Over the next week, Ryan and Hermione visited a number of great places, both ordinary and wizard-specific. And the reason why they were able to visit so many scenic spots in a short period of time was all thanks to the cloud road system of the Celestial Empire.

Cloudways are similar to the European Floo network, except that they don't require a fireplace. The calm surface of the water inside any container with a magic circle drawn on it can be used as an entrance. The largest of these can be a lake, while the smaller one can be a washbasin or sink at home. When you use it, just fill the container with water, and when the water surface is more than the size of a palm, put your hand in it and recite the name of the place, and finally add a sentence of urgency like a law, and you can go to the place you want to go.

During this week, whether it is Taihu Lake, Lushan Mountain, Huangshan Mountain or West Lake, they are all eye-opening, and the natural and cultural scenery in it makes them linger. And the most impressive thing for them was the last day they went to the travel attraction that belonged to the wizards: Wulingyuan.

This Wulingyuan is different from the Wulingyuan Zhangjiajie Scenic Area on the side of ordinary people, it is a large valley protected by a natural magic lock. There is a town that belongs purely to the magical world of the Celestial Empire, and a large number of magical creatures.

According to the map bought on Matsue Market, the two men came to the entrance of the town. It's just a very ordinary stream in an unremarkable valley. If you don't know magic, you can only see a stream flowing out of the valley, but wizards can see that the stream forks after entering the valley.

Walking up the tributary of this small stream that only wizards can see, it doesn't take long to walk as if you have crossed an invisible line, and a beautiful peach blossom forest suddenly appears in front of you. Miraculously, even in the heat of summer, the temperature here is still as pleasant as spring. The peach blossoms on the trees are still in full bloom. There are several wizards scattered under the trees where they read, play games or have a picnic.

A breeze blew, and the pink petals on the ground were blown up and floated in the air along with the petals that had been blown off the trees. The peach blossom forest has been transformed into a fairy tale pink world.

"It's like a dream. Hermione looked at the scenery in front of her and said softly, "Thank you—" but before she could finish her sentence, her mouth was gagged by Ryan. After a few kisses, they looked at each other and smiled apart. Later, Rose Crystal and Xiaoqing take pictures of them with their cameras.

In the past few days, Rose Crystal and her sisters had gone to Paris and Versailles in the world of the Rose Maiden, and then enjoyed a few more days of partying. Fortunately, after the party, she caught up with the last stop of Lane's trip, Wulingyuan.

After having had enough of playing in this peach blossom forest, they continued to follow the stream. At this time, Xiaoqing turned herself into a back basket. After that, Rose Crystal drilled in, coquettishly and let Ryan carry her away. Ryan smiled and shook his head, then put the basket containing the rose crystal on his back.

There is a mountain in the birthplace of the stream, and there is a small cave on the mountain, and the stone wall next to the cave is engraved with the three big characters of Wulingyuan, which seems to be able to only allow one person to pass. Ryan and the others could only line up to get into this exit, but fortunately, the entrance to the cave was only a little narrow at the beginning, and after walking a few dozen steps, it became open and bright. In front of him was a quaint town with flat fields, and in the distance there was a lake and the woods around it.

"When the forest runs out of water, there will be a mountain, and the mountain has a small mouth, as if there is light. Drop off the boat and enter from the mouth. At the beginning, it is extremely narrow, and only then can it be passed. After walking dozens of steps, it suddenly became clear - "Seeing this scene, Ryan was moved and began to recite the famous "Peach Blossom Spring". Unlike the previous life, which was just a story, the paradise of peach blossoms in this world really exists. This place, which is now called Wulingyuan, is the Peach Blossom Source in the article.

As mentioned before, the surroundings form a maze next to this huge valley. In addition to the natural locks, the wizards who discovered this place also set up large and small magical defenses here. However, this was not the case more than a thousand years ago, when this valley only relied on natural locks, so there was really an ordinary fisherman who entered here when the locks were weakened by the change of the stars, and then brought the news out.

It's a pity that after the fisherman left, the wizards who lived in the valley used the magic array to make up for these defects, so neither Taishou nor Liu Ziji, a native of Nanyang, could find this place anymore. After that, this story was known to Tao Yuanming, and then he wrote the famous "Peach Blossom Spring" like another world.

"What did you just read?" asked Hermione curiously, although she had learned Chinese now, it was still difficult for her to understand.

"Oh, this is a poem written by an ancient poet more than a thousand years ago in the Celestial Empire. Ryan turned his head and explained. After he explained the story of "The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring", the two of them also happened to follow the stone road to the entrance of the town.

Unlike the previous Songjiang set, there are many people in the town who wear modern clothes that integrate the style of Hanfu, and there are even a few wizards who wear Hanfu directly. And it's not just wizards walking on the streets, for example, Ryan saw a young woman with fox ears and tail walking down the street with an oil-paper umbrella.

"Hello, I was born in England and brought my fiancée back to have a look. I saw a lot of people on the street with animal ears or leaves and flowers on their heads, can you tell us what kind of custom this is?" Lane asked the shopkeeper after buying a few pieces of glutinous rice dumplings.

"It's not customary. The bearded middle-aged uncle, who looked very talkative, said as he quickly wrapped a leaf in his hand. "They're not human. ”

"Not human?" Hermione stopped munching on the glutinous rice cake, because in the British wizarding world, non-human intelligent beings were a marginalized and discriminated against. She had never seen any other creature walking in the street in Diagon Alley. So she was a little excited when she heard that those guys weren't human.

"Yes, not human. The boss repeated. "A lot of foreign visitors like you find this unbelievable to us, and even a compatriot I met a dozen years ago thought we were losing our dignity as alchemists (at which point Hermione muttered quietly, it sounds like a so-called pureblood). But we've always thought they'd be willing to do the same as long as they obey our laws. There is no reason why they should not be given the same rights as we do. ”

"Don't worry, boss, we're not like that. Ryan said, and Hermione nodded vigorously. "But we also need to admit that in other places, there are people who always think that their blood is superior. ”

"Bloodline?" the boss snorted with disdain through his nose, "Only animals such as pigs, dogs, and horses are noble because of their bloodline, how can humans be noble because of this?"

The boss's words made Ryan and Hermione laugh together, and it was the most interesting rebuttal they had ever heard about the theory of pure-blood supremacy. The shopkeeper also saw that the two of them were not that kind of pedigree, so he explained, "Those who were collectively called mountain ghosts just now are a kind of natural spirits-"

"It's a creature like a baby. Ryan quickly explained to Hermione in English. From the boss, they learn that the mountain ghosts have the power of animals in part and the power of plants in the other, as well as their own special spells. Most importantly, they can intermarry with humans. But just as the boss's eyebrows were fluttering and boasting about the appearance of the mountain ghost, his fat wife sneaked up from behind and grabbed his ear.

"Don't think I don't know that you stared at the mountain ghost proprietress at the restaurant at the end of the street all day, go in and get a glutinous meal, don't be lazy here. "Watching the sturdy proprietress pull the boss to the kitchen. Ryan and Hermione also hurried away.

"I thought I saw Mrs. Weasley—" Hermione said as she walked down the street, glancing back at the dumpling shop.

"This is also a way to get along, that uncle's magic level is much stronger than his wife's, his wife is just an ordinary person who can't do magic, love-" Ryan said with a smile.

In addition to the beautiful mountain ghosts, Ryan and the others also encountered large humans more than three meters tall on the streets. The owner of the potions shop told them that they were the Quay, similar to the giants of the West. However, neither the defense nor strength of magic is inferior to that of Western giants, and their only advantage is that their IQ and personality are not much different from humans, but they are more stubborn.

After shopping for what they wanted in the store, the two went to the surrounding protected area. I saw a four-eared macaque with colorful hair and a long tail, and the best luck was when they passed by a flowering bamboo forest, they saw a phoenix that looked similar to a pheasant, but with colorful patterns and a long tail.

"What kind of bird is this?" Hermione asked, pointing to the phoenix, which she remembered as the big fiery red bird raised by Professor Dumbledore, so she didn't recognize what was in front of her.

"This is the phoenix of the East. "Ryan feels like he's going to have a good day.