The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 459 "Peach Blossom Spring"

In the next week, Ryan and Hermione visited many good places, some for ordinary people, and some for wizards.And the reason why they can visit so many scenic spots in a short period of time is all thanks to the cloud road system of the Celestial Dynasty.

Cloudways are similar to the Floo network in Europe, only without the need for a fireplace.Any calm water surface in a container drawn with a magic circle can be used as an entrance and exit.The largest of these could be a lake, while the smaller ones could be a washbasin or sink at home.When using it, just fill the container with water, put your hands in it after forming a water surface larger than the size of your palm, and recite the place name, and finally add a sentence of urgency, such as the law, and you can go to the place you want to go.

During this week, whether it is Taihu Lake, Lushan Mountain, Huangshan Mountain or West Lake, they all opened their eyes. The natural and cultural scenery inside made them linger.And what impressed them the most was the tourist attraction they went to on the last day, which belonged to wizards: Wulingyuan.

This Wulingyuan is different from the Zhangjiajie scenic spot in Wulingyuan for ordinary people. It is a large valley protected by a natural magic lock.There is a small town purely belonging to the magic world of the Celestial Dynasty and a large number of magical creatures.

According to the map bought in Songjiang Ji, the two came to the entrance of the town.This is just a very ordinary stream in an unremarkable valley.If you don't know magic, you can only see a stream flowing out of the valley, but wizards can see that the stream has a fork after entering the valley.

Upstream along the tributaries of the stream that only wizards can see, after a short walk, it seems as if they have crossed an invisible boundary, and a beautiful peach blossom forest suddenly appears in front of them.The amazing thing is that even in the scorching summer, the temperature here is still as pleasant as in spring.The peach blossoms all over the tree are still in full bloom.Under the tree, there are several scattered wizard families reading books, playing games or having picnics there.

A breeze blows, and the pink petals on the ground are blown up, floating in the air with the petals blown down from the tree.Turn the peach blossom forest into a pink world like a fairy tale.

"It's like a dream." Hermione looked at the scene in front of her and said softly, "Thank you—" But before she could finish speaking, Ryan blocked her mouth.After kissing for a while, they smiled at each other and parted ways.Afterwards, Rose Crystal and Xiaoqing took photos for them with a camera.

In the past few days, Rose Crystal and her sisters went shopping in Paris and Versailles together in the world of Rozen Maiden, and then enjoyed a few days of party time.Fortunately, after the party, she caught up with the last stop of Ryan's trip, Wulingyuan.

After having had enough fun in this peach blossom forest, they continued along the stream.At this time, Xiaoqing turned herself into a backpack.After that, Rose Crystal got in and acted like a baby and asked Ryan to carry her on his back.Ryan shook his head with a smile, and then put the basket containing the rose crystal on his back.

There is a mountain at the source of the stream, and there is a small cave on the mountain. The three big characters of Wulingyuan are engraved on the stone wall beside the cave, and it seems that only one person can pass through.Ryan and the others could only line up to get into this exit. Fortunately, the entrance was only a little narrow at the beginning, and after walking a few dozen steps, it became open and bright.This is a quaint town and flat fields presented in front of him, and a lake and the woods beside the lake can be seen in the distance.

"When the forest runs out of water, there is a mountain. There is a small mouth in the mountain, as if there is light. I let go of the boat and enter through the mouth. It is very narrow at the beginning, and then I can pass through people. After walking for dozens of steps, it suddenly becomes clear—" Seeing this scene, Ryan felt inspired and began to recite the famous "Peach Blossom Spring".Unlike the previous life, which was just a story, in this world the Peach Blossom Spring really exists.This place, now called Wulingyuan, is the Peach Blossom Spring in the article.

It has been said before that the surrounding environment forms a mystical lock beside this huge valley.In addition to the natural mystic locks, the wizards who discovered here also set up large and small magical defenses here.But this was not the case more than 1000 years ago. At that time, the valley only relied on the natural mythos, so an ordinary fisherman really entered here when the mythos were weakened due to the change of astrology, and then brought the news to the go out.

It's a pity that after the fisherman left, the wizards living in the valley used magic circles to make up for these defects, so neither the prefect nor Liu Ziji from Nanyang could find this place again.Later, this story was known by Tao Yuanming, and then he wrote the famous "Peach Blossom Spring" just like another world. .

"What did you read just now?" Hermione asked curiously from the side. Although she has learned Chinese now, this kind of classical Chinese is still difficult for her to understand.

"Oh, this is a Fu written by an ancient poet more than 1000 years ago in China." Ryan turned his head and explained.After he explained the story about "Peach Blossom Spring", the two of them just happened to follow the gravel road to the entrance of the town.

Different from the previous Songjiang Collection, many people in the town wore modern clothing that combined the Hanfu style, and even a few wizards directly wore Hanfu.And it's not just wizards walking on the street. For example, Ryan saw a young woman with fox ears and a tail walking across the street holding an oil-paper umbrella.

"Hello, I was born in the UK. This time I brought my fiancee back to take a look. I saw a lot of people with animal ears or leaves and flowers on the street just now. Can you tell us what it is? Customs?" Ryan asked the shop owner after buying a few pieces of glutinous rice cakes.

"It's not a custom." The middle-aged man with a big beard looked very talkative, and he said while quickly wrapping glutinous rice cakes with a kind of leaf. "They're not human."

"Not human?" Hermione stopped gnawing on the glutinous rice cakes, because in the British magical world, non-human intelligent creatures were marginalized and discriminated against.She had never seen other creatures walking the streets aboveboard in Diagon Alley.So when she suddenly heard that those guys were not human, she seemed a little excited.

"Yes, not humans." The boss repeated. "Many foreign tourists like you find this incredible about us, and I even met one of your compatriots more than ten years ago who thought that we simply lost our dignity as an alchemist (at this time Hermione whispered, Sounds like a so-called pureblood.) But we've always thought that as long as they abide by our laws, they're willing to accept the same controls. There's no reason why they shouldn't be given the same rights as we are."

"Don't worry, boss, we are not like that." Ryan said, and Hermione nodded vigorously. "But we also need to acknowledge that in other places, some people always think that their blood is superior to others."

"Bloodline?" The boss snorted disdainfully: "Only animals like pigs, dogs, and horses are noble because of bloodlines. How can humans be noble because of this?"

The boss's words made Ryan and Hermione laugh together, which was the most interesting refutation of the pure blood supremacy theory they had ever heard.The shop owner also saw that the two of them were not the kind of blood theorists, so he explained: "Those who were collectively called mountain ghosts just now are a kind of natural elves—"

"It's a creature similar to Veela." Ryan quickly explained to Hermione in English.From the boss they learned that one part of the mountain ghost has the power of animals and the other part has the power of plants, as well as their own special spells.Most importantly, they can intermarry with humans.But when the boss was bragging about the mountain ghost's appearance, his chubby wife sneaked up from behind and grabbed his ear.

"Don't think I don't know that you are staring at the mountain ghost proprietress at the restaurant at the end of the street all day, go in and make glutinous rice cakes, don't be lazy here." Looking at the sturdy proprietress, she pulled the boss to the kitchen.Ryan and Hermione also left quickly.

"I just thought I saw Mrs. Weasley—" Hermione said after walking down the street, looking back at the glutinous rice cake shop.

"This is also a way of getting along. That uncle's magic level is much better than his wife's. His wife is just an ordinary person who doesn't know magic. Love—" Ryan said with a smile.

In addition to the beautiful mountain ghost, Ryan and the others also met a big human over three meters tall on the street.The owner of the potion shop told them that they belonged to the Kuafu family, similar to giants in the West.But they are not as good as the western giants in terms of defense against magic or strength. Their only advantage is that their IQ and personality are not much different from humans, but they are more stubborn.

After purchasing what they wanted in the store, the two went to the surrounding sanctuary.They saw Zouwu, which looked like a four-eared macaque, with colorful hair and a long tail. The luckiest thing was that when they passed by a flowering bamboo forest, they saw a pheasant that looked like a pheasant, but with colorful hair. If you look closely at the phoenix with patterns and long tails, you can see that the pattern of ancient seal characters is naturally formed on the belly and wings of this bird.

"What kind of bird is this?" Hermione asked, pointing to the phoenix. In her impression, the phoenix should be the big fiery red bird raised by Professor Dumbledore, so she didn't recognize what was in front of her eyes.

"This is the Phoenix of the East." Ryan felt that he was lucky today.

(End of this chapter)