After experiencing it myself, I realized that in the hands of experts who use puppets, how worthless the paper figures are that Shen Ji borrows his soul. The two paper butterflies in front of me were hanging in the air, their wings were moving, making the sound of turning the pages, obviously the speed was not fast, but when they collided, I felt that I couldn't resist it, and at the moment of impact, I poured into the whole body Yang Qi to protect the whip body, barely stood firm, and the tiger's mouth was shocked numb.

The cord ended its mission at the same time as the impact, although the faint sound of breaking actually dissipated out of thin air, and only when I looked closely, I found that there were a few water marks the size of broken sesame seeds on the ground.

Is this ice?

I was amazed, no wonder we didn't find any murder weapons in the fortune teller's house.

The paper butterfly fell, I picked it up, and in order to prevent future troubles, together with the two in Liu Ruo's hand, I lit a beam of yang fire and burned them into a pile of ashes.

Outside the door, Jiang Xun saw that we were fine, and when he turned around again, the paper puppet ran up the stairs quickly in a strange posture.

The baby's laughter was mixed with the sound of wood and paper breaking, in such weather, it really made people feel chills in their backs, Liu Ruo and I chased out, and when we were about to go upstairs, we glanced down and saw a black shadow hurriedly flashing from the corridor, looked up and called Jiang Xun, and said to him: "Let's chase separately!" ”

Jiang Xun nodded, and when he went to catch the paper puppet, Liu Ruo and I climbed down the railing to find the figure just now.

The direction of the person leaving is the back door of the community, we are a step slower, when we get there, we see people walking into the shopping mall next to it, chasing into the chaos of the crowd, only to see him walk up the elevator with the crowd from a distance, lost his direction in the crowd, and Liu Ruo and the two people separated for a long time, but did not find any trace.

Back at my accommodation, Jiang asked about the situation on our side, and I shook my head and found nothing.

After the paper puppet was brought back by him, Ziwei sealed its dyed blood with a piece of talisman paper, I observed it many times, but I couldn't see the doorway, and put it in the box that Jiang Xun used last time when he returned the tart whip to me. If this thing really comes from the Situ clan, we can keep it and use it as a proof of confrontation in the future.

"If it weren't for Brother Liu Ruo finding out today, we wouldn't know what would have happened when we opened the door." Tang Jiao shuddered at the shadow of the corpse he saw before, and said, "But what should we do in the future, how can this kind of thing be prevented from happening all the time?" You can't stop going out in the future, right? When the shopkeeper Shen stopped me, I didn't even see what it was, and the fortune teller probably didn't even know how his head fell. ”

"Thousand Ice Ropes."

"What?" Tang Ka didn't hear his words clearly, Jiang Xun looked preoccupied, his voice was low, and he said: "The thin rope between the paper butterflies, the name is Qianbing Rope, which belongs to the ancient secret method, refined by thousands of years of cold qi, as thin as silk, extremely sharp, and freezes the wound, in a necrotic state, and there is no blood. The rope shape is only the first layer, and when cultivated to a certain extent, it can be turned into a needle, an arrow, or a long whip, which is a secret art that has long been lost. ”

Ziwei's tone was cold, and he asked, "Since it has long been lost, how can you know?" ”

Jiang Xun said: "I have read some ancient books and seen relevant records. ”

"Is it such a coincidence?" Zi Wei looked at him, "Every time, no matter what happens, you know what it is, and you know them well, and they are all from ancient books?" ”

He was full of doubts, Jiang Xun saw through his provocation and chuckled, "I don't understand what you mean. ”

"Hey, no, what are you two doing?" Tang Jiao said: "Xun'er is also engaged in literary play, he reads a lot of ancient books, isn't it normal to know a little more things?" ”

"Then you are in the same business as him, why don't you know anything?"

Tang Jiao was stunned, his face was embarrassed, "You are raising the bar." ”

"None of that is critical." Ziwei was about to speak, but I interrupted them and said, "The most important thing now is how we should respond. ”

Zi was not stopped by me, swallowed the words in his throat, and sat aside with his face away.

Jiang Xun didn't care about his attitude, as if nothing had happened, and said: "The other party is not skilled in the use of Qianbing Suo, combined with the puppet control technique, the fight is secretly taken by surprise, and once it is discovered, it is easy to be destroyed." Now that a sneak attack has failed, we've all been on guard, and he shouldn't be going to do the same thing to us again for a while. ”

I nodded and said, "Our situation is too passive, and we can't be worried all the time, so we still have to find a way to find this puppeteer." ”

"I can probe again." Liu Ruo said: "Paper puppet and paper butterfly, there must be more than these two on it." ”

Finding the location of a person can not only know his current direction of action, but also rush over at the first time and turn passive into active.

The second time, it took a lot longer than the first time, Tang Jiao's map was placed on the table, we sat around, and finally waited until Liu Ruo opened his eyes and hurriedly asked, "How is it?" ”

Liu Ruo put his eyes on the map, put his finger on a main road in Chengshui City, and said, "He has been moving along this road, and the last place I saw ......"

His fingertips slid through a gap between Chengshui and the two neighboring suburbs, and said, "Here." ”

"This distance." Tang Jiao twisted his neck and looked, "I'm about to arrive in Dongchuan." ”

Dong Chuan.

Puppetry.

Situ family.

Where will his destination be?

At the moment, it can be determined that the other party does not have any plans to do anything to us again for the time being, but I still dare not relax my vigilance, if Jiang Xun's guess is correct, after we arrive in Dongchuan, it is very likely that we will have to face the enemy head-on, and I need to be fully prepared to ensure that I will not be caught off guard by then.

The person who was more panicked than I was about the trip to Dong Chuan was Tang Jia, who was sticking to Liu Ruo's side, looking like he was about to be dragged into the water, and his mouth was constantly sugar-coated with cannonballs, trying to persuade him to go with us to explore the tomb of Xianzong.

Liu Ruo politely refused this several times, and in the end, Jiang Xun couldn't stand it, so he called Tang Jiao away and said it once. After all, Liu Ruo is cultivating the Immortal Dao, there are many rules and regulations that cannot be violated, opening people's tombs and taking their treasures is a thing that damages yin virtue in itself, among several of us, he can't do the most, even if he agrees to go with us, we shouldn't make it too difficult and hurt his cultivation again.

In this way, Tang Jiao had no choice but to stop pestering him, and only asked him if he had found a suitable place to practice when Liu Yao left.

Liu Ruo shook her head, "It's not decided yet." ”

Tang Jiao smiled and said, "Then it's better for me to help Brother Liu Ruo find a place." ”

Liu Ruo was wary of him, Tang Jiao said: "We Fengxian Pavilion has been open to guests from all over the world for decades, no matter when, the incense is continuous, and the most important thing is the shrine tribute wine, Liu Ruo brothers might as well stay, in Chengshui City, they can still get closer to Qi Xiaowan, and if you miss her one day, you can also take a look, right?" ”

"I have my own things to achieve with her, and since I have promised her to be dedicated to cultivation, I will never see her again until then." Liu Ruo said: "Thank you Mr. Tang for your kindness, but please forgive Liu Ruo for not accepting it." ”

"You need someone to worship, I just have this condition, whether you see Qi Xiaowan or not, it will be beneficial to you and harmless."

"Brother Liu Ruo, don't be in a hurry to refuse." Tang Jiao moved out of the old routine again and said: "Let me talk about the sky here, why don't you go with me and make a decision after reading it." ”

Tang Jiao desperately glanced at me, "Shopkeeper Shen, what do you say?" ”

I probably know what he means, even if Tang Jiao has a plan, but if they can give Liu Ruo a place in Fengxian Pavilion, it will be a good thing for each of them, but I don't know what Liu Ruo thinks.

Tang Jiao offered to take him to Fengxian Pavilion to have a look, but he tried his best to talk about it, but Liu Ruo couldn't help it, so he had to agree for the time being.

I thought it was just the two of them, but before leaving, Tang Jiao called the remaining three of us together, saying that out of courtesy, everyone would go to serve a stick of incense together.

In the realm of Chengshui, he served the local immortal family, I couldn't find a reasonable reason to refuse, so I took Ziwei to Fengxian Pavilion together, followed behind Tang Jiao, and went upstairs through the back hall to the cabinet. All the way to the promenade, the eyes are full of old wood, with a special smell of smoke and incense. The doors of each of the rooms on either side were closed, and a lamp was lit in front of the door, which was lit even during the day, and was shielded by a glass cover that lit the fire.

We walked to the end of the corridor, Tang Jiao folded his hands, stopped in front of a two-wide wooden door about three meters high, closed his eyes and said something in his mouth, and then slowly pushed the door and allowed us to enter.

Three walls, densely packed with shrines, in which people are surrounded by candles, the whole room is lit by candles. I saw the dimness of the place where Jiang Xun stood, surrounded by a warm warmth, and my whole body lazily relaxed.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I will bring a few new friends to Shangzhu incense today, and introduce a few to you, if you take root in Chengshui in the future, I hope that a few of you can bless and shelter, ensure that we are all safe and sound, and everything goes well."

He took the incense, except for Liu Ruo, and divided it among each of us, and lit them one by one, and offered them reverently.

As soon as the incense was inserted into the censer, I leaned down and before I could look up, I heard a coherent rustling sound in my ears, as if a mouse had squeaked twice, because the room was too empty to discern the exact direction.

After I finished the incense, I took a step back and looked at Tang Jiao.

He opened his mouth, and the words of explanation were still in his throat, and he saw an apple hanging in the air on a certain offering platform, turning around and rushing straight in the direction of Liu Ruo behind us.

Liu Ruo had already noticed it, raised his hand and grabbed it, his brows furrowed, and then he heard a voice and said in a faint voice: "After so many years of separation, I can still meet you here, it's really a narrow road, and the ghost is not gone." ”

I was stunned for a moment, and then I saw a man in the shadows walking out slowly, his hands clasped in his sleeves, leaning against the wall, with an improper posture, his eyes in the dark were full of cunning, looking at Liu Ruo and smiling: "Brother Liu, you and I have really not seen each other for a long time." ”