Chapter 66: Who is the person destined for us across three lifetimes?
The first treasure to sense Hua Shalan was actually the fish-shaped jade bottle belonging to Junior Uncle.
She flew northwest for an hour, and the other two treasures also sensed Hua Shalan.
However, at this point, the fish-shaped jade bottle was no longer pointing in the right direction, while the other two treasures were consistently and firmly pointing in the same direction.
Then, getting closer, even the golden jewels and precious stones from her master were no longer effective. Only the light green bamboo flute that Mo Shubai had given her still provided subtle guidance through countless strands of spiritual energy.
They tracked them down for over an hour.
Suddenly, the sky darkened abruptly, and it became completely dark.
Strangely enough, Hua Shalan suddenly flew towards her. Song Chi hesitated for a moment, wondering if the Immortal Soul Grass was located in her direction.
Then she could sit down and rest, waiting for the opportune moment.
But to everyone's surprise, Hua Shalan only flew in that direction for a quarter of an hour before suddenly turning north. And he ran incredibly fast, as if something was waiting for him ahead.
Song Chi immediately jumped up and chased after him. She suspected that the poison covering Hua Shalan's body had helped him sense the direction of the Immortal Soul Flower. At this moment, Hua Shalan must have thought that he had found his destined cultivation partner and was flying away with endless excitement, eager to possess everything about the other.
That's what the book says. Hua Shalan suddenly let out a chilling, low laugh, then his face revealed a crazed and dangerous expression. Soon, he turned into a wisp of green smoke and swiftly headed north.
Song Chi always felt that anyone who caught this person's eye, especially those supposedly destined partners for three lifetimes of cultivation, was truly in deep trouble.
She will definitely be locked up like a canary by this person, and she will never be able to escape from this person's grasp for the rest of her life.
It's terrifying to think about. If it weren't for that Immortal Soul Grass, Song Chi would never have come near a single hair on Hua Sha Lan's head!
So why couldn't those ascended beings choose a normal person to find the Immortal Soul Grass?
Song Chi cursed inwardly, but his pace didn't slow down at all. He was going to use the Instantaneous Movement Technique that he had been practicing relentlessly for the past three years. If he didn't catch up with Hua Shalan, he would change his mind.
After Hua Shalan fell into the secret realm, she waited in the same spot for one or two hours.
If his guess is correct, Song Chi will soon be tracking him to his location. She has placed three tracking treasures around him at once, showing her great care.
How could he possibly go against her wishes?
In fact, on the first day Song Chi visited Wen Xiujin, the two only exchanged a brief glance, but Hua Shalan keenly realized that Song Chi cared about him a lot.
Although his purpose was unclear, in fact, at this point he still did not know what Song Chi's purpose was, and why he had gone to such lengths to get close to him.
But during the Immortal Alliance Grand Competition, that clean, upturned face with slightly closed eyes had already left a deep impression on his heart. That purity and innocence was one of the beautiful things in this world that he wanted to deeply grasp.
Of course, within the Golden Core Secret Realm, when he obtained the Joyful Union Technique from the Flying Immortal Palace to remove the curse and poison from him, he had only slightly activated the technique to circulate through a few acupoints when the white-robed figure in the corner showed a slight agitation in his blood.
But when he walked to Song Chi's side, the sensation vanished without a trace.
But without a doubt, this was the only feeling he had ever had in all the years he had been searching for since then.
He was still pondering how to approach Song Chi and win her favor. Or perhaps, once he was stronger enough, he could kidnap her and possess her completely—that wouldn't be out of the question either.
Therefore, he is still observing and waiting in secret.
But he never expected that Song Chi would actually approach him, trying to fall into his trap.
This joy was so intense that the throbbing pain in his veins, which had been throbbing like maggots in the bones, had lessened considerably in the past two days. He thought, how could someone as gentle as him not satisfy her? If he could win her heart without forcibly taking her away, that would be the best outcome. He wanted to be a good person, not a villain who stood against everyone.
He waited patiently in place for two hours. He sensed Song Chi slowing down as he rushed towards him. Oh, I forgot to mention, he did the same thing when she cast a tracking spell on him. But Song Chi was clearly oblivious.
Seeing that she had been running at full speed for two hours, she must be quite tired.
Never mind, why should she go through all that trouble to find him? He can just go and greet her.
Hua Shalan had only flown southeast for a quarter of an hour when suddenly the toxins in his body became restless as if they had smelled some kind of ultimate delicacy. They forgot to corrode his meridians and instead rushed towards a certain direction in the due north, wishing they could leave his body immediately.
Hua Shalan couldn't help but sigh softly at the unprecedented, brief peace and tranquility her body enjoyed without any pain.
He glanced deeply towards the southeast, and as the poison began to torment his meridians again, he resolutely headed north.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, he fears that the person he is truly destined to be with in three lifetimes awaits him to the north.
What a pity. He had originally wanted to possess the pure and beautiful image of that white figure, until everything she had belonged to him.
But it doesn't matter. Seeing that Song Chi, who had stopped to rest, was now chasing after him again.
Hua Shalan suppressed a delighted laugh from the bottom of his heart. He then pondered for a moment how to enjoy this "blessing of having multiple wives".
He couldn't let go of the person destined for him across three lifetimes. Without curing this poison, he'd only live for two hundred years at most. And with that person following him, he naturally didn't want to miss out either.
Therefore, Hua Shalan did not sever the tracking spiritual power that Song Chi was entwining around him.
Thus, after a night and a day, Hua Shalan only occasionally stopped her journey. This was because there were three or four bursts of poisonous fog along the way, as well as four or five instances of eerie formations where ghostly figures appeared, creating a chilling atmosphere.
These thoughts sent a chill down Hua Shalan's spine. It was because the evil spirits recorded in his ancestors had indeed appeared in the mortal realm during this prosperous era of ascension.
However, according to family tradition, these evil spirits were sealed in several spiritual realms by the previous generation of ascendants, preventing them from venturing out to wreak havoc on the mortal world. And indeed it was so, except that the sealing location was such a secret realm that Hua Shalan couldn't bring himself to utter a single word of praise.
It seems that the destined person to unseal the Flying Immortal Platform is indeed, as recorded, bound to defeat the evil spirits in order to bring eternal peace to the human world and pave the way for ascension to immortality. This is their life's mission.
As for him, his interest in ascending to immortality was negligible. Ever since the curse and poison from his ancestors manifested at birth in his generation, his coming out of seclusion was merely to remove the toxins from his body.
He had better make sure that woman, with whom he was destined to cultivate for three lifetimes, lives well in this world so he can find her. Otherwise, he won't let her go even in the afterlife.
Of course. They were able to penetrate the layers of poisonous fog and evil formations, and relentlessly pursue Song Chi.
Although her head was covered in a thick layer of toxic fumes and her clothes were tattered, making her look rather miserable and no longer the beautiful woman she once was.
However, Hua Shalan did develop a genuine sense of pity for her unwavering determination to pursue him.
As long as she gives him her whole heart, he will protect her for the rest of his life. He will give her everything she desires, except for other men. Even the Ascension Tokens—if she wishes to ascend to immortality, he has the ability to seize two and ascend with her.
Of course, Hua Shalan guessed that Song Chi's pursuit of him must have another purpose. Moreover, her sincerity could be seen from the emotionless sound of her zither. This was precisely what made Hua Shalan even more concerned about her. How moving it would be if someone so heartless were to truly fall for him.
Of course, he might be more interested if she remained unmoved. He enjoys challenging prey.
With this in mind, after several encounters with those poisonous fog formations, he did indeed wait a little while for Song Chi, lest she lose him.
However, with the person who had aggravated his poisonous state so close at hand in the depths of the dense forest and swamp ahead, Hua Shalan hesitated slightly. Was it really a good idea to let the two meet like this?
Hua Shalan glanced back at Song Chi, who had lost his way and turned deathly pale. He smiled silently.
Fine, he'll come and see how the meeting between the two goes. According to ancestral records, the curse of their clan means that the person destined to cultivate the Joyful Union Technique with him for three lifetimes will fall in love with him the moment they see him.
I wonder who will be jealous of him later. Song Chi? That seems unlikely.
He will definitely treat his destined one with great affection and see how Song Chi reacts.
Thinking this through, Hua Shalan couldn't help but smile silently again. Then, with a flick of his spiritual energy, he revealed his form for a fleeting moment before disappearing like smoke into the depths of the forest.
Song Chi watched as a green shadow flashed and flew lightly into the forest like a drifting catkin.
While I breathed a sigh of relief, I couldn't help but grind my teeth a little.
Heaven knows how many hardships and dangers she went through along the way, just to keep from losing Hua Shalan for a whole day and night.
Hua Shalan must have known all along that she was tracking him. When she encountered the poisonous fog and was almost poisoned to the point of turning her face blue and purple, and rushed out in a daze, she could still hear his unique, seemingly melodious but actually infuriating low laughter from the distant woods.
If it weren't for Song Yun's antidote pills and the occasional poison pills thrown into the poisonous fog to fight poison with poison, she would have been poisoned to death in those demonic fogs.
Furthermore, if it weren't for the divination method of the immortal who escaped, she certainly wouldn't have been able to break through those evil formations caused by evil spirits.
In fact, she almost lost track of Hua Shalan twice. It was only when she was in a panic that this kid suddenly reappeared from afar, waving his green fan and laughing like a rotten tomato, that she was able to catch up with him again.
Moreover, Hua Shalan's escape speed was indeed strangely fast, even estimated to be faster than Qi Zhenmo's.
Every time he appeared, the meaning flashing in his bright eyes was clear: if she wasn't strong enough and couldn't catch up, he would definitely abandon her.
This kid really only likes the strong. I guess in his worldview, the weak have no value whatsoever.
While desperately pursuing him, Song Chi secretly thought that these three years had indeed not been in vain. Despite swallowing Qi-restoring pills all the way and suffering from throbbing pain in her meridians, she still managed to keep this bastard from leaving after a day and a night.
Upon seeing Hua Shalan appear, he gracefully leaped into the depths of the forest. He had completely erased the aura of her spiritual treasure from his body; indeed, it had been incredibly easy for him to abandon her whenever he wanted.
These people from so-called reclusive immortal sects are indeed so deep that they're annoying.
But judging from her ability to track him for a day and a night, Hua Shalan condescended to show himself and let her catch up.
The landing point was crystal clear; catching up wouldn't be difficult for her. Song Chi, without hesitation, instantly teleported and plunged into the forest.
Good heavens, this kid really was worried she wouldn't be able to find him. He left faint spiritual energy footprints along the way, but the energy was quickly dissipating with the wind. She could only continue swallowing Qi-restoring pills and chase after him without daring to miss a single step.
They ran for another hour or so from nightfall until the moon rose long ago, and then gradually disappeared behind layers of mist.
Deep in the dark forest, Hua Shalan, dressed in green, could be seen clearly. However, a faint light, seemingly a barrier or not, shone in front of him, illuminating his figure.
However, the boy's expression was absolutely unpleasant, his eyes filled with apprehension and displeasure.
Song Chi had initially thought the barrier was blocking him, and was about to turn his back to perform divination.
But then, Hua Shalan swiftly deployed several light green array flags with exceptionally rich wood elemental power around the mist. Immediately, the mist dispersed and rapidly scattered into the surrounding forest. Song Chi felt as if he were enveloped in bubbles, and with a slight pop, he was pulled into the mist barrier.
Hearing his movement, Hua Shalan turned around and glanced at her briefly. Then, a strange and sinister light flashed in his eyes, and with a flick of his fan, he parted the dense branches and gracefully stepped into the misty forest.
Song Chi naturally followed suit.
Given Hua Shalan's inexplicably gloomy expression at this moment, they followed her at a certain distance.
She assumed the person was suffering from the poison and in extreme pain, hence their irritability. Therefore, she decided to avoid troubling them.
But in fact, she was overthinking it.
Hua Shalan, whose body was riddled with poison, was overjoyed and had no intention of tormenting him. Therefore, this was a rare moment of relaxation for him in many years.
What truly displeased him was this celestial mist barrier, an ancient bewitching array. According to ancestral records, only three or four reclusive families in the entire cultivation world had inherited this ancient immortal technique. In fact, the Hua family were descendants of the previous generation's ascended immortal, and the other three families were the same.
Among them, the Xi family of the Tianji Sect possesses considerable strength. The Hua family had previously interacted with them. A member of the Xi family has also emerged in this generation; if Hua Shalan's guess is correct, it's the young man named Qi Zhenmo, who has a good relationship with Song Chi. His sinister aura and arrogant spirit clearly reflect the Xi family tradition. He views all cultivators in the cultivation world as worthless, and that arrogance is almost ingrained in his bones.
Some even looked down on the Hua family's Wood Spirit Immortal Technique, saying that if they continued to cultivate it, the Hua family's heir would go insane.
There are two other families, but it seems their lineage ended as early as 50,000 years ago. The Hua family had previously sent people to search for them, but they had lost track of those two families 50,000 years ago.
I thought that these two clans had failed to fulfill their mission of continuing their lineage and had completely disappeared from the cultivation world.
Who knew that this bewitching array would appear before them? Only the successors of these four families can break it. They were somewhat wary of Qi Zhenmo, having already planted a Wood Soul Guide in him. Qi Zhenmo is currently struggling to survive in an evil spirit array somewhere in the southeast of the secret realm. That kid is determined to obtain the Demon-Suppressing Banner on this trip. The Xi family is also one of the protectors who helped unseal the Flying Immortal Platform.
Therefore, Qi Zhenmo would have no time to spare at this moment and would not come here to bother him.
That leaves only the Yin and Lan families. I wonder whose descendants they are. Perhaps they, like him, are afflicted by the curse and need to seek him out for dual cultivation to remove the poison?
If that's the case, then he really doesn't like them. People from families like theirs naturally possess secret techniques and spiritual treasures unknown to the cultivation world. They're really difficult to deal with!
He only hoped that this destined soulmate would be a well-behaved girl, someone he could completely control!
If it's a rebellious son from a reclusive family, then it's pointless. He doesn't inherently enjoy taking things by trickery or force, but sometimes he has no choice but to do so.
Suppressing the gloom and displeasure that filled her heart, Hua Shalan revealed a gentle tenderness, parted the last vines that fell like a veil, and then, what filled her eyes was the reflection of the clear moon in the clear lake water, the misty atmosphere, and the blue sea of flowers filling every inch of the lakeside area below the mountains.
It is a rare and extremely beautiful view.
Hua Shalan quickly spread his spiritual power throughout the area, even releasing his divine sense and magical artifacts for probing secrets.
Not to mention any human shadows, not even a single demonic beast was detected.
The scenery here is beautiful, but it's as beautiful as a stagnant lake. Apart from plants, there seems to be no other living thing.
At that moment, Hua Shalan felt an overwhelming surge of murderous intent rise within him. How could there be no one there?
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