PNB Chapter 132: A Peach Blossom
Chapter 132: A Peach Blossom
Ling Yan'er even put the branch into the game backpack. The name displayed was a peach blossom, and the introduction was just: an ordinary peach blossom just picked from the tree.
Ling Yan'er looked at it for a long time and settled on the two words "just from".
This peach blossom was actually just picked from the tree, and she still believed the system's description.
She took out the peach blossoms and said, "These peach blossoms are actually just ordinary peach blossoms, freshly picked from the tree. So our next clue is to find where the peach tree is."
"Are there really peach blossoms at this time of year?" Dongfang Zichu asked.
Ling Yan'er wasn't surprised. "Normally, there shouldn't be any, but have you forgotten? We actually have two peach trees in our school that bloom all year round."
Well, because she was so used to seeing them at school, she had forgotten that those two were peach trees.
Today I suddenly remembered that there are peach trees that bloom all the time. There may be some in schools, and no one has shown anything strange about it. This shows that people with this ability must be very common in the world of cultivation.
It’s just that most people wouldn’t use it on this kind of ordinary peach tree.
After hearing Ling Yan'er's words, Dongfang Zichu said, "It can't be someone from the school who did it. They don't have the ability to do it."
Moreover, the eldest senior sister who disappeared in Lingshan was also at the Nascent Soul stage. Even Ling Ziye, who had the highest level of cultivation in the school, did not have the ability to take her away quietly.
What's more, people have been missing in the past two years, and Taohua has always existed. Ling Yan'er has only been in that school for less than a year, so it definitely can't be someone in the school.
In addition, when Shengze’s senior sister disappeared ten days ago, the school had not yet closed for the holidays.
Ling Yan'er played with the peach blossoms: "In other words, the appearance of the peach blossoms is related to the dream of getting married, but they only saw the peach blossoms, and the dream was not spread."
But knowing this is of no use, because most people would not tell others about their dreams of getting married, and dreaming of getting married with paper dolls would at most be attributed to a nightmare, and the content would not be told to others.
Besides, the missing people were all unmarried girls, so it was even more unreasonable for her to tell such a dream. Others would not laugh at her for being eager to get married.
Ling Yan'er was able to say it because she had different ideas. She didn't care what others said about her being eager to get married or not. In addition, Sheng Ze and Sun Youlin were only concerned about whether they could find clues to their senior sister at this time, and would not think of anything else.
Dongfang Zichu nodded: "That's true, but what can such an ordinary peach blossom represent?"
He took the peach blossom, which was almost as tall as him, from Ling Yan'er and examined it carefully. There was no formation or tracking spell on it. It was indeed just an ordinary peach blossom.
If it weren't so ordinary, he wouldn't be so clueless.
Ling Yan'er could actually explain it: "Sending something as ordinary as this is clearly a provocation. The person who created this must be very proud of it. Look, I gave you such an obvious clue about peach blossoms, but you still can't do anything to me."
Just like in the novels she had read before, the murderer left pear blossoms or special marks at the scene as a special imprint, a provocation, saying, "I committed these murders, but you don't have the ability to catch me."
There are also those flower thieves who, before attacking a young lady, will send a letter of provocation, and they will not be caught. Their main trick is to be a playboy.
Dongfang Zichu looked at Ling Yan'er and asked, "Is that what you mean?"
Dongfang Zichu was very suspicious of Ling Yan'er's thoughts and didn't know where her logic came from.
"Otherwise, could it be used to express love?" Ling Yan'er said.
After saying that, Ling Yan'er was stunned for a moment. It seemed that it was not impossible. Her dream was to get married, and only after getting married did peach blossoms appear by her pillow.
Peach blossoms do have the meaning of expressing admiration. After all, when someone is pursuing you, people usually say that you are lucky in love.
Thinking of this, she looked at Dongfang Zichu in horror: "Could it be that the paper man in my dream sent it?"
No matter how Ling Yan'er thinks about it, it's impossible!
Dongfang Zichu said helplessly, "I already said it appeared out of thin air. Ever since you had that dream, I've been watching you. It appeared out of thin air when you were about to wake up. It wasn't sent by some paper figurine."
After all, he didn't notice how the peach blossom appeared that day. When he guessed that the peach blossom would appear, he began to pay attention to it. After all, it was no problem for him to stay awake all night.
Speaking of which, he used to practice instead of sleeping, but only after following Ling Yan'er did he start sleeping at night.
"But it's too strange. You were staring at it the whole time, so how could it appear out of nowhere without you noticing it?" Ling Yan'er said, "Isn't there any spiritual energy fluctuation?"
Dongfang Zichu shook his head: "There was no spiritual power fluctuation, this flower just suddenly appeared next to your pillow."
Dongfang Zichu was also quite puzzled by this. If there were fluctuations in spiritual power, he would not have failed to notice it. When he said there were no fluctuations in spiritual power, it meant that there really were none at all.
"According to Sheng Ze and Sun Youlin, their senior sister disappeared the day after the peach blossom appeared. That means I might also disappear tonight or tomorrow morning," Ling Yan'er analyzed.
"That's what will happen if nothing unexpected happens, but I will watch over you tonight, at least to prevent you from disappearing without knowing it." Dongfang Zichu said.
Even if he really disappears, he will follow Ling Yan'er. He can't let Ling Yan'er be alone.
Although Ling Yan'er has a protective shield, it is still dangerous.
Ling Yan'er hugged the quilt and said, "I don't know if I was taken away while I was asleep or awake."
But there was no point in thinking about these things now. After Ling Yaner got up and washed up, she told Sheng Ze and Sun Youlin about her dream again and the appearance of a peach blossom.
After Ling Yan'er finished speaking, a girl walked in. She said absentmindedly, "Someone really is missing in Furong City."
She didn't believe it when she heard Sheng Ze and the others say it before. She had been here for several days, and apart from Sheng Ze and Sun Youlin saying that their senior sister was missing, she hadn't heard of anyone else missing. Moreover, Sheng Ze and the others had been searching for more than ten days, but there was no news.
It was as if Shengze’s senior sister had never come here.
Ling Yan'er said in surprise, "You don't believe it, you still live here?"
The girl glanced at Sheng Ze and said, "Senior Brother Sheng invited me, why shouldn't I stay?"
Ling Yan'er recognized that the other person was the girl who came to ask her why a mortal would live here when she came here.
It was obvious that the other party had other intentions and was attracted to Sheng Ze. Ling Yan'er glanced at Sheng Ze and had to admit that it was not strange for the little girl to like Sheng Ze. Sheng Ze was indeed very handsome.
Moreover, the other party is a disciple of a big sect and has a bright future.
Of course, as far as the people in the world of cultivation that Ling Yan'er has met are concerned, the higher the level of cultivation, the more handsome they are. There is no one with an ugly appearance. If they were put into the entertainment industry, they would definitely charm a lot of fans.
It is hard to say whether she was bewitched by her looks when she was studying at Huaqingfeng.
Although, none of these people are her type, she likes little puppies like Naihuhu, and there is no such person in school, sigh.
Sheng Ze introduced Ling Yan'er, "This is Junior Sister Ning Wushuang."
Ling Yan'er nodded to Ning Wushuang as a greeting, and then said, "Your senior sister disappeared the day after the peach blossom branch appeared. How big is the peach blossom branch? Is it about the same size as this?" Ling Yan'er asked, pointing to the peach blossom branch she brought.
Sheng Ze picked up the peach blossom branch and examined it for a moment, saying, "It looks about the same size as this one. We didn't pay much attention to it at the time, nor did we connect it with the disappearance of our senior sister, so we didn't preserve it."
If it had been preserved, maybe they could have been compared. They just took a quick look at it that day.
"In that case, then you all stay by my side tonight. Dongfang Zichu saw this peach blossom appear with his own eyes." Ling Yan'er said, "He said it appeared out of thin air, without any spiritual energy fluctuations."
"How is this possible!" Sheng Ze and Sun Youlin were both a little bit unbelievable.
How could there be no spiritual energy fluctuations when it appeared out of nowhere!
"If there were any fluctuations in spiritual energy, your eldest sister wouldn't be able to fail to notice it." Dongfang Zichu said, "Although my cultivation level is lower, I'm sure I won't be wrong about this."
After all, his cultivation level was a little lower, but he was once in the Mahayana stage, so it was not that he could not see this at all. Even if there was only a slight fluctuation of spiritual power, he would not be able to fail to notice it.
But he really didn't detect any spiritual power at all.
"Then how did they do that?" Everyone was puzzled, even Ling Yan'er couldn't figure it out.
Her experience in reading literature was of no help at all, and she had no idea how this peach blossom appeared.
"Then let's look at another thing today," Ling Yan'er said. "First, let's test whether those who know someone is missing can actually see them in the eyes of those who are not missing."
"How do we test this?" Sheng Ze asked.
"Of course they'll split into two groups," Ling Yan'er said. "One group will approach those who think no one is missing, and the other group will approach those who say someone is missing."
"Then there will be a little dispute, and each will seek justice from the other. Regardless of whether they can see each other or not, we have no problem seeing each other."
"If they can't see each other, then our behavior will seem weird to them, and that's fine."
"What's good about this?" Sun Youlin said, "Won't you be considered a lunatic?"
"Just treat him as a madman, as long as we can test it out. Anyway, we will leave Furong City after we find the person. No one knows us, so what does it matter." Ling Yan'er said nonchalantly.
As a human being, it is impossible not to go crazy when you are alive.
"What does this have to do with our search for missing persons?" asked Sun Youlin, who didn't really want to go.
"I'll tell you if you come with me to experiment." Ling Yan'er said.
Sheng Ze guessed that Ling Yan'er might have thought of something, so he agreed with Ling Yan'er's suggestion and said, "Okay, let's go ask now."
Ning Wushuang quickly said, "I'll go with you too."
She didn't want to get along with Sheng Ze, she was just curious and wanted to join in the fun.
So they were divided into two groups, Ning Wushuang and Ling Yan'er in one group, and Sheng Ze and his junior brother Sun Youlin in the other group.
In order to avoid being socially awkward, they naturally went to ask on distant streets. It would be quite embarrassing if they were encountered by acquaintances if they did this on nearby streets.
Ning Wushuang was walking down the street when she spoke to Ling Yan'er: "How did you get to know Senior Brother Sheng and the others?"
"I heard someone talking this morning about someone missing in the city, and when I asked the waiter about it, he said no. I thought it was a little strange, so I went to ask around. Perhaps Shengze and the others found out about it, so they came to ask me about it." Ling Yan'er said, "And that's how we met."
"Is someone really missing?" Ning Wushuang also went out to ask, but he had never heard of anyone missing.
Ling Yan'er nodded and said, "Quite a few people are missing. I did some research the other day, and I figured there were over fifty missing people. The actual number might be even higher."
Ning Wushuang was a little surprised: "So many people are missing?"
"Yeah," Ling Yan'er confirmed, "There should be more than this many people. After all, when Sheng Ze and his group's eldest sister disappeared, there shouldn't have been anyone else looking for her except Sheng Ze and his group, so naturally, they wouldn't have been able to find out anything."
Of course, there was also herself, who did not pay attention and simply thought it was a dream, or that someone had given her the peach blossom. If she had not cared, she might have disappeared and only Dongfang Zichu would have known about it.
If unfortunately even Dongfang Zichu disappears, then there is no need to think about it, no one will know at all.
Ning Wushuang asked in surprise, "Then why haven't I heard anything about it? They all said no one is missing."
"I don't know." Ling Yan'er didn't know why either.
Walking down the street, Ling Yaner saw someone selling meat buns, so she went up and bought two. After buying the buns, she stopped by to talk to the older woman who was also buying buns: "Sister, I heard a few days ago that someone went missing in the city. Is that true?"
The elder sister glanced at Ling Yan'er and replied, "Who told you that? Our city lord is a great leader in the Spiritual Transformation Stage. With him in charge, how could anyone go missing in the city?"
She left after she finished speaking. After she left, someone behind Ling Yan'er said, "Young lady, you'd better leave Furong City quickly. Many people have gone missing in the city, especially outsiders like you who come to Furong City. You are the easiest targets."
Ling Yan'er turned around. Unbeknownst to her, an old man in a green robe, with snow-white hair and beard, stood behind her. He looked at Ling Yan'er with eyes full of love: "The affairs of this city are not something a mortal girl like you can get involved in."
"Old man, do you know what happened to the people missing in the city?" Ling Yan'er's eyes lit up and she asked quickly.
If the old man knew what was going on, it would be a pleasant surprise.