Chapter 138: I Can Only Sleep with You

Li Mo had come following the scent and the firelight, but she hadn’t expected the ones camping here to be Meng Yingxing and Xiu Qingcheng.

She froze in place, still holding the posture of pushing aside the foliage that blocked her view.

Subsequently, an extremely complicated expression appeared on Li Mo’s face.

After all, these two before her were the ones who killed Ah Jiao (the Flood Dragon).

Even so, Ah Jiao’s death was actually due to her own arrangement; he died because of her.

Li Mo suppressed the complicated emotions in her heart and also suppressed the fleeting expression on her face.

Right now, only she knew about this matter, so Li Mo didn’t have to feel the pressure of a conspiracy exposed when facing Xiu Qingcheng and Meng Yingxing.

“You two, isn’t this a coincidence? We meet again.”

Li Mo forced a smile onto her face, completely pushed aside the branches next to her, and stepped into the range of the bonfire lit by Xiu Qingcheng and the others.

The flickering firelight of the bonfire illuminated Li Mo’s indifferent expression with immense clarity.

“Miss Li Mo, why are you here?”

Meng Yingxing asked immediately.

“Miss Li Mo smiled faintly. Isn’t it because I was worried about you two and the matter of the secret realm? So I came specifically to the riverside to look for you.”

Li Mo’s words were not false; she really had come to find them, though she hadn’t expected to bump into them right now.

“May I sit here? It’s quite cold by the river.”

As she spoke, Li Mo pointed to the spot next to Xiu Qingcheng.

Xiu Qingcheng was busy with the grilled fish in her mouth and had no time to talk to Li Mo, so she nodded casually and moved her position forcefully towards Meng Yingxing.

The exaggerated movement caused her to sit right on top of Meng Yingxing.

Meng Yingxing hurriedly steadied Xiu Qingcheng by her waist, then scooted to the side and set her down again.

With so much empty space here, Master was certainly enthusiastic about moving her seat.

“Thank you.”

Li Mo thanked them softly, holding her lower back as she kneeled down elegantly and gracefully, forming a stark contrast with Xiu Qingcheng, who was sitting cross-legged beside her.

“I wonder, did you two successfully enter that secret realm?”

Li Mo extended her hands to warm them by the fire, a warm glow spreading across her face as she inquired about the secret realm she had told them of before.

“I forgot to mention before, that is a legendary secret realm of the Jiaoren tribe, the Reverse Lan Ke Secret Realm.”

“It is a wandering secret realm, one that appears randomly in major bodies of water, and the time flow inside is several times that of the outside.”

“However, since it is a legendary secret realm of the Jiaoren tribe, yet non-human beings cannot open the entrance… isn’t that strange?”

While focusing on flipping the grilled fish by the fire, Meng Yingxing casually explained the situation to Li Mo.

“Although a lot happened, we did indeed go inside.”

“The time flow inside is indeed different from the outside world.”

“As for anything else, Meng Yingxing didn’t mention it.”

“Master taught well; don’t tell others everything. Others are not trustworthy!”

“That really is a magical place.”

Li Mo sighed with emotion; a hint of longing in her tone made her sentiment seem incredibly real.

Immediately after, Li Mo changed the subject, turning her head to cast a calm gaze upon Meng Yingxing, a trace of desire revealing itself deep in her eyes.

“I wonder, what is it like inside?”

“There’s nothing there. The spiritual power is abundant though; it’s a very suitable place for cultivation.”

Xiu Qingcheng had finally swallowed all the grilled fish in her mouth and looked up to answer Li Mo’s question for Meng Yingxing.

She smiled, holding a grilled fish in her hand, looking like a harmless cat.

Hearing this, Li Mo’s smile seemed to dim a little. “Is that so? I thought there would be something extraordinary inside the secret realm.”

“Pavilions, towers, immortal treasures?”

Xiu Qingcheng answered instantly.

“None.”

Meng Yingxing sat nearby, simply watching his master lie through her teeth with her eyes wide open.

Naturally, he wouldn’t expose his master.

“Miss Li Mo, are you hungry? Would you like to taste some grilled fish? My disciple grilled it; it tastes very good!”

Xiu Qingcheng waved the grilled fish in her hand and gave a thumbs-up to Li Mo with the other, acting incredibly enthusiastic.

Li Mo shook her head and politely declined.

Seeing that she wouldn’t eat, Xiu Qingcheng naturally thought that was best.

She was just being polite; in her heart, she didn’t want anyone to share the food her disciple prepared for her.

“Could you allow me to stay here for the night? I will leave early tomorrow morning.”

Although Li Mo didn’t ask for food, she still wanted to stay overnight.

Xiu Qingcheng and Meng Yingxing naturally had no objections.

Seeing Meng Yingxing take out two tents from his Universe Bag like Doraemon, Xiu Qingcheng’s eyes went straight.

“Didn’t you say there was only one tent when we were in the secret realm?”

Meng Yingxing replied, “In the secret realm, I only told Master to pitch the tent. I didn’t plan on resting, so I didn’t pitch my own.”

Meng Yingxing had originally prepared two tents in his Universe Bag, one for Xiu Qingcheng and one for himself.

It was just that in the Reverse Lan Ke, Meng Yingxing only pitched one tent for Xiu Qingcheng.

Now, even if three people squeezed in, they could fit.

“Then, Miss Li Mo, how about you share one with my master?”

Meng Yingxing asked.

After all, men and women shouldn’t be too intimate; it wasn’t appropriate for Meng Yingxing to share with anyone.

Perhaps he shouldn’t be in either of the two tents, but outside.

Xiu Qingcheng glanced at Li Mo, while Li Mo narrowed her eyes and smiled gently.

“It is already a great kindness for you two to let me stay here. If I were to stay with Master Meng, how could I say no?”

However, Xiu Qingcheng smiled at Li Mo, but the words she spoke made Li Mo’s jaw drop.

“Miss Li Mo, you can just take one tent for yourself. I’ll sleep with my disciple.”

As soon as these words came out, Meng Yingxing immediately felt unwell.

He widened his eyes and saw Li Mo standing there, stunned, her eyes revealing a shocked expression that said, “So you two are that kind of master and disciple.”

“My disciple is used to sleeping with me anyway, isn’t that right?”

Xiu Qingcheng leaned close to Meng Yingxing with a grin, nudging his chest with her elbow.

Meng Yingxing swallowed a heavy breath and naturally chose to go along with his master’s words: “Th-that is so.”

Li Mo’s somewhat crumbling expression was slowly repaired by her.

Her expression shifted from shock to contemplation, and finally to a relieved understanding, completing the transformation in an instant.

“The relationship between you master and disciple… is indeed good.”

“I hope your relationship will always remain this way.”

Li Mo restored her calm smile.

Facing Li Mo’s blessing, Xiu Qingcheng smiled and accepted it without hesitation.

“The relationship between my disciple and me will naturally always be the best in the world.”

“Mn.”

The astonished expression on Meng Yingxing’s face faded. He looked up at Xiu Qingcheng, a hint of indulgence revealing itself in his eyes.

Li Mo’s gaze shifted back and forth between their expressions, seeming to have realized something, seeing through everything.

The night was deep, time for everyone to return to their ‘homes’.

Xiu Qingcheng grabbed Meng Yingxing directly with a “Let’s go, come inside with me!” and dragged him into the tent.

Then, with her bare foot, she kicked Meng Yingxing in the back and kept it pressed there.

“Stupid disciple, you want me to sleep with another woman?”

Xiu Qingcheng’s beautiful eyes widened. Her foot twisted back and forth against Meng Yingxing’s back as she scolded him in a low voice.

“Careful that I don’t accidentally turn back into a sword and let her know my true identity!”

“Although this mermaid girl looks harmless, who knows what she’s thinking in her heart!”

Although Xiu Qingcheng wasn’t afraid of exposing her identity as a spirit, she still hoped to avoid side issues and not bring any trouble to Meng Yingxing.

Since Master was criticizing him, then he must be wrong.

Meng Yingxing sincerely accepted his mistake, and only then did Xiu Qingcheng lower the foot pressing against his back.

“From now on, I can only stay in the same room with you, sleep in the same bed with you. Do you understand?”

Xiu Qingcheng took a scallion-like jade finger and poked Meng Yingxing’s chest several times, her beautiful face animated.

Meng Yingxing looked at the finger poking his chest, feeling the repeated contact on that spot. Suddenly, a rush of blood surged in his heart, and he grabbed Xiu Qingcheng’s mischievous hand.

Caught off guard by her little disciple grabbing her hand, Xiu Qingcheng’s rippling eyes widened slightly.

She saw Meng Yingxing looking at her earnestly with clear, clean eyes as he nodded.

“Yes, I understand, Master.”

“From now on, Master can only sleep in the same bed with me.”

Clearly, Meng Yingxing was repeating her own words, yet to Xiu Qingcheng, it sounded incredibly strange. Only then did she realize there was a problem with her own description.

She regretted speaking like that and muttered to herself, wondering why her disciple wasn’t feeling shy about her strange description this time.

Xiu Qingcheng quickly shook off her disciple’s somewhat hot palm and lay down directly on the ground in a sprawl, one foot extending right onto Meng Yingxing’s leg.

Meng Yingxing smiled, suddenly feeling that his master wasn’t as unpredictable as he had imagined.

The young man recalled Xiu Qingcheng’s deliberate teasing over these days and suddenly had an epiphany, feeling he had understood something.

As long as he wasn’t the one being shy, then the one being shy would be his master.

That night, Meng Yingxing didn’t plan to sleep directly but continued to cultivate his spiritual power.

While cultivating, he was still thinking about the Reverse Lan Ke.

Li Mo and the Reverse Lan Ke, the Reverse Lan Ke with a time flow different from the outside world, and Wang Zhuihai who was reincarnated as an infant.

He felt that there seemed to be some connection among these things?

The next morning, Li Mo had left at some unknown time; the tent she had occupied alone was empty.