Peach Blossom Shop

Chapter 64 The General Assembly
"I would like to turn into a stone bridge and be exposed to 500 years of wind, 500 years of rain, and 500 years of sun."

Xixi closed the shop that night, and when she returned to the community, there was an open-air movie playing in the square, and many people were standing or sitting around the projection screen, watching with gusto.When Xixi walked through the crowd, the key in her hand suddenly dropped, so she quickly squatted down to pick up the key. When she picked up the key and stood up again, she heard a vicissitudes old man on the curtain, with an inexplicable empty voice. The voice said calmly, "I would like to turn into a stone bridge and be exposed to 500 years of wind, 500 years of rain, and 500 years of sun." The key in his hand made a crisp crashing sound.

Xixi was stunned, and slowly turned her head to look at the curtain in front of the figures. On the curtain, an old monk wearing a shabby monk's uniform was lying leisurely on a shabby chair, shaking a shabby old monk's chair in his hand. The fan, the background is a dilapidated ancient temple, surrounded by withered leaves, beside an elegant woman sitting on the ground, the woman looks at the courtyard full of fallen leaves, quietly listening to the old monk's hoarse Buddhist prayers.

The wind lifted the woman's forehead hair in the opening curtain... Xixi just kept her sideways posture, looking at the woman on the curtain, her faint bitterness instantly surged into her heart.

Three years ago, Xixi was just a newcomer to City H. This city is only a third-tier city in the Great Heavenly Dynasty. In Xixi's opinion, it is indeed ordinary. The buildings are a little shorter than City B, and the roads are narrower than City S. , the people are a little more rustic than City X, in short, everything is not as good as a big city, but it’s not as good as it is, Xixi originally just came to this city of H where ghosts gather to participate in a foreign race conference.

Hearing this, Lin Manlu took out a strawberry in the ice cream and ate it, chewing on the strawberry in his mouth and asked, "The conference three years ago? Um...it's that, what's that about?"

Zhang Zeyu took a napkin to help her wipe the cream on the corners of her mouth, and reminded, "Three years ago, it was the Baobao Pavilion in Bailai Lane, where the Rare Treasures Conference was held every ten years. The gluttonous girl who lived in City H ten years ago will come, so many spirits came here upon hearing the news."

"Glutton girl?" Lin Manlu rolled his eyes and thought for a while, then patted his forehead, "Ah, it's the youngest dragon girl in the Xia family, called Xia Yue or something, right?"

Zhang Zeyu nodded with a smile, "Yes, there are more spirits and monsters in H City, and it's probably because of her."

Lin Manlu blinked, "Huh? Why? Didn't that Taotie leave City H a long time ago?"

Before Zhang Zeyu opened his mouth to answer, Xixi opened his mouth and said, "Xia Xuanling practiced here back then, which made the entire H city the city with the most aura in the Celestial Dynasty, so spirits and monsters are willing to live here. Moreover, the life here is comfortable and the pace of life is fast." Slow down, for monsters who don't care about the passage of time, this is the best choice."

Lin Manlu nodded in agreement when he heard the back, "Yes, life in City H is really comfortable and comfortable."

Chihi smiled and nodded.Zhang Zeyu said to her, "Go ahead."

Hearing that Xia Yue is going to attend the Rare and Rare Treasure Conference held once every ten years in the Gem Treasure Pavilion, Xixi, apart from wanting to see the true faces of the legendary gods, in fact, the most important thing is to meet Xia Yue's retainers—— Fang Yuanhai, the son of Fang Zhengyan, Queen of Kitchen God.

Xia Yue was originally a Taotie, and Taotie is a divine beast that loves food very much, and Xia Yue is also a very picky eater.So Xixi speculated that Xia Yue would bring a special cook with her when she came out this time, so she made a long journey from city X to city H.

When I arrived in City H, it was the night before the conference. Xixi thought for a while, since it is rare to come to City H, why not go around and see what this city, which is so ordinary that it can no longer be ordinary, was what it was back then It attracted Xia Yue, which made her choose to practice here.

So, Xixi put down her luggage at the hotel, packed up briefly, and embarked on a half-day tour of City H with ease.At this moment, the night has completely fallen, and the not-so-noisy night market in H City has also begun. Xixi didn't use her mana, but just let herself walk, and occasionally passed by some roadside stalls paved by the roadside, and saw some Xixi always smiled disdainfully, and then ignored the greetings of the hawkers and continued to walk forward.

However, after walking a few roads, Xixi discovered that the so-called night market is actually only gathered in a small area in the city center. The further you go to the periphery, the quieter the road is, except for the dim street lights and occasional passing vehicles. , there was almost no one in sight. After crossing a few more roads, Xixi finally stopped on the path where even the street lights were sparse.

Looking around, except for one or two stores that are still open at night with lights on, not to mention people, not even a ghost.Xixi shook the handbag in her hand, and suddenly couldn't help laughing. The laughter of "Haha..." was extraordinarily loud and strange in this empty late night.

"What are you laughing at?" Suddenly, a soft male voice sounded behind Xixi.

"Heh!" Even Xixi, who has practiced for hundreds of years, was startled by the sudden appearance of the voice in this silent night.But Xixi quickly calmed down, stabilized her mind, looked behind, and saw a strange man standing behind her, looking at her with a smile.

Seeing Xixi turning her head, the man seemed to be taken aback, but immediately recovered his expression, and asked again with a smile, "What were you laughing at just now?"

Xixi could feel the slightest leakage of spiritual power from that person's body, and knew that the cultivation level of the person in front of her was far above her own, otherwise, how could it be possible that the person came behind her without noticing at all.But this person didn't seem to be malicious, so Xixi smiled, "Nothing. Are you... following me?"

When the man heard this, he quickly waved his hands, "No, no, I just came out of there, and I saw you standing here smiling, so I came here to ask out of curiosity." The man said, pointing to a shining storefront across the road.

Xixi followed his finger to look—p?tisserie, a white signboard with black fonts, and two European-style street lights were on beside the store door. Standing on this side of the road, Xixi seemed to smell the other side The sweet smell coming from the glass shop door.

"Pastry shop." Xixi raised her eyebrows and said in a positive tone.

"Wow," the man clapped his hands, "do you know French?"

Xixi looked up and down the man in front of him, and suddenly found that there was a faint beige powdery substance on his fingers. She shrugged her nose, and suddenly stretched out her hand, took the man's hand, and stared at it carefully in front of her eyes. Researched, "Almond flour. Are you a pastry chef?"

The man withdrew his hand in embarrassment, and was a little surprised to hear Xixi's question, "Do you also know pastry?"

Xixi looked at the shop across the road again and nodded, "Are you the pastry chef in that shop?"

The man smiled, "Well...that's my own shop, do you want to have a seat?"

Xixi only felt that the sweet smell in front of her nose was getting stronger and stronger. She looked at the man in front of her and nodded her head in agreement.

Seeing Xixi's smiling face, the man was stunned again, then made an invitation gesture, and led Xixi into this French dessert shop.

　Once again, I deeply felt the incompetence of my title...covering my face...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)