Zhao Xiaobao felt as if he was trapped in a narrow box. He could see the scene in front of him, but he could not see anything to his left, right, or behind him. Even when he moved his vision forward, he could still see himself, a walking corpse that was as stiff as a wooden puppet.
Zhao Xiaobao opened his mouth and wanted to shout, but he was like a figure in a shadow puppet show. No matter how hard he tried, no matter how hard he tried, he could not make a single sound.
'What's going on?'
Zhao Xiaobao was terrified to the extreme. He felt like an ant trapped in a box, lost and helpless.
'Wait a minute, calm down. I must calm down!
What would Young Master do if he encountered such a situation?! '
Every time Zhao Xiaobao encountered danger, he would quickly enter this mode of thinking after experiencing a brief moment of panic. He admired Li Chengfeng, so much so that he even imitated his fighting style and thinking.
Young Master would definitely not panic. He would definitely observe calmly, endure, and look for an opportunity!
Zhao Xiaobao 'looked' at everything in front of him. He saw that they were passing through alleys after alleys, turning left and right, traversing horizontally and vertically. Gradually, there were fewer and fewer people around them. It was so few that it did not seem like the Divine Capital, which had a high population density.
Although the street they were walking on was wide, they did not see a single person for a long distance. Even if there was a house, from the dense spider webs at the corners of the door, it was obvious that this place had been abandoned for a long time.
It was as if they did not live in the Divine Capital, but in the wilderness instead.
They came to the entrance of an ordinary house, where two ghost puppets with their eyeballs darting around were hanging on both sides of the door. These two ghost puppets were the size of an ordinary man, with a rope tied around their necks and their bodies suspended in midair. When they saw Reverend Yun approaching, they reached out their hands and pulled the rope tied around their necks at the same time. With a creaking sound, the door behind them slowly opened, and Zhao Xiaobao saw them 'walking' into the house.
After entering, Zhao Xiaobao saw them walking into the study. Then, the stone wall in front of them slowly opened up, and they entered a secret chamber.
The secret chamber was huge. The candles in the cold and narrow tunnel swayed and twisted, making this place look like it led to hell.
As they moved forward, Zhao Xiaobao 'saw' that they had arrived at an extremely spacious stone chamber. It was divided into many 'floors', and each floor had countless empty sarcophagi. He stopped in the middle of the stone chamber. After a while, he heard the clicking sounds of mechanisms around him. The center of the stone chamber slowly sank, and he followed the sinking stone platform to the bottom of the huge stone chamber.
Along with a deep rumble, Zhao Xiaobao realized that they had reached the bottom. Soon, a puppet walked up to them. It looked like it had just been made. Its entire body was made of wood, and there were exquisite runes drawn on its body. However, it was not wearing any clothes. Judging from its body characteristics, it was hard to tell whether it was a man or a woman. Only a pair of eyes were deeply embedded in its eye sockets. They were rolling around, making one feel as if they were going to fall out of their sockets at any moment.
The puppet came to Zhao Xiaobao's back, as if it was pushing his wheelchair. Soon, Zhao Xiaobao realized that they had arrived before a long square table made of steel. A row of wooden puppets were placed on the table. Some of them were missing arms and legs, and some were headless. The nearest wooden puppet had no limbs, but it had a nose and eyes. However, because it was incomplete, its entire face looked like a skeleton, and it looked very terrifying.
After that, the puppet struggled to carry a person and put the person on the square table. Zhao Xiaobao could clearly see that it was his own body!
If he could make a sound, Zhao Xiaobao would have been screaming and roaring right now!
But he forced himself to calm down, and quickly thought, 'This should be Daoist Puppet's lair!
What is he trying to do by bringing me here?
Could it be … that he wants to turn me into a puppet like this?
What is his purpose of turning me into a puppet? '
With this thought in mind, Zhao Xiaobao suddenly thought of something. He was terrified and furious. If he still had a body right now, he would have goosebumps all over his body!
Could it be that he wants to use me to deal with Young Master?!
No, I have to find a way to escape! '
Just when Zhao Xiaobao was trying to think of a way to deal with this, he suddenly saw two hands appearing from both sides of him. They grabbed him and hung him next to a mirror frame. At the moment when he was hung up, Zhao Xiaobao 'saw' Daoist Puppet holding a necklace with a huge ruby embedded in the middle and hanging it in front of the mirror.
Instantly, Zhao Xiaobao realized that his soul was imprisoned in the ruby on the necklace!
When Zhao Xiaobao was hung on the mirror, he saw Daoist Puppet smiling at him. It was a strange and bizarre smile, especially when he came before Xiaobao, reaching out his hand and gently stroking Xiaobao's face. Zhao Xiaobao's imprisoned soul was filled with rage and madness. If someone came close to the ruby on the necklace and took a closer look, he or she would see a clump of white mist inside, twisting and changing, revealing an angry and twisted face.
Daoist Puppet pinched his fingers together and pointed his fingertips at Zhao Xiaobao. Next, a thin and long stream of white smoke was drawn out from the ruby. He waved the thin and long stream of white smoke aside, then pointed his finger at a puppet placed near the long table. Following that, the white smoke drilled into the puppet.
At this moment, the wooden puppet's eyeballs rolled stiffly. Soon, it opened its mouth as if it wanted to say something, but no sound came out.
Zhao Xiaobao realized that his soul had been transferred to this wooden puppet. It looked like his guess was right, that Daoist Puppet was indeed trying to turn him into a mechanical puppet.
Furthermore, it was highly likely that he was going to use him to deal with his young master!
After transferring Zhao Xiaobao's soul to this wooden puppet, Daoist Puppet spun and walked towards Zhao Xiaobao's fleshly body. He picked up a knife as thin as a willow leaf, and was about to slice it into Zhao Xiaobao's fleshly body. Suddenly, a hoarse cry came from not far away. Daoist Puppet hesitated for a brief moment, then put down the knife.
Daoist Puppet turned his head and gave Zhao Xiaobao a look. He smiled faintly, then the stiff wooden puppet behind him pushed him away. Before he could take a few steps, a lady with blonde hair suddenly rushed out. She threw herself on Daoist Puppet's knee, tilted her head up and looked at him while whispering something.
After that, the strange-looking wooden puppet moved aside. Zhao Xiaobao watched as the lady pushed Daoist Puppet and disappeared into the dark tunnel, while the creaking sound of the wheels faded away.
Immediately, Zhao Xiaobao was plunged into endless darkness and fear. He was trapped in this wooden puppet. Although he had a 'body', he still could not move. All he could do was move his eyeballs and observe the surroundings desperately.
He had no idea where exactly he was, and he had no idea what terrible things were going to happen in the future. Neither did he know how he could escape from this place.
There was nothing he could do, and he could not even ask for help or save himself!
The suffocating and painful situation was enough to drive anyone crazy!