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Chapter 223: Puppet of the Empty Valley 2 (11)

The person who survived chose to hide his identity. In order to survive, he carved many small dolls out of wood and sold them.

It was not until middle age that he met a girl who had lost her parents in the war.

He adopted the child, taught her the art of puppet carving, taught her to read and write, and raised her as his own daughter.

Later, his business became better and better, so he settled down in a city and opened a shop specializing in selling puppets.

Some people found that he was very good at drawing eyebrows for puppets and even had unique insights into makeup.

So more and more people came to him to draw their eyebrows and eyes, and his business became better.

Later, as he grew older, he did not have much energy to handle business matters, so he sold the shop to someone else and gave all the money he got as a dowry to his adopted daughter.

He hoped that she could marry into a good family, but she was unwilling to marry. She wanted to stay with the man forever. This was not only because of family affection, but also mixed with something inexplicable.

She asked him why he didn't let her run the shop. He said that after he died, no one would be able to protect her, and a child without a father or mother would have a hard life.

She realized that the man who adopted her was leaving, so she ran away from home in a fit of anger, hoping to keep him.

But she didn't expect that her life would be taken away by a thief who was on the run.

At the last moment before his life was about to fade away, he found her.

When she woke up again, she found that he was dead.

While sorting through the man's belongings, she discovered the manual titled The Puppeteer.

There was also a letter the man left for her.

The letter said that the man was the last puppeteer in the world. He made the most perfect Konggu puppet, but perhaps because it violated common sense, God punished his family.

He was the only one in his family who survived, and he felt it was because he had violated a taboo. Later, he chose not to bear the name of a puppeteer anymore. He chose to live as an ordinary person, and then, on a sunny day, he would end his life.

But he met a poor child who reminded him of the seriously ill woman.

Out of guilt, he adopted her.

When she grew up, the man decided to give up everything and end his life. He arranged everything and wanted to find a good place to die alone.

But he didn't expect her to die.

He didn't want the girl to die like this. She hadn't enjoyed the rest of her life yet, and she shouldn't die so easily. But when he thought of the seriously ill woman, he began to wonder if the girl would resent him if he did this.

He still made the choice to let the girl continue to live.

The third generation of Konggu Puppet has a long time, and the puppet still has his internal force left in its body.

The girl didn't hate the man, she just regretted why she chose to run away from home on impulse.

Later the girl gave herself a name, Elegy.

She brought the man's body to a beautiful place, then paid someone to build a tomb on the mountainside, and then put all her wealth into the tomb.

She stayed in the tomb and kept watch over him.

"The puppeteer manual was burned when I decided to move out. I'm not sure where the hollow valley puppet you got came from, but I won't do anything to you." Elegy's eyes were calm, yet cold, like ice that would never melt.

"How long have you lived?" Gu Chang asked softly.

Elegy slowly uttered a number, "More than two hundred years."

"System, why do the puppets sold in your mall only have a useful life of two years?" Gu Chang immediately asked the system.

The system laughed dryly twice, "I don't know, hehe."

"Did you also make the mechanism in the tomb?" Gu Chang asked.

Wangge shook her head slightly. "No, it's just that the tomb has been in disrepair for a long time, and some places collapse at the slightest touch. Besides, I didn't want to hurt anyone, so I sang to scare them away. Unfortunately, they were blinded by lust and killed each other. Zhuang Wu, in order to obtain the treasure in the tomb, took advantage of the others' weakness and killed them all."

"Later, he planned to return to the ancient tomb after recovering from his injuries, but Xiao Su and his group also arrived. Last night, Xiao Su and his group had a disagreement over the division of money, so a fight broke out."

After hearing what Wange said, Gu Chang roughly guessed what happened in the ancient tomb last night.

Ultimately it's all because of greed for money.

"Your skin looks better than mine. The person who made this Konggu puppet must be more powerful than him, or maybe your soul is stronger." Wangge's gaze fell on Gu Changyou's bloody face, which she did not have.

Therefore, Wange's skin color is paler than that of ordinary people, but this time when she came here, she deliberately got more sun exposure so that the Yin energy in her body would not be too heavy.

"Before you, I saw another woman, but I'm not sure if she was a puppet in the valley. Because she has the blood color that only humans have, and the expression on her face and her eyes are very lively. Can you feel the pain?" Wange's eyes sank slightly and his tone was soft.

Gu Chang hadn't tested it yet, so when he heard Wange ask this, he pinched the back of his left hand with his right hand.

The pain from being pinched was obvious, so Gu Chang answered, "Yes."

"Then you have to be careful not to get injured. If you get injured, the wound will remain there without the same material to repair it." Wange raised her right hand and lifted her sleeve. There was an obvious knife scar about seven centimeters long on her right arm.

"This scar was caused by those who opposed the Konggu Puppet. He couldn't bear to see his masterpiece destroyed, so he fought to protect it. In the end, those people put the Konggu Puppet in a coffin and buried it in the ground. Later, he dug up the coffin at the place where his family was destroyed and brought it to the town where he settled."

"He wanted to mend this wound, but there's no such material left in this world. I'd wrap it up with a ribbon now, but I didn't do it because I came to see you." Wangge lowered her sleeves, a trace of loneliness flashing in her eyes. "I have no relatives in this world. Seeing you, I suddenly feel that having people like me is a good thing. At least I can tell you things that the world can't understand."

"Will you continue to stay in the tomb?" Gu Chang asked softly.

"Yes, until he completely disappears from this world. I'm not sure how long this body of mine can exist, but I want to stay with him forever." Wange smiled softly, and there was suddenly more affection in her eyes.

Gu Chang thought of the woman mentioned in the elegy, so he asked, "Have you ever heard the name of the person you suspected was a Konggu puppet?"

"Yes, I heard the man call her Xue'er." Wange blinked and spoke softly.

Xue'er...could it be Nie Qingxue?

"I wonder how you can tell the Hollow Valley puppets apart."

"Eyes. Even if a Konggu puppet is well made, its eyes aren't very flexible. So normally I don't make big expressions, but she gives me a feeling of being neither human nor inhuman, making me unsure." Wange said, then met Gu Chang's gaze. "I can tell you're different because you feel very familiar. I wasn't sure at first, but when I got closer, I saw that the whites of your eyes are very clear."

"You see, other people have more or less bloodshot eyes, but the puppet doesn't." Wange pointed to the corner of her own eye. She pressed her fingertips against her eyeballs and rolled her eyeballs with her hands in front of Gu Chang.

Sure enough, there was no blood at all, it was snow-white.

Then he turned his hand back, and Wange let go of his hand and smiled apologetically, "Sometimes when I'm bored, I'll check to see if there's anything different about my puppet's body. Didn't it scare you?"

Gu Chang shook his head. After all, he had traveled through so many worlds and had seen more terrifying things than this.

However, Gu Chang felt that there was still a little difference between the exquisite puppets he bought in the mall and the Konggu puppets.

The Konggu puppet of Elegy is in proportion to a human body, while the exquisite puppet that Gu Chang bought is only the size of a palm.

Suddenly, there were three regular knocks on the door, followed by Tian Yu's voice, "Sir, the government officials are here."

"Are you available to meet someone?" Gu Chang looked at Wange.

Wange nodded gently, stood up and walked to Zhuang Wu and Xiao Su. After removing the silver needle, she said softly, "Okay."

"Come in." After getting the answer, Gu Chang spoke.

As the door opened, two yamen runners in gray-blue uniform walked into the room first.

After the bailiffs took away Zhuang Wu and Xiao Su, Wange also said goodbye and left.

"Let's set off after lunch." Gu Chang originally thought that he would stay here for a few more days, but now he sees that he has only been in Xiaoyu Town for about two days.

However, the clues obtained are still very good, for example, the heroine Nie is suspected to be a puppet in the valley.

But Elegy said that the Puppet Master Manual had been burned by her. Will there be another Puppet Master?

Gu Chang was not sure about this, and he probably wouldn't get any answer if he asked the system.

After lunch, Gu Chang and the other two set off in a carriage.

The Tiandu City of the Kingdom of Zhu - outside Guangyuan Temple.

A woman in a plain, long, lotus-green skirt was looking softly into the gate of Guangyuan Temple. She wore a long pearl hairpin and had a painting of distant mountains on her head, giving off a feeling of pity. Behind her, there were two maids.

"Hey, who do you think Miss Nie is waiting for?" Passerby A, who was not far away, saw Nie Huaili standing under a big tree outside Guangyuan Temple waiting for someone, and wanted to chat with her.

"Of course she is waiting for her sister, Nie Qingxue." Passerby B answered quickly.

"Wait for her? Isn't Miss Nie praying for the Nie family at Guangyuan Temple? Why isn't she going?" Passerby A was shocked.

"Second Miss Nie was ill and couldn't go, so she didn't go with everyone. But she was worried about the eldest Miss Nie, so she was always waiting outside, waiting for the day when the eldest Miss Nie would come out." Passerby B said calmly.

"But isn't Miss Nie leaving the temple in two days? Then why is she waiting here?" Passerby A was a little confused.

"You don't know this, right? They're just worried that Miss Nie can't hold on, so they want to replace her." Passerby B sneered.

Just as the two were about to continue, a maidservant behind Nie Huaili came over and said to them with disgust, "If you talk about people behind their backs, you'll get a sore on your head!"

Seeing this, Passerby A and Passerby B pretended that they had never spoken and went their separate ways.