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

Chapter 259 Two-faced Girl

After a while, Xiao Si opened her eyes, somewhat confused, but immediately met Shen Xu's cold gaze.

"Doesn't your mother have anything for you to explain to me?"

"My mother told me to apologize to you, Brother Shen. She also said she has something stored in the capital that should be enough to make up for your loss," Xiao Si replied weakly, avoiding Shen Xu's gaze.

"That would be for the best!" Shen Xu's voice was somewhat cold and sharp.

The vital energy he brought out was greatly depleted. In the chaotic Blood Central Realm, the vital energy in the jade bottle was one of his greatest reliance, especially since his vital energy vortex had not yet been fully repaired.

"Sister Qingxiang, may I speak with Brother Shen alone?" Xiaosi whispered to Lin Qingxiang beside her.

"Of course you can, Shen Xu, but you're not allowed to bully Xiao Si!" Lin Qingxiang threatened, making a fierce expression.

"Don't worry, I'm not interested in little girls," Shen Xu said with a hint of helplessness.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Si lowered her head even further. Seeing Xiao Si's reaction, Lin Qingxiang glared at Shen Xu again before opening the carriage curtain and stepping out of the carriage.

"Brother Shen, are you really from the same place as Mother?" Xiao Si asked impatiently after Lin Qingxiang left.

"Don't ask unnecessary questions."

“I’m sorry! My mother told me to go with you, Brother Shen, because she said you could take me back to her hometown.”

"I refuse! I've already done more than enough for you. I haven't even found a way back myself yet, so it's impossible for me to take you with me."

It seems that Huo Yan did not reveal the existence of the True Origin Continent to Xiao Si.

“But my mother said that if you don’t agree, Brother Shen, I can’t give you that thing,” Xiao Si said earnestly.

"Alright! Meeting you and your mother is my bad luck. I'm not taking you out with me. Keep your mother's things for yourself!"

Shen Xu thought Huo Yan was completely clueless. She herself might not even be able to walk out, yet she asked a stranger like him to take her daughter out.

Leaving aside whether he's willing or not, and without considering whether he has the ability.

“Brother Shen, Mother said that among the things she left behind was information for you. Every now and then, Mother would send the information she had gathered back to the capital.”

"It's not that I don't want to take you back, but I'm not even sure I can get back myself, so how can I agree to take you out with me!"

Huo Yan's intelligence was very attractive to him, as it could save him a lot of time. However, bringing Xiao Si back to the True Origin Continent for some intelligence was clearly a losing proposition.

"If I agree to give my mother's things to you, Brother Shen, could you promise to find a way to bring me over after you go back?" Xiao Si asked tentatively.

Upon hearing this, Shen Xu sensed something was amiss. Could this girl have been lying to him all along? If so, he would have to re-evaluate her.

"Xiao Si, can you tell me why you insist on going to my place? Isn't the Blood Central Realm your true home?"

"Brother Shen, I believe you know that my parents left me not long after I was born, so my grandfather doted on me very much."

However, this favoritism made my uncle's family see me as a thorn in their side. They were afraid that my grandfather would pass the position of family head to me, so they always treated me very badly.

My grandfather's health has been deteriorating lately. He knows that after he passes away, I will be bullied by my uncle's family. So he secured a place for me at Yunyang Academy by offering to give up his position.

Therefore, I have no attachment to the Blood Central Realm whatsoever, and I feel that since my mother hasn't come back to see me for so many years, she must have already gone back, and I want to go find her." Xiao Si's eyes were filled with determination as she looked at him.

"I understand how you feel, but I'll say it again, I don't have the ability to take you out."

"Don't you plan to take Sister Qingxiang back with you?" Xiaosi asked anxiously.

"Qingxiang and I are not in the kind of relationship you think we have, and I have no right to interfere in her life."

Moreover, my helping you was just a momentary act of kindness, and I didn't expect you to repay me in any way. Your mother didn't tell me that she left me anything as compensation; instead, she took a lot of my money.

I don't know what your mother said to you, but she certainly wouldn't dare to make any demands of me, because she knows your life is in my hands.

In other words, you and your daughter have both betrayed my trust and wasted my kindness. You may leave! Shen Xu's tone grew increasingly cold.

"Is it wrong for me to just want to go out and find my mother?" Xiaosi's eyes filled with tears.

"Of course you're right, but you shouldn't have come to me. I have no obligation to help you."

Seeing that Xiao Si didn't intend to get up, Shen Xu simply got up and prepared to get off the train. He didn't want to get entangled with Xiao Si any longer, which would only cause more trouble.

"Mother only asked you to take good care of me after you get that magical artifact, and the message was specifically left for you." Just as he was about to leave the carriage, Xiao Si suddenly said.

"Magical weapon?"

Shen Xu's heart skipped a beat, then he slowly sat back down in front of Xiao Si. "How do you want me to take care of you?"

"You must teach me the ancient methods."

“Sure!” Shen Xu readily agreed.

He had witnessed the power of magical artifacts, and now that a great opportunity was presented to him, how could he let it pass by? Besides, Xiao Si's conditions were not unreasonable.

Just then, Lin Qingxiang's voice came from outside the carriage, "The convoy is about to depart. If you're not finished by then, I'll go to Xixi's carriage."

"Sister Qingxiang, come on up! Brother Shen and I have finished talking."

"Xiao Si, what's wrong?" After entering the carriage, Lin Qingxiang glared at Shen Xu when she saw Xiao Si's red eyes.

"Sister Qingxiang, it has nothing to do with Brother Shen. I did something wrong," Xiaosi said softly.

"Shen Xu! Is this what you promised me—not to bully Xiao Si?"

"Qingxiang, can you be reasonable? Xiaosi clearly said it was her fault, why are you still holding a grudge against me!" Shen Xu felt helpless.

"No matter what, Xiaosi is still a child. How old are you to argue with a child?"

"How old am I?" Shen Xu was suddenly stunned.

He suddenly realized that the end of the year must be approaching again. Since Uncle Wang didn't know his exact birth date, he assumed that he would be a year older once the end of the year was over.

His current body should be almost eighteen years old.

However, he is destined not to be able to go back to spend the New Year with Uncle Wang and the two little ones. He wonders how they are doing at the Shen family's house.

"Xiao Si, don't you want to learn the ancient methods from me? I've been teaching you Qing Xiang's ancient methods recently. You can come here during the day and the two of you can learn together."

"Okay!" Xiao Si smiled sweetly.

Over the next few days, besides repairing the vortex of vital energy in his dantian, Shen Xu created a rich environment of vital energy in the carriage for Lin Qingxiang and Xiao Si to cultivate.

The two of them are still at a very low level. The amount of vital energy they absorb in a few days of cultivation is probably less than the amount of vital energy he circulates in one cycle.

Huo Yan left Xiao Si her own inheritance in the jade pendant and used his energy to remove the spiritual blood from her body. With the energy environment he created, Xiao Si's cultivation improved rapidly, and she reached the fourth level of Qi Nourishing in just a few days.

It should be noted that it took him nearly two months to reach this level in the Green Bamboo Sword Sect!

Lin Qingxiang's progress was slower because her cultivation talent and techniques were inferior to Xiao Si's, but she still reached the third level of Qi Nourishing.

This made Shen Xu sigh that the talent for cultivation was truly unreasonable.

He could understand why Xiao Si had such high talent for cultivation, after all, she was the daughter of the Sword Saint's disciple.

But Lin Qingxiang's high talent for cultivation was beyond his comprehension. In the end, he could only conclude that Lin Qingxiang was probably a genius like Yang Qiqi, a rare find among ordinary people.