Chapter 55: Harvesting Peaches
Duan Chenhui watched Taibai and Qinglong leave, then looked down at He Qing. He couldn't help but press the lotus seed through his handkerchief. The lotus seed that looked soft was actually very hard...
He couldn't help but press it again, and ended up waking He Qing up: "General, what are you doing?"
Duan Chenhui calmly retracted his finger: "I wanted to see if you were awake." He produced a bowl of water, "Come, wash off the alcohol."
He Qing suspected that Duan Chenhui just wanted to press his body. He was still a little dizzy and couldn't fly. He stared at Duan Chenhui and said, "Carry me up."
Duan Chenhui smiled, picked him up and put him into the bowl. He Qing drank the water immediately and swam in it again: "The Hundred Flowers Wine is a little sweet and a little spicy."
"It's still wine." Duan Chenhui thought that he should not give him wine in the future.
He picked up the jade bowl and went to the study to practice calligraphy. He Qing leaned over and took a look: "When I have hands and feet, I will also practice calligraphy."
"Okay." Duan Chenhui asked, "What color lotus are you?"
He Qing sank himself into the water, thought for a while and said, "It should be colorful. Peacock said that colorful is very beautiful. I also hope it is colorful."
"..." Duan Chenhui thought it was probably white, "You look good in any color."
"real?"
"real."
While practicing calligraphy, Duan Chenhui told him some strange stories, and He Qing listened with great interest.
He Qing lived a god-like life in heaven. Soon, the news that Duan Chenhui had grown a lotus seed spread throughout the heaven. Many people wanted to come and see the magical lotus seed, but were rejected by Duan Chenhui.
Duan Chenhui took He Qing on a tour of the heaven until the Peach Banquet on this day.
He Qing jumped up excitedly: "I want to go too!"
Duan Chenhui changed his clothes and shook his head: "You stay here."
"Why?" He Qing couldn't understand.
"There are too many people at the Peach Banquet. I'll bring the peaches back for you." Duan Chenhui was worried about taking He Qing out. There were all kinds of people inside, including spies from the demon world.
"Really can't go?" He Qing was a little sad.
"I'll be back soon." Duan Chenhui comforted him.
"Okay." He Qing was unhappy and jumped into the spirit pond and ignored him.
Duan Chenhui looked down at him, and to make up for it, he said, "When I come back, I'll take you to the Buddhist world to have a look?"
He Qing's eyes lit up. He had never been there before. He popped his head out and turned around on the water: "Okay, those who don't keep their promises are dogtail grass!"
Why is it dogtail grass? Duan Chenhui couldn't help laughing: "See you tonight."
"Yeah." He Qing waved at him and watched Duan Chenhui flying away on the clouds. He Qing swam to a leaf, lay on it and sighed in a condescending manner.
"The general is gone and will never come back." He Qing lay on the leaves and slept for a while with the flow of water. When he woke up, he found himself floating at the mouth of the waterfall. He looked down and saw that the spiritual pool was rushing down, as if passing through the nine heavens.
He jumped on the leaf and turned it into a small boat: "Let's go!" As long as we get back before the general, there should be no problem.
He Qing sat on the small boat. The boat rushed out of the waterfall with a "vine" sound, and then fell straight down.
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On the other side, Duan Chenhui was dealing with the Immortal Emperor. The Immortal Emperor held his hand and said, "Fortunately, I have your help this time, otherwise the big devil would have attacked the Immortal Realm. Will the devil be resurrected?"
"No more." Duan Chenhui dealt with the Immortal Emperor in a perfunctory manner. He didn't know what He Qing was doing now and whether he was too bored.
The Immortal Emperor laughed: "That's good, that's good."
Queen Mother Xi smiled and said, "This time the Peach Garden has produced a lot of fruits, so we should celebrate today."
"Hmm..." Duan Chenhui just nodded when he suddenly heard a loud "bang".
The Immortal Emperor and the people around him were stunned, "What's going on?"
An immortal soldier came over to report: "Your Majesty! The barrier of the Ninth Heaven has been invaded!"
"???" Everyone was shocked. "That's the Ninth Heaven! The enemy is coming?!"
The Immortal Emperor frowned and said, "Check!"
"Let me use my spiritual sense to take a look." Taibai was drinking Hundred Flowers Wine while waving a fan. Just as he finished speaking, he heard a "bang" and something fell outside the Peach Banquet.
The people around were even more shocked: "The enemy invaded so quickly?"
"That's not right. Why are we falling from the Ninth Heaven?"
Duan Chenhui's eyes twitched, and he had a bad feeling. An immortal soldier ran over holding a stone: "Immortal Emperor, it's him!"
The Immortal Emperor looked down and was shocked: "Where did this stubborn stone come from?"
They all looked over and saw that the stone suddenly broke into pieces, and a stone monkey jumped out from it... no, a lotus seed jumped out!
He Qing climbed out with difficulty and looked around, and found that everyone was staring at him. He just came down from the waterfall, so how did he end up here? He looked around and suddenly saw his savior.
"General! Where is this place?! I woke up from a nap and found myself here." He Qing rushed over immediately.
Duan Chenhui's mouth moved slightly, and he used his spiritual power to catch him, and everyone looked at Duan Chenhui again.
Duan Chenhui smiled and said, "Sorry, this is the lotus seed I raised recently... He got lost."
The Immortal Emperor finally remembered that Duan Chenhui had indeed raised an immortal lotus recently. He chuckled, "As expected of a general...even the lotus seeds he raised are very unusual."
I’m afraid it’s not an ordinary fairy lotus!
Everyone had a complicated expression: Help! A lotus seed broke through their barrier and came in! Why is the barrier of this fairyland like paper?
Taibai came over with amusement: "Ah, what a cute lotus seed, how could a plump and white girl have any bad intentions?"
Queen Mother of the West looked at them, smiled and said nothing.
The Immortal Emperor chuckled, but it was not easy to punish He Qing. In order to show his magnanimity, he had to say something polite: "Forget it. Today is a festive day. Everyone take a seat. Here are the peaches." He didn't want to talk anymore and turned around to sit in his seat.
Everyone sat down, smiling and curious.
Duan Chenhui had no choice but to lower his head, touch He Qing, and walk to his seat and sit down.
He Qing hid in his armor and popped his head out again after a while. He looked around and found that some of the immortals looked very strange. For example, some had a dragon head, horns on their heads and animal ears. How come they looked like his Valley of Ten Thousand Demons?
The men looked at him, and he glared back at them.
After a while, fairy children came in with plates of peaches, and they each got a peach.
He Qing looked down at the peaches in front of Duan Chenhui. They smelled delicious... He couldn't help but jump down.
Duan Chenhui suddenly picked up the peach and pretended to eat it: "Why are you here?"
He Qing rolled it on the plate, and acted like an honest child in order to decide to eat: "I came down from the waterfall, and I don't know what I hit on the way, and then I got embedded in a rock. I have a headache."
Everyone who eavesdropped: Damn! You smashed our barrier! What's a headache? ! ! And that's not just any stone!
Duan Chenhui felt heartbroken when he heard what he said. He put down the peaches and picked him up to examine him carefully: "Are you injured?"
Everyone stared at Duan Chenhui: General! Our barrier is damaged!
He Qing rolled over to the peaches and rubbed them, looking very greedy: "I want to replenish myself, so I'll just have a bite? A small bite." He had never eaten peaches before! He didn't know if they were delicious!
Duan Chenhui finished the inspection and found that He Qing had no injuries at all. He was probably shocked. He handed the peach to him and said, "Eat it."
"All for me?"
"Yeah." Duan Chenhui was very generous.
"Thank you, General!" He Qing turned around and ate half of a peach in one bite. No one knew how he ate it. The peach was three or four times bigger than him!
He Qing finished his own and pushed the other half to Duan Chenhui: "I'm full."
Duan Chenhui smiled. He didn't know why there were small teeth marks on the peaches. He Qing was clearly in the form of a lotus seed and he was just absorbing it. He pretended to be serious and said, "There are teeth marks. You are responsible for finishing it."
"???!" He Qing looked back at Pan Tao, "That's not my tooth mark!"
Taibai smiled and said, "There are still so many peaches, pick one more and bring it over."
The Immortal Emperor felt a little pained, but still said to the Immortal Boy, "Go."
"Yes." The little fairy boy went forward immediately, and after a moment he brought another peach to Duan Chenhui.
Seeing that there were two peaches, He Qing finally ate the remaining peaches with peace of mind. He held the peach pit and said, "I want to take back Wan——"
"Well, take back the seeds from outer space." Duan Chenhui interrupted him and stopped him from talking about the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons.
"It's possible, but it's very difficult to grow." Someone immediately said, "I tried it, but it just didn't work."
"Me too. It seems that it must be due to fate and opportunity." Someone agreed, and everyone started discussing. The atmosphere finally returned to normal.
Qinglong shook his head. He had heard Duan Chenhui talk about where He Qing came from, although the truth was that was just the home of a group of little goblins.
He Qing was happy to see that no one opposed him. He held the peach pit and sniffed it again: "I will definitely be able to raise it."
"Then you take your time to raise it." Duan Chenhui picked up his peaches, but he didn't eat them. He put them away first, and then poured himself a glass of wine.
Taibai smiled and said, "He Qing, you want to be supported by the general yourself, you are really not ashamed to say this."
He Qing ignored him angrily and hid the peach pit in Duan Chenhui's armor. Duan Chenhui felt a little uncomfortable, but he didn't take it out.
"Taibai, don't mess with him." Duan Chenhui took a sip of wine.
Taibai tempted He Qing again: "Since you are a lotus seed, you will definitely like the lotus pond of the Bodhisattva. I will take you to see it some other day?"
He Qing's heart moved, and he took out his head: "Are there any carp?"
"Yes." Taibai touched his chin, "There are many more. Let's find the most beautiful one."
"Okay!" He Qing said aggrievedly, "There is no one in the spirit pond."
Everyone vomited blood: What else do you want to do while you enjoy the spirit pond alone? !
Taibai raised his hatred value to the maximum, then he started to drink his wine with satisfaction, and ran away after finishing it.
When they were going back, Taibai took out the peaches to tempt He Qing: "Come on, call me brother?"
He Qing looked at the peaches and then at him: "Brother Bai!"
"..." Taibai looked up at Duan Chenhui. He suddenly felt that he was at a disadvantage. What should he do? Wasn't He Qing very aloof and disdainful of him before?
Duan Chenhui smiled and said, "He Qing, accept your uncle's gift." In fact, Taibai is really his distant relative...
"Okay, thank you uncle!" He Qing changed his words again.
Taibai died suddenly.
Qinglong came over and teased him: "I told you to be careful of the backlash of evil, you are already a grown-up." He also took out the peaches and said, "I give them to you, and I hope you will sprout soon."
He Qing thanked him and happily hugged him left and right: "Can I eat them all?"
"Okay." Duan Chenhui paused and reminded him, "You took one pill today. You can take the second one after you digest it."
"Hmm." He Qing was sandwiched between two big peaches, as if he was the one being eaten.
Taibai opened his folding fan and smiled: "If you sprout, I will give you a special gift and write a poem for you."
"What gift?"
"secret."
He Qing still felt that Taibai liked to tease him.
Duan Chenhui nodded to them: "Thank you, you can come to me if you need anything."
"If there is really something important." Qinglong smiled and accepted the favor.
Duan Chenhui said goodbye to them and went back. After returning, He Qing spent the whole day circling around the three peaches, and even threw them into the spirit pond to bathe, as if he was ready to eat them at any time, not knowing that he himself was the most delicious...
Duan Chenhui was also afraid that He Qing would be caught and eaten.
The three peaches were enough for He Qing to play with for a long time, during which time Duan Chenhui handled some matters.
One day, Duan Chenhui came to the Lingchi and saw He Qing put three peaches on a lotus leaf and lay on it to bask in the sun.
Duan Chenhui took a look and saw that He Qing had grown a little bit bigger, now the size of a common egg, but he still showed no signs of sprouting, instead he looked like he had been soaked...
Duan Chenhui waved his hand, and the lotus leaves and He Qing floated over. He picked up He Qing and took a look. The surface of the lotus seeds was smooth and moist, and the soaking was just his illusion.
“When will you sprout?”
He Qing woke up dazedly and rubbed his fingers: "I don't know either, maybe the opportunity hasn't come yet."
Duan Chenhui really had no choice. Opportunity was very important for cultivators, so he could only feed He Qing to supplement his nutrition and spiritual power.
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