Don't be afraid, fairy, I'm blind

Chapter 417 Black Soil Ambition
In the sacred mountain of Kongyuan, you can see the Dragon Palace.

The extremely cold wind carried the broken snow, whimpering and circling between the ice-carved and jade-built columns.

On this sacred mountain permanently covered by wind and snow, the seasons seem to have completely lost their meaning, and there is only the eternal winter.

But when you pass through the heavy iron gates and step into the private side hall used to see the Lord of the Dragon Palace and rest, it feels like you have stepped into an illusion as deep as the sea of ​​spring.

The palace was filled with warm mist, and the golden nanmu dome was covered with thousands of green vines, and the vines were covered with strange purple and red flowers. The petals were as thin as cicada wings, and the veins were flowing with firefly-like halos. Clusters of them bloomed on the receptacles carved from ice crystals, dyeing the cold palace gorgeous as blood.

This is definitely not a scene that would appear in the Kongyuan Divine Mountain or even in the Northern Ao Continent. Even if there were more warm stone fire arrays, they would not be able to grow such a vibrant spring flower in the room, because this is the Northern Ao Continent, a white desert that is even more desolate than the Western Wasteland Continent.

Venerable Qianlong leaned on the white jade couch, his fingertips gently stroking a half-opened hibiscus.

Her long hair was untied, winding down to her waist like ink splashes, and the ice beads hanging from the ends of her hair collided with the dew on the petals, making a crisp sound like broken jade. The gorgeous mermaid silk skirt was piled at her feet, and the hem was embroidered with dark gold dragon patterns. When it rose and fell with her breathing, it was like a living thing tumbling in the sea of ​​clouds.

"Master, I have brought the person with me..."

The woman who was speaking had a tall and straight nose with a slightly upturned nose tip, which made her look a bit wild and unruly. Her amber eyes sparkled with a hazy brilliance in the warm light, like a snow wolf that was used to fighting on the snowfields and suddenly saw a lush green grassland.

"Thank you, Chi Yu." Venerable Qianlong chuckled, "This is not your first time coming to my side hall, why do you look so stupid?"

As the leader of the new generation of geniuses in Jianlong Palace, Long Chiyu's personal master is naturally none other than the Palace Master of Jianlong Palace, Venerable Qianlong.

“This is not the first time I come here, but... this is the first time I see this…” Long Chiyu could not hide the shock in his heart. He could not believe that these scenes that could only be seen in other continents would one day be replicated in his hometown.

"No wonder. When I saw this flower blooming for the first time, I was also stunned for a long time. So I don't blame you for being rude." Venerable Qianlong lightly hooked his fingertips, holding a bright red petal with his fingertips.

Long Chiyu, who was sitting below, was immediately horrified when she heard this. She then remembered that she was distracted by the flowers and even forgot to pay respects at the first opportunity. She hurriedly folded her hands and bowed, but an invisible force held her elbow.

She looked up in surprise, looking at her master who was always strict with her, only to see that he was also looking at her with a smile.

"This is the famous Fairy Wangshu, right?"

Venerable Qianlong raised his eyes and looked at the woman next to Long Chiyu, with a look of amazement in his eyes.

The girl stood at the bottom of the stairs with her head bowed, the jade rabbit mask covering her entire face, revealing only a section of her white neck. The snow-colored fox fur with silver thread embroidery wrapped around her slender figure, and a circle of fluff rolled around the edge of the hood, trembling slightly with the undercurrent of heat in the hall.

Long Chiyu couldn't help but glance at Wang Shu's profile, thinking to herself that this was the goal that her master had always hoped that she, the dragon girl, could pursue.

It was difficult for her to describe the feeling this girl gave people. It was like seeing a moon hanging in the night sky. She clearly had no intention of competing for the spotlight, but there was nothing brighter than her in the entire night sky.

So the master's requirement for himself is just to catch up, not to surpass...

"She said you know what I'm looking for, so I came here." The pair of blue eyes under the mask were as cold as a pond.

Venerable Qianlong smiled when he heard this, "Even if Fairy Wangshu is a famous genius in the Five Continents, it is not appropriate for her to do whatever she wants in my Kongyuan Divine Mountain without a business card, right?"

Long Chiyu glanced at Fairy Zhuoying beside her worriedly again, knowing what her master meant. It was naturally that even if she didn't know what Wangshu was looking for, she had a legitimate reason to invite Wangshu.

But Wangshu didn't care about these things that had nothing to do with her junior brother. She was sure that she smelled the scent of her junior brother on the snowy plain. So she started searching in the Kongyuan Divine Mountain without hesitation, but she was unsuccessful.

And she agreed to follow Long Chiyu to see her master because she didn't want to miss any clues. But seeing the other party's attitude, it seemed that he didn't want to tell her the answer directly, so she simply turned around and left.

“Fairy Wangshu, please stay!” Long Chiyu hurriedly stopped Wangshu and explained, “Fairy, you don’t know, you have recently caused trouble in many sects on the Divine Mountain. In addition, you have a special status at this time, and many immortal sects want to arrest you and punish you. These are all settled behind the scenes for you by our master!”

Wangshu glanced at her and said, "Thank you, Master, for me."

But after thanking him verbally, she did not change her mind about leaving.

"Do me a favor and I can help you find what you're looking for."

A clear and quiet voice suddenly sounded, and Fairy Wangshu stopped and looked back, "Do you know what I'm looking for?"

"A..." Venerable Qianlong picked a flower and played with it in his palm, "a person."

Long Chiyu's pupils shrank slightly. Although she had guessed it long ago, she never expected that Fairy Wangshu was really here to look for her junior fellow apprentice. She also never expected that her master would actually know the whereabouts of that young man...

"Why should I believe you?" Wangshu followed the teachings of his junior fellow apprentice and would never trust strangers easily again.

"It is said that Goddess Wangshu can read people's minds. I have now personally said that I know news about your junior brother. You can tell the truth from the false."

Venerable Qianlong put down his raised right leg, his jade feet faintly visible as his mermaid skirt rose and fell, and he looked calm and composed.

“Fairy, don’t you know that you are now the senior sister of the public enemy of the Five Continents? He has so many enemies who want to seek revenge. Your master took you into hiding. It was obvious that you only needed to stay away from the world and practice in peace, but you came to Kongyuan Divine Mountain to act wildly…”

"My junior brother is not a bad person." Fairy Wangshu interrupted, speaking every word with certainty.

Venerable Qianlong smiled contemptuously, "Not a bad person? You should thank not me, but Chi Yu. If she hadn't been secretly spreading the news of your junior brother saving people, do you think Kongyuan Divine Mountain would let a junior like you do whatever you want?"

Wangshu was surprised when he heard that, and then he turned his gaze to the girl with deep features beside him.

Long Chiyu felt a little shy when Wangshu looked at her. She had heard rumors that this Fairy Zhuoying seemed to be the Taoist partner of the young man. She felt guilty for no reason and began to explain:

"Master You saved our lives. Some people repay kindness with hatred, some people protect themselves, but Chi Yu knows how to repay kindness. I don't know why public opinion has developed into this, but I can't bear to see my lifesaver suffer such a great injustice."

As he finished speaking, Wangshu's eyes became brighter and brighter, and when he saw Long Chiyu, it was as if he had met a rare confidant.

Long Chiyu was excited for a moment and continued to add:
"Beiaozhou had the fewest people invited to the island, and the fewest victims. Many Beiao monks were rescued along with me, so our Beiaozhou didn't hate Master You as much as Nanyangzhou did, and many people still took a wait-and-see attitude. That's why Master was able to temporarily suppress the news of the fairy appearing in Kongyuan Divine Mountain. But the news can be suppressed for a while, but it can't be suppressed forever, so it's better for the fairy to act cautiously."

"Thank you." Wangshu said from the bottom of his heart.

Long Chiyu smiled lightly, "Master You will be safe and sound."

"All right?"

An inappropriate question was raised, and the two women looked at Venerable Qianlong at the same time.

"I hope he is really safe and sound..." Venerable Qianlong sighed seriously.

As soon as he finished speaking, the sword was unsheathed.

Long Chiyu hurriedly stood in front of Wangshu and winked at him anxiously. She knew better than anyone the price of angering her master.

Wangshu was unmoved and asked coldly, "Tell me where he is." "I helped you hide your whereabouts, just to give you a chance to meet. You don't know how to repay my kindness, and you are trying to blame me. Are you southerners so rude?"

Wangshu's blue eyes looked directly at the most supreme figure in the continent, but there was no fear in his eyes. Venerable Qianlong was not angry either, but just looked at him with a smile.

Their eyes met and the swords were sheathed.

"What do you want me to help you with?"

Venerable Qianlong stood up gracefully, her mermaid skirt trailing on the ground. She opened her arms and looked fascinated. The flowers on both sides suddenly grew wildly, as if paving a flower path for her.

"I want to make such fertile land all over Beiaozhou. You help me and I will help you."

"This black soil has evil spirits."

Fairy Wangshu saw blood, and Long Chiyu beside her was shocked when she heard it. She looked in disbelief at the dark soil where these gorgeous flowers and plants grew, and at the noble fairy who found the black soil.

"Things with evil spirits are not necessarily bad, and things without evil spirits are not necessarily good. I have read the report about the Goddess Wangshu. You have been slaying evil spirits for the Exorcist Department for decades. When you encounter evil spirits that have not killed anyone, you will not kill them, but only capture them. You have even let some weak evil spirits escape... Therefore, when the Exorcist Department assigns you tasks, they will only assign you those extremely vicious evil spirits."

Such a report is naturally top secret, but Venerable Qianlong, the head of the Exorcist Department of Kongyuan Divine Mountain, is certainly qualified to read it.

"A fairy who has compassion for evil spirits would be afraid just because the soil is stained with evil spirits?"

“I’m not afraid, but they will be.”

"Once you see the fruits growing out of this soil, you won't be afraid of anyone." Venerable Qianlong laughed, "And it's just evil spirits. Evil spirits are not scary just because they have evil spirits. I have tested them countless times, and they are harmless."

"I have seen this kind of soil in the prison where evil spirits are imprisoned." Wangshu said calmly, "Master Henglian has done research on this. You got the inspiration from him."

“It seems that you are not the immortal Wuchen who is indifferent to worldly affairs.” Venerable Qianlong raised his eyes.

"I know this because the Third Elder said this thing is unlucky, so the First Elder and Hua Jing Shouzu stopped his research. Afterwards, the Third Elder was also impeached by Shouzu Heng Lian. She complained to me about Shouzu Heng Lian's pettiness and that's how I found out."

"Third elder? Is it Venerable Bihua? She is just a foolish woman who sticks to old conventions, has big breasts and no brains. She relies on the geographical advantages of Zhongzhou to grow those rare and exotic herbs. I invited her to come to Beiaozhou to improve the poor land, but she was afraid of showing her weakness and didn't even dare to come." Venerable Qianlong shook his head disdainfully.

The powerful monks born in Beiaozhou seem to have this kind of arrogance, because they really grew up from the barren land. Looking at those who succeeded by relying on the right time and place, they will have a kind of psychological superiority of "I only rely on myself".

Wangshu did not refute Venerable Qianlong's evaluation of the Third Elder, as if he agreed:
"Only when a lot of evil spirits die can such black soil be formed. They can't cover the entire North Ao Continent."

Long Chiyu had been listening silently, and she suddenly realized that the black color of the black soil was due to the extremely high content of humus in it, and this natural fertile fertilizer came from the dead and festering evil spirits...

"I asked you to come here just to solve this problem."

Venerable Qianlong narrowed his eyes, looking ambitious.

But Wangshu, who was standing at the steps, narrowed her eyes slightly at this moment. She spread her hands slightly, and a natural warmth inexplicably surged into her body, which made her tremble slightly and she could hardly suppress it.

And this strangeness was also noticed by Venerable Qianlong.

"Chi Yu." Venerable Qianlong's wide sleeves brushed across the gilded incense burner, and purple smoke climbed up her frosty nails. "Fairy Wangshu has been traveling a long way. Let's take her to Shuyu Pavilion to rest first."

Long Chiyu did not notice anything unusual about Fairy Wangshu, and hurriedly bowed in response.

As he turned to leave, Venerable Qianlong stared at the backs of the two women, but his eyes fell on the jade pendant that Long Chiyu had always worn and never taken off.

It was her coming-of-age gift to her.

……

Inside the Shuyu Pavilion, the chalcedony screen reflects the falling snow outside the window, and the lamps made of ice crystals emit soft light in the warm mist.

Long Chiyu placed the gilded hand warmer on the carved table, and out of the corner of his eye he saw Wangshu's fingertips unconsciously stroking the table.

Long Chiyu poured a cup of Snow-Top Green Tea. The hot steam from the tea blurred the moving lips of Wangshu under the mask.

Wangshu's blue eyes suddenly rippled, and she clenched the teacup tightly, her knuckles turning blue. The warm spring-like power just now was continuously injected into her spiritual platform, as if someone was passing the pure Xuanqi through her blood from thousands of miles away.

Long Chiyu saw her shoulders tremble slightly, and the snow-white fox fur slipped off half of her shoulders.

"Is the fairy feeling unwell?"

Wangshu shook his head.

Long Chiyu looked reluctant, and then sat opposite, sighing softly: "I miss you so much that I become sick, but I shouldn't hurt myself. I think if Master You were here, he would definitely not want to see the fairy neglecting her health for him. We in Beiaozhou believe that good things will be rewarded with good, and evil things will be punished with evil. Master You will be blessed by heaven, and he will be fine. As for Master... I will try to find out some information as soon as possible."

"Are you also worried about your junior brother's life or death?" Wangshu suddenly asked in a low voice.

Although Long Chiyu had always tried not to show how much she cared about You Su's life or death, she could not hide it from Wangshu's eyes.

Long Chiyu's pupils shrank suddenly. The image of the young man bleeding while leaping over the crowd to stop the big snake suddenly came to life. He stood in front of everyone and blocked the storm for everyone.

The window frame was suddenly blown open by the strong wind, and the broken snow and dead branches swirled between the two people.

"I know he's not dead."

Wangshu's fingertips touched her heart, which seemed to resonate faintly. Her words were firm, with a power that made people believe them unconsciously.

It was the first time for her to receive such divine power transmission, but she had a strong feeling that it must be related to her junior fellow apprentice.

Looking at this girl who was comforting her on the surface but was actually comforting herself, she couldn't help but feel a sense of sympathy in this cold world, so she used this method to comfort her in return.

The jade pendant bestowed by the palace master and hung on Long Chiyu's waist glowed faintly, and it transmitted the conversation between the two word for word to the depths of the ice palace.

On the throne in the Ice Palace, Venerable Qianlong crushed the hibiscus with his fingertips, and the flower juice dripped down the gilded armor, corroding the ice surface with wisps of green smoke. The long mermaid skirt moved without wind, and the dragon pattern on the skirt turned into a solid entity and swam out, biting her slender legs like an ice dragon and circling up.

"I can actually survive for seven days in the evil cave under the sea."

She stroked the dragon scales and murmured, but there was a madness in her eyes, "You, you really make me worry... It seems that I have to borrow a sharper knife..."

(End of this chapter)