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

Chapter 538 Fragile Friendship

"Why is it you, Qingyun? Didn't you say you were trapped in the Lanchuan Domain?" Lu Qingfeng asked, somewhat puzzled, as he approached Qingyun.

"This is a long story. The most important thing now is to relocate the people of Hundred Flowers City. Goddess Peak may be completely unsealed." Qingyun looked at Goddess Peak in the distance.

"What exactly is the Sword Alliance's attitude towards Goddess Peak?" Lü Qingfeng couldn't help but ask.

"It's hard to verify what happened ten thousand years ago. As long as the goddess doesn't do anything harmful to the Xingchuan region, the Sword Alliance can allow her to return. Unfortunately, the Song family never believed in this."

"What about the Crimson Origin Sect..."

"The Song family reported that True Man Yanyang was colluding with the demonic path. Venerable Chiyuan has taken over the Chiyuan Sect, and their Flying Cloud Boat will soon arrive in Hundred Flowers City."

"I see." Lü Qingfeng chuckled, admiring Yan Yang's shrewd plan.

Even so, the Song family could no longer control the Crimson Origin Sect, and the founding families of the five fifth-grade sects of the Four Directions Sword Alliance had all withdrawn from the stage of history.

He didn't think it was a coincidence.

Where is Shen Xu?

Qingyun felt a tightness in her chest whenever she thought of Shen Xu. She had finally found an opportunity to live alone with Shen Xu, but she only returned to Baihua City today.

What was originally a triumphant return home has turned into a scene of utter devastation.

"I don't know either," Lü Qingfeng replied quietly.

"Qingyun... Qingyun..." At this moment, a voice filled with sobs reached their ears from afar.

The moment Qingyun saw the girl, her gaze sharpened, and she said to the person blocking the girl, "Let her come over."

The moment Qing Ning arrived at Qing Yun's side, she knelt down and pleaded, "Qing Yun, I beg you, please save my sister!"

"Qing Ning, what are you doing!" Qing Yun hurriedly tried to help Qing Ning up.

But Qing Ning remained kneeling and refused to get up. With tears streaming down her face, she choked out, "Qing Yun... you are a big shot now. I know... I know I only have one chance in my life to ask you for help."

"You must save my sister, otherwise I won't be able to continue living." After saying this, Qing Ning kowtowed heavily to Qing Yun.

Qingyun squatted down and said softly, "Qingning, you are my friend, so I will definitely help you."

But before that, you should tell me where your sister is? And what happened to her?

"You can't go back on your word!"

Just as Qingyun was about to agree, Lü Qingfeng interrupted her: "I understand your friendship with Lady Aoki, but Lady Aoki now represents more than just herself."

If anything happens to her, the entire Sword Alliance will suffer as a result.

Therefore, it would be best if this young lady first explained what danger her sister had encountered.

Qing Ning gritted her teeth and clenched her fists. "I know I'm selfish, but I really have no other choice."

My sister is the newly chosen Flower Maiden. She's been taken to Goddess Peak. I hope Qingyun can rescue her; I'm willing to pay any price for it.

Qing Ning looked up at Qing Yun with a resolute expression.

"Impossible!" Lü Qingfeng refused without hesitation.

“Besides the Daughter of a Hundred Flowers, only the four clans of Hundred Flowers City and the Song family can enter the Temple of a Hundred Flowers. Even if you go to Goddess Peak, Qingyun, you still won’t be able to enter the temple.” At this moment, Bailu came to the side of the two.

"Bai Lu, how did you know...?"

"I know much more than Elder Lü thinks."

"Besides, Shen Xu is probably on Goddess Peak right now. Did you trick him into coming to Hundred Flowers City just to put him in danger?"

"If that's the case, then what you and I did doesn't seem to be that different." Bai Lu coldly looked at the mask on Qing Yun's face.

"I never expected this to happen." All the flowers on Qingyun's mask withered.

"Where Shen Xu goes is his own choice, and we have no right to interfere. The current goal is to relocate the people in Hundred Flowers City, and Qingyun will be indispensable in this matter."

"Qingyun, you must prioritize the overall situation and distinguish between what is important and what is urgent," Lü Qingfeng advised again.

Looking at Qing Ning, who was still kneeling on the ground with despair on her face, Qing Yun was filled with hesitation.

“The City of Hundred Flowers needs you more now. With you here, the City of Hundred Flowers will not be in chaos. The current disaster is probably just the prelude!” Bai Lu looked at the huge rift on Goddess Peak.

“Your sister became the Daughter of a Hundred Flowers voluntarily. No one forced her. It was all her own choice,” Bai Lu said to Qing Ning with a hint of guilt.

"Where is Jiaojiao? Why didn't she come to Hundred Flowers City with you?" Bailu asked, knowing how important the Qiling White Crane was to Shen Xu at this time.

Qingyun's eyes dimmed. "I lost it."

……

Goddess Peak, Temple of a Hundred Flowers.

The exotic flowers and plants around Shen Xu, nourished by souls, seemed to have been summoned from ancient times, and instantly grew and bloomed wildly!

The petals, fully unfurled, are vibrant and glistening with color, emitting an intensely rich and lingering fragrance that creates a visible, colorful mist.

Such a huge shock from the outside world could not have gone unnoticed by Shen Xu, who was on Goddess Peak.

However, he no longer has the extra energy to think about other things.

His neck felt as if it were being gripped by an invisible giant hand, and the gasps that escaped from his rising and falling chest were intermittent.

His head was incredibly dizzy, his unfocused pupils were clouded with a layer of gray, blood seeped from between his lips, and his right hand, hanging limply to the ground, was still convulsing slightly, his knuckles turning bluish-white.

But he was now unable to think about the pain in his body; his entire mind was occupied by the crystal lotus flower connected by countless threads of soul.

The crack running through the glass lotus gradually began to heal under the eerie red light of the love flower, and its radiance grew ever more intense.

The Crystal Lotus is currently in a very special state. On the surface, it has basically recovered and has gradually left his soul.

But Shen Xu knew it was all an illusion.

The cracks had not fully healed, and the connection between the Crystal Lotus and his soul remained unbreakable.

Most importantly, the love flower on his body is incomplete, destined to be unable to fully repair that crack.

A cracked crystal lotus will connect with his soul.

If he severs his connection with the soul threads now, the Crystal Lotus is destined to return to his soul once more.

Without the soul threads to mend it, the Crystal Lotus was destined to be unable to maintain a complete form, and its explosion within his soul was almost inevitable.

So all he had left was to grit his teeth and persevere, waiting for the last Flower Maiden to return to her position.

Just as the spirit said, when the heavenly secrets were in chaos after the goddess's return, he could try to take action against the Crystal Heart Lotus, which only had half a crack left.

Meanwhile, the palace spirit, who had been keeping a close eye on Shen Xu's condition, breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing about Shen Xu's state.

It would be best if Shen Xu could hold on, since she had prepared to forcibly intercept the Pure Spirit White Lotus from the beginning, but the price to pay for that would be too high.

However, she was quite surprised that the young man in front of her could persevere through the torrent of souls accumulated in the temple over thousands of years.

This made her sigh that the goddess's return was indeed the will of Heaven.

How could a mortal body be qualified to be the vessel for the newborn spirit of the goddess? Only the pure white lotus, a naturally occurring divine object, can hold the goddess's holy soul.

Now, all that is needed is the arrival of the last Flower Maiden, and the goddess will descend upon the world once more, bringing light and life back to the earth.