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

Chapter 336 The Tomb of Devouring Spirits

As evening fell, a flying shuttle slowly landed in Qingling Creek.

As soon as Li Xiaoyi stepped off the flying shuttle with Shen Xu in her arms, she felt a vague thought in her mind, and then she looked at the ancient forest.

At this moment, Guan Bi also looked at the ancient forest and said, "Miss Xiao Yi, I seem to have sensed the consciousness of the ancient forest that Shen Xu mentioned before. Although it is not clear, it is definitely not an illusion."

The ancient forest wouldn't convey its message to me without reason; I feel it must be related to Shen Xu.

“Then let’s try putting Shen Xu in the place where he used to cultivate!” Li Xiaoyi replied.

Bai Lu frowned as she looked at the ancient forest. It was clearly her place, so why did it seem like she was the only one who didn't sense any message from the ancient forest?

As Shen Xu's body drew closer to the ancient forest, even though there was no wind to be felt around, the canopy of the entire ancient forest seemed to come alive. They intertwined and rubbed against each other, making a rustling sound, like countless green sprites softly chanting.

The entire ancient forest began to adapt to Shen Xu's heartbeat, gradually matching his heart rhythm.

At first, this harmony seemed a bit awkward and slow, but as time went on, the rhythm between the two became more and more coordinated, and eventually they merged perfectly together.

At this moment, the entire ancient forest resumed its usual orderly breathing, just like a long-dormant creature slowly awakening.

When Li Xiaoyi placed the unconscious Shen Xu in the spot where he had been sitting cross-legged, streams of azure energy, like flowing streams, quietly emanated from between every ancient tree in the ancient forest.

These vital energies drifted and gathered in the air, as if drawn by some mysterious force, gradually condensing into a huge ball of cyan light.

Immediately afterwards, the blue light seemed to be controlled by an invisible giant hand, flowing continuously towards Shen Xu's body and rapidly penetrating into his soul.

In the blink of an eye, Shen Xu was completely enveloped by a layer of dense, almost impenetrable, azure energy.

Surrounded by this dense spiritual energy, the three women couldn't see what was happening inside. They only heard strong, rhythmic heartbeats piercing through layers of green mist, spreading clearly and creating invisible ripples that quickly spread in all directions.

Wherever the ripples passed, even the originally calm and mirror-like surface of the Qingling Stream couldn't help but tremble slightly, rippling with tiny waves.

Then, it seemed that the entire Qingling Creek also began to breathe slowly and rhythmically, following the steady and soothing heartbeat.

With each breath, endless cyan energy formed a dreamlike and fantastical spectacle above Qingling Creek, resembling a giant cyan dragon tumbling and dancing in the clouds.

"I hope you won't mention what happened here to anyone, and don't ask anyone to check on Shen Xu's condition. He'll wake up sooner or later," Li Xiaoyi said to the two people beside her.

"Can I ask Shen Xu what happened?" Bai Lu couldn't help but ask.

"Some things are better known to as few people as possible."

“I understand,” Bai Lu replied earnestly.

"I'm going to report to the Speaker about what happened in the secret realm, but my shuttle is broken, so Bailu, you have to come with me."

"I'll leave Shen Xu to you, Guanbi. Also, please relay my words to Ye Zhi when she returns."

"Miss Xiao Yi, please rest assured, I will keep a close eye on him."

"Bai Lu, let's go! The matters in the secret realm are very important, and we've already wasted too much time."

After seeing Bai Lu and Li Xiaoyi off, Guan Bi took a deep breath and then returned to Shen Xu's side in the ancient forest.

At this moment, the azure energy surrounding Shen Xu had thinned considerably, no longer surging in like a tide as it had at the beginning. Instead, it flowed into Shen Xu's soul like streams of azure water.

Gently sitting down beside Shen Xu, Guan Bi reached out and touched Shen Xu's forehead. Sensing the weakness in Shen Xu's soul, she was immediately alarmed.

But she could only trust Li Xiaoyi's judgment and believe that Shen Xu's soul was not the problem and would eventually wake up as time went by.

"Shen Xu, do you know how awful you are? I was so worried about you, but you didn't even apologize when you came back." Guan Bi pinched Shen Xu's cheek hard and said angrily.

"But I really miss you." Guan Bi gently rested her head on Shen Xu's chest, and listening to the familiar heartbeat, she suddenly felt that the whole world belonged to her.

……

"What is this place?"

Looking at the boundless gray fog space around him, and the large and small broken stone tablets scattered randomly within it, Shen Xu couldn't help but feel puzzled.

He remembered that a beam of light from the Blood Spirit's eyes had pierced his soul, and when he awoke again, he found himself in this very place.

"The Tomb of the Soul Eater." A very weathered voice suddenly rang out behind him.

"Who's there?" Shen Xu immediately turned his head to look, but there was nothing behind him.

As the gray mist space returned to calm and deathly stillness, Shen Xu stood quietly in place, carefully savoring the information conveyed in the voice just now.

"The Tomb of the Soul Eater...? Am I already dead?"

He subconsciously reached out and gently touched his body, but his fingertips touched only an empty void.

Only then did he realize that he seemed to have become part of the surrounding gray mist, except that he was a gray mist with a unique shape, with faint blue veins like winding streams running through his entire body.

At the core of this mass of gray mist, there was a deep and terrifying black void that was slowly rotating, rotating slowly and steadily, and the blue veins extended from it.

At the same time, the shard of moonlight that Han Yue had given him was now emitting a soft, lustrous moonlight, rising and falling, appearing and disappearing in the gray mist.

Moreover, his gray mist was also imprinted with intricate and strange patterns, these patterns were colorful, some white like waves, some green like dripping water...

Among the many patterns, he also saw the bright and deep eyes of the Qiling White Crane, as well as the pattern that Tushan Chuchu had branded on his chest.

But most of the gray mist gathered to form strange and inexplicable patterns, which were densely distributed inside his body and were almost everywhere.

Shen Xu was startled and instantly realized that this cloud of gray mist was probably his soul.

"What happened to me? Why am I in this place?" Shen Xu asked the surrounding gray mist.