Lady, let me explain.

Chapter 84 The Lady of Peach Blossom Island
With this matter settled, Lin Yi hurried on his way.

They traveled day and night, only eating and resting in towns along the way.

After running out of money, he sneaked into the local county government office and stole several large ingots of silver from the public treasury. He then indulged in lavish meals and drinks, all paid for by the Song Dynasty government.

Soon after arriving in Zhoushan, east of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Lin Yi carefully studied the surrounding waters and hired a ship at great expense.

First, they tricked the boatmen into going to the surrounding islands, and after they set sail, they used force to threaten them into going east to Peach Blossom Island.

Fortunately, after Guo Jing and Huang Rong settled on the island, they stopped harming people indiscriminately, and the boatmen and fishermen around them no longer feared Peach Blossom Island like the plague.

With Lin Yi's generous offer and forceful coercion, they arrived smoothly.

Hundreds of feet from the island, Lin Yi could smell the fragrance of flowers on the sea breeze. Looking into the distance, the green trees and red flowers truly made it a paradise on earth.

Lin Yi also breathed a sigh of relief. No matter how good his lightness skill or martial arts were, it was useless on this vast sea.

He stood up, threw down a large ingot of silver, and said to the boatman, "Alright, you can go back now. Come to Peach Blossom Island to pick me up at this time tomorrow, and I will reward you handsomely. If you dare not come, I will kill your whole family when I get back."

The boatman turned pale with fright and, speaking in the local dialect, repeatedly assured them.

Lin Yi leaped into the air and flew out of the boat. The boatman stared in disbelief; they were still over a hundred feet from the island!

Lin Yi moved like a swallow, leaping more than ten zhang (approximately 33 meters) into the air. After landing, he lightly touched the sea surface to gain momentum and then rose again... After several such leaps, he landed on the island.

When Lin Yi arrived on the island, he found himself surrounded by silence, with only the sound of the surging tides.

Huang Yaoshi had set up an array on Peach Blossom Island using the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams techniques, but it was unlikely to be effective against a master of Lin Yi's caliber.

He leaped onto the tree, not looking at the underground road, but recalling the map on the metal plate, and flew almost at a low altitude.

They quickly passed through the dense forest and saw courtyards and houses, with a few scattered figures, who were probably the island's mute servants.

"It seems we're lucky that Huang Yaoshi isn't here."

Lin Yi smiled. If he were to fight Huang Yaoshi, even if he won, it would be troublesome.

He didn't alert anyone and continued on his way.

But soon, Lin Yi encountered a problem... the map was wrong.

Huang Yaoshi has lived on Peach Blossom Island for decades, planting trees and building houses, which has completely changed the original layout of the island. In addition, the array he set up to make things mysterious is even more difficult to pinpoint.

The iron map obtained from the Dragon Slayer Sword doesn't match up in many places!
Lin Yi tried to combine the map with reality, but after half an hour, he still hadn't found anything.

"You old rascal Huang, you're a master at destroying the environment!"

Lin Yi frowned. "Since we're already here, we can't just come for nothing... We'll have to use the most rudimentary method."

Lin Yi recalled the map, circled a large area, and prepared for a thorough search.

The burial site was a mountain cave, and Huang Yaoshi couldn't just flatten the mountain and fill in the cave.

It's just a small island; at Lin Yi's speed, he could circle it several times a day.

After searching for another half hour, although there was still no result, Lin Yi's mindset remained unaffected.

Suddenly he passed a patch of white flowers, in which stood a piled-up stone tomb.

"Huang Rong's mother's grave?"

Lin Yi entered the flower bushes and walked towards the stone tomb. He had no connection with it and of course would not worship it; he was just curious and wanted to take a look.

He walked up to the stone tomb and saw that the tombstone was indeed the tomb of Feng Heng. Just as he finished reading the inscription, he heard the sound of flowing water from the side.

"It's getting late, let's catch some fish to eat first..."

Lin Yi casually broke off a few tree branches and followed the sound of water.

After walking several hundred steps and emerging from the dense forest, he came to a clear pool. He looked into the pool and was immediately startled... There was a young girl sitting in the pool.

The two looked at each other, both stunned.

The girl had snow-white skin, her glossy black hair was piled high, her face was delicate, her nose was high and straight, and her eyes were large and bright. She was elegant and beautiful.

The pool wasn't deep; the water just reached above the girl's collarbone as she sat in it. The clear pool was crystal clear.

She was slender and graceful.

A touch of pink.

There were no outsiders on Peach Blossom Island, and the few mute servants had a fixed range of activities.

So when the girl heard the noise in the woods, she thought it was some small animals, but she never expected that a man would come out!
So she froze for a moment, staring at Lin Yi for a full breath before letting out a soft "ah," quickly covering herself with her hands, bending down, and slightly turning her body to avoid him.

"who!"

Her voice was soft and clear, and even with a hint of annoyance, it gave people a gentle and obedient feeling.

Lin Yi turned around and said, "I have mistakenly entered this place and disturbed you, heroine. I am truly sorry."

As he spoke, images of her snow-white back, delicate shoulder blades, and slender waist kept flashing through his mind.

The girl was at a loss for what to do.

Lin Yi said, "I will retreat into the woods first, and then I will come back to apologize after the heroine has put on her clothes."

He stepped into the dense forest and had already guessed the girl's identity.

Huang Yaoshi's last disciple... Cheng Ying. "Isn't Cheng Ying supposed to be living in a thatched cottage in Jiaxing? How did she end up on Peach Blossom Island... This is quite a commotion!"

After waiting for a full quarter of an hour, a soft female voice came from the pool: "Come out now."

Lin Yi walked out of the dense forest and saw that Cheng Ying was already dressed and had let her hair down.

He wore a blue robe just like him, with a jade flute tucked into his waistband.

Her fair face was still damp, her cheeks were flushed, her eyebrows were slightly furrowed, she was beautiful and serene, shy and annoyed.

Lin Yi noticed that she was holding a few pebbles in her hand and thought to himself that Cheng Ying was indeed gentle.

If it were any other woman, after suffering this loss, she would definitely have used her finger-flicking magic to hit him, and would she have tried to reason with him properly?

Of course, his handsome appearance, which clearly indicated he wasn't a bad person, was also crucial.

Upon reaching within ten feet, Lin Yi formally bowed and said, "I have been impolite and have offended the fairy. I am truly sorry."

When Cheng Ying heard Lin Yi call her a fairy, her face flushed red all the way to her neck. She asked casually, "Who are you, and how did you come to Peach Blossom Island?"

Cheng Ying was very wary. Peach Blossom Island was isolated from the world, and few outsiders came.

"I am Lin Yi from the Huashan Sect. I came to Peach Blossom Island with some business... This place is very well-arranged, with yin and yang opening and closing, and heaven and earth reversed. I got lost and accidentally entered this place."

Seeing that he was polite and from a respectable family, Cheng Ying felt somewhat relieved.

She thought to herself, "So this person took the wrong path in the formation. Then the misunderstanding just now can't be blamed on him... Wait, everyone in the martial arts world knows that Peach Blossom Island is the territory of the Eastern Heretic, and Master has connections with the Huashan Sect?"

Cheng Ying asked, "What do you want?"

Lin Yi thought for a moment and realized that Cheng Ying was a virtuous woman with impeccable character. If she could help him, he would definitely be able to find the cave.

Cheng Ying's martial arts skills were weak, so he wasn't afraid of messing things up.

He smiled slightly: "This is a long story. Does the fairy know about the Heaven-Slaying Sword and the Dragon-Slaying Saber?"

"My surname is Cheng... I have heard of the Heaven-Slaying Sword and the Dragon-Slaying Saber; they are two divine weapons."

“Fairy Cheng is right. This Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber has a remarkable origin. Our Huashan Sect was fortunate enough to crack its secrets and obtain a map, which is how we found Peach Blossom Island.”

Cheng Ying felt a pang of embarrassment and glanced at Lin Yi, wondering if he was deliberately teasing her.

Cheng Ying pondered for a while, feeling that Lin Yi's words seemed like a lie, but she couldn't refute them, so she could only say, "Treasure map? Young master may be mistaken, there is no treasure on Peach Blossom Island."

Lin Yi said, "It's not a treasure, but several secret manuals. Fairy Cheng, let me explain in detail."

“Young master, you can just call me by my surname,” Cheng Ying couldn’t help but interrupt.

"Yes, Fairy Cheng."

Cheng Ying: "..."

She was now certain that the other party was deliberately teasing her, and she was immediately annoyed... but Lin Yi had already sat down on a large rock nearby, so she couldn't do anything about it and could only listen to what he had to say first.

Lin Yi said, "This Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber was forged by the former leader of the martial arts alliance. The Heaven Sword is a legacy of the Emei Sect. It later fell into the hands of the Mongols and was taken back by our sect."

"The Dragon-Slaying Saber changed hands several times before falling into the hands of Xie Xun, the Golden-Haired Lion King of the Ming Cult. After seizing the saber, Xie Xun fled overseas and only returned to the Central Plains in recent months. He was captured by Shaolin, and the Dragon-Slaying Saber was also obtained by our sect."

"Our sect has gathered its swords and blades to unravel the mystery. It turns out that the former leader of the alliance buried several secret manuals on the island to pass on to future generations."

"During the previous dynasty, Peach Blossom Island was uninhabited. The island's owner, Mr. Huang, occupied the island several decades ago."

Cheng Ying found his words reasonable and well-founded, and upon careful consideration, she could not find any flaws, so she began to believe him about 70%.

She also walked to a rock and sat down, looking up at Lin Yi: "This secret was obtained from the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, and is extremely precious. Why would you tell me this, young master?"

Lin Yi laughed and said, "I felt an immense sense of closeness to Fairy Cheng and couldn't help but tell her everything... Besides, Fairy Cheng is a celestial being from another world with refined tastes. How could she possibly value such worldly things?"

Cheng Ying blushed deeply and glared at him reproachfully: "Although we will not meet again in the future, it is fate that we met by chance today. Please be polite in your words, young master!"

Lin Yi, of course, understood the deeper meaning behind her words and thought to himself that this lady had a wonderful character.

Then I saw Cheng Ying's beautiful eyes, clear and bright, with a small dimple on her oval face, and her blushing face as beautiful as a rose. I was filled with admiration and fondness for her.

Cheng Ying continued, "Since you've come here to search for treasure, why not show me the map? It would be best if we could find the secret manual and leave the island as soon as possible. If you linger too long and my master, Huang Yaoshi, discovers you, I'm afraid it will be easier for you to enter the island than to leave!"

Lin Yi smiled, knowing what Cheng Ying was thinking... He came representing the Huashan Sect, so his martial arts must be quite good, but no matter how good his martial arts are, he would be no match for the Eastern Heretic.

Cheng Ying's words revealed her identity, and she used Huang Yaoshi's power to intimidate him.

But Huang Yaoshi isn't even on the island, so who are you trying to scare? And even if he were here, there's nothing to be afraid of!

"Alright, thank you for your help, Fairy Cheng!"

After saying that, Lin Yi used a twig to draw on the mud. Although it was a bit rough, he had a photographic memory and the details were exactly the same as the map on the iron plate.

Cheng Ying took a few steps closer to look, but kept her distance from Lin Yi.

“This is different from Peach Blossom Island…” Cheng Ying had just said it when she realized what she meant.

Seeing that Lin Yi had finished drawing the map, Cheng Ying was somewhat surprised: "You can remember such a complicated map?"

Lin Yi smiled and said, "I don't have any special skills, but I do have one ability: I can remember everything I've seen."

(End of this chapter)