Fragrance is good for purifying the heart

Chapter 23 Puppet

Gardenia stayed at Qi Laosan's house and left before dawn the next day.

Yuquan Township is not far from Taixu Mountain. According to Qi Laosan, there is a small town called Wangjia Town at the foot of Taixu Mountain. After passing the busy market there, you can go all the way up the mountain.

She was carrying a lucky bag and not far from Qi Laosan's house, she heard An He's loud crying coming from inside the house. There was a hint of pity and pleading in the crying, as if the little guy knew that she was about to leave him. .

Gardenia looked back and saw that the lights in Qi Laosan's home had been turned on. It was obvious that the Qi family had been awakened by An He's crying.

Listening to the sad cry, a tear still couldn't be held back and flowed down Gardenia's cheek.

"Xiao An, see you later..."

Although Gardenia was still reluctant to let go of An He, she thought that An He could truly live a good life by following this kind-hearted Qi couple, and leaving An He by herself was the best choice for him, otherwise she would just leave An He Taking her away and suffering with her would be the worst thing for him.

After figuring this out, she turned around and left resolutely.

Because she said goodbye last night, she did not say goodbye to the Qi family again when she left this time. She only left a simple note on the table, which stated that she was going to Taixu Mountain to learn from a master. , and I will take the time to come back to visit An He from time to time.

Gardenia walked quickly and was not afraid of hardship, so she rushed to the busy market in Wangjia Town shortly after dawn, probably around midnight.

Thinking that she had already reached the foot of Taixu Mountain, she didn't panic anymore. Anyway, she was about to go up the mountain to learn from her master.

So, she took a leisurely stroll in the busy market of Wangjia Town.

Wangjia Town at the foot of Taixu Mountain is the Shenyuan Kingdom located in the Tianhe Continent. The Shenyuan Kingdom is powerful and rich in products. Its country is rich in spar, gold, silver, and gemstone mines, as well as wood carving crafts and jewelry processing crafts. They are all well-known in the five countries.

Gardenia had already learned a thing or two about this news from the thousand-year-old ginseng while wandering along the way.

Even though Wangjia Town Market is not big, "although it is small, it has all the internal organs." There are stalls selling all kinds of accessories in the market, ranging from high-grade crystal stones to a simple hairpin. Various categories of items are on sale.

When Gardenia arrived, it also happened to be the market day in Wangjia Town, so the market was crowded and very lively.

"You said last time that each of the seven sects in Tianhe Continent has a magic weapon to suppress the sect. I remember the Immortal Emperor's Flute from Taixu Mountain, the Huanyan Xun from Yanying Palace, the Old Jingjian from Blood Rain Palace, Wuding Lou’s Qi Ya Festival…”

Gardenia tried her best to remember, thought for a while, and then said, "Among them, I have seen the Immortal Emperor Flute, Huanyan Xun, and Qi Ya Jie. I have also touched and seen the Qi Ya Jie, so...the remaining three What are the magic weapons of each sect to suppress the sect? And what functions they have, you can tell me them all at once..."

She remembered that the immortal elder who rescued her she met under the bodhi tree played the Immortal Emperor's Flute. So, what relationship does the immortal elder have with Taixu Mountain?He has never revealed his identity. Is there something he cannot say?
"Oops -" Gardenia was thinking about the Immortal Emperor's Flute while having a conversation with Millennium Ginseng. Her thoughts were interrupted when she accidentally bumped into someone.

She looked up and saw an old man with white beard and hair. His back was slightly stooped and he moved very slowly. However, all the goods in his hands were scattered on the floor due to this collision.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, old man," Gardenia apologized quickly, not forgetting to bow. "Old man, you are so old, why do you carry so many things by yourself? Do you need my help?"

The old man paused with a dull expression, as if he didn't listen to Gardenia at all and didn't react at all.Suddenly Gardenia heard a voice from beside her, "It doesn't matter, A Guang is not old."

Gardenia looked up and realized that behind the old man was a young boy. He was wearing a maroon short coat, green trousers, and a pair of bright red trousers. In the boots.

This was the first time that Gardenia saw someone wearing such matching colors. She saw an indifferent look on the young man's face, as if he had seen the old man's goods scattered on the ground and had no intention of helping to pick them up.

Gardenia couldn't help but get angry and said: "Everyone is old. How do you say that this... old man named Aguang is not old? Didn't you see that his things were scattered all over the floor? And he didn't help?" Then he bent down and wanted to help the old man pick up things.

When the young man saw Gardenia quarreling with him, he was not annoyed. Instead, he laughed and said, "This girl is really a kind-hearted person, but she doesn't know something. All the puppets in our Wangjia Town are like this. They don't have age, they only have name."

After saying that, he saw Gardenia was stunned for a long time, and he did not forget to tell the old man, "Aguang, pick up the things."

Puppet man?Could it be that the "Ah Guang" this young man called was not a human being?But a puppet?

Just as she was wondering, the sound of the thousand-year-old ginseng's spiritual power came into her sea of ​​consciousness:

"Puppet Man, as the name suggests, is that shortly after a person dies, his soul is imprisoned in the body with some special spell, preventing him from reincarnation, and then soaking the puppet man's body in some kind of antiseptic every day. In the medicinal soup, it prevents its body from rotting and makes it only obey the master's spell. Throughout Tianhe Continent, many small towns use this spell to control puppets and serve as servants after death."

Gardenia stared at A Guang carefully. As expected, A Guang was obedient, arching his slightly rickety back, squatting down and slowly picking up the goods on the ground.Because of his bending action, a cinnabar-drawn charm appeared on the back of his neck and remained hidden under his clothes.

Gardenia looked at the cinnabar charm. It seemed that in addition to being drawn with cinnabar, the charm should also be mixed with some unknown oil paint, so it would not fade or fall off easily.

As for the old man named A Guang, his expression was still dull and dull. The force he hit him just now was not light, but he had the body of an old man, but he didn't feel any pain at all, and he just blindly followed the young man's orders.

It's really strange. Everything in the world is really strange.So, this young man is also from Wangjia Town. Why do they, in Wangjia Town, have puppets to do their work for them?

"My name is Wang Xiaohei, and Aguang is the puppet servant passed down from generation to generation in our family. Don't worry, Aguang is very smart and very loyal." Wang Xiaohei cupped his hand at Gardenia, "I think the girl is walking around alone. The market is quite boring, what do you call the unknown girl?"

Although Gardenia was still extremely surprised that he brought a puppet as a servant, she saw that his words were not frivolous, but rather polite, so she told him her name.

"Oh, it turns out that the name of this kind of flower is very nice. A girl is shopping alone. It's her first time in Wangjia Town. Why don't you let me be the host and take the girl around the market?"

Gardenia frowned and said, "No, I'm not used to walking with strangers, so I have to leave beforehand." She wasn't used to strangers' inexplicable enthusiasm, and she didn't know if this Wang Xiaohei was a bad person. The Immortal once reminded her that it was important to hurry.

Thinking of this, Gardenia continued walking on her own, ignoring Wang Xiaohei who kept calling her name from behind.

　Because 020 is temporarily banned, 021 will be released first, and book friends will watch it first, which means there are two updates today.

　　
　
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