Chapter 231: I Dare You!
Chapter 231: I Dare You!
"You can cultivate?"
The unexpected question stopped Xiang Ling in her steps, freezing her for a moment as she felt anxious about how she must answer the question. Considering her situation, it was impossible to hide her cultivation powers from people around her for too long. But the real question was - how was she going to explain her cultivation powers to those who didn’t know about her true identity?
She slowly turned to face Wei Guang with her heart pounding crazily in her chest. She was feeling extra anxious because it was him asking for an explanation from her. And what she hated most these days was lying to any of her husbands.
"I... I can..." She finally muttered out the words.
"When did you learn it? How come I never saw you using your cultivation powers or practicing it ever before?" Wei Guang asked more questions as he kept his gaze fixed on her. He didn’t seem angry, just shocked and a little bit hurt.
"I..." Xiang Ling struggled to find an excuse as she couldn’t tell him the truth of her identity. Since Wei Guang and Li Xian were currently in mortal forms, they fell under the high rules of upper realms. Telling them about her identity was against those high rules. That was why she didn’t have the option of coming clean to the two of them.
"I..."
She tried again but no words came out of her mouth as her mind was completely blank. She suddenly found herself regretting not preparing in advance for such a moment.
"I taught her."
The help came all of a sudden, pulling everyone’s attention toward Xin Cheng who just spoke the words. Xiang Ling found herself looking at him in confusion.
"You already know that both me and Dao Ming knows cultivation. We started teaching her after her incident at the temple. That’s how she learnt it. Since she has a natural talent, she ended up learning things quickly. Right now, she is at a decent cultivation level." Xin Cheng explained to Wei Guang who had an unreadable expression on his face.
Wei Guang was indeed aware of Xin Cheng and Dao Ming being cultivators and good with martial arts. He found out about it couple of weeks after they married Xiang Ling and entered the Chen Manor. He stumbled upon them using their cultivation powers one evening and had been aware of this secret of theirs.
The room was filled with a long silence that lasted for a while before Wei Guang finally nodded his head in understanding. "Alright. It’s late. Let’s get some sleep." He told everyone, switching the topic entirely, and started heading toward the bed.
Xiang Ling watched him making his way closer and she almost expected him to ignore her and walk past her, but that didn’t happen. The man stopped right in front of her and patted the back of her head softly. "It’s good to know that you are learning to be strong. But don’t go around putting yourself in danger. Those assassins looked quite skilled, what if something might have happened to you? What should I have done then?"
Xiang Ling felt the back of her eyes burning as his words attacked her heart. The more he acted understanding toward her, the more she felt guilty for every lie she was telling him. She knew that the Night Immortal would understand her decisions, but what about the Mortal Wei Guang? Would he also forgive her? Or was she being unnecessarily worried for no reason?
Not wasting words to respond, she closed the remaining space between them and threw her arms around his waist as she hugged him tightly. Wei Guang didn’t waste even a second before he returned the hug and wrapped his arms around her small frame, pulling her completely against his warm body.
"Are you that touched by my words?" He asked in a teasing tone while rubbing her back softly as if he was trying to soothe her.
Xiang Ling hummed in a positive response and nodded her head against his chest. "Sometimes I feel like you are too nice to me, and that makes me feel emotional." She confessed while keeping her face pressed against his chest and listened to the relaxing rhythm of his heartbeats.
"Then... must I start being less nice? Because I don’t like seeing you sad."
"I dare you!" Xiang Ling threatened as she looked up at his face with her chin pressed against his chest. The angle craned her neck to an uncomfortable angle but she didn’t care.
Wei Guang chuckled softly at her threat, finding her cute. He answered her with a soft kiss on her forehead before replying, "Understood. I will not dare to even think about it from now on."
Xiang Ling smiled in response before stepping on her tiptoes and placing a quick kiss on his lips.
"Seriously? Have you both forgotten about us? That’s just way too much for me to handle. Stop annoying us already." Zhang Xuan’s unhappy voice finally reminded Xiang Ling that there were two more men present there in the room other her and Wei Guang.
She and Wei Guang pulled away from each other and she immediately turned to look at her other two husbands. While she received a knowing look from Zhang Xuan, she found Xin Cheng standing near the open window while staring at the street down below.
After spending so many months with him, Xiang Ling had come to realize that whenever Xin Cheng didn’t want to look at her but also didn’t want to leave her alone, he would always stand at the window and would look outside to avoid looking at her. She had started finding this habit of his cute in a certain way.
"Come now, we should get some sleep." Wei Guang once again reminded them as it was already past midnight and they needed to wake up early in the morning.
They all changed their clothes before making their way to the huge bed.