The wind blows the fragrance of peach blossoms, and the weeds turn into spring breezes blowing everywhere. The peaches on the trees become more and more red in the blink of an eye, and the rustling of the peach trees is heard.
Ah Qing was dazzled by what he saw and thought he was in a big dream.
The sound of rushing water reached my ears, and in the blink of an eye, I saw a waterwheel standing beside the river. The waterwheel roared, sending the water to the ditch, and then flowing along the path into the peach orchard.
The wind trembled, and I saw the leaves on the peach tree drifting towards the original cabin.
The peach trees stack up and turn into a house, with a courtyard, plants, flowers, tables and chairs, and a wooden house...
The trance is like returning to the past in the blink of an eye.
Ah Qing looked at the wooden house, and she seemed to see her father pushing out the door, and murmured: "Dad..."
She stood up and stared blankly at the door.
But the doorway was empty.
For Ah Qing, it was just a moment of loss.
Chen Changsheng took a bite of the peach in his hand, and the clicking sound brought Ah Qing back to his senses.
She turned to look at Chen Changsheng and was about to speak.
But I heard Chen Changsheng say: "It's getting dark, so Chen won't stay any longer."
"By the way, peaches are very sweet."
Ah Qing was stunned for a moment. She couldn't help but feel a little distracted when she looked at Mr. Qingshan's smile.
Chen Changsheng ate the peaches and left the peach orchard.
Before leaving, I seemed to smell the fragrance of peach, which was still the same as three years ago.
Ah Qing watched Chen Changsheng leave, and she suddenly shouted: "Changsheng!"
Chen Changsheng turned back to look at her.
Ah Qing said softly: "Thank you."
Chen Changsheng just smiled warmly, and then left the place without looking back.
After Chen Changsheng left, Ah Qing breathed a sigh of relief.
She walked into the small house, which looked exactly the same as before, as if nothing had changed. She went out and ran towards Taoyuan.
The peach trees all over the mountains and plains are hers, and they can only be hers.
…
Chen Changsheng returned to Qingshan City.
Seeing that the sky was getting dark, he walked to the wine shop in the city.
"Can I trouble the store to get you two ounces of wine?"
The owner of the wine shop is about forty years old. His father used to take care of the wine shop, but his health was not good. Now it falls into his hands.
"Hey, that's good."
Chen Changsheng said: "I forgot to bring my wine bottle when I went out. The store can help me find one."
"It's easy to say, but this wine bottle costs two cents a piece. Look..."
"It's nothing."
"That's okay."
Li Laoer asked while serving someone a drink: "Is this brother from here? Why haven't I seen him before?"
Chen Changsheng said: "I just came back."
After hearing this, Li Laoer paused and asked: "Oh, are we back? I heard that there are people guarding outside."
Nearly 30,000 Xiang troops were stationed outside Yuancuan, and the road into Sichuan had long been blocked.
Chen Changsheng said: "I searched all night, climbed a mountain and came in."
After hearing this, Li Laoer said: "Brother, you are awesome, but why are you coming back at this time? Hey, it's easy to come in, but it's difficult to go out. Qingshan City looks very peaceful now, but it's not peaceful at all."
Chen Changsheng heard this and asked: "Isn't it peaceful? I heard that King Nan had set some rules before?"
Li Laoer came forward and said softly: "It's just easy on the surface, but there are still a lot of things going on behind the scenes. Recently, the fees on both roads have increased a lot."
"Why haven't I heard about this?" Chen Changsheng paused and asked.
Li Laoer said: "I heard it from an acquaintance, but I can't say for sure. I'll have to wait until the next time I collect the case fee to find out. I also thought it would be better if it didn't go up."
He breathed a sigh of relief and added, "But it's true that business is getting better."
At least there won't be any freeloaders anymore, and you can earn some money.
While he was talking, Li Laoer had already filled the wine and handed it to Chen Changsheng.
"It's a total of twelve cents with the jug. Brother, please put it away and bring the jug with you next time. It's also two cents."
"Remember."
Chen Changsheng returned to the courtyard with the wine.
While walking on the road, I occasionally had a drink and wandered to the door of my house.
After unlocking the door and entering the courtyard, Chen Changsheng sat down and rested.
"..."
Chen Changsheng took out the classic book on alchemy that the old Dragon King had brought to him before, and started reading page by page.
While drinking, I watched until it got dark.
Wang Sanniang came over and brought two cakes. She said they were not sold out, but in fact they had just been baked.
He also talked about Uncle Lou's affairs and told him not to be too sad, as life must go on.
Chen Changsheng said: "Thank you Sanniang. There is nothing wrong with Chen. Isn't that good?"
"It's fine." Wang Sanniang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I see that Brother Chen, you have been bored these past two days, so you just have to say a few words. Brother Chen, don't mind."
"Why do you mind this?"
"Hey." Wang Sanniang agreed, and then said: "If it's okay, I'll go back first."
"good."
Chen Changsheng picked up the hot cooking cakes and ate them. They tasted very good. He ate two in a row before he felt full.
By the way, I lit a candle on the table in the courtyard and continued reading.
Chen Changsheng understood a lot of things in one night.
But what made him most helpless was the matter about real fire. Alchemy naturally required unusual fire, and Chen Changsheng just didn't know how to do it.
It's not that he doesn't understand, it's because of his own shortcomings.
This true fire comes from the five internal organs, from the inside to the outside, but his internal organs have never been refined, so how can he get the true fire.
In the past, I had asked the Third Prince for help in refining the outer incarnation, but since the things were not my own, it was inconvenient after all.
It's better to find another way.
"fire……"
Chen Changsheng murmured: "Inner refining methods mostly use the five internal organs to summon the true fire, but if the five internal organs are not borrowed, is it possible to use the soul?"
He closed his eyes and immediately connected his mind to see if he could find a way.
There is indeed a fire in people's spiritual thoughts, which is soul fire, but this soul fire is different from the fire of the five internal organs, which can be seconded, because it is the most important fire for monks. If it is extinguished, people will be gone.
.
Chen Changsheng actually saw the soul fire in his soul.
"So weak?"
Chen Changsheng was a little surprised.
He felt something was not right, so he turned his mind to Ping An Ruyi in the courtyard next door.
Upon first inspection, he found that Ruyi Ping'an's soul fire was dozens of times more powerful than his.
In comparison, Chen Changsheng's soul fire was really unsightly.
"It shouldn't be like this..."
Chen Changsheng raised his eyebrows slightly and thought carefully.
He suddenly reacted.
"Is it because of the curse?"
Chen Changsheng paused for a moment, suddenly startled again, and immediately stood up.
"If that's the case, doesn't it mean that as long as I make this soul fire burn stronger, I can stay in this world longer!"