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

Chapter 219 The Cry of Cranes in the Pine Forest

After leaving Qinglingxi, Shen Xu felt he had made a mistake; the uninhabited area near Qinglingxi was simply too vast.

Although the presence of some stone-paved roads indicated that the area was inhabited, he had walked for a long time but still hadn't seen a single man-made building.

This made him wonder how Bai Lu and the others got out of their rooms every day. They couldn't fly on swords either, so did they rely on teleportation arrays?

However, the scenery along the roadside was quite nice, with lush green trees, birdsong but no one in sight, and fallen flowers still fragrant on the trees. But as the sky gradually darkened, he couldn't help but start to panic.

Just then, a crane's cry suddenly rang in his ears. Shen Xu couldn't help but look up and saw two white cranes, one large and one small, rushing towards him. This made his expression change drastically. It was said that the monsters in Tianhe Valley were all docile, but these white cranes seemed to be quite unfriendly to him.

Shen Xu immediately drew his sword, his Yuan Qi forming armor that covered his vital parts. Then, mist filled his surroundings, and three figures, indistinguishable from real ones, appeared in the mist.

But the giant white crane didn't seem to intend to attack him. After landing with a gust of wind, it began to emit a series of mournful cries at him.

Shen Xu was immediately puzzled by the white crane's behavior. However, a Qi Sea Realm demon beast would not play any tricks like feigning indifference on him. So he dispersed the mist surrounding him and the three mist bodies, wanting to see what the white crane was up to.

A small white crane next to the big crane slowly walked up to him, opened its yellow beak, placed a bright red fruit in front of him, and then flew onto the big crane.

It was then that he realized that the little crane and the big crane did not seem to be the same species. Although the big crane's feathers were mostly white, its neck and tail feathers were black, making it a typical Lingbai crane.

Although the little crane's body was also covered with bright white feathers, the outermost part of each feather was golden red, and its tail was completely covered with golden red tail feathers. It also had a long crest of golden red feathers on its forehead, making it look very extraordinary.

"Does this mean I have to go with you?"

Shen Xu bent down and picked up the bright red fruit on the ground. He didn't recognize the fruit, but he could tell that the two white cranes must have come to ask him for something. The question now was whether he should go with them or what if it was a trap.

Seeing Shen Xu's hesitation, the two white cranes simultaneously let out a series of anxious cries.

Although Shen Xu didn't know what had happened to the two white cranes, he could hear their anxious emotions in their mournful cries.

"Fine, I'll go with you!" Shen Xu held the red fruit in his hand and lightly leaped onto the crane's back.

Feeling Shen Xu's weight, the giant crane let out an excited cry, then flapped its white, cloud-like wings, carrying Shen Xu into the dim, yellow clouds.

Unlike on the flying sword, Dahe was very stable. Although there was no windproof shield, there was no sound of wind around his ears, and not even a strand of hair was messed up.

Colorful rainbows flew past the giant crane in the clouds, but when the people on the flying sword saw Shen Xu on the white crane, they couldn't help but turn around and take a few more glances.

High above the clouds, Shen Xu finally saw the entire area where Qinglingxi was located. The mottled stone walls, like dark green jade, surrounded the entire area. Springs gushed, spirit beasts roared, and craggy rocks and gnarled pines could be seen everywhere.

The lush green trees, like a verdant screen, divide the entire area into sections, and flowers and trees of various colors bloom all year round, with fragrances that can be smelled even in the clouds.

He thought he had walked a long distance, but in fact he had only reached the edge of Qingmu Creek and hadn't even reached the next area.

This made Shen Xu marvel at Bai Lu's wealth and power, as she actually owned such a large private plot of land in Tianjian Mountain. He suddenly felt that Bai Lu could actually repay some of the debt she owed him.

Accompanied by the enormous red sunset, the white crane carried him to a huge crane nest built on a verdant pine tree.

Upon seeing the scene inside the crane's nest, Shen Xu immediately understood why the two white cranes had come to find him.

Inside the nest, another white crane lay dying, its eyes closed, its white neck now stained with congealed blood.

The source of the blood was a deep bite mark, and a large amount of blood was still gushing from the wound on its neck. The red blood stained most of the crane's nest and then dripped onto the branches of the pine tree.

The two white cranes that brought him there felt the bleeding crane's breath gradually weakening, their eyes filled with sorrow. They kept rubbing their heads against the injured crane's body and emitting mournful cries.

Shen Xu couldn't help but look at the smaller white crane. He could indeed save the injured spirit crane, but how did it find him so accurately?

But now is not the time to think about these things. Shen Xu sat cross-legged in front of the bleeding white crane's wounded area, and activated his blood intent to cover the wounded area. The blood in the white crane's wounded area slowly stopped flowing, and then began to scab over at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This was something Shen Xu could only do in his previous life when he was at the Qi Sea Realm, but when he broke through to the Qi Condensation Realm, he gained all his previous understanding of the Blood Intent, which is why he was able to have such an ability at the Qi Condensation Realm.

After the white crane's wounds had completely scabbed over, he injected some of the still relatively fresh blood into the injured white crane's body as blood energy.

After Shen Xu finished doing these things, Baihe's condition gradually stabilized. Although it was still closing its eyes in pain, at least its condition did not worsen because of his actions.

However, having chosen to save this spirited white crane, he naturally decided to see it through to the end. So he touched the crane's neck with one hand and the branches of the vibrant pine tree next to the crane's nest with the other.

As the Wood Intent was activated, the vitality of the pine tree was gradually extracted by him, and after being contaminated by his Wood Intent, it was continuously transported into the body of the bleeding white crane.

Since the injured white crane was a Qi Sea Realm demon beast, it certainly couldn't use its own life force to fill the void, so it could only make do with the pine tree beneath it.

He discovered the ability to extract the life force of trees through experimentation in the ancient forest. Although he didn't know much about the meaning of wood, he felt that this ability must be incredibly powerful.

As time passed, Shen Xu's mind began to wander. He had already fainted because of overuse of the Wood Intent, and after waking up, he used the Wood Intent at a high intensity again, which was almost too much for his soul strength to handle.

Sensing that the white crane's condition was gradually improving, he decisively withdrew his hand and then slowly opened his eyes.

The once dim sky was now filled with countless stars, and a bright moon hung high in the night sky.

"Looking at the moon from such a tall pine tree has a unique charm!" Shen Xu thought with a wry smile.

The injured white crane had already opened its eyes and was looking at him with great gratitude.

Two white cranes, one large and one small, nestled close to it, lovingly feeling its body temperature return to normal.

Seeing this, Shen Xu couldn't help but smile, and then fell into a deep sleep in the crane's nest.