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

Chapter 343 Wicker Chair Hanging Basket

Early in the morning, Shen Xu arrived at the ancient forest. He closed his eyes, and a solid, cyan spirit appeared in his consciousness.

He never expected that in just six months, this cyan spirit would grow to this extent.

Before he left, the cyan spirit only reacted instinctively and could only execute some simple commands.

But now the cyan spirit can actually give him feedback, and sometimes it even actively conveys some vague thoughts to him, which surprised him greatly.

This also means that the cyan spirit can help him with more things, such as wood carving.

Thinking of this, he once again transmitted the image of the Praying White Crane in his mind to the blue light. With yesterday's experience, the blue light quickly understood his meaning and began to flicker and ripple slowly.

He opened his eyes and saw a thick branch stretching out in front of him. Flowers began to grow on the branch, and soon a small green fruit appeared.

As life force continued to be injected, the green fruit grew larger and larger, its color gradually turning yellowish-brown, before finally falling to the ground beside Shen Xu like a ripe melon falling from a vine.

Shen Xu picked up the fruit with its withered, hard shell. After peeling off the shell, he found dense, hair-like yellow fibers connecting to the statue of the Praying White Crane.

After removing the statue and cleaning off the remaining fibers, a smooth and lifelike white crane appeared before his eyes.

"Shen Xu, don't push your luck. Letting you use my statue to coax Bai Lu is already my bottom line. What else do you want?" At this moment, Qi Ling Bai He came to his side and said angrily in his mind.

"This isn't for Bai Lu, it's for Xiao Yi. If you don't agree, I won't give it to her."

"Since it's for Xiao Yi, I'll reluctantly agree to it one more time!"

“I see your statue is quite popular. How about we cooperate? I guarantee you’ll have an endless supply of red jade fruit in the future,” Shen Xu suggested earnestly.

He thought selling the Qiling White Crane statues in the Four Directions Sword Alliance was very lucrative. He would use the Qiling White Crane as a model to sell the statues, and then set different prices based on the different materials.

Or he could organize a blind box lottery, and maybe he could quickly collect enough Yuan Liquid for the Kunyuan Secret Realm.

"What do you mean? But I have more red jade fruits than I can eat right now!"

"It's different. You're living off Bai Lu and the others now, which isn't very appealing. Only the Red Jade Fruit you earn yourself with your own hard work is the most delicious!" Shen Xu said enticingly.

Seeing that Qi Ling Baihe seemed a little stunned, Shen Xu pressed on, saying, "Do you feel that although the red jade fruits that Bai Lu and the others gave you are all plump and red, they are not as delicious as the shriveled and unripe red jade fruits that you found yourself before?"

"Have you ever thought about why?" Shen Xu asked in a mysterious, soft voice.

"Why?" Qi Lingbaihe asked anxiously.

"Of course, it's because those plump red jade fruits didn't absorb your hard work, while those shriveled red jade fruits, although not of good quality, were obtained with great effort and your hard work."

The difference between the two is as vast as the sky and as deep as the earth; naturally, their tastes are worlds apart!

"Should I go find the Red Jade Fruit again and eat it myself?" Qi Ling Baihe was deeply puzzled.

"No, no! That's too slow. I have a way to help you find the original taste without having to search for it yourself."

"What can I do? Tell me quickly!"

"It's simple, make money!"

"Think about it, the Red Jade Fruits that Bailu and the others gave you certainly weren't picked one by one by them, right? So how could they have so many Red Jade Fruits?"

Of course, it's because they have money. If you also have money, you can buy the red jade fruit yourself.

In this way, your hard work would be indirectly incorporated into those red jade fruits, and you wouldn't need to deliberately curry favor with them for their fruits. Moreover, with money, you could buy whatever you wanted—it was entirely beneficial.

"But I'm not human, how am I supposed to make money?"

"I can't help you with that, but you can think about it for a while. Once you've made up your mind, tell me and I can help you," Shen Xu said earnestly.

When dealing with the Qiling white crane, one must not be too hasty; playing hard to get is the right approach.

“Okay! I need to think carefully about how to make money,” Qi Ling Baihe replied earnestly.

After seeing off the Qiling White Crane, Shen Xu couldn't help but smile. "Although its intelligence has improved a lot, its social experience is still too shallow."

Walking through the ancient forest, Shen Xu selected trees to make a cradle for Li Xiaoyi. He planned to make a swing basket for Blue Star, and the material had to be both comfortable and sturdy.

He knew that Li Xiaoyi liked simple colors, and it would be better to use solid-colored wood. After looking around, he chose a piece of black ebony.

This tree is jet black and shiny, and its wood is both soft and strong, making it one of the best in the ancient forest, which suits his taste perfectly.

He closed his eyes and transmitted his impression of the hanging basket to the blue light. The hanging basket was divided into three parts: a stable supporting base, a rattan basket large enough to accommodate one person, and rattan ropes that connected the two.

None of these three parts require particularly large pieces of wood, and their specific structures are not complicated, so the blue light cluster understood them quickly, and the branches of the black ebony in front of him began to grow, extend, and intertwine continuously.

But Shen Xu soon noticed something was wrong. His original plan was to have the cyan light cluster make three parts and then assemble them himself. However, the cyan light cluster seemed to know what it was doing and did not follow his plan. Instead, it wanted to make the entire hanging basket as one piece.

This greatly surprised Shen Xu. He originally thought it was already remarkable that the cyan light cluster could understand his meaning, but he did not expect that the cyan light cluster seemed to have the ability to think and summarize on its own.

After some time, a rattan hanging basket that was almost identical to, or even more refined than, the one Shen Xu remembered appeared in front of him.

Taking a deep breath, Shen Xu slowly sat down, feeling the comfort brought to him by the gently swaying rattan chair. A familiar feeling welled up from the depths of his memory, but he could no longer remember what kind of memory it was.

After stepping down from the hanging basket, Shen Xu couldn't help but sigh to himself, "It would be perfect if there were a red cushion."

After sending a message of approval to the blue light, Shen Xu carried the basket to the other side of the Qingling Creek. To his surprise, the women gathered in front of his hut to feed the Qiling white cranes.

"Useless lazy crane!" Shen Xu cursed inwardly.

Everyone looked at him with curiosity and anticipation as they saw the basket he was carrying, while Li Xiaoyi smiled slightly.

"Xiao Yi, this is the cradle I promised you!" Shen Xu placed the hanging basket in front of Li Xiao Yi.

"It looks pretty good, I like it." Li Xiaoyi got up and slowly sat down.

"You'd better find a suitable soft cushion to put on it. That way, the hanging basket will be in its complete form and more comfortable," Shen Xu reminded Li Xiaoyi, standing in front of her.

"Anything else? I remember you promised to give me another thing," Li Xiaoyi suddenly asked.

“This…” Shen Xu couldn’t help but glance at Bai Lu.

"Never mind!" If he really intends to sell the statue of the Praying White Crane in the future, then what is there for him to hesitate about now?

"Here you go!" Shen Xu took out the wooden carving of the Praying White Crane and handed it to Li Xiaoyi.

The moment Bai Lu saw the wood carving, her expression became unpredictable.

"Shen Xu, I remember you also promised to give me a cradle, what about mine?" Bai Lu asked.

"I originally planned to prepare it and send it to you all at once, but I didn't expect you to come."

"But it's a good thing you're here. I originally planned to make them all exactly the same, but now you can choose your favorite trees, and I'll have Gu Mu Lin make them for you."

"I won't choose! You choose! And they can't be the same." Bai Lu's expression was very serious.

"Okay!" Shen Xu agreed, since it wouldn't take much time anyway.

"Um, Sister Bai, can I choose one?" Ye Zhi suddenly asked, knowing that the ancient forest was Bai Lu's property.

Upon hearing Ye Zhi's words, Bai Lu suddenly smiled, "Of course you can, Guan Bi, you go too."