Chapter 55: The Puppeteer
In the sound of a wave slapping against the cabin, Fu Ju opened his eyes.
The soreness of his mind caused by staying up late had not yet dissipated, and he turned his face sideways to look at the warm pillar of light projected outside the round window on the side of the room, and looked around in a trance at the still somewhat unfamiliar environment around him.
Suddenly, as if thinking of something, he hurriedly struggled to get up, lifted the futon on his body, put on the clothes that he had dried by the charcoal stove last night, and trotted out.
When she had finished washing, she rushed onto the deck with her hair dismantled, and as soon as she stepped out, she collided with the blowing sea breeze, and the refreshing sea breeze mixed with the aroma of food blew her black hair, and by the way, dispelled the remaining tiredness.
"Looks like I was tired enough last night, and now it's noon. ”
On the side of the mast, Xu Ju was sprinkling chopped green onions into the pot where the seafood porridge was stewed, and on the folding table next to him were a few dishes that had been padded with small dishes.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to sleep in......"
Fu Ju responded a little nervously, but this made Xu Ju stunned, he didn't blame the other party, he just wanted to explain, but saw that the former had already walked to the bow of the boat.
"How does your body feel, it rained for so long last night, don't make a mistake. ”
Lu Jing sat cross-legged in the exclusive position of the fishing king at the bow of the boat, holding the fishing rod in his hand, and asked without looking back.
"Actually, I didn't mean to ......"
Before going to bed last night, Fu Ju said that he would get up early today to repair some faults and damages on the Xiliu, and as a result, he slept until noon, which made her a little embarrassed when she said she could help not long ago.
"Haha~ It's okay to sleep lazy, the tide is not as fragile as you think, sit down, the seafood porridge over there will take a while. ”
Picking up the glass hanging on the outside of half of his head in his arms, Lu Jing took a scroll from the side sideways, and then asked,
"So you've thought about it?"
Last night, Lu Jing didn't immediately agree to Fu Ju's request, but asked her to go back and think about it first.
The "going to sea" in this era is not Lu Jing's previous life to drive a luxury yacht to a sea party, if ordinary people are not prepared, the result of rashly going to sea is to become a part of the endless seabed fish food.
Because of this, Lu Jing gave Fu Ju a night of time to think about it, whether it was staying on the boat or going to a safe island to wait for news, it was up to her to decide.
"I'm going to stay on board!"
Fu Ju's answer has not changed.
"Well, this is the second thing we've found on the guy we killed earlier, a puppet scroll...... Previously, it was only a mystic scroll he had prepared for himself, but now it seems likely that this is an important clue to the location of the 'equipment warehouse' described in the journal. ”
Lu Jing seemed to have expected Fu Ju's answer, and raised his hand to hand the scroll to her.
There was no doubt that the man was on a mission to transport the scrolls at the time, as evidenced by the fact that he chose to swim in the Sea Flower Boat to hide his body instead of the Nightmare Pirates' ship to swagger through the border, and the other thing in his suitcase was the Soul Puppet Puppet Drill Scroll called "Secret Arts: Iron Sand Puppet Exercise".
Xu Chu thought that the person's target was the sand blowing city in the route of the sea flower boat, Lu Jing didn't care much at the time, who thought that it had become the key to finding the 'equipment warehouse' now, so naturally he had to let Fu Ju, who had more say in this regard, confirm it again.
"It's ...... Occult puppets?"
Fu Ju took the scroll, just glanced at it roughly and froze in place, looked at the scroll in surprise, and subconsciously whispered.
"What, this thing is special?"
patted the empty seat next to him, and kept looking up at people, but it was very tiring.
"I've heard my grandfather say before that craftsmen like us who deal with dolls are divided into two categories, one is specialized in crafting, not only can make dolls for various purposes, but also has craftsmen in other neighborhoods, my grandfather and the ancestors of the Fu family are this kind of puppeteers, and it is because of this that they can finally make soul puppets by studying unknown strange objects. ”
Fu Ju sat down beside Lu Jing while looking at the information recorded on the scroll, and then said,
"The two are puppeteers, and they spend all their time crafting all kinds of golems, not just humanoids...... What's more, most of these people will be successful in combat, such as this kind of secret magic puppet with special abilities, if it is crafted and controlled, it can immediately become an extremely powerful combat force. ”
The so-called horizontal is afraid of being stunned, and those who are stunned are afraid of dying, even Lu Jing is a little restrained when he is on the other side of the zombies, who makes the other party not care about life and death at all, all he thinks about is one for one, not to mention the secret puppet that is stronger than it, and it can be repaired back after one is changed......
"If you make it, will you be able to control this puppet?"
Hearing the purpose of this secret puppet, Lu Jing immediately became interested.
"No, the puppet master family has its own secret arts...... In fact, most of the puppets are also cultivators, just like the puppet show in the theater, they need to manipulate the puppet in some special way, because this is the secret technique that the puppeteer relies on to survive, so it is basically impossible for outsiders to know except for the inheritor. ”
Fu Ju stared at the secret puppet in his hand, and said with pity, compared to Lu Jing and Xu Ju's understanding of this scroll is limited to extraordinary value, as a craftsman, she naturally understands how special this iron sand puppet is, but just like she said, even if she knows the basic techniques and the production process, on the premise that she is not a puppeteer, this iron sand puppet is destined to have nothing to do with her.
However, it was not completely unrewarded, at least from the raw materials of this puppet, she still found clues about Fu Gongxin.
"Inside this reel is a special kind of fused sand that, if I remember correctly, is only present in certain areas...... Sand Blowing City, it is rumored that there is a dormant volcano on Sand Blowing Island, and the special molten sand in the nearby mines will be a very special material after blending, known as invulnerable, invulnerable to water and fire!"
Unlike Xu Ju's association after seeing the word sand and iron, Fu Ju, who had the same result as him, was clearly identified as a certain material in the scroll.
In any case, this further confirms the possibility of the 'Appliance Warehouse' existing in Sand Blowing City.
"That's another piece of good news...... When we get in touch with the Alliance Navy, the custody will surprise them!"
After having a rough idea in his heart, Lu Jing smiled and pointed to the island that already had an outline in the distance, in order to inform Dong Qingyue about Qihuang Island as soon as possible, they chose the nearest island.