"A protective golden lotus? My natal protective magic weapon? Wouldn't it be a waste of its potential to use this to nurture the soul of a junior disciple?" What Sect Leader Han Song wanted to say was that a junior disciple in the Qi Refining stage probably couldn't withstand the powerful spiritual energy fluctuations of his Nascent Soul stage, right?
"It's alright. If you give them any random magical artifact to nurture, are you sure Junior Sister Yu Xiang will come to see you?"
Sect Leader Hansong sighed: Well, we're completely under the control of Master Yujing.
Ever since his senior brother failed his tribulation, he has become indifferent to the matters of cultivation. After recovering from the injuries sustained during his ascension tribulation, he no longer loves cultivation as much as before. Instead, he is keen on playing matchmaker for others... (matchmaker: an ancient term for a matchmaker).
Headmaster Hansong took the still unconscious Xue Shan and Wei Wei back to his Qingxu Peak. After leaving Peach Mountain, he took out his Jade Spirit Token and pondered how to persuade Junior Sister Yu Xiang to volunteer to come to Qingxu Peak to help take care of the two junior disciples.
He had forgotten that he originally came to see Master Yujing to ask about the Heavenly Fiend Sect...
Zhu Yi finally stepped out of the passageway. The dark passageway exit was suddenly illuminated by light, and before her was a peach blossom forest that was both unfamiliar and strangely familiar.
The peach grove looked as if it had been ravaged by a fire, with broken branches and charred half-bones of peach wood everywhere. Zhu Yi couldn't help but feel as if the raging flames were burning her, and she felt a little sad.
She walked along the secluded path in the peach grove and saw a thick peach tree that two people could barely hug, blooming in full glory.
Several smaller peach trees were planted around the sturdy peach tree, and they were also growing vigorously, with peach blossoms blooming everywhere. Zhu Yi felt happy just looking at them.
In a peach orchard reduced to ruins, how can one not feel comforted by such a vibrant place?
She discovered a wooden cabin consisting of four or five rooms.
The wooden house was built next to the thickest peach tree. There was a swing set in the small courtyard. Zhu Yi reached out to push the door, but found that she could not touch anything. Then she floated through the door.
How could this be? Has she turned into a ghost?! But she can move around normally in the sunlight, so how could she pass through a doorway like a ghost?
Zhu Yi was secretly alarmed, but dared not show it too obviously.
This was clearly not Peach Mountain of the Tianlan Sect. She remembered that she had lost all her cultivation in Master Yujing's medicinal pool, vomiting blood and fainting...
Where is this? It's surrounded by ethereal beauty; it doesn't seem like it's haunted by evil spirits...
"Brother Jiang Lin, I love the swing you made for me so much!"
A familiar female voice drifted over, and Zhu Yi looked over, only to be greatly surprised: it was a girl in pink who looked exactly like her, swinging happily on a swing.
In the courtyard, the small window of the wooden house was wide open, and in front of the window was a handsome young man with his hair tied up with a jade crown. He was holding a string of Buddhist prayer beads in his hand and smilingly responding to the girl in pink between reciting Buddhist scriptures.
Zhu Yi strained her eyes to open them wide. This was... Su Linyuan?
No, no, this young man is more refined and youthful than Su Linyuan.
She and Su Linyuan only met briefly, but he always gave her a mature feeling that he was very caring.
The boy's gaze toward the girl in pink became even more tender and doting, his affectionate eyes filled with nothing but the girl's petite figure.
"Be careful, don't swing too high and fall."
"Okay! Brother Jiang Lin, are we really leaving here in two days?" The girl got off the swing, ran to the boy's side, and asked him with a smile.
"I've never left here before! Although I've always wanted to see the world outside of Peach Blossom Forest, I'm a little scared when you actually take me out to see it..." As she spoke, the girl's head drooped unconsciously, looking somewhat sad.
"Little Peach Blossom, don't be afraid. Stay by my side, and I will teach you everything carefully. There are many bad people in the outside world, but there are also many kind people like you. I will always be by your side," the boy said softly, patting the girl in pink's head.
“My friend is sick. I came to Peach Blossom Forest to find the divine fire to heal her. So after we heal her, I can take you to some more fun places.”
Perhaps it was his gentle yet firm voice that touched the girl, for she was no longer sad, and her bright, watery eyes sparkled like a little peach tree.
"Hehe, little Buddhist cultivator, are you taking Little Peach Blossom outside?" The speaker was the thickest old peach tree next to the cabin.
Zhu Yi, who was watching from the sidelines in the courtyard, looked in the direction of the sound and saw a kind and gentle face of an old man faintly visible on the thick tree trunk.
"I've heard that wealthy human families consult the horoscopes of their children and choose a nice and elegant name for them. If you're still called Little Peach Blossom outside, it won't sound very impressive."
"Oh right. I don't have a name yet." Little Peach Blossom scratched her head.
"I was originally a lost soul wandering in the peach grove, and it was this peach grove that took me in. I settled on a small peach tree next to Grandpa Old Tree, and over time, I became a part of this little peach tree. I don't even have a name..." The little peach blossom was a little troubled. "I don't know if I can leave that little peach tree. I've never been away from it for long before..."
Jiang Lin found Xiao Taohua's slightly melancholic appearance somewhat amusing. After pondering for a moment, he carefully named her: "Xiao Taohua, you have lived in Denglin for a thousand years and refined the essence of a small peach tree. You are no longer a lonely soul."
"When I passed by this place, the fire of Zhurong was raging and burning the peach blossom forest. The little peach blossoms were constantly carrying water from the distant river to put out the fire, and they looked very bright."
Little Peach Blossom nodded and giggled. She understood; Jiang Lin was praising her for being pretty!
"The fire of Zhurong is ardent and bright. The peach blossoms are dazzling, a perfect home." Jiang Lin looked directly at the bright and beautiful face of the little peach blossom, picked up the brush on the desk, and wrote two characters on the rice paper.
"Zhu Yi, from now on, Little Peach Blossom will be called Zhu Yi, taking the surname Zhu from the fire of Zhu Rong. I hope you will be as bright and beautiful as the peach blossoms in people's poems, and be a good wife and mother, okay?"
"Haha, our little peach blossom has a name now! That's wonderful!" The old peach tree's wrinkled face deepened with a smile, but it didn't seem to care much.
On the day the divine fire burned the peach grove, many small peach trees were burned to ashes. If it weren't for Xiao Zhuyi constantly bringing river water to irrigate the surrounding land, they wouldn't have survived until the arrival of this young Buddhist cultivator.
This little Buddhist cultivator is quite powerful. He not only used a divine artifact to extinguish the divine fire, but also sent down spiritual rain to nourish the entire mountain forest. In just a few days, he built this wooden house for Little Peach Blossom to live in. How wonderful!
Little Peach Blossom was also very happy. In her joy, she went up and hugged Jiang Lin through the window, causing Jiang Lin to blush slightly. He quickly closed the window and stopped talking to Little Peach Blossom...
"From now on, I have a name! My name is Zhu Yi, like the fire of Zhu Rong, passionate and bright. Like the blooming peach blossoms, it symbolizes a harmonious and loving home." Little Zhu Yi nodded, unconcerned about Jiang Lin's slight lapse in composure, and turned to laugh heartily with the old peach tree...
Zhu Yi, who was watching from the sidelines, was very surprised. She couldn't believe it. Wasn't she a time traveler? When she was a child, her grandfather told her that when he named her, he hoped that she would be able to "turn danger into safety" when she encountered problems in the future. Zhu Yi didn't sound very nice, so he changed it to Zhu Yi.
Who is she? Zhu Yi suddenly had this question.
Before she transmigrated, she lived in a prosperous and democratic era where the red flag fluttered, and her name was Zhu Yi. After her unexpected death and transmigration, she occupied the body of the original owner, who was also named Zhu Yi. After being severely injured and losing her powers, she drifted into this strange illusion, where she actually saw a different Jiang Lin, or rather, Su Linyuan, giving Zhu Yi a name...
Zhu Yi stood there blankly, completely unaware that the scene around her had changed. At this moment, she seemed to understand something. This illusion was like a big movie, trying to show her something.
She watched as if she were right there with Xiao Zhuyi and Jiang Lin.
They dug a canal across the peach grove from the distant river, making it much easier for the peach grove, which had been scorched by the divine fire, to get water.
They took in the wildcat sprites from the peach grove, allowing them to live in the cabin and help guard their newly built peach grove home.
They packed their bags, bid farewell to Grandpa Peach Tree, Jiang Lin transplanted a small peach branch, put it in his purple-gold bowl, carried it in his backpack, and happily took the innocent and carefree little Zhu Yi to see the outside world...
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