Food Fairy Lord

Chapter 672 Winter is Deep and Spring is Near
Being thrown back to winter from spring, Pei Ye stood in front of the broken door of Mingyue Old Palace and rubbed his eyebrows to relieve the symptoms of dizziness.

Then he leaned against the door, silently took the sword and looked at it, holding the blade across his eyes, and the reflected light reflected into his pupils.

He prepared very seriously - first, he told himself seriously that he must kill Wei Qingju.

This kind of determination is best approached towards the day when he stepped onto the Jade Sword Stage, and the intensity of murderous intent is best like walking towards Wu in ancient times.

Then adjust all the conditions of the body, comb every muscle bundle carefully, soothe them and let them rest and wait, just like cavalry lying in ambush in the dark forest and deep grass, just waiting for a waving flag.

Finally, equip your sword.

Even though they had gone through many dangerous situations side by side and were almost like one, they still reminded each other again that they must not let down this time.

After doing all this, Pei Ye relaxed, feeling that the dizziness had been digested, and once again took a tiny pinch of pearl powder, which was the minimum dose required to enter the mirage realm.

Then he pushed open the door, and the desolate and gloomy vision was painted with a layer of fresh color as the door opened, and then closed, changing the whole world.

"Who are you?"

"Inspector Pei Ye is here to deliver the message under the order of Chief Li." Pei Ye held out the sign with his left hand.

Yue Muzhou looked him up and down—this look Pei Ye had seen twice before—and reached out to ask, "What's the news?"

Pei Ye stepped on the steps.

At this moment, he felt very clearly the dangerous power of the man next to him. The eyes looked at him like a ferocious beast ready to devour people at any time... He was a little wary of him, which was good.

Pei Ye's heart was trembling slightly in nervousness, but his hands were steady. The two were on the same step. Pei Ye lowered his head to hand over the wild goose inspection card, and Yue Muzhou raised his head to take it. Pei Ye's right hand was one foot away from the hilt of the sword at his waist, and Yue Muzhou's sword was leaning against his leg, and his hand was also one foot away from the hilt.

The two eyes met.

The sharp feeling seemed to cut through the skin in an instant, and the unrestrained sword that he had pursued in his heart thousands of times twisted into his wrist along the muscle bundle and burst out from his breath... Pei Ye used the fastest sword in his life, and the distance from the steps to the couch seemed to be wiped out, and his sword blade had already stabbed towards the couch.

But in this instant, Pei Ye actually felt a strange sense of parallelism. Everything around him was lines of different colors and shadows in his rapidly moving vision, but the man's face and sword light were clear. He appeared from the left edge of Pei Ye's vision. He was as fast as Pei Ye... no, even faster.

The feeling of death as if his heart was exploding gripped him again, and murderous intent and rage surged out of the man's eyes, almost drowning Pei Ye.

Such a arrogant assassin chose to carry out the assassination in front of him. This humiliating behavior completely angered him.

Pei Ye felt a chill in his chest; his heart had been pierced by the sword. Then the sword cruelly cut upwards, splitting his chest and then chopping off his head.

"the first time."

Pei Ye muttered to himself as the floor suddenly zoomed out. His expressionless pupils stared at Yue Muzhou's cold eyes below.

……

With each day that passes, there are more signs of spring. The ground is still gray and rough underfoot, but willow buds are gradually becoming more visible, and the ice in the river seems to be gradually becoming unreliable.

The Zhujing Palace, which had been deserted for seventeen years, actually showed some signs of spring. Li Xianfang pasted Xuan Yan's paper-cuts and prints on the doors and windows and prepared a small jar of sake, saying that when the cherries were ripe in a few days, she could make drunken cheese and snacks.

Pei Ye no longer eats so little these days, but Li Xianfang used to be able to tell what he likes to eat, but now she can't tell. However, she didn't ask again and just quietly did her own thing.

Qu Xin was away from the palace more and more frequently, because Guo You's eyesight became clearer and Pei Ye no longer had any new injuries, so there was nothing that could tie down this little medicine master.

Pei Ye was also used to Li Xizhou often returning to the palace before her. In these days when she was on the line between life and death, she was much more relaxed than herself. At this time, she was sitting in front of the steps of her bedroom again, looking at the high courtyard wall.

In fact, nothing happened, not even a trace. So many days have passed, and the Immortal Terrace can't get any clues. The five words whispered that night, "Someone wants to kill me", seem to fade into a dream talk. The Zhujing Palace has always been like this, and the palace has always been like this. Only spring is quietly approaching.

But Pei Ye never confirmed this sentence with the woman a second time, just as Li Xizhou never mentioned it a second time.

"Have you learned it today?" She watched the young man walk back to the hall with the sword in hand, knocking the dirt on the soles of his boots on the threshold.

"Not even close."

"It was almost there yesterday, and it was almost there the day before yesterday, and it was almost there the day before yesterday." Li Xizhou looked at the horizon and sighed, "When I die, you can use it on my grave."

"Even if you learn it, it doesn't mean you won't die." Pei Ye sat down next to her. "Sometimes, how long a person can live depends on fate."

"You've been saying some old things these days."

"You would too if your head was chopped off two or three times a day."

"I just hope you won't become numb because of this, and never think that having your head chopped off is no big deal in real life."

"Anyway, it's just a little bit away." Pei Ye said, "How about you, how are you doing?"

“Not by much.”

Pei Ye looked at her.

"I think what I'm thinking is not wrong. I have to go back to the spiritual realm that surrounded me in the past to find some information." Li Xizhou said softly, "Maybe it's some secret code, maybe there are some tests... Anyway, I should be able to get some key from it."

"but."

"But I can't go back there." Li Xizhou hugged his knees and smiled softly, "I always felt that the gentle spiritual realm would not disappear, but as I grew up, the unicorn blood awakened from my body, so I could never go back there. Therefore, many years ago, I wanted to suppress the unicorn blood in my body and seal it up. But until now, I can only approach that memory in my dreams... We can't expect a memory to directly bring us into Luoshen Palace."

"Anyway, you can take the pill again tonight. After taking this one, there will only be one left," she said.

"You never told me in detail what you dreamed about."

"It's something from my childhood." Li Xizhou said, and she looked towards the backyard. "Actually, it's this yard. Look, do you see that old apricot tree?"

She raised her hand to point to Pei Ye, but only for a moment before quickly retracting her arm back into her cloak. Pei Ye looked in the direction she was going, and on the other side of the courtyard wall, a few dry branches protruded from behind the eaves, trembling in the wind.

Apricot trees are short and will not grow very tall no matter how many years pass. Pei Ye could not even tell it was an apricot tree just by looking at a few branches.

Li Xizhou continued, "When I was a child, it wasn't that big. I saw it in my dreams, but it was green, not like it is now, just sprouting."

"Is that the backyard you were talking about?"

"Yes, but there is nothing now." Li Xizhou smiled. "In the dream, she said that when she grew up, she could swing on the swing. But before she grew up, I left the palace and came back several years later. I don't know if it had fallen into disrepair or been cleared away. Anyway, I never saw it again. The stream flowing behind the palace was also changed, and the flowers and grass beside the stream were gone. In short, God has a hundred ways to remind you that time is passing." "Then you never played on the swing in the end."

"...I've actually never played on a swing until now." Li Xizhou held his chin and looked at the courtyard wall. "Later, when I was a little older, I realized that it was just a thing that swung back and forth. At that age, I liked reading storybooks and didn't want to play on the swing anymore."

"Then you misunderstood."

"Hmm?" Li Xizhou tilted his head.

"Although a swing is a rope board for one person to sit on, it is a toy for two people to play with." Pei Ye said, "Playing on a swing alone is not playing, it is just like sitting on a rocking chair. Only when two people are together, it becomes a toy. One swings and the other pushes, and it is called a swing."

Pei Ye turned around and looked at Li Xizhou: "Look, you don't understand if you haven't played it before."

……

……

As Xixi was being led past the palace wall, she looked up and saw the apricot tree again.

"Sister, when the apricots are ripe, can you help me pick a few?" She heard her own childish voice.

Xixi probably never noticed these apricots before. The flowers on them had faded and the apricots were still small and green. But the gentle voice last time said that the apricots on this tree were very sweet, so Xixi probably wanted to pick a few for her to eat.

"Yes, Your Highness."

The four palace maids who were serving her had no expression on their faces and their voices were flat and rigid, as if they were the same thing as the high walls on both sides.

Xixi was of course not thinking clearly at this time, she just asked the adults beside her for help, because she really couldn't reach the apricots even if she moved the stool and stood on tiptoe. But these palace maids were not responsible for her, they would respond to whatever she said, and later they didn't pick any for Xixi.

"Thank you...thank you, sister." Xixi thought that she should bow at this time, but someone had only taught her once a long time ago, and she probably couldn't remember it, so she didn't know what to do at this time.

But there was no response, and the few people did not slow down, so Xixi followed them into the palace.

She knew that this was something Xixi had to do every once in a while, since she was very young - although she was still very young now - someone would draw her blood and send it back. In short, it was something she could not remember clearly and it was very painful.

So at this time Xixi's face was a little pale and a little weak, but she was in a good mood, because the pain was over after all, and in two days she would be able to see that gentle figure again.

She thought that children probably only have the instinct to seek benefits and avoid harm.

She watched the small figure return to the palace, took off her heavy clothes, put on a sturdy and convenient single garment as usual, and then ran to the backyard alone.

Anyway, no one cared, so Xixi climbed onto the swing by herself. At this time, it seemed very new, the ropes were tied very neatly, the burrs were carefully polished off, and wax was applied. The sharp corners of the board were also smoothed out. It was made of thick and smooth jujube wood, and looked like a very beautiful swing.

Facing the back wall of the yard, Xixi frowned and twisted her small body hard, but the movements she caused were too small and too irregular.

Li Xizhou subconsciously raised his hand and pushed it, but it was like brushing against a piece of drawing paper.

The unicorn blood was gradually sealed off, the dream was no longer so heavy, she was able to wake up from it, and gradually became aware of herself.

But there was indeed a barrier between her and this childish girl that could never be touched or penetrated - that was the past, and she was the present; that was that gentle spiritual realm, and she was in a dream more than ten years later.

How can I get close to you? How can I get into you?

Li Xizhou wondered blankly, could it be that after waking up, he could never go back?

"It's okay. When Xixi grows up, she'll be able to swing the swing." They met again, and that gentle voice squatted beside Xixi.

Xixi frowned tightly and stared at the swing with annoyance on her little face.

I still remember that when she first saw this gentle and beautiful face beside her, she was very cautious and sensible, afraid that she would leave. Now that she has seen it several times and sensed the doting and tolerance, she started to have a childish temper.

"When will I grow up?" Xixi said coquettishly.

The figure stood up, compared himself with his hand, and said with a smile: "When Xixi grows as tall as me, she will be grown up."

"Ah~~ It takes so long~~"

"Can you tell me how to enter Luoshen Palace?" Li Xizhou suddenly asked, "Don't just play with her."

But the figure didn't respond, couldn't hear or see, still bent over and laughed softly: "It won't be long, wait until Xixi grows up, we can play on this swing again, okay?"

……

……

Many days have passed since the beginning of February.

Pei Ye didn't count. In short, he wandered between Mingyue Palace and Zhujing Palace every day, always maintaining the state that needed to be maintained. Day, night, and date made no difference to him.

On a sunny day, Pei Ye stood in front of the gate of Mingyue Palace again. These days, this path was no longer so desolate as he had walked through it.

Many times already, the so-called sword between life and death.

For Pei Ye, it was like a sword strike when he was alive, and then he died.

Sometimes Pei Ye couldn't help but doubt that the old man's nonsense might have been from young to old. He had never really taught anyone, and he was just practicing. Those statements that sounded powerful were probably his personal insights, but they were probably not the truth. He might be too powerful, so he practiced his evil methods.

But sometimes he also thought that this was right.

He seemed to really feel that he could be faster than the man inside every time, and for some reason he became more confident every time. It was clear that his confident head was chopped off again last time.

But every time he stood in front of this door, he felt that he could do it.

It's the same this time.

Pei Ye lowered his head as he stroked the sword. The wind no longer cut him like a knife. One or two needle-like green dots appeared on the hard ground. They looked soft and tender, but they had indeed pushed away the cold and hard frozen soil.

(End of this chapter)