Food Fairy Lord

Chapter 219 The Phantom Forest
Zhang Dingyun took them all the way to the top floor and sat down in a room overlooking the lake and willow forest.

Qi Zhaohua went to the window and took a look, then turned back and said with a smile, "Master Zhang, it's a waste of money."

Zhang Dingyun waved his hand proudly: "There is no more profitable business than fawning over seven talented people on a table of food."

When Zhang Junxue arrived with the two elders, everyone sat down to have a banquet, drinking and talking.After having had enough wine and food, it was already dusk and everyone scattered to rest.

The so-called Guanliu Tower is named after the large willow forest below the lake. At this time, autumn has entered, and the forest is already a warm orange and golden color, just like the colors taken from the last ray of light of the setting sun. .

Everyone had something to do for the time being, and Pei Ye walked alone in the forest holding a book.It wasn't until the handwriting was so dark that it was hard to see that he raised his head and put the book away.

There are already very few tourists, dusk and cold wind have enveloped the place, the golden color around has faded, and only a distant light remains in the field of vision.On the other side of the dark lake, there is a light in the shape of a pagoda. It is the highest place in Bowang - the nine-story Zhuoyue Tower.

Pei Ye watched it stand for a while, and was about to continue moving when he heard the woman in front of him say with a smile: "You have to be first to get on it."

It was Qi Zhaohua who had come down earlier, sitting under the pavilion with a cup of tea, the cool night breeze dancing in her hair.

Pei Ye smiled and walked over: "Wandering deeper?"

"It's not shallow here anymore."

"I heard from Qing Qing that there is a wonderful moonlight scene deep in the forest."

"Oh, 'Ming Shuang Di', right? Most people really don't know about it." Qi Zhaohua smiled and stood up, "Let's go then."

"Is it still far?"

"Not close."

The two walked quietly for a while, and gradually the pedestrians were completely invisible, the afterglow of the setting sun was completely annihilated, the bright moon rose, and a few stars hung in the cold sky.

It was indeed very deep. Looking back, the lights of Guanliu Tower were only a faint twinkle of stars.

"How do you feel today?" Qi Zhaohua said with a smile, "Being among 3 people to decide the winner or loser with others."

Pei Ye thought for a while: "It feels like it's so smooth. It seems like it can pick up something with every move."

"Looks have weight." Qi Zhaohua smiled, "Have you ever competed in a martial arts competition before?"

Pei Ye was startled for a moment: "It was a long time ago."

"From the county?"

"Yes, we in Fenghuai hold a Mid-Autumn Festival martial arts competition every year. I've been there twice."

"How are the results?" Qi Zhaohua asked with a smile.

Pei Ye tilted his head slightly, smiled and pointed the sword on his waist to the woman.

Qi Zhaohua looked at him with puzzled eyes.

"The prize for first place in the martial arts competition." Pei Ye said calmly.

"..." Qi Zhaohua laughed, "The young hero should be familiar with today's looks and cheers."

Pei Ye smiled: "Yes, many people watched our martial arts guild. At that time -"

The memory flashed into his mind: the warm eyes, the excited cheers, and the excited and rosy face.

He opened his mouth, but no more sound came out.Then his face dropped, and the corners of his mouth curled into an expressionless arc.

After a moment of suffocation, the young man gently exhaled and whispered: "You are no stranger to me."

"." Qi Zhaohua looked at him. The deep forest was quiet and only the sound of the wind caressing the willow branches could be heard.

After a while, looking at the young man's silent and cold face, Qi Zhaohua continued to smile and said, "Did you feel that his eyes were not as heavy as the cheers?"

"Ok?"

Qi Zhaohua took a sip of tea, "Today you fought very gently, and people still don't feel anything about you, so you haven't experienced it - when every time you draw a sword, it is accompanied by a roaring sound, you will feel like you are Hold the emotions of 3 people in your hands, and hold them together with a sword. What you want to do most at that time is to wipe out everyone who dares to compete with you, and enjoy this huge cheer alone."

".It sounds very passionate." Pei Ye took a deep breath and got out of the memories.

"Yes, because -" Qi Zhaohua smiled, and then suddenly stopped.

They both fell silent at the same time.

A sheet of silver frost spread on the ground.

It was three to five feet in radius, as if the falling moonlight was captured here, and a silver plate appeared on the ground.

However, there is really nothing laying on it. This is a color that bursts out directly from the soil. In the dark forest, the vegetation is covered with a thin layer of gleaming light.

'This is Mingshuang Land. This sentence was in Qi Zhaohua's throat, but he did not say it.

Because in the center of this piece of silver frost, there was a black figure sitting cross-legged with his head bowed. The moonlight also sprinkled a thin layer of frost on his body. The long crimson scabbard was placed aside. The man was holding the hilt of the sword with a long The sword penetrated deeply into the ground in front of him.

He raised his head and looked at the two of them, the smile on his stern face slowly fading away.

That was the immersion of obsession, the joy of intoxication, and it went away at this time. With a sigh, the man drew out his long sword. The bright sword was not stained with any soil. He returned the sword to its sheath and walked past the two of them without saying a word. , go back.

Pei Ye tentatively held the hilt of the sword, and sure enough, a heavy and dangerous gaze in the forest immediately locked onto him, and Pei Ye let go of his hand as if nothing had happened.

As expected, Luo Defeng would never leave Shang Huaitong.

Pei Ye was not worried about the safety of the two of him. Qijiao was determined to send Shang Huaitong to the Sword Academy and would not kill his opponent off the court or kill his own future.

The two parties were about to stay in silence, and the woman next to them suddenly laughed and said, "Is Huai Tong also here to enjoy the scenery?"

"It is."

"I don't want you to like such silver and pure things."

Shang Huaitong sneered softly: "The sparrow, you know what the swan sees."

If you keep walking, you have already gone far.

"I've seen him look so happy before." Qi Zhaohua suddenly said.

"what?"

"When he was catching Moon Tower, he liked to raise grass."

"Grass?"

"Yes, just ordinary grass." Qi Zhaohua recalled in a low voice, "One day all the grass he raised died, and he showed this smile."

"That "Weeding Chapter"?"

"Maybe I don't understand what's going on with the sword."

"It's normal for talented people to be obsessed with swords."

"There's one more thing." The woman suddenly said.

"what?"

"Did the two Zhang family members just come out of Liulin this afternoon?"

".There were not many tourists at that time, and it was not necessarily just seeing the seven dragons."

Pei Ye looked at the silver frost in front of him and still felt it was quite magical.He squatted down, picked up a little "silver frost" and put it in front of his eyes, which made him discover the secret.It is indeed not the soil that is glowing, but the things that can reflect the moonlight that are densely mixed in the soil in large quantities - some extremely thin threads and grains.

"Look at this." Pei Ye gently rubbed his fingertips, and the silk particles were easily crushed.

The woman did not answer, but still stood silently aside.

"That's what Shang Huaitong did." She said suddenly.

".what?"

"It is to eliminate all those who dare to compete with him and enjoy the huge cheers alone."

"."

"Aren't you surprised that he attacked too violently today?" Pei Ye thought about his victory and turned around to see the man looking at him with an expressionless face. The white bamboo disciples under the ring were stained with blood on their fronts.

"I'm not surprised. Isn't this him?"

"This method is indeed his, but he doesn't treat everyone like this." Qi Zhaohua said slowly, "You have never gotten along with him. His disgusting methods are only used on grass that blocks the road."

"."

"Things like martial arts competitions are really not a hindrance, especially when the opponent in the first match is still under the spotlight. From what I understand, he should start showing off his style."

The woman looked at the sky and said slowly: "Unless he really sees this as an obstacle."

"."

"I saw his temperament today. He came to power with a purpose."

"What do you mean?" Pei Ye glanced at her, "We know he wants to be the leader."

"Yes, it is this purpose, but it is not entirely, or in other words, not really." The woman considered, "He wants to win the first place, but it is not for the sake of winning the first place itself, but for the purpose behind winning the first place. A metaphor seems to be a symbol, evidence, or realization."

Pei Ye was stunned.

After a while, he said: "You are just saying that he has other purposes."

"It's a deeper purpose." the woman corrected.

"Just because I saw him take action once?"

"A poet's intuition."

Qi Zhaohua looked at the young man's speechless face and smiled: "Or a woman's intuition, whichever you believe in."

Pei Ye didn't smile. He looked at the woman and said seriously and gently: "Jushi Qi, it's okay."

"."

Qi Zhaohua lowered his head and saw that the pads of his fingers holding the tea cup were slightly white.

"Okay." The woman smiled helplessly and sighed softly, "Young Master Pei, ever since I met you in that state, I have lost the ability to pretend to be nonchalant in front of you."

Yes, even if we try to cover it up with jokes, these excessive thoughts represent everything.

From the moment she saw Shang Huaitong, the woman's body had been tense and stiff. She stared intently at Shang Huaitong's every move, anxiously analyzing what might actually be caused by worry, uneasiness, or even fear.

The man's calm and confident demeanor, his signs of determination to proceed with something they had no way of knowing, made her increasingly uneasy.

This is the enemy she deeply hates, but since Shihui stabbed the only knife, she has been left powerless.

"Shang Huaitong and Qijiaodong, I'm afraid they will turn defeat into victory again." The woman whispered.

"Don't worry." Pei Ye comforted again.

".Um."

The already cold lake vapor came up with the wind and poured in through Pei Ye's collar. The young man shivered, and his true energy poured into his body, forcing away the coldness.

He couldn't help but turn his head and look at the woman: "Miss Qi, your clothes are thin, please stop the wind."

"It's okay, I've liked the cold since I was a child." The woman folded her arms and smiled, "I am happy when I see rain and snow. Even when I grow up, the colder it is to my bones, the more I like it."

".Your preference is too harmful to the body."

"So I will only play for a while." Qi Zhaohua took a deep breath and chuckled, "The young master will come soon, and I will go back."

When they came down, Li Minqing was sitting and talking with Zhang Junxue's parents.

".what?"

"Ah what?"

"I feel like Miss Qi is a fortune teller today."

"Don't you believe that Miss Li will be here soon?"

"She may or may not come over." Pei Ye was confused, "There's nothing wrong - unless you call her."

"No. I didn't call her, just because if nothing happened, Miss Li would come over." Qi Zhaohua looked at the young man quietly and smiled, "What do you think?"

"." Pei Ye was stunned.

At this point, she became the confident one, but the boy was a little at a loss.

Fortunately, he no longer had to worry about his confused brain, and the facts had already given him the answer - two light steps and a clear voice sounded from behind him: "You look serious, what are you talking about?"

Pei Ye turned his head and looked at the girl in front of him who was smiling with her head tilted to the side and her eyes were full of eyes. She was speechless.

"Hello?" Li Mingqing looked at the two silent people strangely.

"What were the young masters talking about with the two elders just now?" Qi Zhaohua answered with a smile.

"I asked about the Zhang family's movements, asked my uncle and aunt if they could pass on some news about the Zhang family, and some cooperation with the Zhang family, and so on."

"How's it going?"

"They were all rejected."

"Oh?" Qi Zhaohua was surprised, "Why?"

"I know that your intentions are as good as the sun and the moon, and your work is as important as life and death." Li Mingqing helplessly tilted her head and smiled.

".A truly honest man."

Pei liquid probe.

".That is to say, uncle is very grateful for our care for Jun Xue, and he also sincerely admires Cuiyu. If he were the head of the family, he would definitely promote the Zhang family and Cuiyu to work together." Li Mingqing explained to the young man with a smile, " But now that I am just a member of the Zhang family, I will only follow the instructions of the family leader without any second thoughts."

"Oh." Pei Ye nodded slowly, "That actually means that the head of their family doesn't really want to get close to Cuiyu."

"Yes. But it doesn't matter. We are just friends if we can be friends." Li Mingqing said.

Then he was still thinking about what happened just now: "You haven't said what you are talking about yet?"

"Shang Huaitong." Pei Ye said, "Didn't you meet them when you came?"

"No ah."

"We just met. Miss Qi thinks he has some purpose that we don't understand."

Then he told the girl what he just said.

"Oh, actually, this is something Cuiyu has been working hard on for the past year, trying to find out who Shang Huaitong can rely on." Li Mingqing said slowly, "He has always looked like this since he appeared in our field of vision. Look."

"What kind?"

"Proud, confident - a look that senior brother can't stand." The girl said, "We want to know where this mentality comes from. Everyone grew up with Bowang, but he seems to have looked down on this place from the beginning and put himself Put it on another level - arrogant and arrogant, looking down on people and wanting to study in the Sword Academy."

"He has great talent in swordsmanship."

"Yes, we know at the poetry meeting that he can create his own swordsmanship. This is an explanation, but I don't think it is a real reliance." Li Mingqing looked at the sky and said, "He doesn't seem to just know that he has the ability to ascend to heaven. Maybe, it’s because we have found the ladder to reach the sky—to hold the heart and not invade, isn’t it?”

Qi Zhaohua nodded slowly: "Only when you have climbed the ladder to heaven can you remain calm when your vision is blocked by buildings and hills."

"." Pei Ye looked at the two of them and clapped, "Good analysis, so do we have any countermeasures?"

Qi Zhaohua: "."

Li Mingqing thought for a while, stretched out her hand and said, "Put Pei Ye in!"
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On the other side of the lake, in a water pavilion, Shang Huaitong walked into the house, lit candles, and drove out the moonlight and darkness.

Under the candlelight, a box of grass plants was exposed. Seven grasses were planted in the soft, dark and moist loess.

He walked over, pulled out the first one, and threw it on the ground.

(End of this chapter)