Qin Mu Eats Peaches

Chapter 843 Qin Mu Eats Peach

"Sir, the Palace Master invites you, please follow us."

The girls were carrying lanterns that emitted a red light. They waved in front of Qin Mu and then sank slightly along with the girls' bodies.

The girls took a small step back, clenched their left fists on their waists, put the lanterns in their right hands on their left hands, lowered their bodies, and wished him a happy birthday.

Qin Mu returned the greeting, and saw the lanterns turn half a circle. The girls turned around, with their graceful figures, holding lanterns and leading the way.

The red candlelight from the lanterns illuminated the road ahead. The ground was clean, without a single dead leaf in sight.

Qin Mu followed them and looked around, trying to guess who the owner of this place was from the architectural style. However, the buildings here had no patterns or carvings, so he had no way of telling the age.

It was not difficult for him to tell the age of a building from its architectural style. Buildings from each era had different styles and were easy to distinguish.

Even in the same era, different races have very different architectural styles.

However, the palace in this peach forest has no carvings, but white walls, red bricks and green tiles. It is simple and plain, but it has a unique beauty, especially under the starlight and candlelight, it appears simple and unworldly.

"Just now the woman in the palace said that an old friend came. So, is the old friend she was referring to me or the Tiangong Tubo and others in my eyes? Or is it someone that Chihuang and others know?"

Qin Mu's consciousness fluctuated and spread to the Qin Continent, saying: "God, I don't know who the woman in the peach forest is. God, please help me check it out in the sky."

The God's clone shook his head and said, "I can't see what's going on in the palace. There's a strange barrier here. When I looked over, all I could see were peach blossoms flying around in all directions."

Qin Mu was surprised. The blind man once said that when he visited the palace in the peach forest, he could only see peach blossoms.

"God of Heaven, you just said that you saw me in a strange world. What does this world look like?"

The voice of the God of Heaven gradually faded: "The space of the universe is distorted, forming various folded spaces. If you take a step, you may cross thousands of miles, or walk from one world into another. I have never seen such a universe..."

His voice disappeared, as if blocked by something.

Qin Mu tried to sense the Qin Continent, but found that the Qin Continent seemed to have disappeared as well.

He wanted to sense Youdu, but then he found that he couldn't sense Youdu either!

He calmed down and thought, "Since he is an old friend, he should not have any bad intentions..."

Soon, he followed these women into the hall. The layout of the hall was very simple, without many decorations. There were only a few luminous pearls hanging around, shining brightly, making the place as warm as spring.

There is a screen blocking the front, and a woman can be vaguely seen behind the screen. She is sitting there, and seems to be playing the piano, but very slowly. She occasionally plucks a string. There is no melody, but it is long-lasting.

The woman behind the screen was facing him sideways. There was a luminous pearl behind her, casting her shadow on the screen.

The girls holding lanterns greeted the woman behind the screen, turned around and hung the lanterns outside the door. A girl brought a cushion and asked Qin Mu to sit down.

Qin Mu sat down, facing the woman behind the screen, blinking his eyes and the vertical eye between his eyebrows occasionally blinking, but he didn't say anything.

After a while, the strings of the zither were plucked and the sound of the zither was lingering.

"God is really troublesome. He brought you here for no reason."

The woman behind the screen had a very pleasant voice. She tilted her head slightly, and her hair flowed down her temples. A pearl could be vaguely seen hanging under her earlobe, swaying slightly.

"I haven't had any guests here for a long time. I shouldn't have seen you, but Mr. Qin has done me a favor. Since you have come, I have to see you."

The woman smiled and said, "It's rare to see an old friend. I'm the host and I'm sorry for not being able to entertain you. Please forgive me."

Qin Mu's eyes flashed as he tried to see through the screen, but he didn't know what treasure the screen was. Even his Nine Heavens Eye-Opening Technique couldn't see through it. Even his eye between his eyebrows couldn't see the face of the woman behind the screen.

"Sister, since we are old friends, why don't you come out and meet me?"

The two girls carried a small jade table and placed it in front of Qin Mu, brewed some fragrant tea, and then retreated. Qin Mu took a sip, and the fragrance lingered on his lips and teeth, which was better than the tea from heaven. He smiled and said, "The Yuanjie has reappeared. It was difficult for me to find here from the Yuanjie. Since we rarely see each other, why did my sister hide behind the screen?"

"I am no longer the same person I used to be."

The woman behind the screen sighed faintly and said, "My legs are broken and I can't get up. Please forgive me, Master Qin."

Qin Mu stood up, walked towards the screen, and said with a smile: "I am quite proficient in medicine and the art of creation. Any disease can be easily cured, even recreating a physical body for you is not a problem. Since it is inconvenient for you to get up, I will come to see you."

He came to the screen, walked around it, and was suddenly startled to see that there was still a screen in front of him.

Qin Mu circled around again, and there was still a screen in front of him. No matter which angle he circled around, he was facing the front of the screen. The woman's silhouette was still projected on the screen, as if he had never moved.

Qin Mu turned around, looked at the door of the hall, and moved to the side. However, no matter how he moved, he was always facing the door of the hall.

This woman's magical power should be some kind of spatial magical power, which is extremely mysterious.

"Mr. Qin, please take a seat."

The woman behind the screen plucked the strings of the zither and said with a smile, "Now I am ugly and incomplete, so as not to scare you. As for my injuries, I am afraid that Master Qin does not have the ability to heal them. My injuries were caused by magical powers, and the remaining magical powers are still hidden in the wounds, constantly destroying my body and soul. You have no means to erase this magical power yet."

Qin Mu had no choice but to return, still sitting on the futon, and said, "Sister..."

The woman chuckled and said, "How many sisters does Young Master Qin have?"

Two more girls came over with fruit plates and placed them on the jade table in front of Qin Mu. In the plates were some cleanly washed peaches, the fragrance was refreshing and made people's appetites grow.

Qin Mu blushed slightly and smiled, "I haven't counted either. Sister, have we met before?"

"Of course I have."

The woman said: "Later I found out..."

Suddenly, there was a faint sound of a zither outside. The woman's expression changed slightly and she said, "I have a guest. Yan'er, please ask Master Qin to rest at the back of the hall and move the jade table over there as well."

She apologized, "Please go to the back to have some tea and some fruit."

Qin Mu had no choice but to stand up, and the girl named Yan'er and other women carried the jade table away.

The sound of the piano coming from outside gradually approached, and the woman behind the screen also plucked the strings, which was very ethereal.

Qin Mu was sitting in the back hall, listening to the sound of the piano. The woman behind the screen only played the piano occasionally, but the sound coming from outside was a complete song.

The piano sounds seemed to collide in the air, making the space unstable. The space was like a beating string, or the rhythm of notes.

Qin Mu's heart moved slightly, and he knew who the person was: "Red Emperor Qi Xiayu! Why is she here?"

As he was thinking, the sound of the zither had already arrived in front of the hall. Then the sound of the zither stopped abruptly. He could only hear footsteps and Qi Xiayu's voice, saying, "Disciple greets Master! How has Master been these years?"

"Not bad." said the woman behind the screen.

Qin Mu was shocked: "Qi Xiayu is the disciple of the woman behind the screen? Wait, wait, Qi Xiayu is a powerful emperor, the Southern Sky Red Emperor of the Heavenly Court, and the leader of the Phoenix Clan under the command of the Earth Mother Yuanjun! This woman is actually her master, so who is she?"

What frightened him even more was Qi Xiayu's experience. Qi Xiayu first served as a vassal under the Earth Mother Yuanjun, and then served as a general under the Northern Emperor's Heavenly Court. Later, during the Emperor's era, she was defeated and captured, and she defected to the Heavenly Court outside the domain.

After taking refuge in the outer heaven, Qi Xia Yu fell in love with Li Youran, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Kaihuang, who later became Indra, the Buddha.

This relationship is extremely complicated, and Qi Xiayu's character has been criticized because of it.

However, what if all these experiences of hers were arranged in advance?

What if Qi Xia Yu's every move was secretly controlled by the woman behind the screen?

"Has Master's injury flared up again?" Qi Xia Yu's voice came.

The woman behind the screen said, "Since you left, it has erupted once or twice every few hundred years. I have lost count of how many times it has erupted so far. I guess I have gotten used to it."

"If Master can find Daozu, Great Brahma Buddha and others, maybe they can heal his injuries."

"It's useless. Daozu came to see me and said that he couldn't do anything."

Qin Mu listened attentively. The girl named Yan'er held up the teacup and motioned for him to drink tea. Qin Mu hurriedly took the cup, took a sip, put it down and continued listening.

The girl sat on the ground, leaning against him, and peeled another peach and put it to his mouth. Qin Mu wanted to take it, but Yan'er shook her hand. Qin Mu had to take a bite, swallowed it whole, and whispered, "Sister Yan'er, I can do it myself."

The girl named Yan'er chuckled and said, "You really call everyone sister."

The other girls also burst out laughing.

Qi Xia Yu seemed to have noticed something and became alert, saying, "Master hid a man in the hall? I heard a man's voice!"

The woman behind the screen smiled and said, "An old friend of mine came to see me, and you are suspicious again. You are too suspicious, so your life is not happy."

Qi Xia Yu stood up and walked over, saying with a smile: "Since you are an old friend of Master, then I would like to pay my respects to you, Senior."

She quickly came to the back of the hall and said with a smile: "Senior, why do you have to hide? I, Qi Xiayu, am here to pay a visit... Why is it you?"

She widened her eyes and saw a sunny boy sitting on a futon in the back hall. Several girls were snuggling around him, trying to feed him peaches.

Qin Mu was biting a peach, his mouth full of juice. He looked at her awkwardly and said with a smile, "Chidi, there's no need to be so polite."

Qi Xia Yu was furious, and walked over, gritting his teeth and said, "You are a lovelorn man, you actually came to my teacher to flirt with me. I will send you off today!"

At this time, the woman behind the screen in the front hall coughed and said, "Xia Yu, he is my honored guest, you must not be rude!"