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Puppet Palace was famous for its mechanical puppets. They were mysterious and bizarre, as well as evil. They had no connections with the world, but they would endure for a long time.

In the Dark and Light Palaces, the Dark Palace was located on top of a mountain that reached into the clouds, but the Ming Palace was a day away from the peak known as "Puppet Mountain."

The Ming Palace was extremely luxurious, and the cost of spending so much on government buildings was huge. Over a thousand disciples were going in and out, and it was very lively.

The Dark Palace was completely hidden within the sea of clouds and mountains. From afar, one could only see a barren mountain.

The internal cleaning of the Puppet Palace had undoubtedly made the martial arts world covet the Puppet Palace, and they were ready to make a move. But soon after, the Brothel Gang's defeat and countless casualties caused the Yellow Sparrow's will to disappear.

Mo Zhike stared at this strange mountain for a long time, unable to take a step forward.

Ascending this mountain, he returned home. He missed the place where his parents had lived for twelve years. The Mo that stopped coughing was the Mo from Puppet Palace.

With this step, the head disciple of the 'Hua Shan Sect' would die. No one would know where that Mo Zhike, who was previously dancing alone on top of the mountain, had gone to.

With a single thought, he would be able to live his entire life from now on.

He was terrified of the past and the future.

"Why are you standing here?" A voice sounded from behind him, "There are so many things waiting for you. Why did you come here to take a break?"

Mo Zhi turned his head and saw a man with a veil covering his face. His eyes were slender, cold, and indifferent. Mo Yan had a deep impression of those eyes, but he wasn't sure.

"Tang..." "Uncle?"

Tang Xiao's brows furrowed ever so slightly. His eyes were full of curiosity. "What's wrong with you?" Suddenly so polite? "Just call me Tang Xiao 'stupid'. I'm so scared just listening to such polite words." He walked past him and stepped onto the line leading up the mountain.

Perhaps it was because he didn't hear the sound of footsteps behind him, Tang Xiao Yu turned his head. "You're not going up?" "Then I'll leave myself." As expected, she didn't wait for him and continued forward.

Mo Zhi regained his senses and chased after him, "Second Uncle, wait for me."

Tang Xiao's back stiffened, and he stopped in his tracks. He looked at Mo Zhiqiang with a strange expression in his eyes. He studied Mo Zhi's cough from top to bottom before asking with a strange expression, "You are Mo Zhi?"

Mo Zhike nodded, "Yes."

Tang Xiao was neither surprised nor amused. His face changed for a long time, but he couldn't help but laugh. "Oh my god, how can you be so ugly?"

Mo Zhike was moved to see one of his closest friends, but the words that came out from Tang Xiao's mouth made her stifled a smile. She stared at him blankly, not knowing what to say.

Tang Xiao Yu laughed for a long time before he could stop. "I mean, you look too much like Weeping. You could even say you look the same." Reaching out his hand, he gestured his height, then laughed: "Same height, same weight, same voice. Although there is still a difference when I look at you two in detail, the difference is too subtle. "

Mo Zhike's lips moved, and she finally squeezed out a sentence, "Second Uncle and Third Brother, are you alright?"

Tang Xiao had had enough of laughing, and it was clear he wasn't so heartless. "Fortunately, there's nothing to worry about anymore. I'm quite at ease." Little Four, welcome back. "

"I …" Mo Zhike's eyes turned red, her lips moved for a long time before spitting out, "Third brother won't blame me for coming back so late, right?"

Tang Xiao's foolish eyes returned to normal. "Right now, I can make you come back." After waiting for a while, he added, "Let's go meet your third brother?"

Mo Zhi lowered his head and muttered, "I don't dare."

Tang Xiao Yu shrugged. "You think you can wait until you have the guts to?" "Then I won't wait for you. I'm in a hurry to go back."

Mo Zhi gritted his teeth and steeled his heart, "I'm going up, I want to go home."

A strange light flashed in Tang Xiao's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by a calm one. "I've waited twelve years, and I've been waiting for another one. It's not easy." He turned around and led the way.

As she watched his back, the tears that she thought she had shed in the past few days once again welled up in her eyes.

"Laughing foolishly and laughing foolishly, he is just like his name. There is pride in it, but he is worthy of it. " His father had said this, and his master had said it. Many people in the martial arts world had said it.

Tang Xiao was a man of strange character. He had no reason to act, but he was a man of strange talents.

The Tang Sect couldn't keep him, the Western Regions couldn't keep him, but he stayed in the Puppet Palace for twenty-three years. However, the one who kept him was someone who had already died twelve years ago.

Twenty years ago, he was a proud, cold, and lonely man.

Twenty years later, he didn't seem to have changed at all. No change, no age.

His mother's last words still echoed in his memory: "Laughing fool, what virtue or ability does Huaijin have to keep you here?"

Indeed, what ability did he have to make someone who would not hesitate to betray his sect and become an enemy of the martial world, willing to abandon all his relatives rather than lower his head and beg for shelter? Someone so arrogant who could guard a mountain that had lost its power and influence for so many years?

"Tsk, why is my nose a little sore? Could it be that there was too much vinegar mixed in dumplings at noon? " Gongzi squatted on a tree in the distance, wrinkled his nose, winked, and curled his lips. "I can't cry."

Gongxu rubbed his chin and pondered, "I remember Master said that the tears and blood of assassins are one kind of thing. So... I'm bleeding so much that I won't cry? " Sighing worriedly, he shook his head helplessly.

"Why are you thinking about this? It should be a good thing if I don't cry, right? " Gongzi changed his position and lay on the branch, squinting his eyes as he watched the sun slowly set in the west. "It'll be hard on you to go back. Why don't you take a short rest and go back when it's dark?"

He pulled out a piece of paper from nowhere and used two fingers to hold up the black dot. "There are thirteen more …" It will be thirteen days before the young master goes to the new rudder. It will take me nine days to get back to the new rudder from here, ten days at the most... We still have three days of free time, so we should be able to make it in time, right? "

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"Mistress, this place …"

"I said, remove all of these and move to the back mountain to set up three checkpoints. This piece of land is used to place the mechanism that I just mentioned. "

"This is one of the most important parts of the Black Turtle Sect. Although the mechanism mentioned by the Palace Master is very powerful, it has a long launch time and can be forcefully passed through. It is not as practical as the mechanism we previously set up."

The mechanisms in this area do have a short firing interval and a wide range of coverage, but they are much less effective against a small number of intruders. These mechanisms only used high penetrative steel needles. After using them once, there was no way to use them again. Where is this? It was the final section. Are you looking down too much on our mechanism or on the people who come? How many people could there be left at the end? "Well, even if there is a large number of people left who are worth using the mechanism, do you think these people will be killed by a small, broken steel needle?

"However, the coverage of this type of mechanism is rather small, so it's very likely that it won't be able to hit the target."

"Then add it, up here, here, all of it with the mechanism of the area-of-effect attack."

"But …"

As soon as he walked to the door, he heard voices arguing inside.

Tang Xiao Yu pushed the door open. "What are you talking about?"

Don't cry and knock on the blueprints spread out on the table: "I chose a small valley as the new division of the Hall of Alchemy, with an overall structure similar to the Puppet Palace. There was a river on this side of the river. The current was very fast, and there were sharp rocks below. The river was not very narrow. I've seen the river, so I can take a raft. It's just that this raft has to be made in a special way and it's expensive. In other words, this is an extremely wonderful river that only a very few people can pass through! "

Tang Xiao foolishly looked in the direction the man was pointing. He nodded. "Yes, indeed." If possible, this river is a wonderful channel for the transport of heavy objects. "

Mo cried, "Although this place is very wonderful, but after all, the raft is large and cannot be used." I'm going to take a road from here to the bottom of the mountain. Look, there was already a cave here. Judging from the distance, it should have been sixty-five percent straight ahead. If this road was broken through, it would serve as a transportation channel. The terrain is very steep, and there aren't many traps or traps that need to be set up. "

Tang Xiao Yu narrowed his eyes as he calculated the distance between them. "It'll take me at least two years to get this route right."

Don't cry and spread out another piece of cowhide next to you. Use your finger to draw a circle on it: "Look, this is this valley. This was one of the positions his grandfather's generation had chosen as the rudder, and it was later abandoned because of manpower. However, even though there were many secondary locations that had yet to be started, the valley and the surrounding mountains had more than half of them dealt with. The main mechanism had already been set up, so they could live in the valley anytime they wanted. As for the others, just take your time. It's a new rudder anyway, so they have to train assassins for many years, so there's no need to rush. "

Tang Xiao Yu nodded. "That's right. We're fast." "Oh right, you still haven't said what you were arguing about."

Don't cry and spread out your hands. "Actually, it's not a big deal. It's just that I plan on changing the last card of the Black Tortoise Road. They're not willing." He handed the blueprint to the old man.

Tang Xiao's eyebrows shot up. "Didn't you only come up with this mechanism a few months ago?" You need to use it so soon? "

"Don't cry and ask," You don't think it's appropriate?

Tang Xiao smirked. "Yes, of course." I was just surprised. "

The man beside him couldn't help but remind him, "Hall Master, it will take a long time to create this set of mechanisms. Including the two of you, I'm afraid that only twenty or so people will be able to make it through the entire Puppet Palace. "Now that the Essence Qi in the Puppet Palace has yet to be restored and dozens of people have been sent to build a division, who would be idle enough to set up this mechanism?"

It was only then that Tang Xiao was reminded of the reason he'd come. "I forgot," he said hurriedly. Don't cry, your brother is back. "

"My brother?" Crying was startled. She didn't understand what he meant for a moment. "Which one?"

"How many younger brothers do you have?" Tang Xiao asked. Ye Zichen pursed his lips towards the door.

Dressed in a long grey robe with a sword on his back, the dusty Mo Zhi looked at his elder brother who looked very similar to him. He smiled and whispered, "Third brother."

It was impossible for anyone to not recognize him, so naturally, there was no reason for Mo Xiao to not recognize him. After staring blankly for a long time, a smile appeared on Mo Sang's face. He quickly walked out and hugged Mo Sang, "You're finally back."

If the two of them weren't standing together, it would be impossible to tell who was who, but when they were standing together, the gap was quite obvious. No light could be seen throughout the year, and Mozzie, who was in daily contact with the golem, appeared thinner. Her skin was pale white, and she was slightly shorter than Mo Zhizhan. But with a face full of smiles and a face full of emotions, Mo Sang was much more stable than Mo Zhike.

Crying for a moment, Mo Xie loosened his grip, and extended his hand to compare the gap between Mo Zhike and the top of his head, nodding in satisfaction: "Yeah, I've grown up, and I'm already taller than you. Why are you so short? I thought you were at least half a head taller than me. "

Mo Zhike also put away her sadness and tried her best to smile, "I didn't eat properly, I didn't grow up."

Don't cry and spread out your hands, "Forget it, it's not too short, no matter what. "It seems like our nest just doesn't grow up that high. When we meet second brother in the future, we'll probably be mocked again."

Mo Zhike opened her mouth, but stopped. She then asked, "Third brother, do you welcome me back? You don't blame me for coming back too late, do you? "

Don't cry and laugh, "How can that be? "It's good that you're back."

Without too many small talk, with a smile, he said, "It's good that you're back", containing all the emotions of crying.

This was home.

In the future, he would have a family, and would not have to float like a rootless duckweed.

That was all Mo Wuji needed to stop coughing.

Tang Xiao was watching quietly from the side, a smile on his face.

In fact, he was old. Older people always want to see the smiles of young people, especially when they see the growth of young people.

When he was their age, what kind of situation would he have?

How many people from the past remained in this world, and how many had the chance to see them in this life?

Time flew. An old friend was not dead, but he was about to grow old. In this world, the quarreling martial arts world should be given to the young.

After this calamity had passed, he would bring a jug of foul wine and sit in front of his old friend's grave to chat about his youth.