Is this the underworld?
Li Xuefei opened her eyes with difficulty, only to feel that her whole body was sore and weak. She wanted to struggle to get up, but she couldn't even exert any strength.
She tried her best to observe her surroundings as far as her sight could reach.
Soon, she realized that she was in a very small room. The bed beneath her was shaking slightly. The roof and surrounding walls were all made of wooden structures, which was completely different from the legendary underworld.
Am I not dead?
With this thought in her mind, she began to carefully understand her own condition.
The feeling of weakness still pervaded her whole body, but she could already make some slight movements with her hands and feet. She struggled to move her arms, and used the angle formed by the stamina and the pillow to push her body upwards.
In this way, the vision immediately broadens a lot.
Looking down, she found that she was not wearing the clothes she was wearing when she fell into the water, but a gray coarse cloth shirt. Judging from the size and shape, it should be a men's shirt.
who is it?
When she thought about her clothes being replaced, she was startled and turned her head to look to the right.
The back of a slender man appeared in front of him.
The strange man was wearing a brown gown, sitting on a wooden bench with his back to her, his head drooping slightly, his body motionless, and he didn't know what he was doing.
"Cough, cough...!"
Just as Li Xuefei was about to ask, she felt a itch in her throat and couldn't help but cough.
The man in brown clothes heard the sound and turned around, showing a handsome but expressionless face: "Are you awake?"
His voice was pleasant, but his tone was cold, with a sense of alienation that made people feel thousands of miles away.
"Who are you? Here...cough, cough...where is here?" Li Xuefei asked with difficulty.
"This is the fishing boat I bought. It is currently docked on Yunbo Lake." The voice of the man in brown clothes is still cold, "You are still very weak now. It is best to talk less and rest more. When I fished you out, you were already
After being soaked in the lake for too long, I almost died."
"Who changed my clothes?" Li Xuefei asked nervously.
"She's the daughter of the fisherman's family on the boat next door." The man in brown clothes answered truthfully, "I paid to invite her here."
"Thank you for saving me." Li Xuefei felt relieved when she heard this, and then she remembered to thank the other party for saving her life.
"I just accidentally picked you up when I was fishing, and I didn't expend much effort to save you." The man in brown said calmly, "You were able to survive entirely because of your extraordinary physical fitness. If I
If my guess is correct, you should be a young lady from a wealthy family. You have had enough food and clothing since you were a child, and you are very nutritious."
"You are right, I have been in a good family since I was a child." The face of her father, Prince Li, appeared in Li Xuefei's mind for no apparent reason.
"As expected, most of the noble children have no common sense." The man in brown pointed at a silver sign on the table and said, "How can you go into the water with something like this? No matter how good your water skills are, you will not be able to surface, and you will only die.
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"You have no common sense." Li Xuefei was immediately angry when she heard this, "If she hadn't been murdered, who would have gone out with such an ugly sign?"
In her excitement, she couldn't help but speak a little faster, and she actually didn't cough again.
"That's it." The man in brown clothes looked astonished and said nothing.
There was sudden silence in the cabin, and the air seemed slightly awkward.
"Aren't you curious about who murdered me?" Li Xuefei had a lively temper and was a little intolerable to such an atmosphere, so she couldn't help but take the initiative to stir up the topic.
"Who wants to kill you?" the man in brown clothes asked mechanically, without any sense of curiosity.
"Have you ever heard of the 'Sentimental Young Master' Xiao Wuqing?"
"I know, he is the tenth person on the Daqian Heroes List." The man in brown clothes nodded.
"Your information is out of date. Now he has been kicked out of the top ten and ranked eleventh."
"Maybe. I used to be able to get this kind of information in time, but now I don't pay much attention to it anymore." The man in brown shrugged indifferently, and then asked, "Is he your enemy?"
"He used to be the person I loved the most." Li Xuefei's face showed a sad look as she recounted the grudges and grudges between herself and Xiao Wuqing.
She met the man in brown clothes by chance, but she revealed all the secrets in her heart. She was so depressed that she felt panicked unless she found someone to talk to.
People are like this sometimes. They don't want to reveal their true feelings to the people around them, but they will talk to a stranger with whom they have no connection for a long time.
The man in brown clothes just listened quietly and did not express any opinions or comments. When Li Xuefei finished speaking, he gently asked: "What are you going to do next?"
"The person I entrusted to you is now in ruins. When I go back to report to my father and kill Xiao Wu to avenge my hatred, I will kill myself." Li Xuefei's eyes were hollow, and she felt as if her heart was ashes.
"You are not short of money, you have enough food and clothing, and you have all your limbs. After revenge, it is time to start a new life." The man in brown clothes asked puzzledly, "Why are you seeking death?"
"Now that I'm like this, who else will be willing to marry me in the future? I can only die alone in this life." Li Xuefei said about her sadness, with tears hidden in the corners of her eyes. "Continuing to live is just an embarrassment to my parents."
"I really don't know how the brains of you aristocratic children grew up." The man in brown clothes revealed his inner thoughts for the first time, "If you have a good relationship with a man, can't you marry someone else? Besides, even if you don't marry, you can't marry someone else." So what, is my parents’ face so important?”
Li Xuefei looked at the man in brown clothes in surprise, feeling that she couldn't follow his brain circuit at all.
"Do you know how many people in the world don't even have enough to eat and don't have warm clothes to wear?" The man in brown clothes continued, "How many women frequently sell their bodies just to live to see the sun the next morning? "
"I..." Li Xuefei hesitated. She grew up in the royal palace, and her knowledge was limited to the imperial capital. She really had no idea about the sufferings of the people outside.
"Others have sold their dignity, body, and even conscience to earn a life, but you want to throw it away so casually. The thoughts of a noble child are really hard to understand." The man in brown clothes contained condemnation and criticism in his words, but his voice was still cold.
Without emotion, "But this is your own decision and has nothing to do with me."
Ever since she was a child, Princess Bixiao had never been reprimanded like this. However, facing the man in brown clothes in front of her, she did not feel too angry. She just lowered her head and was silent in thought.
Seeing Li Xuefei's silence, the man in brown clothes probably realized that his words were a bit harsh, and tried his best to soften his voice: "You are too weak now, so don't think too much about it and just take a good two days to rest."
However, his efforts obviously had no results, and his voice still sounded cold and indifferent when it came out of his throat.
Seeing that she didn't answer, the man in brown clothes turned around and sat down again.
Suddenly, Li Xuefei's weak voice came to his ears: "May I ask your benefactor's name?"
"maple."
He replied without turning his head.
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It turns out that this is the so-called "Sword Puppet Pavilion"!
Zhong Wen looked at a short, flat house with a tattered exterior wall that stood opposite the Piaohua Palace Library, and felt as if he had discovered a new world.
Pushing the door open, wooden figures with simple shapes and rough workmanship appeared in front of him.
"Is this the 'Sword Puppet'?"
Zhong Wen looked at the scarecrow-like "sword puppet" and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
"Yes, the strength of a sword puppet here is roughly equivalent to that of a cultivator at the third level of the human wheel." Liu Qiqi said as she walked to the wall with two long white legs and reached out to shake the wall.
of a wooden pole.
"Grumbling!"
Dozens of puppets scattered in the house moved at the same time, each holding a "sword" made of wood, and stabbed at Zhong Wen and others.
Zhong Wen casually clicked on "One Yang Finger", and the dazzling spiritual light instantly blew one of the sword puppets to pieces, scattering wood chips all over the floor.
"So fragile?" He asked a little surprised, "Isn't the sword puppet used to practice fighting?"
"The sword puppet is made of wood and can only be used to feed moves. How can it withstand the spiritual bombardment of a Heavenly Wheel master like you?" Liu Qiqi said with a hint of reproach in her tone, "Even these few, I heard
Master spent a lot of effort to hire people to make it, but now there are fewer and fewer people who know how to learn puppetry."
"It's okay, others don't understand, but I understand." Zhong Wen said with a smile, "I will definitely give you a better 'Sword Puppet Pavilion'."
"Actually, it doesn't matter if you practice well or not. These sword puppets are too weak after all. They can only perform the most basic sword skills, and there is no point in practicing them." Liu Qiqi shook her head, "Just looking at them
, I can think back to my childhood years, and if I throw it away directly, I always feel a little reluctant."
"Xiaowan, come here and help!" Zhong Wen smiled slightly and began to summon Shen Xiaowan, the first "coolie" in Piaohua Palace.
"Hey!" I don't know if it's because of the large amount of food in Piaohua Palace. Compared with when Zhong Wen first met, Shen Xiaowan's face was much brighter and rosier, and her body curves were also slightly more ups and downs. She seemed to be experiencing An important stage for a lolita to transition into a girl.
Zhong Wen took out various materials from the ring and spread them on the floor in the Sword Puppet Pavilion.
Ebony, white orchid, stainless steel...
"Xiao Wan, refine all these materials into the shape I drew." Zhong Wen flipped through the books on puppet refining in Leiyin Valley in his mind, "Qiqi, you will also help assemble it later."
Soon, the forging sound of "ping ping ping ping ping ping ping" began to be heard in the Jianpuppet Pavilion.
Zhong Wen lazily directed Liu Qiqi and Shen Xiaowan to do their business, but he just moved his mouth, and from time to time took out some food from the ring to reward the two girls. After struggling like this for about an hour, a body in black and white, A new sword puppet with a mighty appearance appeared in front of the three people.
What a beautiful sword puppet!
Liu Qiqi couldn't help but admire in her heart, if the original wooden puppet was compared to a supporting role, then how could this puppet's appearance be ranked as the "third male lead" in the novel.
"Wait a moment." Zhong Wen took out the spirit pattern pen and drew on the "Male No. 3" sword puppet.
At this time, a powerful aura came from outside the house, draining a large amount of spiritual energy from the entire courtyard. Even Zhong Wen and others in the room could clearly feel the change in spiritual energy concentration.
"This is... senior sister?" Liu Qiqi raised her eyes and looked outside the room.
"It should be Sister Nangong who is advancing to the Heavenly Wheel."
Zhong Wen was not moved at all and continued to draw the spiritual pattern calmly.
This chapter has been completed!