When the magic flower blooms

Perhaps because there is neither silt nor moss on the rocks, the water in the pool is clear and calm like a silver mirror, reflecting the blue sky above.

He Tiansi approached the withered big willow tree while dripping water, and soon discovered the mystery.

There is a huge pit hidden in the center of the pool.This two-meter-deep, three-meter-diameter large rock pit is like a natural bunker, perfectly blocking the sight of the outside world.

And the "big willow tree" that looks like withered grows out of this rock pit.The actual height from the root of the tree to the canopy should be more than seven meters.Those hanging branches are like a canopy, perfectly covering the top of the rock pit.

In addition to this "big willow tree", there are actually people in the rock pit.

They were three handsome young men, about seventeen or eighteen years old, all wearing white Yinshan clothes, meditating under the "big willow tree".The soft willow branches hang down on their shoulders, swaying with the wind from time to time, but their eyes are always closed, and they seem to be undisturbed.

At this time, Mr. Su and Ming Ruoxing also came over, pointed to the dead tree and asked He Tiansi if he recognized what kind of tree it was.He Tiansi looked left and right, not sure.

"Like a willow tree?"

"Half right," Ming Ruoxing continued to remind him, "Do you still remember the name of the bar we went to in H City?"

"Liu...you mean, Xueliu?!"

"Correct."

Ming Ruoxing nodded.

Only then did Mr. Su say: "Snow willow is a unique and rare plant. At present, snow willow in the wild state is only distributed in three countries in East Asia, and there are no more than [-] plants. The one in front of you is One-thirtieth."

He Tiansi didn't know it and felt serious: "But doesn't this tree seem... dead?"

"That's because you didn't look carefully enough." Ming Ruoxing asked him to go further.

At Ming Ruoxing's hint, He Tiansi immediately noticed that there were some turquoise lifelines as thin as hair running through the long branches that seemed to be withered.What's more obvious is that there are buds as small as fingernails attached to some branches, and the surface is covered with a layer of fluffy hairs, which seems to be plated with a silver film from a distance.

According to Mr. Su's words, as early as hundreds of years ago, the traces of Xueliu used to spread all over the continents.At that time, in the demihuman society in many areas, there were legends related to it.

In China, snow willow branches are an important tool for Nuwa to create human beings. The goddess of the snake tail folded a snow willow, threw mud and landed on the ground, and transformed all living beings.Animal carcasses in the soil naturally became an indispensable part of the human body.

And the latest scientific research shows that snow willow is actually more like a special hybrid of animals and plants, which makes it the only magical plant on land that can respond to demihuman pheromones.

"Isn't that the plant version of Heartworm?" He Tiansi said.

"There's a big difference." Ming Ruoxing shook his head, "Heartworms can only respond to human commands. But Xueliu can become a medium of consciousness, transmitting emotions between demihumans."

"Conveying emotions?" He Tiansi clicked his tongue, "How did you do it?"

Mr. Su asked him to turn his gaze to the three young men in white who were meditating under the snow willow tree, and pay attention to the snow willow branches beside them.

After being reminded, He Tiansi looked carefully again, only to find that the buds on the willow branches that were in contact with the young man's body were much larger than other places.A few of them have even turned into flower buds, ready to bloom.

Only then did Mr. Su explain that the three meditating were not ordinary students, but candidate immortal officials practicing on the mountain.When meditating under the snow willow tree, the complicated desires will be transferred to the snow willow.When the desire and emotions are saturated, the snow willow buds will bloom.And if the heart is ascetic or the mind is innocent, then Xueliu will always maintain a seemingly withered state of suspended animation.

"So, it's good for the willow tree not to bloom?" He Tiansi tried to conclude.

Mr. Su shook his head: "I can't say that completely. When practicing on Yinshan Mountain, you pay attention to the word "purity". Blooming means that you are not clean enough, which is indeed not a good thing. But in other places, I just hope that the snow willows will bloom more and more. The more exuberant the better."

"Is there such a place?"

"Not to mention far away, the nearest one is the Imperial Garden in the outskirts of Xi'an. Every year, the Imperial Garden is open on the days of the Dragon Emperor's birthday, and many people flock to the Imperial Garden to look for snow willows. They try hard to make the snow willows bloom first, and then pick the flowers Come down, and give it to the person you want to express your love to with your own hands. The person who receives the flower can understand the other person's heart."

"Sounds very good..." He Tiansi put forward his opinion tactfully, "But what's the difference between this and ordinary flowers?"

"Great difference."

Ming Ruoxing didn't waste any more words.He walked to a place far away from the three meditators, reached out to pick up a willow stick, and closed his eyes at the same time.

He Tiansi also leaned over curiously, only to find that Ming Ruoxing held a silver bud in his palm.Because it is too small, it is difficult for He Tiansi to say whether it has changed or not.But five or six minutes later, it was obvious that it had swelled to four or five times its previous size.

The original silver fluff disappeared, and the bracts that wrapped the flowers became thinner and curled as they stretched.The real petals appeared, tightly wrapped layer by layer, with a pearl-like magical brilliance on the surface.

Ming Ruoxing kept his eyes tightly closed, and it was impossible to guess what kind of emotion he was harboring just from the surface.

But the flower he held in his palm kept growing.After another five or six minutes, the petals were fully opened, and light yellow slender stamens spit out.

It was a beautiful flower that He Tiansi had never seen before.It is about the size of a palm when fully bloomed.Six or seven layers of translucent petals shone with a faint pearl, like some kind of jellyfish or sea anemone swimming in the depths of the sea.

Ming Ruoxing also opened his eyes, reached out and plucked the flower from the branch.

"Here." He handed the flowers to He Tiansi.

He Tiansi stretched out his hand to catch the flower, carefully held it in his palm and looked at it for a while, then raised his head to look at Ming Ruoxing again.

"Thank you, it's just... that's the end?"

"Pick it up and drink the nectar inside."

Following Ming Ruoxing's instructions, He Tiansi slightly raised the flower, pointed the trumpet-shaped flower tube to his lips and sucked it gently.

After a while, a bit of cold and viscous liquid began to slip between his lips.

"How is it?" Ming Ruoxing asked.

"..."

He Tiansi smacked his tongue lightly and closed his eyes involuntarily, "Sweet, very sweet, but a little bit sour... Sour and refreshing, I like it, I like it very, very much..."

Speaking of this, for some reason, he grinned stupidly.It's so light and light, it's almost as if it's about to rise into the sky.

This wonderful feeling of floating lasted for five or six minutes before it gradually disappeared.But the relaxed and pleasant feeling is still going on, with endless aftertaste.

"This is just too much fun!"

He Tiansi caressed his lips intently, and then looked at the palm of his hand, the beautiful snow willow flower had withered and turned into a small ball of ashes.

Ming Ruoxing explained: "What you tasted just now is the emotion I instilled in Xueliuhua. It was passed on to you in the form of nectar."

"So, those who receive the flowers can taste them as long as they want? It feels like a more straightforward love letter?"

He Tiansi suddenly realized, and then went to look at Ming Ruoxing: "So, what did you think of just now to brew such sweet honey?"

Ming Ruoxing didn't speak, but his face was slightly red.

"You can bring up this matter later." Mr. Su looked at He Tiansi, "This is a rare opportunity, do you want to give it a try?"

"Of course!" He Tiansi was gearing up.

Mr. Su briefly explained a few key points, and then let He Tiansi go to experiment.It was Ming Ruoxing who pulled him aside and gave him a special warning.

"Don't think about messy things!!"

He Tiansi agreed on the surface, walked to the willow tree, imitated Ming Ruoxing just now, and reached out to grab a willow branch.

He closed his eyes, trying to pick out some strong enough feelings from his mind.But after much deliberation, there was only one figure.

Although he promised Ming Ruoxing not to think wildly, but the more he did this, the more He Tiansi couldn't control himself.

Soon, his entire thoughts and mind were occupied, leaving only the shadow of Ming Ruoxing.

Forget it, anyway, I didn't taste the specific content of Ming Ruoxing's thoughts from the nectar just now.Even if I secretly imagined it now, it should not be revealed.

I just don't know what kind of nectar the blooming flowers will produce.

After making up his mind, He Tiansi took a deep breath, closed his eyes and entered into meditation.

Judging from Ming Ruoxing's performance just now, he thought it would not be an easy task.But when it was actually implemented, it was so simple that he was a little surprised.

The snow willow tree is like an empty container, and the injection of ideas is effortless.

In fact, He Tiansi poured his own thoughts continuously, but did not get any feedback at all.This feeling is like pouring water into the ocean.

After persisting for about a minute, he secretly opened his eyes and looked at his palm.

That tiny bud didn't seem to have changed in any way, it was still pitifully small, but it looked like a big mockery.

what happened?Isn't it hard enough?

He Tiansi could only think of this possibility.So I moved my neck a little and started my second attempt.

He is more focused, harder, and more intense to describe the emotions and memories in his mind.But the feeling of "emptiness" continued, and the bud in the palm didn't seem to change at all.

Persist, must persist.

He Tiansi comforted himself, it took Ming Ruoxing several minutes just now to urge a flower to bloom.Everything is difficult at the beginning, the most important thing is to persevere.

After another minute or so, things finally changed.

It was commotion—the three young practitioners who were meditating under the snow willow tree opened their eyes one after another, and got up to avoid them.

They almost escaped from the reach of the snow willow branches, and if you look closely, you can still find the extremely unnatural blush on their cheeks.

Ming Ruoxing immediately stepped forward and pulled He Tiansi away from the willow tree.

"I told you not to think about anything messy!"

"I……"

Just as He Tiansi was about to quibble, he suddenly felt guilty.

"How did you know?"

"Look at the appearance of those three people for yourself! The little bit of consciousness you released is all running around in the willow branches! It's all gone into their brains!"

Following the direction Ming Ruoxing pointed, the three youths were still blushing, and they would send erratic glances towards them from time to time.

"No way?" He Tiansi was taken aback, "Those three don't know what I was thinking just now, do they?"

"The details don't matter."

Ming Ruoxing didn't scare him, "But they are all immortal officials who have practiced for many years, and their minds are very pure. Your messy things are pollution in people's heads! That's why I told you not to think about it!"

He Tiansi was a little unconvinced by his training: "Mine is pollution, so yours is not?"

"Of course not, my consciousness is all spent on flowering. Where is it like you, running around in the willow branches like a headless fly."

Ming Ruoxing glared at him, then turned to look at Mr. Su.

Mr. Su nodded unhurriedly.

"The result is already very clear. What he lacks is not strength, but self-control."