Liu Jinghong casually picked up a blade of grass, put it in her mouth, and tilted her chin almost to the sky.
"Hey!" he called out to Mo Yu.
Mo Yu looked over instinctively, about to put on a big smile, when he saw Liu Jinghong step on the rice seedlings he had just planted, and even use the tip of his precious shoe to grind them.
His brow twitched violently, and the smile on his face instantly turned extremely strange.
Seeing that it worked, Liu Jinghong, without saying a word, followed the row of seedlings he had just planted, step by step, until she reached Mo Yu and spat the foxtail grass in his face. "What are you looking at? You don't like it?"
"..."
The dignified chief disciple of Jian Ge had probably never experienced such a "vulgar and unreasonable" insult in his life. His face turned pale with anger, and the corners of his lips drooped and swayed repeatedly, as if he were being pulled by two completely opposite emotions, but in the end, they were fixed in a very distorted smile.
"No."
Liu Jinghong was slightly surprised. How could he keep this up?
We need to add more fuel to the fire.
"Hmph. Of all the men in this village, you're the slowest at work! What's the point of using a hoe to dig? Doesn't Young Master Mo have a sword? Wouldn't it be faster to dig with the sword? Oh—look at my memory. Young Master Mo's sword is already broken! Everyone says sword cultivators love their swords like their own lives, but I never thought Young Master Mo would be willing to pay such a price to trick me—"
The more he spoke, the more obvious the struggle became on Mo Yu's face.
"Unfortunately, in the end, his attempt to steal a chicken backfired, and he not only gained nothing but also tarnished the reputation of Young Master Mo—"
"Shut up!!" The word "shut up" sounded like a sob squeezed out of Mo Yu's throat. His entire face was stiff beyond recognition. His eyes were still curved in a smile, but they were now completely bloodshot.
"Shut up? You think I can't criticize you? Isn't it all your fault that sword cultivators' reputation is ruined now?"
"Shut up—" Mo Yu roared, his eyes bloodshot and almost bleeding!
Suddenly, he abruptly covered his face with his hand, making a chilling grinding sound.
Liu Jinghong was startled by him and tentatively poked his shoulder with her fan, "Hey, are you alright?"
Mo Yu suddenly took a step back!
"Leaving—this—Peach Blossom Village—will devour—one's—self—consciousness—"
Before he could finish speaking, he grabbed his collar and began to breathe heavily, his eyes unfocused and his forehead covered in cold sweat.
In the blink of an eye, that eerie smile returned to Mo Yu's face. "Young heroes, go play somewhere else. Don't try to amuse yourself with me here. I have plenty of work to do."
Those deliberately friendly interjections coming from Mo Yu's mouth felt strangely incongruous.
Liu Jinghong turned to look at Chu Hongluan, as if to ask: Is this enough?
Seeing Chu Hongluan nod, he darted back as if avoiding a flood or a ferocious beast.
"How was it?" Liu Jinghong looked at Chu Hongluan expectantly, like a child waiting for praise.
Chu Hongluan couldn't help but reach out and ruffle his hair: "Well done."
Liu Jinghong blushed, wanting to say that such a gesture was not suitable for a grown man like him, but his lips opened and closed again, and in the end he only responded with a muffled sound.
A furious glare shot over, and Liu Jinghong turned his head to see Qiao Yue staring at him, her eyes practically spitting fire. Her expression seemed to say: You filthy man, don't you dare lay a finger on my beautiful sister!
Liu Jinghong raised an eyebrow provocatively and deliberately took two steps closer to Chu Hongluan: Come on! If you're not happy, come at me!
What's even more infuriating is that Chu Hongluan noticed Liu Jinghong getting close and even smiled sideways, which Qiao Yue managed to detect as a hint of doting affection.
The defenses have been breached!
Qiao Yue's eyes were brimming with tears, and she almost burst into tears.
The group returned to their lodgings and huddled together to discuss their new findings.
"It seems that the longer we stay in Peach Blossom Village, the more easily our consciousness will be subtly influenced. But what exactly is influencing us? Is it the formation?"
Liu Jinghong shook her head. "I've looked around. It's not a formation."
Gu Chunxiao tugged at Chu Hongluan's sleeve. "Just now, when Senior Brother Song and I went to investigate over there, we saw someone who looked a lot like my mother. She smiled at me and beckoned me over. If Senior Brother Song hadn't stopped me, I would have already gone with that person. It was only when I came to my senses later that I remembered that my mother was already dead."
“I saw my brother who died young.”
“I saw the first hammer that I accidentally broke…”
"I saw so many big steamed buns, I feel like I'd never go hungry if I lived here my whole life."
Liu Jinghong looked bewildered: "Although I briefly thought it would be nice to stay here, I didn't see anything unreasonable."
Chu Hongluan blinked and echoed, "Me too."
Turning her head, she asked Song Nanhe, "Can you see the person Chunxiao mentioned who looks a lot like her mother?"
"Yes, you can."
"So this might not be an illusion. It's a derivative created based on each person's thoughts or regrets."
Qiao Yue couldn't help but exclaim, "This is terrifying! Is the guy who created this place a god? It's one thing to be able to see into our hearts, but to be able to create it directly is another!"
Chu Hongluan's brows were also furrowed tightly. "So the current situation is that we went in four different directions, but everyone was affected. What could have caused such a wide-ranging mental radiation?"
"If we're talking about the largest and most widespread thing here, isn't it peach trees and peach blossoms?" Song Nanhe guessed.
“There’s also wind,” Liu Jinghong added.
“Peach trees and peach blossoms are what we see, and wind is what we feel. But what can usually confuse people’s sense of smell is smell.” Chu Hongluan’s eyes lit up. “Is it possible that there’s something wrong with the fragrance of the peach blossoms? The wind can carry the fragrance of peach blossoms anywhere.”
The group exchanged glances, all feeling that the possibility was not low. So they raised their hands and simultaneously sealed off their sense of smell. Once this was done, they felt their minds become much clearer.
Only then did they belatedly realize that since entering Peach Blossom Village, they had almost never had the thought of using spiritual power. They had been exploring all the way up by walking on their feet and looking around with their eyes, as if they had truly integrated into Peach Blossom Village and treated themselves as ordinary people!
Damn! That's terrifying to think about!
“Although we all agree that the peach blossom fragrance is the problem, the peach tree is indeed just an ordinary peach tree. If we’re not mistaken, then there’s likely something buried under the peach tree that’s causing the blossoms to emit a seductive fragrance.” Chu Hongluan made the decision immediately, “Why don’t we dig it up when it’s late at night?”
"good!"
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