I just wanted to cultivate immortality, but I was forced to open a harem

"You didn't have dinner, did you? I made you some mushroom risotto."

Lin Hezhen held a plate, supported himself on the railing, and climbed over to Shinomiya Kaguya's house.

"Eat it while it's hot. This is one of my best dishes. When it's just out of the pot, it's so shiny and fragrant that my cats and dogs are crying with greed."

When Kaguya Shinomiya heard his exaggerated description, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"What kind of description are you using? The fragrance can spread ten miles away, but how can a dish emit a thousand-foot-long light?"

"How do you know there aren't any? There are even immortal cultivators and monsters in this world, so having a few more glowing dishes shouldn't be a big deal."

"That's true." Kaguya Shinomiya took the plate.

The stomach, which originally had little appetite, was suddenly awakened by the stimulation of the aroma.

She picked up the spoon, scooped a spoonful of mushroom risotto, put it into her mouth and chewed slowly.

The refreshing mushroom soup melts in your mouth along with the slightly sweet rice grains, with the rich and delicious taste of mushroom and chicken soup, mixed with a hint of truffle and beef, leaving you with an endless aftertaste.

"Hmm...delicious." Kaguya Shinomiya narrowed her eyes and couldn't help but praise.

Lin Hezhen smiled and said, "As long as you like it, I'm glad you like it. Now that you live alone, you should pay attention to your diet and rest schedule and don't ruin your body."

Hearing this, Kaguya Shinomiya's eating movements suddenly froze.

"You knew? She came to see you?"

Shinomiya Kaguya could no longer call out Hayasaka Ai's name smoothly. Every time that word came to her throat, she would feel physical discomfort and could only refer to her as "she".

Lin Hezhen hesitated for a moment and decided to tell the truth: "Well, Hayasaka Ai just said goodbye to me, and she asked me to take good care of you."

"You really listen to her." Kaguya Shinomiya immediately lost her appetite.

She pushed the plate into Lin Hezhen's hand, turned around and walked into the house.

"I'm not listening to her. I'm worried about you." Lin Hezhen followed.

"No one in this world can tell me what to do, but I know there's a girl who needs me right now, so here I am."

"What are you here for? Do you want to laugh at me?" Shinomiya Kaguya was still angry.

"Who dares to laugh at you? I'll beat him to death!"

"Ha!" Shinomiya Kaguya laughed, "What if I say that the guy who bullied me and laughed at me is called Hayashi Kazuma?"

Lin Hezhen frowned and thought for a while before saying, "Then I'll catch him for you and let you vent your anger."

Shinomiya Kaguya smiled and raised her head.

"Okay, then I won't beat him or scold him. I'll just punish him so that he can't go anywhere else but stay by my side. He can't see anyone else but me. His heart can't hold the sun, moon and stars but only the days and nights spent with me... Is that okay?"

There was a stubborn light shining in her red eyes, as if she wanted to see into Lin Hezhen's heart.

Lin Hezhen shook his head: "I have my own things to do."

Shinomiya Kaguya gritted her teeth and said, "What if the person who asked you for help was Hayasaka Ai?"

“That’s how I responded.”

"What if it's Mai Sakurajima, or Yukinoshita Yukino?"

“The results won’t be any different.”

Shinomiya Kaguya was stunned: "Why? Because you don't like any of them? Then who do you like?"

Lin Hezhen sighed softly: "It's not a question of whether I like it or not. I said, I have my own things to do."

Shinomiya Kaguya frowned: "Hayasaka kissed you."

"Yeah." This is an undeniable fact.

"I... have kissed you too." Kaguya Shinomiya felt that her heart was trembling as she said this.

"I remember."

"Even so, you remain indifferent?" Shinomiya Kaguya was about to cry. She turned her back and tried hard to raise her head to prevent the tears from falling.

Lin Hezhen sighed.

“You can’t jump out of this world because you don’t know how big the world is. Once you know it, you will be beyond it. Give me your hand and let me take you to see the real world.”

"The real world?" Shinomiya Kaguya hesitated, but finally stretched out her right hand and handed it to Lin Hezhen.

"rise!"

Lin Hezhen shouted softly, and a cloud that seemed real suddenly appeared under the feet of the two people, carrying them steadily from the balcony to the sky.

"Is this the legendary flying on the clouds?"

Kaguya Shinomiya squatted down and stroked the physical clouds. She watched the surrounding scenery quickly pass by and the buildings on the ground becoming smaller and smaller, and she couldn't help but exclaim.

Although she was well-informed, she was still stunned by the unimaginable scene before her.

This is not riding a plane, but two living people flying their flesh and blood bodies into the clouds without any external force.

High in the sky, in the void that is even higher than the clouds, the temperature is extremely low, the air is thin, and the air pressure is greatly different from that on the ground.

Ordinary people have little chance of survival in such an environment without special equipment.

Lin Hezhen and Shinomiya Kaguya were surrounded by a light golden translucent light shield. They moved around freely as if nothing had happened and did not feel any physical discomfort at all.

"Disperse!"

Lin Hezhen waved his hand to disperse the white clouds in the sky, revealing the true appearance of mountains, rivers, land and ocean.

A string of islands lies sprawled out to sea like a sleeping whale.

Not far from it, the vast continent extends all the way westward and northward, majestic and spectacular, like a giant beast swallowing the sky and spitting out the earth.

The mountains are rolling and undulating like a giant dragon, and the rivers are winding and twisting like waterfalls falling from the sky.

The waves are surging, the blue sea is magnificent...the mountains, rivers, sea, and cities are all in sight.

"Look, this is the blue planet where you live." Lin Hezhen pointed to the lower world.

"You guys?" Shinomiya Kaguya turned her head to look at Lin Hezhen.

But his eyes were deep, his expression was calm, and his face was expressionless, as if he had long been accustomed to the feeling of being high above and looking down on everyone.

"Yes, this is the world, a huge cage, and you are all trapped beasts in the cage."

"If the body is a prison for the mind, then the world is a prison for the body."

"If you are in a cage, you cannot see the truth. Only by jumping out of the cage can you be free. Do you understand this truth?"

Shinomiya Kaguya couldn't help but shudder.

There were starry skies above her head, shifting clouds around her, and the vast earth beneath her feet. The scenery should have been as beautiful as a fairyland, but it made her feel cold all over.

"So, cultivating immortals means jumping out of the world and jumping out of the cage?" asked Kaguya Shinomiya in a trembling voice.

"Not bad." Lin Hezhen nodded.

"Hayasaka and I, as well as Mai Sakurajima, Yukinoshita Yukino and the others, are all in this world, and you want to jump out of this world and get rid of us?"

Lin Hezhen turned his head and said: "You have also embarked on the path of cultivating immortals. Sooner or later, you will face this day."

Shinomiya Kaguya lowered her head and remained silent.

The cold wind blew, and the clouds around gathered and dispersed, dispersed and gathered again, just like the fate between people, meeting lightly and saying goodbye lightly.

She kept her head down, her eyes emitting a faint light through the gaps between her hair, and no one knew what she was thinking at the moment.

"It's cold, let's go back."

Lin Hezhen commanded the clouds and mist to fall into the human world.

The mundane life of the world can soothe the hearts of ordinary people, but it cannot soothe the desire of cultivators to become immortals.

The two of them landed on the balcony of Kaguya Shinomiya's house again.

"You'd better eat your meal first, or it will get cold."

Lin Hezhen reheated the mushroom risotto and brought it to Shinomiya Kaguya.

"I won't eat unless you feed me yourself." Kaguya Shinomiya turned her head to the side.

"Don't be so willful." Lin Hezhen said helplessly.

"I'm not being willful. You said it yourself. Before Hayasaka left, I asked you to take good care of me."

"She didn't ask me to feed you."

Shinomiya Kaguya's eyes suddenly turned red.

"You said we were friends. Is it true that the relationship between us is not even worth asking you to feed me a bite of food?"

She reached out and grabbed Lin Hezhen's hand, put the spoon between her fingers, scooped up a spoonful of rice, and put it into her mouth.

Lin Hezhen wanted to pull his hand back, but drop after drop of crystal tears rolled down Shinomiya Kaguya's cheeks, some fell into the bowl, and some dripped on the back of his hand.

She cried silently, mechanically putting mouthful after mouthful of rice into her mouth.

"Oh." Lin Hezhen sighed.

With her still-free hands, she took out a piece of tissue from the tissue box beside her and helped her wipe away her tears.

"I won't thank you." The girl said angrily.

"Well, I don't need any thanks."

The meal was finished in this weird atmosphere.

Lin Hezhen cleaned up the dishes and went back to his home.

Shinomiya Kaguya stared at his back, her face full of unwillingness.

"Lin Hezhen, I'm very stubborn. Once I decide on someone, I won't let go easily."

"There are many things I can't do, but I want to do it, no matter what method I use!" she said to herself.

Many people once said that she was like Princess Kaguya from the Moon Palace, cold, heartless, mysterious and beautiful.

But now, she felt that she was just a mortal who was desperately pursuing Princess Kaguya. Lin Hezhen was the banished immortal from the moon. He was in the mortal world, but his heart was in heaven, and he was thinking about going back all the time.

"Don't even think about getting rid of me like this! Even if you go to heaven and return to the moon one day, I will pull you down!" She swore secretly in her heart.

Chapter 238 Not every insect likes bitter vegetables

Lin Hezhen jumped lightly back to his balcony.

The island nation is a country prone to natural disasters. Long-term disaster prevention and control has made people pay special attention to fire safety in houses.

In order to ensure the rapid evacuation of people in a limited space, most of the balconies of apartments in the island country are open, without any enclosed facilities, and anti-theft nets are not allowed.

Neighbors are not separated by a "wall", but by a layer of plastic board that is only 5 mm thick.

Once a fire occurs, residents can run to the balcony, kick open the plastic sheets, and escape directly to their neighbors' homes for refuge.

This plastic plate is so thin that even a child can easily break it.

But Lin Hezhen only felt that this layer of plastic board was very thick, like the wall of people’s hearts. It was invisible and intangible, but it really existed in the heart, and could not be touched or crossed.

"You shouldn't treat her like this." Ying Lili appeared behind him silently at some point.

"Did you hear that?" Lin Hezhen didn't turn around.

"Well, the balcony is not very soundproof." Ying Lili nodded hesitantly.

She couldn't sleep, so she went to the balcony to get some fresh air and overheard the conversation between Lin Kazuma and Shinomiya Kaguya.

Although she only heard fragments of the story, she was able to piece together a story in which the goddess had a heart but the king had no dream.

“Some people in this world have no home. If you ask her to go back, she won’t be able to find the way she came, or where she wants to go, and she will die in a corner - just like me.”

"So I don't understand why people with ties would want to wander around?"

Eriri can't understand Lin Hezhen, just like the day can't understand the darkness of the night.

She is a relative who has lost her beloved one. She has nothing to cling to in the world, only a shell of hatred.

Therefore, she didn't understand why someone would desperately push away someone who loved him deeply and whom he didn't hate, and push himself away in the cruelest way.

Is there anything in this world that is more important than the one you love?

"You don't understand." Lin Hezhen turned and looked at her.