bookrebus Chapter 25 The Wind Moves
Chapter 25 The Wind Moves
The Cloud Sea and Jade Sky is composed of countless floating islands, and the Shangyuan Secret Realm is just one known secret realm that appeared on a floating island in the east.
Apart from a few other known sky island secret realms, these are just the tip of the iceberg in the Cloud Sea Jade Sky.
Liu Xingxing was somewhat hesitant. Other places were not described in the novel, and few people in this world had ever been there. The level of danger was also unknown. Even powerful figures from all walks of life would not dare to venture there easily, so it was really not worth it for her to take the risk.
Although Liu Jun has few rivals in the cultivation world, who knows when she might run into some evil thing imprisoned or left behind by some big shot in the immortal or divine realm?
"Forget it, I'm a coward, I'm not going."
Liu Xingxing casually plucked a handful of leaves, clutched them in her hand, and began to tear them apart, her mood growing increasingly unpleasant.
The gray sky seemed to have darkened a bit, which meant that the opening of the city must be imminent.
"Little snake, let's go back."
She was met with silence.
"A little snake?"
Liu Xingxing looked around and saw only a vast expanse of white.
"Damn! Could it be another illusion?"
Liu Xingxing felt irritated again.
"They just burned one down and another one comes!"
But this time, Liu Xingxing felt no discomfort at all, and even a fleeting sense of familiarity.
Liu Xingxing had a bad feeling. Could it be that she had triggered some kind of melodramatic hidden plot?
The scene shifts, and Liu Xingxing suddenly finds herself in a picturesque landscape.
A stone-paved path stretched out before me, with two rows of unidentified trees planted along the sides, and large patches of delicate orchids blooming freely beneath them.
At the end of the road was a simple little house, with a simple swing set up under a big tree next to it.
A gust of wind blew by, and Liu Xingxing's eyes were a little blurry. She raised her hand to shield them, and when she opened her eyes again, she saw a figure standing in front of the house.
Dressed in white, his eyes gentle and warm, a breeze ruffled his clothes, causing his waist-length silver hair to flutter as he gazed at her with a soft smile.
The leaves rustled incessantly in the wind, and Liu Xingxing was once again captivated.
At that moment, only one sentence remained in her mind: Holy crap, a handsome white-haired guy!
"Xing'er, you're back."
A single sentence carried on the wind to her ears. One second Liu Xingxing was still bewildered and amazed, the next she was terrified, as if she had just watched a horror movie.
Liu Xingxing: =????(??? ????)?
Holy crap, what did he just call me? Xing'er!
Why Xing'er of all people! Why not Liu Jun! Why not Jun'er?!
"What did you call me?"
Liu Xingxing looked incredulous, wondering if there was something wrong with her ears.
"Xing'er, I have been waiting for you for a long time."
Holy crap, what a ridiculous opening line!
"No, no, no, no! Big brother, calm down first, and I need to calm down too!"
Countless melodramatic scenarios flashed through Liu Xingxing's mind in an instant, and she made a plan.
Liu Xingxing tentatively approached, her gaze constantly scrutinizing the stunningly beautiful goddess with her extraordinary and otherworldly appearance.
"What's your name, sir/madam... handsome guy?"
"Xing'er, don't you remember me?"
A hint of disappointment flashed in Xuan Yin's eyes, and his tone carried a slight sense of grievance.
Liu Xingxing wanted to remember, but with her twenty-seven years of memories plus five thousand one hundred and eighty-seven years, she simply couldn't figure out what connection she had with this person.
When Liu Xingxing was eight years old, her parents divorced, and the court awarded custody to her father. Her father was always busy with his business and rarely cared about her well-being except for giving her money. However, a few years later, her father's business failed, and he began to drink heavily. On Liu Xingxing's sixteenth birthday, he had a drunk driving accident. Her mother never came to see her again until her twenty-seventh birthday...
Needless to say, Liu Jun is still single after more than five thousand years, and there's never been any talk of him having a mysterious Daoist partner.
"In 5,214 years, I don't remember ever meeting you," Liu Xingxing said bluntly.
"Xing'er..."
Xuan Yin did not answer her, but slowly reached out his hand, wanting to touch her eyebrows and eyes.
Liu Xingxing looked at him blankly, turned her head away, and took a half step back.
This person is good-looking, but there's no way to communicate with them, and they have a habit of hitting people.
"Brother, don't you want to explain the current situation?"
She was just walking along and suddenly found herself here.
What if the market closes even a little later?
How could she, the dignified Patriarch of Qingjun, possibly spend the night outdoors? That's unacceptable!
“A wisp of my divine breath rests here, never expecting that someone would stray into it.”
Xuan Yin's gaze was intense: "However... only you could get in here."
Liu Xingxing felt a little embarrassed by the handsome white-haired man's direct gaze, and promptly changed the subject: "We used to be... very close?"
Don't tell me she has some kind of impressive identity, that would be absolutely ridiculous!
Xuan Yin remained silent for a while, then looked up at the void, before giving her a complicated look.
"It's time for you to go back."
Liu Xingxing was confused again. Could it be that her level was not high enough to unlock the subsequent plot?
As expected, this person was impossible to communicate with, and his words were always incoherent. Liu Xingxing sighed.
"Never mind, how am I supposed to get back?"
"Just pick one orchid."
"It's that simple?"
This is so simple and unadorned.
"Ah."
Liu Xingxing walked over with a suspicious look and squatted down. She picked a special four-petaled orchid. Before picking it, Liu Xingxing picked up a pebble and pressed down a few communication talismans on the ground, but Xuan Yin did not see her actions.
As soon as the orchid was picked, she felt dizzy again, and Liu Xingxing, who was outside, slowly woke up.
Seeing that the person had left, Xuan Yin noticed the talisman paper lying on the ground. With a flick of his finger, the talisman paper fell into his hand.
Sensing the aura emanating from the talisman, Xuan Yin's emotions, which he had been desperately suppressing, finally came to light at this moment.
It's been too long...too long, so long that he's almost forgotten.
He finally found her.
……
"hiss!"
My head is throbbing with pain.
"Damn! You're finally awake! How come you're so weak and keep fainting? You were pretty capable back when you were taking me in!"
The little snake standing nearby started talking incessantly again.
Hearing the familiar voice, Liu Xingxing looked around in confusion, then knew that she had returned, and in her palm lay the four-petaled orchid she had just picked.
The little snake got angry when it saw that Liu Xingxing wasn't listening at all: "Hey, I'm talking to you, are you even listening!"
Liu Xingxing glanced at it: "How dare you talk to your master like that? From now on, I'll deduct half of your spirit stones. You've spoiled me!"
"Damn, that's not fair of you. I've been waiting for you for ages..."
The little snake was still whimpering when it saw what Liu Xingxing was holding, and its eyes lit up as it immediately came closer.
"Master, master, where did you get this?"
Liu Xingxing looked at the orchid in her hand with a puzzled expression: "You recognize it?"
"This is called 'Flowing Leaf Star Orchid'. Human cultivators who eat it can cleanse their marrow and transform themselves. Just a small petal can bring about a complete metamorphosis. How did you find it, Master?"
The little snake shook its head, drool dripping from its mouth onto the ground.
As expected, its master still cares about it. As long as it eats the Flowing Leaf Star Orchid, it can transform several more layers, bringing it one step closer to becoming a celestial beast!
Upon hearing the words "marrow cleansing," Liu Xingxing immediately felt her backache and leg pain disappear. If she had known earlier that this was a good thing, she would have taken all the land; there was still a large area there, what a pity.
However, if even a small piece of this stuff has such an effect, Liu Xingxing might not be able to handle it if she were given the whole piece. She would probably have to sleep with one eye open and one eye closed.
It seems she's reached a high-level dungeon.
However, Liu Xingxing looked at the little snake with an inscrutable expression: "How do you know about this thing?"
The little snake choked for a moment. Should it reveal what it was?
But if I tell her, she might retaliate, and that would implicate me. Forget it, I'm too scared to even think about it.
"I heard it from a passing mythical beast a long time ago."
"really?"
"really!"
"That's good."
Liu Xingxing put it back into her sea of consciousness and casually patted off the withered leaves that had fallen on her.
"Then..." Can I have it now?
"Don't worry about it, I have a use for this."
Liu Xingxing mercilessly exposed its little scheme.
"Hmph, stingy! Fine, don't give it to me then!"
The little snake angrily turned its head away.
"Tsk, what a temper. I wonder where she learned it from."
"Na."
Liu Xingxing tossed a pill over, and the little snake instinctively caught it with its tail, but didn't eat it immediately.
"Don't think you can get away with just giving me a worthless pill!"
Liu Xingxing said nonchalantly, "A seventh-grade high-quality Spirit Gathering Pill is something even a Nascent Soul cultivator might not be able to obtain. What, are you still complaining?"
The little snake's eyes lit up again. It hurriedly swallowed the pill and darted back into the ring.
Liu Xingxing smiled and shook her head, ignoring it, and took out the leaf flying device to fly towards Rumu City.
As night fell, Liu Xingxing flew into Rumu City at the last minute. She went to the same restaurant as before, but this time all the top rooms were occupied, so Liu Xingxing had to settle for a regular room.