In the following days, Tang Muxi didn’t speak to Jiang Yin at all.
Usually, she loved to sleep in and play around, but now she got up early every day.
As soon as the sky started to lighten, she would dress and head to the medicine garden, just to avoid Senior Sister.
The spiritual rain after her breakthrough greatly benefited the precious spiritual plants in the medicine garden.
All the Xuan-level plants matured, while the Di-level ones took a bit longer.
The Ziyun Vine bore young fruits, and the Hunyuan Tree sprouted new leaves and buds.
The spiritual power of the Millennium Green Dragon Ginseng became even purer, showing signs of advancing to the upper-grade Di-level.
The changes in the Ice Pool Spiritual Spring were even more apparent.
Already nourished by the Qiluo Green Lotus and Extreme Cold Ice Marrow, its power was rich.
Now, after being harmonized by the spiritual rain, the cold power inside became even more concentrated, even producing a few thumb-sized pieces of small ice marrow.
Tang Muxi was overjoyed and placed the small ice marrows on the four islands of Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Huang.
While improving the spiritual power, she nourished the spiritual spring, relying on its ability to create extremely cold ice pools to dig lakes and create pools on the four islands, attempting to continuously expand the range of the ice pool.
During her diligent digging, the Imprisoning Demon Sword repeatedly came over, wanting to act as a farming tool, its eagerness obvious.
But Tang Muxi was still angry with Jiang Yin, so she didn’t show it any kindness and pretended not to see it.
The Imprisoning Demon Sword, seeing her ignoring it, followed behind her pitifully.
Every time she used the Illusory God to dig, it would voluntarily help out.
This persistence finally paid off on the fifth day.
That day, Tang Muxi was still digging when she saw the Imprisoning Demon Sword following her again, and she immediately looked away.
The Imprisoning Demon Sword noticed her resistance, stiffened, and pitifully helped dig the soil.
It originally thought of leaving after finishing the digging today to avoid annoying Tang Muxi, but unexpectedly, before it could leave, she approached it.
“Here, wipe it off.”
Tang Muxi put down a clean handkerchief.
She had actually been paying attention to the sword, seeing it, a dignified divine weapon, getting all dusty but still helping out, she suddenly felt touched.
The Imprisoning Demon Sword was surprised and happily reached for the handkerchief.
Unexpectedly, the blade was too sharp, and as soon as it touched, the clean handkerchief was cut open.
Both the sword and the person fell into silence.
“How about…
I help you?”
Tang Muxi suddenly felt that it was too difficult for a sword to wipe itself, and after thinking for a moment, she offered to help.
Although they had been in a cold war these days, Tang Muxi’s anger had mostly dissipated.
The Imprisoning Demon Sword had persistently come to please her, likely under Jiang Yin’s instructions.
Since the other party was willing to lower their pride to make peace, she didn’t want to keep the stalemate going.
They were just one step away from reconciliation, so she decided to start with the sword.
The Imprisoning Demon Sword didn’t know what Tang Muxi misunderstood, but it felt delighted and immediately “nodded” in agreement, then handed the hilt to her.
Tang Muxi was a bit surprised by its enthusiasm, thinking Jiang Yin was eager, and she faintly smiled.
She took the hilt and then carefully wiped the dirt with the handkerchief.
It was truly dirty; the intricate carvings on the exquisite blade were filled with dirt, looking shabby, without any of the elegance and pride of a divine weapon.
This sword was also foolish, doing whatever that person told it to do, without any cleverness.
Tang Muxi took out some unused ice pool water and soaked the black blade in it, using gentle spiritual power to wash away the dirt.
She was in a rare good mood, and she was particularly attentive while cleaning, pondering how to forgive and reconcile while recalling the events of that day, feeling a bit melancholic.
By the time she finished and dried the blade, half an hour had passed.
“All done.”
Tang Muxi’s fingertips lightly brushed over the black blade, feeling the ancient and heavy aura, quite satisfied.
“You can go back now, tell her not to use such little tricks to find me, I’m willing to forgive her.”
The Imprisoning Demon Sword sensed her letting go, feeling a bit reluctant, but was stunned by her following words.
Tang Muxi waited for a while, seeing it still not leaving, she was a bit puzzled, “Why aren’t you going?”
The Imprisoning Demon Sword froze.
Although it couldn’t speak, after spending so much time together, Tang Muxi had mastered the unique “Imprisoning Demon Sword language,” able to understand its mood and intentions based on its aura, floating position, tilt angle, and so on.
At this moment, seeing its aura restrained, not daring to move, a thought suddenly occurred to her.
“Wasn’t it her who sent you?”
Tang Muxi was incredulous.
Imprisoning Demon Sword instinctively felt something was wrong and quickly tried to salvage the situation, shaking its head vigorously and pointing towards the deserted island, trying to prove it was indeed following its master’s orders.
However, its behavior had been too strange, and admitting it now seemed suspicious.
Tang Muxi thought for a moment and understood the situation, standing up in a daze.
The silent Illusory God, who had been watching for a while, immediately stepped in to speak on Jiang Yin’s behalf, “It must be, it must be, otherwise why would Imprisoning Demon Sword come every day?”
She reached out to support Tang Muxi, but before she could touch her, Tang Muxi dodged away.
“Are you trying to deceive me too?”
Tang Muxi pursed her lips and asked, staring at the Illusory God.
The Illusory God was at a loss for words and remained silent.
Tang Muxi looked at her, then at Imprisoning Demon Sword, and suddenly smiled, “I thought the big demon was being so agreeable this time, turns out it was just my illusion.”
With that, she huffed angrily and turned to leave.
The Illusory God was also troubled, “Why is everyone so stubborn, even more so than Imprisoning Demon Sword.”
Then she hurriedly chased after her.
Imprisoning Demon Sword stood there, feeling as if the Illusory God was scolding it for some reason.
At noon, Bai Ling finally returned from the demon realm.
Having not been here for a long time, she found the path unfamiliar and had to fumble around the mountain peak for a while before finally finding the entrance to the immortal island.
As she stepped onto the island, memories of the surroundings slowly came back to her, and she immediately ran to the main island to find Tang Muxi.
Today, she was dressed lavishly, with a jade pendant at her waist and two red ribbons tied in her black hair, adorned with jade stones on the left side, exuding an air of nobility at first glance.
During her time in the demon realm, she had been well-fed and well-treated, and due to her “Divine Fox Bloodline” and “Princess Guest” status, she was respected everywhere, with a constant stream of visitors every day.
The red ribbon and jade ornaments on her head were personally crafted by Her Majesty the Queen, using the finest shark silk and exquisite craftsmanship.
Bai Ling loved them and wore them happily.
However, she found it strange that when the Queen tied the red ribbon for her, she wished her a long and happy marriage.
Bai Ling found it odd, as she was not yet engaged, so who was she supposed to have a long and happy marriage with?
She kept the question to herself and didn’t ask.
After all, it was a free gift, and she was happy to accept it.
She arrived just in time for lunch, and after a long journey, she was indeed hungry, so she rushed towards the dining room.
Before opening the door, she tidied up her appearance and then entered with restraint.
After several months, her cultivation had advanced to the early Nascent Soul stage, making her a notable demon wherever she went, and she was determined to show off to Tang Muxi and Jiang Yin.
“Tang Muxi, Jiang Yin, I’m back!”
she exclaimed excitedly as she opened the door in front of everyone, only to see a stranger.
“Huh, who is this granny?”
Bai Ling looked at Wen Fei, tilting her head in confusion.
Wen Fei had been a bit nervous after hearing from Wen Mingyu that her little sister’s friend was returning today, and she had prepared a protective black jade as a gift.
But who would have thought the first thing this person would say was “granny.”
Granny…
granny?
Wen Fei’s expression gradually turned cold, and she glanced at Bai Ling without responding.
Seeing her aunt’s face growing colder, Wen Mingyu couldn’t sit still any longer and quickly stepped forward to ease the tension, “Not granny, it’s my aunt, didn’t I specifically remind you before!”
As she spoke, she pulled Bai Ling over, coaxing her, “Come on, call her aunt.”
“But isn’t she your aunt?
Is it appropriate for me to call her that?”
Bai Ling, whether genuinely clueless or pretending, usually seemed not very bright, but at this moment, her mind was quick.
Tang Muxi couldn’t bear to see Wen Mingyu struggling alone and helped out, “She’s my master, Mingyu’s aunt, it’s fine for you to call her that, the more the merrier.”
Finally, Bai Ling was convinced and obediently bowed her head in greeting, “Hello, aunt.”
Wen Fei listened to her crisp voice, and her expression gradually softened.
Deciding not to hold a grudge against the clueless little fox, she nodded slightly and smiled, taking out a piece of black jade from her pocket and handing it over.
“This black jade can protect your spiritual sea and ward off harm, keep it with you at all times to prevent others from doing you harm.”
Bai Ling saw there were more gifts, and her smile became much more genuine: “Thank you, Auntie.”
After saying that, she turned to look at Wen Mingyu, her eyes filled with undeniable anticipation.
Wen Mingyu immediately understood, casually took out a ring, and personally put it on her finger: “A small world of Xumi Mustard Seed at the Earth level.
You can store things in it when needed.”
The ring was adorned with beautiful jewels, custom-made by Wen Mingyu at a high price some time ago.
It didn’t need to be in the shape of a ring, but she selfishly decided on it.
Bai Ling didn’t think much about it, only knowing it was very pretty and precious.
She spread her fingers and admired it for a long time before grinning.
She then looked at Tang Muxi and Jiang Yin, but they didn’t seem to appreciate it.
“Here.”
Tang Muxi handed over a pair of bowls and chopsticks.
Bai Ling’s face fell, “Just this?”
Wasn’t it a bit too perfunctory?
Tang Muxi rolled her eyes: “Don’t want it?
Then I’ll take it back.”
Seeing she was serious about taking it back, Bai Ling immediately stepped forward to grab the bowls and chopsticks, “I want it!
I want it!”
Bai Ling consoled herself, thinking the other party had low cultivation and was a junior, so if the gift was shabby, it was fine.
She would let it go and not mind.
As for Jiang Yin, Bai Ling glanced at her and found her absent-minded, not daring to ask her for anything.
Holding the rice bowl, she sat down next to Wen Mingyu.
Although she had been eating well in the demon realm, the food was a mix of everything, and Bai Ling wasn’t used to it.
She always remembered the meals Tang Muxi personally made.
It was her first time moving away from raw food and trying cooked food, and it seemed to set her taste preferences ever since, nothing else could compare.
Bai Ling ate contentedly, and after she was full, she suppressed her urge to show off, pretending to cough lightly: “Ahem, do you guys notice anything different about me?”
This question was directed at Wen Mingyu and Tang Muxi.
Wen Mingyu understood from her expression what she wanted to say but deliberately didn’t give her the satisfaction: “Oh?
Have you gained weight from eating too well?”
Tang Muxi observed carefully, then nodded in agreement: “Seems like it.”
Bai Ling heard they misunderstood and got a bit anxious, correcting them: “Cultivation! Cultivation! Not weight! Didn’t you notice I’ve broken through to the Nascent Soul stage?”
Tang Muxi suddenly realized and laughed: “Congratulations!”
Bai Ling nodded shyly, wanting to hear more, but found only those two words, feeling a bit disappointed: “That’s it?”
Tang Muxi blinked, as if asking: What else?
Bai Ling lowered her head gloomily: “Aren’t you going to praise me?
Nascent Soul, it’s very impressive, a whole realm above the Golden Core!”
Tang Muxi didn’t understand Bai Ling’s meaning at first, but hearing the last sentence, she suddenly got it and couldn’t help but laugh: “Impressive, impressive, but Senior Sister and I also reached Nascent Soul just a few days ago, you came late.”
Bai Ling was completely stunned.
While they were chatting and laughing, Jiang Yin, who had been ignored all along, slowly clenched her fingers.
