Chapter 135: The Dialogue Under the Cherry Blossoms
On the other side, Qin Xiaoxi felt much more comfortable. The effects of overusing her spiritual power on her had also begun to gradually ease. This was undoubtedly a good thing.
Qin Xiaoxi seemed to have a dream.
In the dream, she returned to the days when she had trained at the Sakura sect. It was as if she had returned to the moment when she had first met Sect Master Lin… It was as if she had experienced all of this once again. It was so real…
This Sakura Valley was located in the east of Yu City. It was deep in a dense mountain range.
This deep mountain range was different for the locals. This mountain was called the Sakura mountain range because the entire area was covered by sakura trees. Every April, when one arrived here, one could see the sakura trees blooming all over the mountain range.
When Qin Xiaoxi arrived there, it happened just to be the season when they were blooming.
At this time, she had already followed the path at the East Gate of Yu City and arrived not far from Sakura Mountain. From this position, she could see half of Sakura mountain.
Looking at this cherry blossom forest, they were all blooming vigorously, like cl.u.s.ters of flames.
Qin Xiaoxi walked into the cherry blossom forest.
The locals said that the Sakura Valley was behind this mountain.
She didn’t expect that her grandmother had learned cultivation techniques in such a beautiful place. She felt that she hadn’t come in vain.
She walked into the cherry blossom forest. Looking closely, the cherry blossoms were cl.u.s.tered together in cl.u.s.ters. They were blooming warmly and brilliantly, and Qin Xiaoxi couldn’t help but be fascinated by them.
At this moment, she saw a small wooden house not far away.
Qin Xiaoxi quickly went forward.
Although the cherry blossoms were extremely beautiful, it was not a good thing for Qin Xiaoxi, who was looking for Sakura Valley. The cherry blossoms were so enchanting and brilliant that she might get lost in the mountains.
The wooden house looked very new as if it had just been renovated.
A simple fence was erected around the wooden house, and not far away, there was an old well covered with cherry blossom petals.
An old woman was pulling the pull rod at the mouth of the well, trying to get some mountain spring water from the well.
“Old lady,” Qin Xiaoxi hurriedly called out to the old woman who was pulling the well water.
The old woman glanced at Qin Xiaoxi and seemed to be pleasantly surprised as she quickly greeted her.
“Let me help you.”Qin Xiaoxi smiled and walked forward to help the old woman turn the lever. Qin Xiaoxi didn’t expect that it would take so much effort to pull up the mechanism of fetching water from a small well. It was hard to imagine how the old woman in front of her carried the well water up by herself.
“Little girl, judging from your accent, you don’t sound like someone from Yu City.” After the old woman thanked her, she quickly invited Qin Xiaoxi into the house.
Qin Xiaoxi looked around.
There seemed to be no one else in the house except for the old woman.
“Yes, old lady. I’m not from Yu City.”Qin Xiaoxi smiled slightly.
“If you’re not from Yu City, you must have come from somewhere far away.”
Qin Xiaoxi quickly nodded.
“I’m from Thunder City.”
“Thunder City?”The old granny was shocked. “Thunder City is very far away from here. It takes at least one or two days to travel by sea, and it takes a lot of time to travel by land.”
“Yes, it was two days ago when we came down from the ferry.” Qin Xiaoxi scratched her head.
“Look at you. You must protect yourself when you come out alone. The current emperor is a stupid monarch. The world is so chaotic now. You are quite brave as a girl.”
Qin Xiaoxi naturally knew what the old woman meant by the current emperor.
There had always been three great empires on the cultivator’s continent.
The Eastern Continent and the Western Continent, where Yu City and Thunder City were located, were the most powerful one out of the three powerful kingdoms, the Jing Empire. The earliest emperor of the Jing Empire had once recruited powerful cultivators from all over the world to fight for him. In the end, he marked out these two huge continents for his empire.
The former Jing Empire was at the peak of its national strength.
But now, due to the rise of various cultivator sects and the retreat of the cultivators who had fought for the Jing Empire, this ancient dynasty had finally declined.
Many officials became people who had almost no ability in the local area.
This was also the reason why the He family had strong financial resources and powerful cultivators. They could cover the sky with one hand in Thunder City.
This was because the current emperor did not care about his country at all. And the officials had no power over the He family.
This was the reason why the world was in chaos.
Of course, in these two continents, not only did the He family dominate the Thunder City but in Yu City and other places, there were still these powerful clans who were the local tyrants.
It would have been fine if the people of these powerful families were concerned about the people.
However, most of them were no different from the He family.
They were the same as the He family, oppressing the people and squeezing all their money out of the pockets of the people and businessmen. Qin Xiaoxi had always wanted to become a promising cultivator. Many of the reasons were that she swore that one day, she would eradicate the He family and eliminate the evil for the people and save her sister Qin Mingzhu, who was forcibly engaged.
“Not really. I just wanted to come here…”
“This Sakura Valley follows the path between the cherry blossom trees. Go straight up and you will see it.” The old woman seemed to have understood something and suddenly interrupted Qin Xiaoxi.
“Old lady, how do you know? I am going to the Sakura Valley.”
“I’ve seen many people who came here. People like you seem to have other ambitions. They all came to the Sakura Valley to study.” The old woman just smiled kindly. “Go, young girl. Take care and pursuit your dream.”
“Thank you, Old Lady.” Qin Xiaoxi didn’t know what to say for a moment. She quickly thanked her and stood up.
“You’re welcome. I hope you can come back with some achievements. Although I don’t know what your ambitions are, I believe you will definitely achieve them.”