I asked Lan Ruo what was going on with the people who lived in Puxian Village, and she asked me, "Did you come from where you saw an old man and his daughter?" ”

I nodded and said, "That old man showed us the way." ”

"No wonder you came that way. We, the people of Dongchuan, are absolutely not allowed to cross the border line to Puxian, and those who come back will not come in from there, there are defenses on both sides of the vicinity, and it is the most dangerous place, and he is leading you into a trap by letting you go that way. ”

Lan Ruo's face became serious, and he said: "That old man used to be an employee of the Situ family, and he was with the little master to take care of him. Later, I don't know what happened, he suddenly disappeared for a while, and even his daughter was gone, and when he reappeared, he was already in Puxian Village, helping that evil person. ”

"They have such a good relationship, Situ Yao knew that he was in Puxian Village, so he didn't go to him?"

Lan Ruo stopped talking, and finally just shook his head and asked me: "When you saw him, did you see that there were large and small jars in front of all the houses in that place?" ”

I nodded again, "What's that?" ”

"It contains the corpses of people who have been killed by demonic weapons. Brother Yu said that they collected those corpse parts, used those rotten blood to wake up the paper puppets, and fed the zombies with rotten flesh and bones, increasing their yin energy, so that they could train into higher-level zombies. ”

I was terrified for a while, and Lan Ruo said: "Brother Yu told me that old man, others have gone crazy, not only him, but those people don't treat people as people, only as smelting materials, all of them are a group of demon-like madmen." ”

People eat people, people kill people, can such people still be considered people?

I was in a bad mood when I bought this purchase, and I was blocked in the process, and the topic changed, and in the casual chat that followed, I probably knew the location of the ravine, and when Lan Ruo was shopping for vegetables, in this place adjacent to a group of zombies, I easily bought cinnabar glutinous rice and other things, and I also bought Huang Fu in a store that sold longevity materials.

At the moment of the great enemy, I was still thinking about casting a magic weapon for Ziwei, and stood in front of a blacksmith shop for a while, waiting for the blacksmith to be free, and tried to ask him if he could rent me this set for a few days.

After saying that, Lan Ruo pulled my sleeve and asked me quietly, "Do you want a magic tool?" ”

I couldn't hide this kind of thing, so I nodded, pursed my lips, and said, "We lost too badly this time, and I want to make something to defend myself against the enemy." ”

"You're going to do this yourself, too?" She was curious.

I said, "My master used to be a craftsman who was proficient in the art of refining weapons, and when it was passed down to the younger generations, there was not much skill left, and I only learned a little from my master's hands. ”

"In that case, I know a place." She laughed, "You come with me." ”

Lan Ruo asked another person who worked at Situ's house to help bring back the things he had bought, and the two of them left the confines of the market and took me to an old street far away from the round building.

The streets were barren, untouched in the depths, dusty and frighteningly deserted.

When I walked into the alley, I immediately felt a sense of tension and oppression that I might be attacked at any time, and I was always on guard, and I also used the narrow alley as an excuse to follow behind her, opening up a safe distance.

The air here was terrifyingly quiet, and it was overwhelming to press on the body, and when he walked to the end of the alley, Lan Ruo stood in front of a door and knocked on it, and called inside: "Uncle Bai, open the door, it's me, Ah Ruo." ”

There was no sound of footsteps inside, and the flow of air was almost static, and there was no popularity, but the tall wooden door in front of me creaked open a crack after a short friction, and when I crossed Lan Ruo, I saw that the huge courtyard inside was empty.

"Let's go, let's go in." Lan Ruo pushed the door, stepped into the threshold, and said to me: "This uncle's name is Bai Zhong, loyal Zhong, he is the best refiner we have here, and the sword in the second young master's hand is made by him, so he is especially respected by us." Although the old man has a strange temper, he is very nice and reasonable, so you don't have to worry. I'll tell him about you in a moment, and he'll be willing to help. ”

I stepped into the threshold with my back feet and followed her five or six steps, when I suddenly felt a cool breeze behind me, and the door behind me closed by itself, and the latch behind the door moved by itself, sealing the door. My tense nerves were pulled by the voice, and I felt that something was looking closer, and I had goosebumps all over my body, and in fright, I directly pulled out the tart whip on my waist at the moment the door closed, but I was still a step slower, and the whip body had just been put together, and two sharp arrows had been shot from my side.

I hurriedly went to hide, my shoulder was cut, and before I could adjust my shape, there was a faint sword sound in my eardrums, and then a cold feeling in my neck, and the blade of the sword was already on my neck from behind.

"Uncle Bai, stop!" Lan Ruo panicked and shouted into the hall: "She was brought back by the second young master, she is our guest, she is only here for the first time, her nerves are too nervous, there is no malice." ”

The blade was against my neck, and I only felt cold, not pain, but I could clearly feel blood oozing out and sliding down my skin.

I held my breath and didn't dare to move a single bit, until the sword around my neck was taken away, and my legs became weak, and after such a while, I broke out in a cold sweat, and I touched it with my hand, and I really saw blood.

"Are you alright?" Lan Ruo took out a handkerchief from his pocket, hastily folded it, and took it to wipe the blood on my neck.

I took the handkerchief and said it was fine, but when I looked back and saw what the sword was on my neck just now, the muscles all over my body were tense, and I couldn't say what I felt, but my brain was still numb for a while, and the cold wind blew, and my body was full of goosebumps.

Standing behind me was a human figure carved out of wood, which could not even be described by the word puppet, although the joints of both arms were carved to move, but there was no head or legs, and below the rough, elongated upper body was a complete, uncarved piece of wood.

I don't know whether I should be surprised or disappointed, at such a close distance, I was actually held by two wooden arms with such limited movements, and I had no power to fight back, and I don't know where the short arrow just came from.

"There are a lot of organs here, you follow me, don't move, Uncle Bai's vigilance is very high, although he is a little older, but here, he can see everything."

Lan Ruo said, leading me through the courtyard into the hall, which was still empty, and there was not half a figure in sight.

"You sit down first." Lan Ruo pulled me to the chair on the side, made a pot of tea, turned over the teacup and filled it, and said, "First drink saliva to suppress the shock, I'll go say hello to the uncle, ask him about the refining weapon, you wait a minute." ”

I nodded, and the uneasiness deepened as I sat alone in the empty hall.

Lan Ruo came out with a smile, walked up to me, and said to me: "Uncle Bai has already agreed, saying that since you are guests of the Situ family, you are also guests of Dongchuan, you only need what you need, and all the smelting equipment and tools here can be used at will, but there is one condition." ”

"You say." I stood up.

Lan Ruo said: "After your magic weapon is ready, it will be inspected by us to ensure that there is no filthy method attached to it, and take it out to harm people." ”

I asked, "What is filth?" ”

Lan Ruo said: "It is poison, or the qi of the yin corpse used by Puxian's people, in short, if you are open in your heart and do not use some crooked evil arts, the magic weapon refined will definitely have an aura, which cannot deceive people, if there is evil energy, that person and artifact cannot go out of this door." ”

I thought about it carefully, all I wanted to do was a short blade, and I couldn't make a mistake, so I nodded and responded: "This is nature, you are willing to borrow our premises and tools and materials, and we should also be responsible for your reputation and safety. ”

Lan Ruo's smile deepened, and he turned to a door behind him and said, "Look, Uncle Bai, I'll say they're good people, so you can rest assured." ”

I looked behind her, and when I came in through the door, all the doors in the house had no thresholds, and the wooden door opened, and when I saw the old gentleman in a wheelchair inside, I understood why I had made such a design.

Bai Zhong looked sixty or seventy years old, his face was not wrinkled, but his hair was all white, he looked in good spirits, his legs were covered with a thin blanket, which covered the top of his feet, and he couldn't see the situation below, and his hands on both sides of the wheelchair were rough, and it looked like the result of years of hard work.

"If you want to use a tool, come with me." He spoke, his tone pale and undulating, and turned his wheelchair out of the hall, past the courtyard, and stopped in front of a locked courtyard door, "Right here." ”

Lan Ruo attached himself to him, took the key from his hand, opened it, untied it from the ring, and handed it to me, "Sister Shen, give it." ”

I was stunned, "This ...... You don't have to give me the keys, you just ......"

Before I finished speaking, Lan Ruo whispered: "Uncle Bai needs to rest, it's inconvenient to open the door for you every day, just take it, and return it after you use it." ”

I hesitated, took it, and heard Bai Zhong say: "The contents are inside, after five o'clock in the morning, before nine o'clock in the evening, you can use them as you like, as long as you give me a list after you finish it." ”

I pinched the small key, and I felt complicated when I was trusted, and I was grateful, and I bowed deeply in the face of him, and said, "Thank you, sir, we will definitely abide by the rules and will never live up to your trust." ”