The Journey of Flower Chapter 132

It has been 30 years since the last battle of the demons and immortals. In that battle more than 200 people were killed and wounded, but nearly half of them died in Bai Zihua's hands. From then on, the immortal realm has more influence and  the mortal realm is also prosperous, except for the demon realm was still without a leader. The Six Realms are at peace, and gradually restore prosperity.

Xuan Yuanlang and Qing Shui  finally become a couple. You Ruo succeeded the position of Changliu sect leader. Luo Shiyi and all Changliu disciples that were killed were resurrected miraculously, but their memories were lost. The Unfeeling Hall is empty, and Bai Zihua has never returned. 

Everyone in the Six Realms knew that the well known superior High Immortal of Changliu now is just a crazy man. Besides having a powerful magic, most importantly he will not be hurt or injure anyway, no one can be his match. Thus, they can only hide from him. He has been traveling around the world for 30 years, just to find Sha Qiangu and takes back the last soul of Hua Qiangu. Oftenly when his craziness acting up, he would pull people and ask where is Sha Qianmu, where is his Xiao Gu?

Sha Qianmu seemed to have disappeared from the world, no one knows where he went.

The demons are often frightened and scared when they heard Bai Zihua name, because the way he pressed questions was too horrible. But the demon lord whereabouts are unknown even Chunqiu Bubai didn't know where he went, not to mention them. 

For 30 years, Bai Zihua has never given up the chance to look for her. He has been thinking in his heart for thousand of ways when he finds them, how he tears Sha Qianmu into pieces. 

One day, a person found him, and told him how to find Sha Qianmu.

That person is none other than the Yi Xiu Ge Pavillion Lord, Dongfang Yuqing who has reincarnated. He still looks the same as before, a polite attitude and unfathomable smile even his face did not change at all. There are too many things and too many questions, Bai Zihua wanted to ask him, but he has no time to worry about these, the only thought in his mind now is Xiao Gu.

When Sha Qiangmu was discovered by him, his reaction seemed not surprised at all. Sha Qianmu only looked at him with ridicule smiles.

Bai Zihua did not expect that his current magic power would be this bad, it was almost effortless to defeat him.

"Where's Xiao Gu? Give her back to me!"

Sha Qianmu laughed like bewitching flower: "I won't let you see her again even if you kill me." 

Bai Zihua broke his fingers one by one, but he did not respond at all.

"Bai Zihua, your cruelty can't compare to me. The thing I don't want to say, no one can force me. I will not let you see Xiao Gu again, I won't let you hurt her again. You can give up on this idea."

Thirty years of despair and anguish erupted in an instant. Xiao Gu is still in his hands, so he knew he could not do anything to Sha Qianmu.

His legs turned soft and almost got down on his knees. His tone was firm, but the voice was hoarse: "Everything are my fault, but I only ask you to return her to me…"

He regretted it. He knew what he did is wrong but didn't anyone believe him? He'll take care of Xiao Gu and compensate her. He'll not let her suffer a bit of harm.

Sha Qianmu had never seen an aloof and proud Bai Zihua being like this, his heart could not help but feel sour.

Little tot, if you are here, will you forgive him? Will you blame Jiejie for making decision on my own?

He turned insane and irrational because of you. Guilt, regret, missing, search for, 30 years of turtured, should it be enough?

Are you willing to give him one last chance?

Sha Qianmu took a long sigh: "I've tried my best for decades, but there's still no way to get her recover completely. After all three spirits and seven souls left with only one mortal soul behind. Seven years ago I sent her to reincarnation, I wanted her to live a peaceful life. She should grow up by now, you go see her …"

TN: Three immortal souls and seven mortal souls in Daoism.

Bai Zihua was stunned for a minute, and then quickly rushed to place where Sha Qianmu just told him. At the end, he still turned around and said thank you to him.

Sha Qiangu smiled helplessly. The one that Little tot love is not him, even if he is not willing, he should let go.

Looking around at the empty place, he could help but smile. He was chased around Bai Zihua and ended up hiding at this desolate place for thirty years even his skin is getting wrinkled. It's time to go out and wander around. Starting fresh his new arrogant and unrestrain Demon Lord of the Six Realms.

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After knowing that Hua Qaingu once again reborn as a human being, Bai Zihua's heart that had been in chaos for a long time is finally beginning to calm down, and got his senses back, but for some reason he felt somewhat nervous. 

A small, very remote village, quiet and harmonious. 

Although he was very close, he still couldn't feel Hua Qiangu's breath. Afraid that people around him will be disturbed, he hid himself and walked along the path. As soon as he observed it, he quickly found the panoramic view of the village and every corner.

Found it!

Unable to restrain his inner excitement, Bai Zihua took a deep sigh and flew down. 

Still having memory of Hua Qiangu when she was a child, Bai Zihua stood behind her with his hand behind his back. He stayed silent for a long time, as if the child in front of him was just a small bird, and would be easily frightened if not careful.

Hua Qiangu was squatting on the ground playing with mud, and her small hands were dirty. 

With the appearance of seven or eight years old girl, braids with two pigtails, she is just like a dwarf winter melon, still a lot younger than when he first met her last time. Bai Zihua's hands trembled, wanted to hold her little body in his arms. He's having mixed feelings of heartache and resentment, heartache because she did not know how to cherish herself and resented her for being so cruel to him. His face was cold when touched it there was all tears.

He finally found her, they will never be separated again… 

Hua Qiangu was completely unaware that someone was standing behind her, she concentrated on kneading the mud into a ball, but it was robbed by the children playing next to her.

"Give me back my clay…" Hua Qiangu protested very quietly, as if about to burst into tears. 

The boy next to them was only five years old. He made a ghost face and stick out his tongue: "Come to snatch it, silly girl."

Hua Qiangu little mouth muttering as she stood up and took only two steps before plunging into the mud.

"Hahaha, silly girl, don't even know how to walk." Hearing her crying, the little friends around laughed and ran away, afraid that they will be beaten by this stupid girl's mother.

Hua Qiangu's whole body was covered with mud. She tried to get up and slip down again. Seeing this, Bai Zihua appeared in front of her and reached out his hand to help her. Feeling a pair of powerful big hands lifting herself up easily, Hua Qiangu stopped crying and looked up at him. Immediately, her eyes were wide open, didn't even blink.

Bai Zihua used his white sleeves to gentle wiped the mud for her, slowly revealing her little face.

"Mo…mother…deity…deity."

Bai Zihua couldn't help grinning at her reactions. This is the first time he smiles in years since Xiao Gu stole the god artifacts and left the Unfeeling Hall.

Hua Qiangu's entired person turned silly, she could not help stretched out her hand and touch his face. Trying to make sure the person in front of her is real, not her own imagination. Sometimes, in her dream, she also dream about a man in a white clothes who was like this deity.

She saw Bai Zihua's face got dirty with five fingerprinted from the mud, she was horrified and rushed to wipe it off, but the more she rubbed it, the dirtier it gets. Bai Zihua held her little hand tightly, shivering slightly, and reluctant to let go.

"It hurts, hurts…" Hua Qiangu whispered and gave him an unhappy looks. 

With a wave of his hand, all the mud on her clothes has been removed, and reached out his hand to wipe the tears still hanging in the corner of her eyes.

That's great, in this life, when she's sad or hurt, she can finally cry out.

"Who are you? Are you a deity?"

Bai Zihua thought for a moment, then nodded lightly. His voice was gentle and sweet: "What's your name?"

Hua Qiangu lowered her head: "My, my name is silly girl … mother, mother, come see the deity!"

A woman came out from the room and pulled her sleeves up: "Silly girl, did you fall again, or someone bullied you….."

When she saw Bai Zihua, she became speechless. 

Hua Qiangu ran up to her and pulled the corner of her clothes: "Deity, deity…"

The stupid girl's mother cried out in horrored: "Silly girl's father, comes, quickly comes out…."

Soon, a sturdy man came out while carrying a diaper in one hand, and holding a naked butt baby in his other hand, behind him followed by a small child wearing a baby apron, just learning to walk.

"What is all with the noise? I am changing the baby's diaper …" Once he saw Bai Zihua, he was also stunned. 

Bai Zihua looked at the couple and politely cupping his hand in courteous: "My name is Bai Zihua, I want to accept the silly girl as my disciple and take her away with me. I hope the two can allow it.

The silly girl's mother was taken aback, what? The deity wanted to accept her family silly girl as his disciple? But… "Tell you the truth, our family silly girl has a problem with her brain, the doctor said that she will always have the intelligence of three or four year-old kid. If you accept her, she will give you a lot of trouble."

Bai Zihua nodded: "I know, but it is not a problem, I have a very deep fate with this child. In the future, I'll bring her back to visit you every six months." When he met her, he knew right away Hua Qiangu has mental disability and there are also many physical deficiencies. But what can it be done with the last remaining soul. Able to put her into reincarnation, Sha Qianmy was already too amazing. No wonder she would be in such poor health.

The couple muttered to each other for half a day, and finally happily nodded. Their daughter can be a disciple to such a person, it is a good fortune that they have accumulated in several generations. 

"Then I shall take her away. Silly girl, give your parents a kowtow."

Hua Qiangu just foolishly followed his words and gave them a kowtow. She did not understand why she needs to give them kowtow, why she has to go away with the deity. Did her parents sell her? She knew herself is stupid, but she's vey obedient ah! The thought of this, she began to cry loudly.

Seeing her being like this, the silly girl's mother also cried. She stuffed two sesame seed biscuits in her bosom. My good silly girl, you can turn out to be like this is definitely not a bad person. You can't always stay at home and stupidly being bullied all the time, then grown up and married a silly person as your husband, that would be too pitiful.

Bai Zihua bent down and held Hua Qiangu in his arms. He said goodbye to the couple and then flew straight to the sky, making the silly girl's kneeled down on the ground in fear. He is really a deity.

Unexpectedly flew up, Hua Qiangy stopped crying, and looking around in excitement. She felt a little afraid, thus one of her hands clinging to Bai Zihua's neck, and the other catch the cloud around.

"Deity, where are we going?"

Bai Zihua looked at her, he has resumed his former calm and indifferent looks: "Don't call me deity. From now on you will call me shifu. We'll go wherever you want to go."

"Really? But I want to go home."

Bai Zihua held her hand tightly. 

"Your name is Hua Qiangu, silly girl just takes it as your nickname. After a few days, shifu will take you home. Now let's go to your shishu (junior uncle master) has him check your health first, ok?"

"Is shishu also a deity?"

"Yes."

"Oh, alright then." Hua Qiangu clung on his neck, her voice soft like a white cloud.

Sheng Xiaomu looked at Bai Zihua and Hua Qiangu who was sleeping in his arms. He then handed him some rare medicinal herbs: "Why did you call me out? It's your home. Don't you even want to go back?"

Looking at the Changliu Mountain at the sea from afar, Bai Zihua slowly shook his head: "I once killed her for Changliu."

"Every person has their own burdens, you don't have to take it to your heart all the time. But I'm relieved to see you get back to your original state. You don't know, when you acted like a lunatic at that time, didn't even recognize your own closest relative, it was really scary." 

Bai Zihua shook his head: "Even now I feel like a tight string that could snap at any moment. Now, I only wish that I can hold her in my arms all the time, afraid that she will meet any accident. If I lose her again, I …"

"Don't worry, everything has passed. Are there any plans for the next step?"

"First find a place to settle down and take care of her. In the last life, for the sake of the world I placed all responsibilities on my shoulders, and sacrificed everything. However, at the moment of pulling out the Xuayuan sword, Bai Zihua is already dead. In this life, I only live for her."

Sheng Xiaomu was stiff: "Are you planning to stay with her in the name of teacher and disciple?"

"I don't know, but at the moment, it's the most suitable identity for both of us. But if she still wants more, I can give her everything."

Sheng Xiaomu can only reluctantly wry smile: Senior sect brother, you have changed."

Bai Zihua shook his head slightly, his eyes were clear as water: "I haven't changed, I am just afraid. My heart has only her, and has no room to care about right or wrong. Over the years, I have often thought about the meaning of noble moral. Is this just a word? Or is it just a feeling of devoting one's happiness, and sacrifice everything  in order to feel it? My heart was tied to Changliu, to the Immortal Realm, and to all lives. But I never once did anything for her. I didn't forsake Changliu. I didn't forsake the Six Realms and all living creatures, but in the end, I forsook her and myself as well. For love, we both made mistakes once. As a result, neither of us win. Now, it's hard to have a chance to do it all over again, I will never give up on her like I did last time."

"But have you ever thought about what would happen if some day she regains her memory?"

Bai Zihua's body was shocked a little bit, and there was a touch of sadness in his face: "Who knows. Now I only hope that she'd always be like this, doesn't know anything, simply happy."

After Bai Zihua left with Hua Qiangu, Sheng Xiaomu flew back to the Greedy Hall. He saw Mo Yan looking from the distance in the direction where Bai Zihua went. Perhaps, this is the best ending.

Hua Qiangu rubbed her eyes and found that both of them have already landed on the ground,sSurrounded by green mountains and clear waters.

"Shifu, where is it?"

"I don't know. How about Xiao Gu give it a name?"

Hua Qiangu clapped her hands: "Sure, it all surrounded by clouds. Just called it Cloud Mountain, okay?"

Bai Zihua nodded and crouched down, taking out two bright colorful bells from his bosom and hang them around her neck.

Hua Qiangu asked a serious question: "Shifu, why are so many cracks on the bell?

Bai Zihua touched her head: "Because it was accidentally broken by a very stupid man. But fortunately, at least it is still …" 

Hua Qiangu looked at Bai Zihua sad face, she suddenly remembered that whenever she cried, her mother kissed her, she also wanted to do the same thing to Bai Zihua. But Shifu is the deity, she dare not to. She jumped forward, in an attempt to make the bell sound louder, but accidentally tumbling and fell over.

Bai Zihua helped her up, took her little hand and walked up the hill step by step. One tall, and one short, two white shadows set off in a greenery landscape.

In this life, eternal life, and forever, they will never be separated again… in the vast of Cloud Mountain, the crisp and melodious sound of the bell drifted away with the wind.

Chapter end