Night Peach sat on the huge peach tree known as the Sacred Tree, looking intently at a small city at the foot of the mountain in the distance. The town was shrouded in a mist, reflected in the setting sun, and the smoke curled and the shadows were so large that even from a distance you could hear the laughter of the people in the city.

Are they talking about tonight's dinner? Or do you want to go up the mountain and beg her for the fairy peach on the sacred tree? Sometimes she really thinks it's funny, she wants to go down the mountain to the city to have a look, eat the food of ordinary people, but the people in the city always want to come up the mountain and nibble on two peaches on her sacred tree......

She looked down at the moist and pink peach in her hand, and looked inexplicable, what is so good about this peach? Isn't her body still like this after eating so much?

Xia Ye has been gone for a long time, three days, right? Why haven't you come back......

There was a hint of loneliness in her eyes that was extremely inconsistent with her body shape, her little hands were holding peaches on her knees, her legs were quietly hanging in the air, and she was motionless looking into the distance in a daze.

She didn't know how much time had passed, but she knew that the town in the distance had been completely shrouded in darkness, and only the sporadic lights were bright and extinguished in the dark night.

It's night again...... It's so dark...... Xia Ye won't be back today, right? She sat down on the branch in disappointment, not taking a bite of the peach in her hand.

There was a sudden sound of rustling in the grass in the distance, and Ye Xiaotao, who was sitting on the tree, instantly raised her keen ears, and the tip of her slightly upturned nose sniffed sensitively in the air, and then happily threw away the peach in her hand, and stood up with the thick branches beside her.

The figure in the grass gradually approached, and finally pushed aside the artemisia grass that was more than one person tall next to him and came to the peach tree that shimmered in the dark night, raised his head and looked at the little girl standing on the high branch, his brows were slightly furrowed, and there was a faint reproach between his words: "Why did you run to such a high place again, what should I do if I fell?" ”

The girl just smiled happily, jumped down from the tree, and fell straight into his arms.

He stretched out his hand to catch her steadily, and then looked at the fairy peach that had just rolled aside: "You didn't eat peaches properly, did you?" ”

"There is food, I remember what Xia Ye said every day, that one was picked for Xiao He", the girl said happily, her voice was a little milky.

Xia Ye glanced at her helplessly, holding her with one hand and picking up the peaches on the ground with the other: "Xiao He has never liked to eat dirty things, if you let it know that you will give it the peaches that fell on the ground to eat, you may not be angry." ”

"Then it would be nice not to sue it", Ye Xiaotao looked proud.

That night, Xia Ye just hugged Xiao Tao and slept under the peach tree for a night. He leaned against the trunk of the tree and looked at the little girl who was sleeping peacefully in his arms, obviously fifteen years old but only a five-year-old child-like figure, with fiery red hair draped over his shoulders, always wearing only a white dress and a white dress, with a crimson ribbon around his waist, looking like a cute doll of Yuxue.

She is the daughter of the mountain god, and she is also the new generation of mountain god, the king of the forest, in charge of the sacred tree, commanding all beasts, but because she was a child by the enemy, she gave a Gu poison called Soul Devouring Gu no longer grows taller, and she can't leave this sacred tree too far, so she can only live on the fairy peach on the sacred tree.

This sacred tree is huge, the surrounding breath is incomparably pure, and there will be bursts of light in the dark night, but for some reason, all the beasts in the forest are not allowed to approach, and only the mountain god and those with their permission can approach among the human beings, and the fruit can only be picked by a small peach with the blood of the mountain god.

The fruit itself is also very delicate, and it is fine to eat around this sacred tree, but if it exceeds the range of the shimmering light emitted by the sacred tree, it will immediately decay and turn to ashes.

Xiao Tao can only move within a range of dozens of miles around this sacred tree, and often has to return to the sacred tree to breathe in the pure air here or eat a fairy peach to survive. Some people say that this fairy peach can last for ten years after eating a bite, and some people say that it can raise the dead and flesh and bones, but no matter how miraculous it is, it has not made the little peach grow a penny taller for so many years. Her time seems to have stopped at the age of five, and she has been supported by the fruit of the sacred tree for the rest of her years, and she will die of weakness without food. But in the past few years, the fruit of the Divine Tree has become less and less, and Xia Ye really doesn't know what kind of situation Xiao Tao will face if the Divine Tree no longer bears fruit one day...... Therefore, he has often gone down the mountain in the past few years, just to find a way to remove the Soul Devouring Gu, hoping that Xiao Tao can survive even if he does not rely on the power of this divine tree.

When he was eight years old, he saw Xiao Tao when he went up the mountain with his master to collect medicine, and Xiao Tao was so small at that time, but his face was extremely pale, without a trace of anger, and he was held in the arms of a woman who was dressed in white and red silk like her.

The woman was supposed to have red hair, but when he saw her, most of her beautiful hair had turned grayish, like a drooping old woman, losing its luster.

A giant wolf carried her on his back and came to the tree, and many other wild beasts surrounded him, and the master was so frightened that he left him and ran away, but he didn't feel afraid for some reason, but felt inexplicably curious in his heart, and stood there quietly watching her.

When the wolf came to the tree, he could only let her down, and she should have been on the verge of death, but she fell to the ground, protecting the child in her arms, and struggled little by little towards the sacred tree. The beasts let out a whining sound, and when he heard it, he felt inexplicably sad, and stepped forward to help the woman.

The woman's eyes were like a lamp that was about to be extinguished, but when she saw him, she brightened up again, and gave him the child in her arms.

He carried the little pale girl under the tree, and in a moment the child's face was a little bloody. He turned around again and pulled the woman under the tree, leaning her against the trunk and letting the child lean against her.

The woman leaned against the tree as if she had regained some strength, looked at her and smiled, her eyes brightened, and she asked him softly, "Child, what is your name?" ”

"My name is Xia Ye, the summer of summer, the Ye of the glorious Ye."

"Xia Ye ......" she muttered a sentence, and turned her head to look at Xiao Tao beside her: "Her name is Xiao Tao, Night Xiao Tao." The night of the night, the peach of the peach tree...... Xia Ye...... Would you like to be a lamp in the dark night for Xiao Tao and light the way forward for her? ”

"Lights?" Xia Ye was puzzled.

The woman smiled, stretched out her hand and tapped her forehead lightly: "I will entrust her to you in the name of the mountain god, the mother of the little peach." The beasts in the forest cannot harm you, the light of the sacred tree will shelter you, I wish the little peach peace and happiness in this life, that's all...... Stamping. ”

The hand that touched his forehead fell, the light in the woman's eyes was completely extinguished, and the hair that was still a little red instantly turned gray, and even the body gradually disappeared, turning into a shimmering dust in the breeze and gradually blending into the sacred tree behind him......

There are many images flashing in his mind, Xiao Tao playing and frolicking with his parents, Xiao Tao who was chased and killed by the enemy, and Xiao Tao who got here all the way ......

He slowly came back to his senses from that image, looked at the little girl who was still unconscious and smiled: "Hello Xiao Tao, I am Xia Ye, Xia of Summer, Ye of Brilliant Ye." ”

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