The morning light is faint, and when the fog gradually dissipates, the lake ripples slightly.

Watching the woman's figure disappear underwater, Ning Baifeng threw the three pearls to Yuan Tai.

"This water lady is indeed a master who can do business, and your dewy marriage just gave her a ladder. ”

Ning Baifeng admired the courage of this water monarch mother, as soon as he knew the identity and origin of Yuan Tai, he dared to make a heavy bet, no wonder he could be a water monarch in this hundreds of miles of water.

Yuantai pinched the three pearls, twisted them lightly for a while, stuffed peanuts into his mouth, and chewed slowly.

Ning Baifeng was slightly startled, "Be careful and passive." ”

Yuan Tai grinned, "Does she dare?!"

Ning Baifeng felt that this was arrogant, but there didn't seem to be anything wrong with it.

After this event, the morning sun rises in the sky, casting its light on the vast surface of the lake.

The morning mist on the surface of the water gradually distorts in the light, and the blurry image gradually becomes clear against the light and shadow.

Yuan Tai looked at the mirage image on the lake and said in surprise: "Apricot Blossom Forest?"

When he made a big fuss in Dongyang Lake, he was still familiar with some places near Dongyang Lake, and this apricot blossom forest was one of them.

Just because this apricot blossom forest blooms in all seasons, and there is a green apricot temple in the forest, there is an old Taoist priest who is a half-step baby.

Ning Baifeng nodded and said, "You also said before that Shuibo Lonely Mountain is known as the Little Cave Yang, and in fact, there is an extremely mysterious connection between the two places. This mirage lake, the mirage is the apricot blossom forest outside Dongyang Lake, as long as you can walk into the mirage, you can reach the apricot blossom forest outside Dongyang Lake in a moment. ”

Ning Baifeng had never been here, but he couldn't stand the extremely detailed records in that booklet.

Yuan Tai rubbed his chin and muttered to himself: "It seems that he went to fight and make trouble at the beginning, but he didn't know that Xinghualin still had this secret, and Li Niu's nose was not kind." ”

The mirage on the surface of the lake is becoming clearer and clearer, and I can only see the depths of the apricot blossoms, and there are hidden cornices between the apricot blossoms.

Ning Baifeng looked at the apricot blossom forest and teased: "Listening to your tone, it seems that you have a good relationship with the Qingxing Viewer." ”

Yuan Tai knew that he was alluding to the fact that he was making a big fuss about Dong Weizong, and he didn't care, and said with a smile: "Walking the river map is a smooth sail, how can you grudge everywhere, and you can only walk more steadily with good fate, when you met with Li Laoniu's nose at the mouth of Dongyang Lake, he rubbed a pair of tortoiseshell patterns on the back of the old slave, and later said a few fair words before the big war against Dong Weizong." ”

Hearing him mention the old things back then, Ning Baifeng suddenly asked, "Anyway, why did you hit the Dongwei Sect back then? ”

A few years ago, there was a big commotion on Dongyang Lake, which made countless people look sideways, and its photo pictures were even transmitted to Wushan.

Yuan Tai laughed and said nostalgically: "For a lotus." ”

Ning Baifeng was a little surprised, "Lotus?"

What kind of lotus can make the four-headed demon spirit thing not hesitate to hit a sect?

Yuan Tai explained: "That thing is a natural spiritual thing, it was a good thing that the black crocodile had been squatting for hundreds of years, and when it was about to mature, it was discovered by me and Lingxuzi and Bai Linglong, and it was originally agreed that the four of us would divide it equally, and then go to the river together, but I didn't expect that when the lotus was ripe, the movement was a little big, and it was noticed by the people of the Dongwei Sect, and it happened that the ancestor of their Dongwei Sect was about to wither, and wanted to tide over the difficulties." It's okay now, the four of us haven't been transformed, Dong Wei Sect thinks it's easy to bully, and plans to wipe us out, just like that, if the robbery doesn't succeed, we will be attacked the mountain, if it weren't for the old master of the nearby academy to make a move, with the situation of his Dong Wei Sect, it is only a matter of time before we destroy the door

。 ”

When it comes to the old things, Yuantai is quite regretful, after all, when he was about to succeed, he was inserted sideways, which is really unpleasant.

Ning Baifeng recalled the picture he saw at the beginning, and at first he was surprised why the four untransformed demon spirits could attack a mountain gate and kill all sides, but now when he heard a sentence of green and yellow, he immediately understood that it was the top combat power of the Dongwei Sect that was gone, and this would be so miserable.

Speaking of this, the morning light gradually rises, and the mirage on the lake is like a real thing.

Ning Baifeng said softly: "Let go of the boat, the mirage will be dispersed in the evening." ”

Yuan Tai immediately threw out the shell in his hand, and at the same time, with a flick of his fingers, a wisp of vitality was released and stimulated on it.

The shells immediately snapped apart, and thick water vapor rose up on the two shells, and then swelled to six feet square and landed on the surface of the lake.

As soon as it touched the surface of the water, one of the shells seemed to melt into the water, rippling in a circle, disappearing, and when it reappeared, it was already in a mirage.

Ning Baifeng knew that without further ado, he totoed a little and swept the shells floating on the water.

Yuantai felt something new, and jumped on the shell to look around.

The lake was filled with fog, and the two stood in the water, looking at it from a distance, like immortals.

Standing on the shell, Ning Baifeng looked down at the shell under his feet, and saw that his feet were like stepping on a concave silver mirror.

"It turns out that Beige Jingzhou means this. ”

A chuckle rang out beside Yuantai.

Ning Baifeng immediately raised his head.

In the mirage ahead, there were also two people standing on the shell, which were Ning Baifeng and Yuan Tai.

At this time, the scene is like looking in a mirror, and there is the same person inside and outside the mirror.

Ning Baifeng looked at the white-clothed figure in the mirage, and his mind was in a trance for a moment, as if he was drunk, and he was top-heavy.

However, this feeling only happened for a moment, and he immediately shook his head, shaking off the feeling of dizziness in his mind.

When he calmed down again and looked at Yuan Tai beside him, he found that the scene around him had changed greatly.

The two of them were standing at the water's edge at this time, with a vast water surface in front of them, and around them, the apricot blossom forests were connected into a piece, and the fallen flowers were colorful.

Yuan Tai came back to his senses, smelled the fragrance of apricot blossoms blown by the breeze, glanced around, and said with a smile: "Being in a different place in the blink of an eye is indeed mysterious." ”

In the blink of an eye, the two of them were already standing in front of the apricot blossom forest by Dongyang Lake.

The sky is clear, the water is wide and the sky is high, the breeze is fragrant and fragrant, Ming is such a beautiful scene, Ning Baifeng unconsciously took off the wine pot on his waist, took a sip of it, and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Yuan Tai smelled the aroma of wine, smacked his lips, and was about to reach out and take out a jar of wine from the mustard seed bag on his waist, but suddenly heard a tender and soft voice from behind.

"Who are you, are you here to find my master?"

Ning Baifeng immediately followed the sound and looked back.

I saw a girl dressed as a Taoist child, holding a wooden barrel not much smaller than her, looking at them timidly.

Yuantai's interest in drinking was interrupted, and he was about to go back, but when he saw such a little girl doll carved in pink, his tone immediately softened, and he asked with a smile: "Who is your master?"

The girl was first proud to hear the name of her Taoist temple, and then she was unhappy to say the name of her master.

"Don't speak ill of my master!"

The girl looked at the old man in gray angrily, and even the timidity of seeing a stranger was swept away.

Yuan Tai laughed, "Sure enough, there must be a teacher."

His apprentice, who didn't learn anything else at a young age, learned a lot with a stinky temper. ”

The girl's little face was flushed, and her eyes were filled with a layer of mist.

Ning Baifeng immediately kicked Yuantai's calf, kicked him directly to the ground, and fell on the apricot blossoms all over the ground.

Yuantai rolled twice with great cooperation, and ouched.

The girl burst into tears and laughed.

Ning Baifeng leaned down to look at the girl, and asked with a smile: "Little girl, we are just passing by, if you don't mind, can you go to the temple to have a cup of tea and visit your master by the way." ”

Passing by the mirage, he felt the need to pay a visit, and by the way to see if he could inquire about some news.

The girl's smiling face darkened, and she shook her head, "The master is sick, and it is inconvenient to meet guests." ”

Ning Baifeng was stunned.

Isn't this a joke?

But seeing the girl's crying, it seems that the matter is also true.

Yuan Tai got up from the ground, patted the petals on his body, shook his head and said, "Strange, strange." ”

"Cicadas, let them in, those who have crossed through the mirage do not need to be hindered. ”

An ethereal voice sounded in the apricot blossom forest.

Hearing the voice, the girl instantly became happy again, and shouted in surprise: "Master, your illness is cured, are you okay?"

However, no answer came from the forest.

Although the girl was a little disappointed, she still puffed up, picked up the big wooden barrel, and walked to the water.

Ning Baifeng glanced at a few eaves sticking out of the forest, and then looked at the little girl's struggling appearance with a wooden barrel, so he stepped forward and asked with a smile, "Do you need my help?"

The girl thought for a while, nodded and said, "The master said that you have to support yourself as a man, but I can't lift it, you help me carry it, and I can give you a bowl when the porridge is cooked later." ”

Ning Baifeng looked at the little girl's clean and serious eyes, and felt a little sour in his heart for no reason.

Once upon a time, there was also a thin little girl who looked at him with such eyes.

Ning Baifeng stretched out his hand to take the barrel and said with a smile: "Okay, a word is a certainty." ”

After speaking, he walked to the lake and lifted a bucket of water, smiled at the little girl, and said, "Let's go, I'm still waiting for your porridge." ”

The little girl nodded heavily, and immediately turned around and walked towards the apricot blossom forest, saying as she walked: "Thank you! My name is Amazing Cicada, Amazing Surprise, Xia Cicada's Cicada, what is your name, big brother." ”

Ning Baifeng followed behind with water, learned her way of speaking, and replied with a smile: "My name is Ning Baifeng, Ning of Anning, Bai Bai, the peak of the mountain peak." ”

The little girl sighed, tilted her head and thought about it, as if she was trying to remember the name.

From the lake to the Taoist temple is not close, the little girl trotted in front of the way, walked close to the tea time to see a small Taoist temple surrounded by apricot blossoms.

There is a stone incense burner at the entrance of the Taoist temple, and the plaque on the main entrance is engraved with the word "green apricot". The handwriting is neat, but there is no aura of light, and it is obviously just an ordinary object.

The vestibule after entering the door is not large, and inside is a statue of a Taoist saint.

The little girl led the two around the vestibule and into the backyard.

An old and thin old Taoist priest was lying on a bamboo chair with an old quilt on his knees, and a clay pot was placed on a small stove next to him, from which a medicinal fragrance emanated.

Ning Baifeng was first shocked when he saw the old Taoist priest's appearance, and then calmed down and saluted to the letter.

"Ning Baifeng, a disciple of the Sword Sect, take the liberty to disturb me, and I hope that the Lord will forgive me. ”