082 Yu Ling’er’s Self-Development (Part 1)
The rift between the Myriad Demon Continent and Earth, the gap between the two planar barriers, had closed.
And it happened just as the strange blood moon phenomenon made its fleeting appearance.
The Yu Ling’er master and disciple, who were the first to sense this, observed for a long time before confirming it. But they were also unclear whether the blood moon had caused the rift to close, or if the closing of the rift had caused the blood moon phenomenon.
Yu Ling’er’s initial speculation was the latter.
“Why?”
“Just… a gut feeling.”
At the dinner table, Yu Ling’er took a small sip of green bean congee.
“And also, Qin Ren, although it has closed, it hasn’t completely closed.”
“What do you mean?” Qin Ren put a chopstick-full of shredded potatoes in his sister’s bowl, and three in Luo Yao’s.
“It means that although we can’t feel the planar rift anymore, it seems like it hasn’t disappeared, just changed.”
“Changed?”
“Mhm, it’s not the same as it was before. I can’t really explain it, I can only describe it this way.”
Perhaps the real situation was rather abstract, and Yu Ling’er couldn’t explain it clearly.
But in any case, the passage between the Myriad Demon Continent and Earth was now severed, which meant that the Pixiu and the two snake clan cultivators were completely stranded on Earth.
Although it seemed that they had no intention of going back in the first place, nor did they have a way to.
But that was a software issue. Now the hardware was damaged. God had physically closed the doors and windows between the two worlds.
Regarding this, Qin Ren thought the otherworldly girls would be at least a little wistful, but in reality, they were not.
…
“Yourong.”
When Qin Ren was putting shredded potatoes in Gu Qing’s bowl, he noticed Yu Yourong stealing a glance, so he also gave her some.
“This ‘heavenly road’ is also broken. What about those junior sisters of yours? Hiss—!”
He had just picked up one chopstick-full when the second was shaken off due to a sudden pain in his waist.
“Jie, what are you doing?” Qin Ren was bewildered.
“First tell me what you’re trying to do?”
Gu Qing looked at her little brother’s eyes with annoyance.
“Junior sisters… Qin Ren, how many more girls are you planning to bring home?”
“Exactly! Too many!”
Luo Yao lifted her little face from her dog bowl and interjected, speaking from personal experience, expressing her strong agreement with Gu Qing’s words.
Even Yu Yourong looked at Qin Ren hesitantly.
“Ge…?”
“What nonsense.”
Qin Ren was speechless.
“Yourong, don’t overthink it. I’m not interested in your junior sisters. I was just asking you and Master Yu, since you’ve been on Earth for so long, do you miss them a lot?”
“It’s alright.”
“Of course not.”
The two answers came at the same time. Yu Yourong’s answer was relatively “demure,” while Yu Ling’er’s was very direct. So much so that after taking a sip of congee and looking up, everyone at the table was staring at her with different expressions.
“Wh… what’s wrong…”
Yu Ling’er was uncomfortable being stared at. She placed her hands on her knees and blushed shyly.
“It’s not that I don’t love my disciples. It’s just that those disciples didn’t have much contact with me and Yourong in the first place. For one, Yourong and I were often in seclusion. Sometimes, after a few decades or a hundred years, when we came out, never mind disciples coming and going, even one or two of the sect’s ancestors might have died… for another, at our realm, thousands of years of cultivation are all for the sake of ascension. Being prepared to cut ties with the Myriad Demon Continent is a basic state of mind for the Dao…”
Yu Ling’er gave a long, reasonable explanation. It sounded a bit reasonable, but Qin Ren received a WeChat message before she could finish and let out a soft “damn.”
“What’s wrong?”
“What’s wrong?”
Gu Qing and Yu Yourong put down their chopsticks at the same time. They looked at each other, and the air was silent for a brief 0.5 seconds.
“It’s about the freelance job. The people from the Southeast Institute said some leader is coming, and they want me to send a model over first to deal with it.” Qin Ren was typing on his phone. The freelance project itself was not urgent. This was a temporary, isolated case.
“Is it…”
“Is it urgent?” His sister got in first this time, and also shot a slightly triumphant glance at Yu Yourong.
“It is. They need it now.” Qin Ren stood up and walked to the computer desk.
“Then…”
“Then how long will it take you?” This time, Yu Yourong got in first.
“Not long. I just need to apply some materials. You guys eat first. Leave me some shredded potatoes.”
As Qin Ren spoke, he turned on his computer. Gu Qing wasn’t hungry to begin with and hadn’t eaten much all night. She followed her little brother from the dining table and continued to massage his shoulders from behind.
“Is it really necessary?” Qin Ren smiled.
“It is.” Gu Qing didn’t find it funny and massaged him seriously.
When she was a child and took care of her little brother, Gu Qing had never felt tired. But later, when she grew up and it was her little brother’s turn to earn money to support his older sister, his older sister felt extremely sorry for him. The moment she saw him working, she felt it was hard.
“Actually, I’m more worried about you. You’re also in this industry after graduation. What if you’re as tired as me in the future?” Qin Ren was filled with emotion.
“It’s not the same.”
Gu Qing shook her head.
“When I also start to earn money for the family, you won’t be alone. I naturally won’t feel tired… oh right.”
Mentioning money, Gu Qing suddenly thought of an important question.
Before, her little brother had worked hard to support his older sister.
Now, her little brother had to work hard to support the other three mouths in the family.
“Qin Ren…”
Gu Qing whispered this matter in her little brother’s ear. Qin Ren also looked helpless and could only say some silver linings.
“Yu Yourong and the others have small appetites and have no desire for material things. Actually, only Luo Yao is a little money-devouring beast.”
Speaking of this, Qin Ren was also quite confident.
“There is pressure, but with my current ability, raising her is not a problem. Let’s just treat it as us raising a child.”
“…”
Hearing this, Gu Qing’s heart inexplicably skipped a beat.
What does he mean, “us raising a child”…
It sounds as if the child is… whose and whose.
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Over at the dining room, Luo Yao had already run to the fridge while Qin Ren wasn’t looking, taken out a Coke while the fridge wasn’t looking, and opened the cap while the Coke wasn’t looking. Finally, she sat back down at the table, trying to develop a new flavor of Coke and green bean congee.
“Yaoyao.”
Yu Yourong’s willow-like brows furrowed slightly. She tapped the side of her bowl.
“Don’t do that.”
“Woman, this eminence advises you not to meddle…”
“I’m going to call Qin Ren.”
Yu Yourong made a move to get up. Luo Yao immediately let out a series of moans.
“I won’t do it, okay? What’s the big deal…”
Luo Yao put the Coke back. She was more obedient than before.
The reason for this was probably because when she had met Gu Qing, Yu Yourong’s protection of her had been remembered by the High Immortal.
“What’s wrong?” After disciplining Luo Yao, Yu Yourong found that her master was stealing strange glances at her.
“Nothing.”
Yu Ling’er said so at first, but soon she couldn’t help but complain.
“Yourong…”
“Speak.”
“Actually, Master wanted to say, you’re quite like… that.”
“That?”
It’s only been a few days. Master is learning bad things instead of good things. She’s become a riddle-maker.
“Mhm, it’s just…”
Yu Ling’er glanced at Qin Ren and Gu Qing at the computer desk. Seeing them whispering and busy talking, she also lowered her voice and leaned close to Yu Yourong’s ear.
“…Just now, you seemed like a mother with a child…”
“?”
With a child…
Who’s the child? Luo Yao?
A snake being a mother to a Pixiu. Yu Yourong found it strange. But after a moment of contemplation, she felt that if she really were to be Luo Yao’s mother, it didn’t seem to be a problem. She ate two strands of shredded potatoes and nodded.
“Master, you can be her father too.”
“No, no!”
Yu Ling’er’s head shook like a rattle-drum, almost shaking off the bun on the back of her head.
“A father, that’s… only a male can be one.”
“A male…”
Yu Yourong’s gaze naturally turned to the only male in the family. A light of confusion flickered in her bright black pupils. Yu Ling’er, on the other hand, remained silent and said no more.
She had almost forgotten that this disciple of hers was not very familiar with worldly ethics. Never mind raising a child, she didn’t even know how a father and a mother made a child.
Mmm…
This won’t do. Before, in the Flowing Cloud Sect, they had been single-mindedly focused on pure cultivation. Now that they had come to Earth, the sense of shame of Earth mortals was obviously weaker than that of the mortals on the Myriad Demon Continent. The things the Acacia Sect could do, Earthlings could also do. In this environment, Yu Ling’er couldn’t help but consider whether she should teach her beloved disciple some necessary knowledge.
