Mortal: Refining Weapons for Immortality

Chapter 25 Ink Color Ring

"I want you to marry my daughter, Mo Caihuan, and take good care of her. I will agree to any conditions you set, and even the Mo family mansion will be yours," Madam Yan said sternly, revealing her considerable ambition.

Lin Changqing fell silent instantly, speechless for a moment.

Han Li, standing beside him, had a more complicated reaction. He was the one who had come seeking an explanation; shouldn't the question be directed to him? Even if he might not agree to accept the three Mo sisters, these stunning beauties, you couldn't just mention it to Senior Brother Lin without asking me!

Upon hearing Madam Yan's words, Mo Caihuan's face turned red and her voice softened.

"mother!"

Madam Yan ignored Mo Caihuan's girlish behavior and instead increased the stakes to confuse Lin Changqing.

"If Caihuan alone isn't enough, how about adding the three sisters? As long as you agree to marry them, all of these are yours, and you can have whatever Han Li wants."

Han Li, sitting opposite, shrank back, wanting to drink the tea in the jade cup, but found that he had already finished it. In the end, he could only look at Lin Changqing beside him with a wistful gaze, wanting to refuse on Lin Changqing's behalf, but not knowing how to say it, and could only sigh inwardly.

"I shouldn't have come!!! Senior Brother Lin, please accept it already. I've given up all hope." Han Li was on pins and needles. He knew that no one could refuse such a good thing. Weren't the beautiful women opposite him just trying to sow discord between him and Senior Brother Lin?

Even the girl beside Mo Caihuan had a rosy complexion and pursed her lips, looking as if she wanted him to pick her.

Lin Changqing was momentarily dazed before snapping back to reality, and politely declined.

"Madam, my background is uncertain, and I am single-mindedly pursuing the Dao. The world of cultivation is just as unpredictable as that of the mortal realm."

"I don't know when I will disappear from this world, and I'm afraid I will fail to live up to the great kindness of Miss Mo and Madam Mo."

Lin Changqing was naturally attracted to beautiful women, even if they were filthy mortals. But once he entered the world of cultivation, none of that mattered.

But Lin Changqing feared that he would be killed one day, betraying the beauty's kindness. Besides, he didn't even have his own cultivation cave; he was still staying in a rented cave in Huangfeng Valley!

He was even a little dazed. If nothing unexpected happened, he could live a long life, even longer than the Golden Elixir. But if his beloved passed away by then, could he still hold on? So, under all these circumstances, Lin Changqing ultimately did not agree to Madam Yan's kind offer.

Upon hearing Lin Changqing's refusal, Han Li's previously gloomy eyes brightened, his posture straightened considerably, and his respect for Lin Changqing increased significantly.

"Senior Brother Lin truly lives up to his reputation as a person devoted to the pursuit of the Dao. His unwavering devotion is admirable! I, Junior Brother Han, am deeply impressed!"

The young lady from the Mo family looked disappointed and remained silent.

Mo Caihuan said anxiously but not daring to speak too loudly, "Young Master, Caihuan won't affect you..." Mo Caihuan spoke softer and softer, until she didn't even know if Madam Yan next to her could hear her, and her mind started racing.

As a cultivator, Han Li heard it clearly, and his face was filled with complex emotions: six parts were envy as he looked at Lin Changqing, three parts were surprise as he looked at Mo Caihuan, and the remaining part was thinking of himself.

Lin Changqing learned Mo Caihuan's name and was about to refuse when... "Caihuan..."

Mo Caihuan looked at Lin Changqing and her eyes began to redden. She held back her tears, her eyes as calm as autumn water.

However, Madam Yan interrupted Lin Changqing, sighed, and said helplessly, "Since the young master is unwilling, then help my Mo family kill him..."

"This can be considered a solution to the crisis facing my Mo family. Otherwise, even if we gave everything to you, my Mo family would still perish."

After hearing the terms, Lin Changqing communicated with Han Li telepathically and agreed to them.

......

After agreeing on the terms that day, Lin Changqing took out a flying sword talisman and gave it to Han Li, telling him to go and return quickly.

Lin Changqing watched Han Li fly away, thinking that with the help of the flying artifact, Han Li should be able to return in seven days.

And so, Lin Changqing continued to cultivate at the Mo residence, waiting for Han Li to return.

On the first day, Mo Caihuan's cute little face appeared in front of him, carrying breakfast in her hand, and she said to Lin Changqing with a wronged expression.

"You are a guest of the Mo family, this is breakfast delivered here."

After handing the food she had packed to Lin Changqing, Mo Caihuan stayed put to the side.

Lin Changqing asked in confusion, "Miss Mo, why are you still here?"

Perhaps she was a little angry after hearing Lin Changqing's words, or perhaps she had suffered some injustice, Mo Caihuan didn't care about being an immortal or anything like that. Anyway, she thought that the other party was also a human being, and a man. So she blinked her big, bright black eyes and stared straight at Lin Changqing, even speaking in a slightly fierce and childish way.

"You've finished eating, and I'm going to take my things away. I'm not leaving!!!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Changqing felt that it made some sense, so he opened the food box and took out the food. He saw that it was all mundane food, containing foul smells, and he couldn't help but frown.

What Lin Changqing didn't realize was that Mo Caihuan had been watching him the whole time. When she saw him frown slightly, her heart sank and her mood dropped considerably, but she still had a smile on her face.

However, unusually, Lin Changqing, who hadn't eaten worldly food for a long time, picked up his bowl and chopsticks and ate slowly and deliberately without saying a word, simply eating the food that Mo Caihuan brought him.

Mo Caihuan was overjoyed to see Lin Changqing eat the food she had prepared herself, and her innocent and naive demeanor swept away the gloom in her heart.

And so, Lin Changqing ate quietly, and Mo Caihuan did not disturb him. She just fiddled with her slender fingers next to Lin Changqing and occasionally glanced at him.

Only after Lin Changqing finished his meal, leaving nothing behind, did Mo Caihuan reluctantly take her bowl and chopsticks and leave.

Lin Changqing stood behind her, gazing in the direction she had left, lost in thought.

And so, from the second day to the seventh day, Mo Caihuan kept bringing food to Lin Changqing, and Lin Changqing accepted it all, because he felt that Han Li would be back soon, so he chose to wait at the Mo residence to avoid trouble.

But to everyone's surprise, it was Mo Caihuan who delivered the meals every time. Even though the two of them didn't communicate much and were both busy with their own things, strangely enough, Lin Changqing didn't feel uncomfortable and found it easy to get along with Mo Caihuan.

However, this kind of life is about to come to an end.

On the eighth day, Han Li did not return.

On the ninth day, Han Li still hadn't returned.

On the tenth day, Han Li still had not returned.

However, during this meal, Mo Caihuan, who had been quiet for a long time, spoke for the first time and asked a question that left Lin Changqing at a loss.

"Brother Changqing, can I go and cultivate?!" Mo Caihuan looked at Lin Changqing with bright eyes and asked this question sincerely.

Lin Changqing dared not look directly at Mo Caihuan, lowered his head, his heart skipped a beat, and something choked him up. After a moment of silence, he finally said that cultivation required spiritual roots, but was interrupted by Mo Caihuan.

"Miss Mo, no..."

"Brother Changqing, can I eat the food you cook?" Mo Caihuan didn't shed tears at this moment. Instead, her eyes welled up with tears. She spoke to Lin Changqing in a somewhat cold and forced voice.

Lin Changqing thought that Han Li should be back tomorrow. It was normal for him to be delayed for three or four days. Since Mo Caihuan wanted to eat the spiritual food of the immortals, then he would make arrangements.