Chapter 0284 – Labyrinth – The Absolute Return

In the dead of night, Bo Qianjing traveled alone through the dense forest.</p>

It was pitch black all around, and the only thing that was left was a little bit of firefly, flickering like a star, illuminating the way forward for him.</p>

Wherever he passed, the grass and trees automatically separated, making way for him, and those originally hidden and hard-to-find paths appeared one by one in front of him. And when he walked past, the grass and trees would close up again, covering the path tightly, leaving not a trace.</p>

I don’t know how long I walked, but Bo Qianjing finally stopped in a deep, dense forest.</p>

"Rustle ……"</p>

There was clearly no wind, but the grass around them began to sway gently and the branches rustled.</p>

Immediately after that, several figures came out from the grass, they wore green clothes, and their skin also showed a light green color, as if they were fused with the surrounding grass and trees, if they didn’t look closely, they couldn’t be found at all.</p>

The person in the lead, with a thin figure and a clean face, but with eyes as cold as a viper’s, his name was Kusarin, he was Bo Qianjing’s true disciple, or more accurately, he should be the Wood King’s disciple.</p>

Qin Xiajun followed Bo Qianjing to learn swordsmanship, while Caolin, on the other hand, practiced Bo Qianjing’s true mastery, the Wood Form Thousand Souls Art.</p>

"The time has come." Birchglass said to Kusarin.</p>

When Kusarin heard this, a green aura flashed in his eyes as he asked, "Why are you in such a hurry? Didn’t you say it would be a while longer?"</p>

"There’s been a change of plans." Birchglass said.</p>

"We’re not ready." Kusarin said.</p>

"There is no time to lose." Bo Qianjing’s tone was undeniable.</p>

"What exactly happened?" Kusarin trailed off.</p>

In Bo Qianjing’s mind, Jian Wuji’s figure emerged.</p>

That kid, who has nothing to do the whole day, either sits next to him and learns to carve wood carvings, or pesters him to see Qin Xia Ling, one moment saying that he wants to invite him to drink and eat meat, and the next moment complimenting him on his good-looking eyes, in a word, that mouth never stops.</p>

Time always flew by with him, and before I knew it, it was late at night.</p>

It wasn’t until the third day that Bo Qianjing suddenly realized that this kid, like a dose of chronic poison, could poison people without even realizing it.</p>

His instincts told him:</p>

"This kid, has sensed my identity."</p>

How can that be? I’ve hidden so deeply that even the Martial Arts Alliance has been fooled by me for so many years, how could he possibly recognize my identity?</p>

However, if one assumed that Jian Wuji already knew his true identity, then all of his actions could be explained.</p>

His instincts reminded him again:</p>

"This kid, is here to take your life!"</p>

Burqian Mirror finally made up his mind:</p>

"Since fate has delivered him to me, I will go with the flow and make him part of my plan!"</p>

He handed Kusarin a wooden carving of the same young woman he had carved earlier.</p>

Li An and Qin Xia Ling stood opposite each other, their gazes like torches, and the atmosphere between the two of them, swords drawn.</p>

It was the third time they had met, and this time, they decided to cut their teeth on martial arts.</p>

When they met for the second time, Qin Xia Ling’s sudden offer to befriend Li An had already surprised him, and this time, she even took the initiative to propose a martial arts match with herself, which was even more unbelievable to Li An.</p>

At first, Li An suspected that Qin Xia Ling had other plans, why would the granddaughter of the granddaughter of a martial arts ally deliberately approach him?</p>

"It must be for the Sect Leader." Li An Xin secretly said.</p>

Perhaps it was to spy on Jian Wuji, perhaps it was to monitor his every move.</p>

But after the second meeting, Li An dismissed the idea, she could sense that Qin Xia Ling genuinely wanted to make friends with herself.</p>

The match was also because Li An believed in Qin Xia Ling’s sincerity, otherwise, she would have suspected that Qin Xia Ling wanted to use the opportunity to get rid of herself.</p>

Both of them unsheathed their swords at the same time, and with a flash of their bodies, they were in a battle.</p>

The difference in strength between the two was clear at a glance.</p>

In less than twenty moves, the long sword in Qin Xia Ling’s hand was knocked away by Li An.</p>

"What kind of martial arts are you doing?" Qin Xia Ling asked in surprise, but as soon as the words left her mouth, she realized that she had slipped up.</p>

To ask about the other party’s martial arts after losing a match is really rude.</p>

"Sorry." Qin Xia Ling hurriedly arched her hand and apologized, "I lost."</p>

Li An also arched his hand in return and said, "I apologize."</p>

She wanted to tell Qin Xia Ling that she was practicing the "Bitian Sword Technique", but she couldn’t.</p>

The "Bitian Sword Technique" was taught to her by the Heavenly Demon, and even if the Heavenly Demon allowed her to teach this sword technique to others, she had to be cautious and not divulge it easily.</p>

"I knew you were stronger than me, but I didn’t expect that you would be this strong." Qin Xia Ling sighed.</p>

"Between friends, sparring martial arts, naturally, we should go all out." Li An said.</p>

Qin Xia Ling laughed bitterly in her heart, why would she not want to go all out, it was just that her strength was not good.</p>

At the previous Shao Long Battle, she had lost to Xu Da Long, and now, she had lost to Li An, losing to two young demonic sect experts one after another, causing some frustration in her heart.</p>

"If it was a life and death battle, I’m afraid I would have already died." Qin Xia Ling said in her heart.</p>

The only thing that comforted her was that Xu Dalong and Li An, both of them were Jian Wuji’s beloved ones, which was why they were so powerful.</p>

Forcing back the loss in her heart, she bent down to pick up the longsword on the ground and inserted it back into the scabbard. Instead of seeing the sword as a disgrace due to jealousy, she cherished it even more.</p>

"Pretty face, good personality, and such high martial arts, it’s too unfair, isn’t it?" Qin Xia Ling said half-jokingly, but her tone was filled with sincerity.</p>

Li An sniffed and laughed, "You’re the one who’s really pouring out the world."</p>

Li An genuinely thought that Qin Xia Ling was beautiful, out of all the women she had seen, Qin Xia Ling was the most beautiful.</p>

Qin Xia Ling could feel that Li An was not comforting herself, but rather praising from the bottom of her heart. She couldn’t help but be a little curious as to why a woman as beautiful as Li An would think she was more beautiful.</p>

Perhaps because of Li An’s sincerity, Qin Xia Ling’s mood became much lighter.</p>

"This road is so beautiful!" Qin Xia Ling exclaimed.</p>

"Whenever I’m bored, I come here for a walk, it’s my secret base." Li An said.</p>

As the two of them chatted idly while strolling along the forest path, Qin Xia Ling suddenly said, "Seriously, I’m worried about my brother."</p>

"Don’t worry, your brother will be fine." Li An comforted, "He definitely won’t regret asking the Sect Leader for help."</p>

That was exactly what Qin Xiaoling wanted to hear.</p>

"You really have trust in your Young Sect Master." Qin Xiaoling said.</p>

"I trust him more than I trust myself." Liam said.</p>

"In this world, it’s a great blessing to have someone you trust so much." Qin Xia Ling sighed.</p>

"You can trust him, too." Liam said.</p>

"What?" Qin Xiaoling asked in disbelief.</p>

"Didn’t you say that you wanted to be friends with the Godfather? Then trust him." Li An said.</p>

This was exactly what Qin Xia Ling had said to Qin Xia Jun.</p>

Don’t be half-hearted, but trust Sword Wuji unreservedly. Now, she was hearing these words from Li An’s mouth.</p>

A strange image suddenly came to her mind: a big fish, devouring a small fish, and that small fish, devouring an even smaller fish ……</p>

Li An’s trust made Qin Xia Ling’s heart settle down a little. If this was all a conspiracy of the Devil Cult, then wouldn’t the two of them, brother and sister, be tricked by these two devils?</p>

Still, she couldn’t help but worry in case ……</p>

"I’ll see you tomorrow, after you go back, there’s no telling when we’ll see each other again." Qin Xia Ling said.</p>

"Okay, I’ll see you tomorrow." Liam readily agreed.</p>

Perhaps, they would never see each other again in this life. Perhaps, they would meet each other on the battlefield, after all, they were destined to be enemies.</p>

"This time tomorrow, still meet here." Qin Xiaoling said.</p>

"Good." Liam said.</p>

Did Jian Wuji know? He had asked the two of them to make friends, but he didn’t expect that they would become true friends.</p>

After parting with Qin Xia Ling, Li An walked alone on the forest path, not long after walking, she suddenly felt an inexplicable chill, she stopped and turned to look.</p>

Behind him was empty, Qin Xia Ling had disappeared.</p>

A sudden twinge of unease rose in her heart as she looked down the empty path.</p>

Jian Wuji once again came to Bo Qianjing’s residence, only to find that he was not in the room.</p>

In the past few days, Bo Qianjing had been in his room, why would he suddenly leave today?</p>

However, it was good that he could cultivate in peace.</p>

During this period of time, he had been practicing the "Time and Space Shift Technique".</p>

Perhaps it was because the appearance of the Wood King made him feel the crisis, his cultivation progress was faster than ever.</p>

He practiced over and over again, gritting his teeth even when his body was exhausted.</p>

Cultivation was like using drop by drop to fill a huge water tank, the process was long and boring.</p>

But he had to stick with it, he couldn’t give up halfway.</p>