Chapter 90: On Xuyun Mountain
Jiang Yu didn't notice Yuan Heng's red ears. Her mind was on Xuyun Mountain and the center of the formation in this illusion. After teasing Yuan Heng, she looked towards the top of the mountain and took a deep breath: "Let's go. The center of the formation should be on the top of the mountain."
Yuan Heng was trapped in his own emotions. He followed her for two steps in a daze before he reacted: "Why don't we fly the sword?"
"There is a barrier here, and I can't fly the sword." Jiang Yu pointed to the sky, "I think, since this place was created by the inner demon according to my memory, the rules in Xuyun Mountain should have been replicated as well."
Yuan Heng looked up at the sky in the direction of her finger, and after careful observation, he indeed saw the spiritual power in action.
The barrier here covers the entire Xuyun Mountain.
"Of course." Before he could come back to his senses, Jiang Yu smiled and added, "If you practice both spiritual and demonic arts, you can use your demonic energy to send us up."
However, the practice of dual cultivation of spirit and devil has only existed in the records of some ancient books. Most people often have to abandon their previous cultivation when practicing the second power. From ancient times to the present, no one has been able to truly practice dual cultivation of spirit and devil and allow the two opposing forces to coexist peacefully in the body and be used for their own benefit.
Jiang Yu just made a joke, but he didn't expect Yuan Heng to look at him with some confusion after he looked away: "Why can the devil energy work?"
Aren't flying on a sword and using magic energy to send yourself up essentially the same thing?
Jiang Yu shrugged and casually pushed aside the drooping willow branches: "I'm not sure either. Maybe there's more spiritual energy in this mountain? My mother said that this barrier is supported by the spiritual energy in the mountain."
As she led the way, she turned to him and gave him a sly smile: "If this mountain is filled with demonic energy, perhaps we can fly up on our swords."
But then the mountain would not be the same as it is now.
Yuan Heng opened his mouth and looked ahead at the road that seemed to have no end. Some questions arose in his mind, but he didn't know whether he should ask Jiang Yu.
On the one hand, he felt that this would offend the other party, but on the other hand, he felt that this was a good opportunity to learn about Jiang Yu's past.
This was an opportunity given to him by God, Yuan Heng thought. He entered Jiang Yu's illusion and came to the place where she grew up. Even though it was just an illusion, it was the place in her memory. He had the opportunity to understand the first twenty years of Jiang Yu.
This was a great opportunity. If he missed it, he wouldn't know how to understand her past again.
Yuan Heng hesitated for a moment, and when Jiang Yu was about to take him onto a simple bridge, he couldn't help but ask, "Why do you want to set up such a barrier on the mountain?"
Jiang Yu had one foot already on the wooden bridge, and was tilting his head to look at the fish in the clear river water. When he heard his question, he uttered "Huh?" and looked back at him with a hint of doubt in his eyes.
Yuan Heng opened his mouth, thinking whether to say it again, Jiang Yu had already reacted, stood up straight, and smiled as if he understood.
"This barrier not only prevents people from flying with swords," she replied. A few butterflies came from nowhere and flew around her a few times. Jiang Yu turned around following their movements.
She pointed at the butterflies flying around her and continued, "It also includes these. It's spring all year round here. The reason why we can ignore the change of seasons is because of this barrier above."
"Of course..." She smiled mysteriously, "The most important thing is that it protects Xuyun Mountain. With this barrier, people from outside can't come in easily."
"As for why there is a rule that prohibits flying with swords." Jiang Yu spread his hands, "It has always been like this since I can remember. I don't know who set it up or why."
Yuan Heng nodded thoughtfully and continued to walk up with Jiang Yu.
They hadn't walked far when a snow-white cat suddenly jumped out of the woods and bumped into Yuan Heng's legs. Yuan Heng had just lowered his head when Jiang Yu, who was walking slowly in front of him, heard the noise. He turned around and squatted in front of him. He reached out and picked up the cat that was a little dizzy from being hit, stroked its head, and whispered, "Stupid cat."
Jiang Yu stroked the cat while glancing at his calf and asked casually, "Are you okay?"
"fine."
Yuan Heng shook his head and looked at the cat in her arms with its belly exposed. If anything really happened, it would be this badly hit cat.
Jiang Yu said, "That's good," and walked to his left: "Let's go, we still have a long way to go."
She walked side by side with him, holding the white cat, keeping about the same pace, and occasionally telling him what flower this was and what tree that was.
She didn't walk very fast and didn't seem to be in a hurry to find the center of the formation. Yuan Heng even noticed that when she came to a fork in the road, she gave up the path that obviously led directly to the top of the mountain and chose a path that seemed to be more roundabout.
Facts proved that his guess was not wrong. Perhaps because he realized that it took a long time, Jiang Yu took the initiative to explain: "Although this way is more roundabout, it is safer."
She didn't say what was unsafe, and Yuan Heng didn't ask, but he could tell that she seemed to be in a good mood.
Jiang Yu smiled with his eyes curved, holding the cat in one hand and pointing at a tall tree with the other: "When I was nine years old, I was not very obedient. I often ignored my mother's warnings and secretly climbed trees, even calling it practicing Qinggong."
She didn't seem to need anyone's response. Before Yuan Heng could say anything, she pointed to another peach tree and said, "The peaches here are very good—" She shook the cat in her arms and looked at him again, "Do you want to try one?"
Without waiting for Yuan Heng to refuse, she raised her hand slightly, spiritual power emerged from her fingertips, and went straight to the two huge peaches on the peach tree.
The cat in her arms found the right opportunity to jump out of her arms, and ran to the two peaches that had rolled on the ground before her. It moved its nose slightly, sniffed, let out a "meow", looked around, and ran after the flying butterfly.
Jiang Yu didn't care that the cat ran away with the butterfly. He squatted down, picked up the two peaches on the ground, rubbed them on his body, turned around and threw one into Yuan Heng's arms.
Yuan Heng subconsciously reached out to catch it. While he was still looking at the peach in the illusion, Jiang Yu had already taken the first bite.
"What a shame." She immediately frowned and looked at the bitten peach in her hand with some disdain, "It turns out that the peaches in the illusion are tasteless."
She immediately said to Yuan Heng, "Don't eat it. Peaches without flavor are not delicious."
Yuan Heng hummed, and although he didn't eat it, he held it in his hand and didn't throw it away.
The two continued to walk forward side by side. Yuan Heng glanced at Jiang Yu, who was still telling him interesting stories from time to time, and a smile appeared in his eyes.
He looked at the half-eaten peach left in her hand and couldn't help but smile. Although she said that tasteless peaches were not delicious, she still ate the peach bite by bite.
(End of this chapter)
