Chapter 103 · Volume 1

Fleeting Clouds and Smoke

Su Qing's requirements for a dwelling have always been modest.
Living anywhere is still living.
As long as she is happy living there, that's all that matters.
So, even leaving the Water Curtain Cave,
For Su Qing, there was no reluctance.
After choosing the new place to move to,
The subsequent matters were relatively simple.
The spell for moving a house is actually very simple; it's just another application of the Mountain Moving Technique.
It only took about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, and Su Qing had almost mastered the spell.
After familiarizing herself with the spell…
Su Qing immediately cast the Somersault Cloud and flew back to the small courtyard.
The courtyard naturally hadn't changed much.
After all, she had only been gone for a day or two… at most, some leaves had fallen.
Gongsun Zhixue, however, was quite excited when she saw Su Qing.
She instinctively hugged her.
This scene was very much like a daughter returning from kindergarten and throwing herself into her mother's arms...
“Only one day apart, and you miss me this much?” Su Qing asked with a slight chuckle.
Upon hearing this, Gongsun Zhixue's expression changed slightly, and she let go of Su Qing, blushing, saying:
“No way! How did you come back so quickly? I thought…”
“You thought I'd be gone for over ten years? It was just a small matter, how could it take so much time?”
Su Qing merely smiled faintly upon hearing this and didn't continue to tease her.
The Mudfish Demon's matter was certainly not a big deal, at least from today's perspective.
After hearing Su Qing's words, Gongsun Zhixue just puffed out her cheeks, looking displeased…
She always felt like she had been tricked.
She had been so sad for nothing at the time…
She had even prepared herself to be alone for dozens or hundreds of years again.
“Xiao Qing Sister…”
“Hmm?”
“You really are a bad woman!”
“……”
Su Qing was speechless for a moment and could only give a helpless smile.
It seemed that the impression of her being a bad woman was now firmly established in Gongsun Zhixue's eyes.
But so be it!
Even if this child was convinced she was a bad woman, it wouldn't be difficult to trick her.
After a brief chat with Gongsun Zhixue,
Su Qing naturally brought up the main topic.
Just as Su Qing had expected, Gongsun Zhixue wasn't very difficult to persuade…
Su Qing quickly convinced her.
Making her agree to Su Qing's suggestion…
“Then, without further ado, let's start now, shall we?”
After settling things with Gongsun Zhixue, Su Qing didn't dally and immediately prepared to move.
Gongsun Zhixue nodded upon hearing this, then controlled her true form.
She retracted the roots that had delved deep into the earth, to prevent Su Qing from breaking them during the move.
Once Gongsun Zhixue had finished this, Su Qing formed a hand seal.
Then, she tapped her toes on the ground.
Instantly, the entire courtyard, along with the surrounding land, was lifted up by Su Qing.
This lifting was no small feat; it even startled the Earth God.
But when the Earth God came out and saw it was Su Qing, he scurried back inside.
For a minor deity like himself to reason with an Earthly Immortal… he would probably be the one reasoned with.
It was just a piece of land; if it was taken, then it was taken.
Su Qing was unaware of the Earth God's matter and simply focused on performing the Mountain Moving Technique.
After completely lifting the land,
Su Qing then used the Sleeve Universe to store it.
Su Qing's Sleeve Universe was quite capacious.
While not as capacious as Zhenyuan Great Immortal's, it was certainly enough to hold a small mountain.
Once all this was done,
Su Qing immediately cast the Somersault Cloud and returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain.
A few breaths later, she arrived at the pre-selected location.
She then cast a spell to reinstall the house back into the ground.
Thus, everything was completed.
“Finally, it's done.”
Su Qing looked at her masterpiece, quite satisfied.
The hard work of the morning had not been in vain.
“How is it? This place isn't bad, is it?”
Su Qing looked at Gongsun Zhixue and asked with a smile.
Gongsun Zhixue's mouth was agape at this moment, her face blank… she clearly hadn't recovered her senses yet.
It was unclear whether Gongsun Zhixue was surprised by the speed of the move or by the uniqueness of Flower-Fruit Mountain.
“So… so fast.”
Gongsun Zhixue finally recovered after a long time, looking at Su Qing in surprise and saying:
“Xiao Qing Sister… tell me, you won't hold a grudge against me, will you?”
Su Qing was somewhat bewildered by this abrupt question.
Without thinking much, she just said:
“It depends on your performance!”
“Alright, you should recover properly first. Such a disturbance to the earth probably has quite an impact on your true form.”
Su Qing's words brought Gongsun Zhixue fully back to her senses, and she quickly extended her roots to absorb nutrients.
Gongsun Zhixue was still just a tree, needing to absorb nutrients from the earth to survive…
Although she appeared to have a body, it was actually just an illusion.
She still had a long way to go before transformation!
Even after transformation, whether she would still look like this… was uncertain.
Gongsun Zhixue extended her roots, absorbing the Heaven and Earth spiritual energy contained within the soil.
Only when her roots truly touched the blessed land of Flower-Fruit Mountain did she realize what kind of place Su Qing had brought her to.
This was indeed a blessed land…
Even the spiritual energy contained in the soil was far superior to that of her former dwelling place.
“Should I… should I not have called her a bad woman?”
Gongsun Zhixue looked at the now empty courtyard and couldn't help but think:
“No… she really is a bad woman! A bad woman who deceived my feelings!”
The moving was not a difficult task.
Now that the courtyard had been moved to Flower-Fruit Mountain by Su Qing, the remaining series of tasks naturally followed smoothly.
These matters were entirely sufficient for Leng Xiang to handle.
In the afternoon, in about an hour's time,
Leng Xiang had already tidied up the Water Curtain Cave and moved some necessary items to the new home.
As for Su Qing, she planted the Bodhi Seed her master had given her.
She planted it again in a corner of the courtyard.
Waiting for it to sprout.
“When will it sprout?”
Though Su Qing was curious, she couldn't rush it…
She could only wait patiently.
After moving, Su Qing's life naturally returned to peaceful cultivation.
Ao Ying, however, caused a bit of a laugh later.
Although Su Qing had told Ao Ying about the move long ago,
Ao Ying, accustomed to running to the Water Curtain Cave, still went to the old Water Curtain Cave.
As a result, she often arrived only to awkwardly remember the move.
After some more time passed,
The Dragon Palace also delivered the items Su Qing requested.
The cultivation methods and magic spells sent by the Dragon Palace, after being authenticated by Dragon Girl Ao Ying as being of superior quality,
She then gave them to Gongsun Zhixue for cultivation.
After everything settled into peace,
Time passed quickly…
Unknowingly, another seven years had gone by.

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