Light Cultivation
Eps. 181 — Farewell
"This is the wind element?"
Jian Chen took out one leaf that fell to the ground then grasped it, the leaf was cut off when Jian Chen opened his palm back.
This is a simple way for a person to see the elements in his body, by flowing a little energy in the leaves then the leaves held will react.
For example, if a person has a fire element in their body, the leaf burns. The water element will turn wet, the soil element becomes brittle, while the wind element will be cut off.
Jian Chen had already done the test and the leaves had become cut off, showing that he had the wind element now after absorbing the element pearl.
"Hm, in the future I will have to look for pearls like this often..."
If Jian Chen knew the efficacy of these elemental pearls in his first life, then already from the beginning he had absorbed those red pearls into his body.
Jian Chen now understood the reason the 12 Shio Hunters were looking for a pearl like this, there was a chance that they already knew its function from the very beginning and intended to collect it.
Jian Chen closed his eyes and exerted a deep force on his feet.
Slowly his feet lifted before finally really floating, he was now no longer treading on the ground aka fly.
Jian Chen turned his head towards his feet and smiled widely and clucked in awe, this technique he had accidentally learned from Liu Yanyi when in the tournament using his sky eyes.
He slowly moved his body and sensed how his body was flying, because in the first life Jian Chen had already been in the Sky Realm it was not difficult for him to balance while in the air.
What was different was that now Jian Chen was using the change of wind type to fly. Not using deep energy like the Sky Realm warriors in general.
'If I had the wind element of life then maybe I wouldn't die in the Red Land...'
Jian Chen could imagine his future flying speed in the Sky Realm would increase if combined with this wind element.
Not finished there, Jian Chen tried other wind techniques that he had memorized while fighting with Liu Yanyi as well as in the tournament.
As a result he was able to do so, although it was not perfect yet but it was enough to make Jian Chen able to use it, at least he could create wind blades with the wind element.
Jian Chen traced the mountain peak area once more but there was no other treasure except for another holy pond. It seemed like the element pearl was a hidden treasure at the top of this mountain.
Jian Chen finally returned to the pool where the girls were.
"Brother Jian, you're back!"
Jian Chen chuckled as he watched Lan Qiaoqiao and her sisters still harvesting apples on the golden tree.
The number of apples picked was more than the initial count, at the top of the tree about 8 apples are hidden. Since the girls' bodies were unable to grab them they ended up climbing.
"Be careful..." Jian Chen reminded the five who were still excitedly climbing the branches of the apple tree.
Just Jian Chen saying so, Lan Qiaoqiao lost her balance all of a sudden after stepping on the branch she thought was sturdy, as a result of which the girl's body was mired down.
Jian Chen moved quickly and caught the slender body of the girl, actually Lan Qiaoqiao would not have been injured had it fallen to the ground just that Jian Chen could not have stayed still so.
Lan Qiaoqiao's face reddened as Jian Chen carried her from the front like a princess and prince.
Jian Chen smiled awkwardly, he lowered Lan Qiaoqiao's body slowly seeing the girl's face flushed red.
"Thank you..." Lan Qiaoqiao lowered her face while playing her fingers nervously and embarrassedly.
"No problem, be careful if you climb again." Jian Chen nodded slowly as he stroked the tip of his head.
Her four sisters who were still in the tree only watched the incident between envy and joy.
Envied by her brother's romantic love romance while being happy because they had only first seen Lan Qiaoqiao who blushed in such embarrassment.
The five Lan brothers finally plucked the entire golden apple on the tree, counting from all of them about twenty pieces.
Jian Chen wanted to divide evenly but the five girls instead handed everything to Jian Chen.
"Brother Jian, we don't need these apples, please take them all." Lan Qiaoqiao rejected Jian Chen who wanted to split it.
"You've been trying to get here, you can't come back empty-handed..." Jian Chen scratched his head, rather than them resisting continuously Jian Chen finally gave one golden apple to each of them.
Jian Chen then said that there were two holy ponds and one of them was in the other part of the place. It does not need its properties but that does not mean not using it at all. Jian Chen would soak in the pond next to while the five in this part of the pond.
"This is truly a sacred pond..."
Jian Chen had already removed some of his upper robes and soaked in the pond. He could feel the hot pool making his body relax.
Jian Chen closed his eyes and leaned on the edge of the pond peacefully, he felt a peaceful calmness. It has been a long time since he has relaxed like this.
He nearly soaked an hour before Jian Chen opened his eyes and got up from the pond.
The holy pond besides being useful for increasing one's cultivation can also recover the lost inner power quickly.
After soaking Jian Chen then went to the place of the girls pool, he made sure not to be peeking at them.
While there, the five Lan brothers were soaking in the holy water while cultivating. Jian Chen slightly breathed a sigh of relief when the woman was still wearing her dress.
Although slowly Jian Chen could see with his sky eyes the cultivation of the five girls rose slowly.
It seems like it will take them a long time to soak here until the efficacy of the sacred pool is absorbed entirely.
"Brother Jian..."
Jian Chen did not cover his whereabouts as he stepped towards them, he wanted to convey something about his delayed journey.
"Your cultivation will go up very high when absorbing these two holy pools, only it will take a long time. I can't force you to leave with me but after this I'll continue on my way back."
Jian Chen said it was likely that he would part with them here.
Lan Qiaoqiao lowered her head upon hearing that, there was no need to be smart to understand it. Her four sisters felt the same way.
Lan Qiaoqiao thus recalled, when she met Jian Chen the first time she no more looked at the man as a wealthy person that could be taken advantage of.
All views on him changed when he showed his true strength and defeated him and his sisters. Jian Chen looked scary back then but he realized that Jian Chen was doing it on Lan Qiaoqiao's own fault.
As time went on, Lan Qiaoqiao found the young man's nature to be kind and helpful regardless of his strict manner. Slowly a foreign feeling grew in the heart of the girl.
Now when they were about to part it felt really heavy especially Lan Qiaoqiao. The line immediately hugged Jian Chen's body with eyes that started to glaze over.
"I hope this isn't the last farewell..."
Jian Chen smiled gently, stroking the girl's silver hair. "Of course not, in the future we can meet again."
Lan Qiaoqiao released her embrace then removed the jade necklace that was on her neck and gave it to Jian Chen. "This is my mother's necklace, as long as you keep it we can track you. I'll come after I'm done with this place."
Jian Chen nodded then kept the jade necklace. He then bid farewell to his four other sisters before stroking Lan Qiaoqiao's head once more and went flying into the air.
The four Lan brothers looked surprised Jian Chen turned out to be able to fly but for now it was not his priority of attention but rather Lan Qiaoqiao.
Lan Qiaoqiao still continued to stare at Jian Chen's departure even though the young man was no longer there.
Her four sisters could only sigh with a little pity, just now she saw her brother could be happy but this quickly the atmosphere changed.
Love sometimes always forgets the coming of separation that will happen.