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

Chapter 87 Beauty by My Side

"One hundred, two hundred, three hundred..." On the way back, Shen Xu kept calculating how much compensation he could get in the form of Nourishing Essence Pills.

For the first time in his life and the next, he felt that Nourishing Essence Pills were so easy to obtain, making him want to go to the Enforcement Hall again. Unfortunately, he didn't know how many elders had attacked him back then; he estimated there must have been at least seven or eight! That would have been seven hundred and eight pills.

And there were the thousand coins belonging to the Chiang family.

"A thousand!" Shen Xu couldn't help but marvel at the Jiang family's wealth and power; they truly lived up to their position as the head of the Internal Affairs Hall.

Even in his past life, he would have found it difficult to obtain so many Nourishing Yuan Pills at once. The Blood Fiend Palace's Nourishing Yuan Pills could only be exchanged with contribution points, and the price was outrageously high. However, a thousand Nourishing Yuan Pills were not enough for him to let Jiang Yuanzheng go. He had to make Jiang Yuanzheng pay a price he would never forget before this matter was truly over.

There is another person who has not yet repaid his debt: Chen Lian, the head of the Enforcement Hall, who was also the first person to attack him. The debt between him and Chen Lian cannot be settled simply with a hundred Nourishing Yuan Pills.

However, there's no rush to collect the debt now. The most important thing right now is to go back to the Shen family and settle Uncle Wang in.

After the outer sect competition, he had been thinking about how to settle Wang Bo, because Wang Bo was an old man who was powerless. Even if he brought Wang Bo out of the Shen family, where could he settle him?

Carrying him around is definitely not an option. Firstly, it's uncertain whether Uncle Wang's body can withstand a long journey. Secondly, it's far more dangerous for him than for the Shen family, and he doesn't have the confidence to appear in time every time Uncle Wang encounters danger.

His initial plan was to keep Uncle Wang in the Shen family. After all, as long as he could continue to rise in the Qingzhu Sword Sect, the Shen family wouldn't do anything to Uncle Wang; on the contrary, they would treat him better and better. Moreover, the Shen family was a familiar environment for Uncle Wang, and the Shen family had never made things difficult for him in the past. He was quite happy living in the Shen family.

However, while in the Cloud and Mist Bamboo Realm, he discovered a problem. He was always worried that the Shen family might retaliate against Uncle Wang because of him. At that time, he realized that leaving Uncle Wang in the Shen family was definitely not a good choice. Therefore, he could only find a large family to replace the Shen family, and the Wang family, where Wu Qi and Wang Bu were, was a good choice.

The problem now is that he still doesn't know where Wang Bu and Wu Qi live. "Let's go to the sword-fighting arena again! Maybe we'll run into one or two acquaintances!"

"Shen Xu, what are you doing here?" Suddenly, Shen Xu heard a girl's voice that sounded very surprised. He turned around and saw that it was the girl in the green dress who had asked him to let her have a move during the competition outside.

“It’s you! I’m here to take care of something,” Shen Xu replied.

"Are you going to see Wu Qi? I know where he lives!" the girl said with a bright smile.

"Oh? How did you know I wanted to go see Wu Qi right now?" Shen Xu asked curiously.

"Haha... Now that you don't even have a home, only Wu Qi can take you in," the girl couldn't help but laugh.

"That's true! Then could you please show me the way, young lady? I would be extremely grateful."

"Okay! But in exchange, you have to tell me about what happened to you in the Cloud and Mist Bamboo Realm!" A sly look appeared in the girl's curved eyebrows.

"It's not that I don't want to tell you, but I don't even remember it myself." It seems that everyone is curious about what he encountered in the Cloud and Mist Bamboo Realm.

"Oh, I see!" The girl's face immediately showed disappointment.

"Then let's change the condition! Can you tell me how you defeated Jiang Mingqi?" The girl in the green dress had pleading eyes.

"This... is fine!"

"I also want to know how you defeated my older brother." After Shen Xu answered, Jiang Yun walked over from not far behind Chen Jing with a cold face.

Shen Xu was somewhat surprised to see Jiang Yun. Why would this girl come looking for him? Logically speaking, she should be his sworn enemy.

However, he didn't have a bad impression of the girl, so he said to Chen Jing, "Let's talk as we walk! I have something to discuss with Wu Qi."

"Okay! Actually, Wu Qi's place is very close to where you used to live..."

Two graceful figures, one in blue and one in green, escorted Shen Xu towards Qingzhu Residence. At the summit of Qingzhu Peak, the girl in green looked down at this scene with a calm and composed expression, seemingly lost in thought.

……

"In fact, Jiang Mingqi's strength is already top-notch in the Qingzhu Sword Sect. His cultivation at the peak of the ninth level is superior to mine in terms of energy reserves, speed, and strength. However, his use of energy is too poor. His moves are all about attacking directly with sharpness and energy, lacking effective variations."

Only that one move, "Sword Qi Soaring," posed some threat to me due to its sheer volume of sword energy. However, if I wanted to, he simply couldn't use that move. It could be said that he had already lost the moment he couldn't break through my swordsmanship defense.

He's right. Swordsmanship is only one part of strength, but when the overall strength difference isn't too great, swordsmanship becomes the deciding factor in a swordsman's victory.

Are you satisfied with my answer?

The two young women sandwiching him in the middle attracted a lot of onlookers' envious glances, making him very uncomfortable. So he needed to get Jiang Yun away as soon as possible.

But after hearing his answer, Jiang Yun didn't seem to have any intention of leaving. She kept her head down and followed beside him. He had no choice but to walk faster, leaving the two girls a step behind, out of sight, out of mind.

But the girl in the green dress didn't seem to be letting him off the hook. She jogged up beside him and said somewhat discontentedly, "I'm not satisfied! I want to hear what happened in the white mist. If you don't tell me, I won't take you there."

Shen Xu then realized that what he had just said was probably what Jiang Yun wanted to hear; the girl in the green dress was clearly more curious about what happened to him in the white mist.

"Alright, I understand." Shen Xu suddenly stopped and said somewhat impatiently, wanting to end this as soon as possible.

White mist began to spread around the three of them, and in the blink of an eye, it completely enveloped them.

"Wow! Is this the white mist you created? It's so magical and beautiful!" The girl in the green dress reached out and touched the white mist around her, saying excitedly.

Jiang Yun couldn't help but raise her head and look at the scene before her with some curiosity.

A water mirror appeared out of thin air beside the two girls, hovering quietly next to them.

This sudden and strange sight instantly captivated their attention. The two women involuntarily moved closer to the water mirror, examining it closely.

The girl in the green dress couldn't resist reaching out to gently touch the smooth, mirror-like surface of the water.

Just as they were completely focused on the water mirror, a cold, sharp water sword suddenly shot out from the water mirror without warning, rushing straight towards the girl in the green dress with a fierce aura.

The turn of events happened so quickly that she had no time to react; her expression froze instantly, and fear quickly spread across her face.

But the distance between her and the water sword was so short that dodging or defending against it was now completely impossible. She felt a wave of despair wash over her, and could only stare wide-eyed as the water sword mercilessly struck her body.

With a soft "poof," the water sword struck the girl in the green dress accurately, then instantly turned into a cloud of white mist that slowly dissipated.

The white mist gradually dissipated, revealing the figures of two young girls. The girl in the green dress was pale, her chest heaving rapidly, clearly still reeling from the terrifying scene that had just unfolded.

"Illusion!" Jiang Yun said, looking at Shen Xu.

"Both real and illusory!" Shen Xu replied calmly.

"Shen Xu, you're amazing!" The girl in the green dress tried to hug Shen Xu's arm, but he easily dodged it. Jiang Yun couldn't help but smile when she saw this.

"Alright, I've answered your questions. Now, can you take me to find Wu Qi?"

"Of course!" Chen Jing replied with a smile.