Oblivious to the World

"Wan, my dear heroine, I'm actually happy to help, but having to play house with you every day will really delay my cultivation!"

Wan Qingluan, being so understanding, throws you a bag containing 500 Inner Divinity Pills.

You gleefully accept it: "Thank you, my dear wife!"

You get into character too quickly, which stuns Wan Qingluan for a moment.

She opens her mouth, her fair neck moves, but ultimately, she doesn't utter that address.

You don't mind at all, swallowing a handful of Inner Divinity Pills and sitting cross-legged in the small courtyard to begin cultivating.

Wan Qingluan doesn't disturb you, pushing open the courtyard door and leaving.

In the evening, Wan Qingluan returns.

She's carrying various meats and vegetables in her hands.

"I'm going to cook," she says somewhat awkwardly, heading towards the kitchen.

"Okay, my dear wife," you reply with a smile.

Wan Qingluan pauses slightly, then walks into the kitchen as calmly as possible.

Wan Qingluan truly has experience with many identities; her cooking skills are quite good.

You enjoy a delicious and satisfying meal.

From that day on, you and Wan Qingluan live what appears to be a normal married life.

Except for sleeping in separate rooms at night, there's no difference between you and a normal couple.

You cultivate as usual every day.

Wan Qingluan cooks for you and even helps you with laundry.

You used to wear something once and throw it away, never thinking that clothes needed washing.

You sometimes go to city temple fairs and enjoy lantern displays.

Each time you return, you buy a large pile of things.

In the evening, Wan Qingluan happily decorates the small courtyard with these items.

The small courtyard seems even warmer and more inviting.

"Look, this fish lantern is so pretty!" Wan Qingluan says, pointing to the lit fish lantern in the courtyard.

The massive fish lantern illuminates half of the small courtyard.

You nod with a smile: "It really is beautiful."

Wan Qingluan smiles from the bottom of her heart.

Her smile shines even brighter in the darkness.

You look at her exquisite face and reach out to hold her soft little hand.

Wan Qingluan instinctively flinches, but doesn't pull away.

She freezes in place, letting you hold her hand.

You live like this for an entire year.

In the sixty-third year, your True Qi is refined for the eighth time.

The condensed True Qi within your body, far surpassing the Bone Tempering stage, even startles Wan Qingluan.

"Husband, why is the True Qi in your body so condensed? It feels like it's not even inferior to the Divine Organ realm!"

Wan Qingluan is curious about your cultivation for the first time.

And she's gradually gotten used to calling you husband.

"It's mainly because I'm naturally gifted. In martial arts, in every aspect, I have a bit of a knack for it."

Wan Qingluan nods, half believing you.

The True Qi you release can now directly break through the defense of a Skin Refinement peak expert.

Its power is quite terrifying.

Having cultivated the Aura Concealment Art to the Great Accomplishment stage, martial artists more than three realms above you can't see through your cultivation.

After condensing your True Qi eight times, you don't stop cultivating.

You continue to cultivate non-stop.

Your next focus is on breaking through your realm.

You launch an assault on the Bone Tempering peak.

You cultivate extremely diligently every day. Wan Qingluan doesn't understand where you get so much motivation.

Wan Qingluan doesn't need to cultivate herself.

She's at the Transformation Dragon peak realm, searching for her Grandmaster path.

Occasionally, when you're not cultivating, you'll go on outings with Wan Qingluan.

[You would go for leisurely strolls in the surrounding small towns]

[You would also go boating on the picturesque landscape.]

[Wan Qingluan had grown accustomed to holding your hand, sometimes even taking your arm.]

[But you hadn't taken things any further.]

[You and Wan Qingluan even climbed to the summit of Heavenly Peak Snow Mountain.]

[At the very top of the snow mountain, Zhou Qiyun's corpse remained, exposed to the wind and snow.]

[No one dared to take him down.]

"Qingluan, of the three Demonic Sects, is it only your Extinction Sect that has managed to maintain a decent level of strength?"

Wan Qingluan nodded coolly. "Yes, the Blood Demon Sect has had seven Apex Grandmasters killed, greatly weakening its power, and the Joyous Zen Sect has become a third-rate sect, barely clinging to life under the protection of Vajra Temple."

"How did your Sect Leader die?" you asked curiously.

You had heard news of the Extinction Sect Leader's death before.

"She committed suicide."

You were taken aback. "She was an Apex Grandmaster, why would she commit suicide?"

"Because the person who collected all five keys told her to commit suicide, and she did."

"Wh... what the hell?" you said, deeply shocked.

Was the Sect Leader really that compliant?

She really committed suicide when told to.

"Husband, guess who collected the keys and made her commit suicide."

Wan Qingluan's eyes crinkled with a smile.

"It wasn't you, was it?"

"Haha, it was me!"

Your mind was a bit muddled. "She was your Sect Leader, what good did it do to make her commit suicide?"

"No good at all, I just remembered what you said at the time and wanted to try it out."

You recalled the first time you met Wan Qingluan.

You had mentioned in passing, whether the Extinction Sect Leader would comply if the person who collected all five keys told her to commit suicide.

You didn't expect Wan Qingluan to actually do it.

Looking at the smiling Wan Qingluan, you suddenly felt a sense of unfamiliarity.

You deeply understood the inscrutability of the Extinction Sect's people.

They really did whatever came to mind.

No reason, no consideration for the consequences.

Their motto was the ultimate unity of knowledge and action.

"6"

You were speechless.

You then talked about Miao Liwu.

You also learned from Wan Qingluan about Wei Xia's passing.

Actually, Wei Xia had passed away a few days after you went to pay respects to Miao Liwu three years ago.

It was only now, when talking about Miao Liwu, that Wan Qingluan told you.

The moment Miao Liwu died, Wei Xia had no more attachments to this world.

You and Wan Qingluan returned to the small courtyard.

You continued to cultivate.

In the sixty-fifth year, you were already eighty years old.

You and Wan Qingluan had lived together for three years.

You were both used to each other's presence.

Apart from not taking the final step, hugging, cuddling, and whispering sweet nothings had become the norm.

You had the feeling of being in love.

You never thought your first love would be at the age of eighty.

This wasn't even a twilight romance, it was a midnight romance.

"An eighty-year-old young man having a romance is perfectly reasonable, right?"

Wan Qingluan held a grand eightieth birthday celebration for you.

The total number of attendees that day was as high as two: you and Wan Qingluan.

[The number of dishes reached as many as five, enough for each of you to have two with one left over, quite generous.]

[That night, you and Wan Qingluan both drank too much.]

[Actually, with your physiques, drinking alcohol is no different from drinking plain water; you can't get drunk at all.]

[However, that night, you both tacitly refrained from actively sobering up.]

[The two of you drank yourselves into a drunken stupor, a blissful haze, a world turned upside down.]

[In the morning, you woke up in the same bed.]

[Overnight, the eighty-year-old you grew into an adult.]

[You noticed a crimson Along the River During the Qingming Festival on the sheets.]

[You knew that Wan Qingluan had also lost her virginity.]

[From that day on, you lived a shameless life.]

[Wan Qingluan also learned what flight attendants and nurses were.]

[Before, during the seven days when Wan Qingluan's different personalities emerged, she would spend them alone in her room.]

[But from today onwards, on the last day of every seven-day cycle,]

[That is, the day when her lustful personality appeared, Wan Qingluan would spend it with you.]

[On each of these days, you and Wan Qingluan would become lost in passion, reckless, oblivious to the world around you.]

[Year Sixty-Six]

[This day, you were cultivating in the courtyard.]

[Suddenly, a soft sound rang out within your body, like the sound of a clear spring flowing.]

[You broke through to the peak of Bone Tempering.]

[Your already jade-like bones were tempered once more.]

[The strength of your bones increased several times, becoming rock solid.]

[At the same time, due to the breakthrough in realm,]

[Your Ninefold Profound Art was affected, unintentionally completing its ninth refinement.]

[True Qi rumbled and flowed within your body.]

[The condensed and majestic True Qi caused Wan Qingluan to frequently cast sidelong glances.]

[She had seen many geniuses, and she herself was an undeniable genius.]

[But she had never seen any genius reach such a terrifying amount of True Qi at the peak of the Bone Tempering stage.]