When the magic flower blooms

The initial stage of meditation lasted about 15 minutes.Except for He Tiansi, it seems that every teenager participating in the meditation has more or less sensed the animal that dominates them.

Immediately afterwards, small rustling noises began to appear on the originally very quiet platform.

Immersed in deep meditation, some raised their hands in front of their chests, some stretched their necks and swayed; some simply lay down, huddled together and let out indistinct hums.

This collective hysteria-like scene looks weird and even a little ridiculous, but in the eyes of Mr. Chen, it is the only way for everyone to practice.

"Everyone is doing really well,"

He continued to guide: "You are the animal you imagined, and you are born as one. Now, you have to try to control yourself, don't move, don't bark."

Strange to say, following this instruction, the students stopped their weird movements one after another, and the strange humming sound gradually disappeared.

Calm was restored on the platform by the cliff, but there was still an undercurrent surging under the calm.

Holding small incense burners in their hands, Mr. Chen's teaching assistants walked slowly around the field to confirm that most of the students had controlled their inner animals.Later, more incense powder was added to the large incense burners at the four corners.When the mountain wind came, the smoldering spices burst into flames, and the strong aroma instantly swept the entire platform into the cyclone like a torrent.

Mr. Chen started talking again.This time, he asked those students who had become one with the animals to sniff carefully, but not to smell the scent of incense powder that permeated the tip of their noses.

"200 meters away from us, on the opposite mountain, there is a tree blooming. Now, please use the animal's sense of smell to feel its aroma, and tell me what kind of flower it is."

It sounds like an unrealistic request, but no students raised any objections.On the contrary, everyone took a deep breath one after another, tasting the breath in the air like an adult tasting red wine.

After about 1 minute, someone has already come up with the answer first.

"It's so fragrant...it's sweet-scented osmanthus."

"Osmanthus fragrans."

"Osmanthus cake……"

Coincidentally, more and more people whispered similar answers.

Mr. Chen asked the teaching assistants to observe the different performances of the students separately, and take notes in due course for future reference, while continuing to propose new tests.

"Very well. Now, you have found the sweet-scented osmanthus tree. I want you to go straight ahead, thirty paces north. Then tell me what you heard."

The students frowned, obviously immersed in this fantastic sensory journey.

"I heard... the sound of water dripping from the rocks."

"The bugs are chirping."

"Echoes in the cave."

"The brook is flowing..."

This time the answers were divided in various ways.But at least every teenager who reported the answer was feeling it seriously, rather than simply picking up the wisdom of others.

Mr. Chen continued to have the TA record the answers while encouraging all students to make one last attempt.

"Now, please open your eyes and take a look at the real world in front of you."

The teenagers withdraw their minds from afar obediently one by one.And the moment they opened their eyes, almost everyone let out exclamations in unison.

The moonlight is bright but not dazzling, and it also has a colorful and blurred pearl color.The stars are all over the sky, as fine as bright crystal dust.

It turns out that the distant mountains are not only dark and dark, but are like screens carved with jasper.Those shining faint dots dotted among the mountains are the eyes of the clusters of fireflies and beasts.

Of course, there are also sounds—the rustling of the leaves in the valley, the ticking of groundwater seeping from the rock walls, the singing of insects and frogs, and the birds combing their feathers on the trees...

But all of this is just a dream in just a few minutes.When the incense powder in the censer is burned out and the mountain wind dilutes the aroma, everything returns to the darkness and mystery.

The evening class ended here, and Mr. Chen motioned the students to do some relaxation exercises on the spot, and then lined up to return to the dormitory.And the teenagers, who were gradually recovering, also excitedly discussed each other's feelings and knowledge.

The crowd dispersed, only He Tiansi was still sitting on the futon with his head bowed.

"What's wrong?" Ming Ruoxing took the initiative to sit beside him.

He Tiansi sighed: "You should laugh at me again. In fact, I didn't feel anything just now."

Ming Ruoxing was not surprised at all.

"I can guess from your expression, what kind of animal are you meditating on?"

"It was a snake at first, but it didn't seem to be useful. Although I was unwilling, I thought about the pheasant for a while, but it didn't work."

After all, he was still unwilling, so He Tiansi asked: "Did Asians deliberately contact animals related to themselves since childhood? Otherwise, how could they imagine the touch, smell, and other things of that animal out of thin air? "

Ming Ruoxing shook his head: "Normally, you wouldn't do that. Strictly speaking, you should be quarantined."

"Quarantine? Why?"

"In order not to be misleading. For example, my gene is 'cat'. This cat is me first, not Boss Bai, Xiaohua next door, or any other wild cat. If demihumans are in excessive contact with similar animals during their growth, they will be You might lose yourself, which is not a good thing."

"But I don't even have the chance to lose myself. Although I meditate hard, I just don't have the same kind of feeling."

He Tiansi was still in a state of confusion: "Maybe I am neither a pheasant nor a snake, but something else."

"No, no, no need to force it."

Ming Ruoxing rarely comforted him gently: "Actually, I don't agree with the practice of Hefeng Academy. They first give students an inherent animal template, and then force the students to fit themselves into the template. It may save trouble and effort, but I don't want to I think the education on Yinshan should be so impetuous...Let's go, it's windy here, let's talk about it when we go back."

He Tiansi responded, quickly got up from the futon, pointed to the incense burner next to him and asked what was in it.

Ming Ruoxing replied that it was a very rare spice, used to amplify the senses of demihumans, but it should not be used too often.Firstly, medicines are precious, and secondly, they have extremely strong side effects, and frequent use will produce sequelae.The reason why this evening class uses such a special method is to allow students to experience the high-level demihuman world more intuitively, and to observe the performance of the students to determine whether they have further training. value.

"In-depth training?" He Tiansi smelled interesting information again.

Ming Ruoxing didn't hide anything: "Hefeng College is the last stop of the sub-human general education course, which is equivalent to compulsory education in human society. Only those students who are considered promising after selection will be recommended by gentlemen. Go to other academies for further higher education."

He Tiansi was curious: "Higher education, what do you teach?"

"Many, how to control transformation, how to use pheromones to attack and defend, how to strengthen your senses..."

Ming Ruoxing listed a few things, and He Tiansi was ready to move.

"Can I go?!"

"Yes." Ming Ruoxing smiled: "But that depends on your performance tomorrow."

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With Ming Ruoxing's words, He Tiansi suddenly had hope.When I got back to the dormitory, I didn't bother, just fell asleep with the pillow on my head.Early the next morning, when the bell rang, he jumped up again and ran to do morning exercises with the students.

When it was time for breakfast, Mr. Chen came to the cafeteria in person and announced the special arrangement for the morning—after the class bell rang, everyone gathered in the backyard of the hall by the cliff to participate in a special event.

This must be the "test" that Ming Ruoxing mentioned last night.

In line with the humble attitude of "the stupid bird flies first", He Tiansi hurriedly finished his breakfast and walked towards the meeting place when he went out.

When he arrived at the backyard of the main hall, he found that Ming Ruoxing had arrived first, and the two teaching assistants who accompanied him also brought out a case from the main hall. On the case was a huge cylindrical object wrapped in red silk.

He Tiansi approached with a smile, wanting to ask what was under the red cloth.But Ming Ruoxing slapped his hand down.

"Don't mess around!"

"Aren't I planning for a rainy day?" He Tiansi argued hard, and then discussed in a low voice, "My performance last night is no longer good. If I can't pass the test today, how can I receive higher education?"

"It's useless to look at it. Anyone who cheats will be thrown down the mountain immediately."

Ming Ruoxing first killed relatives righteously, and then threatened He Tiansi in a low voice: "This test is specially for you, perform well, and don't embarrass me!"

"...It's fine if you don't help, but you still threaten me! I'm still your boyfriend?!"

He Tiansi muttered to himself, at this time other students and Mr. Chen himself also came one after another.They lined up in the backyard facing the pond.

When everyone was quiet, Mr. Chen signaled the two teaching assistants to lift the red silk cloth on the desk—underneath was a huge golden insect cage.There are hundreds of large insects with wings locked in the dark.

The students made a slight sound of disgust. Mr. Chen raised his hand to signal silence, and then asked, "Does anyone know what kind of insect this is?"

The students looked at each other, but no one could answer.

Mr. Chen made a gesture of "please" to Ming Ruoxing, and Ming Ruoxing said: "This is a heart-connecting worm, which is a special product in the Yinshan area. This kind of worm can produce a very unique Resonance phenomenon. Therefore, the immortal officials who practiced in the mountains in the past often used this kind of bug to send messages...Of course, everyone uses mobile phones now."

There was a burst of good-natured chuckles among the students, and of course He Tiansi was the most supportive person.

Speaking of this, Ming Ruoxing nodded to the teaching assistant beside him, and the other party understood, took out a small golden key and opened the cage door.

There was a sudden buzzing sound in the air, it was the sound of hundreds of heartworms flapping their wings.They poured out of the cage together like a black cloud.

The students started a little commotion again, and some even tried to run away.But they soon discovered that the heartworms were not interested in them at all. After hovering in mid-air for a while, they suddenly disappeared without a trace.

"Where's the worm? Where did the worm go?"

The teenagers were looking at each other, only to see Ming Ruoxing raised his right hand.A heartworm that flew out from nowhere unexpectedly landed on his fingertips.

At this time, He Tiansi finally saw Lian Xinchong's true face in Mount Lu - about the size of a cicada.The whole body is black and shiny, with a faint green light.When the hard shell-like outer wings are stretched, the transparent inner wings can also be seen, which are slender and delicate.

Ming Ruoxing moved his fingers, and the bug crawled back and forth on his hand, as if he wasn't afraid at all.Ming Ruoxing snapped his fingers, and the bug flew up into the air with a buzzing sound, and then disappeared in an instant.

"It went into the tower!"

He Tiansi saw clearly now.The heartworm flew straight towards the pond, and got into the brass pagoda in the middle of the pond.

"This is the test you will face next." Mr. Chen said.