Chapter 118 Chapter 118

"Crack."

With the last chess piece falling, the game of chess finally came to an end.

"Oh, it's a draw." Axue said excitedly.

"Yeah, it's a draw." Feng Huang said contentedly.

It has been a long time since I played such a refreshing game of chess. The two looked at each other and immediately felt that they appreciated each other and that they had met too late.

"I had so much fun playing chess this time. Before, the people in Huang's family either played worse than me or refused to play with me. It was not fun at all. Now I finally meet a worthy opponent. This is truly the greatest blessing in life." Ah Xue said as she collected the chess pieces on the board one by one.

At this time, poor You Lin was still struggling.

"This one is even better, my dear sister, come and try it." Paper Ibis has transformed into the best salesperson in the world.

"I don't……"

"Oh, just trust me, it will definitely look great!"

"It looks like they're having a lot of fun." Phoenix narrowed her eyes.

He almost laughed out loud when he saw You Lin's bewildered look. To be honest, after knowing him for so long, this was the first time he saw You Lin so panicked. In a sense, this paper iris girl was also a talent.

When You Lin saw Feng Huang looking at him, he seemed to be even more panicked. He hurriedly closed the book and stuffed it back into Zhi Feng's hand. Then he looked at his nose and his heart, as if nothing had happened.

Phoenix: "Am I that scary?"

You Lin hesitated to speak, then nodded and shook his head vigorously. What else could he say? Could he tell Feng Huang that now, whenever he saw him, all kinds of strange stories would pop up in his mind uncontrollably? The most insane thing was that these stories all had Feng Huang as the protagonist... How would Feng Huang think of him in the future?

The storybook is quite harmful, so I give it a bad review.

Paper Iris wanted to continue selling her storybook to her friends, but for some reason, she suddenly felt guilty when she saw the phoenix.

Although the sister in red seemed to have a good temper, there was a voice in her ear shouting at the top of its lungs: She must not be allowed to see these books, otherwise something terrible would happen.

Zhiyi thought this was her sixth sense of seeking profit and avoiding harm, so she quietly put the notebook away.

Axue looked around at the two of them curiously: "What's wrong? The atmosphere is weird. What are you two doing behind our backs?"

"No, nothing. Hey, look, what is that on the stage? It's so beautiful." Paper Ibis forcedly changed the subject.

At the same time, there was a sudden earth-shaking cheer from the audience, and suddenly someone shouted excitedly: "Miss Liu Liu!"

"Miss Liu Liu!"

"I am pleased with you, Miss Liuliu!"

Phoenix looked in the direction of the sound and discovered that the huge circular stage below had been painted green at some point and was covered with green curtains and gauze. Along with the sound of a clear piano, a cloud of mist suddenly spread out, and the whole scene became dreamy and ethereal, like a fairyland.

Another sound of the zither fell, and the scroll hanging in the center of the stage suddenly fell down, revealing the same green scroll. It was also a picture of a lady, with a beautiful woman holding a pipa, sitting on a strange rock. The person in the painting stared at the picture with a pair of peach blossom eyes, as if looking at the audience from a distance.

It was just a picture, but people's cheers seemed even louder.

Paper Ibis lay on the railing outside the box, trying hard to look at the scroll.

"It's him, it's my senior brother's painting!" As if she had confirmed something, she quickly grabbed Ah Xue's sleeve and shouted excitedly. But her voice was soon drowned out by the cheers of the crowd, and even though Ah Xue was standing opposite her, she could only see her mouth opening and closing, as if she was saying something.

"Humans are really exaggerating." Phoenix rubbed his ears with lingering fear.

Another sound of piano music fell, and everything on the scroll suddenly moved.

At first, the willow leaves in the painting appeared on the stage out of thin air.

The next second, the hand of the person in the painting suddenly moved very obviously. Phoenix recognized that it was a playing technique, and at the same time, a similar note was heard from the stage.

But there was clearly no one on it, and there was only an empty pipa that no one was playing.

"It sounds like it was played by the person in the painting." You Lin murmured.

As the figure's movements became louder and louder, the sound of the pipa became more and more passionate, and when the music reached its climax, the figure in the painting came to life. She stood up and spun around holding the pipa.

Like a gust of wind, accompanied by the falling willow leaves, it fell onto the stage in the gap between notes.

She was also holding a pipa, and her makeup, clothing and hairstyle were exactly the same as the person in the painting, as if she had really walked out of it.

After Liu Liu showed up, people's calls became even more enthusiastic.

"Miss Liu Liu!"

"The fairy in the painting—this is the real fairy in the painting!"

"Fairy sister!"

"This is the real magic!"

Liu Liu held the pipa and bowed, then played it again. The painting behind her seemed to have returned to its original ordinary appearance, and the figures in the painting still maintained their original movements, as if everything just now was just an illusion.

But people soon stopped thinking so. A few more scrolls fell, and soon a few more dancers appeared in the same way.

This magical performance is an audio-visual feast from any perspective.

Ah Xue was stunned, her eyes full of amazement. She turned to look at Zhiyi and said with emotion: "Are you painters so amazing?"

Paper Ibis shook her head. The junior sister who created this miracle was more confused than anyone else at this moment.

"This is simply impossible. How can a person be stuffed into a painting? Even my master can't do this. When did you acquire this ability?"

Her expression became more and more strange. Phoenix noticed her abnormality and asked softly, "What's wrong? Are you okay?"

"For such an effect to occur, Senior Brother must be here. Miss Liu Liu is not from our lineage, so it is impossible for her to know this kind of magic. It can only be Senior Brother... Yes, Senior Brother must be here." Paper Ion murmured to himself.

She really couldn't understand.

She didn't know what her brother had gone through during this time, nor how he had developed this magic. But to her, these questions were not important.

As a junior sister, she was sincerely happy for her senior brother's success. But she still wanted to find her senior brother and ask him face to face, "Did you think about your master who was about to pass away, and did you think about her who was left alone in the inn during this month?"

Even if he is addicted to the life of luxury and doesn't want to go back, he should at least report his safety to his family, right?

When the song ended, the audience rushed to throw cloth, silver, and jewelry onto the stage. Liu Liu sat there holding her pipa, unmoved, while the dancers ran forward, picking up their belongings and bowing to the audience.

These were rewards given to Liu Liu, and as dancers, they could also get a share of the profits.

Liu Liu played more than one song. After a brief pause, another soft song flowed out from her slender fingertips.

Paper Ibis rarely showed her impulsive side: "He must be in the backstage now. I have to go down and take a look."

"Hey, Paper Iris Girl..." Ah Xue couldn't stop the Paper Iris. She looked worried and left a sentence "I'll go and see" before decisively chasing after it.

Looking at the two figures, one tall and one short, running towards the backstage, Phoenix suddenly asked, "How is it? What's the result?"

You Lin shook his head.

"Paper Finch's soul is very pure, never stained with blood. The appearance she shows now is not acting. However, the material used in the painting is the same as the fragments we picked up yesterday. I'm afraid her senior brother is related to this case."

"And the Liu Liu down there..." You Lin frowned, "The smells here are too mixed, I can't tell them apart, but I can vaguely smell something similar."

The smell of the paper ibis and the "passerby" is similar because they are carrying something the same...so what about the smell on the stage?

Could it be that the man was so crazy that he made all the peeled human skins into scrolls, and then used the hands of the people to make them disappear without anyone noticing?

This makes sense, but what good would it do to dig out the spiritual root? If the person does not want to, it will dissipate and will not work at all. It can't be just to trap the demon race, right?

"I checked Paper Ibis's meridians at the steamed bun stall before, and she still looks like a human." Phoenix said, "But there is one thing I really don't understand. The demon race needs a lot of energy after transforming because the conversion between the two forms requires a lot of energy, and at the same time, it is necessary to maintain stability between the two body shapes. But why do humans need more energy?"

“……”You Lin shook his head.

Ah Xue took the paper oriole and hurried to the backstage. It was empty inside, with no one there, only the wide-open window hinting at something.

The paper ibis lay by the window and looked out, but unfortunately there was nothing outside except a swinging wind chime.

"There is the aura of my senior brother here... He has been here before. I am still a step too late." She sighed and slid down to the ground silently. "He must have known that I was here, otherwise he wouldn't have run so fast."