Chapter 17: A Puppet Hidden in the Sea of Clouds

The woman carefully held the black porcelain in her hand and whispered a few words to the white-bearded old man beside her.

Her voice was chaotic and weak, and even though Su Xiaoli's ears were sensitive, she couldn't hear what she was saying.

"Take her down." The woman's fox eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling glanced at Nangong Wan, "Welcome to come often in the future." ”

After the woman left, the old man took Nangong Wan into a side door, and behind the side door was a black hand that could not see his fingers.

Nangong Wan didn't have any waves in his heart, but the old man reminded: "Don't be afraid, if you pass through here, there will be another future." ”

Generally speaking, the people of Tiangong Tower have already completed the transaction and can let Nangong Wan leave, but introducing him here must have another purpose.

This purpose must have something to do with the conspiracy between the woman and the old man.

If it were someone else, I am afraid that a catastrophe would come, but it was just right for Nangong Wan, because he just wanted to stay in Tiangong Tower and go around more.

As the old man said, through the darkness of chaos, he saw a different scene.

It is like a world carved out of a cave, with irregular stairs going down step by step, and lamps are placed at intervals on both sides of the road, and charcoal fires are burning in them, and the flames are rising, illuminating the surroundings.

The further you go inside, the more blocked and windless you become.

The old man glanced at Nangong Wan and saw that his expression was calm, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a mocking smile.

Mortals in the world are so small and incompetent that they don't even know that they are walking on the road to death.

Nangong Wan suddenly stopped and asked the old man, "Where are you taking me?" ”

The old man smiled, "You are a distinguished guest, you need to stay and let us entertain you." ”

"Are you going to put me under house arrest?" Nangong asked in the evening.

The old man waved his hand and smiled: "No, no, no, it's serious, just for you to watch a puppet show." ”

The old man asked Nangong Wan to stand on a circular platform, which seemed to be carved out of a strange stone, with strange pictures and texts.

Nangong Wan did not refuse and stood up.

The moment I stood up, the black a few feet away in front of me was beige, and it was a veil. There are more than a dozen figures behind the veil screen, all making porcelain, and their movements are neat and uniform.

If the movements are so neat, they are either trained, such as when the dancers dance, they can be neat with a smile and a smile. Either...... It's a puppet.

The puppet that has been manipulated has long lost its mind, and everything it does is controlled by others.

Nangong Wan dared to conclude that what he saw was definitely a puppet.

The old man asked Nangong Wan: "Is this puppet show good?" ”

Nangong Wan replied calmly: "It's okay." ”

The old man smiled: "Miss Su's eye is really picky. However, with the skills you sold us, their puppet shows will be even more brilliant in the future. ”

"That's very good." Nangong replied later.

The old man said: "Every time I bring people here and let them watch a puppet show, they are first surprised and fascinated, and then they react that something is wrong, and they panic, and even kneel on the ground and beg me, making noise, crying, crying, and very bored." It's rare to have such a calm demeanor as Miss Su. ”

Nangong Wan said: "You just made a deal with me, using my porcelain burning skills in exchange for Ruyi Langjun, the front foot promised, why do you want to make me a puppet with the back foot?" That's how Tiangonglou does business? ”

The old man said: "Other people have insatiable desires, just like gamblers, slowly becoming more and more detachable and can only become puppets. ”

"You're different." The old man said, "Even if you don't come to Tiangong Tower, we will send someone to find you." If you take the initiative to send it to the door, how can we let you go? ”

Nangong Wan asked directly: "Because of the relationship between the prince?" ”

The old man laughed, and laughter echoed in the darkness.

"You know too much."

Nangong Wan immediately asked: "In this way, the disappearance of the owner of the Thousand Porcelain Workshop also has something to do with your Tiangong Tower?" ”

The old man's face froze, "How do you know about the owner of the Thousand Porcelain Workshop?" ”

Instantly, he said, "But it doesn't matter, you'll soon become a puppet anyway." What is a puppet? In Tiangong Tower, it is the dead person. ”

Nangong Wan said: "You are so nervous, you have already told me the answer." I didn't expect the owner of Qiancifang to be trapped by the Tiangong Tower, it seems that everyone underestimated the Tiangong Tower. ”

The old man's face was solemn: "Girl, don't talk nonsense, beware of causing trouble for me." The matter of Qiancifang has always been taboo in Tiangonglou. ”

He landed on Nangong Wan's back with a palm, and a purple-black totem pattern slowly condensed. The totem rotated slowly, looking very heavy.

This is to turn Nangong Wan into a puppet.

At this time, Nangong Wan is just an ordinary person, if he becomes a puppet, it will be the same as dead, and there is no possibility of turning over.

But!

The guard lurking on the side took the opportunity to make a move, and a cloud of white light condensed from his palm, which fell on the old man's back, and the old man suddenly fell to the ground, his body turned into wisps of black smoke, and then disappeared cleanly.

He laughs at people as puppets, and he is not.

Nangong Wan ordered the guards: "Turn me into a puppet." ”

The guard did so, condensing a layer of white light on his body, and the white light slowly gathered into Su Xiaoli's body, and then released and flew out like petals.

The light dissipated, and Nangong Wan's every move became stiff.

He may not be slow when he moves, but his limbs are stiff and not like a living person.

The guards also became like this.

"It's dangerous to enter it, if there's anything unusual, take me out first, and then make plans. If so......"

Nangong Wan thought for a while, "If the whereabouts related to the owner of the workshop are found, everything is of paramount importance to the safety of the owner." When necessary, immediately let Jiang Cheng lead people to capture Tiangong Tower, and don't care about me. ”

The guards surrendered their orders.

The two walked through the white curtain and walked into the depths of the puppet.

Turned into a puppet, his vision became confused and strange, as if he had entered some kind of illusion, and everything seemed so illusory and unreal.

The puppet can't speak, but Nangong Wan can. It's just that when he speaks, others can't see his mouth move, and they can't hear his voice, only the guards who follow him.

As soon as the two of them arrived at the place where the puppet was, they saw a man in a white robe walking towards them.

In order to avoid being discovered, Nangong Wan immediately blended into the team around him and made porcelain with other puppets.

The puppet makes porcelain because it is controlled by black porcelain, and every move is uniform, but Nangong Wan and the two guards just look like puppets, not real puppets. It's very difficult for them to move in a consistent way.

For the Spirit Porcelain Guard, it was a little simpler, because he had spiritual power to use. When the white-robed overseer looked at him, he immediately borrowed spiritual power and let the puppet next to him drag his movements, although there was a slight difference, but if you didn't look closely, you couldn't see it at all.

Nangong is in trouble late, and he must observe carefully and imitate carefully.

The white-robed overseer observed for a while, found Nangong Wan's condition, and walked over quickly.

Nangong Wan was already trying very hard to imitate, and under the puppet's body, a layer of dense sweat broke out.

The white-robed overseer felt that something was wrong the more he looked at it, so he simply squatted in front of Nangong Wan and watched him make porcelain.

If you look at it so closely, you can see all kinds of loopholes.

The overseer tilted his head and frowned at the guard, whose name was Qingli, so named because it was made of celadon.

Qingli's movements are also flawed, always one step slower. The white-robed overseer looked at it for a long time, and reached out to pat Bai Lang.

In fact, Qingli was trying to adjust the strength of his spiritual power when he was targeted, and now that he has finally adjusted it, his movements have finally kept up.

The overseer thought that his "repair" had played a role, and he was a slap in front of Nangong Wan. One moment he patted his head, one moment he patted his shoulder, and he clapped his hands.

When he slapped his arm, his arm trembled, and the porcelain embryo in his hand deflated.

Puppets make porcelain almost without defects, because everything is uniform. Faced with this defective product, the overseer had a headache, which meant that it was difficult for him to make a difference. In a fit of rage, the overseer stretched out his hand, allowing the purple-black totem condensed in his palm to fall on Nangong Wan's chest.