Learn To Believe Me Dear Chapter 1

"After marching thousands of miles through the wind and sand, home is always here; my heart is empty and my mind is like a white lotus."

Clear and ethereal voices rang out from all directions and poured directly into Ellian Lian's heart.

He opened his eyes wide and tried to see the other person clearly, but there was only a hazy mist in front of him. He could only make out the vague outline of a human figure, and couldn't even tell his height, weight or body shape. This person was not like the other people who came to see the flowers, walking and jumping on his leaves regardless of whether he could bear it or not. Instead, he simply admired him as a beautiful lotus. His body was very light when he stepped on his leaves, and the veins underneath almost didn't feel any force.

But he could feel that the person liked him. The look and breath he gave him were extremely gentle. He even read poems to him. No one had ever read poems to him before. This must be the most beautiful poem in the world!

He was also filled with joy, so he tried hard to spread out his petals and leaves, wanting to let humans see his more beautiful appearance.

The man seemed to sense his intention, and bent down to touch his pointed petals. A small golden light condensed from his fingertips and shone into his half-opened bud. His ignorant mind was wrapped in the light, and the petals instinctively closed layer by layer, wrapping the light in the double petals like retaining a pollinating fly.

"No, don't close it. You can't wait until tomorrow---" If the petals are closed now, they will turn into a gaudy pink when they bloom again tomorrow, and will no longer be the pure white lotus that makes that person's heart as pure as a white lotus!

He shouted anxiously, but his petals were still like in countless dreams before, wrapped in the spiritual light and tightly bound into a bud, and fell into a deep sleep without knowing it. The shadowy figure hidden in the mist disappeared at some point, and the entire water area was silent, with only the rustling breeze and a huge lotus leaf standing upright on the edge of the pool.

The dream came to an abrupt end here, and he returned to reality surrounded by the smell of alcohol.

The rich aroma of the spirit wine emanated from his entire body, as if the blood vessels of this body were no longer flowing with blood, but pure alcohol. However, this was the necessary price for whitening. He had ordered a set of flower decolorization technology online, the first step of which was to soak in a mixed solution of methanol and ethanol for decolorization. After trying it, he found that industrial alcohol and bleach had no effect on his body, so he resolutely bought a tank of the most mellow and spiritual "Zuixianxiang" and soaked his whole body in it.

According to the tutorial, ordinary flowers can be temporarily decolorized by soaking for 24 hours. How long has he been soaking now? The stinging sensation spread to every part of his body, and his mind became a little drowsy. Ellian opened his drunken eyes and muttered to himself: "It's really not an easy thing to be a white lotus."

The bathroom was filled with spiritual mist. The snow-white acrylic bathtub took up most of the bathroom. Facing the floor-to-ceiling mirror that covered the entire wall, the mirror reflected the equally dazzlingly white tiles, as well as a man who was half leaning in the bathtub. His skin and hair were as white as snow, his eyes were slightly pink, and he was wearing a slightly dry and stiff white gauze.

The person in the mirror had a slightly transparent and shiny skin, delicate features, and a dazed look as he leaned in the bathtub. Although he was dressed in white and had white hair, and looked unhealthy due to excessive blood loss, he exuded an indescribable spirit from the bottom of his heart, as if he was supported by an unbreakable character, and he looked elegant and upright, without any sense of fragility.

Ellian looked at himself in the mirror for a long time, then slowly raised his left hand from the clear pool water and opened his palm upward. A snow-white water lily with a large disk and long petals floated up from his palm, and the petals and the core were all white and transparent.

Unfortunately, although it is white, its texture is dry and wrinkled, and the edges of the petals have a hard plastic-like luster. It is not the natural white lotus emerging from the water.

How can this artificial flower be presented to others... Even if he has the chance to meet the benefactor who enlightened him to become a spirit in the future, when he looks at this flower, he will feel that what he enlightened was a fresh lotus, not a plastic flower like this. He won't be recognized, right?

Ellian put his palms together and held the lotus back. He stood up shakily while holding the edge of the bathtub and pressed the drain but.ton. The transparent wine slurry full of spiritual energy turned into a vortex in the drain. The mellow and rich aroma of wine in the bathroom became more and more intoxicating. The spiritual mist was so thick that he could hardly see the figure in the mirror opposite. Ellian pulled his feet out of the bathtub, which were also shining with a transparent and dry luster, and leaned against the cold white tiles, groping to turn on the shower head.

The cold water poured down on his head. He closed his eyes and raised his head to meet the impact of the water column, then opened his mouth to drink the water from the shower.

Ever since he transformed, he had been thinking about turning back into a white lotus, as if to repay the great being who had enlightened him.

Initially, his cultivation was too low, and he was in a remote forest with few people, so he had no way to change the color of his body. It was not until a few years ago that by chance, a female fairy who came to travel gave him a game client of "Yuan Yang Cang Hua" that allows people to travel to different worlds. He took advantage of the convenience of the teleportation array and moved from the uninhabited primeval forest where he was born to this developed small world, where he saw the advanced flower cultivation technology of humans.

So he studied cultural knowledge hard, trying to get closer to humans with white lotus characteristics in terms of appearance and temperament, while trying various technological means to change the color of his body.

Who would have thought that after living in this world for many years and trying all kinds of methods, it was still useless - the pigment would not fade away even without sunlight for several years, it would not be whitened by sulfur fumigation, the dyeing would not last long... and the alcohol bleaching effect was not good. Is there really no simple and practical way to turn it into a white lotus?

...Why not ask the real immortals on the immortal cultivation forum?

Under normal circumstances, he, a flower demon from a remote little world, would not dare to talk to the immortals easily. But now, his whole body was soaked in spiritual wine, and he was very brave. He closed his eyes and sank his consciousness into the client bound to the depths of his soul. He opened the forum interface and boldly posted a message asking for advice on how to make the petals of his body turn white.

In just a few hours of bathing, a cultivator from the big world actually read his post. Several immortals sent him private messages, offering to sell him magic weapons that can dye or change their original shape at a low price. A real person wanted to give him a novel with Bai Lianhua as the protagonist. Another real person introduced him to a simulated circular light illusion performed by an immortal whose original body was Bai Lianhua, so that he could figure out the character's image...

The one who helped him the most was a real person who called himself "Yiyin Yizhu". This real person taught him to collect incense and prayer power, and use the Shinto method to reshape his body - as long as the believers sincerely believe that he is a white lotus, in time, the image of faith formed in their hearts will be reflected back to his body, making his flower color turn white.

Although the immortals who responded below said that a demon cultivator like him was not suitable for practicing the way of the gods and could easily be led astray by mortal desires, it was still better than being a pink lotus for a lifetime and not even being able to see the benefactor who enlightened him, right?

Although Ellian is a lotus, he is not the kind of water lily that bows its head when the wind blows. He is a Victoria regia whose leaves can bear 80 kilograms before becoming a spirit. His responsibilities are naturally different. He made up his mind, pulled his consciousness back from the client, and opened his eyes to see himself in the mirror opposite:

After running cold water for so long, the spirit wine in his blood vessels was replaced by water, and the cells were filled with water again. When the crystal clear water drops slid across his skin, they merged directly into it, filling the broken lines formed by water loss. The skin moisturized by water became plump like a petal that was full of water, and the pale cheeks became fuller and softer, revealing a fresh blood color. The previously dry white hair and light red eyes turned black again, his eyes were shining, and his long hair was gathered behind his head smoothly like a shawl. The delicate appearance that originally had a bit of inorganic texture fell back into the mortal world.

The translucent snow-colored dress that was as stiff as organza on her body became smooth and draped after being soaked in water, revealing its color again. The gown inside was a deep green as clear as emerald, with the cuffs and hem gradually changing to a dark purple-red. The outermost layer was a pink and tender wide-sleeved crane cloak, and the color contrast was very tragic.

He curled his lips at the gaudy clothes in the mirror, made a hand gesture, and his green shirt and red cloak instantly turned into a thin chain made of circular lotus leaves, with a half-opened pink lotus in the middle, which slid down to his right ankle.

---If it weren't for the fact that plant-type demon cultivators couldn't leave their original bodies after transforming, he would have thrown away even this chain that exposed the true color of his flower!

He hid his foot and observed the body carefully in the mirror. Because the real person injected spiritual energy into his flower core, his figure was still slim and not affected by the giant leaves that were three meters wide. He looked a bit like the fragile white lotus in the novel. But his skin was not as white as he imagined. His cheeks were too rosy, his lips were even brighter, and his elbows, knees, toes and other places were also pink and bloody.

Wouldn't it be better if it were paler?

Ellian touched his cheek with regret, walked out of the bathroom barefoot through the water, changed into a snow-white shirt and trousers, and tucked his trouser legs into his high-top Martin boots. The chain was well covered, and his whole body except for his eyes and long hair was pure white, so no one could tell that his true color was pink.