45: A corner of the hideous face of Taohuayuan! 4/5

“the peach blossom spring?”

“During the Taiyuan era of the Jin Dynasty?”

Wu Tian’s expression was like he had eaten something foul as he listened to the system’s cold voice gradually fade from his mind.

Yes!

He had studied this text in junior high!

But… where the hell was he supposed to find this Peach Blossom Garden?!

Could a person even find such a place?

Over a thousand years ago, during the Jin Dynasty, the Fisherman who ‘lost his way, not knowing how far he had gone’ only entered the Peach Blossom Garden by chance, and after he left, no one was ever able to find it again.

Even if they ‘marked it everywhere’, the result was still ‘he got lost and could not find the way back’!

It had been over a thousand years.

Where the hell was he supposed to find it?

“System…”

“Your last mission sent me to Chernobyl, and now you’re making me look for the Peach Blossom Garden, which doesn’t even exist.”

“Can you give me something more normal?”

“…”

“You should know, any mission the system gives you is definitely completable!”

“Go for it, buddy!”

“I believe in you!”

Wu Tian: “…” Forget it… In his helplessness, Wu Tian thought of someone he desperately didn’t want to contact, but this matter was probably something only she could research.

No choice.

Wu Tian still dialed her number.

“Oh?”

“Old Wu, calling me so soon, are we?”

“How is it?”

“Didn’t I tell you that you can’t do without me?”

Zhang Meng’s clear, light voice came from the other end of the phone.

“…”

“Yes!”

Wu Tian rolled his eyes.

“You’re right, I can’t do without you!”

“Seriously, I’ve thought of the next exploration location. Can you help me figure out how we should get there?”

“No problem!”

Zhang Meng readily agreed from the other end of the phone.

“I’ll make a detailed route map, which will definitely reduce a lot of unnecessary trouble.”

“Come on.”

“Tell me the location!”

“Domestic or foreign?”

“Domestic.”

Wu Tian chuckled.

He said eagerly, “The Peach Blossom Garden from the peach blossom spring!”

“How about it?”

“Isn’t it interesting?”

“…”

There were only a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone, followed by a sharp intake of breath.

Then came Zhang Meng’s torrent of incoherent words!

“Interesting, my foot!”

“Peach Blossom Garden?”

“Why don’t you go to the Jade Emperor’s Peach Orchard instead?”

“Is that a place in the mortal world?”

“It’s been over a thousand years, and the only record of the Peach Blossom Garden is Tao Yuanming’s the peach blossom spring, and whether what he said was true or fabricated is unknown, yet you want to go find it?”

“How will you find it? With your head?”

“And I’m supposed to plan a route for you?”

“Can you take a route to heaven?”

“…”

“Don’t yell at me!”

Wu Tian rolled his eyes.

The system had given him such a dreadful place, and he was already annoyed!

But the mission had been issued.

He couldn’t just not go, could he?

And… that… Divine Ghost Seven Kill Order was quite tempting… No reason to refuse it!

So Wu Tian thought, since the system had told him this place definitely existed, it wasn’t unfindable. It was just that they currently had no clue at all.

Things would work out in the end.

Maybe if they researched it, they would find it?

“…”

“My intuition tells me that this Peach Blossom Garden definitely exists!”

“Just use your professional knowledge to help me look for it!”

“What if we find it…”

“Wouldn’t that also be a historical event for our Dragon Kingdom?”

Wu Tian coaxed.

“And another thing.”

“Aren’t you curious about this place that Mr. Tao Yuanming called ‘the homeland in his dreams’?”

“Didn’t you ever think about hiding in there to play games when you were in junior high?”

“…”

“Alright!”

Zhang Meng couldn’t resist Wu Tian’s persistent persuasion and nodded, agreeing to his request.

“I’ll go to the institute to check thematerial right away. I’ll notify you as soon as I have any news!”

“Okay!”

Wu Tian chuckled.

“Then you’ve worked hard, Dr. Zhang!”

“Mwah!”

“Get lost!”

“Beep beep…”

Listening to the busy signal on the phone, Wu Tian’s mood improved significantly, and he chuckled.

“How impolite!”

“I need to educate her more in the future, tsk tsk!”

“Where should I start educating her from…”

…Early the next morning, while Wu Tian was still doing his daily physical training in his 100-kilometer-large neighborhood downstairs, Zhang Meng’s call came in.

“Hello!”

Wu Tian answered the phone.

“I found a clue.”

On the other end of the phone, Zhang Meng’s voice sounded a little tired.

But her tone was full of excitement!

“Last night, I went through a whole night of documents and ancient scrolls, and finally, in some other literature, I found corroborating evidence for the existence of ‘Peach Blossom Garden’.”

“The three characters ‘Peach Blossom Garden’ appeared in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and in various documents from different dynasties over the past two thousand years.”

Zhang Meng recited them like a treasure.

“Although the various documents do not contain detailed records of where this place is.”

“But…”

Zhang Meng’s voice slowly deepened.

“The Peach Blossom Garden has been discovered more than once!”

“What?!”

Wu Tian was stunned.

“Besides that Fisherman, has this place been discovered by other people?”

“Yes!”

Zhang Meng nodded.

“During the Huang Chao Rebellion at the end of the Tang Dynasty, some people, in order to escape the chaos, once found this place. One of them came out after the war ended, but could never go back!”

“During the Two Song Dynasties, some people, in order to escape the wars with the Jin and Liao, entered the Peach Blossom Garden by chance.”

“Their families watched them go in, but…”

“Their families couldn’t find the way to the Peach Blossom Garden!”

“During Zhu Yuanzhang’s uprising…”

“During the Qing Dynasty when Nurhaci entered Shanhaiguan…”

Zhang Meng became more and more agitated as she spoke, and by the time she reached the most recent recorded instance of someone entering the Peach Blossom Garden.

Zhang Meng’s voice already carried a faint tremor.

“1961!”

“A team of foreign mercenaries inquired about the whereabouts of the Peach Blossom Garden from the local Villagers, and a week later, they all successfully entered it!”

“However…”

“The Villagers who witnessed it said that these people were all insane when they came out!”

“And, only one in ten survived!”

…“Hiss…”

After listening to Zhang Meng’s narration, Wu Tian’s mouth hung wide open.

“What the hell…”

“What kind of place is this ‘Peach Blossom Garden’? How can people die there?”

“And drive people insane?”

“Was Mr. Tao Yuanming telling a ghost story?”

“…”

“No one can be sure about that, but…”

Zhang Meng’s voice carried a hint of faint fear.

“According to the various documents I personally reviewed last night, this ‘Peach Blossom Garden’ is really not as simple as we imagine. If we go there rashly…”

“I’m afraid it will be more ominous than auspicious!”

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