Want to Ascend? Then Fall in Love

Chapter 15 – Gu Jianshen’s Heart Was Itchy.

Translated by juurensha

Edited by Noks and moon

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Of course, Shen Qingxian was here to complete the jade scroll’s tasks. 

Although it sounded ridiculous, five more steps had indeed appeared on the heavenly ladder, a feat that could not be questioned.

Such was the path, and one simply had to concentrate on one’s cultivation. 

This had always been the way of the heavenly dao. 

Of course, Shen Qingxian wouldn’t tell Gu Jianshen about this 

Gu Jianshen had put on such an overwhelmingly nice act so far because he couldn’t beat him. If he knew that the role he was playing helped in repairing the heavenly ladder, who knew what kind of trouble Gu Jianshen would cause? 

Shen Qingxian wouldn’t let his own weak point fall into Gu Jianshen’s hands.

Gu Jianshen’s thoughts were pretty close to his, but of course, what came out of his mouth was full of deep feelings. “Ever since I saw you for the first time at the banquet, I have been haunted by dreams. I kept longing to see Shishu again, and as luck would have it, I noticed that you came to the Secret Land of the Setting Moon, so I followed you here.”

Technically… Gu Jianshen really did enter this pocket realm a step later than Shen Qingxian. It seemed that there was nothing wrong with his explanation. 

Shen Qingxian adopted his words piecemeal. “It was Su Yu who wanted to go down the mountain to train. I had nothing to do, so I thought I might as well walk around and see the practices of the cultivators of today.”

Gu Jianshen then said, “I see.”

Shen Qingxian said politely, “I just didn’t expect that this whim of mine would disturb Your Majesty.”

Gu Jianshen: “How can you say it like that? It’s a great honor for Jianshen to meet Shishu here.”

Shen Qingxian smiled slightly, but let out a heh heh in his heart. 

It looked like both of them had answered each other’s questions, and it seemed that both of them had good reasons to be here, but in fact… The two people pondered exactly the same thing: What exactly does Shen Qingxian (Gu Jianshen) want to do?

The jade scroll raised its arms and shouted: He wants to do you ah!

….alright, I only dare to say that in my heart QAQ!

If they kept chatting like this, it would be nothing but the empty, useless squeaking of wheels, and Shen Qingxian didn’t want to waste another night. He closed his eyes and said, “Sleep ba.”

Gu Jianshen looked at this person’s butterfly-like eyelashes and said softly, “Alright.”

This time, neither of them got into it seriously; they didn’t argue about who was going to fall asleep first and who was going to fall asleep later….

After all, sleeping, for them, was different than that for others.

Even if they fell asleep, their divine consciousness would remain awake. As long as there was the slightest rustle of wind along the grass, they would awaken immediately. They didn’t have to worry about the other party’s sneak attack while sleeping at all.

Approximately, it was Shen Qingxian who fell asleep first, but Gu Jianshen wasn’t far behind him. After all, he had been tossed around all day, so fatigue and sleepiness swept him up, and he was asleep before he knew it. 

Under the bright moonlight, the two people who cuddled together to sleep were as beautiful as a painting, enough to stop the insects from chirping, the night wind from whistling, and the leaves from rustling…all because they were reluctant to wake them up.

The next day, as soon as Gu Jianshen moved, Shen Qingxian opened his eyes. 

Gu Jianshen said in a warm voice, “Did I wake you up? Go back to sleep again ba, I’ll get up to prepare breakfast.”

Shen Qingxian wanted to say “alright,” and it was time for them to separate. If Su Yu woke up and saw the two people holding on tightly to each other, he didn’t know what Su Yu would think….

He looked at the jade scroll first, and his hand that was about to let go suddenly tightened. 

Gu Jianshen: “What’s the matter?”

The task hadn’t been completed….

What was wrong? They had slept together. It couldn’t have been that Gu Jianshen had stayed up all night?

No way… He had definitely slept.

They hadn’t slept together long enough?

Shen Qingxian’s mind churned very fast, and he immediately thought of several possibilities, screening out the most likely one.

——The sun hadn’t risen yet. 

Shen Qingxian retracted his body into Gu Jianshen’s arms and said in a muffled voice, “I want to sleep some more.”

Gu Jianshen was stunned.

Shen Qingxian conscientiously kept moving bricks. “Close your eyes, I can’t sleep if you don’t sleep.”

“!”

Was this…being coquettish? Gu Jianshen was smacked in the face with cuteness.

He smiled, hugged Shen Qingxian, and whispered straight into his ear, “En, it’s all up to you.”

This voice… The modern secular description of it would be…. it was numbing enough to make someone pregnant!

Shen Qingxian’s small ears trembled, and he whispered back, “Sleep!”

It sounded a little shy.

Gu Jianshen’s heart was itchy. How could he bear to let him go? He hated that he couldn’t carry this person back to Weixin Palace and lock him up.

Once the sun rose, the jade scroll finally stopped playing dead, and the words “Sleeping together” turned light gray.

When Shen Qingxian saw that another step had been added to the heavenly ladder, he immediately felt energized. The route to ascension was just around the corner!

Speaking of that, the task of begging for the golden dragon hadn’t been completed yet. Shen Qingxian thought about how to lead the topic to it. 

At this time, Su Yu’s voice drifted over. “I slept really well last night.”

Su Yu had woken up!

Shen Qingxian and Gu Jianshen were still holding each other!

Unfortunately, their current cultivation level didn’t allow them the usage of teleportation spells.

Su Yu stretched and said, “Zhao Yan, are you still sleeping?”

Shen Qingxian: “…..”

Su Yu looked around. “Where’s Qingshen-dage?”

Shen Qingxian reached out and covered Gu Jianshen’s mouth.

Gu Jianshen’s eyes were full of smiles, while Shen Qingxian’s eyes were full of threats.

Gu Jianshen kissed the palm of his hand.

Shen Qingxian: “…..”

The smile in Gu Jianshen’s eyes grew even deeper, and Shen Qingxian couldn’t help but kick him…..

Su Yu had already come over by this time. As he walked, he whispered, “Why did you make your sleeping bag so big again? You really won’t catch a cold?”

Gu Jianshen raised his voice and said, “He really did catch a cold.” While he said this, he winked at Shen Qingxian.

Then, Shen Qingxian suddenly understood….

No one would dare say they had tacit cooperation, but they did have a little bit of mutual understanding. 

Shen Qingxian rotated his spiritual qi, made his face red, and then coughed.

Su Yu quickly walked over. “You have a cold?”

As soon as he approached, he was left stunned by the sight in front of him.

Inside the sleeping bag, Shen Qingxian was sleeping in Gu Jianshen’s arms. His face was red, his eyes were wet, and he was breathing slightly heavily.

Little peach blossom: “!”

Gu Jianshen said, “He kept complaining that he was cold last night, so I had to hold him and help him keep warm.”

Keep…keep warm ah….

It took Su Yu a long time to find his voice. “I… I… I’ll go boil water.” It was still pretty useful to drink some hot water when one had a cold.

As soon as Su Yu left, Shen Qingxian kicked Gu Jianshen again. “Get out.”

Gu Jianshen pinched his waist and said, “Shishu is so fickle.”

Shen Qingxian: “…” This libertine had finally exposed his true nature!

By the time Su Yu returned, Gu Jianshen had already started preparing breakfast. Shen Qingxian sat next to him wearing a long wool coat, looking as cute as could be.

Su Yu brought him the hot water, and Shen Qingxian, who had to continue his pretense of being ill, whispered, “Thank you.”

Su Yu said, “I told you not to make your sleeping bag so big yesterday. You just wouldn’t listen, and now this! Isn’t it just great?!”

“……”

The furtive jade scroll: He doesn’t want face la! Our Lord Lianhua doesn’t want face anymore la! He’s actually letting the little peach blossom lecture him!

What could Shen Qingxian say? He could only pretend that the hot water was Gu Jianshen and drink him down completely. 

After that, for the whole day, Su Yu cultivated seriously while Shen Qingxian recovered, and Gu Jianshen performed his several duties. He switched between being a teacher, a servant, and sometimes, even a “playboy.”

In Shen Qingxian’s words…he didn’t know what kind of crazy this guy was playing at. 

When going to bed at night, Gu Jianshen asked Shen Qingxian, “Young Master, do you need me to help keep you warm?”

Shen Qingxian was tired from pretending to be sick and lowered his voice, “Scram.”

Gu Jianshen reached out, touched his forehead, and said, “You’re alright, you’re stable now.”

Shen Qingxian stared at him, and Gu Jianshen’s hand actually pinched his cheek before he pulled away.

That’s right… He pinched him… Really pinched him… Pinched the cheek of the number one person in the heavenly dao. …

In an instant, the entire Secret Land of the Setting Moon trembled!

Su Yu was so frightened that he quickly got up. “What’s the matter? What just happened?”

This murderous spirit was so terrifying, it couldn’t be that a high-level ferocious beast had appeared?

It wasn’t just Su Yu, all the cultivators in the Secret Land of the Setting Moon were startled. One by one, they drew out their magical weapons and went on high alert. 

Fortunately, in the next moment, the murderous spirit withdrew, and the Secret Land of the Setting Moon grew calm once again.

Shen Qingxian turned his back to Gu Jianshen and wrapped himself in his sleeping bag.

Gu Jianshen’s eyes, and the corners of his mouth, were full of smiles, and his mood was unbearably great. 

How did Shen Qingxian bear it? Because Brother Jade Scroll had worked hard and made great achievements.

Just when murderous impulses were winning out in Shen Qingxian’s heart, the words— “Fourth, do not harbour the intent to kill Gu Jianshen” —on the jade scroll turned deeper and deeper, basically turning a dark black color.

At the same time, a line of words appeared on the jade scroll: “Addendum: If a task turns dark black, all your previous achievements will be discarded!”

The six pitiful steps on the heavenly ladder shook in a very appropriate way with the appearance of this line. It basically looked like they were saying, “If you dare kill Gu Jianshen, I’ll fall down and die for you to see…..”

Shen Qingxian: “…” He could only bear it!

Because of Shen Qingxian’s anger, the Secret Land of the Setting Moon now attracted the attention of countless great powers.

This magnificent aura rising into the sky! This amazing killing intent like the mountains and the sea!

It couldn’t be that something sacred had been born? It couldn’t be that a fierce beast had ascended?

For a time, whether it was in the heavenly dao or the Heart Domain, a group of elders gathered to hold a meeting to discuss this Setting Moon anomaly. 

Of course, this aura wasn’t enough to attract the attention of either the six schools of the heavenly dao or Weixin Palace.  

After all, Ye Zhan, Zeng Ziliang…and the doctrine guardians of Weixin Palace were all the great anchoring powers of the world. Small matters such as this weren’t enough to garner interest from any of them. 

Fortunately, they didn’t pay attention, otherwise the Secret Land of the Setting Moon would have 100% exploded then and there.

Let alone Zeng Ziliang and the others, Ye Zhan, stalwart supporter of his lord, would have definitely figured out that this spiritual qi had come from his own family’s lordship, and then wouldn’t he immediately rush over to the Secret Land of the Setting Moon? With his cultivation, the Secret Land of the Setting Moon could be renamed to the Ruins of the Setting Moon. 

Three days later, Su Yu walked out of the Secret Land of the Setting Moon, and Gu Jianshen and Shen Qingxian naturally accompanied him.

The little peach blossom possessed a strong learning ability, and Gu Jianshen had taught him everything he could teach. In the future, he would have to find an appropriate path of cultivation himself. 

Shen Qingxian was about to ask after the little peach blossom’s future plans when his jade scroll flashed again— 

“Tenth, enter the same sect as Gu Jianshen.”

“Eleventh, share a room with Gu Jianshen.”

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The author has something to say:

Gu Jianshen has really never been with anyone before 2333333

Cough, cough… Before they even get married, they are going to have a honeymoon [Doge face]

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Juurensha: GJS: Baby, be mean to me more