Chapter 160
The owner looked puzzled, but answered truthfully: "I know almost all the ones sold on the market." Lu Ren took a small wooden basket from his waist, in which lay a palm-sized, lavender bud. "Take a look, do you know what this flower is?" The owner slowly approached, staring at the small bud in Lu Ren's palm, his face looking a little solemn and surprised. After looking at it for a long time, he swallowed his saliva, looked up and said to Lu Ren: "If I'm not mistaken, this flower should be the legendary enchanting purple fantasy flower!"
"Enchanting purple fantasy flower?" Lu Ren continued to ask: "Is it rare? What is its use?"
The shopkeeper shook his head: "I only know that once this flower is fully bloomed, the area within a radius of dozens of miles will be affected by the mist released from the stamens. It is said that it can make any life trapped in the mist lose its mind and be controlled by lust."
Lu Ren nodded.
The shopkeeper's description is basically consistent with his personal experience.
"What else?"
The shop owner pondered for a while and replied: "This thing is extremely rare in Huashui County. I have only heard of it and have never seen it in person. However... Anhe County seems to be rich in this flower. It is said that this flower has extremely high medicinal value, but the side effects are also quite obvious. In the process of alchemy, any detail that is not properly controlled can easily cause a big mess."
"What do you mean?" Lu Ren asked curiously.
The shop owner looked around and whispered in Lu Ren's ear: "It is said that a family found a large number of enchanting purple fantasy flowers in the mountains, so they secretly picked them and prepared to refine them into pills and sell them at a high price."
Lu Ren looked puzzled: "You mean, this family went wrong in the process of refining the pill?"
"More than a mistake..." The shop owner sighed and continued: "The alchemist of that family was not well-trained, and had never come into contact with the enchanting purple fantasy flower. He did not know some of the characteristics of this flower. During the refining process, he did not control the temperature well, resulting in the leakage of the medicine.
A large amount of extremely high-concentration pink smoke was released from the pill furnace, almost instantly covering the entire family..."
Hearing this, Lu Ren had already guessed what would happen next.
He couldn't help but take a breath, and a trace of pity appeared in his eyes.
As a witness, he knew too well how powerful the pink mist released by the enchanting purple fantasy flower was.
Even he could not control himself, and he fought with Jiang Xiulian for a whole night before he stopped.
Most of the people in a family are ordinary people without cultivation, and they are simply unable to resist the erosion of the drug.
Doesn't that mean... the whole family is having a party?
Lu Ren instantly had a picture in his mind.
What master and servant, between blood relatives, and even forbidden friendships across one or two generations.........
Once the enchanting purple fantasy flower blooms, anyone's behavior is no longer under their control, but is driven by primitive desires.
The laws, ethics, and seniority that are usually followed are no longer valid.
"What happened to that family afterwards?"
The shop owner shook his head: "It was too chaotic! Many people were drained and died in that big fight. After the remaining people regained consciousness, they recalled the ridiculous mistakes they had made. How could they have the face to see their relatives and friends in the family? Nearly half of them chose to commit suicide to apologize."
Lu Ren said solemnly: "What about the other half?"
"Alas... the remaining half are people who cherish their lives, but since then, people's hearts have been scattered, the family has fallen apart, and they can only live in pain and "I spent my life in the torment of self-blame."
At this point, the shopkeeper looked at Lu Ren deeply and reminded him seriously: "Sir, you must take good care of this flower and don't let it bloom in the downtown area, otherwise... the consequences will be disastrous."
"Then do you know how to refine the enchanting purple fantasy flower into medicine?"
"I don't know about this. The love-locking pills circulating on the market use this flower as medicine, and almost all of them are from the hands of the Joy Sect."
"Joy Sect?" Lu Ren was quite familiar with this name.
Yes!
Huang Nan of Qingfeng Temple is a disciple of the Joy Sect.
Later, because of his treason, he wanted to practice dual cultivation with his beautiful master, but was discovered, so he defected and settled near Shanyin County and founded Qingfeng Temple.
I didn't expect that this strange flower had such a connection with the Joy Sect.
But at the moment, he certainly couldn't get the money to refine the enchanting purple fantasy flower.
The correct way to spend the flower.
Lu Ren put it back into the small bamboo basket and tied it around his waist.
His plan was to keep the flower in his hand first and see if there was a chance to use it in the future.
After all, he was not short of money at the moment, so there was no need to rush to sell it.
After coming out of the store, most of the shops in the market began to close their stalls, and he did not continue to wander around, but went straight to the Lin family mansion.
He asked the owner to send the materials to the Lin family, with no other purpose, but simply wanted to borrow the Lin family's facilities to forge his new knife overnight.
When he arrived at the door, the Lin family guards stopped him.
Lu Ren had no choice but to let him go in and report to Lin Yongning, the young master of the Lin family.
After a while, Lin Yongning ran out excitedly.
He first looked at Lu Ren, and then kicked the two guards at the door in anger.
"Are you blind? This is my dear...brother! Be careful next time. If you dare to stop my brother outside the door again, I will dig out your eyes!!"
The two guards said yes repeatedly, not daring to breathe.
Seeing this, Lu Ren couldn't help shaking his head and laughing.
This kid's temper is no less than his sister's!
After entering the Lin Mansion, Lin Yongning hooked his hand on Lu Ren's shoulder and asked with a smile: "Brother Lu, you came here late at night, aren't you just trying to make it a done deal?"
Before Lu Ren could speak, he continued in a low voice: "My sister is in the room now, do you want me to get you some incense? I guarantee that she will be enchanted without anyone noticing!"
"........." Lu Ren looked at him speechlessly, "Lin Jinyan is so lucky to have a brother like you!"