Immortality Path: From the Blind Man at the Pharmacy-Chapter 320 - 177, 178. Guarding the Stump Waiting for the Peach, the Perfect ’Person’ Produced by Extreme Joy World (Seeking Subscriptions)_4

Chapter 320: 177, 178. Guarding the Stump Waiting for the Peach, the Perfect ’Person’ Produced by Extreme Joy World (Seeking Subscriptions)_4

At this moment, the stream surged violently, and fish were now plentiful in the water.

Upon touching it, the water was surprisingly warm.

Su Mengzhen had skillful hands, so she used her homemake stone pot to make soup with the water.

Song Cheng followed the stream with his gaze into the distance.

Although the weather was warm, for the water falling from high places to retain such warmth could only mean one thing... the Earthfire here was intense.

In other words, the Yang Qi was dense, which was the exact opposite of the northern lands.

Yin Qi leads to the birth of evil spirits;

Strong Yang Qi attracts demon beasts...

Yin and Yang generate each other; everything seemed to take on a sense of symmetry.

Song Cheng, feeling the warmth of the water, suddenly furrowed his brows, turned to look at Su Mengzhen, who looked like a rural beauty gathering firewood and stewing fish soup, and said abruptly, "Is it possible that we’ve both entered a misunderstanding?"

"Are you talking about the existence of peaches?"

"No."

Song Cheng said, "Whether the peach exists or not isn’t important, what matters is what important thing is hidden on this mountain, and as long as someone tries to destroy it... that will suffice. The thing destroyed is very likely that peach tree.

We are obsessed with whether the peach is real.

But if someone actually spread the information, then their thought would be... whether someone will pluck the peaches."

Su Mengzhen used her homemade stone spoon to scoop up some soup, took a sip, and said, "The soup’s ready!"

Song Cheng walked over.

The two sat cross-legged and served the soup in stone bowls with a respect akin to honored guests.

After some thought, Su Mengzhen said, "It might be possible, but it’s all speculation.

If you speculate like this, then I could also guess that the person behind the scenes might be able to predict your current suspicion, making you doubtful and forcing you to act personally, appearing on the scene and thereby turning it against you?

Moreover, the Immortal Peach blooms once every thousand years and bears fruit once every thousand years, and it all happens today.

Unless you ignore it entirely, what else can you do?

But can you really ignore it?

Perhaps, for all of us, this is the only chance at eternal life.

This is an overt plot, one you cannot stop."

Song Cheng said, "We still know too little about this land."

Su Mengzhen looked at him intently and said, "Yes, yes, yes, Great Master Song knows little, and I, a mere woman, know even less."

Song Cheng said again, "The stream is warm, indicating that this place is a land of Yang Qi."

Su Mengzhen said, "Then we must still investigate."

Song Cheng thought for a moment and decided to take a stroll around the same day, to understand the progress of the exploration and to issue an order: if anyone found the Peach Tree of Immortality, they must not recklessly pluck the peaches, or else they would be put to death without mercy... But Emperor Monarch Xuanwu promised that whoever discovered the Peach Tree of Immortality would receive one peach.

As for the progress, it was indeed strange.

Yaochi Peak had been found, and the terrain was exactly as the Taoist Alchemists’ maps had depicted.

But the situation within the peak was exceedingly complicated, like being caught in an unending maze.

Normally, "ghost hitting the wall" is an illusion technique, but... the fact that Yan Muyi encountered "ghost hitting the wall" every time he entered was far from ordinary.

Some people traveled for seven days and nights, and while they should have been able to cross over many a Yaochi Peak, they ended up back where they started;

Others took only one step and found themselves transported from the southernmost point to the northernmost point of Yaochi Peak...

All these occurrences were exceptionally bizarre.

Yet, no matter how grand the "illusion technique," it could not stand up to sheer numbers.

As more and more people entered Yaochi Peak, more "unlocked" sceneries emerged.

If there truly was a Peach Tree of Immortality at the top of the peak, then some fortunate individual would eventually encounter it.

...

...

At this time... far away from Accumulating Thunder Mountain, a family of three were on their way.

"Mother, stop eating."

The finely dressed little boy with elegant garments chuckled while calling out.

At his side was a woman holding herself tautly, with movements and postures no different from a rabbit.

From time to time, the woman would also bend down to eat the grass beside the road, appearing extremely bizarre.

"Father, don’t be harsh with people."

The little boy then looked to the man on the other side.

That man, like a leopard, prowled around vigilantly, occasionally darting out like lightning to kill a bird in the trees.

Within this family of three, the only one who seemed exceedingly normal was the little boy.

The little boy was laughing.

His laugh was unusually cheerful.

Murmuring to himself, he said, "I’m glad someone else demonstrated first; otherwise, I wouldn’t dare to take this final step. This... indeed seems to work..."