Water Reflects Peach Blossoms

Early the next morning, the monster-hunting team gathered and headed to the Great Wilderness.

Zhu Yan said that the Yaoshui they were looking for this time was in Huaijiang Valley, which was the birthplace of Li Lun.

There are many dangers ahead, and you may never come back.

Before leaving, Yingzhao met Nanzhi alone.

The old mountain god who held up the entire Kunlun Mountain thanked Nanzhi: "Miss Shen, since you are good friends with Yinglei and Zhao Yuanzhou, I will call you Nanzhi."

"I want to thank you. I originally planned to use my divine power to suppress Zhao Yuanzhou's anger when he lost control. Although I was reluctant to leave Yinglei, this was the only way I could save Zhao Yuanzhou."

"It was you who rushed ahead and saved me. It was you who saved Zhao Yuanzhou, and it was you who prevented Ying Lei from losing me, your grandfather."

"But I have one more thing I want to ask of you."

Nanzhi said gently, "You're welcome. Feel free to tell me what you want to say."

Ying Zhao sighed. His old face was weathered but firm. He sighed, "It's Li Lun."

"There's a reason why Li Lun is the way he is now, and I saw yesterday how special he is to you."

"I've only met one person like him who could listen to him, and that's Zhao Yuanzhou, who grew up with him."

"If possible, I would like to ask you to pull him back. The path he's taken is too dark and too far-fetched. If possible, there's still a chance to turn back."

……

When leaving the mountain temple, Ying Zhao looked at Zhao Yuanzhou worriedly and asked Ying Lei to be careful.

He looked at her, full of worry and reluctance.

Zhu Yan stopped after leaving the mountain temple and heading towards the Kunlun Gate.

He turned around, walked up to Yingzhao, and handed him a bag of pecans.

He didn't dare look at Yingzhao and only said, "I picked this when I was in Sinan Water Town."

He originally wanted to give it to Yingzhao on the first day he arrived at the mountain temple, but he was afraid that if he died, it would only add to Yingzhao's sadness. But now that he is not dead, he wants to give him this bag of walnuts.

Ying Zhao took it, and moisture appeared in the corners of his wrinkled eyes.

He sighed, like a mortal grandfather instructing his grandson on a long journey: "Come back soon."

Zhu Yan forced a smile at Ying Zhao and followed the crowd as they left.

Gate of Kunlun.

Passing through the mural in front of you is the wilderness.

Ying Lei was responsible for meeting people outside the door. He handed the Mountain and Sea Inch Realm to Pei Sijing. Zhu Yan used his demonic power to activate the Mountain and Sea Inch Realm. The golden light enveloped everyone and took them through the Kunlun Gate to Huaijiang Valley.

A mist enveloped him and Nanzhi closed his eyes.

Suddenly, she smelled the fragrance of locust flowers.

When she opened her eyes, she saw the cave full of white locust flowers.

Clusters of pure white locust flowers bloom in the cave.

There was no one beside Nanzhi. Zhu Yan, Zhuo Yichen, Wen Xiao, Pei Sijing and Bai Jiu were all gone.

She followed the only road before her, and before she had gone far, the view in front of her suddenly opened up.

The empty cave in front of him was full of locust flowers. White flowers and green leaves were the only decorations. White petals fell to the ground. Nanzhi saw Li Lun, holding a double-sided drum and wearing black clothes shining with starlight, standing in the center of the stone platform in the cave in the rain of falling flowers.

"Welcome to Huaijiang Valley." Li Lun smiled, and his beautiful eyes looked at Nanzhi quietly.

"Is this... Huaijiang Valley?" Nanzhi walked forward.

She reached out and took a white locust flower petal: "Did you plant these flowers?"

Li Lun did not deny it. He asked Nanzhi, "How is your health?"

Nanzhi didn't answer him.

Li Lun stepped forward, his tall figure completely enveloping her. "Are you angry because of Zhao Yuanzhou, or for your own health?"

"It's for everyone at the Monster Hunting Division." Nanzhi raised her head and retorted, "If it weren't for you, things wouldn't have turned out the way they are now."

"I'd rather you blame me for your own health than for others." Li Lun's eyes flashed with hurt, and his voice became deeper. "You've never known the beginning or end of what I've done, so why do you always say hurtful things to me for their sake?"

Nanzhi was stunned for a moment.

Li Lun touched her cheek and asked, "Shen Nanzhi, in your heart, are those people more important than yourself?"

She is always like this, putting others before herself.

I can never see him either.

The skin on his fingertips felt warm, and Li Lun suppressed the sour feeling that was surging in his heart. He withdrew his hand, turned around and walked out of the cave!

He couldn't suppress the jealousy in his heart!

Nanzhi wanted to grab his sleeve, but she grabbed his hair that was so long that it dragged on the ground. The hair in her hand was cold, and Li Lun stopped.

He didn't look back, but the unwilling jealous look on his face had already subsided.

Nanzhi said, "If you are willing to tell me, I want to hear it."

Although the wound on her hand was treated with the medicine given by Bai Jiu, it had not recovered in such a short time. Her hand, wrapped in gauze, was now holding Li Lun's hair, and the wound was slightly painful.

Li Lun turned around and his eyes fell on Nanzhi's gauze-wrapped hand.

"Let go." He whispered, "Doesn't the wound on your hand hurt?"

Nanzhi let go, and the smooth hair fell back down.

Li Lun looked at the two huge stone statues in the cave.

Nanzhi followed his gaze and saw a huge stone statue with a carving of a Dharma image. She was curious: "What is this...?"

"The one on the left is me, and the one on the right is Zhu Yan." Li Lun's voice trembled slightly as he recalled the past.

He said, "Zhu Yan and I have known each other since the day we transformed. I have cultivated together with him and walked through the long 34,000 years together. We are the demons in the Great Wilderness who understand each other best, and we are also the most powerful demons in the Great Wilderness."

"Why did you go your separate ways later?" Nanzhi asked.

"He betrayed me." Li Lun sneered, "For humanity."

"Zhu Yan has become a different Zhu Yan than the one I knew. He is a coward. As a great demon, he is summoned and dismissed by humans at will. He stands on the side of the Bai Ze Goddess and has no consideration for his own people."

Nanzhi was puzzled: "The White Ze Goddess rules over the Great Wilderness, why do you hate her so much?"

"Of course it's because she acted unfairly and incompetently."

Noticing that Nanzhi was weak, Li Lun pulled her to sit on the stone platform. He stood behind her and placed his hands in front of her.

Nanzhi felt an uncomfortable stinging in her eyes and couldn't help but close her eyes.

But the moment she closed her eyes, she saw a scene, as if she was there herself. She saw Zhu Yan and Li Lun in the form of great demons, wearing only outer robes, revealing their muscular chest muscles.

The two of them stood opposite each other in front of the dilapidated stone tablet, their hands on it.

Bright red demon blood slid down the lines on the stone tablet, trees inspired by divine power grew out of the ground, and the surrounding rubble was pieced together to form the shape of a building.

She looked at the shocking scene in front of her: "This is..."

"This is Baidi Tower." Li Lun's voice appeared in her ears.

"Hundreds of years ago, the White Emperor Tower was destroyed by the Nine-legged Golden Crow. Zhu Yan and I swore an oath with demon blood to protect the Great Wasteland. We used demonic power to rebuild the White Emperor Tower and protect the Great Wasteland from the loss of the goddess."