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

Huaguoshan.

Zixia Fairy led a donkey with a bell around its neck that jingled as it walked. The forest was dense, and the path was narrow.

There is a cave ahead.

The cave dwelling seems to have been abandoned for a long time.

There is a person in front of the cave.

A young man squatted there, looking up at the sky, his hair disheveled, with a copper plate hanging around his neck.

Zixia Fairy stopped and involuntarily looked up at the sky.

The donkey also looked up at the sky.

The two people and the donkey were all looking at the sky in strange postures.

Zixia Fairy was standing and looking up at the sky, the young man was squatting on the ground with his hands supporting him and looking up at the sky, and the donkey was tilting its head and looking at the sky.

Finally, Fairy Zixia couldn't hold back any longer, shook her neck, and looked at the young man.

"immortal?"

The young man finally looked at Fairy Zixia, slowly shook his head, his neck a little stiff.

"monster?"

The young man shook his head again.

Zixia Fairy's two questions came up very strangely; she herself didn't know why she would ask a young man such questions. But this young man seemed like a fool.

"Turns out he's an idiot!"

Zixia Fairy thought for a moment, and decided that the fool was not bad-looking. So she picked up her Purple and Green Sword and handed it to the young man.

The young man looked at her as if she were a fool.

"Here you go, pull it out!"

"That's what Fairy Zixia said."

"I don't kill people, and I certainly won't kill women. Although I'm a bandit, I'm a bandit with principles, so kill me!"

Fairy Zixia laughed loudly: "So he really is a fool."

The young man laughed loudly, "So he really is a fool."

Zixia Fairy's face turned cold as she waited for the young man to speak, "Don't mimic my speech, or I'll kill you with my sword."

The young man said, "If you give me a sword, I won't kill you. If you don't give me a sword but want to kill me, do you want me to kill you, or do you really want to kill me? Or do you want to kill me by deliberately giving me a sword so that when I use the sword to kill you, you can take the opportunity to kill me and then say that I wanted to kill you, but you had no choice but to kill me?"

Young people have great lung capacity; they can talk in one breath without even panting.

Zixia Fairy sighed, walked over, and reached out to pat the young man's head, saying, "Poor thing, poor thing, he really is a fool."

He then asked, "Is this cave yours?"

She immediately realized she had asked a redundant question. Looking down, a box caught her eye. She picked it up and looked at it; it had four words on it—"Moonlight Treasure Box."

"I found this, so it's mine. And this cave, I saw it first, so it's mine too," said Fairy Zixia. "Do you agree?"

The young man looked at the Moonlight Box in her hand, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopping himself.

"Why would I ask an idiot? I found this place first, so it should rightfully be my cave dwelling. First come, first served." As he spoke, he looked at a line of words above the cave dwelling.

"Spider Cave?"

The young man immediately said, "This is the Water Curtain Cave."

Fairy Zixia laughed loudly: "So you can't even read after all."

The young man was stunned. When he looked up, he saw three large characters written on it—"Spider Cave." He was so shocked that he fell to the ground with a thud, his face turning deathly pale.

"From now on, I'll be called the Spider Fairy."

Zixia Fairy entered the cave. To her surprise, the cave was very well arranged, with a front hall, a back hall, rooms, and a back courtyard. It was very large and spacious. Compared to the caves of the monsters she had killed, this cave was exceptionally clean and large.

These days of traveling the world, Fairy Zixia was really tired. She lay on the stone bed in her cave and sealed the entrance, not afraid that the fool outside would come in.

Even if they come in, there's nothing to be afraid of. What can a young man with a problem in his head do if he doesn't even dare to pick up a sword?

Fairy Zixia fell asleep very quickly.

Then she dreamed of the days she spent cultivating herself on Mount Ling.

She and her sister, Fairy Qingxia, intertwined to form a lamp wick while listening to Buddha preach. They eventually attained enlightenment and took human form. Then, Buddha inadvertently revealed a piece of information: if one day a man could pull out Zixia's Purple-Green Sword, that man would be Fairy Zixia's destined lover.

So, when the Buddha's twelve-petaled golden lotus was stolen by a mosquito and the Buddha was furious, Fairy Zixia slipped out while he wasn't looking.

However, Qingxia wanted to continue her cultivation, so she was very annoyed by Zixia Fairy's sneaking out.

During the day, Zixia tirelessly fled Mount Ling, while at night, after Qingxia Fairy took over the body, she desperately wanted to return to Mount Ling. Thus, one fled, and the other returned.

Ultimately, both of them were exhausted, so Qingxia felt that as long as she killed Zixia, she could return to Mount Ling without any obstacles.

This is a never-ending chase.

It's like the day chasing the night.

She opened her eyes and suddenly a face was right in front of her. Without saying a word, Fairy Zixia drew her sword and slashed at the man's neck.

At that moment, a beam of light shone in from the entrance of the cave.

The sword then stopped at the young man's neck.

The young man, covered in cold sweat, carefully moved the sword away, pinching the tip between two fingers, and said with a smile, "Fairy, what's your name?"

"The Spider Fairy, also known as the Purple Cloud Fairy."

"Which name should I use to make the fairy happier?"

"Call me Zixia!"

Zixia Fairy added, "From now on, when we go out and fight with people, you can call me the Spider Fairy."

Differences among young people: "Why?"

Fairy Zixia: "Because it has more imposing presence."

The young man nodded and said sincerely, "Fairy Zixia, I also have a name. I am called Supreme Treasure."

Fairy Zixia nodded and said, "Supreme? Treasure?"

Enraged, he drew his sword and pressed it against the young man's neck: "You took advantage of me?"

The young man said with a pained expression, "My real name is Supreme Treasure, but I didn't choose that name myself."

Fairy Zixia nodded: "It's not your fault, it's your parents' fault. When I see them again, I'll slit their throats with my sword. They even try to take advantage of others when naming their children. They're not good people."

The young man said, "I didn't originally have a name. My strategist gave me one after I became the bandit leader. I was originally a mountain bandit from five hundred years ago. In order to save my wife, Bai Jingjing, I opened the Moonlight Box, hoping to return to the moment before the danger occurred. But... the moonlight was too bright that day, so I went back five hundred years..."

Zixia Fairy: "Supreme Treasure, now that you mention it, you're quite clever as a strategist. Supreme means the boss, and Treasure means you're expected to lead them to rob more money."

Young man: "Yes, that's right. So... Fairy Zixia, could I borrow your Moonlight Box for a moment?"

Fairy Zixia: "You want to steal my Moonlight Box?"

The young man nodded: "It's not stealing, it's borrowing."

Fairy Zixia shook her head: "I can't lend it to you, you're not the one I'm looking for. If you were the one I'm looking for, I would take anything you want, let alone the Moonlight Box... I would borrow it for you."

The young man was immediately invigorated.

"May I ask who your beloved is, fairy?"

Fairy Zixia placed the Purple and Green Sword on the stone table.

"Whoever can pull out my Purple and Green Sword will be my destined one. Would you like to give it a try?" As she spoke, Fairy Zixia looked at the young man with anticipation.

The young man asked hesitantly, "It's...that simple?"

Fairy Zixia: "It's that simple."

The young man grabbed the Purple and Green Sword in one swift motion, then placed one hand on the hilt. Looking at Fairy Zixia, he asked again, still uneasy, "Fairy Zixia, do you intend to keep your word?"

Fairy Zixia: "You keep your word."

The young man was about to exert himself when he stopped. Based on his experience as a bandit, he knew something was definitely wrong.

"Fairy, don't let me pull out the sword, only to find it's empty inside and a puff of smoke comes out, causing me to faint, right?"

Fairy Zixia: ...

No, this young man's imagination is running wild. Is it because he's lacking common sense?

"Take it or leave it. Let me tell you, if you can't become my sweetheart, I can't lend you the Moonlight Box, understand? If you're not going to pull it out, then get lost!"

Zixia Fairy wanted to kick the young man away.

"Wait, I'll pull it out!"

The young man quickly said.

He grabbed the Purple and Green Sword, his hand quickly resting on the hilt, afraid that if he was even a fraction too slow, this inexplicable woman would kick him out of the cave.

"choke--"

The Purple-Green Sword was drawn from its sheath, and its light, along with the sunlight streaming into the cave, shone onto Fairy Zixia's astonished face.

The young man pulled it out.

Is he the one I've been looking for?

Fairy Zixia: ...