The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 459: Peach Blossom Spring

In the following week, Ryan and Hermione visited many good places, some for ordinary people and some for wizards. The reason why they were able to visit so many attractions in a short period of time was all thanks to the Tianchao Cloud Road System.

Cloud Road is similar to the European Floo Network, but it does not require a fireplace. Any calm surface of water in a container with a magic circle drawn on it can be used as an entrance or exit. The largest one can be a lake, while the smallest one can be a wash basin or sink at home. When using it, just fill the container with water, wait until the water surface is larger than the size of your palm, put your hand in it, recite the place name, and finally add a sentence of "urgent order" to go to the place you want to go.

During this week, whether it was Taihu Lake, Lushan Mountain, Huangshan Mountain or West Lake, they were all eye-opening, and the natural and cultural scenery there made them linger. Among them, the one that impressed them the most was the wizards' travel attraction they visited on the last day: Wulingyuan.

This Wulingyuan is different from the Wulingyuan Zhangjiajie scenic area in the ordinary people's area. It is a large valley protected by a natural magic maze. There is a town that belongs purely to the magic world of the Celestial Empire and a large number of magical creatures.

According to the map they bought at Songjiang Market, the two came to the entrance of the town. This is just a very ordinary stream in an ordinary valley. If you don't know magic, you can only see a stream flowing out of the valley, but wizards can see that the stream has a fork after entering the valley.

Following this tributary of the stream that only wizards can see, it didn't take long before a beautiful peach forest suddenly appeared in front of us, as if we had crossed an invisible boundary. The magical thing was that even though it was a hot summer day, the temperature here was still as pleasant as spring. The peach blossoms on the trees were still in full bloom. There were several wizards scattered under the trees, reading books, playing games or having picnics.

A breeze blew, and the pink petals on the ground were blown up and floated in the air together with the petals blown off the trees, turning the peach blossom forest into a pink world like a fairy tale.

"This is like a dream." Hermione looked at the scenery in front of her and said softly, "Thank you--" But before she finished her words, her mouth was blocked by Ryan's mouth. After kissing for a while, they smiled at each other and separated. Then Rose Crystal and Xiaoqing took the camera to take pictures for them.

In the past few days, Rose Crystal and her sisters went to Paris and Versailles in the world of Rose Maiden, and then enjoyed a few days of partying. Fortunately, after the party, she caught up with the last stop of Ryan's trip, Wulingyuan.

After playing enough in the peach forest, they continued to move forward along the stream. At this time, Xiaoqing turned herself into a backpack. Then Rose Crystal got in and asked Ryan to carry her on his back. Ryan smiled and shook his head, then put the backpack with Rose Crystal on his back.

There is a mountain at the source of the stream, and on the mountain there is a small cave. On the stone wall beside the cave are three large characters "Wulingyuan", which looks like it can only accommodate one person. Ryan and his companions could only line up to enter this exit. Fortunately, the entrance of the cave was very narrow at the beginning, but it became open and bright after walking a few dozen steps. In front of him was an antique town and flat fields, and in the distance he could see a lake and the woods beside the lake.

"When the forest ends and the water source is reached, there is a mountain with a small opening that seems to have light. We abandon the boat and enter through the opening. It is very narrow at first, but it is passable. After walking a few dozen steps, it suddenly becomes clear—" Seeing this scene, Ryan was inspired and began to recite the famous "Peach Blossom Spring". Unlike the previous life where it was just a story, the Peach Blossom Spring in this world really exists. This place, now called Wulingyuan, is the Peach Blossom Spring in the article.

As mentioned before, the surrounding environment formed a maze next to this huge valley. In addition to the natural maze, the wizards who discovered this place also set up large and small magical defenses here. However, this was not the case more than a thousand years ago. At that time, this valley only relied on natural mazes, so there was really an ordinary fisherman who entered here when the maze was weakened due to the change of astrology, and then brought the news out.

Unfortunately, after the fisherman left, the wizards living in the valley used magic circles to make up for these defects, so neither the governor nor Liu Ziji from Nanyang could find this place anymore. Later, this story was known by Tao Yuanming, who then wrote the famous "Peach Blossom Spring" just like in another world.

"What were you reading just now?" Hermione asked curiously. Although she had learned Chinese now, this kind of classical Chinese was still difficult for her to understand.

"Oh, this is a poem written by an ancient poet in the Celestial Empire more than a thousand years ago." Ryan turned around and explained. After he finished explaining the story of "Peach Blossom Spring", the two of them just happened to follow the gravel road to the entrance of the town.

Unlike the previous Songjiang Market, many people in the town wore modern clothes that blended with the style of Hanfu, and even a few wizards wore Hanfu directly. And it wasn't just wizards walking on the street. For example, Ryan saw a young woman with fox ears and a tail walking on the street holding an oil-paper umbrella. "Hello, I was born in the UK and I brought my fiancée back to take a look. Just now I saw a lot of people with animal ears or leaves and flowers on their heads on the street. Can you tell us what this custom is?" After buying a few pieces of glutinous rice cakes, Ryan asked the shop owner.

"This is not a custom." The middle-aged man with a big beard looked talkative, and he quickly wrapped the glutinous rice cake with a kind of leaf in his hand. "They are not human beings."

"Not human?" Hermione stopped chewing the glutinous rice cake, because in the British wizarding world, non-human intelligent creatures are marginalized and discriminated against. She has never seen other creatures walking on the street in Diagon Alley. So she was a little excited when she suddenly heard that those guys were not human.

"Yes, not human." The boss repeated. "Many foreign tourists like you find this incredible. I even met one of your compatriots more than ten years ago who thought that we had simply lost the dignity of being an alchemist (Hermione muttered in a low voice at this time, sounding like a so-called pure blood). But we have always believed that as long as they abide by our laws and are willing to accept the same restrictions, there is no reason not to give them the same rights as us."

"Don't worry, boss. We are not that kind of people." Ryan said, and Hermione nodded vigorously. "But we also need to admit that in other places, some people always think that their bloodline is superior to others."

"Bloodline?" The boss snorted with disdain. "Only animals like pigs, dogs, and horses are noble because of their bloodline. How can humans be noble because of this?"

The boss's words made Ryan and Hermione laugh together. This was the most interesting rebuttal to the pure-blood supremacy theory they had ever heard. The shop owner also saw that the two of them were not the kind of bloodline theorists, so he explained: "Those who were collectively called mountain ghosts just now are a kind of natural spirits-"

"They are creatures similar to Veela." Ryan quickly explained to Hermione in English. From the boss, they learned that mountain ghosts have some animal power and some plant power, as well as their own special spells. Most importantly, they can intermarry with humans. However, just as the boss was boasting about the appearance of mountain ghosts with a beaming face, his chubby wife sneaked up from behind and grabbed his ear.

"Don't think I don't know that you've been staring at that ghostly lady boss at the restaurant at the end of the street. Go in and make some glutinous rice cakes. Don't be lazy here." Ryan and Hermione left quickly after watching the tough lady boss drag the boss to the kitchen.

"I just thought I saw Mrs. Weasley--" After reaching the street, Hermione looked back at the glutinous rice cake shop and said.

"This is also a way of getting along. The uncle's magic level is much stronger than his wife. His wife is just an ordinary person who can't use magic. Love..." Ryan said with a smile.

In addition to the beautiful mountain ghost, Ryan and his companions also met a three-meter-tall human on the street. The owner of the magic potion shop told them that they were the Kuafu clan, similar to the giants in the West. However, they were not as good as the giants in the West in terms of defense against magic or strength. Their only advantage was that their IQ and personality were not much different from humans, except that they were more stubborn.

After buying what they wanted in the store, the two went to the surrounding protected areas. They saw Changyou, which looked like a four-eared macaque, and Zouwu, which had colorful hair and a long tail. The best luck was when they passed by a flowering bamboo forest, where they saw a phoenix that looked like a pheasant, but with colorful patterns and a long tail. If you look closely, you can see that the bird has naturally formed ancient seal characters on its abdomen and wings.

"What kind of bird is this?" Hermione asked, pointing at the phoenix. In her impression, the phoenix should be the big fiery red bird raised by Professor Dumbledore, so she didn't recognize what was in front of her.

"This is the Phoenix of the East." Ryan felt that he was lucky today.

(End of this chapter)