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

Chapter 207 Harvest from the Sword Selection

Because Shen Xu was afraid that the Nourishing Yuan Pill in his possession would disappear again for some inexplicable reason, he went to a hotel and rented a room for a month as soon as he got the pill, and then set off for Li Xiaoyi's residence.

He knocked gently on the door, and a meticulously dressed maid opened it. Upon seeing Shen Xu, she was immediately overjoyed.

"Young Master Shen, Miss has been waiting for you. You shouldn't have arrived so late," Xiao Xi said with a hint of complaint.

"Xiao Xi, I'm not here to see your young lady. Here are a hundred Nourishing Yuan Pills that I borrowed from her. Could you please give them to her for me?" Shen Xu said with a smile.

Looking at the Nourishing Essence Pill in her hand, Xiao Xi quickly said, "But..."

Before she could finish speaking, Shen Xu had already disappeared from the doorway.

"But Miss really wants to see you!" Xiao Xi couldn't help but sigh softly.

Shen Xu knew he was destined to see Li Xiaoyi and Qingyun again, but he could delay it as long as possible. Ideally, he would delay until their hatred for him overshadowed their goodwill towards him, so that he could run away with a clear conscience. Otherwise, someone would always drag him down to wait for his death.

Shen Xu randomly picked a restaurant and ordered a large table of dishes, wanting to treat his stomach, which hadn't had any oily food for months.

Although only 1,000 out of the nearly 80,000 participants in the Four Directions Sword Selection can enter the Four Directions Sword Alliance, the resources required to activate the teleportation array once can only be described as astronomical.

Shen Xu remembered that when he first boarded the Flying Cloud Boat, Elder Huang paid for all the expenses for him and Lu Qingshan along the way, about five hundred Nourishing Yuan Pills for each person.

He didn't know how much the Tianhe Sword Sect could earn, but he felt that it should be about half, since it only took less than a hundred Nourishing Yuan Pills to teleport from Anyue City, which was closest to the Green Bamboo Mountains, to the Tianhe Sword Sect.

It's impossible for Tianjian City to activate the teleportation array just for a few dozen or a hundred people, so most of the sword selectors in Tianjian City are currently waiting to return to their respective sects with the main force. As a result, many sword selectors who have returned from the Kunyuan Secret Realm have gathered in the restaurant.

"I never expected that this sword selection would produce a titled swordsman. Brother Wang, you are a member of the Green Wood Society, could you tell me what exactly happened in the Kunyuan Secret Realm back then?"

"I'm just an ordinary member of the Aoki-kai. There are many important things that I'm not qualified to know. What I know, you all know too."

"This Sword Selection for the Wood element is truly fortunate. Many people originally had no chance of passing the selection, but they encountered the strong rise of the Green Wood Society."

"That's not how it works. The Aoki Society and Lady Aoki have a mutually beneficial relationship. If Lady Aoki hadn't helped those wood-type swordsmen pass the selection process, she probably wouldn't have been able to obtain the title of Aoki."

"I heard that the evil spirit intended to compete with Lord Aoki for the title, but was suppressed by Lord Aoki. However, I didn't expect that he would eventually choose to help Lord Aoki obtain the title."

"The evil spirit does indeed have that strength. Only after he came out did I realize how amazing and talented he was. Killing a Qi Condensation Realm cultivator with the Qi Nourishing Realm was like slaughtering a dog. In fact, he was the first to enter four of the five Kunyuan Palaces. If the evil spirit really went to the fifth Kunyuan Palace, it's uncertain who would get the title."

"I think the demon is still Aoki-sama's subordinate. The things he did were probably under Aoki-sama's orders, so the credit should still go to Aoki-sama. Besides, Aoki-sama's strength in the final battle was obvious to all, so she doesn't need to worry about the demon's threat at all."

"In any case, the final result is that Lord Aoki has been granted the title. The victor is king and the loser is villain. Apart from our generation of swordsmen who know about the existence of this person, the others will only know about Lord Aoki's glorious deeds. In the end, even the deeds of the demon may be attributed to Lord Aoki."

Shen Xu never expected the rumors to be so outrageous; even the rumor of Qingyun being discarded like a spent bird was being put away.

He never expected the Shadow Stone Wall to be so outrageous. He didn't do many things in the Kunyuan Secret Realm, but the Shadow Stone Wall recorded them all. Fortunately, he was wearing a mask, otherwise he wouldn't be able to enjoy his meal so leisurely here.

After eating and drinking his fill, Shen Xu returned to the inn and took out the jade bottle he had obtained in the Kunyuan Hall.

Looking at the jade bottle in front of him, Shen Xu couldn't help but sigh that greed was indeed the original sin. He estimated that if he hadn't intentionally thrown the demon fox and the green hairpin into the Condensing Yuan Pool, the Kun Yuan Palace probably wouldn't have pursued him. After all, intention and unintentionality are two different concepts.

Shen Xu tossed a Nourishing Essence Pill into the jade bottle and carefully observed the changes inside. When he found that there were no changes, he couldn't help but frown.

Then he began to inject his vital energy into the jade bottle, only to find that the jade bottle was like a bottomless pit, constantly devouring his vital energy.

He was certain that the jade bottle was left to him by the Kunyuan Palace for him to collect Yuan Liquid, but it did not seem to have the function of automatically extracting Yuan Qi from the Yangyuan Pill. It would only have a certain reaction if he actively inputted Yuan Qi. However, he felt that it should work if he actively poured in Yuan Liquid.

This discovery made Shen Xu realize that this jade bottle was an extremely rare treasure, because it could not only store Yuan Liquid, but also allow him to access the Yuan Liquid stored inside at any time.

Moreover, the jade bottle contains his original pure vital energy, so there is no need for the refining process; he can use it whenever he wants.

As long as he has enough vital energy stored in the jade bottle, he can become a monstrous being whose vital energy will never run out.

Unfortunately, this jade bottle did not belong to him; he was only borrowing it temporarily, and in a way, it was also his death warrant.

If he doesn't store enough vital energy in the jade bottle before the teleportation array on his chest activates, death awaits him.

Given his debt situation, simply working to pay off his debts would only lead to his demise. Therefore, he needs to acquire enough Yuanye to clear his debts.

The problem is that he doesn't know how to obtain Yuan Liquid, nor how much Yuan Liquid he needs to pay off his debt. For now, he can only wait until he joins the Four Directions Sword Alliance and then ask someone about this matter.

After putting the jade bottle into his storage ring, Shen Xu took out the demon fox statue and the jade hairpin. "You two drank so much of my essence liquid and almost killed me. You should give me some feedback!"

Thinking of this, Shen Xu slowly injected a wisp of vital energy into the jade hairpin. The jade hairpin suddenly flashed with a blue light, then fell silent again, turning back into an ordinary jade hairpin, and even vital energy could no longer be injected into it.

Taking a deep breath, Shen Xu silently put the hairpin back into his ring, then turned his gaze to the fox spirit statue.

To be honest, he was a little reluctant to deal with this fox spirit statue because he felt that this fox spirit was a real six-tailed fox spirit, and if he brought it back to life, he would be the first person to die.

After thinking it over, Shen Xu gave up the dangerous idea and slowly put the fox demon statue back into his ring. He didn't lack anything right now, so it was better not to take any risks.

"Huh? These three boxes?" Shen Xu took out three black boxes from his storage ring.

"When were they put in? I don't remember. And I don't think I've ever seen these three boxes before." Shen Xu stared at the three black boxes in front of him, lost in deep confusion.

He held the boxes in his hands and examined them carefully. He found that the three boxes were exactly the same in size, material and weight. They were all pitch black, like black holes, and for some reason he felt that he had seen this color somewhere before.

But the fear the boxes instilled in him made him realize that he must never open these three boxes. But why would he put such dangerous boxes in his ring?

Or perhaps he didn't put those three boxes in there himself?