Chapter 61 The peach blossoms and willows

Chapter 61 The peach blossoms and willows

 By Jiulu Feixiang,

Translated, Edited and Arranged by Angel Chua 10/11/2024

The cold wind was howling. A huge stone gate was embedded in the valley, blocking the way up the mountain. Many people were waiting in front of the mountain gate, some closed their eyes to rest, and some gathered in groups of two or three, talking quietly.

"Is it cold?"

"What do you think?" Shen Li took off the fox fur cape that Xingzhi had put on her and put it in Xingzhi's arms. "You can wear it yourself. I think the temperature is just right."

Shen Li's words attracted the attention of the people around him. Those who come to this snowy mountain to do business are all some kind of cultivators. Some are monsters who dominate the area, and some are masters of the immortal sect. Their bodies are naturally hundreds of times stronger than ordinary people, but the cold here is different from other places. The wind and snow seem to carry some magic power, piercing people's bones, and even the magic barrier can't stop it. It's really too eye-catching to avoid the cold here without external objects.

Xingzhi took the fox fur and put it on without hesitation, but Shen Li was getting a little impatient waiting. Looking at the huge stone gate in front of him, he asked, "Didn't they say the gate would open after dark? The sun has been setting for who knows how long, why haven't they let anyone in yet?"

Xingzhi looked at the sky and said, "Maybe the owner... forgot." As soon as he finished speaking, the fire on the gate lit up automatically. The gate creaked and opened inwards. There were steps going up inside. The torches on both sides of the road lit up by themselves, and the crowd walked slowly inside. The long mountain path seemed endless. Shen Li raised an eyebrow: "Who is this Snow Mountain Golden Snake Monster? It's so arrogant. Why haven't I heard of it before?"

Xingzhi smiled: "That only shows that you don't like the buying and selling of treasures." Xingzhi said, "This monster may have lived longer than me. You follow his show. It should be regarded as respecting your elders."

Shen Li was a little surprised: "Older than you? It's actually a monster from ancient times!"

Xingzhi stiffened when he heard the first four words of Shen Li. He turned his head slightly, frowned slightly, and stared at Shen Li's face for a long time.

Shen Li was horrified by his gaze, and she also looked back. After finally confirming that Xingzhi was staring at her, Shen Li was about to ask him what was wrong, but suddenly realized that she had just blurted out something she shouldn't have said...

"Uh..." Shen Li pondered for a while and comforted, "I think that no one of your age can look like you..." This doesn't seem right... Shen Li scratched her head. She was good at making harsh remarks and killing people, but she was a little overwhelmed when it came to comforting people. "I mean... Actually, if you don't say your age, no one can tell."

Seeing Xingzhi's eyebrows move, Shen Li held her forehead and sighed: "Okay, I'm sorry I said the wrong thing." Sure enough, comforting people in a roundabout way is not suitable for her at all!

"Do you mind?"

After being stared at by Xingzhi for a long time, he asked lightly.

Shen Li waved her hands: "I don't mind, of course I don't mind." When she looked up, she met Xingzhi's eyes with a faint smile. The slightly curved arc of his eyes, imprinted with jumping firelight, made Shen Li's heart tremble and her heartbeat was a little disordered.

Xingzhi no longer entangled in this topic: "The mountain road is too long. You have just recovered from your injury. It is not suitable to climb the mountain. I will carry you up."

He stretched out his hand. Shen Li was stunned for a long time. Suddenly she came to her senses and staggered back a step: "This, this is not possible. I can walk this distance by myself."

As if he expected her to refuse, Xingzhi's hand moved forward a little: "Then I will hold your hand." Before Shen Li shook her head, Xingzhi grabbed Shen Li's hand and took it into his palm without looking at her again. He looked very natural.

Shen Li went from being stunned to stunned, but it was not so easy for her to pull her hand out. Xingzhi seemed to cast a spell on the palms of their hands, so that she could not break free no matter what.

She could only watch his back and follow his footsteps, going up step by step. His hair brushed her cheeks gently as he walked. Shen Li felt that the person in front of her was probably not the same person as before. With such a person, how could she draw a clear line with him...

When they reached the top of the mountain, the wind and snow became even worse.

People who came to do business followed the guidance of torches and entered a palace-like hall. Shen Li was going to follow the crowd, but Xingzhi's palm tightened and pointed to the weed-covered path on the side: "Let's go this way." Xingzhi was right.

Shen Li followed his words and went. Sure enough, after only two steps on the path, the scenery in front of her changed instantly. A lake with rippling waves appeared on the top of the snow-covered hall, and a very beautiful attic stood quietly in the center of the lake.

The peach blossoms and willows beside the building were beautiful and a bit weird, like a fantasy. There were two "puff" sounds. Shen Li looked down and saw a little girl struggling to crawl out of the ground.

She stood up and patted the dust on her body. A tiny tail swayed back and forth behind her: "The master's residence is in front. No one is allowed to enter without permission!" "Please inform that the God of Xingzhi is visiting."

The little girl looked at Xingzhi for a long time, and suddenly her body stiffened, her eyes glowed with green light, and her voice changed, like a seductive woman: "Oh, what wind blew the God here?" Shen Li was frightened by the change of this child and became a little alert.

Xingzhi looked back at her and comforted her: "It's okay, it's just a soul communication technique."

"Oh, the God of God actually brought a pretty girl with him. Please come in quickly."

After that, the little girl waved her hand, and a passage with a faint blue light extended from her feet to the center of the lake. Shen Li was surprised: "This golden snake Immortal Realm is actually a woman?"

As she asked, she stepped on the faint blue light, and felt that the surrounding scene changed in an instant, and in the blink of an eye she arrived at the center of the lake. "Why can't it be a woman?"

A soft voice sounded in Shen Li's ears. Shen Li was slightly startled and turned around. A charming woman in a bright red skirt and holding a round fan was standing behind her.

She looked at Shen Li with a smile, "My name is Jin Niang, and I'm polite." Shen Li didn't like to be too close to people she just met, so she took a step back.

Jin Niang smiled and moved to Xingzhi's side like a float: "The girl brought by the God is very cautious."

Xingzhi also smiled: "I can't let my guard down in front of Jin Niang." "Your Majesty, how can you say that to me? It's cold outside. Let's go into the house and talk in detail."

After that, Jin Niang turned and went into the house. Xingzhi also wanted to follow, but was grabbed by Shen Li's hand.

She frowned: "Is there really no problem with this person?

Xingzhi pondered the meaning of Shen Li's words and asked with a smile: "What kind of problem are you talking about? " Shen Li answered seriously: "Does she know any magic like charm?"

Xingzhi lowered his head when he heard it, and laughed as if he couldn't control his joy. He patted Shen Li's head: "Don't worry, I won't be seduced."

These words were too intimate, and Shen Li's cheeks blushed. Xingzhi caught a strand of Shen Li's hair and twisted it, whispering softly, "But... if she knows any magic, I'm afraid the person who needs to worry will be me..."

Although there were no braziers in the small building, the temperature inside the house was completely different from that outside. Xingzhi took the fox fur and asked the little girl who came to serve him to take it away.

Lady Jin had already sat down at the table with a chessboard on it.

She waved to Shen Li: "Miss, would you like to play a game of chess with me?"

"Sorry, Shen Li's chess skills are weak, so I won't embarrass myself." Lady Jin pouted: "Okay, okay, then here comes the God. "Xingzhi smiled and said nothing. Lady Jin put down the chess piece and said, "No one comes to visit you for no reason.

Tell me, what troubles are you in that you can't even solve yourself, so you come to me."

"Does Lady Jin have any way to cure her?"

"Is the pretty girl sick?" Lady Jin walked slowly to Shen Li. She looked Shen Li up and down. "Well, she looks weak. I think she must have been seriously injured some time ago, but the injury has recovered. It should be fine. What does the God want me to cure?"

"Her magic power has not recovered, and her five senses disappear from time to time."

"Oh, this is a strange thing." Lady Jin smiled and said, "Come, girl, stretch out your hand so that I can feel your pulse."

Shen Li stretched out her hand as she was told. Lady Jin turned up her sleeves, but when she saw the hideous scar on her wrist, she was slightly startled: "This... This is so badly injured!"

Her fingers gently touched the wrinkled flesh, but as soon as she touched it, she pulled her fingers back: "The girl's skin is so hot."

Very... hot?

These days, Xingzhi has contacted her many times, and every time she was so calm. She thought her body was just a little hotter than usual, not as hot as before, but she didn't expect it to still... burn people. That Xingzhi...

just thinking about it, a ball of white gas condensed in the hand of Lady Jinshe, and she dared to touch Shen Li's wrist, "It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt, Lady Jinshe will blow on it for you." She looked like she was coaxing a child. This witch... is she teasing her!

Shen Li's mouth twitched: "Thank you, it doesn't hurt anymore."

Lady Jin took her pulse seriously, and Shen Li only felt a very fine breath entering her body from her wrist, along the meridians, and slowly traveled throughout her body. While doing business, Lady Jin was busy pouting and complaining: "I haven't seen you for many years, and the God is much less useful than before. You can't even protect a person. You don't seem to feel sorry for the girl who is injured like this, you are really heartless."

Xingzhi just lowered his head and smiled, without saying a word. Seeing that Xingzhi ignored her, Lady Jin said to Shen Li, "Miss, you will definitely be unhappy following him. Why don't you kick him out and follow me? As a fellow woman, I will be more considerate to you." Shen Li's forehead was silently sweating. She finally understood the meaning of Xingzhi's murmur before he entered the door. This golden snake Immortal Realm... is more interested in women than in men...

"Hmm." Lady Jin suddenly murmured, "So that's how it is." Shen Li looked up at her, and Lady Jin said, "The girl is the body of a phoenix. From what I can see, the girl must have just achieved nirvana not long ago. Logically, both your physical body and spiritual power should have made great progress, but there seems to be a powerful thing in your body. When you achieved nirvana, the calamity fire burned this thing and melted it into your blood, causing this thing to conflict with the original spiritual power in your body, and the two resisted each other, so you temporarily lost your magic power, and your five senses are sometimes good and sometimes bad. If this goes on for a long time, this situation will only get worse, and the girl may really become a disabled person."

Shen Li thought of the panic she felt when she lost all five senses that day, and her heart sank. "The only way now is to let the two forces in your body merge with each other and clear the meridians, so that you can truly complete your nirvana rebirth." Shen Li's eyes lit up: "Madam Jin, do you have a way? If you are willing to help, Shen Li will repay you in the future."

Madam Jin smiled and covered her lips: "I do have a way. As for the repayment... Miss, I will promise you my body, okay?" "This..." Shen Li choked, but heard Xingzhi say, "The stars in the outer world have been brighter than usual in recent years. If Jin Niang is willing to cure Shen Li, Xingzhi is willing to pick stars in return."

Jin Niang's eyes lit up: "Oh, oh, oh!

The stars in the outer world were not given to me by God thousands of years ago, but you agreed so easily now." She rolled her eyes and smiled: "I misunderstood you, God. It turns out that you value this girl so much! God, why didn't you show it earlier, otherwise I wouldn't dare to hook up with this girl so openly."

Shen Li turned her head to look at Xingzhi, opened her mouth, and wanted to ask, those stars should not be picked casually, right? If you pick them, will you be in trouble? Xingzhi also looked at Shen Li, smiled and shook his head, and all of Shen Li's questions were swallowed in Xingzhi's shallow smile. He didn't let her ask questions, as if he was afraid of the mission's accountability. "Okay, I'll help the young lady with her illness. It's just that it's getting late today, and you must be tired from climbing the mountain.

Go back and have a nap first, and we'll talk about it tomorrow." Lady Jin took two steps back, as if she remembered something, and turned to tell Shen Li, "I almost forgot to tell you that once the treatment begins, you must receive treatment every day for nine days, not a single day less. If you skip a day, not only will all your previous efforts be wasted, but you might even die."

Shen Li clasped her fists: "Thank you for your trouble, Lady Jin."

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