Chapter 12 Beautiful Flowers Bloom

There were quite a few things in the treasure bag, most of which were copper products: copper mirrors, copper bells, copper seals, copper daggers, copper coins, copper gourds, a few pills and seven or eight animal organs, including the snake scale that had just been peeled off. The most peculiar thing was half a copper ring. I don’t know what it was used for. The young officer commented on it one by one, but he was hesitant about it.

These magical instruments that were once very powerful in Li Yuechi’s hands were useless in the hands of the teenagers. The sound of the copper bell seemed monotonous and boring, without any fascinating effect. Even the treasure bag itself was the same. The things taken out of it could no longer be put in.

Xiaoqiu still distributed them one by one. Snake scales and other things were said to be demon pills and very useful, but no one wanted them. Xiaoqiu kept them for herself and gave the treasure bag to Erliang. Fangfang didn’t want anything. She kept the extinguished oil lamp and was quite interested in it.

Coincidentally, there were ten coins in the bag, just enough to be divided among ten people. Xiaoqiu even gave one to the officer, "You have one too."

The officer was surprised and took the coins, muttering, "What a poor wizard."

"Hand it over if you don't want it." Ershuan stretched out his hand.

Since being beaten, the officer was very afraid of Ershuan and hurriedly dodged, holding the coins tightly in his hand.

The fun of "dividing the spoils" soon disappeared. There was no food in the treasure bag, and the teenagers were still hungry. At the same time, there was another thing that lay in everyone's mind, making them uneasy. Even the most greedy Erliang just kept rubbing his belly and didn't complain about the food.

"Is Baldy really dead?" Ershuan felt unbelievable, "How can we explain to his parents?"

No one answered. This was exactly what they were most worried about. Xiaoqiu didn't say anything, and didn't even dare to say that she had held Baldy's head before. She didn't feel anything special at the time, but now she was terrified, as if Baldy's death was all his fault.

The team stretched out sparsely. Ershuan caught up with Xiaoqiu and Fangfang and whispered, "No matter what others think, I want to go to Pangshan with you."

"Okay." Xiaoqiu said not very enthusiastically. He understood Ershuan's thoughts. The second young master of the Shen family could not explain the death of the bald man, so he would rather fly away.

The journey back to the town was longer than expected. When we arrived at the residence of Grandma Feng, it was completely dark. The officer refused to move forward no matter what. "The Xuanfu Army has received an order not to walk around Yelin Town after dark."

"Nonsense, Yelin Town is the safest..." Ershuan immediately refuted, but he was not very confident. The sudden appearance of the snake demon and the demon species indicated that Yelin Town was not as safe as before.

The teenagers had walked for a day and were already exhausted, so they accepted the officer's advice and followed Xiaoqiu and Fangfang into the yard, hoping to rest for a while.

The three thatched houses and the wood standing in the middle of the yard were still there, only Grandma Feng was missing.

Fangfang searched inside and outside, but found nothing. "Everything is here." She covered her mouth with one hand, her face full of surprise. "I don't know where Grandma Feng went."

The boys didn't care about that and went into the house to find a place to sit down. They were even happy that the old crazy woman was not there. Ershuan proposed a possibility, "Was she swallowed by a snake demon? The place where the big snake appeared is not too far from here."

"No." Fangfang denied immediately, "Nothing has been moved..."

"Maybe Grandma Feng went out and met a snake demon, so nothing in the house was moved." Xiaoqiu guessed , noticing Fangfang's tears, he changed his words and said, "Maybe she hasn't come back from the town yet."

There was a cheer from outside,

Erliang ran in with a pot of porridge, "It's still warm."

The teenagers all jumped up and looked for bowls and chopsticks everywhere. Fangfang breathed a sigh of relief, "The porridge is warm, which means that Grandma Feng was still here not long ago, and the snake demon died last night..."

"Remember? A small green light escaped." Erliang ate the porridge while talking, "Grandma Feng might have been invaded by the demon species..." Erliang took a little time to think of the word "invasion".

Fangfang shook her head vigorously, not believing that Grandma Feng would be killed, "Grandma Feng is a good person, and she is not nearby."

Erliang hummed twice and concentrated on eating porridge. There was not much food, so he had to eat quickly.

Except Fangfang, no one cared where Grandma Feng went. They rummaged around to find food and picked seasonal vegetables from the vegetable garden behind. When everyone finally filled their stomachs, the quiet courtyard was completely changed.

The oil lamp left by Li Yuechi lit up by itself. Fangfang carried it and searched around the house, but still couldn't find the trace of Grandma Feng. She had to give up the search. After returning, she placed the oil lamp on the top of the wood in the middle of the yard, which made her feel at ease.

It was late at night, and no one wanted to walk at night. The teenagers found a place to lie down and sleep. Ershuan didn't want to go home immediately. The closer he got to Yelin Town, the more timid he became. He didn't know how to explain to Baldy's parents.

Xiaoqiu slept at the door and fell asleep soon: Pangshan Five Elements Master Li Yuechi was talking to him. He couldn't hear what he was saying. His expression seemed to be an admonition and a warning. Xiaoqiu had only one thought. He wanted to say that he also wanted to learn how to kill demons and demons, and he would be doubly careful and never let the demons get close.

The heat did not come from the midsummer night, but was generated in the chest and spread to the whole body.

Xiaolai gently rubbed his chest and felt that something seemed to be blocking his esophagus. Then he remembered that he had swallowed an inner pill before, but he didn't think it would choke people at that time.

The burning sensation became more and more intense. Xiaoqiu could no longer sleep, so she simply got up, put on her straw hat, and walked out of the room.

The yard was bright. The oil lamp that Fangfang left outside was surprisingly bright, illuminating every blade of grass and tree nearby. Among the many treasures left by Li Yuechi, only this one was still in use.

Strange things, Xiaoqiu thought to himself, not afraid at all. After walking around the oil lamp, his chest still felt hot, so he continued to walk outside. Every step he took seemed to be a little cooler.

He pushed open the simple wooden door and stood on the side of the road, looking left and right. The light of the oil lamp became weaker here. The official road extended to both sides into the darkness. The whole world seemed to be only this big. Finally, his eyes focused on the opposite side of the road.

There was also something flashing in the bushes, much weaker than the light from the oil lamp, but with a hint of coolness.

Xiaoqiu felt an impulse, as if after a day of hard grazing, he could finally jump into the river to take a good bath. His chest was getting hotter and hotter. The cold light across the road was the river that attracted him.

At the same time, there was an inexplicable fear that stopped Xiaoqiu from moving forward. He remembered the green light he had seen by the river, the demon species that killed Li Yuechi, and the reminder given by the Five Elements Mage before his death.

He took a step back, and the light on the opposite side suddenly rose one foot higher. It was a blue light, which was very different from the bright green of the demon species.

Xiaoqiu's caution disappeared, and he walked over without noticing that the oil lamp behind him was already strangely bright. Even if all the oil lamps in Yelin Town were added together, they could not emit such a strong light.

Xiaoqiu walked to the opposite side, looked down, and could not help but let out a soft sigh, and then held his breath.

There was a flower in the bush that he would never forget. It was about three feet tall and had three round leaves. At the top was a slowly swaying flower with a diameter of about one foot, so that the stems and leaves below seemed overwhelmed.

The flower was pure blue all over, without a trace of mixed colors.

Xiaoqiu had an indescribable feeling that the plant seemed to be nodding to him, so he nodded too.

The heat in the chest disappeared, but the heartbeat accelerated for no reason, thumping like a festival drum.

"This flower is so beautiful." A voice next to him said.

Xiaoqiu did not look back, his eyes were reluctant to leave the blue flower, he knew it was Ershuan who was speaking.

At some point, the sleeping teenagers all got up, stood behind Xiaoqiu, and watched the miracle that happened at night.

Only the young officer was an exception. He poked his head out to take a look, and immediately retreated to the wooden gate across the road, shouting: "Hey, are you crazy? That's a demon seed, stay away from it."

Compared with the beautiful blue flower, the officer's voice was particularly harsh. "The demon seed is green, it's not." Daliang said, even his eyes turned blue.

"It's so beautiful..." Fangfang stood beside Xiaoqiu, and she didn't believe it was a demon seed. She even felt ashamed and felt that she was not qualified to get too close to it.

"This was left by Grandma Feng." Xiaoqiu found an explanation for the whole thing, "Grandma Feng is not an ordinary person. The oil lamp in her yard is the same as that of the Five Elements Mage. She is also... a mage. No one in the town recognized her."

"That's right." Fangfang remembered the oil lamp more clearly, "Both oil lamps have the same pattern."

The other teenagers still didn't care about Grandma Feng. They just stared at the blue flower, afraid of missing a glance. Erliang suddenly knelt on the ground, licked his lips and said, "I really want to take a bite and taste it."

A few angry eyes were cast, and Erliang hurriedly said, "I'm just thinking about it, I won't really bite it."

The teenagers knelt on the grass one after another, surrounding the blue flower, with different expressions, and they were all deeply fascinated by it.

The officer looked back at the bright oil lamp, and his heart was slightly relieved. He was more and more convinced that the blue flower opposite was a monster, but when he turned his head, he had a new idea in his mind. Why should he help these barbaric teenagers? They beat him, humiliated him, and treated him as a criminal. In the end, they deserved it.

"Good flowers don't bloom often." The officer retreated to the yard, closed the wooden door, and was completely covered by the light of the oil lamp. "This flower bloomed at night, and it will probably wither before dawn."

"I really don't want it to disappear." Fangfang said, and no teenager looked at the officer in the yard.

"Pick it, it won't wither." The officer smiled, and the pleasure of revenge surged in his heart. "Hurry up, there is only one flower, not enough for nine of you."

This provocation did not produce the effect the officer hoped for. The teenagers did not rush to take action, but leaned back at the same time, as if they all felt that they were not qualified to touch the blue flower.

Finally, Xiaoqiu stretched out his hand. His heart beat faster and faster. There was a force forcing him to hold the flower tightly.

"Yes, it should be you." The officer whispered to himself, "Who asked you to swallow the inner elixir? This is called getting what you want.

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