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

Chapter 275 Three Paths Back

"May I ask where this flower came from?"

"This Xuanbing Flower was a national gift presented by a special envoy of the Yexue Dynasty ten years ago, and was bestowed upon the Crown Prince by my father."

Back then, he was still the spirited Crown Prince of Yunyang. So much has changed in these ten years..." Consort Xue seemed lost in reminiscence, her expression one of great pain.

“Actually, the Crown Prince and I can understand Father’s actions, but there are many things that are not up to us to decide in this position. He has been the Crown Prince for so many years, and the lives of too many people are tied to him…” At this point, Consort Xue fell silent.

"The Fu Mo Lin family has you protecting them, but who can protect our family's lives?"

"I don't care about the affairs of Yunyang Kingdom, and when did I ever say that I would protect the Lin family? Only the Lin family can control their own fate afterward."

Ignoring Consort Xue's reaction, Shen Xu opened the wooden box and smiled when he saw the contents: "A flying shuttle."

The flying shuttle was indeed a magical artifact; Huo Yan hadn't lied to him. However, it was just for show; he wasn't extravagant enough to use it for travel.

"What is this?" Xiao Si asked curiously, looking at the smooth, spindle-shaped object in Shen Xu's hand.

"A flying boat that allows ordinary people to take to the sky."

Upon hearing Shen Xu's words, both Xue Fei and Xiao Si showed surprise.

"Is that it?" Xiao Si looked at the small flying shuttle in front of her, it seemed impossible no matter how she looked at it.

"Try to see if you can inject some vital energy into it." Shen Xu handed the shuttle to Xiao Si.

"It really works!" Xiao Si looked at the shuttle in her hand with amazement in her eyes.

"This is something your mother left you."

Shen Xu couldn't help but admire Huo Yan's clever plan. Only those who had their life essence recorded into the core array of the flying shuttle, such an expensive flying magic weapon, were qualified to control it.

Huo Yan must have recorded Xiao Si's life essence into the core array pattern of the shuttle beforehand. Therefore, if he wants to use this shuttle, he must bring Xiao Si with him and help Xiao Si reach the level where she can control the shuttle.

“But Mother did say that this was something left for you, Brother Shen!” Xiao Si couldn’t help but feel a little confused.

Hearing this, he understood what Huo Yan had truly left him: she was planning to hand Xiao Si over to him!

Only when he and Xiao Si have a very close relationship will he have the right to use this flying shuttle.

"It's okay, I suddenly don't want it anymore, you can keep it!"

She wanted him to take care of her daughter just for the right to use a flying shuttle—a way to appease a beggar!

Moreover, with the precedent right before his eyes, who knows if that woman left any insidious tricks on the shuttle? His best option is to abandon the shuttle and completely sever ties with the mother and daughter.

"Huh? Why? I don't want it!" Xiao Si handed the shuttle back to him.

Shen Xu didn't speak, but simply placed the shuttle on the table and took out the only two letters from the wooden box.

"Could you tell me when these two letters were sent?" Shen Xu asked Xue Fei.

Consort Xue glanced at Xiao Si and answered hesitantly, "One of the letters was placed inside when Huo Yan handed me the wooden box, and the other letter was delivered to me by a merchant ten years ago."

He said he found the letter near Cangtianyuan, and because it had the address of the Crown Prince's residence and my name on it, he sent it to me.

Upon hearing Consort Xue's reply, Xiao Si's face turned deathly pale.

"Found her?" Shen Xu immediately sensed that Huo Yan was probably in grave danger.

"Xiao Si, don't worry too much. Maybe your mother didn't want to show herself, so she deliberately let that merchant find the letter. Besides, the handwriting on the cover is very neat, so it doesn't seem like she wrote the letter when she was in any danger." Seeing Xiao Si's reaction, Consort Xue couldn't help but comfort her.

"Consort Xue is right, let's see what your mother wrote first!"

Shen Xu first opened the letter that Huo Yan had placed in the wooden box beforehand. The contents of the letter were written in the script of the True Origin Continent, with neat paper and beautiful handwriting.

"Fellow Daoist of the True Origin Continent, when you see this letter, it means you have gained Xiao Si's approval. Moreover, since you were able to discover Xiao Si's existence, it's highly likely that you, like me, came to the Blood Central Realm through the spatial rift deep within the Ink River..."

After spending some time reading the letter, Shen Xu couldn't help but admire Huo Yan's meticulousness; she had made arrangements for almost every possible scenario that Xiao Sineng might encounter.

So the whole letter was just nagging him to take good care of Xiao Si, and that if he could bring her back to the Yuancang Sword Sect, there would be tremendous benefits waiting for him.

She also stated that she had given Xiao Si the highest level of authority in the shuttle, and that if he could take good care of Xiao Si, he could ask Xiao Si to transfer the shuttle to him.

It wasn't until the very end that she revealed the two possible paths back to the True Origin Continent that she had discovered. One of them was that there might be a cross-realm teleportation array in the human ruins outside the border that led from the Blood Central Realm to the True Origin Continent.

He immediately abandoned this option. Putting aside the problem of the numerous demonic beasts outside the border, even if he could find a complete magic array outside the border, he couldn't afford the energy required to activate it.

The other is a spatial rift deep within the Mo River, but according to Huo Yan, the location of that spatial rift is not fixed and is difficult to find. Moreover, actively entering a spatial rift is tantamount to courting death.

He was incredibly lucky last time and was sent to the Blood Central Realm, but he couldn't guarantee he'd be so lucky next time, especially since the Spirit Crane wasn't even by his side.

The last place was the True Blood Battlefield. He had only heard about this place from an elder of the Ancient Method Research Association. According to the elder, it was the origin of spiritual blood, and many ancient method cultivators with profound cultivation had perished there.

So it seems the young man the old man was talking about really is Huo Yan. But why would Huo Yan put this place in? Is there a way to return to the True Origin Continent on the True Blood Battlefield?

"Brother Shen, did Mother say anything to me?" Xiao Si asked expectantly.

"She told me to take good care of you."

"Is that all?"

“She said a lot, but it was all about me taking care of you,” Shen Xu replied.

When Shen Xu opened the second letter, he suddenly heard a commotion outside. He immediately closed the letter and stood up.

The baby on the bed seemed to be awakened by the noise and immediately started crying.

Consort Xue immediately stood up to pick up the child, but Shen Xu said, "Wait a little longer!"

Upon hearing Shen Xu's words, Consort Xue hesitated, but the child's crying grew louder and louder, constantly piercing her heart, making it impossible for her to sit idly by.

She could only ignore Shen Xu's words and immediately went to the bedside. But when her hand touched the baby, the blue aura surrounding the baby instantly left the baby and merged into her palm.

"This..." Consort Xue was stunned for a moment, then immediately turned to look at Shen Xu.

Shen Xu collected the colorless Yuan Qi into the jade bottle. In a place like the Blood Central Realm, he could not stand by and watch every bit of pure Yuan Qi be wasted.

“The attraction of life force to cultivators and infants is not on the same level. I originally wanted to tell you how much vital energy to use for half an hour of treatment, but now you can only figure it out yourselves,” Shen Xu said calmly.

Consort Xue gently picked up the crying baby and said apologetically, "Thank you for your concern. I will be more careful in the future."