After being reborn, I took my childhood sweetheart to cultivate immortality.

"My goodness, the lotus flowers are so beautiful."

Xu Qingman gazed at the pond of lotus blossoms before her, utterly amazed. It was truly breathtaking. Each tender green lotus flower bloomed in the morning sunlight, appearing exceptionally fresh and elegant.

After praising it, Xu Qingman asked in confusion, "What kind of lotus is this? It is beautiful, but it looks like a very ordinary lotus. I can't feel any spiritual energy at all."

Yu Jinchen pointed to the middle of the lotus pond and replied softly, "Look at that one in the middle, isn't it even more crystal clear? If I'm not mistaken, that should be the legendary Azure Lotus."

Xu Qingman looked at the center of the lotus pond with surprise and asked repeatedly, "Azure Lotus? You mean the Azure Lotus that can nourish all things, restore vitality, and has an exceptionally abundant spiritual energy?"

Seeing Yu Jinchen nod, Xu Qingman decided that no matter what, she would go and see.

It is said that the Azure Lotus grows exclusively in the middle of clear waters and is naturally occurring, making it impossible to cultivate.

As soon as they are picked, the entire pond of lotus flowers will wither instantly and then gradually disappear.

Therefore, finding the blue lotus depends entirely on luck; no one knows where it blooms, and you can't just look for it whenever you want.

"Jinchen, shall I go pick it?"

"Alright, let's go together. For some reason, there are no monsters guarding this place. I guess they might have left on business. Once we get our hands on it, we'll use a teleportation talisman to leave immediately."

The two flew to the center of the lotus pond, and Xu Qingman quickly picked the green lotus, which immediately withered in the water.

"Hurry up." As soon as he got the Spirit Lotus, Yu Jinchen grabbed Xu Qingman and used a high-level teleportation talisman. After landing, he immediately used another teleportation talisman.

Because at the moment he teleported, he seemed to hear a terrifying roar from behind, probably because the demon beast guarding the spirit lotus had already discovered that the spirit lotus was gone.

Fearing that the monsters would catch up, the two immediately hid in the space after the second teleportation.

As it turned out, their fears were justified. They had barely entered the space when the demonic beast caught up with them.

Unfortunately, after chasing it to this place, it could no longer smell the two faint scents from before. Enraged, it ran back to settle accounts with the demon beast it had challenged to a duel with. It was certain that this guy had lured it out and then sent his subordinates to steal its treasure.

Inside the space, the two examined Qinglian thoroughly. Xu Qingman, in particular, couldn't contain her joy.

Yu Jinchen affectionately stroked her face and said softly, "Take your time. While you still have time, hurry up and consume and refine it."

"Okay, this Azure Lotus is more suitable for my spiritual root. Next time I find a Crimson Flame Lotus that suits you, I'll save it for you."

Yu Jinchen chuckled, "Silly girl, it's not that easy."

Xu Qingman carefully put the spirit lotus into her mouth. As soon as she opened her mouth, the green lotus turned into a stream of light and flowed into her mouth automatically, then went to her dantian.

Xu Qingman savored the lingering fragrance in her mouth, then sat down and began to practice her cultivation technique, refining the spiritual energy released by the Azure Lotus in her dantian.

More than two years later, Xu Qingman opened her eyes with a smile.

No wonder the Azure Lotus is so rare; she only refined 30% of its spiritual power, and her cultivation level jumped rapidly from the early Nascent Soul stage to the late Nascent Soul stage.

Now all that's left is for her to replenish enough wood elemental power before she can prepare to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

Xu Qingman never expected that she would be so lucky, able to find even the Azure Lotus, which is hard to come by even for some major sects.

In less than two years of cultivation, she went from a complete novice to a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. According to Little Stone, even in a major sect rich in spiritual energy, such a speed would be difficult to achieve.

Since her rebirth, she has not only seen her son again, but also found her parents and family members to be healthy and happy, and has also found a lover with whom she has a deep affection.

At this moment, Xu Qingman missed her parents and relatives at home even more and wanted to share her achievements with them.

After leaving the space, Xu Qingman looked south and whispered, "Jinchen, shall we head straight home from here?"

Yu Jinchen looked at her knowingly, smiled and nodded, "Okay, let's go home. I miss Uncle, Aunt and Xiao Qinghe too."

Over the next few days, the two headed towards the southernmost point of the mountain range, encountering some cultivators searching for treasure along the way.

From the conversations of passersby, the two realized how lucky they were. It was rumored that there had been a lot of commotion in the northeast a few days prior.

For some unknown reason, two eighth-tier demonic beasts were locked in a fierce battle, fighting so intensely that the sky darkened and the battle hadn't stopped yet. Even some high-level cultivators dared not approach, only watching from afar.

It seems the place where they picked the Azure Lotus was one of those two eighth-tier demonic beasts. Luckily, they ran fast and hid in the Azure Profound Space. Otherwise, they might have really lost their lives.

Therefore, great opportunities and good fortune are often inseparable; a slight misstep could lead to utter ruin.

On the twenty-third day after separating from Lei Zhensheng and the others, Xu Qingman and her companion finally returned to the place where they had previously gathered fire lotus.

Seeing that the agreed time had not yet arrived, the two searched the area thoroughly again, picking all the edible spiritual fruits to take home for their families to try.

The two returned home with a bountiful harvest, having prepared a large amount of gifts to take back as souvenirs. These included spirit fruits, spirit rice, beautiful beast pelts, and spirit wine and tea from the Lingchuan Continent.

There were also pastries made with spirit flowers and spirit rice, as well as candies made with spirit honey and spirit flowers for Xiao Qinghe.

After thoroughly searching the area, the two took turns meditating and cultivating there. Outside, they rarely entered the space unless absolutely necessary.

On the twenty-fourth day at dusk, the squad led by Lei Zhensheng returned. On the twenty-fifth day, two more squads returned.

There wasn't much left to gather here, so everyone was waiting for the last team while practicing their swordsmanship or cultivating.

On the twenty-seventh day, the last squad still hadn't returned, and they couldn't contact them using communication talismans. They didn't know where to look for them.

Just when everyone was getting anxious, in the early morning of the twenty-eighth day, the last squad finally returned.

No one asked the cultivators who returned early what had happened that caused their delay; they were simply told that they had returned safely.

To express their apologies for keeping everyone waiting, the last team actually gave each of them a small bottle of honey produced by sixth-tier spirit bees.

I wonder how those Golden Core cultivators managed to obtain such precious spiritual honey. It should be known that a sixth-tier demonic beast is equivalent to a human cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage.

Although the fighting power of spirit bees is much lower than that of other demonic beasts, they are still sixth-tier demonic beasts. Moreover, spirit bees form colonies of dozens or even hundreds of individuals, and most cultivators dare not provoke them.

Having prepared to return, Xu Qingman opened the passage that had been blocked earlier.

However, before everyone was about to leave, Lei Zhensheng asked them to swear that they would not reveal the secret of the passage.

To avoid too many cultivators coming and going, which might attract the attention of some scheming individuals in the Qingchuan Realm and potentially bring annihilation to their homes.