After being reborn, all I want to do is run away.

Chapter 281 Cangli Dynasty

In the Ancient Methods Research Association, a figure shrouded in a black robe sat cross-legged on a futon next to the old man.

"He does not conform to the prophecy!" The man in black robes sounded somewhat angry.

“There’s no time left. Whether he is the right person or not, the time has come to carry out the plan,” the old man replied calmly.

"If he fails, what will all the things I've done over the years mean? A joke?"

"This is a necessary sacrifice. The plan was made together. Huo Yan completed the most difficult part with her life, and Shen Xu will risk his life to complete the final part. What we did was just the most insignificant part of the plan."

"What about Xiaoyu?"

"It all depends on his fate."

……

A month later.

At noon, a caravan traveling from Yunyang Kingdom to Cangli Dynasty was resting under the shade of trees on the wide road.

Looking at the scenery around him, which was completely different from that of Yunyang Kingdom, Shen Xu couldn't help but sigh that he had spent more time in the Blood Central Realm than in the Four Directions Sword Alliance.

Within a month, he finally rebuilt the vortex of primordial energy in his dantian, and the injury on his arm was almost completely healed. The price was that the cyan primordial energy in his storage bottle was almost gone, and he would have to be careful with his money in the future.

"The caravan leader said that once we cross that mountain range, we'll reach the border of the Cangli Dynasty." Zhong Wei, covered in sweat, took out his water bag and gulped down a mouthful of water.

After finishing his water, Zhong Wei looked at the lush greenery around him and exclaimed, "I've heard since I was a child that the Cangli Dynasty has two main characteristics: hot weather and lots of trees. Now I've seen it for myself."

I should have come out and seen the world sooner; I feel like this past month has been more exciting than the last ten years of my life.

"I feel the same way. I'm so happy to be able to come out." Tsurugi couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes.

"Shen Xu, don't always have that long face. Nobody here owes you money. On the contrary, you owe me money."

"This month has been too peaceful; I'm not used to it," Shen Xu said, frowning.

He hadn't heard any news about Li Xiaoyi and the others along the way, which made him feel that apart from him, none of their five-person team had arrived in the Blood Central Realm.

"That's because I, the great one with the lucky constitution, am here to protect us. What kind of villain would dare to cause us trouble?"

"Shen Xu, you weren't willing to take me with you back then. Didn't you ever consider how you could have lived such a peaceful life without me?"

"Thank you then."

These past few days he had also learned that Zhong Wei possessed the bloodline of the Qilin. When he first heard Zhong Wei say it, he didn't believe it until Zhong Wei revealed a phantom Qilin horn, at which point he reluctantly accepted the fact.

According to Zhong Wei, what he integrated was not the true essence of the Qilin, but a drop of ordinary Qilin blood. Normally, ordinary blood cannot be used as spiritual blood, but Zhong Wei miraculously succeeded in integrating that drop of Qilin blood.

He had asked Zhong Wei how he obtained that drop of Qilin blood, but Zhong Wei only said that it was given to his family by the royal family when he was three years old, and that he accidentally swallowed it.

But as he later learned, that drop of Qilin blood was actually prepared for him.

As a result, Zhong Wei did not acquire any supernatural powers related to the Qilin. The only thing related to the Qilin might be the "lucky constitution" he mentioned!

However, the Qilin is one of the most famous auspicious beasts in the void, and even just one drop of ordinary blood is a rare opportunity for ordinary people.

Moreover, Shen Xu felt that not just anyone could absorb the blood of the Qilin, the king of auspicious beasts, and that even greater opportunities might await Zhong Wei in the future.

But what puzzled him most was why the Blood Central Realm, as a small world, had the blood of a Qilin. Moreover, he felt that the creature inside the hollow Yuan Stone was not simple either. What exactly had happened to the Blood Central Realm?

Having spent the hottest part of the midday in the shade, the caravan set off again, slowly heading towards the capital of Cangli.

……

Inside the library of the Cangli Royal Palace, Li Xiaoyi slowly walked among the dense bookshelves, his icy gaze searching for books from the Seven Sects period.

After waking up at the Crown Prince's residence, she quickly realized that she had arrived in a small world. So she tied a letter to the foot of the Qiling White Crane to send the message to the Sword Alliance.

But when she activated the teleportation array on the Qiling White Crane, she found that the array did not work, a discovery that made her heart sink.

If the teleportation array on Qi Ling Baihe's body is ineffective, then the teleportation arrays on her and Shen Xu's bodies will also be ineffective, and she cannot even use them to judge Shen Xu's condition.

But she held Shen Xu's hand at the time, so she and Shen Xu weren't too far apart. As long as she did something here, Shen Xu should be able to find her easily.

Ji Yunfan did not intend to restrict her freedom, but she did not plan to leave the Crown Prince's residence. Ji Yunfan's status as the Crown Prince of Cangli Kingdom could provide her with many conveniences.

As time passed, Li Xiaoyi gradually discovered the strangeness of the Blood Central Realm. This world had been corrupted by the demon race, and the fact that Shen Xu had not come to find her made her feel uneasy.

But being anxious was useless; she could only first try to find a way to escape the Blood Central Realm, and the situation in the Blood Central Realm had to be reported back to the True Origin Continent.

The various similarities between the Blood Central Realm and the True Origin Continent made her feel that there must be a passage between the Blood Central Realm and the True Origin Continent.

Once the Four Directions Sword Alliance enters the Blood Central Realm, Shen Xu's whereabouts will no longer be a problem.

To this end, she spent time learning the script of the Blood Central Realm. In addition, Ji Yunfan often came to chat with her, and she soon learned about the history of the Blood Central Realm that was circulating outside.

But that embellished history was not what she needed. The history of the Blood Central Realm did not include the existence of the True Origin Continent, which made her feel that the upper echelons of the Seven Kingdoms were unwilling to reopen the passage to the True Origin Continent.

So she began searching for books from the era of the Seven Sects of the Blood Central Realm, because the words in those books wouldn't lie to her.

However, this also led Ji Yunfan to discover that she could read the texts from the Seven Kingdoms period. He then introduced her to the librarian in the palace, asking her to work with the librarian in translating documents from the Seven Kingdoms period.

The royal library contained very few books from the Seven Kingdoms period, and most of them were cultivation manuals; there were very few books that recorded the history of that time that she needed.

She had been in the library for a long time, but had not gained much.

But if she can't find the books she wants in the royal library, she probably won't find them anywhere else.

The seven kingdoms thoroughly destroyed the documents from that time, and even Ji Yunfan was not very familiar with the events that had occurred before the Seven Kingdoms.

Li Xiaoyi felt that she had chosen the wrong direction, but she was already in the highest power center of a country. If she couldn't get what she wanted here, where should she go?