Chapter 20 Part 2
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Chapter 20: For Years To Come, All the Nice Mornings and Charming Views Will Be Wasted on Me (2)
Bai Lian recalled the moment when she first caught the jade rabbit.
She could now understand why the reward for Task 1, [Beat the Rabbit], was a top-grade spirit tool.
If she really had beaten the jade rabbit, she would’ve provoked the entire Flying Fog.
When the jade rabbit’s mother came after her, she would understand what a real “Iron fist” felt like.
A top-grade spirit tool? Even the strongest weapon couldn’t stop an enraged rabbit demon at the peak of the Transcendency Stage!
Unless she kept hiding in the Duxian sect… but how could she have known that the jade rabbit had such a powerful background?
There was a great possibility that she would get beaten.
The jade rabbit also mentioned that it needed to return because its mother had been injured.
Even with all the resentment in its heart, it had to go back and check on her.
“Haw haw (I’ll be back).”
Can you really come back?
Bai Lian lowered her head.
The jade rabbit’s mother must be furious. When it returned, the jade rabbit would probably be locked up for a long time.
“Wait until after the Spring Festival.”
After a long silence, Bai Lian spoke.
The two flowers wanted to refuse, but when they saw the look in Bai Lian’s eyes, they finally agreed.
They had been out for a while, and even if they came back half a month later, it wouldn’t cause too many problems.
So, they decided.
For most cultivators, life and death didn’t have clear boundaries, so the Spring Festival wasn’t something they particularly valued. But Bai Lian prepared for it every year.
In her fourth year in this world, she was no longer alone in recalling her past life.
After writing the couplets, Bai Lian took out Yan Yue’s diary.
In rescuing the two flowers, she had only done a small part of the work—the Blood Tree Patriarch had truly contributed.
“Patriarch, do you drink nectar?”
The words appeared on the paper: “I don’t drink.”
How unfortunate.
Bai Lian told the flower demons’ story to it.
The Blood Tree Patriarch responded, “Since they gave it to you on their own initiative, you should keep it.”
“……”
An old person in the family is like a treasure.
No one would have expected that the most reliable being between the Qiongming Peak and the Zhuyan Mountain would be a tree!
—
Nighttime.
Bai Lian took out the nectar that had already cooled.
The cup of nectar gave her 13 Hard Skills, 16 Soft Skills, and 7 Light Skills.
But she wasn’t happy, even though the nectar tasted good.
It was sweet in her throat, but her heart felt… empty.
Ton ton——
Bai Lian stood against the window, supporting her chin with her hands.
The night was overcast, and the moon was hidden from view.
But even so, a bright and white figure caught her attention.
The jade rabbit!
The jade rabbit was standing on the branch of the crooked-neck tree outside the window.
Bai Lian turned and stepped out of the window.
Hearing her footsteps, the jade rabbit turned its head and happily jumped toward Bai Lian.
Bai Lian caught it firmly.
No matter how much she couldn’t understand its chirping, she sat down on the cliff with the jade rabbit in her arms and absentmindedly rubbed its ears.
“Haw…”
What Bai Lian saw was the endless wilderness under the dark sky.
From here, she couldn’t see the deep ditch where the jade rabbit had been blown.
Bai Lian sighed.
Although she no longer needed the jade rabbit to fight her battles, it had been indispensable during the “weak period” when she had just regained her memory.
Without its help, it would’ve been many times harder for her to get through.
Besides, she had already chosen the jade rabbit to manage the Qiongming Peak’s medicine garden. The new spiritual field was ready, but now the administrator was planning to leave.
What was going on?
Qing Luan, who loved watering flowers and chopping firewood, was no longer around. It seemed like she would have to take care of the garden herself in the future.
Bai Lian gazed down at the jade rabbit, her eyes narrowing slightly.
She suddenly felt an impulse.
She wanted…
“Jade rabbit.”
The task appeared quietly.
[Task 1: Send the jade rabbit back to the Flying Fog. (Reward: a top-grade magic tool – Autumn Wind Sweeper)]
[Task 2: “Nothing.” (Reward: Talisman Making +1)]
Since it was dangerous, she should escort the jade rabbit back to the Flying Fog!
Although the reward would be a top-grade magic tool, it wouldn’t be particularly difficult for her to handle such a task with her current strength.
Bai Lian said, “Let me send you back to the Flying Fog.”
“Haw?”
The jade rabbit’s eyes widened in surprise.
“It’s decided!”
Bai Lian made the final decision.
But before that, she would have a proper Spring Festival.
She’d stick the couplets, clean up, prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner, and visit the town under the mountain.
These were routine things.
—
Far away, in the Grand River Valley.
An Lan stared at the jade slip in her palm.
Is it the Spring Festival?
She hadn’t celebrated a holiday in a long time.
The only time she had ever celebrated was when she first entered the Duxian sect, and her nominal master led her through it.
“Why did you always like to put people together? In the end, it only caused trouble.”
She sighed softly.
Finally, An Lan sent out the blessings she had already written through the jade slip.
In previous years, when Bai Lian had been sleepy with a table full of dishes, An Lan had stood outside.
What would’ve happened if she had gone inside at that moment?
Would she have worried less than she did now?
Therefore, the sentence “I will come back as soon as possible” was affixed at the end of the blessing to Bai Lian.
