SQUEAK!
The door was closed.
After seeing off the female apprentice of the Jade Lake, Xu Que threw the Elixir into the System Storage Space. Although the medicinal age of the Elixir was not high, it was still a gift from the female apprentice, and he couldn't waste it.
However, the words of the female apprentice surprised Xu Que. He had just arrived in the Heaven Continent. How could there be news about him so soon?
"Sh * t! Could it be that Buttface and Duan Jiude are spreading news about me outside?" Xu Que frowned.
However, after thinking about it carefully, he found it impossible.
After all, Buttface and Duan Jiude were now hated by everyone in the Heaven Continent, and they wouldn't dare to show their faces in public. So, how could the Jade Lake possibly have news about him?
Xu Que couldn't figure it out, so he shook his head and didn't bother to think about it. Anyway, he would find out when he went to the Council Hall the next day.
That day, Xu Que stayed in the Jade Lake. However, with his character, he couldn't play the role of a sick old man who needed more rest.
After staying in the room for a few hours, he couldn't hold it in any longer. He felt suffocated. This Jade Lake Sacred Ground was too quiet. Although they were all female disciples, he couldn't act recklessly because of his identity. Otherwise, he would be exposed at any moment.
"Damn it! If I had known this would happen, I would have changed my identity. Maybe I could have played and bathed in the pond with so many young sisters!" Xu Que said sadly. He felt that he had made a mistake this time.
Although playing the role of a sick old man could win people's sympathy and affection, it was too boring. At this moment, he really regretted what he had done.
"Forget it, I have a feeling that there is something wrong with Buttface and Duan Jiude, and they insisted that I come to the Jade Lake. I guess it is not that simple!" After thinking for a while, Xu Que decided to go out for a walk.
After all, Jiang Hongyan, Buttface, and Duan Jiude had stayed here before. If there was nothing interesting to do, he would go directly to find Ryu Jingning. After all, Ryu Jingning and a group of people from Jiyue Buddhism had followed Jiang Hongyan to the Heaven Continent and found that the ancestors of Jiyue Buddhism also had a sect in the Heaven Continent. So, they went there and didn't stay in the Jade Lake.
Now, Xu Que knew that he was not able to go to the Heaven Palace Academy to find Jiang Hongyan, but it was not difficult to find Ryu Jingning. If Buttface hadn't insisted on going to the Tianxiang Celestial Realm, Xu Que would have gone to Jiyue Buddhism a long time ago.
"What? Elder Xu, what's the matter?" When Xu Que had just stepped out of his room, a female apprentice happened to pass by. So, she asked with concern.
Xu Que, leaning on his walking stick, smiled kindly and looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle. Then, he said with a sigh, "Nothing. I am just old, and I miss this world more and more. I want to go out for a walk and enjoy the beauty of this world!"
"Elder Xu, it turns out you are bored in your room. Why don't I take you for a walk in the Jade Lake?" The female apprentice said immediately.
This was out of kindness. At the same time, she was worried that Xu Que would wander around in the Jade Lake. After all, there were many places in the Holy Land of the Jade Lake that outsiders were not allowed to approach.
"OK, thank you, good girl!" Xu Que nodded his head with a smile.
He didn't intend to make trouble in the Jade Lake. It didn't matter that the female apprentice wanted to follow him. He just wanted to take a walk to kill time. Of course, he also wanted to inquire about the relationship between Buttface and Duan Jiude. He wanted to know whether those two guys had asked him to come to the Jade Lake for some other purpose.
Led by the female apprentice, Xu Que walked forward slowly. After passing several pavilions and corridors, he passed by a big open-air lake.
The water of the lake was dark green and clear. From afar, it looked like a smooth emerald mirror. However, peach trees were planted in the middle of the lake. The tree trunks were shining brightly, but the leaves were somewhat wilted. It lacked the vitality that a plant should have.
"Are these peach trees sick?" Xu Que asked.
The female apprentice replied with a smile, "Elder Xu, these peach trees are the Hundred Spirit Peach Trees of the Jade Lake. They bear fruit every 1,000 years, and they are called Hundred Spirit Peaches. They contain a large amount of Celestial Core Power, which can enhance one's cultivation and help one comprehend a bit of the Rules of Heaven and Earth."
The female disciple paused for a moment when she spoke up to this point, and a slightly bitter expression appeared on her face as she continued, "But a few hundred years ago, these immortality peach trees suddenly withered for some unknown reason, and even the Holy Mother was unable to find the reason. Later on, we exhausted countless precious materials to barely preserve these immortality peach trees, but they might not bear any more immortality peach fruits anymore."
"Oh? Could it be that they were invaded by insects? "Xu Que asked curiously.
"I don't think so. We've checked all the peach trees and didn't find any insect infestation. We even invited the descendants of the Shennong Family to investigate. They said that the soil of the Jade Lake is not good enough, so we need to plant new trees in a new place and start all over again. Therefore, these peach trees can only be used as ornaments. "The female apprentice shook her head.
In the past, this place had been the most forbidden area of the Jade Lake. Even ordinary apprentices like her were not qualified to get close to it, let alone outsiders. Now, this place had become a part of the beautiful scenery.
Xu Que was shocked by the female apprentice's words. The descendants of the Shennong Family? How could there be such awesome existences in the Heaven Continent?
Jade Lake, Shennong, and even Fuxi, the Yellow Emperor, or Chiyou, would appear in this place one day.
However, Xu Que just ridiculed them in his heart. Although the Jade Lake was also called the Jade Lake, it was totally different from the Jade Lake in the myths and legends he knew.
"I see! What a pity!" Xu Que replied casually.
The female apprentice also nodded, "Exactly! This peach garden has existed since the establishment of the Jade Lake. It has a history of hundreds of thousands of years. It is a pity to abandon it. However, the Holy Mother has taken the new trees to other places to plant them. I believe there will be a new peach garden in the Jade Lake soon, which will be as good as this one! "
"OK!" Xu Que nodded absent-mindedly.
He was not interested in these peach trees, nor did he have any intention of planting them. After all, they only bore fruit once every thousand years. It was too long.
However, when he was about to move forward, he raised his eyebrows and stopped abruptly.
He looked at one of the peach trees in surprise. There was a small paw print on the trunk, which seemed to be left by Buttface.
However, the paw print was so small that it was hard to find. Now, Xu Que sensed a trace of Buttface's aura when he used his Divine Sense to check the tree.
Obviously, Buttface had been here before.
"Hey, kid, look! Why is there a paw print on that tree?" Xu Que pretended to have just discovered the paw print and said to the female apprentice.
The female apprentice looked in the direction that Xu Que was pointing at and was not surprised at all. She smiled and said, "It is strange. When Buttface and Duan Jiude were in the Jade Lake, they seemed to be very interested in this peach garden. They even said that they wanted to contract the peach garden and asked us to sell it to them. However, we thought it was just a joke and ignored it. After that, Buttface said there were treasures under the peach garden. He wanted to dig it up, which annoyed Deacon Lin. After that, a series of bad things happened. They were so angry that they robbed the treasure pavilion and escaped. "
At this point, the female disciple shook her head with a smile, "There's only a layer of mud beneath this Immortality Peach Garden. Over the years, we've gone down there to clean it countless times. Deacon Lin has also used his Divine Sense to check, and there's nothing at all down there. It's just that those two fellows came up with an excuse to get into a fight with us because they wanted to steal the treasure."
"OK, OK! Those two guys are really wicked!" Xu Que replied by nodding his head.
However, his eyes were filled with eagerness. There must be something good under the peach garden!
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