Once a thought occurs, it cannot go away. The less you want to think about something, the more you can't help but think about it. Taoist Lanxia is confused and out of concentration. He feels that this idea is really ridiculous, but if he doesn't look at it, he can't practice.
The problem he is facing now is very similar to Yu Fengjun's state of mind after meeting Lin Xiaodong. Once curiosity arises, it is not so easy to kill it.
Finally, in the middle of the night, Taoist Lanxia put on his clothes and went out to the back mountain.
The back mountain is a patch of pine trees, and the shadows of the trees are mottled under the moonlight. The scenery is good, but a bit eerie. Taoist Lanxia walked aimlessly and shook his head with a wry smile: "What is there to see in the back mountain?"
I was about to go back when I suddenly saw something glowing blood red under a pine tree.
Taoist Lanxia hurriedly walked over, knelt down and took a look, and saw that it was the Lingxiao Vine.
Naturally, Taoist Master Lanxia knew Lingxiao Vine, but he had never seen one that glowed. He wondered: "Where did Lingxiao Vine come from in Yirou Mountain?
And it glows in the middle of the night and seems to be quite spiritual.”
Convinced that this thing was interfering with his practice, Taoist Lanxia curiously reached out and touched it lightly. The Lingxiao Vine actually moved on its own and slowly hugged his finger. It was also warm all over, not like a plant, but more like an animal.
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"oh?"
Just when he felt strange, a sharp thorn protruded from the Lingxiao vine and pierced Taoist Lanxia's fingertips. He couldn't help but let out an "ah" sound and took back his hand as if he was electrocuted. He picked up his finger and looked at it, and there were soybean grains popping out.
A big drop of blood.
The Lingxiao vine seemed to be stimulated by the blood, and began to twist and turn restlessly, stretching out its branches and leaves toward Taoist Lanxia.
Taoist Lanxia found it interesting and squeezed the drop of blood onto the Lingxiao vine.
Blood fell on the leaves of Lingxiao Vine. Lingxiao Vine was clever, and all the vines stretched into the blood droplets. After a while, they sucked up every drop of blood, and the red light on the vines became much brighter.
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Taoist Lanxia burst out laughing when he saw this: "The opportunity for my Huoyun Sect to attain enlightenment turns out to be in the back mountain!"
In the next few days, Taoist Lanxia came every night to nourish the Lingxiao vine with blood. The Lingxiao vine grew very fast and was already as high as the knees. The light it emitted illuminated the entire area within a foot with scarlet red.
Late that night, Taoist Lanxia came quietly again. After dripping blood on the Lingxiao vine, he was lost in thought while looking at the wriggling vine. He didn't realize that someone was coming, and asked doubtfully: "Master?"
Taoist Lanxia was startled. When he turned around, he saw that it was Zhang Xiangqi and asked hurriedly: "What are you doing here?"
Zhang Xiangqi came over and said: "This disciple is practicing, but for some reason, he suddenly wants to come to the back mountain to have a look."
Then he knelt down next to Taoist Lanxia, looked at the red-glowing Lingxiao vine, and said, "Master, what is this?"
Taoist Lanxia glared and smiled: "This is the hope for our Huoyun Sect to turn around! Look!"
As he spoke, he dripped a few drops of blood onto the Lingxiao Vine from his fingertips.
The Lingxiao vine began to squirm restlessly, the red light on the vine became more dazzling, and the vines stretched to high places, like ferocious arms.
Zhang Xiangqi looked straight in the eye: "It's amazing!"
Taoist Lanxia said: "I was also attracted by the Lingxiao Vine, and I didn't find it until I came to the back mountain. God has favored us, and our Huoyun Sect has turned around here. No Lingquan Sect or Yunyang Sect can be our opponent!"
Zhang Xiangqi couldn't help herself, she stretched out her hand and bit her finger, and dripped blood on the Lingxiao vine. The red light on the vine shone through the blood, making it even more ferocious.
From then on, Zhang Xiangqi and Taoist Lanxia began to feed the Lingxiao vine with blood every midnight. With the blood of two people, the Lingxiao vine grew faster, clinging to the pine tree, and it was already as tall as a person.
Another half month passed. In the afternoon, Luo Jitong, an outer disciple of Huoyun Sect, came to play in the back mountain. He saw a red Lingxiao vine growing on a pine tree from a distance. He was very strange and walked up to take a look.
At this time, the Lingxiao Vine was already as tall as a person, with blood-red flowers blooming, like a waterfall of flowers, which was particularly beautiful.
Luo Jitong couldn't help but stretched out his hand to pick one, and put his hand into the vine.
Unexpectedly, Lingxiao Vine suddenly came to life, and the vines snarled and tightly wrapped around his arm.
Luo Jitong was so frightened that his legs became weak and he jumped back. However, the vine could not be torn off. Instead, it continued to climb up along his body, with countless tiny tentacles burrowing into his flesh.
"Help, help..." The Ling Xiao Teng tightly wrapped around Luo Jitong, its whiskers piercing through his mouth and nose, and he lost consciousness within a few words.
In the middle of the night, Taoist Lan Xia and Zhang Xiangqi came as usual, only to find that the back mountain was covered in red light, which was much brighter than usual.
Taoist Lanxia was worried: "Such a strong red light will be discovered sooner or later."
The two of them walked closer and found that the Lingxiao vine had climbed to the top of the pine tree, and there was an invisible thing wrapped around the roots.
Zhang Xiangqi squatted down curiously, reached out and pulled it, and found that a human face was exposed at the root of the vine. Countless roots had grown into the body and merged with the vine.
"Ah!——" Zhang Xiangqi was so frightened that she almost fainted and fell back.
Taoist Lanxia was also startled. He looked down under the red light and saw that the unlucky guy was not Luo Jitong, an outer disciple.
At this time, Luo Jitong was still breathing, but he was dying. He said with a hoarse voice: "Save me...save me..." Taoist Lanxia looked up at the tall Lingxiao vine and already guessed what happened.
Asked: "What's wrong?"
Luo Jitong said weakly: "This vine sucks blood and eats people..." Zhang Xiangqi's scalp went numb and she hid behind Taoist Lanxia and asked, "What should I do?"
However, Taoist Lanxia's eyes reflected a scarlet red light, with a crazy look on his face, and he said with a smile: "Yes, yes, the two of us squeeze so much blood every day, how long will it take for us to grow up!"
Luo Jitong thought he was saved, but when he heard what Taoist Lanxia said, his eyes couldn't help but turn gray. This Lingxiao Vine was raised by his mentor! Zhang Xiangqi also understood what Taoist Lanxia meant, turned around and looked around and said: "
This vine cannot be grown here."
Taoist Lanxia looked down the mountain and said: "There is a cave at the foot of the back mountain. I used to practice in it. Let's move it there and make sure no one finds it."
Zhang Xiangqi pinched her nose and pointed at the vine and said, "I'll move up, you move down."
Taoist Lanxia knelt down and said to Luo Jitong: "You are a disciple of my Huoyun Sect. You have been on the mountain for several years and the mountain sect has raised you up. Now it is time for you to repay the sect. The future of our Huoyun Sect lies with you."
It’s on you, you have to understand the teacher’s difficulties!”
Luo Jitong stared with a pair of dead eyes and said nothing.
The roots of the Lingxiao vine had already grown into Luo Jitong's body. Zhang Xiangqi held the vine, and Taoist Lanxia carried Luo Jitong, tiptoeing down the mountain, and moved him and the vine into the cave.
The Lingxiao vine illuminated the entire cave. Taoist Lanxia said to Luo Jitong: "Are you thirsty or hungry?
I’ll ask Senior Sister to bring you something to eat and drink.”