Chapter 456 : Disturbing Sweet Dreams
456: Disturbing Sweet Dreams
With Purple Cloud Peak's summit once again covered in Purple Cloud Flowers, especially flowers personally planted by Senior Sister, Jiang Mo now found herself reluctant not only to reshape the mountaintop, but even to clear a space for building a house.
She stopped Yun Qingyue, who had just planted flowers and was about to ruthlessly destroy them: "Never mind, Ah Yue, don't disturb these flowers."
Yun Qingyue raised her eyebrows, finding it somewhat amusing: "Do you really like Purple Cloud Flowers that much?"
Hearing this, Jiang Mo felt somewhat shy, wanting to tell her why she was so fond of Purple Cloud Flowers, yet feeling too embarrassed to say it. In the end, she simply nodded and affirmed: "Yes, I really do like them."
Though she spoke of liking them, seemingly referring to the Purple Cloud Flowers, her gaze didn't spare a glance for the purple sea of blossoms. She simply gazed quietly at Yun Qingyue, the affection in her eyes so intense that no one could doubt her spoken fondness had another meaning entirely.
Yun Qingyue turned her face slightly away, as if to hide her reaction. Her nature was ultimately reserved; even though she and Jiang Mo had already communicated their feelings for each other, she still found it difficult to handle the little tiger's increasingly direct approach... However, this slight turn of her head perfectly exposed her slightly pink earlobes to Jiang Mo's view.
Jiang Mo suddenly felt like smiling. She stepped slightly forward and took Senior Sister's hand.
Yun Qingyue didn't refuse—this wasn't any great intimacy.
Jiang Mo moved forward again, bringing them within a hair's breadth of each other.
Yun Qingyue didn't avoid this either; they were often close.
Jiang Mo pressed her advantage, suddenly leaning forward and planting a light kiss on Yun Qingyue's slightly warm earlobe. Then, perhaps feeling this wasn't stimulating enough, or perhaps still unsatisfied, she took advantage of Yun Qingyue's momentary lack of reaction to kiss her again.
Yun Qingyue finally realized what was happening. Her breath hitched slightly, and as she hurriedly turned her head, Jiang Mo hadn't yet backed away, so those soft lips grazed lightly across her cheek... After a brief moment of shock, the little tiger grew even bolder, pecking Senior Sister's lips once more before turning and running away, leaving behind a trail of joyful laughter.
The ambiguity and tenderness seemed broken by that laughter, but how could the heartstrings, once plucked, be so easily calmed?
Yun Qingyue's cheeks instantly flushed crimson. If Jiang Mo hadn't run away, she wouldn't have known how to react. But now that the other had fled, she instinctively gave chase, her usual cool composure completely vanished as she frolicked with the little tiger.
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By nightfall, the two were still residing on Purple Cloud Peak.
Jiang Mo couldn't bear to part with the flower sea Senior Sister had personally planted, yet also didn't want to stay elsewhere temporarily. Thus, they ultimately cleared a space and, using wood as material and applying some simple magical techniques, quickly erected a small, exquisite wooden cabin on the summit of Purple Cloud Peak.
For some unspoken purpose, Jiang Mo had built this cabin very small and used only ordinary materials that couldn't expand the space within. So the simple wooden cabin contained only a table, two chairs, and a not-very-large bed—nothing more.
At first, Yun Qingyue didn't notice anything inappropriate, as her previous residence had also been quite minimalist. Besides, when raising the cub before, she hadn't deliberately slept separately from the little tiger, and when she underwent nirvana rebirth and became a cub herself, the two were inseparable day and night. Over time, such close cohabitation had become normal, and sharing a bed wasn't a big deal.
Until deep into the night, Jiang Mo was the first to roll onto the bed, then patted the empty space beside her invitingly: "Ah Yue, time to rest. We need to conserve our energy. Today we've stolen half a day of leisure, but tomorrow we might not have such free time."
Her reasoning was sound, but wasn't the bed a bit too small? With two people lying there, they would have to press against each other.
Yun Qingyue met the little tiger's eager eyes and suddenly felt the urge to retreat: "No need. You sleep. Tonight I'll just sit here in meditation; by morning, all fatigue will be gone."
Jiang Mo was dumbfounded—she had miscalculated, forgetting that sleep wasn't necessary for cultivators.
Fortunately, she reacted quickly, immediately rolling up from the bed, sitting cross-legged, and nodding solemnly: "You're right, Ah Yue. Then I won't sleep either. This cabin is small; you come up on the bed too. I'll meditate with you, and it'll be twice as effective."
Yun Qingyue was persuaded by the phrase "twice as effective." Due to their bloodline advantages, their cultivation speed was already much faster than ordinary people, and if they cultivated together, this speed could double—no cultivator could resist the temptation of rapidly increasing cultivation, not even Yun Qingyue. Or perhaps for someone like her who was single-mindedly focused on cultivation, this temptation was even greater.
So after Jiang Mo's repeated invitations, Yun Qingyue finally compromised and silently got onto the narrow little bed.
Jiang Mo was both joyful and proud. Since physical contact during cultivation yielded better results, she boldly embraced Senior Sister. Strands of spiritual energy circulated between their bodies, creating the most intimate connection possible...
"Hey, Ah Yue, look outside the window. There are so many stars tonight."
"Focus on cultivation."
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Cultivating with Jiang Mo was highly efficient, but the little tiger kept getting distracted.
Yun Qingyue had been interrupted by Jiang Mo countless times that night. Eventually, she grew tired of it and was actually persuaded to watch the stars with her for a while. Then, accompanied by the cool night breeze, the two embracing each other unconsciously fell into deep slumber.
This entire Purple Cloud Peak was Jiang Mo's territory, and she disliked disturbances or trespassers. Thus, after building the palace on the mountaintop years ago, she had left almost no disciples on the entire Purple Cloud Peak—which was why, when Elder Yuan sliced off the peak yesterday and discovered it was Purple Cloud Peak, Peak Master Qingyuan had genuinely breathed a sigh of relief. Later, when cleaning up the aftermath, they didn't need to consider casualties; only a palace had been destroyed.
As such, with no one on Purple Cloud Peak, there should naturally be no disturbances.
However, the next morning, the slumbering pair was awakened by a cacophony of noise, which upon closer listening, was the sound of people fighting.
Yun Qingyue, having traveled extensively, naturally had high vigilance and was immediately alerted by this sound. She instinctively tried to leap up, but felt a tight grip around her waist—she had been firmly embraced by Jiang Mo in her sleep.
She hesitated, somewhat helplessly, and turned to look at the half-asleep Jiang Mo—she too had been disturbed by the noise, but the little tiger seemed not the least bit concerned, still keeping her eyes closed and refusing to get up—Yun Qingyue had no choice; when she called for her to wake up, she wouldn't open her eyes, and when she asked her to let go, she pretended not to hear. So her fair fingers pinched the little tiger's ear and applied slight pressure.
With an "ouch," the little tiger woke up, opening her teary eyes to look accusingly at her beloved.
Yun Qingyue remained unmoved, reaching out to pry the little tiger's arms from around her waist, her expression serious: "There's quite a commotion outside. It sounds like fighting has broken out. Get up quickly, let's go see."
Jiang Mo, with sleepy eyes, looked aggrieved: "My Purple Cloud Peak has protective formations below. It certainly can't be fighting on my territory."
But Yun Qingyue was beyond caring about that. She raised her hand, condensing a thin layer of ice in her palm, then directly smeared it on Jiang Mo's face. The latter was startled by the cold, and her already minimal sleepiness instantly dissipated completely.
The little tiger was unhappy, the little tiger had morning grumpiness, but the little tiger didn't dare express it toward Senior Sister.
So Jiang Mo took a deep breath, quickly wiped her face, and got up, then tugged at Senior Sister's sleeve as she headed outside: "Let's go, let's go see who's disturbing sweet dreams so early in the morning?!"
This "early in the morning" wasn't an exaggeration at all. It was barely dawn, with the darkness of night not yet fully faded from the horizon, yet the troublemakers couldn't wait for daylight and had already come out to disturb people's dreams.
Jiang Mo and Yun Qingyue exited the wooden cabin. Purple Cloud Peak was indeed peaceful, but once they flew into the air, they could see two groups fiercely battling at the foot of the mountain. They all wore the disciple robes of Xuanqing Sect, clearly fellow disciples, yet they fought mercilessly, each move aimed at the opponent's vital points.
With just one glance, Jiang Mo and Yun Qingyue's hearts sank, and sure enough, a quick scan revealed several fallen corpses. The remaining people were fighting while retreating, seemingly trying to back up onto Purple Cloud Peak.
Yun Qingyue's eyes showed confusion—she hadn't forgotten that Purple Cloud Peak had protective formations...
The people at the foot of the mountain obviously knew this too, which was why they had to fight while retreating, while also keeping an eye on the situation atop Purple Cloud Peak. As soon as Jiang Mo and Yun Qingyue flew into the air, they were noticed, and these people's eyes immediately brightened as they called out: "Jianbing, Jianbing, save us! These people have all turned demonic. Please, Jianbing, subdue them!"
Jiang Mo naturally wouldn't trust one-sided words, but with people already dead, she couldn't ignore the situation either. So with one move, she subdued both sides and bound them all at the foot of Purple Cloud Mountain.
"Let's go, let's check..." Before she could finish saying "check it out," another round of fighting sounds came from the distance.
Jiang Mo and Yun Qingyue both heard it, their hearts sinking slightly. Without time to deal with the newly captured prisoners, they hurried toward the source of the fighting sounds. Unsurprisingly, they saw two more groups of Xuanqing Sect disciples fighting, and these two groups were fighting even more fiercely than the previous ones, almost all wounded and bloody, with killing intent in their eyes.
Regardless of how these people had started fighting, they were all disciples of Xuanqing Sect, the future hope of the sect.
Without a word, Yun Qingyue subdued them, and just like the previous captives, bound them all and threw them onto Purple Cloud Peak. After this incident, however, she had no heart to immediately interrogate them, but instead pulled Jiang Mo along to patrol within Xuanqing Sect. Whenever they saw fellow disciples killing each other, regardless of who was right or wrong, they bound them all and threw them back to Purple Cloud Peak.
The two were highly efficient, and their cultivation level was overwhelmingly superior to the disciples'. Even so, binding several hundred people in a short time was somewhat exhausting—Xuanqing Sect's territory was vast, with tens of thousands of disciples. If there were so many people fighting just near Purple Cloud Peak, what about the entire sect? After one night, the whole sect might have fallen into chaos.
Finally, Yun Qingyue felt this approach wasn't working, so she suggested to Jiang Mo: "Let's go to the Enforcement Hall and find the Sect Leader to understand the situation first. It's too chaotic here, and we alone can't stop it."
Jiang Mo naturally nodded. The two changed course toward the Enforcement Hall, but halfway there, they encountered Elder Liu Feng.
This was an old acquaintance who had once escorted them to the Mingzong Mountain Secret Realm. Upon seeing them, he immediately said: "Both of you, come with me to the Enforcement Hall quickly. The Sect Leader is waiting for you."