The witch looks at her moves

Chapter 53 Within the Mountains (Thanks to Defili for his unfortunate reward!)
  Three months ago?

Su Zhen only exchanged bodies with Yu Yue at the end of August, and it has only been more than a month now. Three months ago...

"When you saw me, was it during the day or at night?" Su Zhen asked immediately.

"what?"

Duan Changming's eyes widened, he didn't know why, and he stammered: "Of course it's daytime, how could it be nighttime?"

daytime?

Yu Yue clearly told him that she couldn't live in this world during the day, so she signed a contract with him and asked him to practice for her, but...

Why did Yu Yue lie to him?

Even after being together for more than a month, he still knew nothing about the origins of this cheap godmother. He didn't even understand what Yu Yue wanted in him when she signed a contract with him.

"Did I tell you anything? For example, where am I from and where am I going in the future?" Su Zhen asked.

"What did the girl go through? Why did she lose her memory?"

Duan Changming pondered for a while, clasped his fists and palms, and said: "The girl didn't say where she was going. When I was arrested, the girl had not left Luoshan, but...but you said, you are from Guigu." Come."

"Ghost Valley?"

"Yes, Ghost Valley! It sounds like a place where masters from outside the world practice Taoism." Duan Changming said.

Su Zhen looked at Feng Hua. Feng Hua thought hard for a while and shook her head gently: "I have never heard of this place, and I have never heard of any sect with this name, but Xijing Country is so big that there are countless towns and villages. , maybe it’s a remote place that few people in the world have set foot on.”

"Ghost Valley..."

Su Zhen had heard rumors about Ghost Valley in Nantang. Legend has it that in addition to metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, there was a sixth element in the world. The corresponding six elements were Gu Star. Later, Gu Star disappeared for unknown reasons, and it was called by the world. Ghost Valley.

Is this related to the "Ghost Valley" mentioned by Yu Yue?
  "When I was in Luoshan, I couldn't talk to the girl. I really don't know much. If the girl has anything to ask, maybe she can go back to Luoshan and ask."

As Duan Changming said this, he suddenly thought of something, his face was livid, and he cried mournfully: "That's right, the girl is so good in Taoism and has an outstanding charm, why did she end up living in the old craftsman's house? This is a place where death is inevitable, girl, how can the girl no……"

Duan Changming beat his chest and beat his feet. As he spoke, he knelt down and started crying. He kept wiping his tears on his tattered sleeves:

"Although the girl looks cold on weekdays, her heart is kinder than anyone else. She not only teaches children how to read and write, but also delivers babies to Lao Yan's sheep. Without the girl, all the young and old in our town would be swallowed up by the big yaksha. A good person like this girl has ended up here, you really don’t have a good eye!"

Seeing this scene, Su Zhen felt sour in her heart, and a new confusion arose: Is Yu Yue a good person or a witch?

He also thought that Yu Yue's words were either roundabout or cryptic, and he would definitely not be able to tell the real thing. If he could leave the old craftsman's office, he would definitely go to Luoshan to have a look, maybe he could find something.

Duan Changming cried and talked about his own affairs again, saying: "Girl, although I was caught here, I am by no means a treacherous and evil person. I have no other merits. I can only get some ink. During that time, no one bought my poems. I was very hungry, so I climbed over the old wall and stole a piece of cabbage. Who knew that his family was growing fairy plants for Qinglu Palace, and the cabbage I stole turned out to be a piece of fairy grass. I was sentenced to death for this, girl, do you think I was unjust or not——"

Duan Changming was tortured to the point of being reduced to a human form. He vented his grief and chattered endlessly:
  "My original name was Duan Ming, but the villagers said it was unlucky, so I changed it to a long life without authorization. My long life was for nothing in the end."

When he was extremely sad, Duan Changming was in a mood for poetry. Suddenly he raised his head and chanted: "I wandered alone to the world, and I have never had time to be abandoned. The sky is high and the clouds are vague, there is no fixed place..."

When Feng Hua heard this, she couldn't help but think of her career as a killer. She, who had always been indifferent, unconsciously slowed down, wanting to hear him finish the last sentence.

"The sky is high and the clouds are vague and there is no fixed place..."

After Duan Changming finished reciting this sentence, he suddenly got stuck.

He knelt on the ground, his face flushed, and he kept pointing his fingers to the sky, but no matter how much he searched his intestines and stomach, he couldn't squeeze out any ink. This scene was so embarrassing that Duan Changming trembled all over and wanted to kill himself.

This time, Laojun opened his eyes and understood his voice.

An invisible force fell from the sky and grabbed his head.

After a breath, the congested and swollen head exploded, and colorful flowers splashed all over the ground.

Su Zhen frowned.

Behind Duan Changming, someone suddenly appeared.

A puppet man.

The puppet was kneeling on the ground, its carefully carved head rolled aside, and its limbs were twisted into weird shapes. A closer look revealed that the posture was exactly the same as that of the dead Duan Changming.

Someone used this puppet to control Duan Changsheng's life and death!

The mastermind behind the scenes didn't even think about hiding it. In the blink of an eye, the puppet's joints trembled and it came to life, turning into a human being.

"Reverse the substitution technique?"

Just by seeing this move, Feng Hua knew that the one coming was no small matter.

The strangest thing is that Su Zhen and Feng Hua didn't recognize who the person was at first.

He looks so ordinary that he will be forgotten if you turn your head.

It wasn't until the six wooden arms stretched out behind him like wings that the two of them remembered that this was Qiu Wu's master.

However, today he is far less decent than yesterday. His long gown is in tatters and scorched black, his temples are covered with dust, the arms on his back are also full of gaps, and there are not a few broken knuckles.

He was seriously injured, and even though he kept a calm expression, he couldn't hide his old look.

"My name is Mo Shitou."

His name is as ordinary as he is.

"The demon army has already invaded the old carpenter's shop. Now, as the owner of a carpenter's shop, why don't you protect the shop and come to us? Qiu Wu wanted to kill us, so we killed him. The grudge is over and we take responsibility for life and death. You have no grace at all when you get involved." Feng Hua never stops sarcastic, this is another knife of hers.

"I have already guarded it, but failed to guard it. 50% of the items in the pavilion were taken away, 30% were destroyed, and not much was left after being transferred. In addition, I failed to take good care of Qiu Wu, so my crime is even greater."

The carpenter explained methodically, with helplessness and shame in his words, "Fenghua, you are the scabbard of the witch sword. If I miss you, I am afraid that I will never be able to go to Yuhuatian again in my life, so I must come Looking for you."

The helplessness and shame disappeared at the end of the words, replaced by unquestionable determination.

The first one to take action was not Mo Shitou, but Feng Hua and Su Zhen. Their movements were almost the same, attacking the carpenter one from the left and the other from the right. Even the moves on their hands were exactly the same.

As the saying goes, two fists are no match for four pairs, but Mo Shitou has four pairs.

When two knives slashed one to the left and the other to the right.

The carpenter opened his arms. The tempered wooden arms were better than steel. He blocked the blade and raised his arms to shake it away.

"The art of creating puppets!"

The other hands were not idle either. Dozens of carving knives with different functions popped out from his fingers. For a moment, Mo Shitou's back turned into a temporary factory, and brand-new dolls were quickly produced in one process after another. Add details.

Two knives were blocked, and more daggers struck his head.

Su Zhen was very fast with his sword. The hard training of the past few days had been realized in these two days. Jiang Gong was boiling with mana, and the martial arts moves had been burned into his body. When dozens of snow-white sword lights were slashed out simultaneously from his hand, He couldn't even believe that this was his masterpiece.

Facing such a powerful enemy, Su Zhen was no longer afraid. Instead, he felt that this was a great opportunity to test his martial arts skills.

With the long knife in his hand, the tip of the knife trembled in the wind, and his heart trembled along with it.

All hesitation was instantly dispelled, and the idea of ​​killing was deeply rooted.

Su Zhen cooperated with Feng Hua to use all his strength to use the sword, horizontal slash, wrist and foot slash, mountain splitting... simple and efficient moves were used continuously, faster and faster, the sharp edge was close to the vital point, and every ray of sword light was solid. With murderous intent, they all fell together and exploded on Mo Shitou's blocking arm, leaving deep, criss-crossing knife marks.

Feng Hua was faster and his sword was sharper. When he used his body shape, he could only see a series of blurry afterimages. The white blade was handed out from the afterimages, breaking through Mo Shitou's defense many times and stabbing his body. Enchanting blood flower.

Mo Shitou was a very strong carpenter. Most of his mana was consumed while guarding the pavilion. In addition, he was seriously injured and was suppressed as soon as he made a move. He could not breathe and was defeated in only thirty moves.

The more this happened, the more vigilant Su Zhen felt. This Mo Shitou was definitely not a fool and could not fight without certainty.

Mo Shitou's arms were dripping with blood, and most of his six wooden arms were broken, but he successfully carved the Yan Dou before he was defeated.

He used his last finger to twist a piece of flesh and blood wrapped in hair and stuff it into the hole in the center of the Yan doll's head.

"Every prisoner who enters the old craftsman's house will be given three locks of hair and a piece of his heart's blood. If the prisoner has a different intention, the craftsman can easily control him."

Mo Shitou explained in an orderly manner, chanted a mantra quickly, and shouted: "Live and die in the same cave."

For an instant.

The sky was filled with sword light and all shattered.

Feng Hua felt as if she had been struck by thunder, her blood flowed turbulently, her stiff body fell to the ground, and the knife came out of her hand and was inserted diagonally into the stone.

She half-knelt on the ground, her arms and legs trembling, and her teeth clenched, fighting against the spell and trying to regain control of her body.

Mo Shitou let out a sigh, "Why is it so powerful?"

Logically speaking, when this spell is cast, the girl who was cursed should have all her limbs and limbs broken, and she should be unable to get back up again, but now why is it not even half effective?

"Has your blood been changed?!" Mo Shitou stared at Feng Hua, turned his eyes, and said in shock.

He planned to cast the spell again to find out.

How could Su Zhen let him experiment with sealed flowers? Before Mo Shitou recited the curse, he had already spoken first: "Shuo Zhuo Tuo!"

Mo Shitou's spell immediately expired.

"Forbidden curse?"

Mo Shitou frowned.

Su Zhen stepped forward and swung his sword, slashing the top of Mo Shitou's head, and whispered: "Go to hell."

Su Zhen's slashing sword was blocked by Mo Shitou with his cross-arm.

He stared at Su Zhen's cheek and said coldly: "When you entered the old craftsman's office on the first day, you were still a girl who knew nothing. I didn't expect that you would reach this level in just one month. What is Qi Yue doing? What a reputation."

Although the spell only exerted half of its effectiveness, it still temporarily disabled Fenghua.

The six arms used to make Yan Dou are also freed up.

In Mo Shitou's eyes, there was no suspense about this battle.

All the arms were spread out together, either attacking or defending, forming a line. Su Zhen, who came to kill with a knife, was like a general breaking into the enemy formation alone. Even though he was brave and invincible, he was quickly swallowed up by the army's spears and halberds.

This is Su Zhen's first time fighting alone.

He clearly knew that his and Feng Hua's lives were tied to this blade at this moment.

The closer he was to the critical point of life and death, the more emptied his spirit became.

At this moment, Su Zhen had no other thoughts. All he looked at and pointed at the tip of the knife were the man with six arms stretched out in front of him.

Jiang Gong rotated to the limit, roaring and gushing thunder.

Su Zhen kept swinging the knife forward, opening and closing it wide and wide, as if the blade was carrying him to chop and chop, the speed was getting faster and faster. When he was pushed to the limit, his arms seemed to fly out with the knife.

Feng Hua's pained groan sounded behind him, which did not disturb his heart, but instead solidified his murderous aura.

Su Zhen jumped up again and struck down with his knife.

The snow-white steel blade cut through the strong wind and almost burned in his hand.

Mo Shitou still underestimated him.

The carpenter no longer dared to fold his arms to block Su Zhen's moves, so he had to use six prosthetic arms to form a shield, trying to block his violent and decisive murderous intent.

Su Zhen formed seals at the same time.

Resistance to anger!
  All the orifices are opened, Qi is swaying, and blood is flowing.

The blade collided with the wooden arm.

Debris flew.

Under the violent blade, Mo Shitou's wooden arm with exquisite structure quickly crawled across the cracks, groaning as it was about to collapse.

Mo Shitou was injured more than once, his face turned pale for a moment, and blood shot out from his mouth.

'Why did this girl suddenly become so strong? ' The questions quickly flashed through Mo Shitou's mind, and he suddenly remembered the scene where demons attacked the carpenter's shop last night. While feeling sad and distraught, he suddenly realized:

There is no point in defending blindly. Defeating the enemy is the best defense.

He is a carpenter, not a stake.

What's more, he is no weaker than Su Zhen.

Six cracking wooden arms were protected in front of him, using his incomplete frame to desperately resist the pressing steel knife.

The two scarred hands joined together to form a seal, and the offensive spell was uttered in an instant.

Gray wood species appeared out of thin air and shot towards Su Zhen.

Like arrows, like swarms of locusts, like projectiles.

They were too close and too fast, giving them no time to dodge.

Su Zhen didn't even think about hiding. He turned a blind eye and pierced the air with his knife.

Gray wood seeds blasted all over his body, and the seed coat on the surface shattered instantly, forming a cloud of smoke-like air.

Time seemed to have stopped for a moment.

next moment.

Su Zhen broke through the smoke and slashed it down with his sword.

Mo Shitou could no longer maintain the energy he had cultivated for many years of carving. Under the light of the sword, his pupils condensed. He twisted his severed fingers together and also let out a fierce roar:
  "All things are alive!!"

Kakakakakakakaka——

The knife fell vertically, and where it passed, six wooden arms were cut off one after another. Even though Mo Shitou flashed intentionally, the knife still hit his shoulder, almost cutting off half of his body.

It was also at this critical moment that the spell took effect.

The wood that hit Su Zhen sprouted and grew at an incredible speed, piercing his body. Su Zhen's arms, body, and cheeks were all covered by the spreading flexible branches. They grew using the body as the soil and wrapped him lushly. The flowers and leaves they pulled out were fluttering in the bloody wind.

Su Zhen and Mo Shitou were very close.

The blade was also very close to Mo Shitou's vital part.

But he couldn't move forward half an inch.

Mo Shitou breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

When the blade cut into his body, he once wanted to use the technique of surrogate death, but if he used this technique, the last of his mana would be drained. Although he would not be killed, he would also lose the chance to defeat Su Zhen.

He never took risks in his life, and finally chose to take risks at a critical moment of life and death.

Su Zhen kept coughing up blood, his cheeks seemed to be covered with frost, and his lips were sealed by a vine-like plant. He couldn't utter a single word. The rebellion was over, and he looked defeated.

Feng Hua knelt down and saw the battle in the distance, her eyes empty.

Mo Shitou tremblingly picked up the Yan doll, his severed fingers trembling, trying to use something, but found that the blood inside had solidified and lost its magic power.

When he was disappointed, he suddenly realized that these two people had no fighting ability. If he used Yandu again, it would be superfluous and a waste of mana.

His wooden arms were destroyed and his body was mutilated, but he felt that it was all worth it.

In order to transform into heaven and realize all human wishes, craftsmen who have worked hard all their lives should have such a destination.

When I was in a trance, my chest suddenly felt a little cold, as if ice cubes were melting there, and the cold feeling quickly penetrated my body.

He lowered his head in confusion and found something piercing his chest and coming out.

That's a branch.

Branches?

Behind him, Su Zhen stretched out his arm. The branch grew from his sleeve and was used as a weapon.

Mo Shitou never figured out until his death how this branch penetrated his body, and why he didn't notice any killing intent?
  The cold flooded the body and sealed the mouth and nose.

'The carpenter was stabbed to death by a branch. How could such a thing happen in the world? Mo Shitou's last thought flashed across his mind.

Su Zhen used his knife to cut open the plants that trapped him, and his dangling feet slowly fell back to the ground.

Mo Shitou miscalculated.

He had previously shot out many wood species. Logically speaking, these wood species would pierce the skin and take root in the flesh. During this growth process from the inside out, the branches would pierce the internal organs and blood vessels, from his throat, nose, ears, etc. It grows out of all the holes until it completely tears the person into pieces.

But he underestimated Su Zhen's body. This body with thin skin and tender flesh was like a shield, blocking out all the seeds.

They failed to really penetrate the flesh and blood, but only grew along the outline of his body, covering his entire body.

Su Zhen didn't have the strength to clear away the plants surrounding him.

He dragged his tired body towards Fenghua.

not far away.

Several monsters heard the noise and rushed towards this side. Su Zhen clenched the blade and immediately took a stance to meet the enemy.

"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, we are demons too, we are demons too."

The monsters shouted and waved their hands. They looked at the stiff girl on the ground and the broken craftsman in the distance. They sincerely admired: "Sister Monster is really good at her skills. She cut off two craftsmen at once. Are you injured? Let's grab it." I took a lot of medicine.”

Su Zhen was covered in vegetation and was mistaken for a monster.

"It's just a little effort, you don't need to worry about me. The craftsmen in the south are resisting fiercely. Go and help out quickly. It is said that there is a witch knife hidden there. We must seize it and offer it to the demon lord!" Su Zhen raised his face covered with branches and leaves, His voice was high-pitched.

"Witch knife?"

The monsters looked at each other with strange expressions. They wanted to ask for more information, but Su Zhen quickly stopped him: "It's just ten miles away to the south. You'll find out when you go there!"

Su Zhen didn't want to say anything, so he raised the white blade in his hand and shouted: "Forge a knife for the demon lord!"

The fanatical shouting diluted their rationality, and the other monsters instinctively raised their arms and shouted: "Forge swords for the monster master!!"

"Brother, please leave some medicine. I'll heal my injuries and come to help you!" Su Zhen clasped his fists.

Unlike the Xianshan sect who always says one thing and keeps the other secret, these monsters are really in the same spirit. They gave Su Zhen all the medicine they stole and let him choose.

Su Zhen found some elixirs to stop bleeding, protect the heart and restore mana, and then said goodbye to them. Before leaving, the monster kindly reminded them:

"You are a tree demon, be careful not to meet the carpenters. They are your natural enemies. They will kill you easily. One of our stone demon brothers was squeezed into mud by the stonemason in front of him... By the way, the one lying over there What kind of craftsman is he?"

"His name is Mo Shitou." Su Zhen said.

'Oh, it turned out to be a stonemason. '

The monster just asked casually and without thinking much, said goodbye to Su Zhen together and rushed south.

As soon as the monster left, Su Zhen immediately leaned over to look at Feng Hua.

"I'm fine. I can't move my hands and feet for the time being, but Jiang Gong is not damaged. It will take some time to recover. Yu Yue, congratulations, you finally realized that knife."

Just now, Fenghua held her breath and pretended to be dead. After the monster left, she opened her eyes.

That knife...

This is a sword that Su Zhen has practiced hard many times but failed to master. Today, it finally took shape in life and death.

He tried hard to recall his state of mind when he used that sword.

That moment was peaceful, with hatred of life and death disregarded, just like running across the grassy grass and reaching out to pick willow catkins in the wind.

There is no murderous intention, and naturally there is no murderous intention.

Until Mo Shitou died, he had the illusion that this was just a dream he had before he died.

"It just happened by chance. If I had to do it again, I might not be able to do it." Su Zhen said frankly.

"After the first time, there will be a second and third time. As long as you kill enough people, one day you will be handy." Feng Hua said.

"Okay, don't talk yet."

Su Zhen put the elixir to stop bleeding and protect her heart into Feng Hua's mouth. When her breathing stabilized a little, he also cleared away the vegetation wrapped around her body. Then he picked up a long knife and put it on his waist, carrying Feng Hua and rushing west. go.

The battle line of the group of demons has been pushed deep into the old craftsman's house. The ground to the west is littered with corpses and a mess, but there are only a few figures of humans and demons.

Along the way, Su Zhen only experienced a few small-scale battles. The strong ones had all gone deep into the old craftsman's place. The little monsters were not the enemies of Su Zhen at all.

After killing several demons in a row, the panic and uneasiness of the initial killing had long disappeared, and even gave rise to a feeling of unsatisfaction.

——His swordsmanship has reached a new level in the trials of life and death, and it is in urgent need of more battles to verify it.

"You have already mastered your sword skills. What you have to do now is to learn to curb your murderous intentions."

Fenghua's muscles and bones gradually became active and she could walk on the ground. When she stretched her body, she still did not stop teaching him, saying: "The blood-stained knife is extremely beautiful, like a flame that has been cut flatly. You can see it through it." Netherworld, in the past, I was often charmed by such a knife, and I was willing to be its slave, surrendering to the desire to kill, but this is not a real killer."

"What does a real killer look like?" Su Zhen asked.

"Believe in the knife in your hand, but don't be affected by it." Feng Hua said.

Su Zhenruo realized something.

The black smoke from the demon fire turned the sky into a misty gray, which could not be blown away by the howling wind. Laojun was hidden behind the clouds and smoke, so burned by the smoke that he could not be seen by the naked eye.

Laojun is not indifferent, he sheds tears, and the tears condense at high altitude, and when they fall, they are already pieces of snow and ice.

In the bad weather, Su Zhen stopped and looked into the distance, his face showing joy.

mountains.

Rolling hills!
  The mountains outside the old craftsman's office came into view.

They are a natural barrier, but at this moment they symbolize freedom.

After a full day of running around looking at the mountains, they finally arrived at the foot of the mountains.

"Fenghua, we are going out."

Su Zhen was relieved, and her lips and teeth were trembling slightly.

They were finally leaving this nightmare place.

After crossing the uninhabited mountains outside the old craftsman's house, the sky will be vast and the earth will be vast. Everything can start again and everything can be planned in the long term!
  Su Zhen and Feng Hua walked toward the mountains.

while walking.

Fenghua suddenly disappeared.

Su Zhen was startled and looked back. Behind him, in the snowy wind, something hit him. After blocking it with his arms, he realized that it was actually a snowball with no lethality.

There were bursts of laughter beside him.

Look up.

The girl wearing a white down jacket and brown snow boots was standing in the snow, kneading a new snowball with her hands that were red from the cold, and raising it to him provocatively.

"Shao Xiaoxiao?" Su Zhen was stunned.

While he was in a daze, Shao Xiaoxiao had already smashed the newly kneaded snowball over. This time, Su Zhen did not avoid it and was hit by the snowball. A flower-like smile appeared on the girl's pretty face:
  "Hmph, classmate Su Zhen, where are you hiding this time?"

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