blues paradox

cold, so cold...

In the haze, Lan Tuo felt a biting cold air rising from behind, and he could even clearly feel the cold moisture penetrate into the skin and bone marrow through the thin clothes, as if the next moment It can freeze the blood flowing in the body into ice.

Lan Tuo subconsciously wanted to use his magic power to drive away the cold air that had invaded his body, but he stopped suddenly. Although his consciousness was not very clear, he could still feel the strange breath not far away.

Yes, the strange breath, the strange fluctuation of magic power, the strange feeling, all of these told him that he had separated from Xiu.Recalling the previous memories, Lan Tiao had to admit sadly that Xiu might not be able to enter here at all, after all, he did not have the necklace belonging to the Bingyan tribe in his hand.Of course, this is only temporary. If the cult has no way to deal with it, Lan Tiao doesn't believe it. He is a dangerous person who can easily destroy the magic circle used to fight against the emperor of the demon world. How could he be helpless.

Adjusting his breathing rate, restraining all his powerful magic pressure, only a little bit of magic power flowed out, Lan Tuo slowly opened his eyes, propped up his upper body slightly, his emerald green eyes, like a clear lake, were slightly foggy , with a bit of dazedness when he first woke up, he looked extraordinarily cute and innocent.Few people know that the blues when they are just sober will never have such a blank and innocent expression.The blues on weekdays are always cold and indifferent, but when his consciousness is still not clear, what his eyes reveal is sharp and sharp, which is a kind of chilling and sharpness after stripping off the indifference coat. Ruthless, can also be called the subconscious protective layer, after all, when unconsciousness is the most vulnerable moment to be attacked.

Covering up the blankness that appeared in his eyes, Lan Tuo looked at the surrounding environment openly.

This place is already out of the scope of the ice field. Although there is still a thick layer of ice on the ground, the ice layer is not the same as the snow layer in the ice field, but a translucent layer, like a layer on the ground. Like thick crystals, you can faintly see the green grass roots and dark brown soil under the ice.A little farther away there is a large flowerbed, which is different from the wild roses that Xiu planted in Fengmo Mountain. It is a large purple-red flower about one meter high. The huge petals are tightly closed, and there is no sign of opening. The flower room is so big that it can easily swallow the whole person.The flower garden is like an invisible boundary, enclosing the entire Bingyan tribe's residence in the middle, through those tall and dangerous flowers, you can vaguely see a few houses with smoke rising from the kitchen, occasionally mixed with a few swaying figures, It actually gives people the illusion of a paradise out of thin air.

"Are you awake?" An unfamiliar voice echoed in my ears, the distance was too close, restraining the urge to subconsciously attack, Blues turned back reflexively, a village woman in her forties was standing beside him In front of him, he bent down and looked at the boy who was half sitting on the ground.

"Yes, hello." Lan Tuo nodded politely, leaned back slightly, and distanced herself from the village woman, only then could she see her attire clearly.The dress of floral coarse cloth and a turban of the same color as the clothes are wrapped around the head. It is neither gorgeous nor glamorous, and the loose dress is not conducive to fighting. A kind of simplicity and peace that Blues has never seen since he came to the devil world, without the slightest smell of killing and blood. It was so strange that he was startled.

"Are you lost, child?" The village woman smiled friendly and reached out to pull Blues up from the ground.Lan Tiao has always disliked being touched by others. He wanted to avoid it, but he sensitively caught the flash of viciousness and guard in the woman's eyes in his peripheral vision. He suddenly smeared an innocent smile, stretched out his hand and held the woman's hand , Climbing up from the ground with her strength, he lowered his head shyly, rubbing the hem of his clothes with his hands, looking quite nervous, he replied softly, while stretching out his hand to show the woman his The necklace in his palm, "Yes, ma'am, in fact, it was my mother who asked me to come."

Pausing, recalling the woman calling him "child" in that creepy voice, Mei's beautiful silver-gray eyes suddenly appeared in her mind, Lan Tuo coughed lightly, and stubbornly raised her head , adding another sentence pretending to be annoyed, "Madam, if you don't mind, you can call me Lan. In fact, I have ceased to be a child a long time ago."

"Okay, Lan." As if the boy in front of her was just making trouble for no reason, the woman smiled inclusively, then put on a serious face, and continued, "But how could your mother let a child go out to such a remote place alone? What should I do if something happens on the way!"

"I think, my mother must be very worried." Blue tune lowered her eyes sadly, half-truthfully said: "But she has no way to come with me anymore, she passed away a few months ago .”

"Ah, what a poor child." The woman patted Lan Tiao's head with deep sympathy, thinking that it must be the heir left by some clansman who went out, and it is common for descendants to come back to recognize their ancestors because of death.Although this young man seemed so innocent that it was almost false, maybe this was not necessarily his way of life. After all, his magic power was so low, it must be very difficult to live alone outside.Thinking of this, the woman's sympathy rose to another level. She took Lan Tuo's hand and said, "Let's go, I will take you back to the clan, and the clan will definitely take good care of you."

Blues nodded shyly, and walked forward beside the woman. He noticed that when he passed by those tall flowers, the woman's lips opened and closed without a trace, and she was muttering silently.Although she couldn't hear what she was chanting, Blues was still sensitive to the fluctuations of magic power scattered into the air, and she knew that most of them were spells. As for the usefulness, it was obviously related to those flowers. Related, it seems that it is indeed a dangerous species.

"What kind of flowers are these, ma'am?" Lan Tuo asked suddenly, noticing that the aura around the woman had become fierce in an instant, he tilted his head pretending not to know, and muttered to himself aggrievedly, "Can't you say it? I It means that I have never seen such a big flower, and the flower room looks like it can hold several people."

"It's not impossible to say, in fact, the petals are really wrapped in people, that's a piranha." After a pause, the woman looked at Lan Tuo's scared and curious look, and said with a smile: "Then The flower is called the Midnight Demon Orchid, a species brought back from the human world by the ancestors, but unfortunately there is no night in the Demon World, so they have never bloomed, so don’t be afraid, as long as you don’t get close, there will be no danger.”

"Yeah." Lan Tiao nodded obediently, but she felt disdain for the woman's words with obvious temptations and warnings. I still remember that it was the same when I saw Feng Sa in Fengmo Mountain. The peaceful life has been greatly reduced. Weakened their vigilance and ability, obviously all of them are not good at scheming and scheming by nature, but they still want to use words stupidly to test the stereotypes. It is because the Bingyan tribe has been hiding from the world for too long and their living environment is too peaceful Why?Looking at the faint guard in the woman's eyes that had been put down but still remained, Lan Tiao sneered in his heart. Sooner or later, such a race will gradually disappear in the red dust of history. He drew irresponsible conclusions.

Lantiao followed the woman's footsteps, but did not walk out of the flower garden that didn't look too big for a long time, as if walking in a false maze, obviously his eyes had already seen the end not far away, and saw the simple house , I saw children playing and chasing on the ice... but it seemed like there was a distance of thousands of miles, no matter how you moved forward, you couldn't get close, and you kept wandering in the sea of ​​midnight magic orchids.

Seemingly seeing the doubts of Lantiao, or everyone who passes here for the first time will have the same doubts, the woman explained with a smile, "Don't worry, this road is like this, and it will arrive soon. Or..." Probably worried that the blues would be too boring during the boring journey, the woman asked tentatively, "How about I tell you the legend of the Midnight Orchid?"

"Okay, thank you." Blues replied simply, fully interpreting the image of a shy but polite teenager.Blues is very familiar with acting in this kind of thing, and even pretended to be in front of Xiu for a while, although the result was not very successful.

"It is said that the Midnight Magic Orchid is a magic flower created by a witch in the human world to confuse travelers. She can transform into a beautiful girl, confuse the hearts and souls of travelers, and then eat them. But one day, she met When they met a handsome man, the two quickly fell in love. This feeling did not change even when the man knew that she was not human. However, the witch took the man away. She thought that the Midnight Magic Orchid was cultivated by her. A poisonous flower cannot have feelings, so she locked the two together, and she said to Midnight Molan, "If you kill him, I will let you out." Midnight Molan didn't want to do that, But because of the lack of blood supplements, she gradually weakened until she fell to the ground trembling. The man couldn't bear to let her suffer any more, so he watered her with his own blood. He said: "I don't care, even if you are bloodthirsty." The Midnight Magic Orchid has peerless beauty and cruel poisonous thorns, and I am willing to donate bright red blood to irrigate you. When my blood flows into your body, you are the continuation of my life. If you live, I live So the man died like this, and gradually disappeared into the air. Until many years later, whenever the girl raised her head to face the sun, she seemed to be able to recall the man's words in her ears: You live, so I live."

"That's it... Is it over?" Lan Tuo tilted her head and looked at the woman, with an indescribable sadness on her face, as if she had witnessed this story with her own eyes.Lan Tuo lowered his eyes and couldn't help but sneered, so that's the case...