Chapter 14 : Chapter 14
Chapter 14: Snow Above the Clouds
“ACHOO! ACHOO! ACHOO!”
On a quiet cliff somewhere in Yunxia Sect, Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue stood there, letting the mountain wind blow across them.
However, Ye Liuyun kept sneezing from the cold wind.
“What the hell is going on? Why do I keep sneezing? I am already at the Spirit Stream Realm. It is not like I still have a mortal body,” Ye Liuyun said in confusion.
Lin Aoxue looked at her curiously.
“Maybe the wind irritated your nose?” Lin Aoxue suggested.
Ye Liuyun rubbed her nose and could only assume that something unpleasant had entered her nose and caused the sneezing.
“I wonder how things are back home. Aoxue… do you think we will ever have a chance to go back?” Ye Liuyun asked quietly while leaning against the stone railing and gazing at the vast sea of clouds.
The “home” she mentioned obviously did not refer to Qixia Town.
She meant Earth.
Hearing this, Lin Aoxue also looked somewhat nostalgic.
“Now that you mention it, I also miss my parents a little. I cannot even remember how we ended up in this world anymore,” Lin Aoxue replied.
Ye Liuyun thought about it as well.
She could not remember the reason either.
Perhaps too much time had passed.
After thinking for a moment, she quietly glanced at Lin Aoxue beside her.
To be honest, she had not carefully observed Lin Aoxue in this life for a long time.
But now that she looked closely, she realized Lin Aoxue was several times more beautiful than in their previous life.
“This girl… now that I look carefully, she is much prettier than before. If I had not turned into a woman, having such a beauty by my side… heh heh heh…” Ye Liuyun stared at Lin Aoxue’s pure face while a strangely mischievous smile slowly appeared.
Lin Aoxue noticed Ye Liuyun secretly looking at her and turned to glance back.
The moment she saw Ye Liuyun’s expression, she looked slightly frightened.
Because the look on Ye Liuyun’s face was rather… sinister.
“What are you doing? Why are you looking at me with such a strange expression? You must be thinking about something messy and evil,” Lin Aoxue said while leaning back slightly.
Having her inner thoughts exposed on the spot, Ye Liuyun immediately coughed awkwardly to cover her embarrassment.
“Ahem… honestly, you look much prettier in this life than in the previous one. What a pity… such a pity,” Ye Liuyun said with a disappointed expression.
“A pity? What do you mean?” Lin Aoxue asked.
“A pity that you can only be admired but not enjoyed. A top-level vase, basically,” Ye Liuyun said while spreading her hands.
But Lin Aoxue clearly did not see it that way.
“Who says that? I will show you,” Lin Aoxue replied.
She suddenly grabbed Ye Liuyun’s wrist and pulled her into her arms.
Ye Liuyun immediately cried out in surprise.
But just as she was about to speak, Lin Aoxue abruptly silenced her.
Ye Liuyun’s pupils widened instantly as her eyes met Lin Aoxue’s playful gaze.
In their previous life, when they were boyfriend and girlfriend, kissing had been nothing unusual.
However, since coming to this world, the two of them had rarely engaged in intimate actions.
First, they were too young.
Later, when they reached the appropriate age, Ye Liuyun had accidentally turned into a girl through alchemy and had been avoiding Lin Aoxue ever since.
Naturally, there had been no opportunities for such closeness.
There was no one else here.
Even if there had been, Lin Aoxue probably would not have cared.
Ye Liuyun’s heart began pounding rapidly.
Nearby, on a tree beside them, a pair of small birds were also engaging in affectionate behavior.
Only when a strong mountain wind swept past them did Ye Liuyun hurriedly push Lin Aoxue away.
Her face had turned completely red, as if it had been boiled in hot water.
A wave of heat surged from her body toward the top of her head.
“So hot… so hot. Aoxue, do not do things so suddenly, alright? You completely caught me off guard,” Ye Liuyun complained while patting her flushed face.
Her reaction was far more intense than Lin Aoxue’s.
Perhaps because it was the first time her body had reacted like this in a female form, she simply could not adapt.
After all, the physical reactions of a man’s body and a woman’s body were entirely different.
Of course, back in Qixia Town, when she had nothing better to do, Ye Liuyun had already studied this body somewhat.
She basically understood the differences between male and female physiology.
“Such a strong reaction. It was just a kiss. It is not like it was the first time,” Lin Aoxue said with a faint smile.
“Alright, it is about time. I should go back. My master only gave me half a day off. For a while, I probably will not be able to come see you often.”
“Ah… then what if someone bullies me?” Ye Liuyun asked jokingly.
“What should you do? Then behave yourself,” Lin Aoxue replied.
“Honestly, I am not worried about anyone bullying you. I am only worried about what kind of trouble you might cause when I am not around,” Lin Aoxue added.
She understood Ye Liuyun’s personality far too well.
Ye Liuyun was definitely not as harmless as she appeared on the surface.
“Alright, alright. Let us stop talking about that. Let us go. I should return and study those medicinal herbs,” Ye Liuyun said quickly.
She did not like Lin Aoxue voicing her inner thoughts so accurately.
Soon, the two left the cliff.
At a fork near the sect marketplace, they parted ways.
Ye Liuyun returned to the mountain peak where the Entry Disciples lived.
The moment she arrived, the Entry Disciples immediately approached her with flattering smiles.
“Hehe… um, Miss, what is your name? My name is Ma Jiaqi. Can we get to know each other? Is that direct disciple really your younger sister?”
“Yes, Miss. If you ever need anything in the future, just let us know. We will definitely follow your lead.”
The young disciples eagerly introduced themselves.
This time, Ye Liuyun did not feel the same awkwardness as before.
She casually introduced herself as well.
However, these fellow disciples were simply too enthusiastic.
After exchanging a few polite responses, Ye Liuyun quickly entered her cave residence.
“Whew… that was intense. Are they always this enthusiastic? Is this the prestige of a direct disciple’s relative?” Ye Liuyun muttered with mixed amusement and helplessness.
Now that she had returned, however, it was time to focus on more important matters.
She took out a bronze cauldron that emitted a soft green glow.
The moment it appeared, it shone with a jade-like brilliance.
Anyone could tell it was a priceless treasure.
This was no ordinary object.
It was called the Myriad Elixir Immortal Cauldron.
It was an Immortal Artifact—something far beyond the highest-grade treasures in this world.
It did not belong to the mortal realm at all.
This was Lin Qingyou’s alchemy cauldron from the Immortal Realm.
It had fallen to the mortal world together with her.
Although it had been severely damaged when it descended from the Immortal Realm, it was still the most powerful treasure in this world.
There was nothing that could surpass it.
Originally, this cauldron possessed combat capabilities.
But now it was heavily damaged.
From the outside it looked intact, but internally its artifact spirit and immortal runes were almost completely destroyed.
Even so, one of its special abilities remained intact.
When refining pills with this cauldron, the success rate was one hundred percent.
Failure was impossible.
In other words, whether following a proper formula or randomly mixing ingredients, the refinement would always succeed.
However, random mixtures could lead to unexpected results.
For example, the accident that had turned Ye Liuyun into a woman.
After that incident, Ye Liuyun had become much more cautious and no longer dared to combine herbs randomly.
But now that she had joined a cultivation sect and had access to so many medicinal ingredients…
If she did not try again to refine an antidote, she would never be satisfied.