Once he was standing firmly in the pit again, she placed her hand on him and said, "Everything will be alright."

He didn't see her for a long time after that day.

He remembered that the maid had said to her, "If Miss likes the peach tree, we will take it back with us."

"No, it belongs here, it's free, it shouldn't be confined to the yard."

I don't know how much time passed, but she came again, still accompanied by that maid.

"Miss, you've just recovered from your illness, please take it easy."

"fine."

She slowly walked up to him and said, "Look, it's doing very well now. Before long, it will probably bloom and bear fruit."

The maidservant helped her up and replied, "Yes, Miss."

She placed her hand on his branches again and said, "I have to leave. My father said I am sick and weak and need to be cared for elsewhere. If I can come back, I hope you will have already bloomed by then."

At that moment, he wanted to ask her where she was going, but he couldn't speak.

She left and never came back.

Throughout the year, from the blooming of flowers to the falling of petals, he never bore fruit, because she wanted to see him bloom.

But he never saw her again.

Later, when he was able to transform into a human, he wanted to find her, but he didn't know where she was.

Through the vicissitudes of life, he has traveled to many places and met people as sickly as her, but none of them were her.

Thirty thousand years have passed, and he thought she had long since entered the cycle of reincarnation.

But when they met again, she was still the same person, without the frailty she had shown when they first met.

That day, she appeared in the peach blossom grove and slowly walked up to him. He initially mistook her for someone who looked similar. But when she touched him, he was shocked to realize it was her.

Over the course of 30,000 years, she must have undergone a complete transformation.

The feeling of familiarity wasn't very strong, but he had waited a long time and finally saw her.

Later, the fairy was found.

When she was found, she was no longer the pitiful girl she once was. She had become a demon and was discovered by the people of the demon realm, who then annihilated her.

The Spirit-Devouring Pearl she took was also brought to Ahri.

"Demon Lord, that woman is dead."

"Yes, you did a great job."

"Does the Demon Lord wish to return to the Demon Realm for a visit?"

"We'll see."

Now, the demon realm is peaceful and law-abiding, and no one wants to disrupt the three realms.

Ali also got together with Tao Yunjin and had several children. Their children had half-immortal, half-demon blood, but it didn't cause much of a stir, as if no one cared.

On this day, the little dumpling arrived, carrying a large peach, watching his master and the Demon Lord play chess together.

Fu Yun placed a white chess piece on the chessboard, while Ah Li placed a black chess piece on her side.

Peach blossom petals fell from time to time, and peach blossom spirits would occasionally land on the chessboard before flying away again.

Fu Yun picked up a white chess piece, smooth as jade, and slowly placed it on the intricate chessboard, saying, "On this chessboard, we are all players. But tell me, is it possible that we are also on someone else's chessboard, and also a piece in someone else's hand?"

His words seemed to freeze the air around him for a moment.

Ahri didn't look at him, still staring at the chessboard. A black chess piece fell between her fingers, and she said, "Perhaps."

Tao Yunjin sat beside Ali, slowly and methodically brewing tea. He would occasionally glance at the two people in front of him, thinking that if Fu Yun and Ali were indeed pawns in someone else's game, they would be the most dazzling and unpredictable beings.

The game of chess is over, and there is no winner or loser.

Fu Yun left with the little dumpling.

Tao Yunjin helped Ali collect the chess pieces from the board, and said, "I wonder if the children will come back today?"

"Probably, they said they'll come back for dinner."

Ali and Tao Yunjin's child sometimes goes to the human realm, and sometimes to the demon realm, but they've never been to the immortal realm. It's too quiet there; it's not lively at all.

"What would you like to eat today? I'll cook it."

Let's go together.

Ah Li held Tao Yunjin's hand. One of them was a Demon Lord, and the other was a Peach Blossom Fairy, but they still loved the warmth and life of the human world.

【over】