Chapter 3: Desert Roses
"Xiaofan, you're awake. ”
Jiang Bufan rubbed his hazy eyes, and in his vague mind, he seemed to hear someone calling him, and there was a faint sound of a dog barking.
"What is this place, what happened?" Jiang Bufan woke up slowly, patted his head, still a little drowsy, looked around, and saw that it was Huang Lei who was calling him.
"We don't know what this place is, we've all been stunned by a dark scent, and when we woke up, we were already here, and this should be the bottom of the sinkhole. Huang Lei said.
Jiang Bufan got up and patted the sand and dust on his body, checked his body, it seemed that there was no big problem, he thought that falling from such a high place would definitely kill him, but he didn't expect that there was nothing, and he looked at the sinkhole in front of him, there was still a piece of yellow sand: "It's incredible, there is light down here, and there are stone slabs instead of deserts." ”
"Where did this light come from? Do you know what kind of dark incense we planted to make us unconscious?" Jiang Bufan asked.
"Grow up in solitude and wake up in the night. ”
"This dark scent should come from the desert rose. Zhou Qian said in a deep voice.
"But haven't you heard that the scent of desert roses makes people unconscious?"
"Desert Rose, is that the kind of flower that you Huaxia said to witness love?" Lan Lan was very curious.
"In the vast desert, there is indeed a crystallization of a red-sparkling plant, the buds grow in pairs, and after flowering, the two rhizomes are connected, the flowers bloom like fire and are as gorgeous as roses, they are interdependent and cannot survive alone, and over time, the flowers and the sand complement each other and never wither, as if they were a pair of lovers. Bing Xinzhu explained.
"I've only heard that if you eat desert roses, they will have a certain toxicity and make people feel irregular, but I have never heard that the fragrance of flowers can make people unconscious. ”
Bing Xinzhu was also extremely puzzled.
"Forget it, it's useless to think too much, since Xiaofan has woken up, let's set off, this stone road is quite long. Huang Lei said.
"Amitabha, nature is so amazing, even the moon shines underground. The monk exclaimed.
The stone steps are very long, very ancient, and there are many traces of swords left on them, which makes people seem to see a period of war-torn times, and the stone steps do not know where they lead, but the bright moonlight comes from the stone steps.
Walking on the stone steps, the sound of ticking is particularly clear, even the breathing sound around him can be heard, even Erha, who usually loves to jump, somehow did not make a sound.
"Can you tell when this stone staircase was built?" Jiang Bufan asked.
"It doesn't seem like it's made piece by piece, but like a big stone and then cut into it. Zhou Qian also didn't see any useful value.
"How is that possible? How big the stone must be, and how can it be so hard and so neatly sharpened, I don't believe that the ancients had this technique. Qin Shou tapped it with an iron hook, but there was no reaction.
"Look, is this a desert rose?" Qin Shou looked at the passage in front of him that was made of vines and blood-red flowers.
"Be careful, everybody. Huang Lei reminded.
"No, it's not the same dark scent we've smelled before. Lan Lan said.
"How do they survive?" Jiang Bufan brought his mask and came to the Desert Rose.
"Xiaofan, be careful. Huang Lei reminded.
Jiang Bufan picked a blood-red rose casually, and there was no strange feeling when he looked at it.
"What's the situation?" Jiang Bufan was shocked, he found that the petals he had picked withered instantly, and then turned into blood-red light and disappeared.
"What's going on?"
"This blood-colored rose should not leave the vine, or it will die instantly. Bing Xinzhu looked at the blood-colored roses on the vines, and used his dagger to cut off a piece of the blood-colored roses connected to the vines, and sure enough, the blood-colored roses did not wither.
"This is amazing, isn't it?" Lan Lan couldn't help but say a few words of English.
"Have you ever heard the story of the desert turning into an oasis?" said the monk.
"Myths and legends have the legend that the Buddha cut meat to feed the eagle, and there was also a legend of Bodhi preaching. ”
Legend has it that the Buddha also had a poignant story before his preaching, some people say that the desert rose is actually the blood of a woman, and this vine is the branch of the Bodhi tree, and later the Buddha fed it with his own blood to have the desert rose all over the mountains. ”
"Feed with your own blood?" Jiang Bufan was a little unconvinced, but looking at the desert rose that was about to wither in Bing Xinzhu's hand, Jiang Bufan had a very panicked thought.
"I really don't believe it, I'll try. ”
Jiang Bufan came to Bing Xinzhu and cut his fingers with a dagger, causing blood to drip on the desert rose.
", brother, do you actually believe this bald donkey?" Qin Shou said with a smile.
But the blood dripped down on the desert roses, but it still didn't change at all.
"Monk, I suspect that you are a liar, and even more so a fake monk. Jiang Bufan choked, he didn't know how to listen to such a panicked legend.
"Amitabha, I think this blood-colored rose may not be interested in your blood. "Monk Lichen didn't take that legend seriously.
"Hey, no, you see that this blood-colored rose seems to have come to life a bit?" Lan Lan said.
"It's absorbing Sister Xinzhu's blood?"
I saw that the blood scar left by Bing Xinzhu's injured palm before was no longer bloody, and the scar had disappeared.
"Could it be that this blood-colored rose can still stop the bleeding? Sister Xinzhu, do you feel anything uncomfortable. Lan Lan asked.
"No, it's comfortable, and the palm that hurt before is healed. Bing Xinzhu is also full of curiosity.
However, when everyone thought that this blood-colored rose would flourish when it absorbed the blood of the Ice Heart Bamboo, it slowly withered until it turned into a red light and disappeared without a trace.
"This desert rose may have the effect of stopping bleeding, but it can't be well preserved, let's go, when we go back, we can find a way to get some back, saying that it may not be very medically valuable." Huang Lei said.
Along the way, there are blood-colored roses all over the sky, and the petite petals are full of colorful streamers, which are very charming, but they give people a poignant feeling of blood-colored mountain flowers crying and breaking their bowels.
"This blood-colored rose, how to give people a feeling of heart palpitations, I seem to be able to smell the strong smell of blood. Zhou Qian, who hadn't spoken for a long time, spoke up.
"That's right, I haven't found it before, but the deeper I go, the more luxuriant this desert rose blooms, and the flowers are about to grow to the size of a palm. Huang Lei said loudly.
The seemingly bewitching fiery red makes people feel the breath of death, and the perfect appearance can't hide the bleak soul......