The puppet blinked and wept!
Xu Cheng felt as if he'd been struck by lightning. His scalp prickled, his mind went blank, and a tingling sensation crawled up from the base of his spine.
It was the dead of night. A torrential downpour. A Ruined Temple. A corpse. A puppet that could blink and weep. All of it formed a bizarre, terrifying scene.
Had he encountered a ghost? He had encountered a ghost!
Just as Xu Cheng's soul nearly fled his body, a glimmer of light flashed in his vision. A raindrop reflected the bonfire as it slid past the comical puppet and fell to the ground with a slap, blending seamlessly with the mottled wet patches already there.
"So the Ruined Temple's been in disrepair for years, and the roof's leaking a little. A drop just happened to land on the puppet, making it look like it blinked and wept. I scared myself for nothing..." Xu Cheng let out a sharp breath, then suddenly froze. "A puppet? A puppet!"
Chief Escort Miao of the Four Seas Escort Agency had been killed in the Ruined Temple because of the Divine Sword Puppet... The comical puppet on the beam... One of the Four Great Strange Books...
Three thoughts surged through Xu Cheng's mind. Fireworks seemed to explode in his head, illuminating the darkness in a riot of color.
Could he have found the Divine Sword Puppet? The Divine Sword Puppet that contained two peerless sword techniques?
It was a perfectly reasonable deduction!
Thump, thump, thump! Xu Cheng's heart raced, and his mouth went dry.
"Cheng'er, what's wrong?" Shang Jiuming had opened his Six Apertures. His hearing and sight were keen, and his senses sharp; he noticed that something was off with Xu Cheng.
Xu Cheng was about to tell him about