The daily life of a max-level immortal cultivator

Chapter 197 Waiting for the Flowers to Bloom

Do you remember who you are and where you came from?

"Of course, I..."

Woman Yimu: "I..."

The woman looked puzzled, suddenly seeming to forget her origins. She slowly squatted down: "Who...am I? I don't remember?"

"Who am I? Who am I...who am I!"

The woman held her head in her hands, her expression growing increasingly pained. The resentment surrounding her surged instantly. Liu Jun reacted swiftly, leaping several meters away from the spot.

The sudden change caught Liu Jun off guard, and the surging resentment almost engulfed the woman, yet she still unconsciously squatted there, trying to remember something.

The resentful energy that devoured people grew stronger, and the surrounding illusion became distorted and turbulent as a result. Moreover, the resentful energy seemed to have noticed her presence as an outsider and was intentionally expanding towards Liu Jun in an attempt to attack her.

Liu Jun immediately took out a stack of talismans from his bosom, lit them, and scattered them around.

"The turbid spirit departs, returns to the sea to dispel evil, disperse!"

The burning talisman instantly exploded into flames, and in a short while, the resentment in the air was burned away, and the flames disappeared.

However, the resentment in the air was burned away, but the source was still on the fox infant. The woman's body still harbored intense resentment, and if you touched it, you might be burned by the resentment on her body.

Liu Jun stared silently at the person in the distance for a while, and then he had a general idea of ​​what to do.

Taking a few steps closer, looking at the woman still struggling on the ground, Liu Jun opened his mouth, and finally tentatively called out that name.

“…Ningning.”

Upon hearing this name, the woman, who had been clutching her head and repeatedly muttering "Who am I?", suddenly fell silent. After a long pause, she slowly lowered her hands from her head and looked at the person who had spoken the name through teary eyes.

The resentment all around her dissipated, and the woman finally stood up again.

"Ningning, Ningning... A-Si, I want to go back, go home. A-Si is still waiting for me at home. Go home, go home..."

As she spoke, the woman suddenly collapsed again, curling up and murmuring repeatedly, "Home, I want to go home, A-Si is still waiting for me, home..."

Upon seeing this, Liu Jun sighed silently, understanding everything.

"Ningning, do you want to go home?"

The woman's helpless gaze drifted up to the person standing beside her, but then she suddenly let out a sneer:

"What good intentions could a human possibly have to help a fox demon? I'm imprisoned here because of you ignorant humans!"

"That stinky Taoist priest locked me up here without saying a word, and his disciples and their descendants come every year to reinforce those broken seals so that I can't leave even an inch."

"I was almost home, I was almost going to see A-Si! If I hadn't been seriously injured back then, how could those broken seals have stopped me!"

"Once I get out of here, I'm going to kill everyone connected to that stinking Taoist priest! I'm going to kill them all, kill them all..."

Ningning's gaze was unfocused, and she continued to utter harsh words, but there was no longer any hatred in her eyes, only endless numbness and emptiness.

Looking at the lifelike scenes before him, and the houses and fields brimming with life that he could see with his own eyes, every flower and tree was so real. It was clear that the person who created such a scene had truly engraved every detail into their mind in order to create such a similar environment.

It's only a dozen or so miles from here to Shitan Forest, yet the two of them haven't been able to meet for tens of thousands of years...

And from what the little snake had said before, Liu Jun probably understood why beast tides frequently appeared in Sunset City.

But why can't the person outside who should hear the call hear it?

Perhaps all he has left now is a vague and illusory obsession, while the real him has already died at some point in the endless years, and can no longer hear the earnest calls of his beloved.

“Ningning, if you want to get out, I can help you, but… the world outside is very different now, and the person waiting for you…”

Do you still want to go out?

Ningning's unfocused gaze finally refocused: "You, are you really willing to help me? Why?"

Why……

Liu Jun looked towards the source of the waterfall, where the dense forest had not yet taken on its current, authentic form.

"In a way, it fulfills the wishes of an old friend. After all, what was it that led you two to this?"

Ningning finally sat up from the ground, looked at the person beside her with a peaceful gaze, and smiled slightly: "We have to go home eventually."

"Even if..."

Even if the person waiting for me is no longer here.

Ningning continued her words.

Looking at Ningning, who was gradually regaining her composure, Liu Jun said, "Okay, but I need you to swallow this."

Liu Jun took out a jade bottle and handed it to her.

"What is this?"

"An object that completely purifies the unfriendly things on you."

Ningning was stunned for two seconds before swallowing the contents of the bottle without hesitation. However, she exhaled a breath of black gas a moment later, and the fur on her body disappeared, along with her ears and fox tail, leaving only a human woman standing in front of Liu Jun without any clothes on.

"Alright, you'll be able to leave in a bit."

After saying that, Liu Jun turned into dust and disappeared, while his true form outside the well opened his eyes and closed the seal.

Upon seeing this, Geng Wuji approached and asked, "Sir, what is the situation inside?"

"Your perception is correct; it is indeed an old acquaintance."

As he spoke, he teleported a set of clothes to him and tossed them to him. Geng Wuji caught them with a puzzled look on his face: "My lord, what is this?"

"Hold this for me, stand back a bit, and close your eyes."

Although Geng Wuji still had doubts, he obediently did as he was told.

Liu Jun immediately summoned a celestial sword, imbued it with fire elemental power, and flew above the dry well, then hurled the sword vertically down.

"Boom!"

The immortal sword collided with the magic array, activating it and unleashing a powerful light. In an instant, the magic array shattered, layer upon layer, with the impact of its destruction growing stronger and stronger.

The lower the level of the magic array, the harder it is to destroy. Seeing this, Liu Jun used the Glazed Fire to help. After a few more breaths, as the last layer of the magic array shattered and the final impact dissipated, all the magic arrays above the well were destroyed. Liu Jun then recalled his immortal sword and flew back to the ground to stand still, while Geng Wuji in the distance remained unmoved in the slightest.

A figure flew out of the well; it was Ningning, who had been imprisoned for a long time. Liu Jun pointed, and Geng Wuji felt his hand lighten; the thing in his hand had vanished.

"Okay."

He opened his eyes and walked back after the adult's voice fell.

At this moment, a woman with an extremely beautiful appearance appeared in front of the man, and the woman was wearing the same dress he had been holding earlier.

Geng Wuji glanced at the woman a few times and exclaimed in surprise, "Tushan Clan?"

Ningning looked at him with some curiosity: "I think I've seen you before."

Geng Wuji gave a rare sneer: "Of course I've seen it, but it was when you were prisoners of war."

"Your Tushan clan killed quite a few dragons back then, but unfortunately, I don't really like the dragons either."

Ningning glanced at him a few times, then looked at Liu Jun: "Are you people from the Divine Realm?"

“It doesn’t count now; that event happened tens of thousands of years ago,” Geng Wuji replied.

Ningning was still looking at Liu Jun, remaining silent for a long time. In the end, she didn't say anything more, but took out a piece of bluestone from somewhere and handed it to Liu Jun.

"The past is past. I'm entrusting this to you from now on as a thank you gift. You should find it more useful than I would have, so take good care of it."

Liu Jun looked at the thing in her hand and felt it was somewhat familiar, so he took it.

Ningning nodded to Liu Jun, then looked in a certain direction before finally flying away from the spot.

Liu Jun held the blue stone in his hand and pondered for a moment before finally putting it back into his storage ring. He then said, "Breaking the formation made quite a commotion, which might attract other things. Let's leave here first."

After saying that, they summoned the leaf artifact, and the two of them jumped onto it and drove it away from this place.

……

"Little one, why are you so sleepy? Look, the ashoka flowers we planted last year are about to bloom. I wonder if they'll look pretty."

"In this boring place, you're the only one keeping me company."

"When the flowers bloom, how about we go and collect some to make honey? Worry-free honey, it sounds delicious."

A mountain breeze blows, causing the flower branches to sway. Some of the budding Ashoka flowers are already showing signs of color.

Ao Si gently stroked the sleeping red sable beside her, imagining what it would look like when the flowers bloomed.

"Little one, don't keep sleeping so much. What if you miss the flowers blooming? Sigh."

Although he said that, he never disturbed the red sable's sleep.

It's become increasingly sleepy and less lively than when we first met. I suppose its time is almost up, after all, it's been with him for a very long time.

Everything in the world eventually comes to an end.

Ao Si gazed at the swaying flower branches, his crimson eyes revealing an unfathomable calm and serenity.

"Ningning, I guess I won't be able to wait for you anymore..."

……

"Ah Si."

A mountain breeze swept by, causing the flower branches to sway and carrying a gentle call. Ao Si remained stunned for a long time, thinking it was another hallucination.

However, the heart, which had been silent for millennia and was now beating again, recognized the voice first.

At this moment, he was already in tears.