Lingxiao Valley is named because it is full of Lingxiao flowers, and it has also become a mysterious place because of the fall of Lingxiao Witch here.

After Hong Ningxiang came to Lingxiao Valley, he found that after decades, this remote valley was not barren, not only did some people plant a large number of Lingxiao flowers here, but also some people opened wineries.

Behind the winery is the bamboo building where she and Liu Qingming once lived, while in front is a small village of more than a dozen mortal families.

It's strange, her reputation is so bad after she fell into the demon in her previous life, even in the towns around Huafan Mountain, if the people hear a little news about the Lingxiao Witch, they are also frightened, and everyone hates to avoid it, why are there so many mortals living here, aren't they afraid of unnecessary trouble?

Hong Ningxiang returned to his hometown, both curious and a little apprehensive, stepped into the winery at the head of the village, and saw a string of lanterns hanging outside a red painted three-story building, and four eye-catching seal characters on the lanterns: Lingxiao Winery.

Look, her name "Lingxiao" has become the signature of other wineries, which is really ironic.

Hong Ningxiang tidied up the white curtain on his head to make himself look less conspicuous, and then he cultivated himself before stepping into the winery.

The winery is not big, there are only seven or eight tables on the first floor, only two tables are seated, the shopkeeper is not there, only Xiao Er comes to greet her.

Hong Ningxiang knew that this Lingxiao Valley had completely turned into a mortal world, and the spirit stones were useless to them, and she had no silver on her, so she had to take a box of spirit grass from the ring space and mix a pot of wine from the counter.

Hong Ningxiang poured himself a glass of wine and raised his head to take a sip.

A touch of cold liquid slid into her throat, clear and sweet, she couldn't help but smash her mouth, but that's it. Suddenly, my throat seemed to be on fire, burning panickedly, and it didn't take long to get hotter and hotter, and I choked on tears coming out.

Strange! How is this wine a bit like the drunk Lingxiao that I drank in the Yunling Demon Realm back then?

"Little Er, this ...... What kind of wine is this, it's spicy to me. Hong Ningxiang wiped away his tears, blocked by the curtain fence, and in his hazy vision, he saw Xiao Er standing at the counter laughing, but there was a clean and beautiful voice in his ears.

"Girl, Ling Xiao didn't drink like this. ”

"You say this wine is called Ling Xiao drunk?" Hong Ningxiang choked again. Well, even the name is so similar.

"Yes, Ling Xiaohua is drunk and beautiful. The voice was strangely gentle, slowly approaching.

"You say, how should this wine be drunk?" Hong Ningxiang saw a slender man in red walking slowly over through the curtain.

"This wine is not an ordinary wine, the fragrance alone can make people drunk, the girl doesn't get used to the fragrance first, just drink it, of course I can't stand it. Good wine must be tasted slowly, not too quickly. ”

The man in red didn't wait for her to speak, lifted his robe, and sat down directly across from her.

As he sat down, a light breeze blew through the white curtain of her cheeks.

Hong Ningxiang's hand holding the cup froze slightly, and when he crossed the cup, he saw a pair of deep and narrow phoenix eyes looking at him.

She was subconsciously stunned, this look seemed a little familiar, this face was just as handsome, but it was a complete stranger.

Hong Ningxiang raised his hand and pressed down the curtain fence, and sneered in his heart, did he drink a little wine, his head was dizzy, why did he suddenly remember that person.

The moment the man in red put down the curtain, his eyes changed imperceptibly.

He beckoned to the counter, "Xiao Er, bring me a pot of Ling Xiao drunk." ”

"What, Childe wants to drink with me?" Hong Ningxiang felt that this person was a little rude, just sit down uninvited, and actually want to drink at the same table with her, is she familiar with him?

"Of course, it's not interesting to drink alone, and good wine has to be accompanied by someone to taste good. The man in red smiled, took the flask from the little second-hand, poured himself a glass, and pointed to the empty cup in her hand, "How, would the girl like to have a face?"

"Sorry, I don't drink with strangers. Childe, please take care of yourself. ”

Hong Ningxiang was not in the mood to laugh with a strange man, not to mention that this person was frivolous, she couldn't afford to provoke her, so she lifted the wine jug, pressed the curtain on her head, and left the winery with her sleeves.

"Brother Yang, you just said that you were waiting for someone, but it turned out that it was this girl who was waiting. Xiao Er winked at the man in red, "She's gone, you still don't chase her out?"

"There's no hurry. The man in red raised his head and drank a glass of Ling Xiao drunk, looked at the direction of Hong Ningxiang's departure, put his index finger to his lips and shushed, and curled the corners of his mouth, "Don't alarm the beauty, the coming day is long, there is an opportunity." ”

"Eh, I really don't understand you adults, you obviously like people, but you still play tricks, is it interesting?"

"Talkative, do you know what it means to like?!" the man in red glanced at Xiao Er, "Adults and children don't intervene in their affairs, bring wine." ”

With the strength of the wine, Hong Ningxiang walked along the path outside the winery to the front of the bamboo building.

It is a two-story bamboo building, with a stove room, living room, and guest rooms on the first floor, and two bedrooms on the second floor.

There is a well in the courtyard in front of the building, and there are three jujube trees and seven or eight unknown fruit trees planted by the well, and there is a fence outside.

Before her death, except for Shi Dingfeng, almost no one knew that the Lingxiao Female Demon and the Young Master of the Demon Sect had lived in such a humble place after they went into hiding together.

After decades of wind and frost, this bamboo building has not collapsed, not only is it well preserved, but the roof and bamboo walls have also been renovated.

There are more than a dozen chickens in the yard, the chicks are pecking millet on the ground, a rope is hanging under the jujube tree, and a men's robe is drying.

"Cough-" Hong Ningxiang deliberately made a sound, and not long after, a window on the second floor opened, a white light flashed, and an old man with gray hair was already standing in front of her in the blink of an eye.

"Hey, how did you get in?" the old man looked at the fence door, and he had clearly set up a magic circle.

"It's just a heavenly array, and it can't help me. Hong Ningxiang smiled slightly and glanced at him.

There is a kind of person in the world who is born with a sense of affinity, and this old man is such a person. Seeing that this courtyard was cleaned up by him, it was no different from a small farm yard, and I thought that this person was a hermit who had no quarrel with the world.

"You've seen through this!Tell me, who are you?, what are you doing in my Lingxiao Valley?" the old man touched his chin and couldn't help but look at her more.

With his cultivation in the later stage of the Dan period, a slight check of his divine sense, he could feel that this woman was a little weird, it should be a cultivation, and then look at her dress, the white curtain covers her face, but at a glance, he saw the looming white hair, and his heart moved inexplicably - tsk, could it be the same as him, an old woman who has cultivated immortals for forty or fifty years and no one wants, right?

"Your Lingxiao Valley, who said that Lingxiao Valley is yours?" Hong Ningxiang sneered. Who does this old man think he is, and if he lives here, he will become the master here? This bamboo building was built by Liu Qingming back then, not to mention this bamboo building, that is, the entire Lingxiao Valley, it is his territory, even if Liu Qingming dies, he will not allow others to occupy it.

"Who else should say this? You go and inquire!" the old man flew up the fence with his waist crossed, "This is a hundred miles, and who doesn't know the name of my Xiaoyaozi." Look at you, you're full of alcohol, have you gone to the winery in front of you to drink? To tell you the truth, the Lingxiao drunkenness you drank was all brewed by my Xiaoyaozi! And the Lingxiao village in front of you is my Xiaoyaozi's territory!"

After speaking, he jumped off the fence wall and stomped a few times, "I am the shopkeeper of the winery, and I am still the village chief of Lingxiao Village, you say, is Lingxiao Valley mine?"

"I'm asking you, why do you say that Ling Xiao Gu is yours?" Hong Ningxiang helped her forehead, didn't she just ask, as for him jumping up and down like this? And his answer is not the point at all, okay? How can he prove that Ling Xiao Gu is his?

"Why did I tell you? I said yes, go, don't delay my work!" Xiaoyaozi thought about the elixir he had refined, and he didn't want to waste time chatting with strangers. If he hadn't guessed that she might be a poor old woman, he would have kicked her out with a stick.

Hong Ningxiang looked at the sky, it's a little late today, why don't you come tomorrow to ask this old man for a glass of wine, and by the way, ask how he dominated Lingxiao Valley. With that in mind, she turned and left.

When I returned to Wangxian Pavilion, I heard Wu Xing say that Shi Dingfeng's affairs had not been completed, and it would take two days to return, and Zhu Chenfeng also went out today, saying that he was going to pick up his friend Yang Jingfei, but he didn't return until the evening.

Early the next morning, Hong Ningxiang went to the bamboo building in Lingxiao Valley again.

She came prepared today, because when Xiaoyaozi drove her away again, she said with a smile: "I just came to ask you for a glass of wine today, not to fight with you." Can you please give me a few glasses? I want more than 30 years of ageing! Of course, I won't drink your wine for nothing, how about I exchange it for a high-grade fairy fruit with you?"

"What fairy fruit? I'll take a look!"

Hong Ningxiang knew that he would have this reaction, and when he saw the spirit fruit on the tree yesterday, he guessed the old man's preference, and picked two fresh Yuqing Dust Cleansing Fruits from the ring space early in the morning.

She smiled, "Don't worry, I'll give you the wine when it's good." ”

"Then it's settled, don't be repaid! If you dare to fool me, hum-"

"How can it be, if you are fellow Taoists, you will be punished by God for losing your trust, you know this truth. Hong Ningxiang swore an oath.

"Come in with me. Xiaoyaozi pushed open the bamboo door and took Hong Ningxiang into the guest room on the first floor.

After Hong Ningxiang entered the door, he saw a familiar scene, and his nose was inexplicably sour.

Although the tables and chairs in the room have all been changed, when you see these furnishings, you will remember every bit of how you got along with Liu Qingming here in your previous life.

"Hey, don't you want to drink, what are you doing standing there?" Xiaoyaozi took an unopened wine jar from the stove room, shook the sealing mud with one palm in front of Hong Ningxiang, removed the porcelain lid and sealing cloth, and immediately, a sweet aroma of wine came to his nose.

"How? Is it more mellow than the taste in the winery?" Xiaoyaozi looked at Hong Ningxiang and took a sip and smiled proudly, "I have been cellaring this jar of wine for thirty-three years, and I only took it out a few days ago. ”

"Good wine, good wine indeed. Hong Ningxiang only drank three sips, and he was actually a little upset. Fortunately, she wore a curtain fence, otherwise the old man would have laughed at her if he saw it.

"Bring the fairy fruit!" Xiaoyaozi immediately resealed the wine jar, and was reluctant to give her one more glass.

"Stingy!" Hong Ningxiang pushed the prepared box containing the Yuqing Cleansing Fruit over, and saw the Xiaoyaozi monkey grabbing the box in a hurry, she couldn't help laughing, "Don't worry, it should be yours, you can't run." ”

"What kind of fruit is this?" Xiaoyaozi opened the box and picked up the Yuqing Fruit to look at it carefully, but with his knowledge of the elixir and the spirit fruit, he couldn't recognize the origin of the fruit, and he only felt that his hands were soaked with a rich aura.

"It doesn't matter what kind of fruit it is, since you live in the demon world, you will inevitably deal with demon cultivators, you can use this fruit to refine the elixir, take the elixir, you can resist the demonic qi, if you don't want to refine the pill, you can sell it for a spirit stone." Anyway, you don't have to lose. Hong Ningxiang drank a glass of wine, felt that it was not enough, and cheekily begged for a glass, Xiaoyaozi's attention at the moment was on the Yuqing Dust Cleansing Fruit, swept away the stingy attitude, and pushed the wine jar in front of her very generously, "It's all for you! However, you can take it easy, if you get drunk, I am not responsible for sending you back." ”

"If you tell me why you occupy Lingxiao Valley, why you are the master here, I will-" Hong Ningxiang burped, held his slightly drunken forehead and said, "I'll give you another immortal fruit, how about it?"

"Is this true?" Xiaoyaozi got a fairy fruit and already felt that she had taken advantage of her, but she didn't expect this "old woman" to be so easy to talk to, and she actually wanted to give him another one, and she didn't take advantage of it.

"Did I lie to you just now?"

"Nope. ”

"Then don't talk nonsense. Hong Ningxiang poured himself another glass of wine, "Don't worry, even if I'm drunk, I won't stay here with you." ”

Xiaoyaozi scratched his head, as if he was thinking about where to start, touched his chin, and said briefly: "Actually, this Lingxiao Valley was indeed not my territory at the earliest, but was passed down from my grandmother's generation. Do you know why this place is called Lingxiao Valley?"

"Is it because there is a female demon who has fallen here?" Hong Ningxiang asked rhetorically without changing his face.

"It can be said that the name of this valley is not called by everyone, but the name given by the young master of the Demon Sect in the past, saying that it is to commemorate his lover. Xiaoyaozi sighed, "His lover, whose name in the Demon Realm is Ling Xiao, was pregnant and lived here in seclusion with the young master of the Demon Sect. And my grandmother had the honor of giving birth to that woman. ”

"Ahem-" Hong Ningxiang choked again. How do you feel that his tone is quite smug?

She asked calmly, "What about after your grandmother delivered the female devil?"

"What a female devil, don't talk about her like that. Xiaoyaozi glanced at her, unconsciously picked up a cup, took a sip of wine, and smacked her lips, "That woman is very pitiful, her life is miserable." When I was a child, I used to hear my grandmother tell her stories, so to speak, I grew up listening to her stories. ”

"Uh-" Hong Ningxiang was stunned, quite surprised that Wen Po and her grandson were so sympathetic to herself, weren't she a murderous female devil in her previous life?