"Young Master, there's a village in front of us!"
After passing through the clouds, a medium-sized village appeared in front of the master and servant. The little errand boy was stunned for a moment, but he couldn't help but take a few steps back.
Wang Lu patted him on the shoulder, "What's wrong? Didn't you complain about being thirsty and hungry for a long time? This is a ready-made supply point. "
The errand boy frowned, his face full of fear, "Young Master, don't you think it's strange? Why is there a village here?"
"After walking for four hours, we're tired and hungry. Of course there should be a village here. Otherwise, wouldn't we just starve to death?"
"But... it still feels strange. Look! There's someone in the village!? "
The errand boy pointed. On a small road in the village, an old woman carrying firewood was walking slowly.
"Young... Young Master, that old woman seemed to be looking at us!?"
"So what? Did your heart start beating fast when she saw you? "
"I, I mean, she's a living person!"
"Nonsense, if not a person, then a ghost!?"
"I always feel that in this kind of place, meeting ghosts is more normal than meeting people..."
"Then you can go and greet her. Tell her it's an old ghost."
Wang Lu sighed, "If you're afraid, then obediently follow me. I think there will be a lot of stories in this village. Take your time, there's no need to rush."
— — —
The village hidden behind the clouds was not as mysterious and scary as the errand boy had imagined. After talking to the villagers who passed by, they found out that the village was called Peach Blossom Village. The villagers had been living here for thousands of years, not caring about the outside world. The Immortal Mountain was rich in natural resources, and for thousands of years, they lived a rich and comfortable life.
The villagers of Peach Blossom Village were very hospitable. At noon on the day they arrived, the Village Chief hosted a banquet for the master and servant. More than half of the villagers came. The scene was very noisy. Wang Lu and the little errand boy ate heartily, drinking sweet wine made from wild fruits. The tiredness of the Cloud Wave Map was swept away.
At the dinner table, apart from eating and drinking, there was only chatting and laughing. According to Wang Lu, this was a great opportunity to gather information. However, the strange thing was that the isolation of the Peach Blossom Village was beyond imagination. Let alone the Nine Prefectures, the villagers did not even know that they were in the middle of a celestial mountain. For the villagers, the surrounding green mountains and clear waters were the whole world.
What was even more bizarre was that the villagers did not show much curiosity towards the sudden appearance of an outsider. The people were warm and welcoming, but they had no interest in the outside world.
"What? There are still immortals outside? The Flying Celestial Sword was so powerful! Here, this is the village's specialty yellow croaker. Have a taste … "
"Emperor? What is an emperor? Older than the Village Chief? What? You have to kneel in front of the emperor? You might even get your head chopped off if you're not careful? What a barbaric village! Why don't you try my wife's steamed buns? "
That was probably what happened to Wang Lu. Even if they tried to guide them, there was no way to open up the topic. The villagers' thinking was as stubborn as if they had eaten too much Guanyin clay.
At night, the two of them stayed at the Village Chief's house. The Village Chief had purposely vacated an empty room in the backyard. The conditions were even better than the rooms at the Ru Family Inn. However, both the master and servant were somewhat absent-minded.
The errand boy felt uneasy. How could there be such a lavish meal on the Immortal Path? Which of the poor boys in the stories didn't go through untold hardships to become successful? How could they enter the Misty Peak just by eating, drinking, and playing? Weren't the two Blue and White guys of the Carefree Peak a little too pathetic?
As for Wang Lu, he was puzzled by the villagers' reaction during the day.
According to the theory of adventurers, if the Immortal Path was an adventure, then the Spirit Creek Town was undoubtedly a beginner's village. The Golden Bridge and Misty Clouds were the first long adventure. After that, the Peach Blossom Village was an important turning point, and it was the beginning of a large number of main and side quests. It was equivalent to the main city in many adventure stories. However, the villagers' closed-minded reaction clearly put an end to any possibility of quests.
At the banquet that night, he had talked to most of the villagers, but there was no sign of a quest.
"Tsk, what kind of lousy plot is this?"
Wang Lu tossed and turned, unable to sleep. It wasn't until the next morning, when Wang Lu was brushing his teeth by the river with a toothbrush, that things took a turn for the better.
"It's really a small world."
Seeing the person who walked out of the forest outside the village, Wang Lu almost swallowed his saliva.
"Little Hai!?"
Hai Yunfan's smile suddenly became a bit awkward, "Little Hai... it's Little Hai then. Brother Wang Lu, I didn't expect to meet you here."
Wang Lu put down his toothbrush and said with a puzzled face, "I also didn't expect to meet you here. I thought this was a small dungeon, but I didn't expect to meet a passerby like you. Or have we unknowingly formed a team?"
— —
At the same time, the leader of the Misty Peak was about to go crazy.
"This, where did this Peach Blossom Village come from!?"
"... Master, even if you ask me that, I can't answer."
The black and white disciple, who was being interrogated by the Misty Peak Leader, was under great pressure. He almost had to take out the spirit sword on his back to maintain his posture under the pressure of his master.
Not long ago, the Sect Leader's Martial Uncle's anger had swept through the Cloud and Mist Array. Now, Liu Xian seemed to want to compete with him. In his anger, he released the power of his Primordial Spirit, causing the entire Sword Seeking Hall to tremble. The sea of clouds around the mountain peak was boiling, as if it was being torn apart by countless invisible hands... And within a hundred meters of Liu Xian, no one below the Xudan Stage could stand still.
"Senior Martial Brother, calm down."
Zhou Ming, who was also an elder of the sect, shook his head and patted Liu Xian's shoulder. A cool sword intent seeped into Liu Xian's body. Liu Xian's eyes suddenly became clear, "Sorry, I forgot myself."
Zhou Ming bitterly smiled, "Senior Martial Brother can't be blamed for being angry. This Peach Blossom Village... is really funny."
In the beginning, he thought that this village was just someone's prank. However, when the second group of people who walked out of the Cloud Wave Map were also sent to the Peach Blossom Village, Liu Xian realized that things had gone out of control.
A certain person had completely changed the Immortal Path, and very rudely added an inexplicable village between the Cloud Wave Map and the Netherworld Path, turning it into an insurmountable obstacle. No matter what choice anyone made in the Cloud Wave Map, their next stop would be the Peach Blossom Village.
Although... being able to modify the Immortal Ascension Array with the Misty Peak Sect as the main body without anyone noticing was indeed an amazing skill, but to use such a talent to cause trouble for the sect was too f * cked up.
Zhou Ming sighed, "... I wonder what Senior Martial Brother Sect Leader has to say this time?"
Liu Xian coldly snorted, "Say my ass. After so many years, when has Senior Martial Brother ever said anything to her!?"
"... Sigh, I don't know what Fifth Senior Martial Sister wants to do this time. This Peach Blossom Village is so strange."
Liu Xian was a little impatient, "It's probably some prank that no one can understand..."
"Tsk, my genius design is just a prank in your eyes? Senior Martial Brother, your taste in wasting the zither and cooking the crane has never changed. "
"Oh, oh, oh, it's you!!!"
Hearing the familiar voice that had appeared in his nightmares countless times, Liu Xian's calm fighting spirit, which had been nurtured by the famous Misty Immortal Heart, suddenly soared into the sky. The sword in his hand flashed, and a tremendous force that was enough to move mountains and fill up the seas suddenly shot out from the sword.
Zhou Ming's eyes lit up, "What an angry strike! The power of this Geng Metal Sword Qi has already surpassed the peak of the Yuanying Stage... It seems that Senior Martial Brother will be breaking through within the next fifty years."
Unfortunately, such a powerful sword qi had met the wrong opponent.
The bright, blazing, and incomparably sharp Geng Metal Sword Qi melted like snow in front of the white figure, and silently calmed down. The woman in white who was walking up from the foot of the mountain shook her wrist, "Senior Martial Brother, what are you doing? Are you going to demolish it? "
Liu Xian had calmed down after the sword strike, but the anger in his heart had not diminished, "Look at what you've done! The Immortal Gathering has become a mess! "
"Why do you say that? In order to make the Immortal Gathering more efficient, in order to decorate the Peach Blossom Village, I even used my treasured high-grade spirit stones, which I paid for out of my own pocket. Just now, I applied for overtime pay, but it was rejected by Senior Martial Brother... "
Liu Xian angrily said, "Who wants to pay for your nonsense!? You need to understand, although the Lingjian School has not held an Immortal Gathering for many years, the procedures have been established hundreds of years ago, and every step has been tempered countless times... "
Before he could finish, he was mercilessly interrupted, "Tempered countless times by mediocre people, it's just a mediocre procedure. The Cloud Wave Map determines the direction, the Red Ridge Mountain, the Netherworld Path, and so on determine the height. The idea is not bad, and it can indeed determine a person's various qualities. But you have been cultivating for hundreds of years, and you are also famous Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators. Don't you understand that the most important part of the Immortal Cultivation is not aptitude or spiritual root, nor is it temperament or luck? "
Faced with such a righteous rebuttal, Liu Xian's imposing manner slightly weakened, "Then what do you think it is?"
"Of course it's EQ!"
"..."
"Now is not the Great War of Immortals and Demons. Today, the main theme of the Nine Regions is peace and development. Being brave and fierce is already out of date. Making friends is the foundation of the Immortal Cultivation World! I designed this Peach Blossom Village to test the interpersonal skills of the newcomers. If they can't even get along with the villagers in this simple mountain village, then there's no need to talk about the cruel Immortal Cultivation World. You guys must know the story of the peerless military god of the Royal Soldier Sect a hundred years ago, right? Tsk tsk, with a cultivation base half a step from the Mahayana Stage, he was peerless in the Nine Regions. But because he had too many enemies, he was annihilated when the Heavenly Tribulation came... If you don't have enough EQ, how can you get along! "
On the side, Liu Xian and Zhou Ming were dumbfounded.
EQ? Make friends? You... you, a street rat, have the nerve to say such things!?
"Moreover, my Peach Blossom Village is not that simple. The village is the result of the Cloud Wave Map, so the challengers will get different starting points. Then, according to their personality and luck, they will trigger different chains of tasks in the village. Depending on the completion of the tasks, they will get different rewards. For example, if the Village Head's favorability is maxed out, they will get the reward of having their physical strength reduced by half when they enter the Red Ridge Mountain Route... Hey, are you guys listening carefully?"
— — —
In the Peach Blossom Village, Hai Yunfan, who was in a small world, was very envious of Wang Lu's luck.
As the second group of people to enter the village from the Cloud Wave Map, Hai Yunfan's treatment was much worse than Wang Lu's. Although he was also warmly received by the villagers, he could forget about having a banquet, and lived in an ordinary house.
Especially when he was walking with Wang Lu, the difference was very obvious. The villagers all smiled at Wang Lu, while Hai Yunfan was like a transparent person.
"However, when I think about how the people who came later are treated worse than me, I feel a bit better."
Wang Lu had a look of disgust on his face, "There are more people coming later?"
Hai Yunfan laughed, "There are at least fifty to sixty people who can walk out of the Cloud Wave Map. However, it seems that the longer it takes, the harder it is to get along in this village... Strange, what's going on with this village? I've never heard of it before. "
Hearing this, Wang Lu frowned — Hai Yunfan was too familiar with the Immortal Path. "You know about the Immortal Path?"
"I know a little bit about it, including the entire Immortal Gathering... Brother Wang Lu, are you interested in hearing about it?"
"No."
Hai Yunfan was not surprised, "Then, what do you think about this village?"
"I didn't have any before, but now I have some clues... But I need to wait a little longer to confirm it."
Hai Yunfan nodded, "Then I'll leave it to you. I really don't have the confidence to get a good result in this village."
"Wait, what do you mean by leave it to me? I don't plan on keeping you! "
"Haha, we're friends!"
"Haha, we'll be friends for life."
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