Hearing Chi Yu's words, Gu Yuan finally snapped out of his reverie.
"Then where on earth is it?"
Chi Yu tugged at her own wrist. Gu Yuan's hand was still tightly clutching it, showing no sign of letting go.
Chi Yu lowered her eyes and looked at her slender wrist held in Gu Yuan's well - jointed palm.
Instead of getting angry, she burst into a happy smile.
"It's a place you'd never guess in your wildest dreams."
Chi Yu tugged at her wrist again, signaling Gu Yuan to follow her.
Gu Yuan didn't insist anymore. Instead, he chose to follow Chi Yu towards the faint light ahead.
The corridor was extremely long. Apart from the faint light in the distance, it was pitch - black all around. The light seemed close at hand, but in fact, it was very far away.
No one knew how long they had walked. It felt as if they were walking to the ends of the earth. Only until the light in front gradually grew larger did they finally reach the end.
Chi Yu turned to look at Gu Yuan, tugged at her wrist again, and pointed at the light above with her other hand, indicating that Gu Yuan could let go as she was going to lift the cover above.
Gu Yuan looked up. Then he pulled Chi Yu behind him, let go of her hand, and said,
"You wait here. I'll go up and take a look."
After saying that, Gu Yuan gently stepped on the wall, used the force to push off, and his body shot up like a swimming dragon.
He reached up and pushed aside the messy wooden branches above. The small gap immediately expanded to the size of a well - mouth.
Sunlight shone on Gu Yuan. As his figure descended, light pink petals fluttered down around him. The petals landed on Chi Yu's black hair.
Chi Yu tilted her head back, looking at Gu Yuan with admiration in her eyes. The corners of her mouth curled up in a perfect arc. The scene was incredibly beautiful.
This serene scene lasted for a few seconds. Suddenly, in Chi Yu's mind, I seemed to see Gu Qingcheng's face.
At this moment, Gu Qingcheng was bleeding from all seven orifices. She wailed, hoarse - throated.
"Chi Yu, you must avenge me. I died so miserably."
Immediately afterwards, there were scenes of the people in Youdu dying miserably.
The serene smile on Chi Yu's face disappeared instantly. Her face turned extremely cold.
Although I empathized with her, I could clearly sense the change in Chi Yu's thoughts. I didn't know why, but as soon as she let go of a bit of her hatred, her mind would immediately remind her that she couldn't be happy. She still had hatred in her heart. How could she show such a smiling face?
Then Chi Yu would immediately restrain her emotions, and her face would turn venomous, as if she had been possessed.
But as soon as Gu Yuan landed, that venomous look disappeared.
It seemed that as long as Gu Yuan was by her side, that kind of thought would disappear. But as soon as Gu Yuan left, it would reappear.
Gu Yuan landed and stood opposite Chi Yu. His face was indeed as surprised as Chi Yu had said.
At this moment, I was even more curious about where it was up there.
"I'll take you up." She grabbed Chi Yu's shoulder and leaped out of the narrow cave.
It was a peach blossom forest. I had been here before. Wasn't this Yunwu, the residence of Xi Nv and Gu Yuan?
I never would have thought that the mysterious well led here, and neither did Gu Yuan.
"Chi Yu, what on earth do you know? Why does it lead to Yunwu?" Gu Yuan put Chi Yu down, grabbed her shoulders with both hands, and asked seriously.
"I really don't know. If you want to know, you'd better ask your mother yourself."
Just as the two were talking, the voice of Nanny Liu came from the corridor in Yunwu.
"Madam, please go back and rest. Your internal injury hasn't healed yet. It's not suitable for you to be out in the wind."
"It doesn't matter. My injury won't heal. I can't be cooped up in the room all day. You go back. I just want to take a stroll in the peach blossom forest. I'll go back by myself later."
"This..." Nanny Liu wanted to say something else, but seeing Xi Nv's expression, she immediately swallowed her words.
"Yes, then I'll leave first. Call me anytime if you need anything."
Xi Nv watched Nanny Liu leave. Only after she had completely disappeared did she turn around and sit down by the small stream.
She gently waved her hand in front of her, and a fine guqin appeared in front of her.
The stream flowed beside her. Her hands caressed the guqin, and the melodious sound of the guqin echoed in the peach blossom forest.
Wasn't this the same scene as the picture I had seen in the Qingxu Temple before?
"Come out. Don't hide anymore." Xi Nv said softly towards the peach blossom forest.
Gu Yuan and Chi Yu glanced at each other. They thought Xi Nv had discovered them and were about to step out.
A heroic laugh came from the peach blossom forest. The laughter echoed in the forest before the person arrived.
"Xi Nv, your hearing is as good as ever. It hasn't changed a bit over the years. You can sense my presence from afar. You're truly the woman I've been in love with for so many years."
In love with for so many years? Could he be one of Xi Nv's admirers?
As I was thinking, a gentle breeze blew. The peach blossoms in the forest fluttered down.
A rain of peach blossoms fell from the sky. The petals fluttered and scattered in Yunwu.
A man in a plain silver robe appeared in front of Xi Nv. His black hair was neatly tied up in a silver crown.
He looked in his thirties, full of energy and vitality.
His face was cold and handsome. His phoenix eyes were slightly raised, revealing a deep and unfathomable look. He was clearly a scheming person.
He walked towards Xi Nv with great poise, his hands behind his back, exuding an air of royalty.
"I still remember the first time I saw you. You were playing the guqin right here. I never thought it has been a thousand years in a flash."
Xi Nv lowered her eyes and continued to pluck the strings, ignoring his words.
The man wasn't annoyed. He stood beside Xi Nv, squinted his eyes, and the corners of his mouth curled up as he enjoyed the wonderful sound of the guqin.
It wasn't until Xi Nv finished playing a tune that he slowly opened his eyes, and the curve of his mouth deepened.
"I wanted to give this to you back then. I wonder if it's too late now?"
The man flipped his palm, and a scroll appeared in his hand. Then he flicked his wrist, and the painting was unfurled in front of Xi Nv.
Chi Yu and Gu Yuan were standing in the peach forest not far behind Xi Nv.
As soon as the painting was unfurled, I recognized it. So what I had experienced in the Qingxu Temple wasn't an illusion. There really was such a painting.
This painting was actually painted by this man. But who was he?
I didn't remember ever seeing him before.
"Do you like it?" the man asked.
Xi Nv glanced at the painting, didn't say a word, and immediately lowered her eyes and focused on playing the guqin again.
Xi Nv's cold attitude made the man a bit embarrassed. The smiling face that had been full of spring breeze slowly faded away.
"Stop playing. Are you going to accept this painting or not?" The man's patience was obviously worn out by Xi Nv. His tone became a bit impatient.
However, Xi Nv still maintained her cold and aloof posture, ignoring the man in front of her and focusing on stroking the guqin in her hand.
"I said stop playing..."
As the man's voice trailed off, he reached out and knocked over the guqin in front of Xi Nv. Xi Nv leaped up, twirled her water - sleeve, and grabbed the guqin to protect it in front of her chest.
She looked at the man opposite with cold eyes. Their gazes met, and strange sparks seemed to burst out in the air.