When Ji Liuhuo heard that Ziyu was afraid of being blamed by the raccoon dog because she sneaked down the mountain, he comforted her and said, "You don't have to be afraid, with me and Su Shuang, the raccoon will not blame you." ”

"But ......"

"Are you worried that Tanuki will be angry that you gave up the petals?" Ji Liuhuo asked with some guilt.

"Hmm." Zi Yu hesitated, bit her lip and finally decided to lie: "I'm not in good health, and giving up a petal is a bit hurtful, so Tanuki must be very angry, I ......"

Ji Liuhuo felt even more guilty when he heard this, and he was silent and suddenly said, "I'm sorry."

When Ji Liuhuo said this, there was a hint of hidden sadness in his eyes, and Ziyu couldn't see Ziyu's nose sour: "No, I insisted on it."

Ji Liuhuo said again: "But the cause of the incident ......"

"Okay, let's not talk about that." Ziyu hurriedly interrupted Ji Liuhuo's words, she didn't like Ji Liuhuo's sad and silent appearance, she liked Ling Sushuang's mouth, in her dream, the dashing and wanton Ji Liuhuo in the past, not the self-blaming and guilty person in front of her.

"Brother Liuhuo, I heard that Qin is famous for its scenery. To the south of the Qin capital city, there are ten miles of peach forest and fog lake, to the north there are lonely mountain temples, and a night river runs through the east and west of the city, and the end is connected to Biluoze, anyway, we have to wait for Sister Sushuang here, why don't you accompany me to see those scenery these days, okay? ”

Ziyu looked at Ji Liuhuo with a smile, but she was extremely nervous in her heart. Although after some time together, Ji Liuhuo is no longer as cold to her as she was at the beginning, but for some reason, she still can't let go.

But as soon as he remembered that Ling Sushuang had said that Ji Liuhuo had only become cold after the Vermilion Bird Divine Monarch had been extinguished. And in the previous dream, the Vermilion Bird Divine Monarch died in order to save Ji Liuhuo.

Ziyu remembered the uncontrollable sadness of Ji Liuhuo in the Scarlet Song Temple that afternoon. If everything she dreamed of was true, then what kind of pain should Ji Liuhuo's heart be.

Ji Liuhuo lowered his head slightly and looked at Ziyu, unable to say anything to refuse.

Somehow, Ji Liuhuo suddenly remembered Nan Hotaru thousands of years ago, and he also liked to play around, and he would look at him like this, his eyes were as bright as stars.

So Ji Liuhuo didn't hesitate, and responded softly.

As soon as his words fell, Ziyu raised his hand happily and cheered, and then grabbed his sleeve with one hand and was about to pull him out of the house: "Brother Liuhuo, let's go shopping and buy some food."

Coming out of the inn is a bustling street market, with a series of shops and shops, but Ziyu has a clear purpose, and she didn't go blindly with Ji Liuhuo, but just went straight to the major snack shops.

And when Ziyu returned home with Ji Liuhuo with satisfaction, his hands were already full of all kinds of snacks, such as Mu Jinsi's pastries, candied fruits from the Honey Frying Bureau, shortbread from Shaojiu Pavilion, and dried meat from Longjin Building...... Qindu's famous snacks are not left one by one.

Ji Liuhuo looked funny, but he didn't say anything, just silently followed behind Zi Yu, let her buy it randomly and then pay for her, took the messy food in her hand and followed her quietly, watching her eat while walking along the way, her eyes narrowed with satisfaction, and her mood was inexplicably happy.

After returning to the inn, the two went back to their rooms, and before leaving, Ziyu did not forget to tell Ji Liuhuo that he should not forget the agreement to go to Taoling on the second day.

The weather was good the next day, and the two of them came to Taoling under the guidance of enthusiastic passers-by after breakfast.

Taoling is located in Nanzhuang, Qindu, because the terrain is slightly higher than the town into a ridge, and because there are ten miles of peach forest, so it is named Taoling.

From afar, Ziyu saw the peach blossoms all over the mountains of Taoling, lightly pink and white pressed all over the branches, the grass in the forest under the tree was delicious, the fallen flowers were colorful, and there was a thin layer of white mist, which was as beautiful as a nine-fold fairyland.

Zi Yu was happy in her heart, and when she was about to run over quickly, she found that Ji Liuhuo beside her was standing motionless, and her face was stained with a thick layer of sadness.

"Hotaru ......"

Just when Ziyu wanted to ask Ji Liuhuo what was wrong, she heard Ji Liuhuo's voice murmuring unconsciously.

Ziyu was slightly stunned, and then saw Ji Liuhuo raise his feet and slowly walk towards the peach forest step by step: "Ah Ying, the ten-mile peach forest is still not grateful, but now, where are you?" ”

Ziyu didn't know why, but she knew that Ji Liuhuo remembered Nan Ying, but she didn't know why she had something to do with this peach forest.

Zi Yu followed Ji Liuhuo without saying a word, followed him around the peach forest, and finally went around in front of the Foggy Lake.

Foggy Lake is a small lake, hidden in the depths of the ten-mile peach forest, the lake water is warm all year round, and the lake surface overflows all the year round and can envelop the peach forest with white fog and gets its name.

Since it was morning, there wasn't much fog in the Foggy Lake, so Ziyu could still clearly see the Jiliu Fire's every move.

Zi Yu saw Ji Liuhuo walking to the fog lake, and suddenly flew towards the middle of the fog lake, so he hurriedly pinched the trick to follow.

Flying to the center, Ziyu saw that there was actually a small island in the middle of the foggy lake, and a small pavilion had been built on the island, and Ji Liuhuo had already entered the pavilion at this time, and he didn't know what he was doing.

Seeing this, Ziyu fell in front of the pavilion and immediately walked in. Before entering the pavilion, she glanced up unintentionally, and vaguely seemed to see a plaque hanging on the pavilion, but she couldn't see what was written on it.

Because it was in the middle of the lake, the fog was the thickest here, and Ji Liuhuo's white clothes made Ziyu unable to see where Ji Liuhuo was, so she had to grope for a bench to sit down.

For some reason, Ziyu inexplicably felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity with the Misty Lake, and this familiarity was even stronger after she entered this pavilion. It's just that before she had time to think about it, she heard Ji Liuhuo's voice.

"The Ten Mile Peach Forest is the place where I first met Hotaru." Ji Liuhuo said, and there was a longing in his voice that couldn't be hidden.

This was the first time Ziyu had heard Ji Liuhuo take the initiative to talk to her about the Vermilion Bird Divine Monarch Nan Hota, as well as the past between him and Nan Hotaru.

Tens of thousands of years ago, when there was no Qin capital in this world, there were already foggy lakes and ten miles of peach forests. It's just that at that time, outside the ten-mile peach forest was a towering tree with no end in sight, and it was a deep forest that stretched for tens of thousands of miles.

At that time, it was only thousands of years before the Pangu Ancient God opened the world, and the Nuwa Ancient God first created human beings, and planned a large area of land in the beast world to be divided into human beings, so that all the beasts living in that land moved away.

And the Qinglong clan to which Ji Liuhuo belongs, the Vermilion Bird clan to which Nan Ying belongs, the White Tiger clan to which Ling Sushuang belongs, and the Xuanwu clan to which Xuanwu Shenjun Beizang belongs, these four clans are all ancient beast clans that coexist with the mountains, rivers, heaven and earth, so after the Nuwa Ancient God occupied their clan residence, they immediately carved out a new piece of land to belong to them.

That land was the abode of the ancient gods of Nuwa, located in the deepest part of the deep forest, a forbidden place that ordinary orcs did not dare to approach. It is precisely because of this that the four ancient beast clans that have lived separately since the division of heaven and earth have gathered together.

The deepest part of the deep forest is this peach forest, because of the eternal warm and foggy lake in the forest, the peach blossoms of this peach forest are not thanked all year round. There is a swamp on the periphery of the peach forest, and under the swamp is the abyssal sea river, and the Qinglong clan and the Xuanwu clan moved to the abyss sea river, while the Vermilion Bird clan and the White Tiger clan moved to the peach forest fog lake.

On the day Ji Liuhuo first met Nan Ying, it happened that the ancient gods of Nuwa were picking outstanding young people of all ethnic groups, and Ji Liuhuo happened to be selected. And because it was inconvenient for the ancient gods to go to the sea, he and several other clansmen in the clan who were also selected went to the Foggy Lake to meet the ancient gods under the leadership of the patriarch.

At that time, although the outside of the foggy lake was filled with fairy mist, the lake was clear. High pavilions and temples were built in the middle of the foggy lake, and it was here that the ancient gods of Nuwa summoned them.

Because of their precious bloodline, their four ancient beast clans have always had few heirs, and now there are less than 100 young males and females in each clan. In addition, the word "excellent" proposed by the ancient god Nuwa made the patriarchs of various ethnic groups choose thousands of people when choosing people. Therefore, although it is a gathering of young people from the Xuanwu and Qinglong ethnic groups, there are only more than ten people here.

It is said that the ancient god Nuwa came this time in order to choose the best one among the various tribes, and then bring it to the heavenly realm to guard the four directions. Because of the big stakes, they didn't directly select people at the beginning, but asked them to stay here for a while and then select the best ones. As for the Vermilion Bird Clan and the White Tiger Clan, because there are too few heirs, and they live on land and were summoned by the Nuwa Ancient God first, the candidates have already been decided.

The ancient gods of Nuwa explained some matters and let them disperse. After Ji Liuhuo left, he wanted to enjoy the peach blossoms, he had been living in Haichuan with his clan, and this was the first time he had come ashore in human form, so everything on land made him extremely new.

At that time, although the peach forest was named ten miles, it was actually nearly a thousand miles deep, and he walked in the forest and got lost unconsciously. Just as Ji Liuhuo came back to his senses and wanted to find out, he suddenly heard a soft sound of the piano coming from not far away.

Ji Liuhuo heard that the song was an ancient song, and although it was not very good, it was also moving. He followed the sound of the piano, and after walking for a while, he finally found the source of the sound.

Under a peach tree more than ten feet in front of him, a woman in white sat cross-legged on the ground facing him, hanging her head and seriously playing with the yaoqin on her lap. And opposite the woman also stood a woman, wearing a light purple gauze skirt, with her back to him, stepping on the intermittent piano sound, moving her steps a little and dancing.

The young peach blossoms set off the lilac figure more delicate, her dancing posture is light and agile, the tulle gently flicks off the pink petals flying all over the sky, she looks back in the flying flowers, and her slightly drooping eyes flow with a faint light.

Ji Liuhuo lost his heart in that dance.

It was the woman in white who first discovered him. The woman wanted to look up at the dancing woman, but accidentally caught a glimpse of him standing behind the tree, and her face couldn't help but panic, and the sound of the piano stopped abruptly: "Who are you?" What are you doing here? ”