Tailor City.
It’s a small city.
However, it was a famous city that was renowned.
It was one of the few places that could sew defensive vestments, and although it was only a first or second grade, it was already rare. Many Immortal Lords and Immortal Elders would come here to have their clothes customised, and as a result, commerce flourished here and it was extremely prosperous.
Today!
The first day of heavy snowfall.
Three reclining lights descended from the sky.
Qin Li, and Yun Shiyu both had gloomy gazes.
Plum Blossom Dweller appeared happy. His state was getting weaker and weaker, his white hair falling out, his eyes sinking into their sockets, his back beginning to bend, stumbling with his Warm Jade Sword, already half buried in the yellow soil.
“Senior, why did we come to this city?”Yun Shiyu asked.
Plum Blossom Dweller laughed, “This is the place where I was born, carrying too many fond memories for me, before I die, I want to come back to take a look, it’s kind of like revisiting my hometown and returning to my roots!”
“You guys see, that street is where I played as a child, I didn’t think it was still there, it’s just a pity that things are different ……”
Plum Blossom Dweller laughed like a child, rambling about the past.
Qin Li, Yun Shiyu quietly listened.
It didn’t take long!
The three of them entered the centre of the city.
Here, there was a huge flower garden, planted with grasses and trees that were bountiful to the extreme.
Plum Blossom Dweller explained, ”This is the Garden of Ten Thousand Flowers, planted with seasonal flowers. Because the city needs a large amount of flower petals to use as pigments for dyeing cloth, it has spawned this beauty, and it is considered a famous spot.”
The three of them stopped to watch.
In the flower garden!
Hundreds of flowers were withering, and the snow was white.
The green branches and leaves are all covered in snow, and all colours are in one white.
Only the plum blossoms bloomed red in the snow, facing the cold wind, facing the winter sun, emitting a ghostly dark fragrance, full of unyielding and tenaciousness, decorating the plain white Tailor City.
Plum Blossom Dweller looked out of his mind, and seemed to see his own life.
Suddenly!
A child with sideburns ran over.
It should be a bear child, very short-handed, climbing the not-tall plum blossom tree, shaking the branches and trembling, shocking down the snow and also withering the plum blossoms.
Yun Shiyu’s fine eyebrows frowned slightly, very nonchalant: “Little brat, come down to me, such a nice plum blossom scenery, all destroyed by you!”
“I just want to destroy it, because I hate plum blossoms the most.”The child with sideburns wiped his nose and blurted out.
Hearing the words!
Qin Li was greatly surprised.
Plum Blossom Dweller then asked, “Why do you hate plum blossoms?”
The Child with Sideburns replied, “Because as soon as the plum blossoms bloom, winter arrives and it’s freezing cold. I prefer spring, when it’s warm and humid and all the flowers bloom, and at that time, the flower garden is the most beautiful.”
Yun Shiyu lectured, “The four seasons are the laws of heaven, whether you like it or not, winter will come. Everything fades away, only the plum blossom blooms alone, bringing a hint of bright red to the monotonous winter, you should be thankful, not destructive.”
The child with the sideburns was very unconvinced, “I still hate it, because all the flowers are decorating for spring, and only the plum blossom blooms in winter. I think the plum blossom must be a loner and self-righteous!”
This sentence.
Sharp and venomous, comparable to a sword.
Plum Blossom Guru was poked to the sore spot and laughed at himself, “You’re right, Plum Blossom is withdrawn and out of place, thinking he’s different.”
Yun Shiyu understood that the Plum Blossom in the Jushi’s mouth was not Plum Blossom, but himself.
The urchin smiles triumphantly and runs away.
Qin Li sighed in his heart.
Suddenly!
The Plum Blossom Dweller said:
“Actually, I like spring as well, if life is divided into four seasons, my first hundred years would be spring, and the next thousand years would be winter. Right here in this Tailoring City, I accomplished three major feats and achieved the most scenic moment of my life.”
Qin Li became interested and took the initiative to ask, “Those three great feats?”
“One, defeating the Old City Lord and rising to fame!”The Plum Blossom Dweller’s gaze traced his memories as he slowly said, “Secondly, defeating Lian Chengyu, his fame shook the heavens and he became the number one genius of the Eastern Region.”
Qin Li asked, “Who is Lian Chengyu?”
“My father!”Yun Shiyu smiled awkwardly and struggled to argue, “Senior, I must clarify that my father is more adept at refining artefacts and is not suited for combat.”
Plum Blossom Dweller smiled and asked, “How has your father been doing lately, what is his cultivation level?”
Yun Shiyu puffed out her chest and said proudly, “My father is already an Immortal King Ninth Grade, and not long ago he became a Seventh Grade Weapon Refiner, he is one of the few great figures between heaven and earth, honoured by the four domains.”
“Congratulations!”
Plum Blossom Dweller’s smile was tinged with bitterness.
It was an indescribable mood, how sad it was to be inferior to one’s own peers who had boundless scenery while one waited for death in the nooks and crannies.
Yun Shiyu also felt that something was wrong and hurriedly changed the topic, “Senior, don’t you have three major feats, what is the third one?”
“The third one is the wedding banquet repentance, right here in Tailoring City, I repudiated the Zoicite Immortal King.”Plum Blossom Dweller’s face was zoumba, not knowing what to think.
Silence.
The atmosphere was cold.
Yun Shiyu didn’t know how to answer.
Qin Li, on the other hand, asked, “Senior, you seemed to have said earlier that you came to Tailoring City mainly to pick up a set of clothes.”
“It’s that clothes shop in front.”Plum Blossom Abbot pointed ahead.
The three of them entered the shop.
The owner enthusiastically came over to greet them.
Plum Blossom Jushi asked, “My plum clothes, are they made yet?”
The boss pointed to the wall, where there was a set of power suit, the fabric was plain white and spotless, it was also embroidered with a dark pattern of plum blossoms, and the corners of the garment had a golden edge back pattern, very simple and heroic, and before he even put it on, he felt a white chivalrous style.
Yun Shiyu curiously asked, “So beautiful, why is it called a plum suit?”
The boss explained, “This is the most classic style of our Tailoring City, it is said that a thousand years ago, a supreme genius came out of the city, and this Plum Suit was his attire, and it will always be at the top of the sales list.”
The Plum Dweller smiled and said, “I’m going to change my clothes here.”
The boss quickly beckoned for a wide screen.
Behind the screen!
Plum Blossom Abbot began to change his clothes.
Retreating his tattered linen clothes, he revealed a bone-thin body with many corpse spots and scars on his skin. The most horrifying was the chest, where there was a fatal wound that almost pierced through the heart.
Qin Li frowned, “Senior, you are not nearing the end of your lifespan, but rather, you have been heavily injured, causing your oil to run out.”
Plum Blossom Dweller changed his clothes and explained, “I have an enemy who is highly powerful, but instead of killing me, he tortured me several times, wanting to watch me die in agony.”
Qin Li said in a cold voice, “Who is it, so outlawed and morbid?”
“Me!”
A cold voice rang out.
Immediately afterwards, a gloomy wind struck the room and killing intent filled the room.
In the middle of the shop, there was an additional male Immortal King, with a high nose, prominent cheekbones, and thin lips, very handsome looking, but more of a mean temperament.
“Fourth brother, you’ve come so far.”
Yun Shiyu was stunned, the person in front of him was none other than his older brother, the Yin Feng Immortal King.
“So it’s little sister.”The Cloudy Wind Immortal King teased, “A former enemy, is about to fall, and I’ve specially come to enjoy his misery!”
Plum Blossom Dweller looked calm and said meaningfully, “I’m going to die soon, so you can rest easy.”
“Haha, I’m finally relieved!”
The Yin Wind Immortal King’s laughter was sharp, and he said morosely, “A thousand years ago, you defeated me in three moves and said that my swordsmanship was a mess. Over the years, I have been lying in wait and finally defeated you, so I can return this remark to you.”
“Your swordsmanship is a mess just like your life.”
“Also, I will take care of Zoran!”
“Just go in peace!”
Saying that!
The Cloudy Wind Immortal King clamoured and left.
Qin Li was puzzled, “What do you mean?”
Yun Shiyu was rather embarrassed and explained, “After the Plum Blossom Dweller repented of her marriage, Immortal King Zuo Ran was heartbroken and later married my fourth brother and became my sister-in-law.”
Qin Li was messed up and couldn’t help but sigh at the grudges and feuds, right and wrong.
“Ahem! Let’s go to the Great Snow Mountain.”
Plum Blossom Dweller, dressed in white and leaning on his Warm Jade Sword, walks out of the shop, he is simply too old, his breath getting weaker and weaker, as if a gust of wind could blow, and he coughs up black blood from time to time.
The three of them are ready to leave the city.
Passing by a small pastry shop.
Plum Blossom Dweller stopped in his tracks, “I didn’t expect the shop to still be there.”
The pastry boss lady poked her head out and smiled, “Guest, what do you want to eat?”
“Cough, do you have plum pastry?”The plum blossom dweller coughed continuously.
The boss’s wife shook her head and said, “Plum Crisp Cake was not sold a long time ago.”
“Why not?”
Plum Blossom Guru’s face was covered in a layer of greyness.
The boss’s wife explained, “Because it’s not sweet. If customers want to eat flower cakes, they can come back in the spring, our Hundred Flower Cake, the best in the city.”
“Spring, I may not be able to wait.”
Plum Blossom Dweller smiled sadly as a wave of dead air rushed through his brain, causing the sky to spin around and he directly planted himself on the ground.
“Senior, pull yourself together!”
Qin Li, Yun Shiyu rushed forward to assist him.
