On the ninth day of September in the year of Renxu, the mysterious demon domain Wan (yuān) was killed.

In September in the world, the spring breeze is pleasant, the peach blossoms in the Yao Pond are scorching, a petal is slowly swirling, falling on Zhao Yi's curved eyebrows, a little crispy and itchy, Zhao Yi's eyes slowly opened, and the clear eyes were like the night sky.

Zhao Yi is a fire demon who manipulates fire, born from fire, and indulges in fire.

Five thousand years ago, the Demon Emperor Ice Prison unified Wan Kill, and since then it has been isolated from other realms, rarely appearing in front of the world, and there are very few people who know the existence of Wan Kill.

These days, Wanshu is too peaceful, Zhao Yi has nothing to do, and when he heard that the scenery in southern Xinjiang is pleasant, he wants to have a play.

After living in southern Xinjiang for a few days, she saw the bargaining of street vendors and the shepherds on the prairie, but she felt very comfortable, and she never thought that when she left, there would be a mortal who followed her all the way.

On that day, the sky was clear, the trees in the woods were colorful, and the red leaves were often falling, and southern Xinjiang ushered in this rare guest in autumn.

"Girl, please stay," the young man in the beige robe called out a little panting.

Zhao Yi stopped his rapid steps, his face was calm and calm, his breathing was smooth, and he didn't look like a person in a hurry at all.

When I turned around, I saw the man looking like a white-faced scholar, with a Momei folding fan in his hand, and his clean face was still a little flushed, and his breathless appearance was very honest and honest.

The man was a little overjoyed to see Zhao Yi stop, and he was full of energy in an instant, and ran over in small steps.

"Girl, please forgive me for being abrupt, I wonder why the girl is in such a hurry?" the man asked earnestly.

"I'm going home!" Zhao Yi said with a light smile.

"What, girl, your home is not in Southern Xinjiang?" the man was shocked, and Zhao Yi nodded with a smile.

"It's a pity, I don't know where your mansion is, will Xiaosheng be able to see the girl again?" The man looked at Zhao Yi reluctantly, his eyes burned, and Zhao Yi was flustered.

"Whether you see or don't see it all depends on fate, and the son doesn't need to care"

Xiaosheng was abrupt, just told Xiaosheng how he didn't care, if he really didn't care, why did he go so far with the girl. ”

The man's voice gradually became sad and low, "Girl, before you leave, Xiaosheng has something to say to the girl!"

"Childe, please speak!" Zhao Yi responded politely, but the man's words surprised her again.

"Girl, although I am a scholar, I don't know what kind of beauty should be like a fairy, but when I see you, girl, I think it should be like you, girl. The man looked a little embarrassed.

Zhao Yi was like thunder, and he knew that it would be good if he didn't let him say it.

Zhao Yigan said with a smile: "Thank you for the false praise, it's just that the women and sons in this world don't see much, and it is a little hasty to make conclusions here with the little woman." ”

"Girl, don't be modest, bright eyes, beautiful as a fairy, isn't it just you, girl!" The man continued to praise, Zhao Yi's face was full of embarrassment, this kid seemed to be inconsistent.

Zhao Yi does look dusty, with a goose egg powder face, a pair of clear peach blossom eyes under the watery eyebrows are very attractive, the height of the small and delicate nose bridge is just right, the red lips are bright and the teeth are bright, and the eyes are beautiful.

Although she is wearing a red dress, she has no enchanting atmosphere, a red bead pendant on her forehead, and her black hair is like a waterfall.

should have been a delicate and weak woman, but Zhao Yi's height of ten feet was already as tall as him next to this man, and even a little more heroic than a man.

Zhao Yi chuckled and said: "Childe is really good at talking, but unfortunately I still have to leave, Childe, please stay!"

Zhao Yi turned around, and the man reached out to grab her, but he didn't dare to really grab her, so he had to shout: "Girl, please stay!

Seeing that his pampered son brother followed him so far, Zhao Yi didn't want to cruelly reject him, so he thought of an idea.

A difficult problem is made on the grounds of testing the sincerity of the other party, thinking that it should be something that many girls will do! Although Zhao Yi has lived for more than 5,000 years and is not a girl, she also uses this method.

As a fire demon, he was born with the ability to control fire, Zhao Yi turned around and lit a fire at random, and said to him jokingly: "Childe, this fire is very strong, if it can't be extinguished in time, this forest is estimated to become a sea of fire in a while, if you cover your body, this fire will be extinguished, or Childe's life will be just some skin injuries."

The man saw that Zhao Yi could make a fire out of thin air, and he was already a little frightened after being shocked, staring at the fire on the ground, but he didn't dare to step forward.

In fact, Zhao Yi said casually in order to embarrass him, seeing that his squeamish son-in-law was hesitating, Zhao Yi smiled and turned to leave, this fire would not be extinguished in an hour without her support.

When she returned to Wanshu and hadn't yet sat on the swing frame, the third sister Jingyuan smiled evilly and said to Zhao Yi: "When will the eldest sister also set fire to the world? This is not your style." ”

Zhao Yi realized it later, and hurriedly went to southern Xinjiang to take a look at the fire he had arsoned, and found that the stupid boy actually called someone to douse her magic fire with water, which was really naïve, but it triggered the ice and fire of the bone array, and a lush forest turned into a sea of fire in an instant, Zhao Yi sighed and returned to Wan Kill.

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In Wan Kill, the four apprentices of the Ice Prison Zhao Yi, Feng Tuo, Jing Yuan, Bai Shu guards one side, protecting the tranquility of Wan Kill, although Zhao Yi's Yao Chi is not as good as the Yao Chi of the Heavenly Court, but it also has a unique flavor, here, there is no need to be affected by the four seasons in the world, this day, the September day of the world, this Yao Chi is a peach blossom fragrance, and resting here is also Zhao Yi's favorite thing to do, so the second sister Feng Tuo has nothing to say that Zhao Yi should be the laziest protector in the history of Wan Kill, but this hearty Feng Tuo rarely takes into account that Wan Kill has only one big protector since it appeared to the present.

On this day, the peach blossoms around Yaochi are blooming pleasantly, and this fragrance is enough to nourish her for a while, so Zhao Yi closed the door and went to the peach forest of Yaochi to sleep for a night.

However, this should be the most ridiculous dream she has ever had, it turned out to be that she was dressed in goose-yellow brocade and snuggled in a man's arms, they looked at the scorching peach blossoms together, he carefully handed Zhao Yi all kinds of fruits, Zhao Yi couldn't help but smile in the dream, she would have spring dreams at such an old age?

If this spreads, she will be swept away directly by the Great Protector, but fortunately, this dream is known by herself.

"Yiyi, you are in a good mood today, do you like this peach blossom very much? If you like it, at this time of year, the emperor will accompany you to see. ”

The man who silently brought her food actually spoke, and his voice was like the sound of a piano, and she listened to it very comfortably.

I don't know if it's a dream or wakefulness, Zhao Yi only feels warm in his heart, like the sun on a winter afternoon, throbbing inexplicably, and he just wants to change his posture to see what this man in brocade and jade robe looks like.

But when Zhao Yi moved, he suddenly felt a dull pain in his heart, and he woke up, and the man's face in the dream was blurred.

Zhao Yi covered his heartache that hurt badly, and his eyes were spinning around and obviously didn't know what the pain was about, so he had to meditate on the spot and breathe.

Relying on the fragrance of this peach blossom, Zhao Yi quickly dispersed the pain in his heart, and a sense of consciousness suddenly floated into his mind, Zhao Yi finally thought of why his heart hurt, someone must have broken the bone formation.

Zhao Yi's five fingers were together, and the fire mark in the palm of his hand became more and more vigorous, turning into a fiery red cloud mirror, and seven white figures of men were reflected in the mirror, Zhao Yi looked at them with curious eyes, one of them was very tall, and he looked white and clean, very eye-catching, but there was a terrifying coldness between his eyebrows.

Zhao Yi waved his sleeves and wanted to disperse the cloud mirror, and inadvertently saw the dragon pattern scabbard in his hand, which was clearly a scabbard made of dark iron, and the five elements on the hilt of the sword could be seen clearly even through the cloud mirror.

Just a month ago, Zhao Yi went to see the Ice Prison in Lingyuan Retreat, and the Ice Prison said that he had a sword with her, saying that it was a divine sword forged by gathering the spiritual energy of the world, and it had a strong resurrection ability, and the Ice Prison needed enough spiritual power to cultivate, so Zhao Yi also swore that he would help her get this sword. Therefore, when he saw the sword in his hand, Zhao Yi couldn't help but muttered its name to himself, "Qingling Sword!"

"If you can break my formation, and with the Qingling Sword in hand, it seems that I can't take the sword from him for a while, and I have to go to see the master again!"

Zhao Yi thought in his heart, dispersed the cloud mirror, and his figure transformed into a moment before he came to the spiritual abyss of the Ice Prison retreat and cultivation.

"Master, there is something to do," Zhao Yi arched his hand.

Although the spiritual source is hidden in the Wanzhi underground palace, it is very different from the general underground palace, surrounded by green water on the periphery, and the immortal mountains are beautiful inside. The inner space of the mountain is the spiritual abyss.

There is a huge monument at the foot of the Immortal Mountain, and at the top of the monument is a sculpture of a red kite flapping its wings.

At this time, after Zhao Yi finished speaking, the red kite sculpture on the giant monument flashed with colorful light, and the originally lifeless red kite had really instigated its wings to fly away from the inscription.

Zhao Yi was overjoyed and said: "Master, the Qingling Sword is shocked to appear in the hands of Senior Brother Wuzhi, and the apprentice plans to go to Danzhou to retrieve the Qingling Sword to help the master cultivate, so I have come to show my master."

In the immortal mountain, the birds suddenly chattered, and the red kite that flew away stopped back on the inscription, opened and closed its beak, and said in a strange and mischievous voice: "Qingling Sword aura is too abundant, I am afraid that the demonic energy in your body cannot be touched, if you can't do it, I don't blame you for the teacher."

The master is empathetic, Zhao Yi knows it, and immediately thanked him.

"Thank you Master, the apprentice will be careful, I hope to get the Qingling Sword as soon as possible and help the Master"

Outside the Lingyuan, Zhao Yi really felt that Shizun's worries were a little redundant, and it wasn't until he came to Yongle City that he found that what Shizun said was not false.

The plague incident in Yongle City does not know who started, but it created an opportunity for Zhao Yi to get close to Ye Tao, the day Ye Tao arrived in Yongle City, the fire demon soldiers came to report to Zhao Yi, it just so happened that Zhao Yi was enjoying the rare snow-capped mountain scenery of Yongle City in a plum forest, it was almost October, presumably this bare plum forest would be in full bloom in the cold winter, Zhao Yi wanted to see if this plum forest could be compared with her peach forest.

The fire demon soldiers were a little flustered, but Zhao Yi saw some clues, obviously she sent two, how could she just come back? ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yi felt a little distressed in her heart, they were all trained by her, and they were different from ordinary demon soldiers.

"Got it, let's go down!"

After retiring the fire demon soldiers, Zhao Yi hated Ye Tao for a moment, grabbing the rough skin of the plum tree with his hand, and only then did he feel the pain, it was a little bit of skin wear.

Three days later, it rained early in the morning, and after the rain, although the fog had dissipated, there were still dewdrops falling between the flowers, and the grass stained with moisture looked shiny.

In the east of Yongle City, when the rain stopped, there was life, a steamed bun shop on the street squeaked and opened the door, and the guys began to work, and then gradually someone opened the door of their own house, and the inn opened, which was another scene.

Soon after, people in bright clothes began to go out, Zhao Yi was also one of them, wearing a yellow shirt to show her slenderness, holding a red plum umbrella in her hand, slowly walking in front of the Mingyue Tower, a breeze hit, faintly heard the shouting of the guys.

There was a gurgling sound from Mingyue Tower, Zhao Yi heard the sound and watched, only to see that the heavy vermilion lacquer gate of Mingyue Tower was opened by two guards from the inside, and the large courtyard inside showed a thriving scene.

The two guards opened the door and went back, and after a while, Ye Tao came out of it and stood on the third step of the stairs.

"It's him!"

Zhao Yi said in shock, retracting his gaze and continuing to wander aimlessly on the street.

Ye Tao looked at the pedestrians on the street, who should be laughing or laughing, not affected by Xicheng at all, and didn't seem to care about the people in the same city who were destroyed in Xicheng.

Ye Tao always felt a trace of emotion in his heart, was he blaming the indifference of the people in Dongcheng? But when you think about it, if something like this happens in the city, no matter who it is, it will not feel good in your heart, but life still has to go on, perhaps, every day is the same and living a good life is the best explanation for the suffering Xicheng compatriots.

Another gust of wind blew, a fragrance of gardenias drifted through the street with the breeze, Ye Tao vigilantly looked around, inspected the passers-by, but these people were just silently doing their own thing, as if they were unaware of this fragrance, no one looked back or stopped, Ye Tao had doubts, and walked on the street of bluestone slabs.

Steamed bread shop, pancake shop, the shouting uncle retreated one by one in the field of vision, at a fork in the road, the fragrance disappeared all at once, Ye Tao stopped, looked at the narrow alley, the alley between the two houses can be vaguely seen green hills, Ye Tao doubted, or entered the lane.

Passing through the laneway, what catches my eye is a green forest, only the crown of the tree is slightly yellow, and now the cotyleon Tao's heart is more and more suspicious, September day, how can this northern forest still be green? When I got closer, I realized that it was a hardy coniferous tree, and it was normal for it to be green.

While he was looking at those trees carefully, Zhao Yi, who was hidden behind him, smiled lightly.

"It turns out that you, like me, will also be curious that the trees in this Yongle City do not shed their leaves!"

Thinking that Zhao Yicheng didn't pay attention to him, his figure turned into nothing, so he came to the plum forest with only bald branches, leaning on a plum tree with a crooked neck to meditate in front of the piano stand prepared earlier, bowing his head and stroking the strings with both hands.

Ye Tao looked at the trees and looked up at the sky, but there was no fragrance of it, and he heard a melodious sound of the piano in the distance.

The sound of the harp is like a babbling brook flowing quietly through the field, suddenly like the mountain water, tinkling and rushing endlessly, suddenly like the muttering of small insects in the quiet night, and suddenly like the whispering of birds in the forest.

Its sound is empty, its sound is long, and its sound is endless. It seems to bring people into a fairytale world.

"I haven't heard it for a long time!"

Ye Tao's mood fluctuated, walking through the woods, there were few old fallen leaves and miscellaneous branches on the ground, they must have been taken away and burned, and when they came to the end, there was a different scenery in front of them.

Ye Tao looked at this scene in amazement, in front of him was a weeded and withered clearing, surrounded by silver-gray craggy strange stones, strange peaks standing, the stone surface is smooth and delicate, just like this has been overlapping, but there is a clever road on the left side, I really don't know whether it is ingenious or magical, looking into the distance, the mountain peaks are towering, the foot of the blue mountain, but the top of the mountain is covered with snow, and the sunset is slanting westward. The snow was shining, like ice transparent light, and then looking at the sky above the snow peak, that kind of warm blue, he had never seen it in Wuzhi, Ye Tao looked up at the sky, showing a gentle smile.

After a while, the sound of the piano stopped abruptly, and Ye Tao's mood was also retracted.

"It seems that I was distracted, and I didn't know that the song was over"

But then, another piece of music came, but at this time it was no longer the sound of the piano, but the sound of the pipa, and the song was still "Returning to the Boat".

Ye Tao felt novel, who is the master? So he walked on the road among the strange stones, looking at the regular stone slab stairs, Ye Tao confirmed that it was a man-made road, but the strange stones were really the stunners of nature.

This stone staircase goes straight up, twenty-six steps, no more, no less, the strange stone next to the staircase gradually becomes lower, to the top, you can basically see the outside scenery in the staircase.

After walking up the stone staircase, the scenery in front of him surprised him again. The flat land is a few pebbles of various sizes, and a smooth boulder stands every few steps.

Next to each boulder there was a crooked and bare tree, the tree was full of tiny branches, Ye Tao looked at these trees with rough skin, and the idea of "Merlin" popped up in his mind.

The sound of the pipa came out in the merlin, and the people who followed it all the way really wanted to see it at this moment, the closer they got to Ye Tao, the more curious they became, what kind of master of the world was the other party.

Ye Tao walked into the forest again, his steps couldn't help but be light, for fear of disturbing Yake, but when he got closer, the pipa sound was clear and pleasant.

Just behind the boulder, arrived.

Ye Tao slowed down, and his steady breath was so gentle that it was silent. Coming out from behind the boulder, the person in front of him was the one he was looking for.

Under the plum tree that sprouted buds, Zhao Yi's sunny yellow figure amazed the surrounding scenery and attracted Ye Tao's attention.

Zhao Yi was facing him, but she was holding her pipa, and there was a piano in front of her.

The breeze blew a few strands of long hair behind Zhao Yi, Zhao Yi thought that he would finish the song unharmed, but he didn't want his heart to twitch suddenly, and the pain was all twisted into a ball in his eyebrows.

Zhao Yi raised his eyes and glanced at Ye Tao, and sure enough, it was his Qingling Sword that was suppressing her breath.

Not wanting Ye Tao to see the flaws, Zhao Yi quickly lowered his eyes and continued to play music.

For Ye Tao, this is a special feeling in his life, very subtle, as if she is just a fairy in the painting who came out of the lotus pond in her previous life, passing by the lighthouse in this life, looking back indifferently, looking at the hustle and bustle of the world, and then silently turning around, returning to the previous life, becoming a hazy figure in the depths of his memory in this life, and unable to wake up, this girl who is close at hand makes him feel suffocated inexplicably.

And before this piece stopped, Ye Tao only felt that the sky was high and the earth was wide, and the pipa sound was filled with a kind of beauty of the recovery of all things.

Ye Tao looked at the woman carefully, the fragrance of this gardenia was indeed left by her, then she should have been on Dongcheng Street just now, but after he entered the woods, the sound of the piano sounded, how could she come here to play the piano so quickly?

Now it has been replaced by a lute. As soon as the question came, Ye Tao once suspected that the woman was a demon, maybe a flower demon, but there was no demonic spirit on the woman. Ye Tao glanced at the Qingling Sword in his hand, the Qingling Sword was stable, so, she couldn't be a demon, so, what kind of person was she?

Ye Tao was still pondering, the song stopped abruptly, and Ye Tao's mood drifted back.

Zhao Yi dared to raise his eyes again, Ye Tao's ten fingers moved slightly, and the alluring face that was ignorant of the world was faintly melancholy.

I saw that Zhao Yi was gentle and quiet, with long and soft hair, neat temples, and a pale yellow round bead on his forehead. Ye Tao suddenly thought, "Ice, Clear, Jade, Clean." It's also very suitable for her to think about.

Looking at Ye Tao's stunned appearance when he looked at her, Zhao Yi smiled lightly and silently, young people are good, just be in a daze, you can be so good-looking.

"Silly boy, you are in a daze, I can see that I, a five-thousand-year-old witch, are panicked, this is your fault!" Zhao Yi said with envy in his heart and quietly teased him.

Seeing Zhao Yi laughing, Ye Tao suddenly realized, and apologized to her with an embarrassed face: "I took the liberty of disturbing the girl Yaxing,"

"The young man didn't disturb the little girl, and the little girl finished playing this song"

After Zhao Yi finished speaking, she felt goosebumps all over her body, the little woman, for him, she estimated that she was an old witch.

Zhao Yi was also strange that he was unusual today, he was actually messed up by such a young man, and then thought: No, no, no, it must be the Qingling Sword in his hand that suppressed my demonic energy, so I lost the anger I have on weekdays, yes, it must be like this, I can't fall in love with a hairy boy at first sight.

Ye Tao couldn't see the true body of Zhao Yi's witch, and spoke very politely to Zhao Yi.

"The girl played a song "Returning to the Boat" with the piano and pipa in a row, isn't she waiting for someone?"

Such a humble gentleman, Zhao Yi thought that he should naturally be treated as gently as a lady in the world, so he slowly stood up, walked towards him from behind Tong Muqin, and asked in a soft tone: "Did the young man guess who the little girl was waiting for?"

"If you guessed correctly, the girl is waiting, right?" Ye Tao said calmly.

Zhao Yizi stopped slightly, and his heart fell like a plum: Wow, is my intention so obvious?

In order to alleviate the embarrassment in his heart, Zhao Yi's smile was even stronger, and he bowed his head slightly.

Ye Tao said again: "But there is something unclear below, and I hope the girl will give me advice,"

"What's the matter?" Zhao Yi asked.

"Yongle City is also some distance here, how can the girl play the piano here after the smell of flowers disappears?"

"In fact, Shaoxia can guess that the little girl can't be an ordinary girl, maybe it's still some kind of mountain goblin, but Shaoxia still came over, is there countless in his heart?" Zhao Yi can't tell him her identity yet, so he can think whatever he wants.

Ye Tao shook his head and smiled lightly, he had no body to cultivate, but he couldn't see the true body of the person in front of him, he was really ashamed, but why wasn't Zhao Yi like this just now? It can be regarded as a pair of twos, otherwise it would be unfair for her to be embarrassed.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yi's mood was even better, and he said with a smile: "In the future, the little girl will tell Shaoxia!"

"The girl appeared at this time for the plague in Yongle City?" His tone seemed to be asking Zhao Yi, but he already had a certain number in his heart.

"Exactly! Since the young man is clear, the little woman will get straight to the point, the little woman knows that the young man is the senior brother of Wuzhi, and this time he went to Yongle City for the plague, but whether this plague is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, I believe that the young man also has a certain number in his heart, if the young man has any questions when treating patients, the little woman can give the young man an answer,"

Hearing Zhao Yi say this, Ye Tao seemed to be thinking about something, and after a while, he hugged his fists and said: "The girl is willing to help, I am grateful, if the girl has something, I am willing to serve." ”

Such words are exactly what Zhao Yi wants, Zhao Yi smiled, raised his eyes to look at this piece of plum forest, and said to him without thinking: "This piece of plum forest will all bloom on the eighth day of the new year, and at that time, the young man will accompany me to enjoy the plum blossoms!"

Ye Tao also looked at this bare Merlin, happily agreed, and then asked, "Dare to ask the girl's name?"

"Zhao Yi!" Zhao Yi said with a light smile.