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

Chapter 74 is vague.

Since it was nighttime, and the place where Wuying had escorted him wasn't the entrance to the Cloud and Mist Bamboo Realm, Shen Xu had no choice but to grope his way to the Green Bamboo Residence. He was now walking through the mountains and forests in tattered clothes, his hair unwashed for who knows how long; he could easily be mistaken for a wild man.

Some things need to be settled slowly. Right now, he just wants to go back, take a shower, and get a good night's sleep. He remembers how he spent the whole morning painstakingly cleaning the room, and he hasn't slept in it even once!

after a while.

"Mist Shadow, what have you done to me?" Shen Xu roared in a fit of impotence. He had walked for a long time without finding any trace of buildings, and the surrounding area was all deep mountains and forests.

"Please don't let me see you again! Otherwise, otherwise... The real person has done me a great favor, I can't stoop to his level." Shen Xu couldn't help but take a deep breath.

After calming down, he began to analyze the situation carefully. It was impossible for Wuying to have sent him off Green Bamboo Peak, so he must still be on Green Bamboo Peak. There are only two places on Green Bamboo Peak with such a large, deep forest: one is the undeveloped back mountain, and the other is near the elders' residence. The area where he was located had a lot of shrubs, so it must be a relatively low place; therefore, this must be the back mountain.

Thinking this, Shen Xu's heart gradually calmed down. As long as he walked in one direction, he would definitely be able to circle around to the front of the mountain. And Qingzhu Residence was connected to the back mountain. If he was lucky, he could walk directly to Qingzhu Residence. Sure enough, after walking for a while, Shen Xu saw a large bamboo forest ahead under the moonlight.

Fortunately, Shen Xu had a good memory. Even after a lot of time had passed, he still remembered the way to the courtyard. After taking a few detours, he arrived at his courtyard.

Looking at the intact courtyard gate, the broken bamboo that had been cleared away, and the numbered signs that had been re-hung, Shen Xu couldn't help but feel as if he had been transported to another world.

He easily scaled the courtyard wall and opened the house. His package was still there, but it had been opened. However, there were no other valuable items in his package besides a few tattered clothes.

The clothes hadn't been taken, they were just covered in dust; it seemed the person who opened his package hadn't taken a liking to them. It was fortunate they hadn't, otherwise he'd have to go back to his old ways with no clothes to wear.

However, Shen Xu was concerned that the house was covered in dust again, not only because he needed to clean it again, but also because it made him realize that he had probably been in the Cloud Mist Bamboo Realm for a long time.

He jumped into the small pond to wash himself quickly and found that most of his wounds had disappeared, but there was still a noticeable color difference between the new and old skin. But time can heal all wounds.

After changing into a gray robe that wasn't too dirty, Shen Xu lay down on the fallen leaves and drifted off to sleep.

Shen Xu slept for a full day and night. When he woke up, he found that the sky was still full of stars and the moonlight was as clear as water. If it weren't for the slight change in the size of the moon, he would have thought that he had only slept for a few hours.

Then Shen Xu went back to sleep, and this time he slept until sunset. He yawned loudly in the afterglow of the setting sun, and then fell into a daze.

He hadn't slept so comfortably in a long time. The pressure in the Cloud and Mist Bamboo Realm was too great. Even when he slept, he was full of worries, his mind filled with how to improve himself, how to gain experience, how to make up for his shortcomings, how to defeat his enemies, and whether he could ever get out. What would happen to Uncle Wang if he couldn't get out...? Now that he was suddenly free, he was a little unaccustomed to it.

"Oh, right! Uncle Wang! I need to go find Shen Guangjian to ask about Uncle Wang's situation." Shen Xu couldn't help but pat his almost rusted brain.

"First, I need to find out where Shen Guangjian lives!" Shen Xu immediately got up, climbed over the wall, and went out.

As evening approached, many disciples, like weary birds returning to their nests, returned to Qingzhu Residence from various areas of Qingzhu Peak.

"Senior brother, do you know where Shen Guangjian lives?" Shen Xu asked a disciple with a smile.

"Shen Guangjian, I think I've heard that name before. As for where he lives, I don't know. You'll have to ask someone else!" The disciple shook his head.

After Shen Xu left, the disciple murmured, "I feel like that person just now looks familiar, but I can't remember where he is."

Few people in the inner sect knew Shen Xu to begin with. Even when he appeared in front of everyone at the entrance of the Cloud Mist Bamboo Realm that day, he was pale and listless, a stark contrast to his radiant appearance now.

Furthermore, he shaved off his long hair in the Cloud Mist Bamboo Realm, so apart from a few people who are particularly familiar with him, probably no one in the entire inner sect would be able to easily recognize him.

"Senior brother, do you know where Shen Guangjian lives?"

“I know, but what business do you have with Junior Brother Shen?” a disciple with thick eyebrows replied.

"That's right, I'm also a member of the Shen family. I've only been in the inner sect for a few days, but I was thinking of paying my respects," Shen Xu said with a smile.

"Your Shen family really produces a lot of talented people! Let me take you there! I happen to live near him."

"Thank you very much, senior brother. May I ask your surname?"

"My name is Shi Ping!"

"Thank you very much, Senior Brother Shi!" Shen Xu said, bowing.

"It's fine, it's on the way anyway."

"Brother Shi, what did you mean by saying that our Shen family has produced many talented people?" Shen Xu asked curiously.

"You don't know? That's right, you're new here, so you definitely wouldn't know."

"There are some things I can't say, but Shen Guangjian, whom you're going to visit, has recently become quite famous. He has maintained a nine-day undefeated record on the sword-fighting stage. If he can maintain it for just one more day, he will be able to tie the undefeated record that Senior Brother Lu once held."

"I think it's not impossible for him to break Senior Brother Lu's record if the core disciples of the sect don't come out." Shi Ping's tone was slightly admiring.

"Back then, Senior Brother Lu only stepped down from the dueling platform because he felt it was boring with no one challenging him, not because he was knocked down," someone immediately said.

“A record is a record. Regardless of why Senior Brother Lu stepped down from the sword-fighting platform, he only stayed there for ten days. You can’t deny Junior Brother Shen’s efforts because of Senior Brother Lu’s deeds,” Shi Ping retorted.

"I didn't expect that Shi Ping was a fan of Shen Guangjian!" Shen Xu thought to himself.

"If he were really that good, how could he have been eliminated by that person in the outer sect competition?"

"That was so long ago. If we competed again, Shen Guangjian might not necessarily lose."

"Anyway, the person is dead, so you can say whatever you want."

"So, in everyone's eyes, I'm already a dead man?" Shen Xu couldn't help but find it a little funny.

"Senior Brother Shi, who is that person you're talking about?" Shen Xu asked after they left the group.

"Don't pry into his affairs; it won't do you any good. But I can tell you that he's also a member of your Shen family, which is why I said your Shen family produces so many talented people," Shi Ping whispered.