Chapter 778: The Flowers Fall Like Snow
The flowers of the ground died, whereas the flowers on the flesh bloomed. Humanity was like a dream, and blood lurked within the peony. Hence, its name was “Blood Peony”.
Cheng Xiuyi might not be a Trueman, but no one dared to underestimate him because of his cultivation art. It was called the “Canonical Text of Peony”, and it was invented by a strange man named White Peony centuries ago.
A famous opera actor, White Peony was a man born with a woman’s face. He was an expert in crossdressing as a woman, and he usually played the role of a verdant-clad[1] or a flowery role[2]. Everyone loved his acting, and his verdant-clads and flowery roles were famous throughout the world.
Over time, White Peony decided that he didn’t want to be a man anymore. He wanted to become a woman in both body and heart.
White Peony wasn’t just a genius in opera acting. He was also a one-of-a-kind martial talent. After researching martial arts of all shapes and sizes, he eventually invented an unusual martial art known as the “Canonical Text of Peony”. Those who cultivated it would transform into the other gender. At the adept level, the practitioner would be able to grasp the miracle of life and death and the profoundness of yin yang and gain the ability to change genders at will. They would no longer experience any barriers whatsoever.
Of course, that wasn’t all the “Canonical Text of Peony” was good for. It also contained all sorts of bizarre yet profound techniques that covered one’s offensive and defensive needs.
Of them all, the “Blood Peony” was the most bizarre and profound. The Blood Peony takes root in one’s spirit, draws from one’s vitality, and transmits through the air. Anyone who inhaled its scent would automatically be infested by it.
When the Blood Peonies in the open withered, yin and yang would switch places, and life and death would be reversed. The Blood Peonies would then bloom from the infested and sustain themselves using their spirit and vitality.
So long as the victim did not run out of vitality and spirit, the Blood Peonies would never die. It would keep draining the victim until they were completely dead in both body and spirit.