Stars fall and locust trees grow

When they arrived at their destination, they never imagined that in the depths of this sparsely populated forest, there was a three-story wooden tower hidden.

There was no light in the tower at this time. It looked dark and eerie, as if a wild beast was lurking in the darkness, quietly watching the four people in front of it.

On the ground in front of the building, one could vaguely see a pool of dark red blood, with a bunch of broken limbs and arms lying scattered on it. It looked like the target they were looking for on this trip - the wild boar.

Li Chi looked around vigilantly and did not feel the fluctuating spiritual energy just now, but he still did not dare to act rashly.

His intuition told him that this place was very dangerous.

"Our mission this time is to find wild boars, collect the carcasses and leave immediately."

"As for the matter of the tower, I will report to the sect after returning to Taiping Town."

The location of this tower was too strange. They knew nothing about this place, so no one had the courage to step forward and rashly push open the closed tower door.

Ye Jingxi said nothing and picked up the wild boar carcasses scattered on the ground.

Just as the four of them turned around without any reluctance and prepared to leave, a strange laugh that made people feel cold all over suddenly came from the top of the tower.

"Jiejie..."

Li Chi's scalp was irritated and he turned around quickly, only to see a man in a black robe jumping down from the tower and stopping steadily in front of the four people.

The man's face was hidden under the black brim of his hat, so his features and expression were not clearly visible. However, the robe he was wearing looked very familiar to Li Chi.

It was exactly the same as the ones worn by the nine black-robed men he saw in Shuozhou that day.

Hidden under the black robe on the mysterious man's back was a long, strangely shaped and unevenly distributed bulge, extending directly from the back of his neck to his ankles. Seeing this, several people broke out in cold sweats, and an indescribable feeling of fear suddenly arose in them.

Li Chi calmed himself down and stepped forward to block the other three people. "We are disciples of Mingyuejian. We came here only to carry out the sect's mission and do not want to cause any trouble. Please do not embarrass us."

"So what if we're in the Moonlight Room?!" The man said in a hoarse and harsh voice, "Since we're here, let's stay here together!"

"What are you doing here?! Are you here to have a baby with you?!" Wei Li suddenly yelled, "Why don't you take a piss and see what kind of person you are!"

Li Chi immediately looked at him like he was a madman, "Fatty! Are you crazy?!"

Wei Li patted his arm and said as if no one was around: "I can't beat him anyway, so I'll just curse at him to boost my morale and test his bottom line."

However, his action did not make Li Chi and the others relax, but instead made them even more tense.

"Jie Jie Jie..."

To everyone's surprise, the mysterious man did not get angry because of Wei Li's provocation. He just laughed twice and said, "It's really interesting!"

"In fact, I've already felt it since you took your first step into the jungle!"

He looked up at the tiny dots of light projected from the branches and leaves of the trees, and the black brim of his hat slowly slipped down, revealing a face covered in scars and almost unrecognizable. "With the realms of the four of you, it would be easier to kill you than to step on an ant."

"But I haven't spoken to a living person for a long, long time." The man said, "If you are willing to be my puppets, then I can show mercy and let you live a few more days."

It turned out that this person had deliberately leaked his spiritual energy to lure them into the trap.

Li Chi was furious and pointed at the man's back, "Don't you already have a puppet?!"

"If I'm not mistaken, that's your puppet!"

“Hehehe…” The man turned his gaze towards Li Chi, his eyes dark and gloomy. “You are right, but not entirely right.”

He took off the black robe that was covering him and carried the things on his back in front of the four people.

It was a puppet made from a human corpse, looking no more than twenty years old. The exposed skin was as pale as paper, covered with large and small blue spots.

There was no flesh on the joints of the corpse's limbs, and the exposed joints were covered with spider-silk-like threads, and the ends of the threads were in the hands of the mysterious man.

"This is the first puppet I made, and he is also my biological brother." As the man spoke, his face suddenly became crazy and he even spoke incoherently. "My brother has been a waste since he was a child... Later, someone bled him and threw him in a cave..."

"When I found him, a wild wolf was tearing his body apart..."

"Hehehe...He is my biological brother!"

"Since he is of no use to me when he is alive, then I will just make him into a puppet..."

After the man finished going crazy, he moved his fingers and the puppet's head, which had been hanging down, slightly raised up.

When he saw the puppet's face clearly, all the hairs on Li Chi's body stood up instantly.

Because he was very familiar with that face, it was Li Han, the son of Li Shi, the leader of Juyun Sect.

How could Li Han end up in this person's hands? ! And the other person even called him his own brother? !

Li Shi has two sons. Could it be that this man with scars on his face is actually Li Zhang? !

Li Chi's head was buzzing.

Weren't all the direct descendants of Juyun Sect killed by Ah Xing? ! Why did Li Zhang suddenly appear here? !

And what on earth does this tower have to do with him? !

Many questions came to his mind, but he had no time to think about them.

Just then, Li Zhang in front of him moved his fingertips at the same time, and the puppet suddenly flew into the air, rushing towards the four people with cold murderous intent.

"Why not let my brother play with you guys first?!"

Li Chi took a step forward, trying to stop Wei Li, Ruan Nanzhi and Ye Jingxi behind him, but Wei Li was one step faster than him and took out his sword to block in front of him.

"when……"

The puppet's fist, as stiff as stone, hit Wei Li's sword like a gust of wind, forcing him to retreat several steps.

Seeing this, Ruan Nanzhi and Ye Jingxi also took out their weapons and prepared to support Wei Li together.

"This man is very dangerous." Wei Li looked solemn. While trying hard to suppress the blood that was about to spurt out of his throat, he shouted to Li Chi: "You three go first, I will stay and stop him!"

"No! How can I leave you alone to die?!" Li Chi muttered, but his hands did not stop moving.

He quickly took out the teleportation talisman given by Gu Chuanlin from the ring and threw it to the side, then grabbed Ruan Nanzhi and Ye Jingxi and pushed hard towards the torn teleportation channel.

Seeing the two of them disappear from his sight in an instant, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and began to concentrate on dealing with the puppet that attacked him from behind.

Li Zhang never expected that Li Chi could actually do such tricks under his nose and send the other two people away. He suddenly felt that he had lost his patience to play with them, and murderous intent suddenly rose in his heart.

"Since you want to die now, I will grant your wish!"