Chapter 21: The Strange Guard

In Xuanyuan and Luan's eyes, Ning Wushu saw sadness, pain, nostalgia, and remorse...... Countless complex emotions turned into a vague energy, emanating from this woman's body, oppressing Ning Wushu very uncomfortable. The girl was about to say something, but suddenly she heard a strange sound from outside the house, like the sound of wood colliding when the waterwheel turned.

Ning Wushu glanced at Xuanyuan and Luan again, and saw that she couldn't stop crying at the painting on the wall, and didn't turn her head at all, although she didn't know why she was like this, but she also knew that it might not be convenient to disturb her at this time. So he walked out of the cabin alone.

Outside the house, the strange voice was still creaking, Ning Wushu looked around suspiciously, and after a while, he finally found the source of the sound.

It was a figure, slowly appearing at the end of the road, the same path they had taken when they had just come to the hut, but at that time, there was no such figure to be found. In the dim light of this "valley", Ning Wushu could only see the silhouette of the figure, his body was very stiff, and every step was awkward, and every time the figure landed, Ning Wushu could hear the sound of the wood colliding.

How can a person make such a sound when he is walking?

Ning Wushu didn't dare to step forward to look, she glanced back at Xuanyuan and Luan, but this woman seemed to be isolated from everything around her, still crying at the painting on the wall, as if she was caught in the world of the painting. So Ning Wushu had no choice but to bite the bullet, keep himself vigilant, and wait for the figure to come.

As the figure approached, Ning Wushu's hairs gradually stood up, because when the figure was not yet clear, Ning Wushu saw his eyes first.

That's a pair of ...... Eyes that shimmer green.

The cold feeling went from the top of Ning Wushu's head all the way to her lumbar spine, running through her entire spine. I heard that when wolves in the mountains want to eat people, their eyes glow green, but ...... How can a person have eyes that glow green? Could it be a legend...... Corpse?!

The more Ning Wushu thought about it, the more reliable he felt, and the way this figure walked, it didn't look like a living person, right? Moreover, this is still a tomb, even if there are really zombies, it shouldn't be too normal! Ning Wushu still remembers that when he talked about "female ghosts" at dinner yesterday, Xiaoqin told the story of zombies, saying that zombies have black or white hair all over their bodies, their eyes can hook people's souls, their hands are infinitely strong, and there is no grass everywhere they go, they want to eat human flesh and drink human blood, and a zombie can slaughter a big village!

Ning Wushu was still a fourteen-year-old girl after all, fear made her bite her lip tightly, and her breathing became short, she had already made a decision, if this guy was really a zombie...... She lifted her breath fiercely, and used the strength of the milk...... Hide behind Xuanyuan and Luan!

However, as the figure approached, Ning Wushu realized that something was wrong, it was not a zombie. First of all, you can see that this person does not have any black and white hair on the top of his head and arms, and he does not yell and pounce on him, but still walks step by step. When he got closer, Ning Wushu realized that this figure didn't seem to be a living creature at all, "he" was not wearing clothes at all, and his body was covered with the texture of wood, and the sound of wood rubbing was emitted from all parts of its body every time it took a step. Soon, this figure walked in front of Ning Wushu, and she saw clearly what this was.

In front of him was a person made of wood, each joint was a sleek wooden wheel, and when it walked slowly, those joints rubbed to make a "creaking" sound, which looked extremely weird. However, the most bizarre thing is the head of the wooden man, its eyes are made of two small night pearls, emitting a green glow, and there are also two machine wheels hanging from the junction between its chin and face, and when its "eyes" look towards Ning Wushu, the mouth emits a strange sound of "clucking". This wooden man seems to be inhuman, but it is made of wood, but it can walk, and the eyes made of two night pearls can also be turned as if they are alive, and at a glance, it looks like a puppet possessed by a ghost.

Ning Wushu had never seen such a strange thing, he stiffened his neck, and shouted at Xuanyuan and Luan in the room in a trembling voice: "Xuanxuan Xuanxuan...... Sister Xuanyuan, there's a monster here......" However, Xuanyuan and Luan didn't have time to pay attention to her, still standing in front of the painting, unmoved.

At this time, the wooden man had already walked up, and his right hand was slowly stretched out, and its two eyes made of the Night Pearl were "staring" at Ning Wushu, and a few strange syllables came out of his mouth, and when he listened carefully, he gradually connected into a few words.

"Born ...... Near...... Exorcism ......"

Ning Wushu was startled, took two steps back, his whole body tensed, and at this moment, he saw that the wooden man's raised right hand made a sound of bracket turning, and the palm that was originally like a human hand changed, and the finger part suddenly stretched out five sharp knife tips about a foot long, as if a person's fingernails had suddenly grown. The blade was not an iron sword that Ning Wushu was accustomed to, but a turquoise bronze with an ancient desolate smell and a strong dangerous aura.

At this time, the fool also knew that the wooden man was about to make a move, and Ning Wushu immediately turned around and ran into the house, but the speed of the wooden man was even faster, and there was a friction sound of crazy rotation on his body, and his body was violent, and he stepped out of one step of nearly a zhang, shortening the distance between the two in less than one breath, and the five tips of the knives in his right hand pointed directly at Ning Wushu's throat, and his mouth kept sending out "kill...... kill".

"Ahh Unexpectedly, Xuanyuan and Luan ignored her, and the wooden man also turned a blind eye to Xuanyuan and Luan, but quickly raised his right hand and rushed towards Ning Wushu again.

"Die, die!" Ning Wushu screamed while taking a few steps backwards, facing the wooden man who was pressing step by step, she had no choice but to take a deep breath, let the meridians give birth to the power of all over the world, let the tingling and tearing feeling rage in her body, mobilize the internal strength of her body, and hit the wooden man hard.

However, the wooden man only shook twice, and his mouth made another gurgling sound, and he pressed up again.

Ning Wushu's full force blow was useless, and he fell to the ground, and there was no strength left in his body. Seeing that the right hand of this strange and terrifying wooden man was less than three inches away from her, the girl's eyes gradually showed a look of despair. But the will to survive gave birth to a ruthlessness in her heart, Ning Wushu struggled to lift her legs, and with the little strength she had left, she kicked the wooden man away, and she also used this strength to slide back two steps.

However, this did not change anything, and the wooden man still did not give up, and he stretched out his left hand, only to hear another sound of whirling, and the tips of its left fingers stretched out five blades, and pounced on it again.

Ning Wushu gritted his teeth, forcing himself over and over again to squeeze every ounce of strength from his body, rolling on the ground to dodge, and dodging the wooden man's killing moves by a fraction of a fraction again and again. Although this wooden man is fast, but the shot is not so fast, Ning Wushu can feel it, this wooden man should have existed for many years, the wood texture on his body has a lot of potholes, and the sound of the mechanism turning is not smooth, it sounds like there are many obstacles to operation. As it slaughtered over and over again, the noise coming from it grew louder and louder, and even wisps of white smoke could be seen coming out of several of its joints.

When Ning Wushu went to Lihua Island to play with Han Luoxing on weekdays, he heard him say that his master Fang Qing was the inheritor of the Mo family, in addition to being extremely skilled in martial arts, he was also proficient in mechanical arts, so Han Luoxing also knew something. It is said that the most troublesome part of the mechanism is its exquisiteness, the more delicate the mechanism, the more likely it is to malfunction, maybe a small wooden gear or nail is worn, will affect the overall operation of the mechanism.

If this wooden man is really a very old person who has been in the tomb for countless years, then the organs on its body must have been washed by the years. In the past, the wooden furniture in the house would become much more fragile after many years, let alone such a delicate machine?

With this mentality, Ning Wushu stubbornly supported her weak body and dodged repeatedly, every time she hoped that the wooden man would be able to "click" and fall down by himself, but the wooden man was also very tenacious, even if the movements began to slow down and the noise became louder and louder, he still persevered to kill the girl in front of him.

Finally, Ning Wushu saw the wooden man stumbling under his feet, and did not pounce again, but stood in place in a daze, his eyes suddenly turned red, tears began to roll, and he felt the feeling of the rest of his life after the catastrophe, even when he was in Hangning before, he had never felt that death was so close to him!

However, fate seems to be playing tricks on Ning Wushu. After stopping his attack, the wooden man slowly turned his head and "looked" at the wooden right hand. Suddenly, from every joint of the wooden man's right hand, there was an even more terrifying and exaggerated sound of turning and rubbing than just now, and puffs of white smoke also emitted from his right hand, and even the smell of burning could be smelled. Suddenly, the wooden man's entire right hand cracked, and began to undergo a complex reconstruction, and then its entire right hand disappeared from the wrist to the palm, and was replaced by a long bronze sword, which seemed to have a lot of blood stains left on the sword from many years ago, and the blood stains were mixed with the rust on the bronze sword, exuding a fishy smell.

The wooden man was only one step away from Ning Wushu, who was half-lying on the ground, at this time, and the sword that suddenly appeared in its right hand was four feet long. It didn't need to take another half step at all, it only needed to wave its hand lightly, and the bronze sword could directly stab into Ning Wushu's chest.

"Isn't it...... So unlucky?" Ning Wushu was about to cry, but after seeing that the wooden man couldn't walk, she subconsciously relaxed her body, and at this time, if she wanted to lift her strength again, there was no way.

The wooden man's green eyes flashed, and he didn't hesitate to hand the sword towards Ning Wushu's throat.

Suddenly, a hand with a palm like jade and a finger like an onion stretched out and gently grabbed the wooden man's right hand. Xuanyuan and Luan's grip strength was not great, but the wooden man was difficult to move in, its head slowly turned to Xuanyuan and Luan, its eyes were shining, and its mouth made a "squeak" sound.

Xuanyuan and Luan's faces were not dry, and their eyes were red. She glanced at Ning Wushu and said to the wooden man with a sad face, "I'm back...... Your mission has been accomplished. Rest, Yan. With that, Xuanyuan and Luan stretched out their hands and gently pinched the back of the wooden man's neck, and the light in the wooden man's eyes suddenly dissipated, and the night pearl no longer flickered, turning from "human" back to "wood", and collapsed to the ground at once.

Ning Wushu was basically lying on the ground, covered in sweat. She had a mixed expression, happy to be alive and angry at the same time. In the end, Ning Wushu gritted his teeth, glared at Xuanyuan and Luan, and asked, "You tied me here, I was almost killed by you several times this day, and now I'm done crying, it's time to tell me what's going on, right?" The girl could see that what Xuanyuan and Luan said when they reached out to rescue her and the change in their expressions didn't look like an amnesiac person, but like a ...... Something recalled.

Xuanyuan and Luan nodded, pursed their lips, reached out to help Ning Wushu up, lowered his eyes, and said, "I remembered everything." Last night, thank you for protecting me. Do you use martial arts from all over the world?"

Ning Wushu blinked and said, "It's all over the world...... You know that, too. ”

"I ...... It's more than knowing. Xuanyuan and Luan's eyelashes still had tears hanging on them, she reached out and gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said, "That's it, I'll tell you a story." It's fate that you came here by accident today, and after telling this story, I'll give you some gifts. ”

Gift?Ning Wushu's big eyes shone with a smart light. She grimaced and snorted, "Then you said it." ”

Xuanyuan and Luan didn't care, but smiled, took Ning Wushu under the four scrolls, pointed to the paintings, and said, "The protagonist of this story is the person in this painting and the owner of this tomb. He was a legend, a ...... Perfect people. ”