A Tale of Encounters with Immortals: A Peach Blossom Temple in the Martial World

The three of them sat blankly in the backyard.

In the middle, on a bamboo mat, sat a chubby, white-skinned boy. He was holding a large steamed bun, munching on it until it was covered in saliva, but the chubby boy seemed to be enjoying himself immensely.

All three of them had blank stares.

"Daddy, hug me!"

The chubby little boy opened his arms towards Zhang Zhengdao.

Zhang Zhengdao looked around in confusion; he was the only man there.

It should be referring to oneself.

The little chubby boy was quite heavy to hold. He was so plump, his hands were like lotus roots.

"Shu Baimei..."

Zhang Zhengdao tentatively called out.

The chubby girl blinked, paused for a moment, then buried her head in Zhang Zhengdao's arms, snuggled up to him, and giggled happily.

"A female ghost—"

Hu Yunying gritted her teeth and shouted, but when the little fat girl didn't react, she couldn't help but sneer.

"Stop pretending, you can't fake it. Don't think that just because you've become like this, you can change anything..."

"mother--"

The chubby girl suddenly turned around and opened her chubby, lotus-root-like hands to Guo Lanying, who was all smiles and eager to try. She even kicked her little feet.

It's so cheerful!

Guo Lanying glanced at Hu Yunying furtively and said timidly, "Master...she...she called me..."

As he spoke, he quickly took the chubby little girl, leaned close to her cheek, and gave her a big kiss.

So cute!

She ran as fast as she could towards the peach grove in the backyard, as if afraid that her master would scold her and make her return the chubby girl. She loved the chubby girl so much...

She still calls herself "mother"!

A mother's love overflows, like the Yellow River overflowing its banks, unstoppable once it begins.

"What should we do?!"

After Guo Lanying ran away quickly with the little chubby girl in her arms, Hu Yunying sat down on the ground with a thud, pounded the ground with her hands, and started wailing.

"What... you've become a father? Why is Guo Lanying the mother...?"

"Is she faking it? That little girl is Shu Baimei, isn't she? She knows everything, doesn't she?"

……

Zhang Zhengdao touched his head.

"Her mind is full of confusion, she probably... probably can't remember."

"I estimate... the chaotic energy turned all her memories into a chaotic mess, making her like a newborn... forgetting her past lives, and the first man she saw when she opened her eyes was her father, and the first woman was her mother..."

……

Can you explain that?

Hu Yunying stopped wailing and looked at Zhang Zhengdao with a puzzled expression.

"I wasn't the first woman she saw? Why did she call Guo Lanying 'mother'?"

Zhang Zhengdao could only patiently explain.

“The three of us were standing in a row. I was on the far end, Guo Lanying was next to me, and you were on the far end. The first thing she said was ‘Dad,’ which means she started looking from my side, saw me, then saw Guo Lanying, and finally saw you…”

Hu Yunying was dumbfounded. Had she stood in the wrong place?

I doubt even Guo Lanying could have imagined this.

I will become Shu Baimei's mother one day!

Zhang Zhengdao could only offer this explanation; he didn't understand it either. However, the chaotic energy did indeed fill Shu Baimei's mind, so forgetting her past life was very likely true.

"Oh dear... I'm so embarrassed."

At this moment, Guo Lanying carried the little chubby girl back, and the two of them ran back laughing all the way.

"She...always calls me 'Mom'..."

Her shyness wasn't feigned; after all, Guo Lanying was still an unmarried young woman.

He would occasionally steal glances at Zhang Zhengdao.

"Daddy, give me a hug!"

The chubby girl reached out her hands, wanting Zhang Zhengdao to hug her.

Zhang Zhengdao carefully took it, having never raised a child before, and didn't know how to hold it.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the chubby little girl took it, she buried her head in his chest and started nibbling at it with her little mouth, making it ticklish and covering it with saliva.

I gnawed at it for ages, but didn't get anything out of it.

"Wow--"

She pouted and burst into tears.

"Second Aunt...hug me!"

The chubby girl turned around, opened her chubby hands, and stretched them out towards Hu Yunying.

Hu Yunying is numb.

Hu Yunying was still somewhat unwilling to give up, and tentatively called out, "Shu Baimei? There are still ten taels of silver under your pillow, wrapped in a handkerchief and hidden inside the pillowcase... I'll take it and use it..."

"Second Aunt...hug me, Second Aunt..."

Hey fat little girl, no response!

"Can't you just give me a hug? You're practically a stepmother now!"

Zhang Zhengdao's reprimanding voice came from beside her. "Such a cute chubby little girl, why are you being so suspicious? What bad thoughts could a little baby have?"

Hu Yunying had no choice but to take it and hold it.

Zhang Zhengdao finally managed to get rid of his burdens, but taking care of the children proved to be a real challenge.

As soon as Hu Yunying took it, the chubby little girl buried her face in her chest and started nuzzling against her. Hu Yunying, who was almost thirty, blushed deeply and quickly tried to hand it to Guo Lanying.

The moment I had this thought, I felt a heat rise to my body.

Peed!

Guo Lanying quickly took it.

"what--"

Hu Yunying felt like she was going crazy, so she turned around and rushed into her room.

None of the three had experience taking care of children, but at least Zhang Zhengdao knew that a one- or two-year-old child could start eating solid food and had grown a few teeth.

In the evening, I asked Hu Yunying to make some light dishes, and she even made lean meat soup and steamed an egg flower.

The chubby little girl was unusually quiet after eating and drinking her fill.

She lay on the makeshift bed that had been prepared for her and fell fast asleep.

Hu Yunying felt extremely wronged, as she had become a stepmother before she was even married.

Luckily, Zhang Zhengdao is my father, otherwise I would have nowhere to reason with him.

That night, the chubby girl slept with Guo Lanying, already immersed in role-playing. This role as her mother excited her immensely.

In the evening, Zhang Zhengdao sat on the eaves of the Taoist temple.

A crescent moon hung in the sky.

You can see the pond clearly from the eaves.

Under the moonlight, the pond shimmered and sparkled like jade liquid, dazzling the eyes and looking incredibly beautiful.

Hu Yunying sat next to Zhang Zhengdao, took a sip of wine, and handed the wine gourd to Zhang Zhengdao.

"Has Shu Baimei really lost her memory?"

Zhang Zhengdao: "His mind is full of chaos, that should be it."

"Unfortunately... I still wanted to compete with her."

Zhang Zhengdao said, "Then don't even think about it. It's her good fortune that there is such an anomaly as Shu Baimei in this world. As for the lotus that is born from something like the Sacred Heart Lotus Seed, even I don't know in what direction it will develop."

"master……"

"Don't even think about it."

"Alright!" Hu Yunying had no choice but to shut up.

Zhang Zhengdao took a swig of wine, then jumped down, landing right in the peach grove.

Hu Yunying did not follow, but only glanced at it from afar before turning her gaze to the pond.

The incredible power made this woman feel lost and infatuated once again.

In the peach orchard.

The moonlight poured down, casting dappled shadows on the peach trees.

Zhang Zhengdao happened to be standing at the very spot where Shu Baimei dug up and buried corpses every day.

This woman even knew to get a coffin, put the body in the coffin, and it was clean, hygienic, and free of insects and odors.

"rise!"

Zhang Zhengdao softly read out the imperial edict.

Suddenly, the coffin emerged from the ground without anyone digging it out, and it didn't get dirty. After landing on the ground, the coffin opened automatically, revealing the female corpse inside, dressed in a red dress.

A pale face.

A red dress.

Even her hair was neatly combed.

It is evident how much Shu Baimei cherished her corpse in the past.

Zhang Zhengdao tapped the female corpse's forehead with one finger.

It was empty inside.

The corpse was perfectly preserved using spiritual energy.

Unfortunately, the corpse had wounds from vines piercing it, and there were also wounds from Shu Baimei cutting open her chest to search for her heart. The corpse's heart was riddled with holes and unusable. Zhang Zhengdao had also crushed it into ashes.

However, Zhang Zhengdao wants to return a heart to this corpse today.

A chaotic lotus seed appeared in his hand.

With a decree, the lotus seed, carrying a glimmer of light, disappeared into the corpse's chest, landing precisely on the heart.