Pegasus

Suddenly, the woods in the distance began to shake. Li Ping'an and the other two stood up and looked over with alert expressions.

A man walked out, brushing past bushes taller than a man. "Just the three of you?"

When Li Ping'an saw the person coming, he looked at Zhao Jingyan and Zhao Ziyu in surprise. It was actually the man who was leading the group. He thought he had left first.

Zhao Jingyan nodded, but before he could say anything, Li Pingan asked directly, "Where are my brothers and sisters?"

Although the man didn't take off his mask, his eyes revealed confusion, "Aren't they with you?"

Li Pingan looked at the man suspiciously. The man frowned and thought for a while, as if remembering something. "When I was in the water earlier, I seemed to see Black Dog very close to your brothers and sisters. Have you asked Black Dog?"

Black Dog Li Pingan turned to look at Zhao Jingyan. Zhao Jingyan got close to her face and said, "That's the man who doesn't talk much."

To be honest, Li Ping'an's impression of him was not as strong as that of a strong man. He spoke little, moved little, and did not communicate with people around him.

"Where did you see it?"

The man pointed to the edge of the cliff.

Li Ping'an ran over and looked around. A shiny object caught Li Ping'an's attention.

Li Ping'an picked it up and saw that it was the hairpin she gave to Annie. The glass decoration on the hairpin was broken in half, and a black string was hanging on it.

Watching Li Ping'an pull out the thread, Zhao Jingyan touched it and said, "This seems to be the fabric from the black dog."

Zhao Jingyan had previously worked with Black Dog to attract insects, so he was more familiar with his clothes.

Li Pingan rushed to the man, holding something in his hand, and asked, "Where is Black Dog from?"

"Don't tell me you don't know." He said impatiently.

"I don't know where he is from, but I know his master." The man spoke very slowly, as if he was thinking, or as if he was deliberately keeping Li Pingan in suspense.

"where?"

"Wanfeng Gate in the outer city of Heimu City."

After hearing the location, Li Pingan immediately urged everyone to get on the road.

The man stood still. Li Pingan turned and looked at him with a frown, "Why don't you leave?"

"You want to walk?" The man walked closer to Li Ping'an. "Do you know how far it is between Yacheng and Heimucheng?"

"Twenty-five thousand miles, how long will it take you to walk?"

After saying that, without waiting for Li Ping'an to reply, he snapped his fingers and four animals flew over from a distance.

Li Pingan's eyes widened as he looked at it. Isn't this a Pegasus? A horse with wings.

While Li Pingan was still sighing, Zhao Jingyan had already rushed forward and put his face close to Tianma's. "Wow, this is the first time I've seen Tianma so close."

"Are we going to ride Pegasus to Blackwood Castle? That would be so blissful."

Then, to Tenma, "What's your name? You're so cute."

Li Pingan and the man glanced at Zhao Jingyan and tacitly ignored her. "Ride the Pegasus and you'll arrive in three days."

Li Ping'an nodded, and then thought of something, "No, what if he doesn't go back to Wanfengmen?" If Heiquan doesn't go back, it will be useless even if they go to Wanfengmen.

"Wanfeng Sect will hold a grand ceremony in five days, and the disciples must return to the sect."

"Now, let's each get familiar with our horses."

Sitting on the Pegasus, Li Ping'an's hands tightly grasped the saddle. As if sensing Li Ping'an's uneasiness, the light brown horse turned around and rubbed its face against Li Ping'an, as if to comfort her.

"Baby, I'll be relying on you later. Thank you for your hard work." Li Ping'an felt that he needed to get along well with this Pegasus.

Li Pingan patted the Pegasus's head and took out the Pinellia fruit from his pocket and put it next to its mouth. "Come on, eat it secretly, don't let other ponies see you."

Looking at the Pegasus's big, watery eyes, Li Pingan touched its head lovingly, "Do you have a name?"

Tenma shook his head.

Li Pingan saw Tianma's reaction and shouted happily, "You can understand what I say."

"Then can I give you a name? If you like it, nod your head. If you don't like it, shake your head. Is that okay?" Since he can understand human language, this matter is simple.

"Little Apple," Pony shook his head.

"Long Aotian," Xiao Ma shook his head.

…

Li Ping'an said several in a row, and Xiao Ma kept shaking his head.

"Little Grape, please. Your eyes really are like grapes, so watery."

Li Ping'an was prepared to be rejected, but he didn't expect that Xiao Ma actually nodded this time.

Li Pingan was so happy that he hugged its neck and said, "Hello, little grape."

Following the man's command, the four horses galloped towards the edge of the cliff, their wings flapping.

Seeing that Little Putao was about to rush off the cliff but showed no signs of taking off, Li Pingan had no choice but to bend down and hold on to the saddle tightly.

The moment the horse's hoof stepped out, Li Ping'an was ready to fall off the cliff, but he saw Little Grape's wings flapping rapidly and flying straight into the sky.

The feeling of weightlessness in her heart gave Li Ping'an the feeling of riding a roller coaster. She now held on to the saddle tightly, fearing that she would fall off if she let go.

After reaching a sufficient height, the frequency of Little Grape's wings flapping decreased a little, and Li Ping'an felt that he was no longer falling.

When he opened his eyes, he saw that Little Grape was flying forward steadily with Li Pingan. The man was leading the way, and Zhao Jingyan was a little in front of him on the right.

Zhao Ziyu, uh, Li Ping'an didn't know whether it was Zhao Ziyu's fault or her horse. At this moment, her horse was rolling with her to death. Li Ping'an was scared when she saw it, but Zhao Jingyan on the side just took a look and said nothing. Li Ping'an turned his head away.

When she was little, she would ask her parents a question, "What do clouds taste like?"

Mom and Dad touched Xiao Ping'an's round little head and said, "It's sweet, like cotton candy."

When Xiao Pingan heard this, he took a bite of the marshmallow in his hand and said vaguely, "Then I will pick the biggest cloud next time."

…

Why did he remember it again? Li Ping'an tentatively loosened his left hand slowly, and when passing by a cloud, he stretched out his hand. It was wet and felt cold.

I took my hand back, and there was nothing on it except a damp and misty feeling.

Li Ping'an put his finger into his mouth. It was tasteless, just like a drop of boiled water.

As Li Pingan was reminiscing about the past, Zhao Ziyu rushed over with her death tumbling over, "Get out of the way."

Before Li Ping'an could react, he grabbed the saddle with his hands. Almost at the moment when Li Ping'an grabbed it, Little Grape sped up and took Li Ping'an to avoid the pendulum.

Looking at the slightly embarrassed Zhao Ziyu behind him, Li Pingan asked, "What's going on?"

Zhao Ziyu's Pegasus seemed to be tired and flew up obediently, allowing Zhao Ziyu to catch his breath. "I, I am,"

Before Zhao Ziyu could finish his words, Tianma seemed to have rested well and continued to roll over in death. Zhao Ziyu was forced to swallow back the words he had not said.

Seeing Zhao Ziyu's expression of having no other love in life, Li Pingan looked at Zhao Jingyan standing beside him and asked, "Aren't you going to do anything about it?"

Zhao Jingyan didn't look anxious, "It's okay." She was used to it. Zhao Ziyu seemed to have a natural aversion to small animals, and sometimes the dogs on the roadside wanted to bite her.

Li Pingan touched Little Grape's head and said, "Little Grape, why don't you try to persuade it? If there's any grudge or resentment, it won't be too late to resolve it once we get to land."

After hearing what Li Ping'an said, Little Grape raised her head and shouted, no one knew what she said, but Zhao Ziyu's Pegasus finally calmed down. Although it would shake its body from time to time, trying to throw Zhao Ziyu off, it didn't roll over completely.

The few of them flew for the entire afternoon until they landed when it was getting dark.

The moment he landed, Li Pingan quickly jumped off the horse and stomped his feet. Afraid that his action would be misunderstood by Little Grape, he patted Little Grape's head while stomping his feet and said, "Little Grape, you must be exhausted too. Don't worry, I'll give you something delicious later."

Zhao Jingyan's posture was similar to his, but the man in front of him was still standing straight. I don't know if he was really not uncomfortable or just embarrassed.

Except for Zhao Ziyu, Zhao Ziyu got off the horse almost at the same time as Li Pingan, but the result was completely different. Before she could stomp her feet twice, the Tianma's mouth stretched out and it looked like it was going to bite her twice.

Zhao Ziyu wasn't a masochist, so she could only apologize as she ran, "I'm sorry, I was wrong. I shouldn't have said your voice sounded like a donkey."

Hearing Zhao Ziyu shouting this out loud, the black, white and red horse could no longer bear it and raised its hooves to chase after Zhao Ziyu.

The farce finally stopped when the man stopped it. "Stop it. If you delay any longer, you won't be able to enter the city."

The place where the four people landed was on the outskirts of the city. Li Ping'an asked why they didn't land directly in the city. Zhao Jingyan pulled him aside to explain it to him. The general meaning was that there was traffic control and no outsiders were allowed to airdrop into the city.

Li Ping'an nodded and took a few steps to relieve the numbness in his feet.

There was a plaque hanging on the city gate, "Yuanmen City". The name was a bit strange. The city gate was very high, at least Li Ping'an couldn't see the top when he looked up.

"I've heard of this Yuanmen City. It used to be called Qingning City because it was rich in a kind of green Ning fruit that can be used as medicine."

"Then why did you change your name?" And the change is so strange.

"About a few decades ago, the winter was extremely cold. Even this southern city was hit by heavy snow. The monkeys living in the mountains had nothing to eat, so they rushed into the city, stealing food and people."

"I heard that during those three days, if not nine out of ten houses in the city were empty, at least half the population was dead."

Li Pingan listened with an expression of pity, "Isn't there someone who cultivates immortality?"

"The bad luck is that this monkey has been enlightened by someone from somewhere and has learned some skills. Although it's not very strong, it can't be defeated by its numbers."

"Although many people later came up the mountain to clear out the monkeys, to prevent them from returning, the walls were raised and reinforced, and the city's name was changed."