The witch looks at her moves

Chapter 48 Parrot Says Farewell
  Once the curse starts, it won't stop.

In the next few days, the curse rapidly worsened, constantly eating away at Fenghua's flesh and blood. At first it was just the thighs, but later similar wounds appeared on the arms, waist, and chest. They were like poisonous spores, spreading on the girl's soft body. Thin silk and linen replaced the flesh and blood, emerging from the wound.

Only the prosthetic leg remained spotless and delicate and white.

In ancient times, there was a kind of torture called peeling daylilies. At this time, Fenghua looked like a dying person after being tortured, but there was no pain on her face.

"I heard that the Taoist priests in Nixiang Mountain were very peaceful before their death. I am not a Taoist priest, but I am not weaker than them." Feng Hua said.

When she entered the old craftsman's office, she was ready to die. Her heart was very calm. The tears she shed the day before were just a small episode. Just like throwing a pebble into a lake, it can stir up short-term ripples, but it cannot shake the surface of the lake. Eternal peace.

This is also the example she set for Su Zhen as a teacher.

Yes, even though Fenghua was unable to move, she still performed her duties as a teacher and taught Su Zhen.

Masters will pass on their unique skills before they die.

But Fenghua is too young, and all her life she has learned ready-made skills, thinking over and over...

"I'll teach you how to use a sword." Feng Hua suddenly said.

This is her own sword technique, which she used when assassinating Lu Qi and was praised by Lu Qi.

There is nothing special about this sword's moves, but it has one characteristic: it has no murderous intent.

When drawing a sword, one must abandon the thought of killing and imagine what they are doing as something else, such as picking a drop of dew or knocking off a chess piece.

The slightest hint of killing intent will make this knife fail.

Su Zhen tried following Professor Fenghua's method for a long time, but still couldn't get it right.

This swordsmanship is not difficult to say, in short, it is trance. As for trance, he has already mastered it in math class, but in battle...

Swordsmanship and murderous thoughts go hand in hand, how can they be brought to an end?

"It doesn't matter, you haven't really killed anyone yet. One day, when you kill people to the point of numbness, you may be able to learn how to do it yourself without a teacher."

Feng Hua voluntarily gave up and spent the remaining time practicing sword skills telling stories.

Her own story.

Most of them were murder stories. She told Su Zhen about her murder experience in detail, and analyzed the successes and failures of these actions with him.

There are many tips for killing, and the experience honed in life and death cannot be written down, so it can only be taught orally.

This was her last lesson, told without reservation.

Feng Hua was obviously only about nineteen years old, but there was no trace of the childishness that a girl should have in her eyes.

Su Zhen watched her die, and the pain in his heart was hard to explain. He remembered the days when he stayed by the hospital bed and watched his mother become increasingly haggard due to the pain. This was different from that time, and the curse was like a scourge. , the speed is unstoppable, and all Fenghua can hold on to is the last bit of dignity.

Entering the Old Craftsman's Place will lead to certain death.

This is something Su Zhen has known for a long time. The hard training in the past few days has made him unable to be distracted. Recently, he has more free time, and sadness inevitably takes over his heart.

then.

Apart from listening to Feng Hua's lectures, Su Zhen spent the rest of the time practicing, practicing with all his strength.

He no longer practiced soul skills or martial arts. He devoted all his energy to Lu Zhaiyuan's spell.

This is an unsolved spell. At the same time, he is also the only one who has obtained the true biography of Lu Zhaiyuan. If there is a script in the world, the screenwriter will definitely hide the antidote to save Fenghua here. This is his only and only one. Chance!

He must find it!
  However, no matter how many methods Su Zhen tried and how much effort he put in, he could not get any feedback from it.

This secret book is like a stupid cow, listening to the crazy music of its owner, indifferent, not understanding what he wants.

Later, Su Zhen couldn't even tell whether this was an effort or an escape. He began to doubt whether such hard practice was just numbing himself and the despair that he had long believed in his heart.

Thinking of this, he was even more painful.

At dusk when Lao Jun was extinguished, he asked Yu Yue countless times about how to save Feng Hua, but Yu Yue never answered and only asked him to express his condolences.

When she said these words, she had no emotion at all, like a devil who had lived for thousands of years, more cold and cruel than anyone else.

Exhausted, Su Zhen woke up in front of her computer.

The Wizard of Oz movie is playing on the computer.

At the end of the movie, Dorothy wakes up in bed and discovers that the fantastic experience was just a dream.

Su Zhen read it blankly.

After that, he opened the search bar by accident and entered: How to eliminate the curse of the old craftsman.

The webpage stated that it could not find the answer, and many hospital advertisements popped up. In the advertisements, people in white coats folded their arms, with confident smiles on their faces that could cure all diseases. Su Zhen looked at them blankly and smiled bitterly.

The sky outside the window dimmed little by little, and the glow of the sky showed crimson on the curtains. He sat on the chair, his heart felt cold and gray, and he felt that the world seemed unreal, like a dream without warmth.

Fatigue fermented in the body, and the overwhelmed consciousness became intoxicated.

I don't know how many hours passed.

Drop drop-

In the short voice, Su Zhen opened his eyes hazily.

The computer screen was still on, and just now the QQ message notification sounded.

Weiyue knew: Classmate Su Zhen, are you there?

Su Zhen was startled.

He tried his best to hide his feelings and replied in a brisk tone: Yes, what do you do for Mr. Shao?
  Weiyue knew: I'm here to check to see if you are studying hard when I'm not around.

Su Zhen: I work hard every day.

'I just didn't put in the effort in studying. ' Su Zhen thought.

There will be monthly exams when he returns from vacation. Shao Xiaoxiao regards this exam as very important. He goes to bed early and gets up early every day to prepare for the exam actively. At this time, he is very pleased to see that Su Zhen is also interested in it.

She was wearing orange cotton pajamas, lying on the soft quilt, her calves were raised habitually, and the soles of her pink feet were pointed upward, swaying slightly.

She pressed her elbows on the pillow, sometimes pressing the buttons on the phone quickly with both hands, and sometimes curling the newly dried black hair between her fingers in circles. The screen glowed softly, and the girl was pretty and charming. Cheeks illuminated.

Suddenly there was the sound of footsteps at the top of the stairs.

She immediately turned off her phone, rolled over and rolled into the quilt, quickly curled up and pretended to be asleep.

This is a surprise inspection from the mother.

Her mother usually doesn't care about her and talks dirty, but she also has a strong desire to control. She not only wants to control her daughter's present, but also her future.

Shao Xiaoxiao's mother is not the only one who has this idea. This is even a consensus among many local people.

Shao Xiaoxiao heard other aunts warn her mother more than once, don't let the little girl read too much. The more she reads, the more active her mind will be, and she will definitely become a white-eyed wolf. Xiaoxiao is so beautiful, a good family just picked her girl. I don't understand these principles, I'm extremely rebellious, and I don't know how to repent until I'm in trouble later.

At this time, the mother will always show off proudly, saying that she has taught her daughter well and no one in the family dares to disobey her.

The sound of her mother's footsteps was very light, but Shao Xiaoxiao could always hear it. After her mother really left, she turned on her phone again and replied to Su Zhen's messages.

Drop drop drop.

Weiyue knew: I was almost caught by my mother just now, what a risk!

Su Zhen sat in front of the computer, listening to the ticking sound of the clock on the wall, absent-mindedly. After the news rang, he regained consciousness.

After he replied briefly, Shao Xiaoxiao fell silent again.

Did Su Zhen really think that her mother was the one who responded by killing her? Just as I was thinking about it, the QQ avatar jumped again.

Weiyue knew: Classmate Su Zhen, are you in a bad mood?

Su Zhen was stunned: Why do you say that?

Weiyue knew: I feel it. If Su Zhen has something on your mind, you can tell me.

'...'

Su Zhen stared at the screen.

Staring at Shao Xiaoxiao's concerned words.

For a moment, endless impulses surged in his heart: He wanted to tell Shao Xiaoxiao everything he had experienced, and all the weirdness and pain he had experienced. He might be regarded as a madman, but it was also possible that he There will be one more person in this world who only understands him.

Yes, why not tell her?

No matter how fanciful these things sound, they are not taboos that cannot be said.

In the past, when he read literary and artistic works, he always couldn't understand why the protagonist couldn't tell the people around him about the weird things he witnessed, and he had to pretend to be ordinary even if he saved the world. He thought that if one day he became a hero, he would definitely Let everyone know!

But at this moment, he could sympathize with those people's choices - Shao Xiaoxiao was just an ordinary girl after all. She could have lived a simple and happy life and should not have been involved in these weirdnesses.

He wanted to tell her, but the depression in his heart could not be vented. But if he rashly told this to Shao Xiaoxiao, it might change her life.

The ferocious face of the demon flashed through Su Zhen's mind, as did the desperate cries of the informants, and chills ran down his back.

However, the world is being eroded by weirdness. As a member of it, Shao Xiaoxiao should also have the right to know the truth of the world. Is he really protecting her by keeping his mouth shut?
  Su Zhen couldn't get the answer.

He thought of Fenghua again and her body corroded by the curse.

This is the crux of everything. The terror of death always lingers in his mind. No matter what he thinks about, he will fall into painful struggle and never get the answer.

Weiyue knows: Classmate Su Zhen? Dong dong dong——

Su Zhen's tense body suddenly relaxed. He sat back on the chair, exhaled slowly, and slowly typed sentences on the keyboard with his fingers: A good friend of mine from out of town is seriously ill and is dying. I have been worried about it. , don’t know what to do.

Shao Xiaoxiao felt nervous and quickly asked what the disease was. Su Zhen said that doctors couldn't diagnose it.

'It's so pitiful to have a strange disease at such a young age. '

Although Shao Xiaoxiao didn't know that person, she still felt extremely heartbroken. She didn't know how to comfort Su Zhen, and fell into silence for a while.

Su Zhen: By the way, classmate Shao Xiaoxiao, I have something very important to tell you. Although you may think this is a fantasy, I still hope you can believe me!

Hearing Su Zhen's serious tone, Shao Xiaoxiao couldn't help but become nervous in bed. She curled up even tighter, "What's going on?"

No reply for a long time.

Shao Xiaoxiao was even more nervous. She inexplicably thought of the broken TV broadcasting the news, and a chill ran down her spine.

Of course, if Shao Xiaoxiao could see Su Zhen's expression in front of the computer through the screen at this moment, he would be truly shocked. In front of the computer.

Su Zhen's posture completely changed.

I saw him crossing his chest with one arm, reading a large piece of unpublished text that was typed on the computer. His fingers lightly moved on his lips, then he leaned back, crossed his legs, and curled his lips.

"This kid is becoming more and more rebellious."

Obviously, the person sitting at this time is already Yu Yue.

She pressed the delete key and deleted all the content that Su Zhen typed, and only replied two words to Shao Xiaoxiao: Good night.

"Good night?"

Shao Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment. Soon, she remembered the posts she had seen on the Internet before:
  If you want to keep a person awake at night, just send him a message before he goes to bed: I'll tell you a secret, and then don't reply. This will make the other person crazy all night long.

I didn't expect that Su Zhen would also use such a destructive move. It's too much...

While complaining, Shao Xiaoxiao also excused him in his heart: Maybe he felt that the previous topic was too heavy, so he wanted to lighten it up.

Still bad!

Shao Xiaoxiao stuffed his phone under the pillow and stopped replying to him.

She slept under the quilt for a while, but couldn't fall asleep, so she clasped her hands in front of her and silently prayed for Su Zhen's friend who was seriously ill, hoping that he would be safe.

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"Are you back again..."

In the old craftsman's office, Su Zhen opened his eyes.

He had just made up his mind to inform Shao Xiaoxiao about the strange changes taking place in the world and remind her to pay attention to her safety. But at this time, Lao Jun showed up.

During this process, Yu Yue didn't say a word to him.

Not long after Laojun's light came on, it was still changing from dark to bright. There were no lights in the cave and the visibility was very low.

Fenghua's painful moans sounded in her ears.

The girl was lying not far away, wearing new clothes as white as snow, but they could not hide the traces of the curse, and strands of silk threads of different colors leaked from her sleeves.

She could remain calm when she was awake, but she could not suppress the pain that was revealed unconsciously while sleeping.

He listened silently, and the sadness sometimes set off an overwhelming momentum in his heart, and sometimes it died down and wavered.

"Aren't you afraid that you will become like this?"

Grandma Miao's voice sounded without warning, and she asked Su Zhen: "This is her ending today, but it will also be you tomorrow. It will be even more uncomfortable to become an iron block. Your body will be extremely heavy by then, and every move will make you feel uncomfortable." luxury."

Su Zhen turned around in surprise and saw a lamp turned on at some point on the stone platform. The light was dim and illuminated Grandma Miao's face in a scary green color.

"I……"

Su Zhen realized that he was not ready to answer this question. He hesitated and said, "I'm afraid, of course I'm afraid."

"Don't lie to me, old lady. You are indeed afraid, but you are more afraid of Feng Hua's death than of your own death." Grandma Miao's mother said.

Grandma Miao was right. He had no real sense of danger from the coming curse. After thinking about it for a moment, he found the reason: Yu Yue's attitude.

In Yu Yue's eyes, the curse imposed by the old craftsman seemed to be an insignificant thing.

Of course, he also knew that this kind of blind faith was absurd. When danger really came, he would be like Fenghua today, waiting for death in despair in an unsolvable dead situation.

"What do you want to say, grandma?"

Su Zhen knew that Grandma Miao was not a person who liked nonsense. She must have something important to tell him.

Even with psychological preparation, Grandma Miao's next words still exceeded Su Zhen's expectations:

"Do you want to save her?"

"what?"

Su Zhen thought she heard wrongly, "Grandma, is there any way to save Feng Hua?"

"Do you want to save her?"

Grandma Miao asked again, her tone unprecedentedly serious.

"miss you!"

Su Zhen was afraid of disturbing Feng Hua, so she suppressed her voice, but she couldn't suppress the excitement in her heart, and her lips were trembling.

But, how can we save Fenghua?
  When Su Zhen was distracted, he didn't realize at all that there was an extra hand behind his back, and the palm knife silently cut into his neck. His vision went dark and he fainted.

On the stone platform.

Two white hands appeared on the left and one on the right, supporting Grandma Miao's arms and leading her to float from the high platform to the ground.

She didn't know how long she had been sitting on the stone platform, and her legs had degenerated and were as thin as wooden branches.

She slowly bent down, greeted the red hand and handed over a silver needle.

This silver needle is absolutely extraordinary. It is surrounded by darkness, but it is flashing with a strange cold light. There is a thread in the needle hole. The thread is very thick, like a hollow rubber tube, and the other end is connected to someone unknown.

Grandma Miao's mother held a silver needle and stabbed Su Zhen in the heart.

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Tick, tick.

Su Zhen heard the sound of water.

Had that dream again.

He was sitting under the old banyan tree. The floodwater raised its whale-like back in the distance, rising high and spreading across the sky. When it crashed down, the entire Nantang was swallowed up. The corpses of familiar people in the past floated in the water. Like a school of fish swimming in the blue water.

"Su Zhen, Su Zhen..."

Someone was calling his name.

Is it my sister?

Su Zhen went to look for that voice, but to no avail. He opened his eyes drowsily and saw a face as pale as snow.

Feng Hua was staring at herself, her pupils filled with scarlet bloodshot eyes.

"Fenghua?"

Su Zhen stood up too hard and felt dizzy. He didn't investigate the cause, and hurriedly looked up and down at the short-haired girl in front of him, "Feng Hua, you, why are you..."

The scene in front of me is almost miraculous!
  The messy and tangled threads in Fenghua's clothes disappeared, and the flesh and blood that had been corroded by the curse became smooth and delicate again, without leaving any scars, and it was as intact as new life.

She was still the heroic and cold girl, and everything before seemed just like a nightmare.

"What's going on?" Su Zhen murmured.

"I, I don't know. It was like this when I woke up. I thought I was dreaming..."

Feng Hua obviously didn't understand the situation either. She just asked: "Where is Grandma Miao? Have you seen Grandma Miao? Where has she gone?"

"Grandma Miao..."

Su Zhen subconsciously remembered the conversation before coma.

He staggered up and searched around the grotto.

The white hands that usually hide in the cracks of the stone disappeared. He put his hand in and touched it, and encountered something soft and elastic. When he took it out, he found that it turned out to be several broken white fingers, and the fractures were newly knotted. New scar.

Su Zhen's pupils shrank and he searched frantically in the empty grotto. There were obvious blood stains on the dark ground. He followed the blood stains and came to the reeling pond from the back of the cave.

The blood trail ends at the reeling pool.

The scene before me was shocking.

It was as if a slaughter had taken place in the pond, with large areas of red staining. The chopped fingers and pieces of meat were soaked in it, and the wind brought a fishy smell.

Su Zhen hesitantly leaned down, picked up a piece of broken clothes brought by the running water, and put it in the palm of his hand.

"This is Grandma Miao's clothes," he said.

From the current scene, it is easy to deduce what happened: Grandma Miao's mother exchanged her death for Feng Hua's job.

However, the curse imposed by the old craftsman is irreversible, and there has never been an exception for thousands of years. What did Grandma Miao do?
  "Meow meow--"

Behind him, the cloth cat ran out clumsily. It wandered by the pond, meowing incessantly, as if it was looking for something.

Feng Hua leaned down and gently rubbed the cat's head. She wanted to say something, but Wan Xu could only sigh.

The kitten rubbed against her leg, which was a prosthetic leg sewn by Miao's grandmother. It was the last thing she left in the world.

The breeze blew over the pond, and the blood became lighter and lighter in the water waves.

The clouds and mist in the sky were also blown away by the wind, and under Laojun's shining light, the pond became brighter and brighter. As the light became brighter, Su Zhen suddenly caught a glimpse of a parrot-like shadow on the ground.

"what is this?"

Are there still birds inhabiting the pond?
  Su Zhen looked up in the direction of the shadow and light. There were no birds there, only three bloody red palms.

The palms are overlapped in a weird posture. Under the light, two play the role of wings, and one plays the role of body and beak, actually showing a vivid parrot shape.

Grandma Miao once told him that there was a parrot hidden in this cave.

At that time, he looked around and didn't see the parrot.

Today, the "parrot" finally appeared.

The intertwined hands moved, and what moved with them was the shadow of the bird on the ground.

I saw the "parrot" flap its wings and make a hoarse and short voice:

Leave now.

After saying this, the three red palms also lost their magic power, fell from the tree, and fell into the pool with a thud. They turned out their cold palms like dead fish, and together with the pieces of broken limbs, slowly floated to the depths of the pond along with the water waves.

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