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

Chapter 78 Forgotten Memories

Carrying Wu Qi and Shen Xu, they arrived at a secluded spot on Qingzhu Peak. They couldn't return to Qingzhu Residence for the time being, as someone might be waiting for him in front of his courtyard, and he was someone who hated trouble.

He is waiting not only for Wu Qi to wake up, but also for the higher-ups of the Qingzhu Sword Sect to come to him, because the higher-ups of the Qingzhu Sword Sect could not possibly be unaware that the inheritance of the Qingzhu True Man is hidden in the Cloud Mist Bamboo Realm.

Since he was able to emerge from the Cloud Bamboo Realm, it was a certainty in the eyes of the higher-ups that he would obtain the inheritance of True Immortal Qingzhu. Now, what he was worried about was how the higher-ups would treat him. Would they try to snatch his inheritance, or would they focus on cultivating him, or would they ignore him altogether?

However, those who wanted to seize the inheritance in his mind were mistaken. The higher the level of the cultivation technique, the more demanding the conditions for cultivation. Some require the assistance of a senior who cultivates the same technique, some require the guidance of certain special items, and some techniques can only be cultivated by one person in the entire void.

The water sphere he saw in the Cloud and Mist Bamboo Realm was a legacy bearing the will of True Man Qingzhu. Without that water sphere, even if one knew all the contents of the Cloud and Mist Illusion True Technique, one could not master this technique.

Moreover, Master Qingzhu placed a protective restriction in his mind, which not only prevented him from revealing the specific details of the Cloud Illusion True Technique, but also prevented others from obtaining the technique through soul searching. However, the price was his life.

Thinking about this, he suddenly realized that he seemed to be gradually forgetting what he had encountered in the Cloud and Mist Bamboo Realm, and he could no longer recall the details of many things.

He only remembered that he spent a long time inside, defeated some very troublesome enemies, and even encountered the mist shadow of Master Qingzhu.

"Mist Shadow?" Shen Xu frowned. Although he had forgotten many things, the name Mist Shadow still made him feel somewhat disgusted!

He guessed that this was a method used by the Cloud Mist Bamboo Realm to protect the contents of the trial from being leaked by those who left. He remembered that he had passed the Water Trial and also taken away the Water Inheritance.

So the Trial of Wood should be similar in form to the Trial of Water. For example, in the first stage, you should need to comprehend the essence of wood to pass, and then...

"What was it that I encountered in the first level? I can't remember most of what happened in the second and third levels either." Shen Xu rubbed his head, with many unresolved questions in his mind.

Forget it! Let's just forget about it!

Even if the sect's higher-ups asked, he could only say that he remembered what he was talking about. He had no obligation to provide a strategy guide for the next person to enter the Cloud Mist Bamboo Realm. He didn't have any strategy guide when he went in. If he hadn't been comprehending the meaning of water, he would definitely have died inside.

Moreover, Shen Xu guessed that the information about needing the Wood Meaning to pass the level was deliberately left to him by Wu Ying, so that he could reveal it to the outside world; otherwise, he definitely wouldn't have thought of it.

Just as Shen Xu was deep in thought, Wu Qi groggily sat up from the ground, rubbed his eyes, and looked around carefully.

"Shen Xu! What are you doing here? Is this the underworld? Did you come to pick me up? But why does it look so much like the scenery of Green Bamboo Peak? Am I dreaming?"

"It's almost the underworld, so why would we go there knowing we can't win? Are we stupid? And even if we were to fight, we should go to the Jiang family, not Shen Guangjian." Shen Xu asked, somewhat puzzled.

"So the underworld is this beautiful too?" Wu Qi murmured.

"Isn't it because I can't beat Jiang Mingcheng and his family? Shen Guangjian is their lackey, and he's so arrogant. Of course I can't just watch him break Senior Brother Lu's record so easily."

"And you have no right to criticize me. Don't you know perfectly well that you can't beat those elders, yet you still insult them?" Wu Qi retorted.

After hearing Wu Qi's words, Shen Xu fell silent.

"That's right, we're both idiots!"

"You can't beat the Jiang family, can you? How about I take you to fight them?" Shen Xu said calmly.

"Huh? This is the underworld! Could it be that Jiang Mingcheng and the others are all dead? No, that can't be right! How did I die? Shen Guangjian shouldn't have the guts to kill me!" Wu Qi sat on the ground, frowning, completely puzzled.

"Never mind that, do you know where Jiang Mingcheng lives?" Shen Xu asked Wu Qi.

"Huh? Something's getting weirder and weirder! Isn't this the Watchtower?" Wu Qi seemed to have fully woken up, looking at the surrounding scenery and then at Shen Xu in disbelief.

"Don't you think a place like the Cloud Mist Bamboo Realm could possibly trap me? I only cultivated there for a while!" Shen Xu said to Wu Qi with a smile.

"Shen Xu, you're not dead!!" Wu Qi's eyes widened instantly, and she took a few steps back, completely unable to believe what she was seeing.

"You're the one who's dead! Can't you say something auspicious?"

Wu Qi pinched his arm hard, and after realizing it was the real world, he said with tears in his eyes, "I knew you weren't dead."

"Alright, stop being so mushy. I can't die before I've bankrupted you."

"Come on, I'll treat you to dinner!" Wu Qi said excitedly.

Hearing Wu Qi's words, Shen Xu felt a warmth in his heart, and then felt that this scene seemed somewhat familiar.

"You have no idea how badly I ate every day during the months I was forced into the Cloud Bamboo Realm. Now I can finally taste the true flavor of the inner sect's dishes." Wu Qi touched his stomach with excitement in his eyes.

Shen Xu was also looking forward to it. He had been taking Bigu Pills in the Cloud Mist Bamboo Realm, and the taste of them... was indescribable.

Every time he put the fasting pill into his mouth, he had to think several times about the big meal he had eaten during the outer sect competition before he could barely swallow it.

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The dining hall of Qingzhu Peak is called Yuanweizhai. It not only provides meals for inner disciples, but also for elders. For example, the meal that Shen Xu and his group ate during the outer sect competition was a masterpiece of Yuanweizhai.

Sometimes, when some elders hunted powerful monsters, they would hand them over to the chefs at Yuanweizhai to cook. Most of the disciples present would then receive a bowl of meat soup made from the scraps, which was considered a perk from the elders.

When Shen Xu and Wu Qi arrived at Yuanweizhai hungry, they happened to witness this scene: a chef was handing out a free bowl of meat soup brimming with vitality to everyone dining at Yuanweizhai.

"Wow! Better late than never. Shen Xu, we're in for a treat today. It wouldn't hurt to have a bowl of monster meat soup to tide us over before we eat." After saying that, Wu Qi pulled Shen Xu to find a seat.

Before long, Shen Xu and Wu Qi received a bowl of hot meat soup. Looking at the cooked food in front of him, Shen Xu felt a little teary-eyed for some reason. He couldn't remember how long it had been since he had eaten real food.

During this period, he was either eating or on his way to eat every day. I'll say it again, he must not catch the person who made the fasting pill, otherwise he will definitely feed it the fasting pills it made itself for a year!

Shen Xu picked up the meat soup as if on a pilgrimage, then gently blew on the steam around the edge of the bowl to dissipate it. He took a small sip, and instantly felt every pore on his body open up. An indescribable feeling of comfort spread throughout his body, causing Shen Xu's body to tremble slightly.

And he immediately made a decision: if he ate another one of those fasting pills made by the alchemist, he would be a dog!

Looking at the meager amount of food on the table, Wu Qi said somewhat embarrassedly, "Shen Xu, please don't blame me. I used all the Qi-Nourishing Pills to improve my cultivation, so I'm really short of money!"

"If you knew what I ate in the Cloud and Mist Bamboo Realm, you wouldn't feel embarrassed." Shen Xu unceremoniously picked up the largest piece of meat with his chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Haha... Compared to fasting pills, these things are indeed like dragon liver and phoenix marrow." Wu Qi stopped being coy and began to taste them one by one.

Shen Xu enjoys the pleasure of filling his mouth and stomach with delicious food, while Wu Qi, coming from a prestigious family like the Wang family, naturally doesn't care much about filling his stomach.

Wu Qi enjoys tasting the flavors of different foods and then telling him what the advantages of each dish are and what went wrong with it.

This made Shen Xu think that Wu Qi would definitely be an excellent gourmet if he were on Earth.