After rebirth, the eldest sister voluntarily abdicated and gave way to the wise.

Chapter 442 is clearly a scam to steal spirit stones.

Xu Youan confiscated it.

"Give them all to Senior Sister, I don't need them..."

Jiang Liqian took his hand and placed the bead in his palm: "It's yours, so it's yours. This is Lanlan's token of her affection for us. Keep it safe."

As she spoke, she waved away the surrounding seawater, pulled him out of the shallows, recited a cleansing incantation to cleanse both him and herself, then put on a stern face and told him to go meditate and heal his injuries right now.

Shui Lian'er and the others were asking the old man who had previously collected their spirit stones all sorts of questions. When they saw the old man come out after making up, they weren't surprised at all. Shui Lian'er even waved and beckoned Jiang Liqian to come over quickly.

"Liqian, this senior is truly amazing! He even knows that when I was five years old, I secretly ate five extra candies behind my mother's back. It's incredible!" Shui Lian'er excitedly pushed Jiang Liqian in front of the old man and said, "Quick, senior, take a look at her. Did she do anything embarrassing when she was little? And what about her future? Will she travel the world with me, righting wrongs and fighting for justice?"

The old man shook his dusty robe, coughed, glanced at Shui Lian'er out of the corner of his eye, and then casually pointed to his empty sleeve.

Shui Lian'er understood what he meant and immediately threw two high-grade spirit stones into his wide sleeve.

She laughed and said, "Senior, is that enough of a token of my respect? If not, I can add more."

Jiang Liqian didn't even have time to stop her.

Have these people lost their minds? They're actually following an old swindler, and one of them is even a disciple of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion! How could they believe such an outrageous scam?!

It's clearly a scam to steal spirit stones.

Jiang Liqian wasn't interested at all. She grabbed Shui Lian'er's wrist and tried to pull her away to prevent the naive Shui Lian'er from being corrupted by them.

Shui Lian'er refused to leave. She had already spent the Spirit Stone Flower; how could she leave for nothing?

"Hey, Liqian, wait, let's just take a look, it's nothing, please, please..."

In the blink of an eye, before anyone could see how the old man moved, his hand actually passed through the crowd, grasped Jiang Liqian's palm, quickly touched the patterns on it, and then swiftly withdrew it.

Throughout the entire exchange, Jiang Liqian didn't have time to defend herself before her opponent withdrew their hand.

She was greatly alarmed and immediately looked at him warily.

The old man smiled slightly: "You are a good child. You cultivate diligently, especially in sword practice. You respect your teachers and elders and love your fellow disciples. You have been well-behaved since you were a child. Your biggest dream is to cultivate the Dao and become an immortal, ascending to heaven in broad daylight. Am I right, old man?"

Though she didn't show it on her face, Jiang Liqian's heart was in turmoil.

He... he could actually foresee her past life?!

Could he possibly know why she was able to be reborn?

Faced with the surprised and uncertain gaze that Jiang Liqian cast at him, the old man suddenly sighed and said "What a pity" twice.

Jiang Li frowned slightly, wanting to ask him what was a pity, but the old man had already given her the answer before she could speak: "Young friend, what I'm talking about is just a bit of your past destiny shown by the lines on your palm. Unfortunately, your past destiny is already set and cannot be changed. Moreover, this is just a minor skill. The unknown destiny in the future is truly unpredictable, like dust in the universe, difficult to calculate. Even if I had the will, unfortunately, your talent has already reached its limit, beyond my reach."

"However, under the Heavenly Dao, there are always madmen. He may be able to foresee your future destiny, young friend. If you encounter him, don't forget to tell him to cherish your life and not let the Heavenly Dao take you away easily."

After saying these nonsensical words, for some unknown reason, he suddenly attacked them all. His wide sleeves whipped up a gust of wind, and before they could react, they were all swept up by the wind and thrown towards the secret realm not far away.

This includes Hsu Yu-an, who immediately noticed something was wrong and stopped meditating.

When everyone crashed into the barrier outside the secret realm, they thought they were going to suffer a severe beating, but to their surprise, the bead that Lanlan gave them suddenly emitted a dazzling blue light, and then they all merged into the barrier and disappeared into the secret realm.

The old man who remained in place breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had completed some task: "From now on, it's up to you to take care of yourselves. No one else can help."

After sighing, he clapped his hands, stood up, casually carved two words "Farewell" on the stone in the original spot, and then disappeared into the surging waves.

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"Ahhhh!"

"Help! Help—!"

With a muffled groan, Shui Lian'er closed her eyes tightly, her heart pounding wildly.

Has she already died from the fall?

Was her head gone? Is her body still there? What about her hands and feet? Could they be turned into minced meat?

It's just a bit strange that I didn't feel any pain after I died!

"It's me who's in pain." A voice came from beneath her layers of clothing. Shui Lian'er was startled, immediately opened her eyes, and rolled to the side.

Turning around and seeing Qin Beiyao grinning, tears immediately welled up in her eyes, and she rushed over to hug him.

"Waaaaah, that was terrifying, so terrifying! I actually fell from such a height!"

"That stinky old man, he didn't just cheat me out of spirit stones, he even treated me like this! Waaaaah..."

Before Qin Beiyao could even rub his aching shoulder, he quickly patted her back gently, soothing her and telling her not to be afraid, that he was there for her.

Shui Lian'er's emotions came and went quickly; she soon calmed down and even had the mood to look around at her surroundings.

The place where they fell was, well, beautiful.

No, it shouldn't be called beautiful; it should be described as a paradise on earth.

Pink petals floated everywhere, and white, blue, and pink butterflies danced on the lush green grass. In the distance, a stream babbled, lotus leaves stretched across the water, and fish leaped out of the water, flicking their tails that shimmered with golden light. Closer by, gems were scattered everywhere, and celestial mist swirled around, with celestial palaces faintly visible among the clouds.

If they held their breath, they could hear ethereal, intangible celestial music coming from the air.

After discussing it, Shui Lian'er and Qin Beiyao decided to go to the palaces first, hoping to run into Jiang Liqian and the others. If they didn't, they could at least see if anyone else was there and ask them where Jiang Liqian and the others were.

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Xu Youan steadied himself in the gale and tried to reach for his senior sister's hand, but she was too far away. Before he could even move, he was swept into an unknown mountain.

Also caught up in this mess was a stone with an angry expression.

Both of them landed smoothly, but the mountain was so vast that it stretched as far as the eye could see, and no one knew where they were.

"Did you know that old Taoist priest before?" Xu You'an suddenly asked Shi Tou as the two were looking for a way down the mountain.