Sun Dejun's old residence looked dilapidated and shabby compared to the recent mansion, but Mu Xue felt that this house looked more like a life, and there seemed to be traces of women living in many places.

The kitchen is neatly equipped with a set of kitchen utensils that have not been touched for a long time, as well as pink plaid aprons and gloves. There are several pots of daisies growing freely on the windowsill. A few daisies have bloomed white buds and are blooming gently in front of the window.

swing.

Mu Xue was on the workbench in front of the window sill, carefully looking at the puppets left in the house. Through the mottled glass, she heard the conversations in the courtyard between Cen Qianshan, Lei Liang and some people who were called from outside.

"This is Mr. Cen, the most powerful puppet master in Futong City now. With him taking action, we will be able to find out the real cause of this matter. Please tell him in detail what you said to me before.

"

"Yes, okay. I...I have always lived next door to their house. The Sun family has lived here for more than 20 years and just moved out a few months ago."

"Master Sun and his wife actually have a very good relationship. Their family used to be poor and often had no food to eat. His wife never disliked him and worked hard to earn money for the family. She always encouraged him and said her husband was a genius."

"At that time, we neighbors were actually a little envious of him."

"Cripple Sun, no no, I mean everyone has been working very hard. We also know that he is holding his breath and wants to stand out and earn some face for his wife, so that his wife can hold her head high in front of her family.

"

"So later, when I heard that his wife ran away with someone else, I didn't quite believe it."

Conversations outside the house continued.

Mu Xue in front of the window looked down at the disassembled puppets in her hands. As a puppet master, she could appreciate the hard work put into these works in her hands. Even every cheap spare part on these puppets has been meticulously crafted.

Polishing and splicing.

Mu Xue seemed to be able to see a man sitting in such a dark and dilapidated hut, madly addicted to the art of refining puppets.

He was just like himself back then, in this room, forgetting all the people and things around him, and being passionately obsessed with the art of refining weapons. He may have had the same ideal as himself, and wanted to create something as close to a masterpiece as possible.

puppet.

It's a pity that for some things in this world, hard work is not enough. This puppet master is still a little short of talent. At present, it seems that the puppets he makes are stiff and dull, and they are far from even high-quality products.

superior.

The only special thing is that after opening the chests of some of the puppets, you will find an additional strange magic circle in a hidden corner.

"What is the purpose of such a position and such a talisman?" Mu Xue touched her chin, frowning in thought, trying hard to understand the meaning of the mysterious magic circle in front of her.

The weather in Fuzhou City always changes very quickly. The sky that was clear just now is filled with thunderclouds at some point and becomes dark.

The voices of some children came from the courtyard across the window.

"Ah, we are all children bought by our father. Our adoptive father lets us all live in the big house."

"Abuse? No, my adoptive father is very good to us. He gives us enough food and clothing, and doesn't ask us to do anything. We just need to live quietly in the courtyard and not make any noise."

"Did anything strange happen? No, it's just..."

"It's just that every once in a while, the adoptive father will come among us, select an outstanding child, and say that he has been adopted by another family."

"Yes, I have never seen those brothers and sisters again."

While the child was talking, a flash of lightning suddenly lit up in the dark sky. The sudden bright light of the lightning hit the silhouette of the child talking outside the window. Mu Xue suddenly had a sudden enlightenment in her heart, and a terrifying thought flashed through her heart.

idea.

Lightning shines into the room through the window. In every corner of the room, the torsos of various puppets are densely packed. The half-mutilated and dull faces show clear black and white outlines in the bright and dark light of the lightning.

Mu Xue suddenly saw that among the countless pale faces, the eyes on one face moved.

Thunder exploded outside the house and heavy rain poured down.

…

At the entrance of an alley in Fulong City, Zhuo Yu, Cheng Yan, and Xiao Changge huddled under the eaves of a street to take shelter from the rain.

The weather in Fuzhou City is very cold, and this wet and cold season is very uncomfortable.

"Benefactor, why are you standing here?" The little boy who had been rescued by Zhuo Yu passed by holding an oil-paper umbrella. He was surprised and happy to see Zhuo Yu, "My name is Bingzi, and my home is nearby. If you don't mind, you can still

Please go to my house to take shelter from the rain."

Cheng Yan and Xiao Changge turned to look at Zhuo Yu.

Cheng Yan put his hand on Zhuo Yu's shoulder, with a proud look on his face, "It turns out that junior brother did such a good thing secretly. Junior brother is really a gentle person."

Zhuo Yu felt a little ashamed inexplicably. Although he often saw his fellow disciples holding hands like this, it was very unaccustomed to him.

Xiao Changge cast a spell to avoid the rain, and the three big boys huddled together shoulder to shoulder and followed the boy into an old stone house in the alley in the rain.

The exterior of the house looks dark and shabby, but the inside is surprisingly clean. There is a stove burning in the house, which is very warm. It instantly isolates the cold and damp outside, and it feels like home.

In addition to Bingzi, there are two smaller children living in the corner.

Seeing the guests coming, the older girl quickly washed three cups, lifted the kettle from the stove with her little feet, and poured three cups of hot water for the guests.

Hearing that he was the benefactor who saved his brother, he deliberately opened the locked cabinet, took out a few pieces of dark scones, and enthusiastically gave them to the guests. He pulled the drooling brother behind him.

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"In the past, it would have been common for children like us to be sold to others as apprentices." The little girl greeted the guests while chatting enthusiastically.

"But for some reason, there have been a lot of forced purchases and sales recently. In a neighborhood like ours, there are even people who often rob children directly."

"Fortunately, I met a benefactor, otherwise my mother was gone and my brother was snatched away. I'm afraid it would be difficult for me to survive with my little treasure."

That mature and experienced appearance was not consistent with his thin and small body. Even when he talked about the sad past such as the death of his mother, he only showed a little restrained silence.

Zhuo Yu held the cake in his hand. It was hard and thick, and he didn't know how long it had been there. Although he lived a depressing life in the teacher's sect, he had never been short of material things, so naturally he couldn't eat such a thing.

But he saw Xiao Changge sitting next to him, calmly breaking off half a piece of black cake to the youngest boy, and eating it with him with a smile.

After eating, he clapped his hands, took out some dry food he carried with him from his storage bag, and shared it with the three children. Zhuo Yu also saw him quietly stuffing a few spiritual stones into the bowl of black cakes.

inside.

This is what a truly gentle person should look like. Zhuo Yu thought like this, took a bite of the cake in his hand, and felt that he couldn't eat it no matter what.

The rain gradually subsided, and Xiao Changge and his party said goodbye and left. Looking back after walking far away, Bingzi was still holding her sister's hand, standing at the entrance of the alley and waving to them.

"It's so hard for the children here." Cheng Yan shook his head and sighed as he walked, "It's a pity that my spirit stone flower is gone, so I only quietly left a few spirit stones for them under the chair."

He put his arm on Xiao Changge's shoulder and said, "Let's have dinner with junior brother."

Xiao Changge: "I will be the host tonight and invite two senior brothers to drink."

The three of them walked on the wet street, talking while walking. A sealed flying magic weapon flew quietly past them.

A short scream came from the street after the rain.

The three of them looked back and found that the two small figures at the entrance of the alley were missing. On the wet street, a little girl's shoe fell.

And the silent aircraft just closed the dark door and flew quickly into the distance.

"Fuck!" Xiao Changge, who had always had a good temper, threw away the umbrella in his hand, cursed a curse word, took out his flying magic weapon, and chased after him.

…

In Sun Dejun's courtyard, Cen Qianshan, who was talking to his adopted sons and daughters, saw lightning suddenly light up in the sky.

He looked up at the thundercloud-filled sky. There was a loud noise from the dilapidated house, and a black figure broke through the door and fled out.

Mu Xue's Yingtianyun galloped out, hot on his heels.

Cen Qianshan didn't rush after him, he just called out softly: "Qianji."

Qianji appeared in response, and his whole body flipped and reorganized in the air, transforming into a dark black iron bow in an instant.

Cen Qianshan shifted his center of gravity, fired his bow like the moon, thunderbolts shook his strings, and his arrows were like shooting stars, chasing the black shadow that was about to disappear into the sky.

The arrow broke through the air, and the hurried black shadow that was hit by the arrow fell from the sky and fell into a dense forest. Mu Xue suppressed the clouds and followed closely.

In the dense forest, the shadows of the trees are thick, and they cast long shadows under the light of lightning.

Heavy rain fell from the sky, and Mu Xue walked in the jungle, letting the pouring icy rain hit her face.

Under the shade of a tree, a shabby puppet in human form crouched. Most of the skin on the puppet's face fell off, revealing steel teeth and mechanical eyeballs. It was as terrifying as a monster.

When Mu Xue slowly approached, he subconsciously raised his arms to protect his face and said in a stiff tone, "Don't hit me, don't hit me."

Mu Xue stood in the rain and looked down at him for a long time, "Who are you?"

"I don't know, I don't know... I'm afraid, I'm afraid." The puppet shook his head wildly while holding his head, and the two rows of teeth with exposed gums clicked against each other.

When Mu Xue bent down to pull him, he suddenly jumped up, bared his teeth and claws, and rushed towards Mu Xue.

Mu Xue quickly attached a layer of steel scale armor to her arm, and pressed the puppet's face with one hand, forcing him to the ground. Shan Xiaojin appeared and turned into a liquid, got into the puppet's limb joints, and easily removed it.

His limbs stopped his semi-crazy attack.

Mu Xue sat next to him, with her hands folded on her knees, waiting for him to calm down, then lay there, staring blankly at the raining sky.

"Do you still remember who you are?" Mu Xue asked.

"I don't know. When I woke up, I found myself in this cold body." The puppet shook his head dully, and said slowly in a dull and mechanical tone, "But it's strange, I always feel that I

I shouldn't stay here, as if I should have a warmer body and more flexible limbs."

Yes, you were originally a human being, maybe just a child. You had a warm body and flexible limbs.
To be continued...