her.
Xue Huai is now quite adept at speaking softly and acting like a spoiled child. After clinging to Yun Cuo, he clings to the elders and is often laughed at by his former classmates.
Grandma also felt distressed, and knowing that Xue Huai had made up his mind, she didn’t say much either and quickly changed their bones.
Because Xue Huai is a descendant of the Fengyu tribe, his bones are smaller than Yun Cuo’s, so the replacement parts are also need to be very careful and serious. Xue Huai replaced the bones of Yun Cuo’s entire left palm, as well as both ear bones and a rib. As more bones were replaced, the aura in Xue Huai’s body became more and more unstable. The auras of the immortal and the demon were testing each other, but because he already had Yun Cuo’s essence in his body, after the auras of both sides tested each other, they were actually at peace.
Xue Huai also breathed a sigh of relief.
He himself did not cry out of pain, but the gluttonous ghost was so full of drama that it cried itself, which made Xue Huai overwhelmed with joy. After the change was over, he sent his grandmother back to the room, then hugged the gluttonous ghost, climbed onto Yun Cuo’s bed together, and fell asleep with him under the quilt.
The next day, Yun Cuo woke up earlier than Xue Huai.
He opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was the smoky blue ceiling of their bedroom.
His first thought was that he could see things.
His second thought was that this thing was actually this color. In the past, when he saw such things, he only thought they were gray, a gray with no distinguishing features.
External affairs and objects, ever-changing and colorful, broke into his eyes without any preparation, causing him to tremble for a moment.
The gluttonous ghost crawled onto his chest and rubbed his big head against him. Yun Cuo picked it up with both hands and moved it in front of him to take a look. The gluttonous ghost happily kicked its legs in the air and waved its claws everywhere.
This little gluttonous is really black.
The little gray cat also climbed up, allowing him to see its bright and clear green eyes.
The people around him moved, and Yun Cuo suddenly realized that—Xue Huai was also here.
At this moment, he was even a little afraid to turn around and look at him.
Xue Huai was sleeping beside him, lying on his side, facing him. His skin was white, but Yun Cuo only now understood that under the real skin color there was blood, a soft and bright color, quiet and soft.
Yun Cuo felt his heart pounding after just one glance.
He had seen it once before in the mind-viewing technique, and the moment that remained in his memory was not as vivid and moving as this moment. So close, he could even see the dark red in the corners of Xue Huai’s eyes, and every inch of his skin was just the right color. It was a kind of appropriateness and tranquility that he could not describe in words, which made people want to kiss, caress, or even take a bite.
Her face is as rosy as a peach or plum, condensed, and natural.
He now felt that Xue Huai was not bragging at all—how could this be considered bragging? This was the word that should belong to him, he is his treasure.
Then he saw the pair of tightly closed eyes suddenly open, the eyelashes trembled slightly, with sleepiness, and the watery light shimmering—under this layer of watery light there was a dark red color, and at first glance, it was very similar to his own.
The red in his eyes faded halfway, and a faint red also appeared in Xue Huai’s eyes, like the lake reflecting red maples in autumn, with only his shadow in it.
T/N: This is the end of the story. This is my very first project as a translator, and I was dumb enough to choose a cultivation one (it was hella hard and I am aware that the whole thing is hella messy, so I’ll find sometimes to re-editing the whole thing later (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)) For now, this is the end (Kinda curious about what happened when XH woke up and I want to see their marriage tho) thank you all for reading and apologize for dragging it for so long cuz I was lazy xD. See you guys on my next project
