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Chapter 25
###25 Vast smoke
It had just rained in the morning, and the pitter-patter raindrops decorated Qixia Mountain beautifully. Xiaoyu stood outside the courtyard, witnessing the scenery in front of her, and couldn't help but miss Wan City.

There is no one in the world who doesn’t miss home, and no child who doesn’t miss his family.

Absolutely not.Xiaoyu shook her head vigorously, took two more deep breaths, and jumped on the spot a few times before she calmed down.

Ye Xiaolou had already arrived and promised to take her to Tianchi in the near future, so naturally he couldn't break his promise.Seeing her uneasy look, it was inconvenient to step forward and disturb her, so he stood aside.

"Good weather doesn't wait for anyone. If the girl is still unwell today and can't go to Tianchi, don't blame others in the future." Ye Xiaolou's face was clear, and his green clothes revealed a bit of immortality.

"Of course it's fine. Look, how can you look like you can't go out?"

"So, very good."

"Then how can the owner take me to Tianchi? How far is Tianchi from here?"

"Based on your physical strength, it can be done in three days. It takes half a day to go up the mountain, half a day to go down the mountain, and three days to come back. This trip will take at least seven days."

"Seven days." Xiaoyu's eyes flashed.Then he asked, "Is there a place to rest on the way?"

"When passing through villages and towns, you can rest in inns when you see them. When traveling through mountains and forests, you may have to stay overnight in the mountains and find a cave or something like that."

The seven-day itinerary, no matter what, can catch up with the next interest rate exchange day, but I don’t know what will happen on the way, if it smells like the palace again. Why do people on land think it stinks?Is it really the smell on me?

Xiaoyu timidly responded: "When will we set off? Since it will take many days, I have to go inside to prepare some luggage and change clothes."

"No need." As soon as Ye Xiaolou spoke, the catkins began to fly everywhere again, colorfully.

When Xiaoyu came back to his senses, Xiaoyu felt that the current scene seemed familiar. Yes, yes, it was like this when he came out of the palace that day, and it was like this when he forced someone to take a bath. This guy seemed to really know how to do some magic. It turns out that there are people who know magic on this land.

When a dense forest covered most of the mountain in front of him, Xiaoyu couldn't help but ask, "What kind of tree is this?"

"That's spruce."

"Spruce? What a beautiful name."

"Although the spring water is bluer than blue, the waterside of Tianchi will be very cool after a while. I have something on my body to give to you. When you go to Tianchi, you must wear it at all times and do not take it off."

Xiaoyu was surprised and curious, how could such a stingy person be so kind as to give me a gift.Could it be that they asked me for some silver after I took it?I just wanted to refuse, but then I thought, no matter what, I owe a lot anyway, and I will pay it all in the future. If something happens to me due to the cold, and I can't see my father, what should I do?

Having made up his mind, he reached out and looked around Ye Xiaolou, but couldn't find him after a week of touching.

"where?"

Ye Xiaolou fluttered like leaves falling to the ground, flicking silently. The stone bones where the two stood were exposed, black as fine iron. Big trees grew out of the cracks between the stones. Under the shade of the trees, there were vines and fine grass. Look down again. , Xiaoyu shivered for a while.

"Where is this thing?"

I don't know when Ye Xiaolou had a faint, leaf-shaped jade pendant on his hand.

The treasures in the city are dazzling. In Xiaoyu's eyes, this jade pendant should be an ordinary thing. But for some reason, she seems to be fascinated. Her eyes are staring at the jade pendant, hazy. The more carefully she looks at it, the less she can see. True.

"You have to wear it all the time and don't lose it." After saying that, the jade pendant hung on Xiaoyu's neck at some point. "Remember, you are not allowed to take it off, at any time."

Such a warm feeling was almost the same as his temperature. Could it be that the warmth I felt around this miser before was all due to the effect of this piece of jade?Thinking of this, Xiaoyu smiled and her face was covered with a layer of almost invisible peach powder.

"This is the Tianchi Lake." "It's really beautiful. Standing on the mountain and looking at the water is really like a fairyland. I think the beauty of the sky is nothing more than this."

Seeing Xiaoyu's bright eyes flickering, Ye Xiaolou withdrew the hand that had been holding Xiaoyu all this time, but was caught tightly by a shiny hand.

When the spring warms, the snow melts and the water flows into the deep valley to form Tianchi.This place was originally a volcano, and Tianchi is located in the crater.

It does look so peaceful. The underwater volcanoes are always emitting black smoke, which is not scary. Fortunately, there are no volcanoes in the city. The volcanoes on the land are so majestic and covered with snow. How spectacular can they be? "Sir, I have seen the snow-capped mountains, and I have also seen the Tianchi Lake, but you said it takes three days of walking to get there. Why are we already here when the sun has not set? What spell has the master cast to travel thousands of miles in a day?"

Ye Xiaolou turned around and looked towards the woods, seemingly worried.

"Young master, don't blame me. I'm just curious. If you don't want to tell me, I won't ask again. Don't be angry. Don't ask me to charge you more money."

"Yinliang?" Ye Xiaolou turned around suddenly and stared directly at Xiaoyu's mouth.

Oops, if I hadn't mentioned it, maybe he wouldn't have thought of it today, and he would be asking for trouble.

Desperately lowering his eyes, he forcibly wasted the peacock-colored pool of water.Just as he was about to open his mouth to bargain, Ye Xiaolou's fingers pressed down on his lips that were about to open his mouth.

"Keep your voice down and listen."

Xiaoyu closed her eyes and listened intently. There seemed to be the sound of wind passing through the forest in the distance, and... was it the sound of waves?Seems and isn't.

"Did you hear that?"

"Wait a minute, I've never heard this sound before."

Just as Xiaoyu wanted to open her eyes, Ye Xiaolou's hand covered them again.

"Listen carefully."

"The sound seems to be there but not at all, it seems tough and weak, it sounds like a soft and frail girl, but it also sounds like a graceful boy; it comes with the wind, it has shape, face, and flowers like catkins."

Xiaoyu couldn't help but pull away Ye Xiaolou's hand, and there was already snow falling all over the sky.

"This is snow. I finally saw snow. I thought the young master was just talking casually. I thought it was already spring on land, how could I see flying snow."

"Cold?"

"Not cold, not cold." Xiaoyu touched the jade pendant on her chest and shook her head quickly.

"I saw that your breathing was not smooth, and I thought that you were still recovering and couldn't bear the cold."

This man was so strange. One moment he only saw silver in his eyes, and the next he was so warm. He gave me such good things. It would be better if everyone on the land were as strange as him.

"Let's go back after watching."

go back?I finally saw the snow and fulfilled a small wish. Although it has been my childhood wish to come to land to see it, I don’t know what to do with my father now. How can I continue to stay here, since I am looking for him in Qixia Mountain? Without the water in the pool that night, it would be the same in Tianchi.You can always find the direction back to the city if you get underwater.

Thinking of this, Xiaoyu felt sad for some reason and didn't know how to say goodbye. She felt anxious and hugged Ye Xiaolou.

Ye Xiaolou also doesn't understand Xiaoyu's thoughts.I thought I was making too much of a joke, but I thought that the girl was afraid that she would not pay the money, or maybe it was because of the cold air entering her body, and she was going to be unstable, so she had to reach out and hold her in her arms.

(End of this chapter)