Chapter 217 Pangbo!

The next morning, it was still the National Day holiday. The sun shone through the curtains into the house, and the air was filled with the warmth and tranquility of the festival.

"Boom boom boom——"

There was a crisp knock on the door. Ye Fan was about to get up to open the door, but he heard a familiar voice coming from outside: "Uncle and aunt, I'm Xu Qiong. I met you in the suburban park before. I'm Ye Fan's friend! I came to see you today."

Ye Fan paused for a moment, his heart slightly shocked. He hadn't thought of this name for a long time, but now it suddenly appeared in his ears, which caught him off guard. He took a deep breath, tried to calm himself down, and then walked to the door.

The moment the door was opened, a woman in a business suit came into view. She was carrying an exquisite handbag, and her eyes showed a bit of competence and maturity, but when she looked up at Ye Fan, she froze instantly.

"You..." Xu Qiong's eyes were fixed on Ye Fan's face, and the handbag in her hand suddenly fell to the ground with a slight sound. Her expression froze for a few seconds, and then turned into an extremely excited look, her lips trembling slightly, and she murmured: "You...you...are you really you?"

"Xiao Xu is here!" Ye's mother poked her head out of the kitchen and greeted her warmly, "Ye Fan, let him in quickly!"

"Really... is it you?" Xu Qiong confirmed again, her voice trembling slightly.

"It's me." Ye Fan nodded and looked at the woman in front of him with complicated eyes.

In such a meeting, many words were hard to say. The two stood in silence, the air seemed to be stagnant, and only each other's emotions were silently surging.

Ye Fan looked at Xu Qiong, and his thoughts could not help but go back to more than 17 years ago. At that time, he had just graduated from college, and his relationship with Li Xiaoman had long come to an end. More than a year later, at a friend's party, he met Xu Qiong. At first, they were just ordinary friends, and their relationship lasted for two years, and gradually became close.

However, fate always likes to play tricks on people. Just when their relationship was about to take a step further, the trip to Mount Tai that changed everything happened. Ye Fan left this world from then on, and there was no chance to look back.

If there hadn't been that party, if he hadn't gone to Mount Tai, if he hadn't disappeared from this world...perhaps Zixia wouldn't have appeared in his life, and Xu Qiong might have become the person who accompanied him throughout his life.

Thinking of this, Ye Fan couldn't help but sigh. Time is so ruthless, it passes quietly, changes many things, and takes away the possibilities that should belong to ordinary life.

"Xu Qiong! Let me introduce you, she's my wife!" Ye Fan pointed at Zixia who was walking over.

"Congratulations! A few days ago I saw that my uncle and aunt were living in poverty in this old house, so I wanted to bring them in to live with me in their old age. I feel relieved now that you're back! Please treat us to a meal some other day!" After saying this, Xu Qiong was about to leave.

At this time, Ye's mother came over with a cup of hot tea and handed it to Xu Qiong: "Xiao Xu, don't stand, sit down and talk. Today is our family reunion, you can also eat something."

Xu Qiong took the teacup and nodded gratefully: "Thank you, Auntie, you are still so enthusiastic."

Several people sat together in the living room again, and the topic gradually shifted to daily trivial matters. Although the atmosphere was much more relaxed than before, Ye Fan could still feel the complicated look Xu Qiong occasionally cast at him.

During the conversation, Xu Qiong mentioned her husband, her eyes full of pride again: "He is a professor who is engaged in archaeological research. He will leave for Jiangling soon. I heard that a large tomb was unearthed there."

Ye Fan was interested when he heard this. Jiangling, this name is not unfamiliar to cultivators. It has been a Feng Shui treasure land since ancient times, and it hides countless secrets. He asked calmly: "Where is it exactly? Have you found anything special?" Xu Qiong shook his head: "I don't know the details yet, I only know that it is a large tomb of an ancient noble, and it is said that there are many precious cultural relics in it. But I don't understand these things very well, I just heard it from him."

Zixia listened to their conversation, her thoughts drifting far away. She thought of her parents in her previous life, and also of Hengyu in this life. Oh, right! Hengyu's body is on Earth, and she must go and see him if she has the chance.

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The next day, Zixia and Ye Fan parted temporarily. Ye Fan was going to visit the homes of all the classmates who were lost in the Big Dipper Star Region and take care of them.

Zixia has to find the whereabouts of Shennong on Earth.

When they parted, Ye Fan reminded Zixia to be careful. He always felt that the earth was too mysterious and he was afraid that someone was looking down on everything in the world.

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Hubei Shennongjia, this ancient and mysterious land, got its name because the ancestor of the Chinese nation, Shennong, built a ladder with wood, collected and tasted hundreds of herbs, saved people from diseases and taught them how to farm. Not only does this place preserve a large number of legends and relics related to Shennong, it is also regarded as an important area for his activities, and can even be said to be a special "dojo".

Zixia's spaceship slowly sailed into the sky above Shennongjia, and what came into view was a lush green primeval forest. The towering ancient trees blocked out the sun, and the air was filled with a faint medicinal fragrance, as if every leaf was telling a story from thousands of years ago.

"This place is really not simple." Ji Ziyue looked around, with a bit of amazement in her tone, "I can feel a strong breath of life, which is several times stronger than the outside world."

Zixia closed her eyes for a moment, then slowly opened them: "Yes, the great Dao of heaven and earth here is extremely special, and seems to contain some ancient rules." After that, she bit her fingertips and forced out a drop of her own blood. This drop of blood instantly ignited the Chaos Dao Fire, and wrote the Dao Instructions of the Hengyu Sutra in the void.

"Om-"

The mountains resonated, and a low dragon roar came from deep in the earth. The moment the Dao rhyme spread, the entire Shennongjia suddenly lost its color and turned into a black and white ink painting. Everything between heaven and earth became blurred and ethereal, only the vast breath of life became stronger.

"I am not Hengyu because I am heartbroken by the taste of grass."

A vicissitudes and distant voice sounded in Zixia's mind, as if it had traveled through endless years. Then, a vague figure emerged in her sea of ​​consciousness. The man was wearing animal skins, holding a rattan stick, with a simple and majestic face, and looked exactly like his father, Emperor Hengyu, but his aura was completely different.

"I am Shennong." He spoke slowly, his voice carrying the weight of time.

Zixia looked at him, her heart trembling. Shennong's eyes fell on her, revealing a bit of admiration: "You are really amazing!" He paused slightly, with a hint of regret in his tone, "But unfortunately, I am not the one you are looking for. Go away!"

Before he finished speaking, a mysterious wave entered Zixia's mind and turned into a volume of alchemy scriptures called "Shennong's Hundred Tribulations Sutra". The scriptures contained endless ways of plants and alchemy, as if they condensed the wisdom of Shennong's life.

"I hope this helps you." Shennong's voice gradually faded away, leaving behind a meaningful reminder, "The Kunlun Immortal Mountain is vast and misty, you can take a look."

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At the same time, Ye Fan visited the families of his former classmates and used elixirs to extend the lifespan of the elderly, but he could not fill their inner pain. When he arrived at Pang Bo's house, he was stunned. He actually saw Pang Bo!

(End of this chapter)