Volume 5: Qingming Chapter 46: Flower Rain
After walking forward for a while, Tang Butian saw a dark green light slowly floating down.
It's a petal.
After falling to the ground, the petals rotted at a speed visible to the naked eye.
They continued to move forward.
The further they went, the more petals fell. With the light from the petals, visibility became higher. Tang Butian looked at the stone walls on both sides and above her head. She saw flowers growing in the cracks of the stone walls. The flowers were blue-gray and glowed with dark green light, and the petals fell from them.
A petal flew towards them at an extremely fast speed.
Tang Butian took a step forward. She shook her wrist lightly, and a knife flashed. The petals were cut in half. They withered and curled up as if all the moisture was sucked out, and then turned into blue-gray and floated down.
Jiang Mo jumped out of Jiang You's arms.
He walked forward a few steps, and after walking into the rain of flowers, he turned and looked at Jiang You.
"Go and have fun," Jiang You said, "Remember to hold your breath. I need to ask you some questions."
Tang Butian saw a flash of red light in Jiang Mo's pupils. The next moment, his body blurred and disappeared, and the rain of petals in his vision also disappeared.
In the darkness, she smelled something burning.
At this moment, her wrist was grabbed.
"We'll wait here for a while."
I held her hand, which was warm, soft, and a little sweaty. The surroundings suddenly became bright again, and the stone walls on both sides and above my head became thin and transparent. Beyond the stone walls was a surging black sea and dazzling light, extremely cold and hot, dark and brilliant, with countless colors and shapes, twisted and bizarre, born and died in the boundless void.
She heard Jiang You's voice ringing in her ears.
"Very pretty, isn't it?"
“It’s beautiful.”
They watched in silence for a while.
Jiang You loosened his hand, "It gets boring if you watch too much."
After a slight dizziness, she returned to the dark and narrow gap and asked, "Where is this?"
"As for us, we are still in the mountains. This is a passage that looks like it has existed for a long time. It's quite interesting." Jiang You reached his hand into the stone wall and picked a flower. It had blue-gray petals and yellow stamens. The edges of the petals were shining with silver light. He handed the flower to Tang Butian and said, "Here, you can play with it."
Tang Butian took the flower and asked, "What is this?"
"The spiritual crystal attached to the passage has no consciousness. It just instinctively wants to come in and enter the rules. When I go back and find a bottle to put it in, it's almost the same as setting up a spirit gathering array in immortal cultivation novels."
Tang Butian lowered her eyes and looked at the flowers, "Okay."
Jiang You took out a Coke from his bag and took a sip. "He hasn't come out for a long time."
"who?"
"Soy sauce. He has many friends outside. I remember one of them was quite good-looking. He was glowing blue like a comet. What a pity..."
"What a pity?"
"Unfortunately, I woke up from my sleep and was eaten by him ."
"How long have you slept?" Tang Butian asked.
"A long time ago, I don't remember exactly, I just didn't get enough sleep," Jiang You shook the Coke bottle and drank the rest of the Coke. "I had trouble falling asleep for a long time."
"Insomnia? You?" There was some disbelief in Tang Butian's tone.
"Yes, I was very busy at that time. I was busy with one thing at hand, and I had to think about two, three or even ten things in my mind. I forced myself to sleep, but I couldn't fall asleep. I fell asleep reluctantly, but it was a very shallow sleep. I kept dreaming, thinking about things in my dreams, and always woke up suddenly. At first, taking medicine was effective, and I could sleep for two or three hours. Later, I could only force myself to sleep, and later, it seemed that I really didn't need to sleep."
"Busy with charity?"
"What have I done that interests you?"
"Yes." Tang Butian admitted.
"Are you planning on slaying the demons?" He looked into her eyes.
Tang Butian turned her head slightly to avoid Jiang You's sight.
The hazy light from the petals covered her face like a veil. After a long while, Jiang You heard her say, "The fat is too thick to cut."
Jiang You laughed, his expression somewhat amused. He said, "It's nothing that I can't tell you. I just can't remember it clearly. I acted impulsively for a friend. I told you about this, right?"
"I did." Tang Bu Tian nodded.
"I was an accident."
"What's the meaning?"
"There were several factions at the time, and because they were always fighting, they were in a delicate balance. I was just a person working in the elderly care department, and no one expected that I would fight for justice for a friend. This accident, like the fluttering of butterfly wings, broke the already precarious balance and led to many subsequent events. I was actually quite surprised."
"What's the surprise?"
"I originally thought that I could only drink twice, curse at the sky, and burn incense twice a year."
"Then why did you take action?"
"Maybe, I'm a good person," Jiang You handed himself a card. He took a half step back and leaned against the stone wall. "Then I escaped. It was quite exciting. After that, I was arrested, and then I was rescued and joined the organization."
"Who saved you?"
"She was a pretty woman," Jiang You recalled. "I didn't have much contact with her. She just threw me there and forced me to get rid of the fat on my body and then left me alone. Jiang Mo was quite familiar with her."
"Ginger?"
"Yeah." Jiang You took out a cigarette and a silver lighter from his bag.
He lit up the cigarette and took a drag. "He wasn't like this before."
"And then?"
"Later? Later he told me that he needed a guardian."
In the smoke, the light of the fire flickered, reflecting in his eyes.
Tang Butian saw the gentle smile in his eyes.
"What else can I do? He's my own son, and he's so well behaved. I can be a little tired, it's just insomnia. Now I've made up for it, and the flesh has grown back," he touched his belly, "and even gained a lot. I've made a profit."
Tang Butian felt the temperature rising.
She turned her head and the stone walls on both sides in front of her lit up as if they were burning red.
In the red, a small figure dragged something and staggered towards them.
…
Qiaoqiao gave up struggling. She stared at the spider silk that sealed the gap. After a moment, she looked at Lin Yu and said, "If you let me go, I will tell you a secret."
Lin Yu didn't respond.
"They went inside, and you were guarding outside. They took all the benefits. Don't you think it's unfair?" Qiaoqiao observed Lin Yu's expression. Seeing that Lin Yu was unmoved , she turned around a little frustrated. She saw Chang Lizhang and Shao Lang lying on the ground. Her eyes fell on Lin Yu again. She asked, "Are you an ordinary person?"
