Chapter 846

In front of Peacock was a quaint, tranquil little courtyard with a pond of lotus flowers, a few ducks and a bed of peonies on the bank!

"This..." Peacock's heart thumped wildly at the sight. Just as she was about to take a step forward, something even more shocking happened. She suddenly realized that she was no longer the young woman from before, but a little girl with small arms and legs. When she reached the pond, was the reflection of a little girl?

"Have I returned to the past?"

However, before Peacock could think of this, an even more terrifying thought suddenly intruded. "This... Could it be that bloody afternoon?"

Peacock's childish little face immediately turned pale. If her memory served her right, in another two hours, her gentle and polite father would return from outside reeking of alcohol. This time, he would no longer call Peacock by her pet name and play with her as usual. Her father, who had a rough career ahead of him, would arrive at the Silver Hook Casino five miles away and sell this ancestral house, Peacock's mother, and even Peacock to someone else.

Peacock watched as her mother who loved her dearly fell into the pond in front of her. After her father sobered up, he was even more remorseful and slammed his head against a pillar to commit suicide. A perfect family was destroyed in an instant. Peacock cried and screamed as she was taken away by the casino's thugs. She was caught halfway when she tried to escape and was almost beaten to death. However, she met Abbess Jingfan and was brought to Lingering Fragrance Peak.

These were the secrets hidden deep in Peacock's heart. Apart from Abbess Jingfan, His Eminence, and a few other people, even Chen Chen, did not know. The trauma of her childhood had long been buried deep in Peacock's heart and she never wanted to think of it again.

However, it was here, inadvertently and inevitably, it appeared in front of Peacock's eyes!

"Swoosh!" Peacock's face was covered in sweat. Reliving the tragedy of her childhood made her feel like she had a sudden epiphany. Then, another absurd thought rose in her mind. "I... Can I stop this tragedy from happening?"

With this in mind, Peacock immediately moved her little legs and ran toward the greenhouse. In her memory, her mother was brewing her favorite nail polish in the greenhouse.

As expected, when Peacock pushed open the greenhouse door and saw the face of her mother that she had not seen for many years, she immediately burst into tears and threw herself at her mother.

Peacock's mother was even more surprised. She carefully hugged Peacock and tried her best to comfort her. After a long while, Peacock stopped crying and pulled her mother to look for her father. However, Peacock's mother did not know where her husband was. If it was any other day, she would have made excuses and stayed at home with her child to play. But this time, no matter what she did, she could not stop Peacock. Under Peacock's lead, they walked for a full five miles and finally arrived at the Silverhook Casino. They found her father who was about to be dragged into the casino by a group of people after he had drunk some wine.

The rest of the story was even more natural. Everything was changed by Peacock. Peacock's father became a high-ranking official, and the whole family became more prosperous. Peacock herself became a famous figure, and finally married a famous scholar, and gave birth to a son and daughter!

Peacock, the most promising candidate for the Lingering Fragrance Peak's Mo Xuan Gong, once she entered the Refining Heart Cave, she immediately fell into an illusion. Her mind was lost and while she was enjoying the world, she had forgotten everything. She only knew how to be a good wife to her husband and children.

At the entrance of Lai Cui Valley, Zhang Xiaohua was bold and did not speak much with Mei Suying. She held the Great Wisdom Sword and entered the Haunted Valley.

Outside of the Ghost Valley, there was not much feeling. The entrance of the valley was cold and cheerless, without any greenery. After entering the Ghost Valley, a chilly aura hit their faces, causing them to shiver a few times.

Zhang Xiaohua stopped and looked up. Wasn't it just as Zhang Pinger said?

The scenery inside the Haunted Valley was completely different from the beautiful scenery outside.

The ground and rocks in the Haunted Valley were dark brown. The trees that grew on the ground were also very short. Most of them were about the height of a person. The branches and leaves on the trees were greyish brown, as if there was a layer of dust. The grass on the ground was replaced by mushrooms. The dark brown crown and greyish white stem looked very eerie.

Occasionally, one could see herbs growing between the mushrooms. The herbs were green with a tinge of black, and the fruits on the top of the herbs were either gray, black, or dark red. One look and one could tell that they were not materials used for alchemy.

In addition to these, the most eye-catching thing was the greyish black clouds floating in the Haunted Valley. These clouds were different from the ones Zhang Xiaohua saw at the top of Shixin Peak. The clouds there were bundles and piles. Here, the greyish black clouds were wisps and streaks.

However, most of these clouds gathered on the ground and wrapped around the herbs and trees.

Zhang Xiaohua had already been warned by Zhang Pinger. She only took a breath. When she smelled a rotten stench in the Haunted Valley, she immediately stopped breathing and silently operated the Worry-Free Heart Sutra to operate the Genuine Qi in her body.

Zhang Xiaohua observed the scene in the Haunted Valley. She walked along the path of the Haunted Valley. Because the herbs and mushrooms here were different from those outside the Haunted Valley, Zhang Xiaohua was also curious and picked some as she walked.

After walking for a while, she saw more trees and more Haunted Fog. Zhang Xiaohua released her Divine Sense. The Haunted Fog was a strange thing. In her Divine Sense, she could faintly feel the fluctuation of the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth. But if she carefully identified it, it was very different from the Haunted Fog that Zhang Xiaohua had refined before. If she forced herself to compare, it was somewhat similar to the Haunted Fog in the cave that Zhang Xiaohua had mistakenly entered on the way to the Incense Cult.

Of course, it was only similar. Just based on Zhang Xiaohua's senses, she knew that it was very different.

After seeing more Haunted Fog, Zhang Xiaohua unconsciously became more careful. Her footsteps slowed down and she became more careful when picking herbs and wild mushrooms. After walking for a while, she saw that she had arrived at a gentle slope. The Haunted Fog below the slope was even more dense. At a glance, she could not see through it. Zhang Xiaohua also unconsciously stopped. Along the way, she also picked some wild mushrooms. Of course, there were also the Ghost Faced Mushrooms that Zhang Pinger had told her about outside the Haunted Valley.

Unfortunately, even Zhang Xiaohua herself knew that the Ghost Faced Mushrooms that she had picked before were only ten years old or even a few years old. It was not even close to the thousand-year-old Ghost Faced Mushrooms that Mei Sujin had requested!

If she wanted to complete Mei Sujin's task, Zhang Xiaohua had no choice but to walk to this gentle slope. She walked to a place where the Haunted Fog was denser.

However, Zhang Xiaohua stood quietly on the gentle slope and did not move. After a long while, Zhang Xiaohua suddenly turned around and sneered at a short tree. "This masked brother, you … Shouldn't you have come out earlier?"

"Hahaha." After hearing Zhang Xiaohua's words, a white figure walked out from the tree.

Zhang Xiaohua's expression did not change. She smiled and said, "This brother seems to be very confident in your Qing Gong. You are actually wearing a white robe while following behind me. Don't tell me you don't know that everything in Li Cui Valley is grey?"

The figure walked to the front and stood in the distance. He was about the same height as Zhang Xiaohua. The eyes that were exposed outside the mask were slightly squinted. His white robe was particularly eye-catching in this grey-black forest.

The person laughed and said, "I didn't expect this little brother to be so vigilant. I was already very careful, but I was still discovered by you."

Zhang Xiaohua sneered, "Brother, why are you following me?

Are you waiting for me to drop some copper coins? "

The person looked at Zhang Xiaohua with amusement. "Little brother, in this windy Haunted Valley, in this cold Haunted Fog, what do you think I can do by following you?

If little brother has some copper coins to drop, that would be the best. Next year on this day, I will also make some paper money and burn it for you. What do you think? "

"Are you that confident?

Senior Yue Zhuoqun? "Zhang Xiaohua licked her lips and looked at the person's mask with interest.

"Hmph, I knew it. What's the use of wearing a mask?"

Yue Zhuoqun took off the mask and stuffed it into his chest. He then said, "Ren Xiaoyao, your eyes are quite sharp. You can actually … tell that it's me?

You … Why don't you think it's Yan Jianhan?

I remember that Yan Jianhan dragged you over yesterday and gave you a good beating. Hehe, don't tell me that the two of you have already buried the hatchet! "

Yue Zhuoqun looked at Zhang Xiaohua and said frivolously, "Zhang Pinger is a beautiful woman. Do you think Yan Jianhan will give her to you so easily?"

"That's not something Senior Brother Yue should worry about."

Zhang Xiaohua sneered and said, "Whether Senior Sister Zhang is a beautiful woman or not is not something Senior Yue can find out in the future."

"Aiyoyo, Junior Brother Ren, you are so arrogant. You really scared me."

Yue Zhuoqun patted his chest and shouted exaggeratedly, "Luckily, the wind in Ghost Valley is not strong. Otherwise, Junior Brother Ren's tongue would have been blown off."

"Let the wind blow harder!" Zhang Xiaohua shouted to the sky, "Blow off my tongue!"

"Hahaha!" Yue Zhuoqun laughed and said, "Junior Brother Ren, don't waste your time. No one has come to Ghost Valley for so many years. Even if you shout until your throat breaks, no one will hear you."

"Is that so?"

Zhang Xiaohua heard and smiled mysteriously, "This is a good place to silence people. No wonder Senior Brother Yue wants to come. Could it be that you have the same idea as me?"

"Junior Brother Ren, you are indeed a bold and skillful person."

Yue Zhuoqun also smiled and gave him a thumbs up. "Or should I say, the ignorant are fearless. To be praised by this Senior Brother, even if you die here, you can rest assured!"

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