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

Chapter 220 Focused Cultivation

When the first rays of morning sunlight shone on Shen Xu's face, he felt a tickling sensation. When he opened his eyes, he discovered that the small white crane was rubbing its soft feathers against his face.

Shen Xu pushed aside the white crane beside him, then smiled and said to it, "Among all the demonic beasts I've encountered, you rank second in intelligence."

“I think this tree is about to die. Do you want to come back with me?” Shen Xu stretched out his hand, and the mist immediately enveloped the little crane and the injured white crane. Then he showed them the environment of Qingling Creek.

Due to the unique environment of the ancient forest, almost no wild animals live there, only some birds that can fly very high.

Shen Xu felt that the Ancient Forest needed the arrival of the Spirit White Crane family, because the insects in the Ancient Forest had begun to show signs of advancement after being cleansed by the vital energy, while the spirit birds in the Ancient Forest would need some time to advance.

Whether Bailu would agree was not within his consideration.

The little crane clearly loved the environment of Qingling Creek, chirping excitedly. The injured white crane, on the other hand, became much more cautious, its eyes filled with suspicion as it looked at the scene in the mist.

But when it saw the pine tree where they now lived collapsing, it couldn't help but let out a mournful cry, and then slowly closed its eyes to indicate its agreement.

In fact, Shen Xu also tried to find the heart of the pine tree beneath him, but unfortunately it didn't have one. Shen Xu had no good solution for this, so he could only let it fall to the ground.

Around noon, another white crane finally returned to its nest, its beak filled with all sorts of fruits, which it then rolled out in front of Shen Xu.

Shen Xu recognized some of them, but couldn't identify most of them. However, since they were all Bai He's tokens of affection, he put them all into his storage ring, intending to hand them over to Bai Lu and the others for identification when he returned.

He also showed the white crane the environment of Qingling Creek and invited it to settle in the ancient forest of Qingling Creek.

The white crane called out to the other two white cranes, and the other two white cranes responded by calling out back to it.

Faced with this situation, the white crane let out a soft cry and agreed to Shen Xu's invitation.

With a loud cry, the white crane carried him back to the clouds.

He didn't come home all night yesterday, and he didn't know if the three women had found out, but he hoped they hadn't, because he had a bad feeling about it.

After some time, the white crane led him to the outer edge of Qingmu Creek, but then refused to go any further, as if there was something inside that frightened it.

After putting Shen Xu down, it anxiously spread its wings and flew back, after all, there was still an injured person at home that needed to be taken care of. However, the little crane stayed behind.

Taking a deep breath, Shen Xu slowly walked into Qingmu Creek, while Xiao He gracefully spread its wings and circled above his head, following his footsteps as it flew into Qingmu Creek as well.

To avoid disturbing the three women, Shen Xu chose to wade directly across the Qingling Stream and enter the ancient forest. The little crane that had been following him seemed to be very familiar with the environment of the ancient forest. It was like coming home to the ancient forest, skillfully moving between the various ancient trees, chirping excitedly, and then flying towards Shen Xu's wooden house.

"This guy seems to know the ancient forest better than I do. Could it be that it saw I could manipulate the life force in the plants and trees, which is why it came specifically to me to save its family?" Looking at the excited white crane, Shen Xu couldn't help but feel puzzled.

However, there's no point in exploring these things now. What he's thinking about now is what reason he can use to get the three women to take him out for a look, because it's unlikely he can get out of this area on his own two legs.

He had initially thought this place was quite nice, full of vitality, with birds singing and flowers blooming, but now it seemed more like a large prison, with Bai Lu completely restricting his activities to this area.

But it didn't seem to matter if he didn't go out. He was happy to have some peace and quiet. As long as no one bothered him, he could cultivate in the ancient forest until he reached the Qi Sea Realm before going out.

After all, he doesn't have much time. When the Ningzhou Grand Competition comes, he needs to have the strength to compete with Su Jing, and cultivation level is the most important factor.

With this in mind, Shen Xu walked into the central area of ​​the ancient forest and began to resonate with it, slowly increasing his cultivation level.

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"Has Guanbi still not found Shen Xu?" Bailu asked with some worry under the Yuanlu tree.

Guan Bi shook his head with a solemn expression. "I've searched the entire Qingling Creek, but I just can't find him."

"Bai Lu, how's the situation where you are?" Li Xiaoyi asked, her brows furrowed.

“I have asked the seniors in the surrounding area to help search, but none of them have found any signs of outsiders breaking in. With Shen Xu’s strength, he definitely cannot hide from their divine sense detection, so he must still be in Qingling Creek.”

“But what I don’t understand is why he has to hide from us after he woke up. What good does that do him?” Bai Lu’s tone was full of doubt.

"Miss, could it be that he got angry because he found out you had trapped him in Qingling Creek after he went out?" Guan Bi said cautiously.

"I didn't mean to trap him here. Qingling Creek is just very remote," Bai Lu explained softly.

"Miss, please don't speak yet!" Guan Bi suddenly said, closing her eyes to carefully sense the sounds coming from her ears, and then immediately opened her eyes to look in the direction of the ancient forest.

Once again, the ancient forest began to absorb and release the vital energy of the Qingling Stream, the azure energy rising and falling like the tide.

When Guan Bi realized what was happening and wanted to tell them that Shen Xu had returned, she discovered that Li Xiaoyi and Bai Lu had already gone to the Ancient Forest.

This made Guan Bi smile wryly, and then he quickened his pace to catch up with the two women.

But when the three of them saw Shen Xu sitting cross-legged in the center of the ancient forest, his whole body enveloped in azure energy, they swallowed back the words they wanted to say and silently returned to the other side of the Qingling Stream.

"That guy is despicable. He has no idea how worried we are about him, yet he can still cultivate as if nothing happened," Bai Lu said angrily.

“He doesn’t need to care about our concerns, because in his mind we don’t have a deep relationship with him anyway,” Li Xiaoyi said calmly.

“But he’s staying here with me, so he should at least let me know before he goes out!” Bai Lu immediately retorted.

"Miss, we weren't here yesterday," Guan Bi whispered a reminder.

“I don’t care. He’s made me worry for so long, I can’t just let it go like this.”

Li Xiaoyi frowned as she looked at Bai Lu. She felt that Bai Lu's reason for letting Shen Xu stay in Qinglingxi was not as simple as she claimed.