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Chapter 482 Xiao Mu returns

Xiao Muhui is a thousand-year-old peach tree. Because the person who planted it was named Xiao, he named himself Xiao Muhui.

A hundred years to open wisdom, a thousand years to transform.

He has always stayed in that peach forest to witness the changes of time and has never left. Due to its remote location, few people have set foot in that peach forest.

It was not until five hundred years ago that the peach orchard was bought by a wealthy businessman who built a house nearby. Since then, the peach orchard began to become lively.

A wealthy businessman had an only daughter, who was pampered and brought up in luxury. However, she was born with congenital deficiencies and was often ill, so she developed a naive and opinionated character.

Due to health reasons, the young lady did not like to go out and interact with people of her age. The place she went most often was the peach forest. She would often sit under the largest peach tree in the forest, in front of Xiao Muhui, playing the piano, drinking tea, or playing with the maids.

Except in the cold winter months, when the weather is bad, the young lady would play in the peach forest.

Xiao Muhui watched the young lady grow from a little bean sprout into a graceful young lady. It was like watching his own daughter or sister grow up. He felt a great sense of accomplishment.

And with her around, he didn't feel so lonely anymore.

But despite this, he never revealed himself to the young lady. He always kept in mind that people were afraid of demons. If people knew that he had become intelligent, they would be afraid of him and would ask monks to kill him.

Just like an elder in the peach forest before, he brought disaster upon himself by showing the way to a lost human being.

Later, the young lady reached the marriageable age. Although her family was well-off and many people were attracted to her, due to her physical condition, many gentlemen who were compatible with her family were unwilling to marry her.

Those men whose family backgrounds were not compatible with hers came for her family's money. Their eyes were full of shrewdness and calculation, without any emotion, and she didn't like that.

Due to various factors, her marriage was repeatedly delayed, she was depressed all day long, and her physical condition was getting worse and worse.

Xiao Muhui couldn't bear to see the child he had seen grow up like this, so whenever the young lady came to the peach forest again, he would secretly use his own spiritual energy to heal her wounds.

As time went by, the young lady felt that every time she went to the peach forest, her health would get better, and she would spend more time in the peach forest.

The young lady's health improved, and no one in the family thought it was a demon. They just thought that her mother had prayed to the gods all day long and asked for protection from the gods.

The next year, the family found a good man for the young lady. It was said that he was a high-ranking, brave and skilled general.

Because the rich businessman had donated food to the general's army when it was in trouble in the past few years, the general was willing to marry the young lady to thank the rich businessman for his kindness.

At that time, the young lady was almost twenty-five years old, and a girl from an ordinary family would already be the mother of several children at that age.

Xiao Muhui was worried that the young lady would be bullied after marrying him, so he went out of his way to inquire about the general's deeds.

The general lost both his parents when he was young, leaving him with only a younger brother to depend on.

The general is handsome, became famous at a young age, is upright, brave and good at fighting, has no interest in women, and has no messy women at home. He has never had any romantic scandals. He is a good man worthy of entrusting your life to.

Therefore, Xiao Muhui felt relieved and still used his meager spiritual power to help the young lady regulate her body every day, looking forward to her happy and fulfilling life in the future.

Just when he thought everything was going in the right direction, an accident happened.

One day, when the general came to the young lady's house to pick her up for an outing, he passed by the peach forest and saw at a glance that the peach tree had become a spirit. The general was upright and hated ghosts and monsters, so when he recognized that the peach tree had become a spirit, he asked the rich businessman to burn the entire peach forest to prevent future troubles.

Hearing that there was a demon in their house, the wealthy couple was afraid and agreed to the proposal to burn down the peach forest without thinking.

At the critical moment, the young lady stepped forward to stop the burning of the peach forest.

After knowing that the peach tree had become a spirit, she belatedly realized that her sudden improvement in health was because the peach tree spirit was saving her.

This peach orchard is where she grew up. She would rather not marry the general than let him burn down the peach orchard.

Just when the two sides were in a stalemate, the general was urgently summoned away because of a war far away. He left with a message that he would burn the peach forest when he came back.

Not long after the general left, the wealthy businessman and his family moved away with their young lady who was reluctant to leave because they were afraid of the peach demon.

At that time, the yin and yang worlds were out of balance, and evil spirits were wreaking havoc everywhere.

Peach wood can ward off evil, but without the protection of the peach forest.

The wealthy businessman's family was targeted by an evil ghost that hated the general. The young lady was possessed by the ghost and her already frail body soon died. The day after the young lady's death, hundreds of people including the wealthy businessman were killed by the young lady, who was corroded by the resentment and turned into a resentful ghost.

Later, the general returned triumphantly and learned of the fate of the rich businessman's family. He invited disciples from the Sanqing Palace to kill the evil spirit.

Xiao Muhui, who had been guarding the young lady, risked his life to bring the young lady, who had become a vengeful ghost, back to the peach forest. He used a part of his torso as a magic weapon and placed it on the young lady to suppress the resentment in her body and restore her sanity.

The young lady who regained her sanity did not remember that she was the murderer of her family, nor did she remember what happened with the general, nor did she remember her family. She only remembered her name and knew that she grew up in a peach forest.

The world outside the peach forest was in the midst of war. Xiao Muhui protected the young lady as if she were his own child. He did not let her leave the peach forest to prevent her from being killed by the monks. He was also careful not to hurt the young lady.

The ghost and the demon survived in that turbulent world like this, until the order was restored in the Yin and Yang worlds and there were no more evil ghosts and demons haunting the world. The peach forest that had been empty for many years had a new owner again, and they have been together ever since.

As time passed, the young lady witnessed Xiao Muhui's transformation from a peach wood spirit into a human form, and she also developed different feelings for him.

But Xiao Muhui only treated the young lady as his daughter, sister and family member. He never had any romantic feelings for her and knew that they could not be together.

Peach demons and ghosts are naturally incompatible.

So when the young lady whispered in his ear about wanting to marry him, he just thought it was her childish joke.

Until more than ten years ago, the peach orchard had a new owner, a beautiful and gentle female painter, and Xiao Muhui fell in love with her at first sight.

Xiao Muhui, who had never shown up in public before, rarely appeared in front of the female painter. With his handsome appearance and good conversation, the man and the demon came together.

Even though he knew that love between a human and a demon would not end well, Xiao Muhui still couldn't help himself and sank into it.

The two of them fell in love. The young lady was very sad when she found out. She jumped out many times to stop them and even thought of killing the female painter.

Fortunately, Xiao Muhui discovered it in time and avoided the tragedy.

Because of this incident, they, who had never quarreled before, broke out into an unprecedented quarrel, and the female painter also learned the truth that he was a demon.