On the night when you can't see your fingers, the moon is dark and the wind is high, the clouds are thick, and the cold wind blows the leaves on the trees, making a soft noise, like the whispers of countless souls.

A small figure crouched on the ground in the faint light of a lantern, its slender fingers gently caressing the bones under it.

"This skull seems to be interesting, the deceased must have been a beautiful woman with a small and pointed chin, and it is said that the uncles liked such a woman the most. It's a pity that the forehead seems to be a little narrower, but if you have hair, cover it......"

She didn't let go of every tiny detail, her fingertips slid over it, as gentle as a lover's fingers, and she talked to herself as she touched it. Listening to the voice, it was a little girl who was still underage.

The girl sighed, "If only I could have a pointed chin when I grow up, so that I can make some money by drawing by myself, and I don't have to run to mass graves to find bones." ”

If you want to draw a beautiful and realistic portrait, you have to feel how long the human bones are. The best way to do this is to run to a mass grave and touch human bones. Zhong Zhen has done it many times, and this time she was lucky, and she quickly found a beautiful bone.

Suddenly, the shadow of a man was cast onto the bone, blocking the lantern hanging from a stick, and the skull in the girl's hand. She didn't have to look back to know who was coming, because he always appeared by her side out of nowhere these days, sometimes several times a day.

There was a middle-aged man standing three steps behind her, and if there was one word to describe this person, it would be a "thin" word. In three words, it is "very thin".

The girl put down the skull in her hand, "Why did you find it again, I said that I wouldn't go with you if I didn't go with you." I've just taken over a few businesses, and I'm very busy right now, so I don't have time to learn to practice with you. ”

Marlowe took two steps and squatted beside the little girl, "I said Zhong Zhen, it's a pity that your good qualifications are wasted in this market." If you really like to draw these various human bones, when you come to our sect, you can keep as many bones as you want. ”

The girl named Zhong Zhen was not fooled, "Hmph, don't treat me as a fool." Look at your shabby body, there are several big patches on your clothes, and there are not a few taels of meat on your body, so it is obvious that you don't usually care about eating and drinking. I follow you, will it be difficult to raise you in the future? There is not much oil in the lantern, don't waste my time, Second Uncle Huang on the street is still waiting for me to draw beautiful women for him! ”

Ma Luo was not very angry when he heard this, because what Zhong Zhen said was the truth, he did not have the temperament of a Taoist fairy, and his image was even inferior to a fortune teller. It is very difficult to find disciples for the sect. Especially he thinks he is a very responsible person, and the disciples of the sect are not very afraid of the dead, and it is best to be young boys and girls who have touched the bones.

He thought about it for a while, and could only come up with a killer idea, "Okay, I promise you, as long as you follow me to the sect, I will give you that skeleton."

Zhong Zhen was stunned for a moment, she had begged for a long time to ask this Uncle Ma to lend her the bone man for three or five days, but he refused to do so, and now he actually gave it to her. This one...... It seems negotiable.

Seeing that she was silent, probably a little moved, Marlowe took advantage of the victory to pursue, "Don't talk about this skeleton, when you learn my skills, you can make many skeletons that you can move like this." I still have a flying bony bird, do you want to sit on it and try it? ”

Hearing that she could fly into the sky, Zhong Zhen couldn't help but ask, "Will it fall?" ”

"How is it possible, don't you think I'm fine? I've been using this car for more than 10 years, so I'll keep you safe and secure. If you think about it, wouldn't it be much easier to see the beautiful scenery below from a high vantage point than it was to travel more than a dozen miles to see the big lake outside the city a few days ago. ”

Zhong Zhen began to be silent again, where there are good things in the world, there must be something bad waiting for her.

The words of the crutches outside were also strange, and she didn't know how much she had heard. What is fragrant and spicy, I don't know where it will end up in the end.

I often hear the fat aunt next door often nagging, asking her not to run around, it's terrible to be abducted. The girl's family can't go with strangers, she will be dragged to a distant flower building, and she will serve Uncle Huang every day who drools and can't walk when she sees a beautiful girl.

"It seems that it won't be done today, why is this little girl not tempted?" Marlowe was puzzled, and even took out his precious bone magic weapon to tempt her.

Of course, he won't give it to Zhong Zhen, even if he gives it to her, he can't give it to her, anyway, the primary goal is to get her into the sect.

Thinking of being able to get that moving bone man, Zhong Zhen was extremely tempted, and he couldn't wait to ask Uncle Ma to take it out and let her touch a few handfuls now.

The bones were good, pretty good. She has dug up many bones in this mass grave outside the city, and she has never seen such good bones. No insect bites, no dog gnaws, no smell, and most importantly, it's an almost perfect skeleton. Whether it is the height, or the contrast between the upper and lower bodies, as well as the length of the leg bones and hand bones, there are almost no flaws.

Let that skeleton stand at home, pose in various postures, sit or lie down, and even serve tea and water, and let her draw happily, wouldn't it be beautiful.

Painting people requires drawing bones, and Zhong Zhen understood this two years ago, and now she sees people as if she sees their bones. I saw a skeleton, but I seemed to see the person alive. It's like the skeleton in Marlowe's hand, in her eyes, it's a good beautiful man.

Zhong Zhen is really seriously considering whether to go to his sect with this strange uncle. Grandma has been dead for a year, and she has nothing to worry about anyway. If the thin uncle really wants to be a liar and abduct her, when the time comes, he will paint and carve some gadgets for someone, and slowly redeem herself.

But I've heard that this kind of thing is worse than being trafficked...... Zhong Zhen gritted her teeth, but in the end, she couldn't resist the temptation of the bone man, and she couldn't resist the desire to go outside to see it.

"Okay, I'll go with you. But I had to pack up my things first, and Uncle Huang's paintings had to be handed over first, and he paid a deposit of ten copper beans. "The price of a bare-bottomed portrait of a woman is very good, and it is much more profitable to take a silver bean than to carve a doll for a neighborhood child.

Marlowe's eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile, and he deceived another one, and the dark tomb door will be carried forward, just around the corner!

"You clean up slowly, not in a hurry. I'll come back in a month, you still have a few new brothers and sisters, they are far away, I will go and pick up a few of your brothers and sisters first, and then come to look for you. ”

In order to convince Jong-jin completely, Marlowe decides to use his baby.

He took out a gray-black palm-sized bag from his bosom, and saw him pat the old bag with his hand, and a bone bird that was more than two feet long appeared on the ground. He swooped onto the bird's head and put a few shiny stones in. The bird, which was made of bones, staggered, actually flew.

Alas, five more spirit crystals were wasted, and it was really not easy to accept an apprentice. It's not easy for children to deceive these days, and it's not like they stupidly follow along as soon as they hear that they can practice. There are too many people who collect apprentices everywhere, and there are still people in the center of the city, spending a lot of money to set up a stage to perform water and fire, and I don't see how many parents are willing to send their children there.

Marlowe jumped on the bird's back and waved at Zhong Zhen, "You wait for me, it won't take a month or two to pick you up, I'll come back to pick you up in ten days at most." ”

With that, the skeleton bird instigated its wings and slowly flew into the sky, higher and higher, and went farther.

Sitting on the bird and being blown by the whirring night wind, Marlowe's face didn't hurt, but he felt sorry for Hua Lingjing to control this flying magic weapon. However, the speed is slightly faster than using the feet, and the thought of receiving five so quickly this time seems to feel a little less distressed. The task of a whole year was completed so quickly, and the rest of the time was as happy as you wanted.

Zhong Zhen tilted his head and looked at Marlowe in the distance, and continued to squat down and touch the skull of the female corpse.

"It's too slow to fly, the last time I saw people flying on a sword, I flew away with a blink of an eye, and I was as grand as I wanted. Well...... I heard that these cultivators are dying very quickly, should I go with them? ”