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By this time, it was already dark.

For Sun Chenghuan and them, it is not that they must rush to the forbidden place of the puppet gate that Lan Lan wants to go to today, it is just that he doesn't want to get involved in the competition between Jessica and Suowan.

Yes, there are no particularly obvious external enemies anymore, and the bigger ones won't appear to them until a long time later.

Before that, it is precisely the question of determining who exactly is in command of whom.

This kind of feud may seem boring, but it is very necessary.

Only through such a confrontation can two people who have never dealt with each other have a deeper understanding of each other's abilities.

Before, they were too "friendly......

However, since he has already hit the road, Lan Lan, who is leading the way in front, is already "like an arrow".

It's been waiting for this day for hundreds of years!

Starting from the south gate of the Valley of the Kings, they truly entered the territory of Astrana.

The place where they had been in the past few days was technically a buffer zone between the two countries, not the real territory of Astranna.

Sure enough, the feeling of entering Astrana finally became real for a few people.

Except for a few small towns, Sun Chenghuan had basically never seen any people on such a long road before, and after heading south from the Valley of the Kings, it felt like they had been walking between various small villages.

Because it is not an official road specially built for people to hurry, there is even a real feeling of "we are in a hurry" compared to when we are on Merce's road. Coupled with the fact that it may be meal time, the smoke wrapped in the aroma of rice has been surrounding the two speeding carriages.

This is the so-called "fireworks on earth" gas.

This made Sun Chenghuan and Erin, who were sitting in the carriage, feel a lot better.

Erin refused Sun Chenghuan's request to let her change back to the appearance of a child, kept the appearance of a saint, and rested in the carriage. It didn't take long for her to fall asleep.

This was originally very inconvenient for Sun Chenghuan......

But even so, Sun Chenghuan, who had been tense for several days and finally relaxed, fell asleep in the carriage.

Although the person slept, the horse pulling the cart was not treated so well.

In particular, the current drivers of the two carriages are puppets who do not need to rest, so the carriage has been speeding non-stop all night.

......

This journey lasted for ten days.

With a few puppets in charge of controlling the carriage that didn't need to rest at all, all they had to pay attention to was to give the horses a break. Because the time of departure was in the evening, after which the horses ran all night, the horse's rest time became daytime.

And during the day, it was just enough for Sun Chenghuan, who had slept in the carriage all night, to get out of the car and go to the small town on the side of the road to take a stroll and get acquainted with the different styles of Astrana and Merce.

More people than Merce live in big cities like Mills, Nazaire, or even smaller cities like Yingao, and the people of Astrana seem to prefer to live next to their fields.

The scattered inhabitants were scattered across the territory of Astrana, so whether it was a small town or a big city, in terms of scale, there was no way to compare with the cities that Sun Chenghuan had seen when they were in Merce.

But that doesn't mean it's completely unsightly.

The city of Astrana, in fact, is more like a "bazaar".

Because they traveled lightly and bypassed almost all big cities, most of the cities they passed through were small cities.

Almost without exception in these small cities, nearly half of them are markets for people to "catch up with the market".

One every three days, one every five days, depending on the size of their respective cities, the time is slightly different, and Sun Chenghuan and they also encountered two.

Irene, who originally said that she didn't want to return to her little girl's appearance, was still that cute when she went to the market.

Otherwise, her return rate on the street is too high......

"What's the name of this place today, and how do you feel like there are so few people on the street?"

"It's called Nighttown...... Today we will have a break in town during the day and we will be able to go to the destination of our trip in the evening. ”

Accompanying Sun Chenghuan and Erin on the street, it was Lan Lan.

Recently, the person who has accompanied Erin to go shopping during the day has always been the sixth child, the puppet called Yanyan, on the one hand, because the puppet's personality is more lively, it looks like her ranking, it is a child, although it has been hundreds of years since it was made.

On the other hand, it's because Yeon-yeon is very good at telling stories.

Maybe it's because it's been in this world for hundreds of years, or maybe it does have one or more owners, it's the kind of character that likes to play a lot, and it often walks around with it, and it knows a lot of fun little stories......

But today it was Lan Lan who came out.

Because I'm going to get down to business tonight.

She's here to buy it in Nighttown.

A parrot, a plant called a thorntooth that is very common in the desert where Onica is located, but is absolutely rare in this part of Astrana, and bought a piece of jade that looks like a fake.

Three different things, purchased from three small shops in the south, west and north of the small night town, Lan Lan is very familiar with it.

It's as if she had bought these things at these places just yesterday.

"What are you buying these things for?"

"Worked in the evening. ”

Lan Lan's answer to Sun Chenghuan's question was very concise and crisp.

So, Sun Chenghuan, who was a little stuffy, chose to go back to the carriage and sleep upside down......

The clock was fast approaching evening.

Sun Chenghuan was woken up by Barna.

They need to determine who is going before the time comes.

"Wouldn't it be better to go together?"

Sun Chenghuan was a little angry about being woken up early for this reason.

"Lan Lan said that people can only go in one ......" Barna shook his head, "Otherwise, there will be a strange reaction in the forbidden land, it is said." ”

"People...... Puppets can go in a lot?" Sun Chenghuan was stunned for a moment.

"Well, it seems that the forbidden place is said to have some reaction to the breath of the living, which is why it will become the forbidden place of the puppet gate......" Barna nodded.

“...... Why does it sound like death magic?" Sun Chenghuan's brows furrowed slightly, "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

"Puppetry is a mixture of life magic and death magic...... Barna shook his head, "so I don't wonder why such a place would be a forbidden place for the puppet gate." Now the question is, which of the two of us is going?"

"You go! After all, you are the real descendant of the puppet sect......! It's just an honorary owner. Sun Chenghuan thought about it and said very seriously.

"But...... It's not good. After all, you are the doorman. Barna shook his head and sighed, "I thought I was in the Valley of the Kings before, and only you could bring the future to the puppets. I've been in the same carriage with Miss Erin for the past few days, and I wanted to talk to you about it, but I didn't have a chance to ......."

"By the way, speaking of which, you won't mind the identity of the Holy Maiden Sect that I arranged for your puppet, right?" Sun Chenghuan also remembered this matter. "I don't know yet, but if you don't mind, ...... is very important?"

"Don't mind! Of course you don't!" Barna hurriedly waved his hand, "Holy Maiden of the Holy Maiden Sect...... Really, that's how you can think of such a deceptive way......"

"Just don't mind. Sun Chenghuan nodded, "So, follow Lan Lan to take out the other two puppets and leave the heavy responsibility to you." ”

“...... It's better for you to go. Barna shook his head, "You forgot, you can put the puppet ...... Put it away. It's so much easier than I am, if I go...... I have to carry them out......"

"......" Sun Chenghuan smiled a little helplessly, this, indeed. "Then what do you ...... to your sect?"

"Our sect!" Barna corrected.

“...... Aren't we curious about this forbidden place of our sect?"

"Curious, it's a big deal, I'll go with Lan Lan again tomorrow, but I definitely want you to go today......

"This ...... All right. Sun Chenghuan nodded, "I hope there won't be any danger." I was a little apprehensive when I saw the strange things Lan Lan bought during the day today, and now only one living person is allowed in...... How do I feel like I'm going in and being sacrificed?"

"If it dares to sacrifice you, our puppet gate will be completely finished......" Barna smiled and shook his head, "Miss Erin will definitely kill me right away." ”

"That's right. Sun Chenghuan smiled and sighed.

The oath of obedience is really useful......

chatted with Barna about these gossips, and soon Lan Lan appeared in the carriage where Sun Chenghuan was sleeping.

"Let's go, let's go. Lan Lan's words were very succinct.

But her expression didn't look very casual.

There is a sense of sacredness with a solemnity......

"Okay. Sun Chenghuan was still talking and laughing with Bana, and immediately put away his smile.

Serious about this...... It's contagious.

"Good luck with you all the best. Barna also put away the smile on his face and said sincerely, "If our puppet door can revert to eight puppets......"

"Let's bring those two puppets out first!" Sun Chenghuan interrupted Barna's imagination.

Things will definitely not go so smoothly, just from Lan Lan's expression, you can see it.

Getting off the carriage, Sun Chenghuan and Lan Lan walked into the grove next to the road where their carriage had stopped.

And although you can't go in, it's not that you can't watch.

Therefore, Erin and Barna followed behind the two, looking like a passing crowd, with a deep curiosity on their faces.

It's a cloudy day, and when it gets dark in the evening, there's no light in the sky.

In addition, I went into the woods again.

"Where is it?" Sun Chenghuan asked Lan Lan with a little curiosity.

"This is it. ”

Lan Lan didn't go far before she stopped.

He pointed to a tree in front of him.

It's a small sapling that looks like it's less than ten years old.

"Right here...... What is the obvious place?" Sun Chenghuan's face was ridiculous.

What he was going to say was, right on this tree? Are you kidding me?

Isn't the puppet gate known as thousands of years old?

But he held back the words.

Lan Lan took the parrot she had been carrying from the carriage from its cage, grabbed it with her hands, and placed it in front of the tree.

This is a relatively rare parrot breed called the "Hurricane Parrot".

It is native to a cliff on the coast of the North Sea in the territory of Langu.

There are storms in that part of the North Sea all year round, and the scale is very large, and this parrot is the only creature on the cliffs in that area.

Therefore, it is also curious what is the difference......

However, after being taken away from the North Sea, the research did not show that there was anything special about it, but because of its well-behaved appearance and docile character, it became the pet of the powerful people of various countries.

Whether it's a blessing or a curse is anyone's guess.

However, the original population may have been more than a thousand or so hurricane parrots are now all over the Ace Continent, and it is estimated that there are millions of them, at least from this aspect, their turn is also gorgeous.

But apparently here, Lan Lan didn't plan to keep this parrot as a pet.

When she saw her holding the parrot and putting it in front of the tree, Sun Chenghuan remembered the word they were talking about just now.

Sacrifice.

And things seemed to be just as he expected.

The docile hurricane parrot had big eyes flashing in Lan Lan's hand, completely unaware of what fate he was about to face.

Then, at a speed visible to the naked eye, the parrot went from being full of energy to being a little lazy.

Then, as if asleep.

Lying on Lanlan's hands.

"Is it dead?"

Erin, who was just watching from a distance, suddenly felt a little unbearable, and shouted loudly and asked from afar.

"No...... I'm not that cruel, okay!"

Lan Lan was speechless.

"And what's wrong with it?" said Erin, with a depressed expression.

"It's just borrowing a little bit of its power. Lan Lan said a little aggrieved, "These three things are needed to open the forbidden place of the puppet door, this is the first ......."

With that, she put the sleeping parrot back in the cage.

After that, he picked up the thorn tooth.

Same as just now.

The thorn teeth, which were originally fiery red leaves showing vigorous vitality, suddenly became listless.

And then, the last one is the same.

The piece of jade looked like a fake.

Just as Lan Lan was about to lift the stone and offer it to the front of the tree as she had just done, a voice suddenly sounded.

"If I were you, I wouldn't do that. ”

Sun Chenghuan, Erin, and Bana were all stunned.

Then, one person was surprised, and the other was happy.

"Grandpa Anthony, why are you here......"

Isn't that man in a gorgeous robe with an anachronistic beard the Grand Master, Anthony?