no puppet

About a few decades ago, she also tried her best to be an ordinary girl no different from ordinary human beings in the ordinary town where she lived.

People called her "Puppet Dancer".

The girl has a human face and a wooden body, with a seductive skin that can be blown apart like a living person, and a more charming and moving smile than any human woman.

But there is one difference, she is born with flexible joints, and the only meaning of her existence is to dance.

Every frown and smile is trying to win the favor of the guests.

The gold master is a gentle and considerate man.From the moment she opened her eyes, she was taught how to speak and how to make expressions, and even spent a lot of money to hire the best tailor in the town to order a unique new dress for her.

And all she has to do is dance for the benefactor day and night.

—but she was willing.

Women are often the fools who are most likely to fall in love and hate, and so are puppets.

The benefactor turned around and gave her a slight smile, which was enough to make her happy for dozens of days.

The benefactor said: "The dance that Zhou'er danced is very beautiful."

She was complacent about it, and was so happy alone that she couldn't help herself.

The benefactor said: "Zhou'er's new makeup looks good. I'll ask someone to cut a dress for you the next day."

She turned around and walked in front of the copper mirror in the room, her heart was as sweet as honey.

The benefactor said: "The town after the war is really not peaceful. I will take you with me when the heavy snow stops next year."

She really believed it, and every time she stepped on the stage and twisted her body, she always thought in her heart - if she worked harder, she could save him some money for a long trip.

But the benefactor did not take her away, but left her alone in the small town where they had lived together for several years.

She is a dancer who has never been outside to see the world, trekking through mountains and rivers, in this era of war and chaos, trying to find ways to find the figure that the benefactor has been away from.

However, the Karma Seal, which is equivalent to the heart of a puppet, was severely damaged by the flames of war.

When she finally found the benefactor, she could no longer maintain the charming and charming appearance of a woman before.

She is just a puppet, an old body made of thousands of dead trees, even if she takes a step forward, she will make frequent "click click", like the funny sound of a broken toy.

At that time, the gold master was standing in front of her, holding his delicate and beautiful new wife in his arms, and the two of them covered their mouths and giggled together.

"Officer, what is this thing? How can it be born... so ugly?"

"It's just an old thing. I haven't bothered to keep it since the ban on demons came down in the capital."

The puppet stood still in place, as if it had been frozen for a long time.

During that time, she kept asking herself frequently in her heart...

What is beauty and ugliness?

What is love and hate?

In this world, are there really eternal things?

Later, both the benefactor and his new wife died, and no one knew the real cause of their death.

The puppet found something very interesting.The meaning of her existence is not just to dance in front of people blindly, but to go one step further, to repeatedly confuse human minds, control them, play with them, force them, and make some unexpected actions.

For example, wife kills husband.Son kills mother.

Blood relatives of the same race kill each other, and when no one is killed in the end, they find a rope and hang themselves.

The puppets often only need to stand behind them, and by absorbing the last trace of remaining energy around the dead body, they can repair the karmic seal that was damaged too much during the war.

After that, the puppet traveled to many different towns and cities.She has encountered some kind-hearted passers-by, and also encountered some ants with human faces and animal hearts.

But the puppet can't tell the difference, and any living person who has a chance to meet her will eventually become a plaything dancing in her palm.

At first, it was simply taking people for fun, and later draining the energy from young women one by one has become a daily routine for puppets to maintain their appearance.

From a city, to another town, and even to a remote village isolated from the world.

She was used to asking people a variety of questions, most of which had no practical meaning.

Because as long as the other party gives the corresponding answer, it will basically end in a tragic death for no reason afterwards.

Beauty or ugliness, eternity or ephemerality—at the end of the day, there is no real right or wrong.

Liu Zhou'er opened her mouth suddenly, trying to forcibly recall her wandering mind.

She looked into Xie Hengyan's eyes, as if she couldn't believe it, but also as if she expected it, at the same time she said hoarsely:

"You...you too..."

Before he finished speaking, a sharp-edged short knife pierced the darkness, and went straight forward, piercing the woman's throat as thin as a dead branch without hesitation!

Xie Hengyan's pupils shrank suddenly, and before he realized what happened, Yin Chun beside him stepped forward, spreading out the talisman paper, and urging the mantra, the four barriers in his palm landed in response, making it almost impossible to entangle Liu Zhou'er indiscriminately Writhing neck.

Afterwards, the three-foot stone sword was sacrificed again, the sharpness of the sword was strong, it just penetrated the center of the enchantment, from top to bottom, it slashed vertically towards the cracked and damaged Tianling cover of the woman.

"Yin, Yin pour?!"

Xie Hengyan exclaimed in astonishment, accompanied by Liu Zhouer's extremely painful and desperate wailing behind him, the voice was harsh and unspeakable, as if the hatred had penetrated deep into the bone marrow, but there was nowhere to relieve it.

The woman's eyes were red, and the fangs in the bloody mouth were wide open. After waiting for a roar, the room was filled with fire, and Yin Chu's wrist trembled suddenly, and the heavy stone sword that was about to fall unexpectedly cracked in response. Only an inch away from the top of Liu Zhou'er's head, there was a click, and the sword hilt broke into two halves abruptly!

As soon as the sword body was destroyed, the four barriers around it also collapsed and shattered, and were burned to ashes under the flames.

Yin Chun stepped back a few steps one after another, finally put his back against the wall, and then struggled to pull out the talisman, but Liu Zhouer, who had lost his mind due to fury in front of him, had already lost his mind, roaring and screaming along the way, and was about to bite someone Swallow raw——

At the critical moment, Xie Hengyan rushed forward, suddenly raised the corners of her lips, and shouted to the woman with great certainty and confidence: "Aunt Liu!"

"You... you are so good-looking! So beautiful! So beautiful!"

As soon as these words came out, not only was Yin Chu stunned and dizzy, but even the wooden monster, which was close to a berserk state, froze in place involuntarily. After a long time, he uttered a sentence slowly and with difficulty: "I... am I really not ugly?"

"Not ugly, really." Xie Hengyan walked over cautiously, trying to calm her restless heart, "You are the best looking, anyone who sees them will like it."

Yin Chu: "..."

Liu Zhou'er stroked her face with her hands, and said in a low voice, "But, do you know?"

Xie Hengyan reluctantly responded, "Know what?"

"I have killed three people in a row in this town." Liu Zhou'er's eyes were no longer filled with hatred, but a kind of comical sadness, "From the two girls I didn't know at the beginning, to the tragic death Xiaotao next to the dry well."

Finally, she glanced at Xiaolu who was bundled up in a dense net on the ground.

Xie Hengyan said: "The fourth one is Ms. Xiaolu... But why, do you want to pick on your acquaintances around you?"

Liu Zhou'er laughed, and the side face, which was as old as bark, trembled slightly, so that a large piece of dead wood was shaken off.

"Because I've said it before. Nothing lasts forever, including feelings." She said, "People are mortal, and in the end, they're just a handful of heartless loess—do you still expect that the soil will Have a long-term affection for you?"

Xie Hengyan shook his head, and said: "Tu doesn't have feelings, but people live in this world for more than ten years, why bother to pursue the long and short of love."

"how about you?"

"……Um?"

"So, are you a dog?" Liu Zhou'er's scarlet pupils, which had calmed down for a while, finally ignited the spark of anger and fury again under this unintentional questioning, "Whoever throws a dog at you?" Bones, are you willing to dedicate your life to serving him all your life?"

"Are you so sure that the person you stick to in your heart to the end will return to you in the end as if nothing happened?"

Xie Hengyan took a step back suddenly, unable to speak, even her eyelashes trembled faintly.

"Too naive, idiot!" Liu Zhou'er raised her voice and reprimanded, "Being born as a plaything in human hands is not enough to make you conscious!"

After saying this, she opened her huge mouth, and all the joints of her limbs made a series of "click click" friction sounds, and then bent down to the ground, launching the next wave of offensive mercilessly!

But at this moment, five talisman papers in Yin Chun's hand had already been covered with forbidden spells, and just at the moment when Liu Zhou'er made a sudden attack, he hit the weakest part of her forehead with a snap, accompanied by several burning streaks. The hot light scattered and splashed, and the indestructible barrier shackles instantly covered the top of the woman's trembling head.

I have to say that Xie Hengyan uttered a lot of nonsense at a critical moment, and it was indeed of great use in the end.

Because of Liu Zhou'er's persistence in arguing with him, the defense of her whole body was basically in a state of relaxation without any threat.The five talisman papers in Yin Chuan's hand covered her forehead, and the strong effect of the barrier confinement took effect almost immediately. At the same time, a tiny patch of slightly damaged skin appeared in the deeper layer of her scalp. Light printing.

"It is the seal of karma, and there will be no mistakes."

Yin Chun stretched out his hand to brush away a bunch of messy hair close to it, Liu Zhou'er was terrified and flew into a rage immediately, with a growl, he raised his feet and struggled crazily into the air.

"Let go of me... let go of me... ah!!!"

However, the enchantment shackles created by the talisman paper were extremely strong. Although it couldn't kill her for a while, it was enough to ensure that she would not be able to break free from it no matter what.

Xie Hengyan watched Aunt Liu, who took good care of him in the past, now showing the ugliest and most terrifying appearance of her original form, wriggling and resisting desperately in the barrier. Chun said: "Hey, don't touch other people's family seals, she will feel uncomfortable."

"How did you know she would be uncomfortable?" Yin Zhen turned his head and asked him coldly, "Since just now, you have been acting like you know everything clearly. Could it be that your father used to teach you how to catch her? Can't you become a demon?"