Chapter 117 Chapter 117 "Tonight should not...
"It shouldn't rain tonight, which is great," Bai Tianming muttered to himself, blinking as he gazed at the snow-white sky. A faint, satisfied smile involuntarily crossed his face. "No need to watch it specifically, or find a place with no air circulation."
He lowered his head to look at the flowers, fiddling with them for a moment, and said with a smile, "Flowers should be left in the open air. There's really no point in leaving them in a place without light and wind. They're practically dead. It's so pitiful."
The sky gradually darkened.
Unconsciously, dark clouds gathered overhead, and suddenly there was a crackling sound, followed by a rumbling sound that continued like mountains and rivers.
Bai Tianming looked up and saw that the sky suddenly became brighter. A bolt of lightning struck down, stopped in mid-air, flashed for a moment, and disappeared. The sky became dark again.
Everyone around was startled. The palace maids and guards hurried over, some holding lanterns, some kneeling, asking Bai Tianming to go back into the palace. It was safer that way, at least they wouldn't have to worry about getting wet in the rain, let alone being struck by lightning.
The light of the lantern was in mid-air, slowly extending outwards, like the tentacles of a snail, stretching out and retracting, swaying. When blown by the wind, it seemed even more unstable. Together with the surrounding flowers, plants and trees, it made crackling sounds, and it sounded as if there was some animal hiding inside, perhaps a mouse, a cat, a dog, or a weasel.
Anything is possible, nothing can be seen, as if nothing exists. The dark shadows jump back and forth, just like the demons from hell dancing a celebratory dance at the upcoming harvest feast.
Everyone was shivering and feeling cold. Their clothes were blown by the wind, making a whistling sound. It was as if everyone had turned into a flute, with each hole making a different sound, but all coming together to form a strange, terrifying sound.
Their pale faces showed expressions of fear, and the hair on their foreheads, ears and temples was blown into a mess, hitting their faces like whips.
While they felt pain on their faces, they couldn't help but want to touch their cold skin. They felt that when they were not paying attention, there were small spiders crawling on their bodies, but they didn't know where they were. Maybe they had to take off all their clothes to determine the exact location. Thinking about it carefully, it was even more terrifying.
They pleaded loudly again, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, making crackling sounds. Even if Bai Tianming didn't look back, he couldn't tell whether the sounds were the wind, the kowtowing, or the sound of their clothes being blown by the wind.
The words they spoke were blown into pieces by the wind, like leaves floating in the air. As they flew, they broke into countless small and broken pieces, fell to the ground, and were swept into the darkness, with no one knowing where they were going.
Bai Tianming looked at them. They stopped bowing and talking, and just froze, their whole body froze. Every pore seemed to be open, sweat pouring out. Their hair and clothes were wet, as if their whole bodies had suddenly turned into towels soaked in water, and water started dripping out when they were picked up.
Bai Tianming stared at their shadows, which were swaying on the ground, with lanterns laughing beside them and candlelight dancing in the lanterns, as if no one was around.
Bai Tianming suddenly thought that sometimes, perhaps the candlelight in the lantern, although confined in a small lantern, would also be very happy.
The idea is absurd, irrational, and almost laughable.
He thought for a moment, then came to his senses, as if he had accidentally broken a glass hydrangea lantern on the stairs, and was alerted by the sound of shattering glass. He said nonchalantly to everyone, "Don't worry, the rain may not fall. You all stand up and return to your seats. Do what you need to do. I'll wait and see. If it rains, I'll go back to my room. If not, I'll stay here for a while longer."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and sat back in his previous position, at the edge of the corridor, looking at the flower pots and the flowers in them that were so close to him.
The tender pink flowers swayed slightly in the wind, and the faintly visible stamens were hidden among the half-open petals, emitting a faint fragrance in the dark night, which was sweet, creepy, cold, shivering, obsessed, and irresistible.
Bai Tianming took a deep breath and was intoxicated by the fragrance of the flowers. A faint blush appeared on his pale face, and he couldn't help but smile, a kind of infatuated smile that oblivious to the people around him.
Everyone quickly dispersed, surprised and frightened, lowering their heads, not daring to look any further, for fear that they would also be seduced by the intoxicating atmosphere and become prey caught in the spider web.
Time passed by bit by bit, the wind was still blowing, it was very cold, the dark clouds were still covering the sky, but the pointed moon gradually poked its head out from the darkness of the clouds, like a sharp and bright scimitar, piercing the dark night.
Bai Tianming was guarding the flowers, with drooping eyes, wrapped in the coat brought by the servant, dozing off, one hand on his knee, slowly beating the rhythm with his fingers as if counting, humming a faint song in his throat that came from nowhere.
The flower in front of him gradually opened, and it grew bigger and bigger until it was as tall as two people, and then it stopped.
At this time, the flower paused for a while as if to rest, and then each petal stretched outward and each stamen grew upward.
The wind blew past, but couldn't even blow away the pollen on half of the stamen. The tender yellow stamens, the snow-white pistil, the tiny and fuzzy pollen, and the sticky sweetness like honey.
The petals are soft and delicate, bright red like blood, emitting a subtle cold light. Against the backdrop of the lanterns next to them, they are as beautiful as rubies and emit the smell of blood.
A naked woman walked out from the pistil. She had an extremely beautiful and charming face, a well-proportioned figure, and delicate skin that glowed with a faint white light in the moonlight, as if the halo above an angel's head had fallen here and shone on this person's head, making her extraordinary and as if blessed.
Everyone was stunned. The huge flower suddenly trembled, and then it sprayed out a milky white mist. Particles of different sizes could be clearly seen in the mist, flying towards everyone.
Everyone swallowed the tiny particles involuntarily while breathing. Their faces gradually turned red, and their necks became thicker. They opened their mouths to breathe, tilted their necks as if trying to grab a swan egg from their necks, and frowned tightly. Even so, they stared at the woman intently, as if their souls had quietly flown away and they couldn't extricate themselves.
At some point, they would approach the benches or stone pillars next to them, rubbing against them, trying to rub off their clothes and jewelry, and throw them aside, revealing their naked bodies. They would stand there naked, like uncivilized, hairless monkeys, with red eyes and cheeks, breathing heavily, frowning, and sweat and heat all over their bodies, like charcoal just taken out of the stove.
Bai Tianming blinked his eyes and felt that his vision was very blurry. Sometimes he saw a beautiful woman, and sometimes he saw a milky white, spider-like thing.
He looked carefully and found that it was not actually a spider, but a very strange thing, with a bird's beak, an octopus's suction cup, a spider's legs, a mosquito's straw, pollen like flowers, and a body like peeled egg white. It walked unsteadily on the road, and each step left deep marks on the ground, like a bunch of irregularly arranged needles piercing the soft silk, leaving holes of different sizes.
He was a little dazed for a moment until the thing walked in front of him.
"Are you looking for me?" The creature bent down and approached Bai Tianming, staring at him intently, with all its eyes on him. A sharp sound came from its beak, and it asked with a friendly and teasing smile.
Bai Tianming shuddered at the sharp sound, then immediately came to his senses and stood up. He frowned and moved back a distance. Through the seats in the corridor, he stared at the blurry object in front of him, which seemed like thick fog. He said politely but cautiously, "It's me. What should I call you?"
"The most beautiful woman in the world, the mother of all things," the creature turned around, very frankly, revealing its naked body as if showing off a very beautiful banquet dress, and said with a smile, "You can also call me Shub-Niggurath."
"That's a really long name." Bai Tianming said with a smile, looking at the other person.
In his eyes, the thing spinning across from him looked like a piece of worthless rotten meat hanging on a hook in a pork stall, surrounded by flies and mosquitoes, emitting a sour and rancid smell, as if it had already gone bad and was about to rot to the surface.
However, some people mistakenly think that the colorful mold spots are a sign of freshness and rush to buy them home to eat. They are really stupid and have poor eyesight.
"I think you should remember this," Shabu sat beside him, supporting her chin with one hand, looking at Bai Tianming, "I can grant you a wish. What do you want?"
Bai Tianming blinked and stood aside, staring at Shabu. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Can I wish for anything?"
Shab lowered her head and smiled, like a shy lady meeting a gentleman at a banquet. "I'm better at matters concerning indulgence and reproduction. If you need anything, you can just tell me."
The panting around him grew louder. Bai Tianming glanced around and saw that nothing had happened. He looked away and said calmly, "Can I take my time to think about it?"
"Of course," Shabu smiled and transformed into a small wooden statue that could be lifted with one hand. She was still very beautiful, and a naked woman. "You can pray to me when you need it! I'll be waiting for you!"
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