Peach Blossom Island

Peach Blossom Island is lush and verdant, with flowers blooming everywhere.

"It's a pity it's not in the warm spring of March. When the peach blossoms are in full bloom, it's truly breathtaking."

Huang Rong was quite proud of the scenery of Peach Blossom Island.

This is where she grew up, and now she has finally returned. Although her father is no longer on the island, she still misses it very much.

"Follow me, and don't go astray."

Huang Rong led the way, Ji Boying followed behind, and Guo Jing and Ying Gu brought up the rear.

The grass underfoot was lush and green, and I walked along the path on the soft grass, surrounded by lush peach trees.

Even with Ji Boying's greatly improved knowledge of Qimen Dunjia, he couldn't help but marvel at how excellent the formation truly was.

Ji Boying's knowledge of Qimen Dunjia was mostly theoretical.

All of this is for the purpose of practicing skills in the future.

It is precisely because of this knowledge that we can see the extraordinary nature of the Peach Blossom Island formation.

However, putting such a large formation into practical use was still extremely difficult for Ji Boying.

Ying Gu, walking behind, was even more distraught. She had tried to escape this place many years ago, and if it weren't for someone showing her mercy, she would probably have been trapped and died in this peach grove long ago.

He went into seclusion in that Black Marsh to cultivate diligently, thinking that his martial arts were invincible. Who knew that when he came out, he would find that there were experts stronger than him everywhere.

He thought he had mastered the art of divination, but now that he was inside this great formation, he was still at a loss. If it weren't for Huang Rong leading the way, he would probably have gotten lost here again.

Following Huang Rong through a maze of twists and turns, the group gradually approached a cave.

"Zhou Botong, come out."

Huang Rong called out sweetly.

Then they heard a churning sound coming from inside the cave, as if someone was happily doing somersaults.

"Oh my, you're finally back! You haven't come to play in so long. Where have you been? Even Huang Yaoshi hasn't bothered me these past few days. I'm so bored."

As the crowd approached, they saw an old man whose beard and hair were not completely white, but had not been shaved for many years and were very long.

The house was so big that its eyebrows almost covered its face, making it look like a savage.

"Zhou Botong, I have already persuaded Island Master Huang to send you out. I will not hold a grudge against you anymore."

"Aren't you lying? Do you think Huang Yaoshi, with his stubborn temper, would listen to you?"

Although his beard, hair, and eyebrows almost completely covered his face, his bright, sparkling eyes were impossible to hide.

Ji Boying laughed and said, "He was originally unwilling, but I traded him some powerful kung fu books, and he agreed to let you out."

Zhou Botong laughed heartily, jumping and clapping on the spot.

"That's great, that's great! Hey, young brother, what kind of martial arts did you teach him? Could you teach me?"

"We're the most generous people here. It's not very interesting for one person to practice martial arts alone, but we can't just give it to you for free. What martial arts do you have? Let's exchange them. You have one martial art, and I have one martial art. If we exchange them, we'll both have two martial arts."

Zhou Botong was overjoyed, just like a child.

"Alright, alright, I know quite a few kung fu moves too. Let's switch, let's switch."

Having had his fill of joy and laid the groundwork, Ji Boying brought Zhou Botong's jubilation to a halt.

"Wait a minute, I'm not only going to exchange martial arts skills with you to rescue you, but I'm also bringing someone with me. Take a look at who it is."

Ji Boying was tall, Ying Gu was a petite woman. Hiding behind him, she naturally prevented Zhou Botong from seeing who it was.

Only after hearing Ji Boying's instructions did he step out from behind Ji Boying.

Her eyes were filled with affection, and tears were almost welling up.

"Botong..."

But Zhou Botong suddenly seemed to have been stung by a poisonous snake and was terrified.

"Ah!!"

He shouted, forgetting even his bet with Huang Yaoshi, and turned to run away.

Ji Boying leaped forward, intending to subdue him.

Zhou Botong reacted instinctively and launched a counterattack.

He swung his hand back, intending not to hurt anyone, but only to escape as quickly as possible.

Ji Boying struck him with his left palm, and Zhou Botong instantly felt half of his arm go numb from the shock. He quickly took two steps back to neutralize the force.

His eyebrows twitched in surprise.

"Wow, you're so young, yet you possess such skill. This is the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms! No, no, it's different from the old beggar's! And it's also our Quanzhen Sect's Frost Treading Ice Breaking Palm? Young brother, which sect do you belong to?"

"Oh no, I won't ask anymore, I won't ask anymore."

He then asked and answered himself a few questions, turned around, and was about to jump away again.

He ignored Ying Gu's crying beside him.

However, his Lightness Skill was not as fast as Ji Boying's, and Ji Boying blocked him and exchanged a palm strike with him.

"Your palm technique is excellent, your palm technique is excellent, and you've also practiced the Nine Yin Manual, haven't you?"

"Oh, please let me go."

Zhou Botong was so anxious that he scratched his head and cheeks.

"Let you go? Don't you still want revenge for your son?"

Ji Boying said.

"Son? What son?"

Zhou Botong was greatly surprised.

"You did that kind of thing with Ying Gu back then, and she gave birth to your son. Don't you know that even now?"

Zhou Botong was completely dumbfounded.

He was at a loss about what to do with his own eyebrows and beard, and when Ying Gu stepped forward a couple of times, he didn't even bother to run away.

Finally, he cautiously stretched out his dirty hands and asked Ying Gu.

"I...our son..."

Ying Gu could no longer hold back her tears and burst into tears.

He was murdered while he was still an infant!

Zhou Botong's eyebrows twitched, and it seemed that tears were also flowing down his face.

"Who is it? Who is it? I'll avenge him! I'll avenge him!"

"It was Qiu Qianren, the leader of the Iron Palm Gang. My master has already avenged me."

Ying Gu then recounted the whole story to Zhou Botong.

Zhou Botong listened quietly, sometimes sighing that he felt sorry for Emperor Duan, and sometimes feeling sorry for his son.

Sometimes she gritted her teeth, sometimes she silently shed tears.

After finally hearing the whole story, he had no choice but to kowtow to Ji Boying several times.

"Thank you, Master, for avenging my son."

Ji Boying then helped Zhou Botong up.

"Daoist Priest Ma, Daoist Priest Qiu, and Daoist Priest Wang the Quanzhen Sect introduced me to the Wang Chongyang Quanzhen Sect. They accepted me as a disciple on behalf of their master, and I became a disciple of Wang Chongyang. We can be considered family. However, since I became a disciple of Wang Chongyang, Ying Gu became a disciple of me, we should not distinguish between seniority from now on. We should treat each other as equals. I will call you Zhou Botong, and you will call me Ji Boying."

"Okay, okay, I'll do whatever you say."

"I have already written to Emperor Duan about all the misunderstandings from back then. He is compassionate and I'm sure he has long since forgiven me. Ying Gu gave birth to your son and suffered a lot because of you. You have many things you have wronged her for, but you shouldn't have run away from her when you saw her. It hurts people's hearts. Now, you should repay her kindness and get along with her properly."

Zhou Botong lowered his head and remained silent.

"You avenged me, so I should repay you."

"What's this talk of repaying? Just show us your skills, and we can exchange them."