Fang Chen said to Saint Qingyuan in his mind, I'll talk to Senior Mingyue about this later. That willow tree won't die anytime soon. Let's go into the Peach Garden and see what's going on with those peaches first!
All right!
Saint Qingyuan answered at once in his mind.
When the old willow tree heard the Moon Saint's words, it drew back all its branches. A vortex appeared before Fang Chen and the others.
The Moon Saint turned to them. "Fellow Daoist Fang Chen, let's go in!"
"All right!"
Fang Chen nodded and followed the Moon Saint inside.
As soon as they passed through the vortex, they entered the Peach Garden. A rich wave of Spiritual Power rushed toward them.
A vast valley spread before them. Peach trees covered the slopes on both sides, their ripe fruit making Fang Chen and the others' mouths water.
Many floating islands hung above the valley. Lush and green, they too were covered in peach trees.
The valley was so vast that they could not see its end. White mist veiled its far reaches.
"What you see here are ordinary spirit peaches," the Moon Saint told them. "They flower after thirty years, bear fruit after another thirty, and ripen after thirty more. They're classed as Ten-Year Peaches!"
As she led them deeper into the valley, the Moon Saint explained the Peach Garden to them.
Its peaches were divided into Ten-Year Peaches, Hundred-Year Peaches, Thousand-Year Peaches, and Ten-Thousand-Year Peaches.
The peaches served at the Peach Banquet were Thousand-Year Peaches. They took a thousand years to flower, a thousand more to bear fruit, and another thousand to ripen.
Ten-Thousand-Year Peaches took thirty thousand years to flower, thirty thousand more to bear fruit, and another thirty thousand to ripen.
They were extraordinarily difficult to cultivate. Even if