Chapter 4 Iron Calyx Spirit Flower
In the huge white space, two young people with similar appearances sat facing each other, and the situation was very strange.
"It's been another year. Our birthdays. Your Good Friday. Mother's death day. ”
Bai Ye's voice was a little dim, "It's been a busy two days. I took the time to go home in the morning and kowtowed to my mother's tablet. Now I'm here for you. ”
The first time I saw my father in person was seven years ago. At that time, all Bai Ye felt was the incomparable excitement and the kindness that came naturally.
Gradually, as Kashiraya grows up, the situation begins to become more and more awkward year by year.
Eighteen-year-old Bai Ye has already caught up with his father's height. Judging by his face, his father's actual age was thirty-eight years old, but he still looked like a young man. And Bai Ye seems to be more mature than his father.
Bai Ye twisted his forehead, trying not to imagine what would happen in the future: "That's right." Uncle Cheng came in the morning. The court seems to be suspicious of us, and he led a team to sit and watch. ”
"But I don't think he really will do it, that big official has already been sent away by us. ”
He raised the capsule and shook it: "Today's batch of crystal nuclei was brought by Uncle Cheng. There are three left, and I will change them next time. ”
......
No more words.
When I was a child, I always pestered Uncle Suo and Aunt Ci to tell stories about my father's past. But in the face of his sleeping father, Bai Ye always didn't know what to say.
Leaning against the inner wall of the mound, he began to feel sleepy again. It's like this every time I come......
The spiritual environment here and the kashiwa night will have a wonderful reaction. It's like immersing himself in warm swaddling clothes, where he is always defeated by deep sleepiness.
The elders were cautious at first, until they confirmed that this place would not only not absorb the majestic spiritual power in Bai Ye's body, but would be of great benefit to him in absorbing and conditioning, so they were relieved to let him come often. But every time, I still have to protect the Dharma outside and call him out on time.
Recently, in order to prepare for the secret ceremony two years later, the elders have been in retreat for longer and longer periods before handing over the task of protecting the Dharma to Amber.
Neither the elders nor Amber ever dwelt on what happened today, eighteen years ago. He can only dig up the clues little by little on his own.
Time passed year by year. Bai Ye read the contents of his father's notes little by little. The image of the father gradually became clearer in my mind, but it seemed to be more blurred.
Insolent, impulsive, perverse.
Passionate, righteous and intelligent.
Emphasis on love and righteousness, but there is always some melancholy in private.
No one ever spoke of mothers.
Mother, it's just the tablet in the room.
In my groggy mind, the vague back slowly resurfaced.
Young women who often appear in dreams always have their faces obscured by a layer of fog, and the more they try to look closely, the more they can't see clearly.
For Bai Ye, in fact, Aunt Ci is more like her own mother. When she was still pregnant with Xiao Yi in her belly, she secreted milk, and she fed herself in one mouth.
Aunt Ci is fierce to everyone, except her children. For more than ten years, Sister Xiaolan, Xiao Yichi and herself have been very satisfied with her spoiling.
But lately, somehow, the cold word "mother" has quietly transformed into a blurry image, appearing more and more frequently in my dreams.
The figure and demeanor of the shadow looked completely different from Aunt Ci.
Is that really what you look like?
The figure finally turned around slowly, and Bai Ye felt his whole body heat up.
The boundless flames came as scheduled, filling Bai Ye's vision at once. In the blazing and demonic firelight, that faint figure disappeared in an instant.
Bai Ye woke up in horror.
It's still the same dream. Or a boundless sea of fire...... I still haven't been able to see my mother's face......
After sitting on the ground for a long time, he took a breath and stood up: "Dad." It's been 18 years, and everyone has taken good care of me. I grew up. ”
"I still don't know what happened back then. The elders never say who the murderer of you and your mother is. ”
"But Dad, don't worry. If they don't say, I won't ask. Two years to go. When the time comes, I will bring you back, and you will tell me personally. ”
Fangyi, on the shores of Genting Lake
Back at his lodgings by the lake, Bai Ye collapsed in his armchair.
Tossed all night, and still haven't eaten Shou noodles, this birthday is over......
After resting for a long time, he rubbed his cheeks simply and rudely, and just got up and was about to go down the mountain to the inn to have a look, when the door was suddenly slammed open.
A figure fell to the floor in the room, curled up in a ball.
Bai Ye was startled, and only after a long time did he shout in surprise: "Xiao Yi, what's the matter?"
The man on the ground is none other than the post soldier. He struggled to roll over, gritted his teeth and raised his right arm.
His forearms were all tucked into a giant calyx.
"Xiaoye, the guano you poured out, no. Killed me. ”
Fangyi, big house
In the big house by Genting Lake, a group of middle-aged people with fierce bodies gathered around a long table and looked at each other.
These people were all subordinates of Bai Changqi, the marshal of the Lan State. Twenty years ago, Bai Ye's father fought the world side by side with them.
At that time, the head of the Jiang family was still a young owner, and the current marshal had just been promoted to the commander of the Yulin Army, and the current saint was still the third prince at that time. Bai Ye's father was the youngest, but he had a similar temper with them, and even worshipped them.
Until the Battle of Ayutthaya.
Bai Ye's mother died in childbirth, and his father was severely injured in grief and anger, leaving only a trace of divine consciousness to protect his body. The elders managed to keep his body in the hidden spirit source of the old town, and it has remained until now.
Bai Ye's father has a kind of magic, although he is a pure-blooded Western Continent, although he is the "son of the demon king" in the world, but Fangyi's little uncles follow him with all their hearts, even if they become like that, they still protect him without hesitation.
After that battle, the little uncles, with the acquiescence of the commander, abandoned the glory of the battlefield without blinking, and lived incognito in Fangyi, taking care of the operation of the Lingyuan Circle and taking care of Bai Ye's adulthood.
The little uncles who grew up with Bai Ye are frowning at the moment.
Holding the pale Yichi, Bai Ye is no longer as calm and calm as before, and his speech is a little stumbling.
It took everyone a long time to figure out that Yi Chi was plotted by the weeds in the vegetable field.
Half a month ago, Bai Ye applied bird droppings to Amber's field, and he didn't play with it anymore in the past two days.
Yichi, who came back from vacation, was sent by his sister to help, but he unexpectedly found an unfamiliar huge bush on the ridge.
People pass by there every day, thinking that it is growing so fast that it is not noticed by the neighbors in time.
Yi Chi sensitively sensed that a small amount of spiritual power was diffusing from time to time around this bush.
Plants rich in spiritual power are rare in the entire Eastern Continent. Curious, he leaned over to check.
As soon as he reached out his hand, all the leaves of the spirit plant suddenly rose. Somehow, his right hand was bitten by this giant calyx that suddenly popped out.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly and immediately endured severe pain to resist the spiritual power entering his body. At the same time, he cut off the thick flower stems with a firewood knife, and slowly held the big flowers until the door of Bai Ye's house before falling.
Echi's choice was the right one. Bai Ye really knew.
He recognized it at a glance as the spirit plant, which was written down in his notes as an "Iron Calyx Man-eating Flower".
The flower lives up to its name. It is clearly written in the note that the Iron Calyx Man-Eater will actively attack animals that pass by. Once the target is bitten, the calyx will be tightened, and the wood spiritual power released will be mixed with paralyzing toxins, and the middle one will freeze. After that, it will be brutally dismembered and devoured bit by bit, and digested cleanly.
Originally, Yi Chi cut off the flower stem in time, and the channel for injecting poisonous spiritual power had been cut off, and the calyx no longer moved.
However, Bai Ye rummaged through the notes and couldn't find a way to crack it, so he was in a hurry, so he wanted to rely on brute force to break the calyx.
How could I have imagined that the calyx was bitten tighter by external force, and the residual toxins in the iron teeth were squeezed into the arm little by little.
Yi Chi's spiritual power cultivation is not very high. Seeing that his brother's face turned pale in an instant, Bai Ye picked up the jade inkstone on the desk and stuffed it into it in a panic, and barely stuck the double calyx.
In a short period of time from being bitten to now, the two ends of the hard jade inkstone have been cracked and shattered, but the iron calyx has a posture of not closing and vowing not to give up.
This injury is quite strange, the wood spiritual power and toxins are mixed together, rushing left and right in the bloodline. Uncle Ba Hong, who has the most experience in using drugs, checked for a long time, but he had no clue.
"It's easy to be simply poisoned, how does this spirit plant inject spiritual power into the body?" asked Uncle Suo, his curled burnt yellow beard was about to be straightened.
The little uncles are all masters of physical arts, and their abundant spiritual power has greatly strengthened their muscles and bones. But no one knows secret arts, and they are not very good at regulating and dissolving spiritual power.
The elders who have studied the occult art are still in retreat. However, looking at the state of Yi Chi, it must not be delayed any longer. If it drags on for a long time, the meridians will inevitably be seriously damaged.
Something really happened, Yi Chi's mother, no one can afford to mess with her.
Uncle Beard is very conspicuous in the crowd. He was more than a head taller than the others, and more than twice as generous. Bai Ye, who had eased up a little, had the heart to dodge, but he still couldn't escape his fierce eyes.
"What about the brain?"
Bai Ye buried his head deeply, but he couldn't help but silently say in his heart: It's not what you said, in the face of absolute power, all schemes are jokes...... I just don't have enough strength......
Now that the hard teeth of the calyx have penetrated deep into the muscles, I don't know how many toxins are still in the teeth, and no one dares to harden them anymore.
Uncle Ba Hong suddenly raised his head and popped out a few words: "Butterfly Spring." ”