Chapter 19: The Flower of the Other Shore
They came to the river full of pitch-black and viscous liquid again, and the flowers on the other side were blooming in the distance, and in this black, gray and white world, they looked extremely red as blood, Xia Qiu remembered that Ouyang Xiaoleng had told him that Manzhu Sawa was another name for the flowers on the other side.
"This is Nai River! You can't cast magic spells on the Nai River, so it won't work to fly over, and the seemingly calm river is actually hiding countless tormented spirits, and swimming past them will be attacked. Hyacinth, a butterfly flying in the air, reminded.
"Even if I could swim through, I'd ......," Chiki looked disgusted.
Ouyang Xiaoleng also had goosebumps all over his body for a long time, he couldn't imagine the feeling of being covered by this black liquid, in fact, he didn't even want to touch it.
"What are we supposed to do?" Xia Qiu asked Hyacinth.
Hyacinth thought for a moment and replied, "The skeletons in black and white cloaks you have seen before are called Black Sha and White Sha, they are the most feared executioners of these monsters in the Nai River before they turn into resentful spirits, and it is they who are responsible for punishing the souls day and night, so that they finally become the evil spirits in the Nai River." We tried to dress up as black and white, believing that the spirits still had a reflexive fear of them. But there is one thing, you must not make a sound when you cross the river, whatever you hear or see, and you must hold your breath, because the spirits can tell the difference in your breath. ”
Xia Qiu thought of the temperamental appearance of the Flame Luo Demon King, and couldn't help but worry about Hyacinth: "You help us like this, aren't you afraid that you will be punished by the Flame Luo Demon King?" ”
Ouyang Xiaoleng never understood Hyacinth's behavior, so he asked coldly: "Why should we believe you?" You're obviously a subordinate of the Flame Luo Demon King, so why do you want to help us? ”
Hyacinth asked rhetorically, "So far, is there anything you can do better than do what I say?" ”
If he wanted to explain to a few teenagers the reason why he helped them, he had to talk about his past and what happened to him after he came to the Yellow Springs Realm, it was really a long story, and he wanted to wait until he helped them complete the test of the Flame Luo Demon King before telling them. He transformed into a handsome man who had just worn a peacock blue robe, his voice and style were gentle and elegant, but a little lonely.
His loneliness was no wonder in Xia Qiu's eyes, because his beauty was incompatible with this cold and dark world, and his behavior seemed to be incompatible with the rules here. She remembered the words of the Demon King, who had risked being blamed for leading them safely to the Demon Palace, fearing that they would get lost in the Forbidden Forest or stumble into the realm of the Guardian Warriors, and now he was once again risking severe punishment to help them complete the three major problems raised by the Demon King. Just these few points made her intuitively feel that he could definitely be trusted, and that the extraordinary concern he showed for them from outside the world may be very abrupt with the world, but not with him as a person.
Thinking of this, she became more and more moved, and smiled and said to him, "Thank you!" ”
She wondered what had happened to this man? Why did you come to the Yellow Springs Kingdom to become a subordinate of the Flame Luo Demon King? In addition to gratitude, her heart was inevitably full of questions.
Hyacinth waved his hand slightly, and then silently conjured four cloaks, two black and two white, leaving one black one for himself, and the other three for Ouyang Xiaoleng respectively: "Put it on, buckle the hat on the cloak too, and I'll cast a spell to summon the boat out." ”
When he had finished speaking, he put his cloak over himself, covered the top of his head and most of his face with the hat on it, and then stretched out a hand and chanted a verse on the river Nai that no one could understand. In a few moments, a small boat swayed up from the Nai River, unstained with black water.
At this time, the three teenagers had also put on their cloaks, and Hyacinth saw it and reminded again: "Remember, no matter what, you can't make a sound, you can't breathe, and when you're ready, follow me on the boat." ”
Hyacinth was the first to jump into the boat after speaking, Ouyang Xiaoleng took a long breath and jumped on, Xia Qiu and Qianqi followed, as soon as they got on the boat, Hyacinth immediately used the boat to drive the boat to the opposite shore. As soon as the boat moved, the smoky river suddenly ceased to be calm, and the heads and arms of silver-gray spirits poked out of the black water, and they struggled to climb up from the liquid that adhered to them, and they still had the tortured expression of the last moment before they became resentful spirits, which was the appearance of a fierce god that no longer belonged to humans.
The wraiths slowly gathered towards the ship, blocking the boat from moving any further, and they stretched out their arms in an attempt to climb onto the ship. Hyacinth stopped the boat, conjured the same iron whip that the Black Shay had used before, and struck hard at the wraiths who tried to climb aboard. I only heard the ghosts crying wolf howls continuously, and finally gradually shrank back into the water, Ouyang Xiaoleng hurriedly grabbed the boat penny that Hyacinth had left before and propped it forward.
Stimulated by the extremely terrifying atmosphere of the outside world, Xia Qiu, who was not as good at holding his breath as Ouyang Xiaoleng and Qianqi, felt that he was about to fail more than once. The feeling of suffocation tormented her, and her brain began to produce all kinds of hallucinations due to the lack of oxygen, as if she was about to be pulled into the water by those resentful spirits at any moment, and she could only keep hinting to herself in her heart that she could definitely do it, and Chiki saw that he hurriedly took her hand and gave her some strength.
Their boat finally arrived on the other side of the Nai River, and the four of them hurriedly jumped ashore, and as soon as they got ashore, everyone unconsciously took a big breath, although they felt that the air in the Yellow Springs Country was mixed with a smell of rust, but at this moment they did not dislike it at all. The large expanse of blood-red flowers on the other side in front of them stretched into the distance, making Xia Qiu and Qianqi can't help but cheer, although Ouyang Xiaoleng couldn't be like them, the corners of his mouth also rose slightly with joy.
Xia Qiu pointed out to Ouyang Xiaoleng: "It's Manzhu Shahua!" ”
Ouyang Xiaoleng nodded in response: "Well, I didn't expect that the Yellow Springs Country really has this kind of flower." ”
"These flowers were planted by the Demon King of Flame Luo!"
As soon as Hyacinth's words came out, several teenagers were stunned, because the impression of planting flowers and the Flame Luo Demon King was too different.
But Hyacinth continued: "At that time, he had only been in charge of the Yellow Springs Kingdom for a short time, and he was still very young, and one day he got the flower seed of Manzhu Sawa from the outside world, and planted it, but he didn't expect the flowers to be so beautiful. He took care of it more carefully, and in five hundred years, Manzhu Sawa turned into a demon and was named the Flower Girl by him, and later the Flower Girl also became his wife and gave birth to a daughter named Green Lady for him. The flower girl is tired of the emptiness and loneliness of Huangquan, and wants to go to the outside world, but as a flower demon, she can't live long without the body of the flower. No matter how much the Demon King of Yanluo tried to persuade her, she couldn't listen to it, and finally took advantage of an opportunity to escape. You don't have to think about it to know that she must have been more and less auspicious later, and since then, the Demon King of Yanluo has changed his original appearance and become moody, and he will never see any feelings in this Yellow Springs country again, he imprisoned his daughter in the tower and did not let her have contact with anyone. Although there was speculation that he would destroy all that was left of the Manju Sawa River, it turned out that he moved them to the other end of the Nai River, across the bank from his palace. I think he still loves the flower girls, or maybe that love has turned into hate, and he left them in the loneliest place in this void world to watch from afar, which sounds very sad. ”
Listening to him tell the story about this flower on the other side, the three teenagers turned from shock to regret just now, for the fate of the flower girl, for the transformation of the Demon King of Yanluo after the blow, and for the daughter Green Pothos who was imprisoned by him.
Especially in Xia Qiu, she couldn't help but think of the estrangement between herself and her father, and her heart seemed to be pricked by needles, because her birth indirectly led to the death of her mother with congenital heart disease, so her father seemed to never be able to get close to her. This is a secret hidden deep in her heart, even with Liu Lingmei, she has never told it all, but now she is aroused.
"I'll save the story for later, I'll pick it first!"
Seeing that everyone had not taken action, Qianqi took the lead in reaching out to pluck the mansa beads on the ground, but the delicate flowers withered as soon as they left the stems, and the petals fell from his hands to the ground.
"You're really an impatient." Hyacinth shook his head.
"Why is this happening?" Qianqi turned back to him and asked him.
"Do you think it's that easy?! This flower has already been spelled by the Demon King of Yanluo, and if it leaves the rhizome, it will die instantly, he is such a resolute person, even he himself cannot pick this flower and bring it to the other side. Hyacinth replied.
"It's really become a veritable flower on the other side!" Ouyang Xiaoleng sighed.
"Then it's not an unsolvable problem." The thousand riders began to get impatient again, and kept stomping their feet in place.
"There is no solution, but there is a solution." Hyacinth's words seem to have an off-string sound.
"Please." Ouyang Xiaoleng, who was on the side, was also a little impatient.
"If you want to crack the spell of the Demon King of Flame, you have to rely on the help of this young lady." Hyacinth looked at Xia Qiu.
"Me?" Xia Qiu didn't understand the meaning of his words.
"Well, I need you to lend me a few tears, Miss. Human tears are pure water that does not belong to this world, and I think it is the only one that can continue the life of Manju Sawa who has left the rhizome. Hyacinth said confidently as he stretched out his palm in front of Xia Qiu.
Xia Qiugang was sad and sad about what Hyacinth said about the origin of the flowers on the other side of the Yellow Springs Country and the delicate relationship between the father and daughter of the Demon King of Yanluo, and his chest was still a little stuffy at this time, and he couldn't help crying when Hyacinth pleaded. Tears like broken pearls slid down his cheeks, and Hyacinth hurriedly cast a spell to direct them all to his palm, and then lowered down and carefully scattered them on top of a few manzhu sawahs.
He turned to Ouyang Xiaoleng and Qianqi and said, "You guys try to pick them again, be careful, try to keep your balance and don't let tears fall from the flowers!" ”
Ouyang Xiaoleng took a deep breath, tentatively plucked a Manzhu Shahua with Xia Qiu's tears and held it in his hands, Qian Qi and Xia Qiu held their breath and watched his every move. Sure enough, as Hyacinth had guessed, the flower did not wither, so the two of them followed suit and held them up steadily. Because the attention was completely focused on maintaining balance, Xia Qiu's tears also stopped.
They took the flowers back to the other side of the Nai River and walked towards the black tower behind the Flame Luo Demon Palace, where the green rookie was imprisoned.