Chapter 31: Peach Blossom Forest

"It turns out that there is really a peach blossom forest here," Ji Ping looked at the peach blossoms all over the mountains, and remembered the woman's words.

Ming Hainan walked in front, and she bent down and lowered her head from time to time to avoid the branches and leaves of the peach tree. The breeze blows, the branches and leaves sway, like the shy girl dancing her slender waist, and the peach blossoms in the sky fall and fall on her black hair.

"This year's peach blossoms are particularly lush," Ming Hainan said softly without looking back.

Ji Ping was stunned for a moment, a little surprised, this cold woman always spoke with a chill, but Fang Cai's words sounded unusually bright.

Ji Ping didn't speak, he had already been attracted by the peach blossoms in the mountains, and just followed behind, shuttling through the peach forest along the path. The path is tortuous, but Ming Hainan is very familiar with the road here, and it only takes a moment to reach the top of the mountain. Looking down from the top of the mountain, the peach blossoms are flying in the wind, like a sea of flowers.

Ming Hainan sat down on a seemingly smooth stone at the top of the mountain, brushed his loose hair behind him, and said casually: "I often came here to play when I was a child. Ming Hainan's words no longer meant to reject people thousands of miles away, so they naturally got along a lot better.

"Here, Tianji Mountain is in the hinterland of Shenzhou, it should be far away from here, right?" Ji Ping said incredulously.

"This is my hometown, and the fishing village on the shore is where I lived when I was a child," Ming Hainan said, looking at the village in the distance, there seemed to be nostalgia in his eyes, and there was a little sadness. Then he said: "I lived here until I was ten years old, and whenever this season they went out to fish, I came to this hill alone, and watched the peach blossoms all over the mountain, and watched the fishing boats on the shore of the sea sail into the sea and return. ”

Ji Ping knew that Ming Hainan said that they should be her parents. Ji Ping even thought of the end of the matter, but he never understood why such a cold and arrogant woman suddenly became so ordinary. even opened a crack in the window in my heart. Maybe it's because the hometown is more timid? Or maybe it's the scene in Kunyu's belly that makes her feel something? In fact, even Ming Hainan herself doesn't understand why she would say so many things to a person who has only known her for a few days. It's just that since the Kunyu escaped from the belly, there is a faint sense of closeness to this person.

"Then why are you in the Tianji Gate again," Ji Ping regretted a little after speaking.

The hatred in Ming Hainan's eyes suddenly rose, and the blue long sword on his body seemed to be trembling when he sensed it. She clenched her teeth and said word by word: "Because the soul sect demon killed my father, my mother also fell ill because of lovesickness and then left."

Fear flashed in his eyes for a moment, and the word Soul Sect suddenly exploded in his mind, Ji Ping unconsciously stepped back, but suddenly thought that he was no longer a member of the Soul Sect, but it was difficult to distinguish clearly in his subconscious. He suddenly thought of the scene of the fierce battle between the four of Ming Hainan and the people in the Soul Sect in the Snow Mountain that day, it turned out that she hated the people in the Soul Sect so much that she would not take a step back at the moment of life and death.

Ming Hainan saw the fear flashing in Ji Ping's eyes, and only then did he realize that he was a little out of shape, so he seemed to be a little self-deprecating: "I was only five years old that year, and it was the master who passed by there and took me in because he saw that I was pitiful." Since then, Tianjimen Yuheng Mountain has been my home. If I hadn't come here today, I would have forgotten about more than ten years of penance in the mountains. ”

Ji Ping was not a clever and eloquent person, and because he was once a disciple of the Soul Sect, he was even more ashamed, and he didn't know how to speak, let alone comfort. The only thing I can do is to accompany and listen quietly.

Time is like this, the sunset is infinitely better, and it is almost dusk in a blink of an eye.

Ji Ping followed Ming Hainan and walked down the mountain, the sunset stretched her back, looking so lonely. Ji Ping's mind flashed the figure of the woman in the belly of the kunyu several times, is she also sitting on this hillside every day waiting for her sweetheart?

"This is Peach Blossom Town, let's rest here for a night," Ming Hainan said back.

Ji Ping woke up from his contemplation, raised his head, and saw a wooden plaque standing in front of him, with three words engraved on it, "Peach Blossom Town" in a beautiful font, and at a glance, he knew that it was written by a woman. This place is backed by water on one side and mountains on three sides, but the name Peach Blossom Town is very suitable.

The farther you go into town, the more people get up. At the beginning of the lanterns, it is already a sea of people, and the streets are lit with all kinds of lanterns, which are particularly colorful and beautiful. Not far away, the river is lit up like stars in the night sky. Illuminate the dark waters of the river. Several pleasure boats sailed across the river, with girls in plain clothes, ladies in brocade clothes, children, and old men, who put their lit lanterns into the water. The lanterns float down the river, and the river surface is illuminated with colorful colors. The lanterns fade away, the lights dim, and soon disappear into the night.

Ji Ping stood in the crowd, but for some reason he remembered to dance, maybe the scene tonight was somewhat similar to that night in Hanshan City?

Ming Hainan walked forward not far away and turned back, and there were two more lanterns in his hand that looked like a lotus. She looked at Ji Ping, who didn't know what she was thinking, and said in a gentle voice:

"Tonight is the night of the Middle Year, and the custom here is to put lanterns"

Ji Ping came back to his senses, and he didn't know whether he heard it or not, but he hurriedly said "um". Ming Hainan continued: "Legend has it that after death, people will become a star in the sky, and people put lanterns to remember their ancestors, but also to let the ancestors in the sky be able to see the peace of this earthly life. ”

After Ming Hainan finished speaking, he handed a lantern to Ji Ping and walked towards the river. Ji Ping took the lantern and thought of his relatives in the village in the snowy mountains, he raised his head at the starry sky, which one was them? Can they also see me?

The lanterns left the shore and floated slowly down the river to the middle of the river. Two lotus-shaped lanterns are reflected on the dark water surface, exuding an elegant and noble atmosphere like a real lotus flower. The flowers bloom and are always not separated. The light of the lantern is getting weaker and weaker, and the lamp has drifted away and can no longer be seen.

The boat on the river had docked, and the boatman disembarked and trapped the rope on a stake on the shore. Then the curtain was lifted, and two young men holding folding fans disembarked one after another. They were dressed in brocade clothes and gorgeous clothes, and at a glance, they knew that they should be rich and noble. One of them said: "Brother Wang has already entered the door of the Hall of Eternal Life, so naturally he has a bright future, and he will ask Brother Wang to recommend him at that time."

"Brother Zhu has won the award, why do you need to recommend this, my Immortal Hall accepts disciples, even ordinary people, as long as they have the idea of immortality, they can enter my Immortal Gate. On the shores of the East China Sea alone, there are 3,000 cultists. There are also many casual cultivators who are willing to enter the door of my Eternal Life Hall in order to seek the method of eternal life. That Divine Gate and Soul Sect are just the afterglow of the sun" The person who was called Brother Wang had a smug look on his face, and he was also very useful for the praise of others.

Ji Ping, who was on the shore, overheard the conversation between the two of them and felt funny in his heart. The word "immortality" is not so easy to say. Throughout the ages, how many amazing and brilliant people have not seen through Changsheng, and a few ordinary people have said Changsheng so easily, as if it is readily available. Suddenly, he thought of the sentence on the stone wall, and hesitated in his heart, could it be that there are really people in this world who can do the integration of yin and yang, and the five elements are one? He turned his head to look at Ming Hainan, but saw that her brows were furrowed, and there seemed to be anger on her face. Ji Ping knew that Ming Hainan was annoyed by the sunset, but he didn't know that Ming Hainan cared about the three thousand people. If this is the case, this Hall of Eternal Life is demagogic, and it will be a great disaster in the future.

"Two of you stay!" Ming Hainan stepped forward and blocked in front of the two.

A sudden voice interrupted their conversation, and the faces of the two who were still talking and laughing just now changed slightly, and when they saw Ming Hainan's cold and beautiful face, they actually stood in place and laughed stupidly.

Seeing the appearance of the two of them, Ming Hainan was disgusted in his heart, and snorted coldly, "Is there really a way to live forever?"

The voice was cold, but the two of them didn't care at all, and hurriedly replied as if they had just woken up from a dream: "Yes, yes, it is said that our hall master has lived for more than a thousand years" The prince surnamed Wang hurriedly replied, but his eyes did not blink from beginning to end and kept staring at Ming Hainan's face.

Ming Hainan was annoyed in his heart, but his expression was already calm: "Even an ancient giant sect like Tianji Sect has never heard of the magic of immortality, how can you have it?"

"The Ancient Giant Sect?" the prince surnamed Wang said with a contemptuous expression: "If it is the Ancient Giant Sect, how can it not even be able to unify the Divine Sect."

Ming Hainan's expression changed slightly, but he was shocked in his heart, such a thing was not like what an ordinary person said, these secret affairs of the Divine Sect were rarely known even to the disciples of Tianji Sect, and he had also overheard the master talk about it, and he was secretive when he talked about it.

Ming Hainan then asked, "Who is your hall master, where is it now?" This question stumped them, and it took a long time to hesitate and say: "We have only heard that only a few elders in the hall have seen what it looks like, and as for where, the old man and other high-ranking people will naturally not mix with us ordinary people." ”

This answer was also expected by Ming Hainan, but he was still unwilling in his heart: "You really have three thousand sect members?"

"Of course, there are more than 3,000 people on the coast of the East China Sea, let alone other places," the prince surnamed Wang hurriedly said, his face full of pride.

"Can the girl appreciate the light...... Halfway through the words, a blue light suddenly appeared, and the long sword in Ming Hainan's hand just left the scabbard slightly, and the sword intent was clear, and the pretty face seemed to be condensed with frost.

She put the long sword in her hand on her chest and said coldly, "He doesn't agree!"

The two were shocked, they didn't expect the woman in front of them to have such a temper, and they turned their faces when they said that they would turn their faces. But when they saw the blue light on the long sword in Ming Hainan's hand, they knew that this was not an ordinary sword, and people were not mortals.

"You...... You...... Wait, we'll call someone to go" After saying that, he ran away without looking back. Ji Ping on the side seemed to feel her coldness, and his body shrank back unconsciously.