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

Chapter 218 Blue Drizzle

As he branded the last towering ancient tree in the forest, he could feel countless hearts slowly beating throughout the entire forest.

But he was too tired. The exhaustion of his soul tormented him. Every time he forced himself to use the power of wood, he had a premonition that he would faint in the next moment.

But he knew that there were still many ancient trees in this forest waiting for him to save them, and he absolutely could not stop.

Even so, he couldn't save all the ancient trees; probably dozens of towering ancient trees lost their lives forever.

He knew he could have saved them if he hadn't wasted that time.

Thinking of this, Shen Xu collapsed into the ancient forest.

Just after he fainted, as his heartbeats rang out, the entire ancient forest seemed to come alive, beginning to beat slowly in the same rhythm.

Gradually, only one sound remained in the entire ancient forest—a silent heartbeat, yet more like a rhythmic beat.

This rhythm and the flow of vital energy resonate with each other, allowing the entire ancient forest to begin to integrate into the vital energy cycle of the entire Qingling Creek.

During this process, countless streams of vital energy flowed out from the Qingling Creek and were then absorbed by the ancient forest.

However, the ancient forest absorbs only a part of it. Most of the vital energy, after being imbued with the vitality of the many ancient trees, is transformed into wisps of pale blue vital energy containing moisture.

These pale blue primordial energies eventually rose through the leaves on the tree canopy into the sky above Qingling Creek, forming pale blue primordial energy clouds.

The blue clouds in the sky collided with each other, and a misty blue drizzle fell. The drizzle fell gently from the pale blue clouds, creating a scene of exquisite beauty from afar.

The vibrant, light rain nourishes the land across the Qingling River, causing all kinds of flowers, grasses, and trees to grow wildly.

The flowers that were already in full bloom became even more vibrant and eye-catching, with larger and brighter petals. The fruits on various fruit trees also began to be infused with vitality by the tree trunks, and one could feel the rich life force within them with just a glance.

When the three women returned from outside, they were immediately shocked by the scene before them. The spiritual energy in the entire Qingling Creek was so dense that it was practically dripping water, and it was all vibrant, azure spiritual energy.

"What exactly happened here?" Bai Lu caught the drizzle in her hand, but the bluish drizzle didn't wet her palm at all. Instead, it turned into wisps of bluish mist from her palm and then disappeared.

“Miss, look over there!” Guan Bi pointed in the direction of the ancient forest.

Bai Lu and Li Xiaoyi followed Guan Bi's finger and looked up at the sky above the ancient forest. They saw wisps of blue mist rising from the treetops into the sky, forming pale blue clouds that slowly drifted up to the sky above their heads.

"Are you selling Bailu?" Li Xiaoyi suddenly asked.

"I'd rather die than sell it," Bai Lu murmured.

“Let’s go ask Shen Xu! He must have been behind all of this,” Guan Bi suggested.

When the three women found Shen Xu unconscious in the ancient forest, they all fell silent.

Guan Bi hurriedly went to Shen Xu's side to check his body, then breathed a sigh of relief and said to the two of them, "It's nothing serious, he's probably just too tired."

“I’ll take Shen Xu back this time!” Guan Bi said.

Following behind the two, Guan Bi felt Shen Xu's even breathing behind her and couldn't help but sigh in her heart, "Why not just save most of them? Why save every single one? Are you this kind to everyone?"

Shen Xu sat up abruptly, his forehead covered in cold sweat. He touched his body and found that he was still perfectly fine, then realized that he seemed to have had a nightmare.

He dreamed again that he had become a black seed, but this time he did not grow up smoothly. Instead, he was struck by lightning and turned into charred remains. The feeling of despair and resentment was so real that he couldn't help but wonder if he had really experienced everything in the dream.

But what truly made him despair was that, perhaps because of his intense use of the Wood Intent these past few days, the emptiness in his soul had grown even larger, like a bottomless black hole slowly swirling in the gray mist of his soul.

With a deep sigh, Shen Xu got up and went to the ancient forest outside. Compared with before, the condition of the ancient forest was much better. The originally yellowish-green leaves were gradually turning green. He could feel the joy of the entire ancient forest, a joy of being reborn.

With his eyes closed, Shen Xu saw a blue ball of light appear in his consciousness. It was the collective consciousness of the entire ancient forest. As his consciousness drew closer, the blue ball of consciousness conveyed a sense of closeness and submission to him.

However, Shen Xu does not intend to communicate with it now, because it is still too weak and its intelligence is not even comparable to that of ordinary wild beasts. It can only act according to its instincts.

However, he also believed that as the ancient forest recovered and grew, that consciousness would also continue to grow, and eventually it would definitely reach the point where it could actively communicate with him.

Moreover, he discovered this the first time he resonated with the ancient forest. During the resonance, his cultivation level improved rapidly, and his vital energy surged into his dantian at a rate almost ten times faster than his usual cultivation rate.

It's a pity he didn't cultivate a wood-based technique, otherwise that number would have increased considerably.

With such an incredible environment, even if Bai Lu were to drive him away now, he would have to kneel down and beg her to let him stay. He even considered staying in the ancient forest without eating or drinking and breaking through to the Qi Sea Realm.

He had been at the Four Directions Sword Alliance for so many days now, but had not yet received what was due to him, which made him complain that the Heavenly River Society was really slow!

Moreover, he only has a superficial understanding of the entire Four Directions Sword Alliance. Although he is currently inside Tianjian Mountain, he has never left Qingling Creek.

"Should we go out and take a look?"

The thought suddenly popped into Shen Xu's mind. Although he didn't even have the identity jade token of the Four Directions Sword Alliance, he was indeed a newly recruited disciple of the Four Directions Sword Alliance.

Just do it!

After crossing the stone bridge, Shen Xu was somewhat bewildered as he looked at the two pavilions with different shapes in front of him.

He remembered that there was only a white pavilion in front of him, but suddenly there was another warm yellow two-story pavilion, decorated with many golden sunflowers, which made people feel warm at first glance. Even the area in front of the pavilion was paved with warm jade stone slabs.

Judging from the shape of the pavilion, it seemed to resemble the Min Pavilion. Shen Xu did know that Li Xiaoyi was also moving in, but the efficiency was too fast.

Moreover, Shen Xu remembered that Li Xiaoyi's residence in Tianjian City was not in this style. Could it be that after visiting the Min Pavilion a few times, her personality changed under the influence of the witch?

"The power of the witch is terrifying!" Shen Xu couldn't help but exclaim.

"Damn! What's going on?" Shen Xu was stunned as he looked at the light blue rain falling in front of him.

But when he saw the sky above the ancient forest, he immediately understood what had happened.

"Is this also the effect of branding?" Shen Xu murmured.