Chapter 8: The Demon's Skull
There is very little information about "Swallowing Fire and Eating Flowers", so little that Xianyundu has always thought that it was just a legend. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
According to his research, during the period of the ancient kingdom of Ailao, this flower symbolized the courage of the last "Su King", and symbolized that all the places he went were dry bones, and if he did not surrender, he would die.
But after all, it's just a thing that exists in a totem, and no one has ever seen the real thing. Even though Xianyundu has studied for a long time, even if he knows that the fire-swallowing flower has evolved into the "Miaojiang Goddess Flower" in Guizhou, he still thinks that it is a totem and does not exist in the real world.
It wasn't until he and his students found the real fire-spitting flower in the city of Helamber that the idea in his heart was completely turned upside down.
In surprise, Xianyundu and the students hurriedly approached the boulder with the fire-eating flowers, and carefully observed the bewitching plant.
After taking a closer look, Xianyundu was completely "shocked".
Because he found that this flower is not easy to understand, or rather, it is not an ordinary plant at all!
Because...... It doesn't even have "roots"!
The red flower of the fire-eating flower "laughed" strangely, it grew on the surface of a stubborn stone, the fiery red petals were connected to the stone only by a dark green warp rod, and other than that, it had no leaves and no other appendages.
The most amazing thing is that the stone attached to the fire eater flower has no cracks and no soil at all. The flower grew as if it were attached to the smooth surface of the stone out of thin air, and in a little more figuratively, it was like a matchstick standing on a table for no reason.
At this scene, Xianyundu was completely stupid.
Xianyundu did not study botany, but he also had basic common sense, in his memory, all plants have roots, and it is impossible for them to grow upright on the flat surface of stones, without roots, plants cannot absorb nutrients at all, let alone grow, flower, and bear fruit.
The "Miao Jiang Goddess Flower" in front of me obviously subverts this traditional consciousness, it not only attaches to the surface of the stone to grow, but also blooms very vigorously.
Faced with this strange scene, everyone present was a little overwhelmed. Excited, Xianyundu hurriedly asked the students to take pictures so that they could take them back for study.
But after the student in charge of the camera tinkered with the camera, he regretfully told his teacher: "I didn't hand in the paper." ”
This sentence suddenly embarrassed Xianyundu, who was on the rise.
Obviously, the current skull flower is a rare "living" cultural relic, and its botanical and historical value is immeasurable, and it is a pity that it cannot be recorded.
For this reason, everyone held a small meeting, and Xianyundu and his students thought that they should get the flowers down and make them into specimens and send them to Kunming for botanists to study.
But the guide said that the flower had the curse of the devil, and the "rootless grass" was really weird, and in the face of the unknown, safety was the most important, and it was better not to touch it.
In the end, the decision returned to Xianyundu's hands.
Although Hyun Yundu is an academic fanatic, he is not a reckless guy. After listening to the guide's words, he felt that there was some truth, so he was ready to stop the adventure, at least he had to go back and prepare first, and it was not too late to deal with the problem of flowers tomorrow.
But at this time, the two students of Xianyundu quit!
Xianyundu's students, are sent out of the "labor reform" when they go to the countryside to go to the countryside, they have the unique atmosphere of young people of that era, although they respect the teacher's knowledge, but they are still not afraid of heaven and earth, they always love to say: "a red book according to the heart, pick up the pen to fight", and always love to say, "criticize the forest and criticize the hole to break the four old, sweep all the ghosts, snakes and gods." ”
In any case, they have unprecedented revolutionary enthusiasm for this "new world" and a fearless professional style.
Therefore, when Xianyundu's students heard that the teacher wanted to compromise with the guide's "feudal superstition", they immediately took out the red treasure book in their pockets, and accused the guide of bad intentions and spreading feudal superstition while reciting slogans.
With the "convulsions" of these two people, Xianyundu had to change his mind.
He was forced to allow his students to bring the flowers back to study, but to be on the safe side, Xianyundu instructed his students not to let their skin touch the flowers, but to wear gloves and take the skull flowers into their purses and seal them.
The programme was quickly implemented.
One of the male students of Xianyundu, wearing gloves, carefully shoveled the skull flower off the stone with a knife, and put it in his leather pocket as he spoke.
But at this time, something unexpected ..... It still happened.
Xianyundu, who thought it was foolproof, was suddenly shocked to see that the demon flower that was as red as dripping blood suddenly withered and rotted rapidly at the moment it was picked and cut, and finally turned into a black "powder".
The flour was attached to his student's gloves and flew like dandelions at the slightest disturbance of the air. Many of them took the opportunity to get into the student's nostrils.
Hyun Yundu looked at the noodles inhaled by the students and exclaimed, "Not good! ”
But what happened next is irreversible.
Then, the rest of the people were surprised to see that the student's face suddenly turned black, and he coughed and wheezed in extreme nausea. Then his body began to wither, and his whole body collapsed as if he had been sucked dry of blood.
In the midst of the shock, Xianyundu and another student wanted to go up to help, but they were caught by the old guide behind them.
The guide dragged the two men back desperately, telling them that this guy was "cursed" by the demon king and was hopeless. They will not be able to do anything, and they may also be haunted by the devil.
The guide's words made Xianyundu suddenly sober up. Although he was heartbroken, he didn't dare to move an inch.
After all, he still has a student, and for the sake of this student, he can't be emotional.
Then the three of them silently watched the unlucky student vomit and wither, and finally ...... Turned into a dried corpse.
And when his internal organs flowed out with vomit......
In that picture, Xianyundu's heart palpitated, and his spirit was also stimulated.
...... After the trip to the ghost town of Heilanbo, Xianyundu returned to Yunnan, where he was criticized and punished by his superiors for this accident, but his inner self-blame and desire for scholarship were his greatest suffering.
Since then, Xianyundu has conducted a comparative study using the qualifications of Ailao Mountain and the ghost town of Heilamber. But the results of the study made him feel shocked and inexplicable again!
Because he found that the city of Black Lamber really seemed to be a "ghost town" that appeared out of thin air, as the guide said.