Chapter 14: The Ritual
"Ahh Xiao Yin began to twitch on the ground like crazy, and the screams were like layers of shockwaves that made people's hearts burst when they heard it.
"And how long will it take him to recover?" This scene made me a little unbearable, Xiao Yin's appearance was too terrifying. "If he goes on like this, he'll die."
"Liu Quan, no, although the pain caused by the growth of the Orchid Gu is intense, it will not exceed the limit of the human body, and no one has ever died in the process of cultivating the Orchid Gu throughout the ages." Mo Lan comforted me, and at this time they had already dispersed their formation. "This is Xiao Yin's own choice, and his sister told him at the beginning that this process will be very painful."
Xiao Yin kept rolling on the ground, and the thin floor made a continuous cracking sound, as if it would be crushed at any time.
He suddenly raised his head, his eyes were soaked in blood or bloodshots, and his eyes looked like they were burned by two flames. Blood began to gush out of my nostrils and ears at the moment, and I always thought that the bleeding of the seven holes was just an exaggerated metaphor, but today I know that there is such a tragic situation in the world.
"Now his body has become the soil of the Orchid Gu, and the Orchid Gu has begun to take root in the corpses of the three insects at this moment, and it needs to absorb a lot of the essence of his body before it can germinate." Mo Lan said. "It's like the famous Cordyceps sinensis in Yunnan."
A plant takes root in the human body, but also absorbs the essence of the person, the feeling of the roots spreading in the blood, the picture of the stems and leaves stirring in the flesh, I feel painful when I think about it.
"Ah...... Save...... Help me. After Xiao Yin's hoarse shout, there was not much strength left, and at this moment his voice became extremely weak, almost a begging. I give up...... I give up. ”
Mo Lan quietly lowered her head, folded her hands and began to pray. "There's no way to give up, the orchid Gu has already started to grow."
Xiao Yin had lost the strength to shout after these tosses, he was paralyzed on the floor, scratching the floor with his nails, his nails were already stained with blood, like the last struggle of a dying man.
"Xiao Yin......"
I don't know if I was dazzled or what, I suddenly saw that on Xiao Yin's back, the dirty and old shirt seemed to be propped up, and it was bulging like a hill.
"What's going on?"
Mo Lan and her four sisters hurriedly walked in front of Xiao Yin and began to skillfully cut his clothes into pieces with their fingers. "The orchid has grown."
As soon as the shirt was torn open, I could finally get a glimpse of the true face of Lushan, Xiao Yin's back actually grew a flower seedling, and this flower seedling was growing rapidly, at first there was only one young shoot, and in a blink of an eye, it gave birth to one dark green orchid leaf after another, and the leaf veins of the willow leaf row were clearly visible.
"It's incredible!" Chunlan couldn't help but marvel at the growing orchid. "There have been so many orchid sons throughout the ages, I have never seen such a rapid growth rate, and this person's essence seems to be very conducive to the growth of orchid Gu."
"Does this mean that this person is the closest to the character of the orchid?" Mo Lan asked.
The four sisters all nodded, their eyes full of anxiety and joy. "Maybe this person can tell us what the character of an orchid is? It can help us to help the spirit of orchids really pass on. ”
In these few words, the green seedling on Xiao Yin's back, the flower bones that were originally budding to bloom have begun to bloom at this moment, and small white flowers bloomed on the emerald green flower stems, which were as elegant and pure as white paper. The little flower gradually stretched and opened, and soon showed five petals, like a girl's smiling face, smiling half and half spitting, graceful and warm towards you. The white flowers are set off by the green flower stems, and from a distance, it looks like a small raft covered with sparse snowflakes, and the dew is cold and intoxicating.
I've never seen such a delicate orchid, I'm afraid it should only be in the sky.
But this beauty is beauty, under this moving orchid, Xiao Yin is already motionless as if he is dead.
"Mo Lan! Go get the orchid transplanted! Chunlan ordered eagerly.
Mo Lan hurriedly took a small flower pot from the corner, then walked to Xiao Yin's side and began to gently pull Xiao Yin's flesh and skin.
"Ahh Ahhh Xiao Yin's tearing cry resounded again in this small bamboo building.
Several other girls did not stand idly by, they had a clear division of labor, and a girl took out a handkerchief and covered Xiao Yin's face, the handkerchief seemed to have a calming effect, and soon Xiao Yin fell asleep again.
Seeing that Xiao Yin was unconscious, Mo Lan began to violently uproot the orchid, and the dense roots ripped Xiao Yin's skin apart, and blood splashed for a while, as if the artery had ruptured. Chunlan hurriedly sprinkled a piece of white powder on Xiao Yin's wound, and the moment the powder touched the flesh, she saw that dense smoke began to generate, and with the sound of sizzling, the torn skin began to heal quickly.
Mo Lan quickly buried the orchid that broke away from Xiao Yin in the soil in the pot, but in just a few seconds, most of the green leaves of the orchid had already withered, and it seemed that if it was separated from Xiao Yin's body, the orchid would wither quickly. Mo Lan was covered in sweat, and then her other sister hurriedly walked over and tapped her fingers on the side of the flower pot, and then began to silently recite another incantation in her mouth. "Sleep, sleep."
It worked, and the orchid stopped wilting, and although most of the green leaves had been lost, the remnants were enough to keep it alive.
The five sisters all breathed a sigh of relief, although they said that they had experienced countless orchid Gu planting rituals, they could clearly feel that the tension still enveloped them.
"Liu Quan, you must remember to tell him that his life has been connected with this orchid, he must water this orchid every day and take good care of it, once the orchid dies, then his life will also be gone." Mo Lan wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead and told me.
"Huh? How can there be such a thing? Didn't you say that only when Xiao Yin's character changed, this orchid Gu would attack? Why is it that even this orchid is related to Xiao Yin's life now? ”
"Because the thing that can change Xiao Yin's fate is this orchid." Mo Lan shook her head gently. "This is the manifestation of the orchid Gu, but you don't have to worry too much, now that this orchid has passed the transplantation period, unless Xiao Yin wants to destroy it, it won't die."
I looked at Xiao Yin motionless on the ground, although he was out of danger of life, but his face was pale and unshaped, I really couldn't figure out why he had to do this? Is it really worth it so much?
Mo Lan and I helped Xiao Yin to a bedroom on the bamboo floor, and then let Xiao Yin rest in bed, and Xiao Yin recuperated like this for more than a day before he could barely get out of bed. Mo Lan drove us back to Kunming in her off-road vehicle, and along the way, Mo Lan did not forget to repeatedly warn Xiao Yin not to have evil thoughts.
Then I returned to Beijing with Xiao Yin and the pot of orchids, sitting on the high-speed train on the way back and savoring the two-day trip to Yunnan, it was really absurd and bizarre, and the lingering with Mo Lan was very absurd, watching Xiao Yin's every move was very absurd, and even my own experience of being Gu was also absurd.
For more than five years, I kept this secret, not only because of the wordless threat, but also because it was really not much fun. Xiao Yin hasn't contacted me again, I don't even know if he doesn't have time to contact me, or if he has died Orchid Gu, if this matter ends like this, it can really be regarded as a boring story with a beginning and no tail....