readytorunbook Chapter 13 The Heartless Immortal
Chapter 13 The Heartless Immortal
Everyone benefited and was happy. After exchanging pleasantries, Mu Cundao and Lin Mosheng parted ways.
Mu Ziyun stayed close behind Luo Sifan, while Mu Cundao and Lin Mosheng exchanged a knowing glance, pretending that Luo Sifan didn't exist, and bowed to take their leave at the gate of the Lin residence.
Luo Sifan, carrying the Mandarin Duck Ruyi Incense Burner, helplessly led Mu Ziyun towards her own boudoir.
"Little sister, you've changed!"
As the two entered Luo Sifan's courtyard one after the other, Mu Ziyun reached out and grabbed Luo Sifan, immediately uttering a sigh.
Luo Sifan waved her hand dismissively and walked faster, feeling a little guilty.
"Sister Ziyun, you're overthinking it. I, Lin Xiaozhi, am perfectly fine. What could I possibly become?"
Mu Ziyun followed closely, glancing thoughtfully at Luo Sifan, who kept his eyes fixed straight ahead.
As soon as Luo Sifan stepped into the room, Mu Ziyun darted in, grabbed his right arm, and slammed him against the closed door.
"Hey! What do you want?"
Luo Sifan frowned and resisted Mu Ziyun's burning, bright eyes. Mu Ziyun's right hand was pressed against the door, along with his neck, and Luo Sifan was unable to move.
"What do you think I want to do?"
Mu Ziyun licked her lips, tiptoed, and moved closer inch by inch, her eyes like those of a wolf.
Luo Sifan stomped hard on Mu Ziyun's foot.
With a cry of "Ouch!", Mu Ziyun jumped away, clutching her foot, and sat down in a chair, exasperated.
Luo Sifan quickly placed the stove he was holding on the shelf, and immediately felt relieved.
"You bastard, Lin Xiaozhi! Look what you've done!"
Mu Ziyun removed her shoes and socks and stretched out one of her fair little feet to show off to Luo Sifan; the top of her foot was covered in bruises.
"Serves you right!"
Luo Sifan glanced at it, said something indifferently, and sat down on his own.
Mu Ziyun was so angry that she jumped up and down, moved her chair closer, and shamelessly placed her bare foot, with half of her lower leg exposed, on Luo Sifan's lap:
"It's all your fault, rub it for me!"
Luo Sifan covered his nose and frowned, saying:
"Mu Ziyun! You haven't washed your feet since you came from Qishan! It's been days!"
"Fine, Lin Xiaozhi, I've never disliked your feet. I've always loved and cherished them. How did you enjoy that back then? Now it's your turn to massage them, and you're still...disliking me!?"
Mu Ziyun pouted, her face flushed with anger, and her wide eyes glistened with tears.
Luo Sifan was completely exasperated. These two sisters were really something else!
The door creaked open, and Bai Moyan appeared excitedly, her hands full of bags and packages. She called out in a clear voice, "Sister!"
Startled by Mu Ziyun's strange behavior and words, she was caught between a rock and a hard place, her face gradually turning red.
"Come in! Moyan, greet your sister Mu Ziyun."
Luo Sifan calmly waved.
Mu Ziyun awkwardly withdrew her bare feet, wrapped them tightly with the hem of her robe, and suspiciously examined the expressions of Luo Sifan and Bai Moyan, whose moods seemed to have worsened.
Under Mu Ziyun's malicious gaze, Bai Moyan trembled and carefully placed the medicine packet on the table. After obediently bowing to Mu Ziyun, she hid beside Luo Sifan.
Luo Sifan opened and inspected the spiritual materials one by one, and was fairly satisfied.
"Good! The spiritual materials are correct. The grade of the Spirit-Preserving Pill is too high, I need to practice it a few more times. Moyan, you stay in the courtyard with Xiaozhu and wait for me for a few days."
With the Mandarin Duck Ruyi Incense Burner in hand, Luo Sifan's confidence soared.
Bai Moyan trusted Luo Sifan completely. After bowing to her two older sisters, she obediently left the room. Behind her, Mu Ziyun's murderous gaze felt like thorns, making her panic and causing her to slip away even faster.
"Lin Xiaozhi, you're ruthless! How come I, Mu Ziyun, never saw through you before!"
Before Luo Sifan could even speak, Mu Ziyun couldn't control her sour temper.
Luo Sifan raised an eyebrow and continued tidying up the spiritual materials.
"Tell me! When did you hook up with such a vixen? No wonder you're so cold to me. I, Mu Ziyun, was always worried that you'd lost your mind. Now I realize that your heart has changed!"
Mu Ziyun was so angry that she trembled and could not speak clearly, her voice rising and falling.
"Mu Ziyun!"
Luo Sifan pushed the prepared spiritual materials to the side of the table, exuding righteousness:
"What seduction? What vixen? Don't spout nonsense! Bai Moyan is a respectable woman from a respectable family. She only came to me for help to cure her mother's illness. Her filial piety is touching; she has none of your wicked thoughts!"
"I, Lin Xiaozhi, have returned from the dead thanks to you. Through this experience of life and death, I, Lin Xiaozhi, have realized that all romantic love is but a mirage! The path of cultivation and alchemy is what my heart truly desires; there is nothing else in my heart!"
Luo Sifan's astonishing words and calm expression made Mu Ziyun increasingly alarmed, and her beautiful face turned pale.
Luo Sifan saw this and felt a pang of pity, but he suppressed it and waved his hand:
"Ziyun, go back and calm down! Stop spending your days surrounded by women and think more about your cultivation path. Don't waste your precious youth!"
Stunned by Luo Sifan's heartless words, Mu Ziyun swayed as she stood up, sobbing in a hoarse voice:
"Lin Xiaozhi, you've completely changed! I, Mu Ziyun, have been blind and heartless to think of someone like you day and night! Now that you've used me to climb the social ladder, you don't need to hide it anymore, right? Cultivation, cultivation, if all you care about is cultivation, then fine, I, Mu Ziyun, will cultivate to be a step above you! I'll show you what happens when you abandon me, Mu Ziyun!"
After uttering all the harsh words, Mu Ziyun continued to sob and stare at Luo Sifan with teary eyes, reluctant to leave.
Luo Sifan gave a cold laugh:
"I mean what I say. If you can't surpass me in cultivation even in a day, then you don't need to come to see me."
Seeing that Luo Sifan remained unmoved, Mu Ziyun gave up completely.
"Good! Good!"
With a cold laugh, Mu Ziyun stood up, hastily wiping away the tears on her face. She glared at Luo Sifan, turning back every few steps as if to etch Luo Sifan's indifferent expression into her heart. She slowly walked to the door, then sped away without a backward glance.
Luo Sifan felt a sudden pain in his chest for no reason. He frowned, stood up, picked up the white-soled blue cloth shoes that Mu Ziyun had left on the ground, stroked them a couple of times, and put them under the bedside table.
Luo Sifan took out the Mandarin Duck Ruyi Furnace and placed it in front of his chest. After a moment's thought, the Taiyi spiritual energy in his body surged out and transformed into the Five Elements spiritual energy, practicing the refining process of the Spirit-Preserving Pill in the furnace.
Luo Sifan closed his eyes, looking relaxed, his fingers moving like flowing water. After a quarter of an hour, he was almost at the stage of condensing the elixir.
Suddenly, his face turned pale, Luo Sifan swayed a few times, and his fingers withered.
With a wry smile, Luo Sifan opened his eyes and murmured:
"You haven't practiced the Taiyi Qingxuan Technique enough, your skill level is too low, and you're lacking in spiritual energy quite a bit!"
But how could he find a safe place to cultivate in seclusion? The Taiyi Qingxuan Gong was too noisy to practice, and Luo Sifan couldn't think of a place in Yongning Prefecture where he could cultivate without disturbing others.