Chapter 452: Princess, have you never seen the Milky Way? The Milky Way in My Hometown is Beautiful
Chapter 452: Princess, have you never seen the Milky Way? The Milky Way in My Hometown is Beautiful
Lu Zhan was already very powerful, so it was easy for him to deal with a few little monsters. This battle did not cause much noise at all and was resolved easily and neatly.
However, in order to avoid leaving any traces, Lu Zhan still patiently cleaned up the blood.
Tushan Shiyu's eyes twitched. Seeing Lu Zhan destroying the corpse and covering up all traces with great skill, he felt a chill down his spine. This guy looked like an old hand, and he probably destroyed corpses and covered up all traces often.
As a fellow demon, Tushan Shiyu was a little confused.
According to her observation, Lu Xiaofeng was quite craving for demons, as if she was addicted. If she got addicted to demons in the future, would she kill her to make scarves?
Tushan Shiyu's mind wandered, and before she could imagine the fox-killing drama, Lu Zhan had already cleared the area around her and put his arm around her waist:
"Yumei, let's go."
"..."
Tushan Shiyu glared at Lu Zhan, then resignedly snuggled into Lu Zhan's arms, walking with her waist twisted.
The two of them openly familiarized themselves with the terrain of Peacock Mountain under the pretext of "looking for the magical medicine garden" and "walking around".
There is no room for doubt about the monsters in Peacock Mountain. After all, they haven't been back to their hometown for a thousand years, and their hometown has undergone tremendous changes. It's understandable that they come back for a visit.
The demon cave is not like the human palace. Even though it is gorgeously decorated, there is no art in its design. The so-called Peacock Mountain is nothing but mountains connected to mountains and caves connected to caves, with no technology at all.
Lu Zhan was very patient and carefully explored the terrain and route of Peacock Mountain.
Tushan Shiyu was a little embarrassed at first. Although she had no intention of being romantic, she was also a normal woman. She was too close to Lu Zhan, and her body reacted instinctively. But as the scenery changed, Tushan Shiyu gradually calmed down.
She looked at the beautiful mountains covered with snow, felt the biting cold wind, and felt the warmth from the big hand on her waist. A few rays of light appeared in her deep eyes.
After years of wandering around the world, Tushan Shiyu has seen the most magnificent mountains and the most vast oceans in the world. The amazing things that seem unattainable to other people are nothing but ordinary things to her.
But at this moment she suddenly had a different feeling. Those magnificent mountains and oceans seemed far less than what she could see at this moment.
Tushan Shiyu leaned towards Lu Zhan's side. With the protection of her true Qi, she could not feel the cold, but suddenly she felt a little craving for warmth.
About an hour later, the two arrived at the spiritual medicine garden on Peacock Mountain.
The Spiritual Medicine Garden is located in a valley. Even in the cold winter, it is like spring all year round. The spiritual energy is lingering, like colorful clouds. From afar, it looks like a fairyland with radiant glow.
There were two sparrow spirits standing in front of the garden, guarding the garden. When they saw Lu Zhan and Tushan Shiyu coming over, the sparrow spirit on the left said vigilantly:
"Who are you? Why haven't I seen you before?"
Lu Zhan didn't say anything, he just raised his leg and kicked. The gatekeeper demon tried to fight back, but his strength was not enough. Lu Zhan kicked it directly into the mountain next to it, creating a deep hole that could not be dug out even if someone tried.
The other sparrow spirit held the scimitar with a surprised look in his eyes, as if he had not expected Lu Zhan to be so arrogant. He said hurriedly:
"May I ask if you two are Lord Shura?"
Lu Zhan narrowed his eyes: "You do have some good sense."
The sparrow spirit knelt down and worshiped, clapping its head several times, and said:
"Please spare my life, my junior Black Sparrow is the Peacock King's last disciple. I have offended you just now. Please calm down, seniors."
Lu Zhan asked suspiciously, "The Peacock King's last disciple is here as the gatekeeper?"
What's going on? Do we have to take turns on duty at Peacock Mountain?
Black Sparrow crawled on the ground, a little embarrassed and said:
"I made a mistake and was punished by my master to guard the medicine garden. My lord, please do not underestimate the guarding of the medicine garden. I have a heavy responsibility."
Lu Zhan became interested: "This is the heart of Peacock Mountain, it's extremely safe, is there still a need to guard it? Could it be that someone dares to break into the mountain and steal the medicine? Are they tired of living?"
Black Sparrow shook his head and whispered, "Your Excellency has misunderstood. We are not guarding outsiders, but our own people."
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Lu Zhan kept smiling, feeling that he was being hinted at.
Then Black Sparrow continued, "The demon race is different from the human race. We value freedom and don't like rules and frameworks. But if there are fewer rules, there will be more problems. If we don't send people to guard the medicine garden, I'm afraid it will be looted by our own people the next day. That would be terrible."
"..."
Lu Zhan smiled.
Black Sparrow chattered for a while, then belatedly asked, "Excuse me, what are you two doing here?"
Lu Zhan's smile became brighter. He bent down and patted Hei Que's shoulder, praising him:
"You are a smart person, and you will have a bright future. But this is not the place to talk, let's go into the herb garden and talk in detail."
Hei Que thought something big was happening, so he hurriedly stood up, opened the gate of the medicine garden, and respectfully invited Lu Zhan in.
After entering, Black Sparrow locked the medicine garden and asked:
"My lords, is there anything that Black Sparrow can do for you? Is there something serious happening in the mountains? Do you need Black Sparrow to take action? Please give me your orders!"
Lu Zhan smiled and said, "Is there any sack here?"
"Hmm?" Black Sparrow took out three or four sacks from his storage ring and said after realizing it, "What do you want the sacks for, sir?"
Lu Zhan said seriously: "Of course it is to reduce the burden on the mountain."
"?"
Hei Que blinked, his eyes revealing clear stupidity. Before he could figure it out, he saw Lu Zhan suddenly raise his hand, and four sacks flew into the sky. The branches and leaves of the spiritual plants in the medicine garden shook, and they whistled towards the sacks.
Even Tushan Shiyu, who prided himself on being dignified and steady, felt a little greedy at this moment.
The spiritual medicine garden of Peacock Mountain has a wide variety of species, including many rare spiritual plants, which are dazzling and make people eager to try them.
The Qingqiu royal family certainly has its own spiritual medicine garden, but how can their own medicine garden be as fragrant as other people's medicine gardens?
Tushan Shiyu cast a spell to help Lu Zhan pick the spiritual medicine. Even if this matter spreads, it is the Peacock Garden that was swept by "Luo Yu". What does it have to do with her dignified and serious Qingqiu Emperor?
"!"
Hei Que was stunned for a long time before he reacted. He quickly slid to his knees at Lu Zhan's feet and hugged Lu Zhan's thighs:
"Sir, please show some mercy. These elixirs are too valuable to be lost. If you continue like this, Master will be furious. I will be sent to sweep the toilet!"
Lu Zhan patted his head and said soothingly, "No... There is no toilet in Peacock Mountain."
Peacock Mountain is full of demons, so there is no need for toilets. Even if the demons need toilets, they value freedom and mostly relieve themselves in the wild.
Hundreds of years ago, the pooping incident even caused a conflict between the Peacock Mountain and the Southern Xinjiang royal family. Because the little demons of Peacock Mountain pooped everywhere, which was really a bad sight. Also, because the little demons ate too many different foods and had poor defecation quality, which affected the environment of the mountain, the King of Southern Xinjiang had private conversations with the Peacock King several times.
In the end, the Peacock King paid out 140,000 silver coins to improve the environment and deal with all the shit, and the matter was finally resolved.
Black Bird said with a bitter face: "One of the rules of Peacock Mountain is to create difficulties even if there are none. If there is no toilet, create one. Then every peacock will go in and take a shit, and let me clean up."
"..."
The corner of Lu Zhan's mouth twitched: "Ah?"
Is your Peacock Mountain’s punishment system so abstract?
Tushan Shiyu frowned, thinking that this topic was not very elegant, and changed the subject:
"Don't panic. We have special identities. Kong Ye won't blame you. But why were you punished to look after the medicine garden?"
Black Sparrow said with a bitter face: "Yesterday, the Saint of Southern Border sent an envoy, hoping to make peace with Peacock Mountain. I don't like the royal family, so I hit the envoy and was punished."
"..."
Lu Zhan was slightly startled, the smile on his face gradually faded, and he became a little serious: "The Saint's messenger?"
Ji Mengli sent people to Peacock Mountain?
When I talked to the Peacock King today, he did not mention this matter.
Thinking of this, Lu Zhan asked calmly:
"The royal family of Southern Xinjiang is hypocritical and not a good person. Who is that envoy? How dare they come to our Peacock Mountain? They are so bold!"
Black Sparrow was filled with righteous indignation and gnashed his teeth:
"Your Excellency is right. The royal family has insulted Peacock Mountain. I will never be a Peacock unless I take revenge! The messenger's name is Dongfang You. It is said that he is a close confidant of the Saint. Although Master is not satisfied with the royal family, he does not want to break up with them. That is why he punished me to sweep the medicine garden."
"Please show some mercy, sir. I am already embarrassed to be guarding the herb garden. I really cannot go to sweep the toilet. How can I face my subordinates then?"
"..."
Lu Zhan guessed that the Peacock King would not cooperate with Ji Mengli, so he did not mention this matter to him, but Dongfang You came at the right time.
He was just about to explore Peacock Mountain when Ji Mengli's people came to visit him. This was a good opportunity to divert trouble away...
Thinking of this, Lu Zhan smiled and said, "Okay, okay... I'll just take two sacks."
"Pfft..."
When Hei Que heard this number, he fainted without saying a word.
Lu Zhan shook his head, thinking that although Hei Que looked stupid, he was actually quite smart, and it was most appropriate for him to faint now.
After the sack was filled, Lu Zhan looked at Tushan Shiyu, who looked intoxicated, and said through telepathy:
"I didn't expect that Princess Di also likes to take advantage of others."
"..."
Tushan Shiyu frowned and seriously corrected Lu Zhan:
"I'm not the princess now. I'm Luo Yu. Stop interrupting me, young master. Just now this little demon said that Dongfang You was in Peacock Mountain. There may be something else going on. We have to investigate."
Lu Zhan thought for a moment and said, "Let's go back to the room first."
Although the spiritual medicine garden was extremely tempting, Lu Zhan did not forget his purpose. He came here to search Peacock Mountain and find the stone man's head.
Now that the supplies were replenished, it was time to get down to business. But before getting down to business, he wanted to look at the memories of those banshees, perhaps to get some information.
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Inside the magnificent palace of Peacock Mountain.
The Peacock King sat on the throne, feeling fortunate that he had kept a trick up his sleeve. He knew that Xiu Yuan had a hot temper and would inevitably cause property losses in his rage, so he built a fake throne in advance, which was smashed to pieces by Xiu Yuan as expected.
The real throne was not damaged, but the Peacock King was not happy. He looked at Dongfang You, who was wrapped like a mummy, with a bad look on his face:
"It was indeed Black Sparrow who attacked you first and was disrespectful, but I have already punished him. You don't have to say anything more. There is no way the Saint and I can reach a cooperation agreement."
Dongfang You was wrapped in bandages. Actually, his injuries had healed, but the bandages were evidence of his beating, so they could not be removed. He said in a cold voice:
"The Saint came to negotiate with sincerity. Even if the Peacock King does not appreciate it, he should not allow his men to hurt me like this. Peacock Mountain is indeed very important, but the royal family is still the royal family, and we will not allow you to bully us like this!"
Recently, Ji Mengli and King Yong started a political struggle. Ji Mengli was pretending to be a saint, and she didn't have many confidants under her, so she was not at an advantage. She could only put aside the past grudges and hope to cooperate with Peacock Mountain.
Although she disliked Peacock Mountain and Peacock Mountain hated her, Ji Mengli felt that as long as there were enough benefits, she and Peacock Mountain would naturally be able to cooperate sincerely.
So Ji Mengli handed the matter over to Dongfang You.
As Aido's bootlicker, Ji Mengli felt that only Dongfang You could do the job.
Before setting off, Dongfang You vowed to win over Peacock Mountain for the Saint.
It is often said that when two countries are at war, envoys will not be killed. Moreover, although there are undercurrents between Peacock Mountain and the royal family, they have not torn their faces apart. The Peacock King was rude and said coldly:
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