The heaven and earth are the furnace, the practitioner is copper and iron, and the vital energy is the fire. Since then, they have been repeatedly roasted, which is what Guan Zhong said in "The Relationship between Practice and Practice". Xia Xiao can be said to be real gold, not afraid of fire, but gradually showing a strange and brilliant appearance under it, which makes others look up to him. But soon, they, who are both gold and silver, will be on different counters.

The status of each class of students is equal, but most of them fall into three categories. One category has clear plans, such as Xia Xiao and Azhu, who ignore the opinions of others and only care about their own rhythm of practice. When they are busy, they are not deterred by rain or shine, and they rush to catch the dawn under the stars and moon. When they are free, they stroll under the peach blossoms and enjoy the spring scenery. It is because of their own rhythm that they can be so flexible.

The second type, such as Wang Ling and other national geniuses, followed closely behind, not daring to stop, fearing that Xia Xiao would leave them far behind, so they worked day and night. But they did not dare to lose efficiency, so in addition to adjusting their own state, they practiced, and were extremely tired, occasionally releasing themselves, but they felt it was a sin to rest for a day.

The third category is a minority, but the second category will become one if they are not careful. Although they also practice day and night, they forget about efficiency, ignore their own situation, and stubbornly want to catch up with time, which often backfires.

Everyone had different emotions, some raised flagpoles to look ahead, some were still desperately chasing, but after a period of practice, Xia Xiao and Azhu were not as efficient as before, so they came to the peach forest to enjoy the lush spring scenery.

The peach blossoms have not yet fully bloomed, but they have already begun to look like a sea of ​​flowers. Xia Xiao and Ah Zhu stood at the foot of the mountain, and when they looked up, they saw a gentle and romantic sea, which made them feel relaxed and happy. It happened to be a warm spring breeze, so they couldn't help but sit there and use their vitality to boil water and warm up the cup of flower wine.

There were some snacks in the bamboo basket. They were not very exquisite, but what was important at this moment was the mood for eating snacks rather than expensive food.

Ah Zhu peeled fruits for Xia Xiao, which were abundant in the Wild Beast Forest. When he heard Ah Zhu wanted to eat some, Xia Xiao asked Tianming for a lot of them. What he ate at this time was not what he wanted, because he had eaten all of them. Instead, he robbed them, which made Tianming angry. It was too much to take so much. When you are away from home, who doesn't care about a little bit of hometown specialty? But Xia Xiao threw him a cup of flower wine, which satisfied Tianming who pretended to be angry.

Holding her knees, the slender Ah Zhu ate the soft, sweet banana while watching Xia Xiao reach for the peach forest with one hand and pick two extremely beautiful peach blossoms from a very long distance. The pale pink peach blossoms were placed in the cup, and then washed with warm wine, and the fragrance quickly wafted out, which was extremely tempting.

"Try it."

Xia Xiao didn't really know anything about wine or tea, and Ah Zhu didn't know much about it either. But these two wine idiots sat together, just based on their own joy, picked up the small wooden cups, and lightly touched them. When the flower wine splashed slightly, it seemed that everything they had done today was perfect, and they no longer wanted anything else.

The small cup is only enough for one person to have three glasses of wine. The first glass is for relaxation, the second glass is for appreciating flowers, and the third glass is for getting tipsy. But getting drunk is not from a few glasses of wine, but from the beautiful peach forest and landscape.

Because I was sitting on the side of the green-tiled building, with a small lake behind me and a peach forest in front of me, the lake water made a gurgling sound and turned into a stream as clear as black ice that flowed around the foot of the peach forest. The early-blooming peach blossoms sent me greetings, and I gave them a few petals to express my greetings of spring. Then I watched them go away and welcomed the new water.

With his hands on the ground, Xia Xiao suddenly felt a slight heat and his face turned slightly red. He looked at Ah Zhu who was staring at the peach forest with his head tilted, as if he had been bewitched.

After a long time, Ah Zhu finally formed a hand seal and let the little narwhal go into the peach forest, rolling in the gentle wind to rest, which was extremely comfortable. Xia Xiao couldn't help but smile at the ethereal whale sound. It turned out that she was in a daze thinking about her little narwhal, so cute. Such a girl is simply a treasure given by God to the world, otherwise a group of men would never be able to have such a beautiful artistic conception.

"Let's go inside and take a look!"

Ah Zhu sought Xia Xiao's opinion, as if it was a habit, but the latter shook his head slightly and smiled:

"It is said that the grass looks green from a distance but is not there when you get close. Now the peach blossoms are not in full bloom yet. If you get close, the pale pink color covering the whole mountain will disappear."

“That makes sense.”

Ah Zhu nodded slightly, looked at the peach forest for a long time, and tilted his head with Doudou at his feet, watching the little narwhal stretching its body in the forest, very happy. Doudou cried out, as if he had discovered something surprising and enviable, and Ah Zhu stood up, packed up the bamboo basket, and said coquettishly:

"No, just go."

Xia Xiao followed behind with a smile. If Ah Zhu wanted to go, could he stop her?

It would be great if there was a gift to give at this time, but Xia Xiao had nothing in his hands. After looking around, he only picked a small branch of peach blossoms and put it next to Ah Zhu's ear as if playing. Her smile was more beautiful than peach blossoms, and she danced in front of Xia Xiao in her black and white college uniform skirt, and asked him with a curved eyebrow:

“Does it look good?”

Xia Xiao was suddenly distracted, and while nodding, he kept saying that it was beautiful and praised it endlessly.

"Don't lose me if you're beautiful."

Ah Zhu made a funny face, turned around and ran to the little narwhal with Dou Dou, jumped onto its soft belly with stars in the night sky, looked up at the clear sky between the leaves and peach blossoms, squinted at the bright sun, and felt happy because of the blue sky and white clouds.

Xia Xiao walked silently to her side and lay down on the warm belly of the little narwhal. He covered himself with a warm quilt and smelled the fragrance of peach blossoms. He felt so beautiful and comfortable.

With his palms in front of his eyes, Xia Xiao looked at the sky, and the corners of his mouth rose involuntarily. No one was talking at this time, only the faint sound of the wind and the sound of flowers blooming, which made people intoxicated, gradually relaxed, and wanted to take a nap in this afternoon.

It seems that Ah Zhu's suggestion was right. The practice in the morning was a bit tiring, so fortunately I didn't have to go in the afternoon. After a simple meal, taking a rest like this was also a great choice.

If it weren't for Ah Zhu, Xia Xiao would definitely be in great pain. He forced himself to adjust his state and continue practicing, but the current comfort made him unwilling to sit up, so he just lay there.

Don't think about anything, don't consider anything, just enjoy yourself peacefully, and wake up whenever you want. Xia Xiao is like this, and Ah Zhu is even lazier.

They hadn't had a rest like this in the past half month, so all their tiredness and exhaustion were released at this moment, causing Ah Zhu to roll up some fallen pink petals, use them as a blanket, mix them with the sunlight, and cover himself, while also gently enveloping Dou Dou and Xia Xiao.

The breeze blows gently, the sun moves above, and time passes by little by little. But the wind takes away the tiredness, and time brings and restores the spirit. The so-called physical and mental exhaustion means that both the body and the spirit are exhausted. If the former is easier to recover, as long as there is no pain or disease, it is good, but the body is controlled by the spirit, and if the latter is tired, the whole person will lose his energy.

Now Xia Xiao and Ah Zhu have recovered their spirits. When they wake up, they don't feel lost and lonely, but feel relaxed at dusk, stretching and smiling at each other, feeling very happy.

"It's time to go back for dinner!"

Ah Zhu said as she made a seal, and after the little narwhal left, she took Xia Xiao's hand, marched forward, and returned to the mountain road. Xia Xiao liked this faint sense of happiness very much. Compared with him who was very plain, Ah Zhu was like a lively elf, making all kinds of jokes, talking non-stop, and even her steps were very playful, leaving a little footprint on every petal that fell to the ground.

Before it sank into the ground, Azhu hurriedly got away under Xia Xiao's strong arms, and pointed his toes at another petal.

As they walked, Xia Xiao held Ah Zhu's hand and lifted it up. When Ah Zhu jumped up, he used his strength to pull up her light body and quickened his pace, like two people who couldn't dance at a dance party, but because they were in high spirits, they spun their bodies and stepped on tiptoe, looking so happy that they didn't end up in embarrassment.

They were both very happy playing like this, but a dark shadow suddenly flashed in their eyes, causing Xia Xiao and the other two to frown at the same time. The light figure suddenly became heavy again, and when Ah Zhu's foot landed, another petal was completely crushed into the ground, Xia Xiao had already stretched out his hand to protect it behind him.

The petals on the ground were pushed to one side by the rapidly growing vines, and the vines transformed into another Xia Xiao, like a clone, protecting the other side of Azhu and not giving the black shadow any chance to take advantage.

"Who is this evildoer?"

Ah Zhu shouted, his eyes full of the starry sky, and he scanned the surrounding peach forest. Along with him, there was Xia Xiao, who scanned almost the entire peach forest, but found nothing, which was terribly false.

It is said that the peach blossoms are beautiful because there are dead bodies under the peach trees, and they absorb human blood to bloom so brilliantly. At this time, the corpses in the ancient rumors have resurrected, and they make the peach trees extremely ghostly, emitting dark pink shadows all the time, like countless strange hands reaching out from the peach blossom hell.

The palm twisted and struggled, as if the suppressed evil spirit was constantly trying to break free. But when Xia Xiao stared, the gold energy spread to the surroundings, cutting off the dense shadow that stretched out. The previous scene disappeared in an instant, and the countless hands that stretched out also disappeared. This two-level reversal made Xia Xiao palpitate, and he turned his head and said:

"Go back and report to the senior."

"What about you?"

"I'll seal off the peach forest!"

Ah Zhu was a little entangled and did not leave immediately, but this was the academy, and she was not afraid of any strong enemy, so she called Doudou, and the man and the dog quickly followed the mountain road and headed towards the mountainside. When Ah Zhu picked up Doudou and flew with his vitality, Xia Xiao rushed into the sky, and his clone merged into the ground, instantly unleashing his power.

"I want to see what kind of person dares to act so presumptuously in the academy?"

Xia Xiao felt that it was not her eyes that were blurry, but there really was a shadow, because Ah Zhu's reaction also confirmed that she saw the shadow. But why didn't the senior sister show up? Standing on the top of the mountain, she should have been aware of all the movements of the academy.

No matter what the reason was, as a member of the academy, Xia Xiao would block the peach forest on the mountain and not give the black shadow a chance to escape. Therefore, before Ah Zhu reached the mountainside, the ground where the peach forest was located had already begun to swell with vines, and thousands of iron swords were floating in the air. The gold energy on them was so sharp that it blew a strong wind, causing chaos in the peach forest. In an instant, countless peach branches were broken.