The Devil and the Flower

Nightmare pearls and dreams, the sound of the piano is the guide.

Thick mist was shrouded all around, and I couldn't see my fingers, and I couldn't see anyone on the left or right.

Wu Shuangya couldn't see, so he bumped into someone while walking, hissed, and said, "What the hell is this place?"

Lin Yanlan helped him, and reminded: "Shuangya, follow the sound of Daojun's piano, and be careful not to get lost."

Feng Yueci walks slowly, playing the piano with one hand, and the light spots are scattered like dancing spirit butterflies, dispelling the fog while flying.

Jiang Huan guarded him on both sides, keeping his eyes on him for a moment.

After a while, the fog dissipated, and a city appeared in front of my eyes, but I saw ten miles of apricot forest, and the flowers fell like snow. There were few high-rise buildings in the city, but most of them were medicine huts, flower gardens and grass fields.

Wu Shuangya said in shock: "Sister Yanlan, this looks like your family!"

Lin Yanlan was also confused, looked carefully, and said, "Could it be..."

Feng Yue resigned to accept the piano, and replied: "Lanxi City."

Lin Yanlan was stunned, and said: "Yuhu Xinglin and Lanxi City, how could Dongling dream of these?"

Jiang Huan said: "Just look at it."

Having entered the illusion of Yin Demon's memory before, and seeing his own, Jiang Huan was not in a hurry, took Feng Yueci's hand, and came here as a sight-seeing game.

After walking for a while, Lin Yanlan stopped in her tracks, fixed her eyes on the front, and blurted out, "Dong Ling!"

In the mountains and forests, a little girl in white clothes ran down with a bamboo basket on her back, humming a little tune in her mouth, and her delicate and lovely face was full of smiles.

She ran all the way back to the medicine house, everyone on the way greeted her, and she responded with a smile.

In the medicine hut, many children around her age were picking herbs, and a woman in front of her was explaining something warmly.

"Auntie!"

"Lan'er is back."

The woman took the bamboo basket from her back, shook her head and said, "Are you going to water the apricot grove in the jade pot again?"

The little girl said: "Yes, the Yuhu Xinglin has never bloomed since Dad left. His Majesty the Demon King gave us a token. If we didn't take good care of it, His Majesty would be so disappointed."

The woman said: "Stupid child, it doesn't matter whether it blooms or not, what matters is that you are willing to use it to save more people, so that it really lives up to His Majesty's intentions."

The little girl nodded repeatedly, rolled her eyes with a smile, and said: "The elders said that when I grow up, let me take over as the city lord, but I don't want to be the city lord, I want to take Yuhu Xinglin to travel the world and practice medicine to help the world , to save more people from suffering!"

The woman patted her head, her eyes showed relief, and said: "Good boy."

In the depths of the apricot forest, a jade pot hangs alone in the sky.

Since the previous city lord passed away, Yuhu Xinglin seems to have been banned, and no one can use it anymore.

In the beginning, many people would come to try it, but then everyone stopped thinking about it.

From everyone's point of view, if the keepsake recognizes the owner, it is afraid that only when a new city owner appears, will it be unsealed again.

Only the little girl, rain or shine, day after day, year after year, must go to accompany her every day, watering, pruning, or chatting there to herself.

In her eyes, tokens are not spirit treasures or dead objects, they are like relatives and friends.

"You were bestowed by His Majesty the Demon King, so you must have spirituality. After Dad left, no one would accompany you anymore. I guess you must be very lonely."

"Xinglin, you have to wait for me. When I grow up, I can take you outside to have a look!"

She has been waiting, but after 13 years of waiting, she has never grown up, and has always looked like a seven-year-old child.

"Lin Lan is a good child, but she won't grow up!"

"We also feel sorry for her. We have tried everything for her these years, but Madam, it's useless!"

"We must never have such a city lord! Lanxi City is the holy land of medical immortals. It is said that we can't even cure the city lord, so where else can we stand?"

"Madam, please, don't be stubborn!"

The little girl hid behind the door and heard the quarrel between her mother and uncles and elders with her own ears. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she ran to the apricot forest covering her mouth.

While running, she tripped over a branch, and she fell into the forest all of a sudden, and the sobs could no longer be restrained.

She cried so sadly.

Lin Yanlan watched, her eyes turned red, and she couldn't help but wanted to hug her and tell her to stop crying.

But the outstretched hand pierced through the little girl's figure.

Jiang Huan watched coldly, and said, "Miss Lin, do you think she is your sister Lin Dongling?"

Lin Yanlan wanted to say yes immediately, but she paused for some reason, and murmured: "I don't know, but when I saw her, I felt very familiar and close."

Wu Shuangya looked surprised, and said: "This is Dong Ling's dream, who else could it be if it wasn't her? But why is her dream so strange, that she dreamed that she would not grow up? What is she pretending to be in her mind? ah."

Jiang Huan said: "I don't know what is in her mind, but what is in your mind must be grass."

Wu Shuangya rolled up his sleeves and said angrily, "...Don't think that I'm afraid of you because I can't beat you!"

Jiang Huan: "Oh?"

Wu Shuangya tilted his head angrily, and turned to Feng Yue to complain: "Dao Jun! Look at him!"

Feng Yueci was staring at Xinglin, but he didn't hear what they were saying, when he called out, he turned slightly and looked back.His eyes are clear and peaceful, and the beauty in the light and shadow is unreal, which makes people feel that everything will be tolerated.

Wu Shuangya blushed immediately, and said with a stiff neck, "No, I'm fine."

Jiang Huan raised his hand and turned Feng Yueci's face away, "Ah Yue, don't look at him, look at me!"

Feng Yue looked at him according to his words.

Jiang Huan raised the corners of his mouth, and he didn't bother to argue with the brat, so he didn't let go of his hug.

In the dream, the little girl was tired from crying, sitting on the ground and muttering to herself.

"As a child for 13 years, I already knew I was a monster."

"Actually, I am very envious of everyone. They can grow up normally, inherit the family business, talk about marriage, and do whatever they want. But in my whole life, I probably won't be able to see what I looked like when I grew up."

"Fortunately... I'm used to it too."

"Xinglin, I'm leaving Lanxi City. But it's not to escape, but to realize my long-cherished wish. Even a monster should have the right to choose, right?"

"The most regrettable thing is that I can't take you with me. You are a gift from His Majesty to Lanxi City. Only the Lord of the city is qualified to take you anywhere. I'm really sorry, I broke my promise."

She wiped away her tears, stood up and walked back, the moment she turned around, the jade pot and apricot forest in the high hanging forest suddenly shone with a faint light, and the branches swayed slightly, as if they were trying to hold her back.

Unfortunately, the little girl did not look back.

As soon as the picture changed, the little girl walked out of the city gate alone in light clothes, with a smile on her face as usual, but a little loneliness in the depths of her eyes.

"Lan'er! Lan'er!"

"Auntie? Auntie!"

Lin Lan turned around abruptly, and was immediately embraced by the woman.

The woman was angry and distressed. She stroked her cheek and shouted: "Silly boy! Why don't you just leave without saying anything?"

Lin Lan said in a low voice: "I left the letter. I just don't want Aniang to embarrass everyone. Everyone has always been very kind to me. After my father left, they often took care of me. I can't inherit the position of city lord, and I think they are no better than you." I feel better, so please stop arguing with them, Auntie."

As soon as the woman heard this, tears came down, she raised her hand, and suddenly something appeared in the air, "Lan'er, look, what is this?"

The little girl exclaimed in shock: "Yuhu Xinglin!"

The jade pot and apricot forest slowly fell into her arms. Lin Lan still couldn't believe it, and immediately grabbed the woman's arm and said seriously: "Mother, the token belongs to Lanxi City, you can't give it to me secretly. Let's go, I will accompany you Go back and explain to everyone!"

As soon as the words fell, many heads popped out of the originally empty city, some were on trees, some were behind walls, and some were inside doors.

There was no anger on everyone's face, but guilt.

The woman wiped her tears, laughed, and said, "It was everyone who asked me to hand over the Yuhu Xinglin to you."

The little girl was stunned, and said softly: "You..."

Everyone smiled at her, the smiles were warm and full of blessings.

"The world is impermanent, how can you be as you wish? But as long as you don't give up, man's will can sometimes be better than God's will. Lan'er, I hope you can reawaken the Yuhu Xinglin. When the apricot forest blooms, maybe we can see you It looks like it grew up."

With tears in her eyes, the little girl sobbed and replied, "Okay!"

In the dream, Lin Lan embarked on a journey with Yuhu Xinglin. She stopped and stopped, practicing medicine everywhere, as she said before, doing her best to save everyone.

But on the way, she heard more and more people mentioning a person—Jiang Di.

"Emperor Jiang? With His Majesty the Demon King here, who dares to proclaim himself emperor in a hundred cities? How courageous." Lin Lan held the jade pot, frowned and said, "I heard from others that many cities have surrendered to him. Believe it or not, everyone's belief in His Majesty is obvious to all! Xing Lin, I hope His Majesty will show up soon to reassure people's hearts."

The little girl kept going.

The scene dissipated and reappeared, but it was a mountain wine shed. Lin Lan was thirsty after walking, so she wanted to drink water and rest for a while.

But there were only a few tables over there, all of which were full of people, and only one person was seated at the table at the far end.

The man was covered in a black robe and hood, so he couldn't see his face clearly, except for a long knife in his waist. When he approached, he felt very fierce and frightening.

The man in black has been drinking, one glass after another, one jar after another, until empty jars are piled up at his feet, he is not drunk, and he looks a bit chic and unrestrained.

Feng Yueci suddenly took a few steps forward.

Jiang Huan also stared at the man in black, raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "It's such a coincidence."

Feng Yue resigned, "Wang Ting."

Jiang Huan said, "It's me."

They spoke as if they were playing charades, but Wu Shuangya couldn't understand, but it was strange because he pointed at the black robe and said: "This man looks like a ghost!"

Wu Shuangya was deeply impressed by Ghost Jun just having a scene in Huaxia Academy.

The other three also saw it, but they didn't make a sound.

The little girl walked up to the man in black and said, "Excuse me, can I sit here?"

The man in black drank alone, as if he had never heard of it.

Seeing that he drank so much, Lin Lan felt kind again, and couldn't help persuading him: "Too much alcohol will hurt your body, so you should drink less. What obstacles are there in this world? Everything will get better."

The man in black said indifferently: "The world is impermanent, how can it be as one wishes."

Lin Lan suddenly remembered A Niang's words, rolled her eyes and said, "But as long as you don't give up, human will can sometimes be better than God's will."

Hearing the words, the man in black turned his cup and said calmly, "Human will? God's will? If it's all according to my will."

The little girl was dumbfounded when she heard this, and said: "The will of man is the will of all beings, and the will of heaven is the will of heaven. If they all follow you, then don't you want to become the ruler of heaven and earth?"

The black robe said humanely: "In this way, I can fulfill my wish."