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

Chapter 534 The Guan Family Past

Huashen Mountain, the secret chamber of Guanjia Ancestral Hall.

Guanbi felt as if he were in an ancient forest, where the walls were not made of bricks and stones, but of ancient roots that were twisted and tangled and shimmering with light.

Countless delicate, luminous vines hung from the ceiling of the secret chamber, their ends adorned with dew-like droplets that emitted a bluish-green glow, resembling an inverted galaxy that illuminated the entire space.

The air was moist and warm, containing a life force so rich it was almost tangible, making each breath seem like an endless exhalation of vitality.

At the center of the secret chamber is a huge tree-shaped altar carved from a single piece of soul-nourishing wood.

Three elders of the Guan family, all with white hair and beards and exuding an aura as profound as ancient trees, stood in the triangular area of ​​the altar.

They simultaneously cut their fingertips and dripped their blood into a specific groove at the base of the altar.

"With my bloodline, I call upon my ancestral spirits! Our roots are connected, and the flame of our heritage will continue forever!"

The elders chanted ancient and obscure prayers in unison, their voices deep and powerful, echoing in the secret chamber and causing the roots on the walls to emit a resonant glow.

The essence and blood seeped into the soul-nourishing wooden altar, like ink dripping into clear water, quickly spreading out complex blood-red veins.

At the center of the altar, a fist-sized, jade-like spirit seed suddenly lit up, radiating a breathtakingly powerful vitality!

The elders made various hand gestures, forming intricate mudras.

At the bottom of the altar, countless fine, hair-like energy roots shimmering with emerald light emerged like living things, gently yet firmly wrapping around Guan Bi's bare feet and calves, and rapidly spreading upwards.

The roots pierced the skin, but there was no pain, only a tingling and warm sensation that penetrated deep into the bones.

Guan Bi felt his blood flow suddenly accelerate, his heart pounding like a drum, gradually synchronizing with the pulse of the emerald green spirit seed on the altar.

When the energy roots completely enveloped her body, the light of the spirit seed reached its peak.

"boom!"

An indescribable, pure, and vast torrent of life, like a flood bursting its banks, violently surged into Guan Bi's body along the energy roots!

Her meridians were instantly filled and widened, like a parched riverbed welcoming a raging flood. She felt a tearing, throbbing pain, but it was quickly repaired by the warm, life-giving current that followed.

My bones are humming, as if countless tender shoots are sprouting and growing deep within my marrow, bringing a tingling and powerful feeling of being reshaped.

Her flesh and blood were repeatedly washed and tempered, and impurities were squeezed out of her pores by the violent life force, turning into a faint gray mist, which was then purified by the rich wood spirit energy in the secret room.

Beneath the skin, the emerald green veins are clearly visible, like a network covering the veins of life.

She felt that she was no longer a person, but had transformed into a seed, being wildly washed by endless life energy.

As life energy washed over him, countless fragmented images, ancient whispers, and poignant emotions surged into Guan Bi's consciousness like a tide.

She saw the ancient Goddess Peak, with towering trees and teeming with life.

The ancestors of the Guan family, dressed in animal skin and rattan armor, listened to the way of nature under the seat of the goddess and danced with flower spirits and wood spirits.

She heard the mournful howls of her ancestors when the goddess disappeared and the snow fell, and felt the hardship they endured leading their people to migrate.

She could sense the insights that the powerful members of the Guan family throughout history had gained into the life energy—how to communicate with ancient trees, how to heal wounds, how to guide the growth of plants, how to arrange sacrificial rituals…

These are not specific textual instructions, but rather instincts and experiences imprinted deep within one's blood.

These information streams were vast and chaotic, yet they carried the strong imprint of the ancestors' will, constantly assaulting her soul, causing her splitting headaches and her consciousness to rise and fall in the turmoil.

In her hazy state, she seemed to hear a gentle voice whisper in her ear, "You've grown up..."

Guan Bi suddenly opened her eyes and saw that the light of the spirit seed began to weaken, and the violent energy torrent gradually became gentle and controllable, eventually turning into a trickle that continued to nourish her body and soul.

The energy roots that had been wrapped around her slowly loosened, and the spiritual seed on the altar gradually disappeared, as if the soul-shaking torrent had never happened.

"Among all the inheritors of this lineage, your talent is undoubtedly the highest, and you are also the most compatible with the ancestral spirit seed. It seems that my decision back then was correct."

At this moment, one of the elders, leaning on a cane, walked unsteadily to Guan Bi's side.

Guan Bi stood up and bowed, saying, "Thank you!"

"You were originally a member of the Guan family, and these rituals were prepared for you. What is there to thank?"

Guan Bi frowned slightly. "Sorry, I don't understand."

“I know you have many questions, but this is a long story, so you must be patient,” the old man said earnestly.

"The story begins twenty years ago, when the temple had only one last 'sacred flower' left to complete the set of a hundred flowers."

Therefore, everyone was full of anticipation for that grand flower festival, believing that the moment of the goddess's return was about to arrive.

And our four families will fulfill a long-cherished wish of thousands of years, and from now on, under the protection of the goddess, we will reach even greater heights.

But one day Aunt Guo came to me, hoping I could lend her the treasure from her clan that was used to open the temple, because she wanted to go to the temple.

I don’t know what she found in the temple, but she turned white-haired overnight after returning home.

Shortly afterward, she summoned us, claiming that the goddess's return would inevitably bring disaster, and wanted to temporarily suspend the plan to recall the goddess.

But we can't let our years of hard work be cut short by her one-sided account.

On the day of the Hundred Flowers Festival, she traded the Ling family's secrets in Tianhe for your father's intervention.

It can be said that without her, you would not have been born, but without her, your father would not have entered the Milky Way, which ultimately led to all the tragedies that followed.

But she achieved her goal of using your father to delay the goddess's return, and we have to wait another ten years.

During those ten years, the Chiyuan Sect assigned special personnel to keep an eye on her, and she never left Guiyun Pavilion again.

But it was to no avail. A second-level astrologer in the Transcendent Realm was determined to accomplish something. Unless a Venerable was sent, no one in the Crimson Origin Sect could stop her.

As a result, even while trapped in Guiyun Pavilion, she still managed to plan the events of Fusheng Pavilion from ten years ago.

The woman of a hundred flowers passed away after giving birth, and we could only swallow our bitter pill and send the child to the temple.

Three years ago was the last time I saw her. At that time, she was withered and frail, and looked like she was about to die. She was even weaker than me, an old man who was halfway to the grave.

She told me she was going to die, but I knew she was only two hundred years old at the time, and had only achieved the Transcendental Realm for fifty years. For a Transcendental Realm cultivator, her life was not even half over.

When I was young, she was so stunningly beautiful. On the day she achieved her transformation, the entire City of Flowers bloomed for her. The City of Flowers was even more magnificent that day than it is today.

She could have protected Hundred Flowers City for a much longer time…

After a moment of silence, the old woman continued, "She told me of your existence, saying that you are the hope for the revival of the Guan family, and asked me to do her a favor."

And I asked the question that had been bothering me: what exactly did she see in the temple that day that made her go to such great lengths to prevent the goddess's return?

She just smiled, her smile as bright as it was when I was a child.

She died on Guiyun Boat after that day.

Apart from Guiyunfang, no one knew that the only Transcendent cultivator in Hundred Flowers City had died on a quiet morning.

Some say it was good that she died, because after her death there was no longer any obstacle to the goddess's return.

She was stubborn and blocked the way for too many people. The Crimson Origin Sect could not tolerate her, and Hundred Flowers City did not welcome her.

But in my eyes, she is still herself, without the slightest change. She is still the 'Fairy Yao' who is full of love for Baihua City.

Agreeing to her request would undoubtedly be a huge gamble. I don't even know what the benefits would be if I won, but if I lost, the Guan family would surely face annihilation.

Guanbi, the future of the Guan family is in your hands.

I didn't think you would come to the Guan family, but I'm relieved that you did.

The spiritual seed within you is a treasure bestowed upon our ancestors by the goddess, and for thousands of years, no one in the Guan family has been able to unleash its full power.

"It shouldn't be wasted in our hands; I hope you can make good use of it," the old man chuckled.

"What does Senior Guo want the Guan family to do? And what is the relationship between the Crimson Origin Sect and the Goddess?" Guan Bi asked, frowning.

"What the Guan family does after that is none of your business. As for the Crimson Origin Sect... that was actually founded by the goddess."

"In Hundred Flowers City, each of our families is only responsible for a part of the plan; the Song family is the true mastermind behind the Goddess's Return."

"The Song family?" Guan Bi frowned.

"Will the goddess return today?"

"If nothing goes wrong, once the last Daughter of a Hundred Flowers returns to her place in the temple, the goddess will return to Goddess Peak."

"May I go to the temple?"

“As a member of the Crown family, you are qualified to enter the temple, but I do not wish to involve you in this matter.”

Guan Bi shook his head. "The moment you handed the Spirit Seed to me, I was already passively drawn into this vortex. I have to go to the temple."

"Where is my mother? Has she returned to Hundred Flowers City?" Guan Bi suddenly asked.

"I'm sorry, your mother never returned to Hundred Flowers City after she left, and I don't know where she went." The old man sighed softly.

"Perhaps he died out there!" Guan Bi sneered.

The old man was shocked when he saw the heartless girl in front of him.