Chapter 5 Color and Medicine Field

Lin Luoran takes the pot with the fallopia multiflora in it. Fallopia multiflora is used for treatment for premature graying. It can be found everywhere by the corner of houses in the countryside. It is as famous as panaceas like ginseng and Ganoderma. But this plant might be too young to have potent efficacies. The leaves of fallopia multiflora are dusty. Lin Luoran feels embarrassed to take the dusty plant to the mysterious space, so she fetches a basin of water to wash it. However, it puzzles her that the fallopia multiflora still looks dirty after she has washed it several times. She feels something wrong. Lin Luoran moves the pot to the balcony to have a closer look. She then finds out the strangeness. These leaves are clean enough. The reason why Lin Luoran thinks it is dirty is that there are wisps of gray smoke around the whole plant. Besides, a stream of green smoke is stretching in the center of the vine. Every time the green smoke spreads, the gray smoke backs off a little bit; when the green smoke draws back, the gray smoke extends. “Smoke” of two different colors seems to be having a significant and lasting battle! For now, the green smoke is losing… Lin Luoran wishes to take a closer look, but her eyes are dry. She has used them too much. Lin Luoran closes her eyes, but her mood swings. Did she just see Reiki or the essence of plants? Lin Luoran takes a deep breath and opens her eyes. Probably the fruit does not only changes her appearance, but something more magical also has happened to her. She looks back at the fallopia multiflora. This time, the gray and the green smoke are gone, and the leaves are wilted again. Lin Luoran can only see the gray and green smoke when she is concentrated. She feels blessed and looks out of the security window. The advantage of an old neighborhood is that the flowers and trees were planted years ago, and they have grown quite tall and strong. Not far away from the window is a tall hibiscus. It is the blooming season. Pink and red flowers intersperse among green leaves, presenting a beautiful and lively view. Lin Luoran takes a careful look at the hibiscus and finds the same green-and-gray-smoke situation happening to it. The two kinds of smoke are in a stalemate. Unlike the fallopia multiflora, the thickest spots of the hibiscus’s green smoke are around the flowers. Moreover, the gray smoke is also flowing in the air. Passengers inhale the smoke without knowing it. Lin Luoran is startled. She looks at herself. The gray smoke rushes to her, waiting in the wings. However, it is scared off by an invisible demon at approximately a meter from where Lin Luoran is standing. What? Why the gray smoke can’t get any closer to her? She is nothing different from anyone else…except for the bead on her waist! The mysterious bead is tied around her wrist with a glimmer of light. Lin Luoran discovers that the glimmer of light has formed a one-meter shield around her. Wow, another effect of the bead is found. If the green smoke is the essence or Reiki of plants, the gray smoke must be the foul air of the world. Living in the foul air, no wonder people get so many weird new diseases as technology develops. Back in ancient times, when plants cover a great part of the planet, there must be green smoke everywhere. Just from this point, it certainly is the era to yearn for. Wandering in her reverie, Lin Luoran remembers her original intention after a while. She grabs a glass from the table and brings herself back to that mysterious space. When she went there last night, she just felt that the air is fresher. Now, her body is renewed to be extremely sensitive to Reiki. As soon as she comes in, she feels truly comfortable. The space looks very different to her from last night. The green smoke around the grass looks thicker than that around the entire tall hibiscus; the green smoke around the sapling which bore fruit last night is almost becoming entitative. The spring looks bluer in her eyes. What’s more important is that there is not a single wisp of gray smoke in this space. Green smoke with various thickness envelops grass and trees. However, the color of smoke flowing over the spring is blue. Is it the diverse nature of things in the world? Right. According to the five elements, the plant symbolized the wood element, and the spring symbolized the water element. Exactly! Lin Luoran suddenly understands. She fills the glass cup with spring water and heads out. The sapling beside the pond catches her sight. It did have worked hard to bear that red fruit last night. Therefore, Lin Luoran pours half a glass of water on it. Springwater seeps into the soil. The sapling absorbs the water quickly. Meanwhile, the green smoke around it grows thicker as the sapling itself becomes livelier. Lin Luoran is satisfied and gets out of the space with half a glass of water. The fallopia multiflora almost droops down to the ground, as much as to say: “hurry up, give me some water.” Lin Luoran carefully pours the water into the pot. As it absorbs the water, the green smoke grows thicker around the veins and prevails the gray smoke. Lin Luoran is sure that she is not hallucinating. After “drinking” half glass of spring water, the dying fallopia multiflora rapidly becomes vivid. It is not an illusion that it also grows taller because the root has raised. Lin Luoran rubs her eyes. Even in this second, the fleet flower grows a little bit taller compared with the last second! God! The spring water is more effective than any other fertilizer! Lin Luoran is pleased. She looks at the fallopia multiflora like it is a stack of money. She has always been a calm person, but smile crawls all over her face right now. She has an urge to try out her ability. Lin Luoran transports into the space with the pot. The dirty pot doesn’t match with the neat and clear space at all. Therefore, Lin Luoran pulls the fallopia multiflora out of the pot gently. The root of the plant in her hands is three times bigger than it was back when she first picked it up, which all thanks to the spring water. Lin Luoran plans to transplant the fallopia multiflora in the space. However, she finds that except the periphery of the log cabin which she has no way to get into, the whole space is covered by 3-foot-high tall grass. Where should she plant the fallopia multiflora ? Looking around this peaceful space, Lin Luoran realizes there is much work left to do. … She takes a spatula, which is given an important task as the shovel. Of course, she doesn’t have a professional hoe. Lin Luoran uproots the grass. A while later, a one-meter square medicine field is prepared near the spring. She also picks some pebbles and makes an isolation belt around it. Lin Luoran plants the fallopia multiflora right in the middle of the field and sticks a thin bamboo pole for it to cling to. The gray smoke that used to surround its leaves has long been cleared up by the space, and all that left around the fleet flower is thin green smoke. The medicine field is fairly small. It is not because Lin Luoran has got lazy. Although the soil is soft and fertile, the roots of the grass are stronger than expected. They hold on to the soil tightly and won’t come out. It takes Lin Luoran a great effort to create this medicine field and plants the fleet flower which bears her hope. Checking on her achievements, Lin Luoran cracks a smile. Having her messy bed in mind, Lin Luoran stops to giggle and transports out of the space. It’s two o’clock in the afternoon. Will she be on time to run an errand? Lin Luoran wonders. She packs the dirty sheet and quilt, as well as her sweaty clothes, preparing to throw them away as she goes out. Even they can be cleaned, Lin Luoran doesn’t ever want to wear these greasy and smelly clothes again!