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

Chapter 85 Pioneer

"Shen Xu, we meet again. I thought we would see each other again much later. Do you know why I asked you to come this time?"

"This disciple suspects it's because of the Cloud Mist Bamboo Realm!" Shen Xu replied calmly.

"You guessed right. I want to ask if you received the ancestral master's inheritance in the Cloud and Mist Bamboo Realm?" Song Qi asked solemnly.

"This disciple has indeed received the inheritance of the ancestor." Shen Xu felt there was no point in hiding this matter. Wu Ying had said that he would only be released if he received the inheritance, and the higher-ups of the sect should know about this as well.

"I know that the patriarch left two inheritances in the Cloud Mist Bamboo Realm. I wonder which one you obtained?" the Grand Elder asked weakly.

"This disciple has received the inheritance of water," Shen Xu replied respectfully.

"Is the other one still within the Cloud Mist Bamboo territory?"

"According to what the patriarch said about the misty shadow, it should still be there."

"The Ancestral Master's Mist Shadow? You're saying there's the Ancestral Master's Mist Shadow in the Cloud Mist Bamboo Realm!" The First Elder stood up and asked excitedly, while Yang Qiqi hurriedly helped the old man up.

"Elder, let me ask the questions first! You can then fill in any gaps in your understanding," Song Qi said with concern.

The elder nodded and then slowly sat down with Yang Qiqi's help.

"Shen Xu, could you tell us everything you experienced in the Cloud and Mist Bamboo Realm in detail? The more useful information you provide, the greater the reward the sect will give you," Song Qi promised.

Shen Xu finally understood why the Grand Elder hadn't appeared back then. The old man before him was on his last legs and probably didn't have many years left to live.

"I'm sorry, Sect Leader. Although I received the inheritance from the Ancestral Master, most of my memories disappeared after I left the Cloud Mist Bamboo Realm, so I'm afraid I can't provide much useful information."

"I see!" Song Qi couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

"What about the patriarch's misty shadow?"

"After I passed the test of the patriarch, I encountered it. It told me that it was the mist shadow left by the patriarch to manage the Cloud and Mist Bamboo Realm. It will dissipate after the patriarch's two inheritances are taken away."

"Does the Cloud and Mist Bamboo Realm actually have administrators?"

"Did he tell you why the Cloud Mist Bamboo Realm is now only accessible by entry and not exit?"

"I have no memory of that."

"What do you remember?"

"It's a memory about another inheritance. I remember the ancestor's mist shadow telling me that the ancestor left behind two inheritances, one of water and one of wood. I've taken the water inheritance now, so the remaining one should be the wood inheritance."

"The inheritance of wood? You just said you passed the ancestor's test. Do you still remember what the test was about?" When Song Qi asked this question, the expressions of the others in the hall also became tense.

Shen Xu shook his head. "I can't remember anything about that at all."

After Shen Xu finished speaking, several soft sighs were heard.

"However, one thing I am certain of is that if I want to pass the test of wood and obtain the inheritance of wood, I must comprehend the meaning of wood!" Shen Xu said earnestly.

"Are you sure?" Song Qi's eyes revealed excitement.

"I'm pretty sure! And I also remember that the test was divided into three stages, each more difficult than the last. Apart from the first stage, I seem to have spent a lot of time on the latter two stages," Shen Xu said, frowning as he pondered.

"Is there anything else?" Song Qi stood up and excitedly approached Shen Xu, while the other two old men stared intently at Shen Xu, revealing the turmoil in their hearts.

"I'm afraid that's all we have," Shen Xu replied somewhat helplessly. He didn't remember any useful information either, so why were these people getting so excited?

Hearing Shen Xu's answer, Song Qi was obviously disappointed, but still praised him, "Shen Xu, you have done the sect a great favor this time. You should know that the information you obtained in the Cloud Mist Bamboo Realm alone exceeds the total amount obtained by the Green Bamboo Sword Sect in its three hundred years of existence!"

Those who entered the Cloud Bamboo Realm before either had their memories completely erased after they came out, or never came out again.

This is why we still know nothing about the Cloud and Mist Bamboo Realm. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't know that the Ancestor set up three trials in the Cloud and Mist Bamboo Realm, nor would we know that the Ancestor left behind two books about water and wood.

"Was my memory completely erased? Then why do I remember some things?" Shen Xu murmured in confusion.

“Perhaps you are the first person in history to pass the test, which is why you are so special,” Song Qi replied.

Shen Xu felt that it wasn't just because of that. There was no need for Wuying to leave him with the memories of the three trials in the Cloud Mist Bamboo Realm. He remembered very clearly the information about the two inheritances and the Dao Intent required to pass the trials.

However, his memories of the three trials within the Cloud and Mist Bamboo Realm and the time he spent there were vague. He felt that his ability to remember that information was related to his powerful soul.

"Elder, is there anything else you want to ask Shen Xu?" Song Qi asked the old man cautiously.

"Shen Xu, I am very grateful to you for providing the sect with this extremely crucial information, but I still want to ask a very presumptuous question, one that you certainly don't want to answer."

But this question has not only troubled me, but also countless predecessors before me, and countless successors after me. And in these three hundred years, only you can answer this question.

"Today, in this grand hall that was built with the painstaking efforts of countless predecessors of the Green Bamboo Sword Sect, can you tell them what the answer is?" The Grand Elder's extremely weak voice came again slowly. Because he had a lot to say, the old man spoke slowly and deliberately for a long time.

"Of course you can choose not to answer, and we won't force you, but I still hope you can give us an answer. Three hundred years have passed, and it's time for this mystery to be solved," Elder Huang added earnestly.

“Shen Xu, you don’t need to feel pressured. Since you were able to obtain his inheritance from the secret realm set up by the ancestor, it proves that you are the successor personally chosen by him.”

If we're talking about seniority, we're all your juniors. It was our ancestor who transformed the barren land of the Green Bamboo Mountains into a blessed place within a thousand miles. Without our ancestor, we wouldn't have the peaceful life we ​​have now. We would never do something like betraying our master and ancestors.

"The two elders have witnessed too many of their peers and predecessors rushing to obtain the ancestral master's inheritance, only to disappear one by one into the out-of-control secret realm. They want you to give those pioneers who disappeared in the secret realm a final answer," Song Qi explained in a low voice.

Hearing the three people's words, Shen Xu couldn't help but smile, because he had never intended to hide what he had obtained. Through Wu Ying's behavior, he knew that Qingzhu Zhenren had a deep affection for the sect established by his former disciple.

Moreover, the fact that the inheritance secret realm was set up on Green Bamboo Peak indicates that True Man Green Bamboo hoped that his disciples' followers would eventually receive his final inheritance.

Therefore, without the Green Bamboo Sword Sect, he would never have had the opportunity to inherit the legacy of True Master Green Bamboo. So what right does he have to kick the Green Bamboo Sword Sect aside after obtaining the legacy?

Thinking of this, he respectfully bowed to the three elders in front of him, and then slowly said, "The water inheritance left by the ancestor is a top-grade earth-rank cultivation technique - Cloud Mist Illusion True Technique".