Unspeakable and strange

After Yanning left, the puppet came out of the box where it was hiding, looked at the brightly colored room, and frowned, feeling disgusted by the gaudy colors.

It can be seen that Qin Hongfeng was full of joy, so he didn't want to say much.

He tore down a paper crane hanging down to the desk sullenly, unfolded it for a look, and found that there was a small poem written with a red pen on it:

Looking back on the encounter that day, it was like a spring dream, strayed into Hua Xuli.Like a snake in a urn, like a deer in a banana, and like an ant in a locust tree.Looking at the game of chess, Li locks the famous rein, and desires to wave Enshan, just like a flower in the eye, without a trace for a moment.

It mixed ancient poems and mixed them into a little word that doesn't make any sense.What about a snake in a urn, a deer in a banana, and an ant in a locust tree?The puppets frowned even tighter. They were all allusions that were true and false, and the false and the real were mixed up. Whoever fell into a dream took it for real?Why is that man writing this?

He held down the paper, his mind was full of images of the two entangled with each other yesterday, the wooden finger bluntly slid across the paper, and it tore apart with a snap.

For the first time, he felt bored in his heart, watching the actions of the person who pretended to be himself, although he kept persuading that person to be himself, he couldn't resolve the suspicion in his heart.

And it is inevitable to speculate, is that person really me?Only with two wisps of remnant soul, how different and similar is he from him?

Qin Hongfeng closed the door and came over. Seeing him staring blankly at the disassembled paper crane, he couldn't help asking, "Is he similar to you?"

The puppet turned around, still holding the origami in its hand, "Why is it "like"?"

Qin Hongfeng was taken aback.

The puppet asked, "Didn't you say that he is me? Why do you use the word "like"? Or do you subconsciously think that there are two people?"

Qin Hongfeng opened his mouth and said after a while, "I used the wrong word."

The puppet stared at him for a while, then rolled his eyes, "I don't know what to say, but seeing you two together makes me feel very uncomfortable."

"why?"

The puppet said coldly, "How many people would feel comfortable looking at someone who looks exactly like me and being close to others?"

Hearing what he said, Qin Hongfeng's complexion turned green and pale, which was very ugly.

The puppet may also feel that the words are too merciless and embarrassing, and regret it as soon as he finished speaking, but he is not used to showing weakness, at most he lowered his eyes and just remained in a stalemate.The piece of poetry paper in his hand was all in pieces, and the handwriting was unrecognizable.

In the end, it was Qin Hongfeng who calmed down, "Actually, you two are the same person, but your soul has been split into two parts. If you are unhappy, then I will pay more attention."

The puppet nodded stiffly, then said after a pause, "It's normal that you wouldn't refuse him, after all he is the one who can be seen and touched, exactly the same as before." Get up, "I am the one who is not human, how can I be unhappy?"

He looked indifferently at the distance outside the bamboo window that was divided into grids, distant stars, rivers, and mountains. He has been here for so long, but he has never left this hut. He can only look at the scenery outside through this small window every day. , to tell what time it is and what season it is.He has no feelings, no warmth, hunger and thirst, and no concept of time. The long wait of more than ten years has passed in the blink of an eye. Only the memories and emotions of the past are intertwined and flourishing in his heart.

He often wonders whether he is still alive and human if he is like this.When will such a restricted life be the end.

Now I see another self who can live in the world well, and even have skin-to-skin relationship with the person I like, how can I not feel jealous?

Qin Hongfeng sighed softly, "I know you're not feeling well, but it's finally coming to an end after you've endured so much. There are only three days left. Why do you need to be angry with yourself?"

The puppet's body trembled, "Why am I not even qualified to be angry? I am clearly here, how do you want me to convince myself that that is the real me." His eyes blinked, but where did the wooden body come from? tears, even red eyes can't do it.When he was so excited, the sound he made was still the unchanging tone of the veneer.

Hearing his own hoarse and creaking sound, he shut his mouth tightly, hurriedly left the window, and walked towards the wooden box, as if he was ashamed to see others again.He was walking too fast, his limbs were not flexible, he tripped over a pen and fell on the table, and there was a clicking sound at the joints, as if he was out of joint.

Qin Hongfeng hurriedly pulled him up to check, but fortunately there was no misalignment, just need to add some lubrication to make the rotation more sensitive.

After it was repaired, the puppet sat on the edge of the table with its head down, and suddenly said, "Qin Hongfeng."

Qin Hongfeng turned his back and put away the tools, a little surprised that he called his name for the first time, "Huh?"

The puppet looked down at the seemingly unreachable ground under its feet, "Anyway, I believe in you, and I don't want to be wrong." After finishing speaking, he got up by himself, got into the box, and locked it with a click. .

Qin Hongfeng stood there blankly, and continued to move for a long time. He felt an inexplicable sense of loss in his heart, as if nothing he did was right.

The next day, Qin Hongfeng set off to fetch the soul lamp.

Tang Chen went out early as usual, the fox slept soundly until the sun was up, and walked slowly to Yanning's house.

I saw him squatting on the ground with a pen in one hand and didn't know what he was drawing.With a flick of its fiery red, fluffy tail, it jumped onto his back.

Yan Ning was pressed down by him and almost lost her center of gravity. "Come down." His voice was not smooth, and he seemed weak.

Hu Feihuan was a little strange, jumped down to look, and found that his face was pale, his lips were bloodless, and his forehead was covered with sweat.Looking carefully, it turned out that he was drawing formations on the ground stained with his own blood, and he was so weak due to excessive blood loss.

Hu Feihuan looked back and forth, and suddenly understood why he sent those paper cranes there yesterday, and he was overjoyed, "That's right, that's right, Qin Hongfeng's formation locks the outside, and if you break through from the inside, you will be able to see who you are. Sleep."

"The paper crane hanging by the window is against the window, leaving a gap, and it is not closed tightly. The puppet is not big, so it can slip through." Yan Ning finished the last stroke, straightened up, "It's just when you taught me before. , I am not good at puppet art, I need the assistance of dot matrix method."

Halfway through speaking, he looked at Hu Feihuan strangely, "How can you talk?"

Hu Feihuan said proudly, "I said that those two boys, Shao'an and Shaobai, bullied me because they knew a little magic, and Tang Chen fed me half an inner alchemy."

"Then you won't turn back into a human form?"

Hu Feihuan lazily swept his tail, "It's okay, walking on two legs is tiring. Besides, those two idiots, Shao'an and Shaobai, don't know yet, so I have to tease them today." After a pause, he continued Excitedly said, "Yesterday you left hundreds of paper cranes inside, and each one is your puppet. It should be easy to steal that piece of wood. I have always been curious about what this puppet will look like. But there’s a person living there.”

Yan Ning ignored him and said instead, "What are you going to do after you take out the Gu worm?"

Hu Feihuan rolled his eyes, "That's not my business, it's up to you to do what you want. You can set the fire on fire, clean up everything, and leave nothing. If that person's soul is gone, you just pretend to be If you don’t know anything and stay here, he won’t blame you anyway.”

"No." Yan Ning shook his head, "I know him, Qin Hongfeng will never let it go, he is an extremely persistent person. My soul is not complete, and this matter will always be on his heart. Regret and remorse, he will never Going forward, I don't want him to have a knot in his heart."

Hu Feihuan was surprised that his thoughts were so delicate, "It makes sense for you to say that. But the world has been in a dilemma since ancient times, how can you get a complete soul?"

Yan Ning lowered her eyes and said in a cold voice, "Can't you? You said that I swallowed the two wisps of that man's soul, why can't I also swallow the rest?"

Hu Feihuan was startled, "Why...why be so decisive?" He thought for a while, "It's not impossible, there is indeed a way."

Yan Ning raised her eyes and looked at him with piercing eyes, "How is it?"

"The body of the puppet is now using the soul-fixing pearl to fix the soul. My inner alchemy is not complete, and the spells are only half-baked. You, too, can only use some furry things. Naturally, you have no ability to pull the soul out. But after three days, When Qin Hongfeng casts spells, it is the best time to draw out the soul and gather it together."

"Well, by then, I'll be dead too."

Hu Feihuan chuckled, "Actually, I've always thought that you have turned into such a good appearance, if you don't use it well, you will suffer a lot."

"That's right, it's thanks to this face that caused so many troubles." Yan Ning's tone became colder.

"Then you have to thank you for your face this time. After all, Qin Hongfeng just wanted to gather his soul into a body. Who is it not to gather together? That person's original body was hidden in a cave by Qin Hongfeng. He chiseled the wall full of runes, used Buddha relics to grow muscles and bones, and protected it with thousand-year-old black ice, but if you destroy that body, wouldn’t that person’s soul have nowhere to live?”

Yan Ning was taken aback.

Hu Feihuan continued, "You can suggest that Qin Hongfeng gather his soul on you, and everything will happen naturally, and no one will doubt it."

"Indeed." Yan Ning nodded.

Hu Feihuan added, "However, I have to remind you that at that time, he will have all three souls and seven souls. Whether you will win or he will win is unknown. If his will is stronger than yours, the result will be that you will be swallowed up." Not sure. It's a little too risky for you to bet like this."

Yan Ning darkly closed her eyelashes, "What can I do?"

Hu Feihuan said, "You can seal his seven orifices with needles, he has no Gu worms to continue his life, his soul must be very weak, if the seven orifices are sealed, he can't move, the yin qi will collide in the body, causing damage, and he must be insane. You don't have the strength to resist. But if you do this, if Qin Hongfeng finds out, you will startle the snake again. It depends on you, what kind of risk you want to take."

"Then seal his seven orifices." Yan Ning didn't hesitate much, "If found out, I'll think of a way."

"Hey? You really don't give him a chance." Hu Feihuan looked at him slowly as he spoke, with a little interest in his eyes, "Actually, why are you guarding him like this? He's just a mortal. What are you afraid of?"

Yan Ning's heart was punctured, and his expression was a little unnatural.Yes, he was afraid, a kind of panic and lack of confidence from the bottom of his heart.Even if everyone can't see it, he knows it.No matter how authentic the imitation is, the fake is also fake. If it is really brought up, the fake will be cast aside.Shadows can never see light, tall buildings built of sand will disperse when the wind blows, no matter how realistic a dream is, there will be a time to wake up.He was terribly afraid, afraid that the truth would be exposed, that he was nothing, afraid that if he lost Qin Hongfeng, no one would love him again.

That's why I felt jealous and wanted to replace it.His mind is more poisonous than a scorpion's tail, his mind is smaller than the tip of a needle, he hates a person who has no resistance, and he is afraid of the world falling into his imagination.Only when Yan Ning's three souls and seven souls are absorbed and digested, no one will question him, can he be satisfied, this fear will disappear, and he can live in the sun.

He took everything from that person and wanted to drive him to death.

Hu Feihuan sighed pretendingly, "Oh, it's a good thing I don't know that little Xi Wang well, otherwise I would feel sorry for him, how pitiful, everything is gone, even my identity will be taken away."

Yan Ning's hands trembled, and slowly clenched, "Didn't you tell me to make plans for myself?" He turned his head and spoke coldly, "Now I feel sorry for others."

Hu Feihuan smiled ingratiatingly, "Just saying it casually. After all, I brought you out with my own hands. Of course, if you want to feel sorry for you, you should feel sorry for you more."