Song Chaoyu looked up and saw that above the dark sky, I don't know when the fog started.

The mist was bright, shimmering with five-colored spiritual light, and it wandered above the sky, forming a brilliant river of nebulae.

The aura around him was abundant to an incredible extent, and Song Chaoyu felt that even if he took a breath at this moment, he could be worth an ordinary quarter of an hour of cultivation.

Everyone stood up, their eyes fixed on the starry ribbon of light, and countless points of light spread out from it like fireworks, falling on the monks waiting below.

Song Chaoyu also fell on one, and an inexplicable attraction came from the five-colored galaxy.

He felt his palms being pulled tightly.

"Xiaoyu, hold on to me, so that we have a chance to land in a close position!"

At the last moment before entering the galaxy, Song Chaoyu thought blankly, didn't the senior brother say that he wanted to experience alone, why did he want to hurry up?

But he didn't have time to think about it, his consciousness went blank, he couldn't judge the time, maybe only a short moment had passed, or maybe a long time had passed.

His feet finally landed on the ground, and his soul seemed to return to his body.

He stood in the middle of a mountain forest, surrounded by tall and lush, giant trees, taller and thicker than usual, like quaint and silent guards.

The scene is a bit similar to Nanhua Xianzhou.

But...... Song Chaoyu took a deep breath, although it was not as good as the battle when the secret realm was opened, but the aura here was much richer than that of Donghua Xianzhou.

It's an excellent place to cultivate.

It's no wonder that so many people have to enter this secret realm of the Ancient Xia Kingdom, even if they can't get any treasures, they can cultivate here for a few months, and they can also gain a lot of money.

Song Chaoyu sensed it, and there was no one else around except himself, and it seemed that everyone was really separated.

The mountain was not included in the map mark given by his brother, so he looked up for a moment, chose a direction, and walked outside.

Along the way, he was surprised to find that this mountain was like a treasure trove, and there were spiritual herbs and elixirs everywhere on the road, even if most of them were common varieties, but they were not short and in excellent condition, and they were of great value when placed outside.

He picked some medicinal herbs, and on the way, he met a squirrel with a spiritual intelligence. The squirrel was not very aggressive, and threw a few fruits at this strange outsider's threat, and when he saw that this person had left his territory very interestingly, he sat on the treetop with great satisfaction, and watched Song Chaoyu go away.

Song Chaoyu picked herbs while walking, and when it was almost dark, he finally walked out of this mountain and sensed the presence of people.

Crowded?

He narrowed his eyes at the few puffs of smoke curling up from the red sun in the distance. After a long pause, he walked towards it.

Secrets, risks and opportunities.

He still remembers promising his brother to give him a baby.

Before the last rays of daylight set, Song Chaoyu arrived at his destination.

It is a beautiful little mountain village, and there is a very tall peach tree at the entrance of the village, with rough branches, and the tree is full of plump and juicy fruits, and a group of young children are playing under the tree.

Seeing someone coming, the children were not afraid, and asked him with wide eyes where he came from and if he wanted to stay in the village.

Song Chaoyu was surprised that these children all had qi cultivation!

The youngest of them looked to be no more than three or four years old!

When I asked him, a little girl with a bun said, "I have a spare room in my house!" So he jumped up and took him to the village.

Song Chaoyu observed for a while, the houses in this mountain village were neatly and beautifully repaired, the children were also very cleanly dressed, and he met several villagers on the way, who were also tall, ruddy and neatly dressed.

They are obviously doing well, and these adults all have the cultivation of the foundation building period.

The little girl who led him home was called Jiang Ying, and there was a little girl named Peach. His father's name is Jiang Lang, and his mother's name is Li Yuan. In their village, most of the people have the surname Jiang.

Song Chaoyu lived in Peach Blossom Village.

The villagers are simple and hospitable, and I heard that he is a scholar who comes from afar to study, and they respect him very much, and often send him some of their own dried mountain goods.

The children also liked him, pestering him to ask what the outside world was like, how did Song Chaoyu know what the world was like, so he had to polish his experience in Nanhua Xianzhou and tell them about it, but no one doubted it.

In this way, Song Chaoyu spent more than ten days in Peach Blossom Village.

He found that the foundation building monks in this village were really villagers. They followed the ancient law, sunrise and sunset, and never left the distant mountain in their lives.

He asked these villagers about their cultivation, and they didn't know what cultivation was. This is the power they were born with, and every Xia countryman, when they grow into adulthood, has the strength to fight with fierce beasts.

Song Chaoyu remembered the sporadic records about the ancient Xia Kingdom, a powerful and mysterious ancient kingdom with countless powerful monks and even immortals.

If it is really as he can see, ordinary people here are born and have the foundation to cultivate when they become adults, then how strong should those who can cultivate?

But such a powerful Gu Xia Kingdom disappeared in a breath. Not even a few written records have been left behind.

.

It's another sunny day.

Song Chaoyu said goodbye to Jiang Lang and his wife: "Thank you for your hospitality these days, I should leave." ”

Jiang Lang was a very simple man, and he didn't keep him, and smiled with a mouthful of white teeth: "Song Gongzi, if you are free in the future, you can come to our Peach Blossom Village again, I will invite you to drink!" ”

The children were reluctant to give him up.

Momoko hugged his leg and didn't let him go, and begged: "Brother Chaoyu, you haven't finished telling the story last time, let's stay for a while." ”

Song Chaoyu touched the top of her hair, it was soft to the touch, and he probably understood why his senior brother always liked to touch his head.

He smiled and said, "You remember wrong, every time I tell a story, I will finish it in one breath." ”

Peaches pursed her mouth, and two tears appeared in her big eyes: "I can't bear you!" Why don't you take me with you? I'll travel with you! ”

It's a clingy and coquettish little girl.

It's really appealing.

But he couldn't stay here or take her away.

In the end, Momoko was held by her mother, and the children of the village held hands, followed by some adults, and they sent him out of the village.

Standing under the huge peach tree, he paused and looked back at them.

Little Peach waved at him: "Brother Chaoyu, remember to come back to see me in the future!" ”

Song Chaoyu wanted to smile at her, but she couldn't laugh, she just raised her hand, waved at them, and whispered, "Goodbye." ”

Alas-

A sigh rang in his ears, a voice, heavy, ancient, that spanned time and life and death.

Everything in front of me, the beautiful and clean village, the simple villagers, the smiling children, gradually faded, gradually receded, until a gust of wind came from the sky, blowing away a dream.

Song Chaoyu was still standing in place.

It's just that in front of him, there is no more village, only a field overgrown with wild grass, and perhaps turning over the soil that has been piled up for countless years, you can still find some traces of people who once lived here.

He turned back.

The tall peach tree still stood there, but it had lost its bright green coat, nor its abundant and juicy fruit, but only its dry and rotten branches, vicissitudes and terrible, standing in the wilderness.

It's dead.

The dead peach tree let out a sigh.

"Thank you for your hospitality." Song Chaoyu was not afraid of this withered peach tree, and sincerely thanked him.

"No thanks, latecomer." Peachtree's voice was unexpectedly not old, gentle and peaceful, "I have long since died, and what I left behind is only a divine thought. ”

Song Chaoyu asked: "So, a long time ago, there was a peach blossom village here, and the little peaches and their children all existed in real life, right?" ”

There was a hint of wistfulness in Peachtree's tone: "Perhaps, I've been dead for too long to remember." ”

Song Chaoyu looked at the huge tree and asked, "Why did you bring me here?" ”

The ancient Xia Kingdom has long been destroyed, and there can be no living people in it, and Song Chaoyu knew that Peach Blossom Village was fake from the beginning.

It's just that he came in defensively, stayed for more than ten days, and didn't detect any malice from those villagers, and even walked out of the illusion easily.

This made him a little unsure of what the peach tree meant.

The peach tree seemed to think for a moment: "There is an adult...... Let me leave a wisp of thought here, and if someone comes in the future, I will set a test. ”

"But I can't see what you want." Peachtree said, "All the people who come in have what they want, but you don't." ”

He didn't ask for anything, so naturally he couldn't trigger the test.

The peach tree gave him a dream, which was the dead peach tree, pulled out of the few memories that remained, the most beloved part.

"I like your breath a lot, latecomer." Peach Tree said softly, "If you come here while I'm still alive, Peach Blossom Village will be happy to entertain you." ”

Song Chaoyu bent his eyes and smiled: "It's not too late now, I'm glad to meet you, Senior Peachtree." It's also a pleasure to meet all of you in Peach Blossom Village. ”

The peach tree seemed to laugh, and if it were still alive, the branches and leaves of the tree would shake exaggeratedly, and perhaps the petals of the flowers would rise all over the sky, and rain down on the lovely young man in front of him.

All that the peach tree left was a trace of divine thought, and after it was awakened, it didn't last long.

It pointed out the direction to Song Chaoyu and told him to go east.

Before leaving, Song Chaoyu asked it: "You have lived for so many years, do you know the affairs of the ancient Xia Kingdom?" What is the reason for the fall of such a powerful dynasty? And why, not a single record has survived? ”

Peach Tree was surprised: "Has Great Xia already perished?" ”

It sighed sadly, "Sure enough, there is no eternal immortal existence in the world. As a citizen of Great Xia, it is time for me to depart with the old kingdom. ”

Gray-white flames ignited from the dead peach tree, and the flames instantly climbed up the branches hundreds of meters high, but in a moment, the huge corpse of the peach tree disappeared, leaving only a pile of ashes on the ground.

Song Chaoyu silently saluted the pair of ashes, and was about to leave, when there was a sudden pause at his feet.

There is something in the ashes.

A turquoise, warm luster, fist-sized spirit bead.

The other was a yellowed scroll, which Song Chaoyu carefully unfolded.

It's a painting.

In the painting, the sun sets, the smoke rises from the quiet village, the children chase and play carefree, the huge canopy of the peach tree at the entrance of the village stretches, and the peach blossoms are in full bloom, as bright as the smoke, and the sunset on the horizon is shining.