Chapter 67 067 It Was Her
The toxins were so wildly jubilant; how could it not be stirred by the destined one? Even the scroll of the Acacia Flower Technique was now slightly warm and vibrating in his sea of consciousness, as if it were gratified to have found a successor.
Hua Shalan still refused to believe it. He assumed it must be members of two other reclusive families, hiding some secret techniques or magical treasures within this immortal barrier. Therefore, he didn't hesitate to activate his family's most precious treasure and searched everywhere. As long as it was alive, whether it was an ordinary mountain beast, a demon beast, or even a cultivator, it would not escape the detection of the Hua family's green jade pendant.
However, he ultimately returned disappointed. As he walked back through the sea of blue flowers, Song Chi was slowly emerging, pushing aside the vines.
"So it's Senior Brother Hua!"
When Song Chi saw Hua Shalan, he greeted him with a forced smile and a polite bow, as if it were a chance encounter. He figured he'd be spending the entire night with this guy in this sea of flowers. He needed to at least give him a proper greeting.
Hua Shalan stood against the moonlight, his face so gloomy it looked like it was about to drip water. He looked as if someone had been owed hundreds of millions of spirit crystals for no reason, and he was extremely unhappy.
But soon he couldn't help but reveal an indescribable smile.
He was dressed in fine clothes and wore a jade crown, and his face, illuminated by the moonlight, was as handsome as a piece of jade.
But Song Chi still inexplicably felt that the smiling face at this moment was not only not beautiful, but also like the scarlet petals of a man-eating flower, which was terrifying.
She wanted to run away on the spot.
She had a gut feeling that if she didn't run now, it would be too late. This kid was really sick, and he might be having an attack right now.
But that smile vanished as quickly as it appeared, and soon a gentle breeze blew, causing Hua Shalan's light green robe to sway softly. His expression softened, just like the enchanting night, and he smiled serenely.
"So it's Junior Sister Song, what a coincidence!" He raised his voice in a pleasant tone, his voice even a little tender and affectionate.
Song Chi: "!" Please, don't change three personas in one second. She's a bit overwhelmed.
However, it seems that Hua Shalan intends to stick to this image of a gentle and noble young man.
Song Chi thought to herself, "This is for the best. After all, she didn't want to see him looking like he wanted to devour someone."
"Senior Brother Hua, this seems to be a barrier. But it doesn't seem to have any spiritual herbs or treasures. Why is that?"
Looking around, Song Chi saw that the entire lakeside was covered with azure fairy soul flowers, but she could only choose one out of two. The problem was that all the flowers looked pretty much the same, none of them growing any stronger, which gave her a headache.
Where exactly is the fairy flower she wants?
"Perhaps the treasure is still in the making and has not yet been revealed," Hua Shalan said.
"When will that be?"
“It will always have to wait until late at night or dawn,” Hua Shalan said seriously.
That's lying. In the book, this kid clearly only thought the scenery was pleasant and didn't know about the existence of the Immortal Soul Flower. But the book does mention that the Immortal Soul Flower does indeed mature just before dawn after absorbing the moonlight.
Of course, before it matures, she still needs to be watered with Immortal Soul Jade Dew to obtain the Immortal Herb that truly cleanses her spiritual root's aptitude.
Song Chi thought he had a good night to wait, and this place was very safe.
He then said, "Senior Brother Hua, I'm covered in poison powder, it's sticky and uncomfortable. I'll go to the other side of the lake to take a bath, that should be safe, right?"
Hua Shalan immediately smiled and said, "It's alright, Junior Sister Song, just go ahead, I'll protect you."
He paused for a moment, then added, "Of course I wouldn't offend Junior Sister Song."
As Song Chi watched him turn away, displaying a gentlemanly demeanor, he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow slightly.
Once you reach the Golden Core realm, your divine sense can sweep across the entire barrier. Whether he turns around or not is actually of little significance.
But let's just consider him a gentleman.
Song Chi leaped across the lake to the other side, landing in the deep water under the shade of the trees, where he took off his outer garment.
The fabric of this garment was precious; it was one of the bolts of cloth that Mo Shubai had bought for her and her second senior sister years ago. At the time, her second senior sister immediately called for someone to make the garment, saying that she couldn't go against her eldest senior brother's wishes. She herself hadn't been in the mood for tailoring, but she was dragged along to have the garment made.
This fabric is said to cost 100,000 high-grade spirit stones per bolt, so expensive that even Song Chi, who is currently a small-time tycoon, would feel a pang of heartache upon hearing the price.
Therefore, she hasn't found an occasion to wear it yet. If Wen Xiujin hadn't insisted that she dress up, she probably would have had to save it for an even more important occasion.
But now, after a day and a night of traversing mountains and seas, not only are my clothes torn, but they are also stained with a lot of gray and black poisonous fog. They are so dirty that they are unrecognizable, and there is no trace of the beauty of the shimmering fairy cloud gauze that I wore before.
Song Chi sighed with heartache. This garment was ruined!
Next, Song Chizhu thoroughly washed her hair. She was worried that if the toxic fumes remained on her hair, it would be ruined.
I didn't bother with the rest. I just changed my outer clothes, and the moment I stood up, my whole body was dried out.
It took her less than fifteen minutes to get her hair back and return. Hua Shalan was facing the deep forest behind her, with a lamp lit, sitting quietly under the lamp, turning the pages of a book.
His calm and gentle demeanor at this moment would surely lead anyone who didn't know him to believe he was a truly kind and gentle nobleman.
But in reality, the core is not like that at all.
Hua Shalan glanced at the color of her clothes, slightly surprised. After all, she usually wore white, but now she had changed into black. Naturally, firstly, it was to blend into the surrounding scenery, and secondly, it was also a disguise to confuse the people of Yunji Holy Land. Those disciples would definitely take a second look at the female disciple in white, but she deliberately changed into black.
Song Chi originally intended to sit at least ten steps away from Hua Shalan, but considering he ultimately needed to obtain the Immortal Soul Grass from him, he knew he couldn't possibly defeat him in a fight—he didn't even dare dream of it. Therefore, he needed to cultivate a good relationship.
So he sat on the other side of the lamp, and Hua Shalan turned around to face the lake and the sea of flowers.
He was still carefully examining the book. Song Chi sat cross-legged for a while, then began to meditate to recover her spiritual energy. She didn't even activate her defenses, intending to tell Hua Shalan that she was just a naive and innocent girl who had no defenses against him.
Hopefully, he won't waste any of his scheming on her.
However, after Song Chi completed two cycles of meditation and restored his spiritual energy, approximately an hour had passed, and judging by the moonlight, it should be close to midnight.
But Hua Shalan was still carefully flipping through the book, his quiet and focused appearance making it seem as if he were about to take the college entrance examination the next day.
Song Chi glanced at it. Very well, it was all densely packed array solutions, making her eyes dizzy.
Formations are a science and engineering subject, and as a music student, she basically had the knowledge but not the understanding. Fortunately, the previous Immortal, especially her junior, Zuiyun Sanren, seemed to know her nature in this area very well, so he gave the Escape Immortal this divination technique, which allowed her to display great power in breaking formations, to the point that Qi Zhenmo even threatened to steal her divination skills.
Let's put those aside for now. Hua Shalan's efforts to be a good boy tonight are absolutely unacceptable.
In the original book, Hua Shalan was poisoned and lay on the ground in pain for an hour. After waking up, he felt the moonlight like a spring and the fragrant flowers swaying in the breeze. At this moment, he was in a state of disillusionment, as if he had escaped death, so he walked barefoot on the blue flowers and strolled around the lake for a while.
Then, feeling a little tired, I lay down in the sea of blue flowers.
Just a foot away from where he lay, two Fairy Soul Grasses grew exceptionally robustly, their flowers gradually emitting a poisonous glow. They were definitely two mutated poisonous flowers.
At this moment, Song Chi's divine sense swept across the sea of flowers, and there were absolutely no two such unique spiritual herbs.
It seems that only someone like Hua Shalan, a person with a special destiny, can cause those two Immortal Soul Grasses to mutate.
But the plot has clearly changed somewhat. Before she began her meditation, she stared intently at Hua Shalan several times, even while bathing. She wanted to see when the poison would take effect, so she could try her best to be a gentle, understanding flower by his side, at least holding his hand. She wanted to prevent him from experiencing the desolate disillusionment that comes with escaping death.
However, Hua Shalan did not suffer from the poison. In fact, his complexion even had a certain rosy glow, and the previous sickly appearance between his brows and eyes had also dissipated considerably. He was very relaxed and even radiated a truly gentle light.
Song Chi always felt that even if she were poisoned, Hua Shalan would not be poisoned.
So she simply meditated to restore her spiritual power.
For now, let's just let her drive the plot forward. The Fairy Soul Flower is definitely one of the tasks we can't miss.
Song Chi immediately rested his chin on his hand, looked up at the sky, and let out a poet's sigh.
"The moonlight is so beautiful, Senior Brother Hua!"
Hearing this, Hua Shalan finally put down his book and actually looked up at the sky. The moonlight was bright, reflecting on the lake, and even the shadows of flowering trees swayed in the breeze. The scenery was truly beautiful.
But Hua Shalan had the ability to prop his chin up and gaze at the moonlit landscape, as if he were truly captivated by the scenery.
Say something! This person probably has no intention of taking off this gentle, noble gentleman persona even slightly.
"Senior Brother Hua, you must be tired from reading. How about we take a walk along the lake to relax and refresh ourselves?"
Song Chi had no choice but to make this suggestion.
Hua Shalan, being quite perceptive, put away the book, stood up, and politely gestured for him to enter.
Then Song Chi definitely wouldn't go first, because Hua Shalan had to seize the opportunity. She also politely gestured for him to go first.
Ultimately, with her unwavering gaze, Hua Shalan went first, and she followed behind.
But after walking around the lake, Hua Shalan didn't seem inclined to sit down anywhere. Song Chi was speechless.
If I had known, I would have waited an hour before entering this lakeside barrier. Otherwise, the plot would have been disrupted by her little butterfly wings.
So when he went around the second lap, Song Chi would pretend to be a little tired, occasionally stopping to look up at the moonlight and down at the flowers, but he didn't dare to pick any, for fear of picking one of the two plants.
But she didn't dare to pretend that she was really tired. What if it wasn't the place Hua Shalan wanted to stop?
That really put her in a difficult position!
Hua Shalan had already sensed something strange, like the wood elemental energy, growing in a certain part of the flower field during her first walk around.
Turning his head, he saw Song Chi with his hands behind his back, calmly gazing at the beautiful scenery of the lake and mountains, looking quite content. He then decided to pamper her and take her for another walk.
To everyone's surprise, when they returned to the starting point after circling around, Song Chi's face twitched slightly. Not wanting Song Chi to notice, he quickly concealed his expression.
In fact, Hua Shalan had been wondering about Song Chi's purpose in following him. He could tell whether a woman had feelings for him or not. Song Chi's indifferent gaze clearly showed no affection whatsoever. There must be another purpose behind it.
After Hua Shalan circled half of the lake once more, he arrived at the place where the wood spirit energy was strangely nurtured.
He immediately understood Song Chi's purpose.
At that moment, all that was seen was the scroll of the Sea of Consciousness and Joyful Union Technique jump up, revealing a line of golden characters.
"The Immortal Soul Love Flower must be taken together with one's destined lover in order to cultivate this divine skill."
Furthermore, it specifically notes that the Immortal Soul Love Flower can also temper bones and muscles and cleanse spiritual roots. It can help those with excellent aptitude wash away the last trace of mortal dust and achieve a Heavenly Spiritual Root. However, it also mentions that cleansing spiritual roots requires the nourishment of Immortal Soul Jade Dew to refine that breath of immortal energy.
I had seen the Immortal Soul Jade Dew Flower Killing Wave in the ancestral records, but the last drop of the Immortal Dew was used up 100,000 years ago. It no longer exists in this realm.
That's a pity.
Hua Shalan immediately stopped in his tracks. He didn't even turn around, but his divine sense naturally spread out.
But the moment Song Chi stopped, a strange light suddenly lit up in his eyes. However, he quickly straightened his face and returned to normal.
Hua Shalan deliberately took a few more steps. Sure enough, Song Chi immediately closed his eyes and his cheeks twitched.
He chuckled inwardly. He guessed that Song Chi was probably guided by something to find the Immortal Soul Love-Borrowing Flower; her purpose was likely to cleanse her spiritual roots. After all, it was common knowledge in the cultivation world that her spiritual roots—metal, water, and wood—were all at ninety-nine percent. Indeed, her spiritual roots stubbornly remained at a constant average each time they were cleansed, a topic of much discussion in the cultivation world.
Perhaps Song Chi wanted to avenge her previous humiliation and was determined to find an opportunity to completely transform her aptitude into a Heavenly Spiritual Root. So, Heaven sent her this opportunity.
It's a pity that without the Immortal Soul Jade Dew, her dream probably can't be realized.
In fact, all of this was just to bring him the person he was destined to be with for three lifetimes.
When he surveyed the barrier and couldn't find anyone, the moment he turned around and saw Song Chi, the toxins in his body leaped up like a joyful stream, trying to rush towards Song Chi. Not to mention, the cultivation scroll in his sea of consciousness jumped up with absolute certainty, displaying the words—"Three Lifetimes of Love Have Arrived."
Hua Shalan couldn't help but smile, a smile brimming with complex emotions. That smile was perhaps too frightening; Song Chi seemed about to run away at that moment.
He had finally found his soulmate, someone he had been destined to be with for three lifetimes, and who also happened to be the one he liked in appearance and temperament. How could he allow her to escape from his grasp?
Hua Shalan immediately put on another persona that everyone loved—a gentle and noble young master.
In fact, he guessed that if Song Chi were truly in love, it would probably be with a refined and elegant nobleman like the gentle and refined young master Shu Bai. He was indeed very good at playing that kind of person.
If Song Chi likes it, he can act for her for a lifetime.
Hua Shalan, feeling as light as a breeze, walked for a while before turning back and circling back.
Finally, he stopped teasing Song Chi and sat down near the Immortal Soul Love-Binding Grass.
“Junior Sister Song looks a bit tired, why don’t we sit down and rest together?” he suggested with a smile.
At that moment, Song Chi's smile was truly brighter than the moon in the sky, and she nodded vigorously.
"Brother Hua is right."
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Author's Note: [Cat emoji][Cat emoji] Second update is here!
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