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

Chapter 235 The Arrogant White Crane

When the group returned to Qingling Creek, Shen Xu discovered another two-story pavilion located next to Li Xiaoyi's pavilion. It was entirely black, with few decorations on the outside, giving it an extremely ancient appearance.

"Xiao Zhi is quick! I never imagined that there would be three completely different pavilions here at the same time," Bai Lu exclaimed.

“This place used to be very quiet, but now it’s much more lively,” Guan Bi said with a smile.

"I'm very curious how you managed to build such an exquisite pavilion in just one day?" Shen Xu couldn't help but wonder as he looked at the pavilion that had risen from the ground before him.

“You just need to tell the Yuanzhu masters in the Sword Alliance your needs, and then wait to be paid. They will prepare everything for you. Xiaozhi’s should be one of their standard pavilions. All the materials are prepared in advance, so the construction speed is naturally very fast,” Bailu explained to him.

Shen Xu suddenly felt that his understanding of the world needed to be completely reconstructed.

At this moment, Ye Zhi also sensed their arrival, so she excitedly waved to them from the second-floor balcony and hurriedly ran down.

"Sister Bai, this place is so beautiful. While you were away, I explored the whole area. I feel like being able to live here is a blessing from heaven," Ye Zhi exclaimed.

"I'm glad you like it. It's more lively with more people in such a big place," Bai Lu replied with a smile.

"But I haven't seen the Prayer Crane. Can you take me to see it? I heard that the Prayer Crane can help people predict their marriage!" Ye Zhi said excitedly.

Upon hearing Ye Zhi's words, the three women's expressions changed, while Shen Xu said with some surprise, "Impossible! That Lazy Crane has such a function? All I see it does is eat and sleep."

You all said it would bring me good fortune! But now it won't even bring me a single fruit. So, rumors are unreliable, Xiaozhi, don't believe such hearsay.”

"Can……"

"Xiao Zhi, let me take you to see it!" Before Ye Zhi could finish speaking, Bai Lu immediately pulled Ye Zhi towards the ancient forest.

The group arrived at Shen Xu's wooden house. Bai Lu looked up and pointed to the wooden nest in the tree canopy, then said with a smile, "Little Bai lives up there. Xiao Zhi, do you want to try it out?"

"How could I not have noticed it in such an obvious place?" Ye Zhi murmured to herself, looking at the white figure that was faintly visible in the tree canopy.

"Sister Bai, what are we trying?" Ye Zhi asked curiously.

"Xiao Zhi, don't you want to have your marriage fortune told?" Bai Lu asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Sister Bai, you've misunderstood. I only heard about it secondhand. How would I know about using the Praying White Crane to predict marriage?" Ye Zhi explained with a smile.

"Oh, I see!" Bai Lu hesitated for a moment whether to tell Ye Zhi the contents of the book, but she thought about it and decided against it. Shen Xu would probably bring the Qiling White Crane with him on this mission, and she would have plenty of opportunities to observe the intimacy between Xiao Bai and Ye Zhi.

"Shen Xu, will you be taking the Qiling White Crane with you this time?" Li Xiaoyi asked.

"That lazy crane is both lazy and clever; it won't come with you. Besides, I can't even get enough to eat myself, and I'd have to find fruit for it when we get there. I don't want to bring a burden along," Shen Xu said with some disdain.

"No! As the team leader, I require you to take Xiaobai with you." Bai Lu immediately spoke up upon hearing Shen Xu's words.

“Shen Xu, the Praying White Crane can indeed bring you good fortune, but the effect won’t be immediate. You need to spend more time with it,” Guan Bi advised.

"I also want to go on a mission with Qiling Baihe," Ye Zhi said with some anticipation.

Hearing the four women's words, Shen Xu sighed and said, "That lazy crane is not my spirit pet. If you want it to go, it has to be willing to go on its own."

After speaking, Shen Xu controlled the trees next to him to wake up the sleeping Qiling White Crane. As green leaves slowly drifted down from the tree canopy, the elegant Qiling White Crane landed in front of everyone and gently preened its neat feathers with its topaz-like beak.

"So beautiful! So elegant!" Ye Zhi couldn't help but exclaim upon seeing this scene.

Looking at the white crane in front of him, Shen Xu asked, "I'm going out for a while this time. Do you want to come with me?"

After so many days, he was certain that the white crane could indeed understand some of his simple words. Its intelligence was so high that it was unlike a demon beast; its IQ was comparable to that of a five or six-year-old child.

But after hearing his words, the white crane flapped its wings and returned to its nest, ignoring him completely.

"Look! I told you it wouldn't come with us. If you ask me, you should stop feeding it. It's good for nothing except for being pretty."

"I brought it here to help control the insects in the ancient forest. If you feed it, who will control the insects in the ancient forest?" Shen Xu advised.

"Shen Xu, you may have misunderstood. The Spirit Crane only eats spirit fruits. You're making things too difficult for it," Guan Bi whispered a reminder.

"Uh..." Shen Xu never expected that a white crane would be a vegetarian, and only eat spiritual fruits. Wouldn't it starve to death if it was so picky about food? But if that's the case, it seems that this white crane has no use in the ancient forest.

"Since the Qiling White Crane is unwilling, then so be it. After all, we don't know what dangers we might encounter on this trip," Li Xiaoyi said.

"What a pity!" Ye Zhi said with some regret.

"Xiao Yi is right, Xiao Bai should stay in Qinglingxi!" Bai Lu couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Shen Xu knew that Li Xiaoyi liked elegant things and usually had a calm and composed demeanor. The Qiling White Crane was a good match for her and liked to stay by her side.

However, he didn't quite understand why Bai Lu was being so nice to Qi Ling Bai He. Given Bai Lu's personality, it was unlikely that Qi Ling Bai He would give her a friendly look. For the past few days, Bai Lu had been trying to win Bai He's favor with a warm face, and she was feeding him Zhu Yu Guo by the box.

Although Shen Xu didn't know the value of that quality of the Zhu Yu fruit, he was certain it wouldn't be cheap, and Bai Lu had definitely put a lot of effort into it.

He also knew that with the intelligence of the Qiling White Crane, it would definitely be able to see that those Zhu Yu fruits were given to it by Bai Lu, but so far the Qiling White Crane has never looked at Bai Lu properly, which is one of the reasons why Shen Xu does not have a good impression of the Qiling White Crane.

If Qiling Baihe didn't like Bailu, he shouldn't have eaten Bailu's Zhuyu Fruit, instead of putting on such an arrogant attitude after eating it. However, seeing Bailu's seemingly delighted expression, he didn't bother to ask any further questions.

But what he found most unacceptable was that, whether it was because it had been spoiled by others or for some other reason, this white crane was no longer as docile as before and had begun to be arrogant towards him.

Not only did it refuse to find him fruit, but sometimes it would even bring him the Zhu Yu fruit it had stored and eat them one by one. Even if such a creature with such a wicked nature could bring him good fortune, he would not be able to enjoy it.

So he eventually gave up communicating with the white crane and started to act as if it didn't exist.

To his surprise, the white crane got angry after seeing his attitude and started building a new nest for itself far away from the cabin. However, it seemed to lack the talent for nest building and struggled for a long time without creating a basic structure. In the end, it had no choice but to return to live there.

But since then, the white crane has become even more hostile towards him, deliberately ignoring him. He was happy to have some peace and quiet, though he felt a little uncomfortable when he saw the three women feeding it.