Chapter 300: 300: What exactly is the Cultivation World like? (500 bonus for recommended votes)
Mu Qiuniang knew the moment Jiang Nuo woke up. But she didn’t go to see him because she simply didn’t know what to say to him.
She was afraid that upon waking, he would give her a look of blame.
Mu Qiuniang locked herself in the Alchemy Room, busying herself with a few sect disciples under the pretense of helping the sect refine elixirs. Only by doing this could she forget everything that happened in the "dream."
When she finished a day of alchemy and came out of the Alchemy Room, Jiang Nuo was standing outside waiting for her.
She was stunned for a moment, lowered her head, and didn’t look into his eyes.
Seeing her like this, Jiang Nuo couldn’t help but step forward and pull her into his arms. Suddenly, that missing feeling was filled, as if he was holding his entire world.
His warm embrace also calmed her restless heart.
"You’re not angry anymore?" she asked softly.
"What’s there to be angry about? We were originally not people of the same world, but since we have come together, we should continue to walk this path." Jiang Nuo’s tone was gentle, with a slight smile on his lips, "You are my wife, how could you disdain your husband for not understanding the Cultivation World and abandon him?"
"How could I?"
"Then why are you avoiding me? I couldn’t find you when I woke up, you don’t know how sad I was."
Mu Qiuniang said a little embarrassed, "I was afraid you’d be angry..."
"Isn’t it normal for me to be angry?" Jiang Nuo said matter-of-factly, "I don’t understand your world, looking at it from the standards of my own world, I felt you were over the line, naturally, I would be angry. But Qiuniang, when I was angry, you didn’t try to cheer me up, instead, you ran far away, that seems a bit wrong, doesn’t it?"
"Ah?" Mu Qiuniang didn’t understand, her raised little face full of confusion.
"Even if you want to give each other some time to cool off, you can’t say nothing at all, I’ll overthink. Just like you overthink throughout the day, it’s unpleasant, right?"
"Mm!" Even while busy with alchemy, there were times when she would be free, and during those times, inexplicable thoughts would pop into her head.
Particularly, the thought that he would "abandon" her!
Although she really didn’t want to use that word and thought such a thing wouldn’t happen to her, she just couldn’t help but think it.
"Exactly, so you can’t just leave without saying anything. I let you calm down for a day, I also let myself calm down, and then we have a good talk, say what’s on our minds. No matter what’s on your mind, you must say it. Do you remember what I used to say? You have to speak up for me to know what you’re thinking, otherwise, I might miss a lot of things, just like all you’ve done for me..."
"Then, can you try a little harder?"
Why when he asked her to be "honest," all she could think of was asking him to cultivate harder?
"I’ve spent all my recent cultivation on you, my cultivation progress hasn’t made much advancement."
Jiang Nuo: "..." How much was he holding back his wife?
"Though I’m very sorry for dragging you into the Cultivation World, since you’re already on this path, there’s no turning back, only the effort to cultivate. Once you ascend, you can choose again the path you want to walk..."
"Wife, isn’t the path I want to walk always with you?"
"What if one day you regret it..."
"No! I will never regret it, even if I’m very angry about your killing, I would only try to stop you from killing again, not leave you. Wife, we should communicate better, I feel like your thoughts seem a bit different from mine. But before that, I need to eat first, I haven’t eaten all day." Jiang Nuo complained.
Once his wife left, eating became a problem for him.
Although there were a few demons to keep him company, he wasn’t lonely. But the problem is, demons don’t need to eat, but he does.
"Didn’t anyone deliver food to you?"
"Did you remember to ask someone to send food to me?"
"I forgot." She only remembered to ask others not to disturb her at the courtyard, but she forgot... Mu Qiuniang awkwardly tucked her bangs behind her ear, "What do you want to eat? I’ll make it for you."
"Whatever will fill my stomach the fastest." Jiang Nuo’s stomach actually growled in response. Jiang Nuo pitifully covered his stomach, "Wife, you see, it’s protesting!"
"How about you take a Fasting Pill first?"
Fasting Pill, as the name suggests, is for cultivators who haven’t mastered fasting yet, to prevent hunger.
"That thing doesn’t taste good at all." Jiang Nuo complained, "How could you casually dismiss me with a pill? Wife, you don’t love me anymore!"
Upon hearing his familiar whining, the last insecurity in Mu Qiuniang’s heart disappeared, and she showed a faint smile. "Then I’ll make you a bowl of spiritual noodles!"
"That works! Wife, you’re the best!" Jiang Nuo’s smile made his eyes squint into a line.
Hehehe... worked so hard to finally make his wife smile!
He was very grateful that he listened to the Red Lotus’s advice to seek out the Hidden Immortal Sect and indirectly inquire if killing was a common occurrence in the Cultivation World. Moreover, he smartly didn’t eat for a day just to "play pitiful" and earn his wife’s attention at night.
Although the inquiry results weren’t as shocking as experiencing it himself, he at least learned that in the Cultivation World, it wasn’t unusual for cultivators to die in battles. Once you choose cultivation, you’ve chosen to battle with death!
That’s why when Mu Qiuniang learned he was captured by cultivators, she was so furious. Because no one could guarantee that when his soul was taken, he could still be alive.
Since it was destined to be a mortal enemy, Mu Qiuniang naturally wouldn’t be merciful, eliminating threats entirely.
To have survived in the Cultivation World from those days until now, she likely experienced countless life-and-death battles, brushing past death time and again, only to have the strength she possesses today. Death, in her eyes, is nothing strange anymore; killing is not uncommon for her either.
However, she is not a bloodthirsty person; as long as no one offends her, she generally won’t strike casually. Most of the time, she finds a quiet place to cultivate slowly.
"Grandmaster, although I’m not sure why you’re asking about the Shishu, I can say confidently that Shishu is truly the best elder I know. Even though she may seem cold, she’s the most gentle. As long as you don’t cross her bottom line, she’ll always leave a path for others."
"I think Shishu has protected you too well. If you have a chance to enter the real Cultivation World and encounter one or two enemies, you’ll find that life and death are the norm. Perhaps I’m chatting with the grandmaster now, but maybe, by dusk, I’ll be dead at someone else’s hand."
At this point, the Hidden Immortal Sect disciple stopped by Jiang Nuo still smiled and said, "Of course, I usually don’t provoke others either, as long as I cultivate well, it’s not so easy to die. But if I do encounter ill-intentioned cultivators, I will not back down!"
It seems that once you step onto the path of cultivation, the first thing you must learn is to face death calmly!