When the magic flower blooms

Behind the stone bridge is Sishen Square.As the only way to enter the mountain head-on, today's place is also very unusual.

Fairy boys and young priests dressed in white, holding staffs used in the ceremony, lined up beside them.There was no sound in the whole square, only the silver bell on the staff was blown by the wind, which made a crisp sound.

Such a battle inevitably made people a little nervous, but Naga looked straight at the huge flower bed in the center of the square as if there was no one else around.

In midsummer, the flowers are blooming like a piece of brocade, which is pleasing to the eye.

"A long time ago, this square used to be an altar, where successive Asian emperors offered sacrifices to heaven and earth."

A familiar voice came oncoming.

Naga followed the prestige, and after seeing the person coming, he immediately smiled.

"Mr. Lu!"

He walked forward in two or three steps, and was about to salute the white-haired old man.

Mr. Lu stopped him with a smile: "When is it, and you still bow to me?"

Naga quickly shook his head: "It's only natural for students to salute their teacher."

After a pause, he whispered again: "Besides, I'm just a mutant who got a blessing in disguise. Fortunately, we have established a constitutional monarchy long ago, otherwise I would be caught as a traitor immediately after this battle. Are you going to have your head beheaded?"

Listening to his nonsense, Mr. Lu still had a peaceful face.

"Everything has its cause and effect. You feel that you are a sudden mutation, but you must know that the mutation also has an antecedent of the mutation. If the legendary species can be mixed in any laboratory, then the world should have been flooded gone."

As he spoke, he pointed to the flower bed in front of them again.

"You should be able to see it too, right?"

"Ah."

Naga nodded.At this moment, he could see that just above the flower bed, there was a cloud of dark red smoke hovering, like a cloud or a dragon, it was indescribable.

"what is this?"

"To put it in a vulgar way, it's the dragon's aura and the emperor's aura. In fact, it's an extremely tiny pot of heaven."

"Pot sky? Whose?"

"A lot of people."

Mr. Lu stretched out his hand and drew a big circle on the square.

"When this square was still an altar, those who were qualified to stand here and pray to God silently passed on their ambitions and desires to this altar. If you also stand on a high place, you may still be able to faintly hear Those whispers."

"I don't want to stand on that." Naga shook his head, "That's not my pursuit."

"You are a smart boy." Mr. Lu patted him on the back lightly, "Let's go up the mountain."

-

After passing the Sishen Square and turning over the Pingfeng Slope, a convoy is already waiting at the bottom of the Full Moon Valley.Naga, Mr. Lu and others boarded the car and began to move deep into the mountains.

This is a route that is not open to the public on weekdays, hidden in a secluded valley, and even passes through several caves along the way.

But this is obviously a shortcut, because half an hour later, Naga found himself deep into the core of Yinshan's hinterland.

This is a large flat mountain surrounded by nine tall and straight peaks, so it looks like a huge lotus platform.On the lotus platform, there are not only luxuriant vegetation, but also a large number of ancient palace buildings, most of which are the palaces built by the emperors of the past dynasties when they visited the mountain.Now it is the place where the immortal officials live and practice.

Naga was arranged by Mr. Lu to live in a single-family courtyard.The interior of these old buildings is not as gorgeous as it looks-empty and dark; when the incense is not incensed, there is a looming musty smell in the air.

The only thing to be happy about is that there is a hot spring in the corner of the courtyard, but you can enjoy 24-hour hot water bathing.

Maybe it was because Naga had just experienced the horror of the ghost ship, and came all the way.Mr. Lu only asked him to fast and take a bath first, to cultivate his mind and nature, but did not propose any further arrangements.

Naga was also happy and leisurely, and as soon as the person left, he went to the hot spring with his mobile phone.

Although it is summer now, it is extremely cool in the mountains after all.In addition, it was windy and rainy yesterday, and I was still soaking in the sea for a while; after I went ashore, I didn't have a serious rest in the military port.Just use this warm spring water to dispel the cold and fatigue in your body.

After taking off his clothes and soaking in the hot water, he let out a long and comfortable sigh, closed his eyes and leaned against the bluestone for a moment of silence, then turned around and picked up the mobile phone placed on the shore.

The time on the screen saver was almost one o'clock in the afternoon.If there is no accident, Ming Ruoxing must have woken up from the anesthesia long ago, most likely the observation period has passed, and he should have been transferred to the general ward.

If nothing unexpected happens……

Unable to bear it any longer, he dialed the string of numbers engraved on his heart.

The waiting time was a bit long, and when Naga was hesitating whether to send a text message to say hello, the other party finally answered.

"Hey?"

It was Ming Ruoxing's voice, but it was very soft and sounded weak.

Naga felt sore, wishing he could fly to the hospital bed immediately.

But he also knows Ming Ruoxing's temper, he's hard-spoken, thin-faced, and likes to show off.The more worried others are, the more he will pretend to be tough.

Since you can't tell the truth, you can only tell some nonsense first to enliven the atmosphere.

So he deliberately lowered his voice: "Mr. Ming, your takeaway has arrived."

The other end of the phone paused for half a second, and then answered bluntly: "I don't eat snake meat."

Naga laughed silently.

"It's not a snake anymore. If I give you a bite, maybe you can cure all diseases and live forever."

Ming Ruoxing on the other end of the phone also seemed to snort, followed by two low coughs.

Naga immediately tensed up.

"How about the wound? I shouldn't have made you laugh. Do you want to call the doctor?"

"I'm not that fragile." Ming Ruoxing really started to be brave, "No one told you that cats have nine lives?"

"I would rather you add up all nine lives and live at least a thousand years."

"One thousand years old, what is that? Bastard?" There was another sneer on the phone, "I heard from Wu Fei that you went to Yinshan, how is it going?"

"It's pretty good, no, it should be great."

Naga smiled bitterly, "They told me to take a bath and fast, take a day off, and talk to me tomorrow. I'm soaking in the hot spring right now, that's a comfort."

"Talk about what?"

"Who knows? But it seems that they are very excited. The roads in the town are blocked with cloth on both sides, and old man Lu has personally rushed to the mountain gate to pick me up."

"Sounds a bit like a zoo welcoming a giant panda."

Ming Ruoxing made a rare joke, but even he didn't want to laugh, "What if they let you stay in Yinshan?"

"What do you keep me for? As a mascot? Or make me a 'pope', just like the unicorn in Avignon, and clone it from generation to generation."

"You really think there is no such possibility?" Ming Ruoxing sighed, "Religious value, political value, and even economic value and scientific research value... You are now the most valuable sub-human in China."

"...Then what do you think of me?"

Pushing back his wet hair, Naga asked him, "What am I in your eyes, and what is my value?"

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while, and Ming Ruoxing chuckled again.

"A person who has almost lost his life and memory, what is worth talking about, just live a good life for me honestly. I don't rely on you to support me... No, I can support you."

"That's what you said. Then when I eat three bowls of rice from you, don't say that I want to eat you poor."

Naga also laughed: "Or let's not work in the Yaan Bureau at all. After resigning, you will be my agent, and we will specialize in accepting product image endorsements. Tsk tsk, it is said that it is good to use it. Think about it." I think I can make a lot of money.”

"A lot of nonsense, did you get dizzy from soaking in the hot spring? Get up quickly."

At this point, the nurse came to change Ming Ruoxing's dressing.The phone call was barely over.

Knowing that Ming Ruoxing was fine, Naga was relieved, but the desire to return to him as soon as possible still showed no sign of relief.

-

After a peaceful night in the hinterland of Yinshan Mountain, in the early morning of the next day, according to Mr. Lu's instructions, Naga arrived early at the agreed meeting place yesterday.

What they are going to is the most secret and sacred Daofeng in the entire Yinshan Mountain Range.

Prior to this, Naga had of course heard the rumors of Daofeng.

It is said that it is a divine peak that only those with advanced cultivation can step into, and it contains the supreme wisdom about demihumans and even this world.

Qionglouyuyu on the mountain, painted buildings and carved beams, is completely the legendary fairyland.

But the sight in front of him made him doubt the veracity of the rumor.

"Desolation" seems to be the true face of Daofeng.

This is just at the foot of the flat mountain, and there is no trace of any road.Clumps of bushes and thorns grow vigorously under the tall and low trees, leaving almost no room or gap.It was as if no one had passed by here for decades.

"Give."

Mr. Lu threw a hatchet to Naga, and motioned him to cut through the thorns and thorns.

Naga took the knife, stunned: "I, the legendary species, open the way?"

Mr. Lu glared at him: "Yesterday, I took one bite at a time, do you want me to be a scavenger with my old bones?"

"Of course I don't mean that. Isn't there no other way to go?"

"Stop talking nonsense, you will naturally know when you climb up."

The meaning of Mr. Lu's words is obviously that he is not going to accompany him up the mountain.Naga quickly expressed that he was worried that he would get lost, but the old man did not give him a clear answer.

"The road is under your feet, let's walk."

Seeing that there would be no answer if he continued to ask, Naga simply put his heart on the line and went up the mountain with a hatchet.

The area at the foot of the mountain is overgrown with wild grass.Although he tried very hard to identify his feet, observe his surroundings, and even tried to deduce from the height and thickness of the surrounding trees whether there were traces of human activities such as felling, all this seemed to be in vain.

For half an hour afterwards, the only clear direction for Naga was upward.Occasionally, a few yellow deer passed by, and they all opened their curious eyes wide, watching this strange man rampage in the small woods.

Half an hour later, a miraculous scene appeared.

The grove came to an end, and the trees in front became taller and more lush, but the weeds and bushes were less, and finally a small winding rammed earth path appeared on the ground.

Naga swore he had been wandering in the woods just now, so finding this path was absolutely accidental.

But when he continued along this path, he found that things were not as simple as he imagined.