The Trick of Longevity, Paper-cutting Becomes a Spirit

Chapter 46 The Paper Bride

Lu Qian opened his eyes with difficulty, his head was in a daze.

What came into view was darkness.

In the room, the bonfire has become very weak, and can only illuminate a small area.

Through the bonfire, Lu Qian vaguely saw a person sitting against the wall at the base of the wall opposite him, with his head tilted on his neck, as if he was asleep.

Although only one outline can be seen clearly, Lu Qian can confirm that she is Zuo Qiuling.

Lu Qian was a little puzzled: When did he fall asleep?
Why was it vague, as if he heard Zuo Qiuling's screams?
Lu Qian supported the ground with his hands and was about to stand up from the ground. He just moved and suddenly stopped.

He found that half of his shoe had been burnt halfway, and the toes were exposed.

This is... fell asleep in the middle of the night, and he put his feet into the fire?

In Lu Qian's heart, there was a faint feeling of uneasiness.

He sleeps very lightly, especially during this period of time, he will wake up immediately if there is any movement.

Even if he fell asleep last night because of being too tired, it shouldn't be, the fire burned his feet and he still hasn't woken up.

Lu Qian picked up a knife with his left hand, and touched his body with his right hand. The clothes on his body were a little hard, and it was the bright armor he had just cut.

Having this armor on his body made Lu Qian feel a little more at ease.

He was holding a knife and was about to get up.

Suddenly, he felt that behind him, there was actually a person lying next to him!

And the person behind him was awakened by him at the same time.

A somewhat confused voice said: "Master, why are you awake?"

The voice came from behind him, it was Zuo Qiuling's voice!

In front of Lu Qian, across the bonfire, under the wall he was facing, a person was sitting against the wall, sleeping soundly.

Although he couldn't see the person's entire face clearly, Lu Qian could almost confirm that she was Zuo Qiuling!

Who was the person behind him, and why did he make Zuo Qiuling's voice?

At that moment, Lu Qian felt the hairs all over his body explode.

He jumped up and jumped to the side, holding the knife in his hand, and turned around to look.

There was only one person, half lying on the ground.

From the waist down, she lay on the ground with her hands on her lower abdomen.

However, her upper body, from the waist up, was lifted up strangely. Without any support, her body just tilted like that, forming an angle with the ground.

She was wearing a bright red wedding gown and a phoenix crown on her head.

Fengguanxiapei, very formal bridal attire.

Her face was a little pale.Lu Qian couldn't be more familiar with her delicate face and smooth and delicate skin. Who is it not Zuo Qiuling?
Lu Qian was taken aback when he saw her.

Then, with a quick glance to the left, he looked at the person sitting against the wall.

From this angle, he had completely seen the man's face.

It was none other than Zuo Qiuling!

Her head was tilted on her neck, her eyes were closed, and she seemed to be completely asleep.

Beside him, on the left and right, two Zuo Qiulings appeared at the same time!

Lu Qian turned his head to the right again, and looked at Zuo Qiuling on the right.

Zuo Qiuling, who was wearing a bright red wedding dress, had her hands hanging in the air, and she didn't see her waist move, and then she stood up straight from a half-lying posture strangely.

She stood up straight, looked at Lu Qian with confused eyes, and asked, "Sir, what's wrong with you?"

Lu Qian was taken aback for a moment, and said, "You...what did you call me?"

A trace of astonishment appeared on Zuo Qiuling's face, and she said, "Master, you are my husband, what else can I call you?"

"When do we..."

What Lu Qian blurted out was only halfway through, but suddenly stopped.

His eyes were fixed on Zuo Qiuling who was wearing a bright red wedding gown, and in his mind, a flash of lightning suddenly pierced through the chaos and darkness.

He had always felt that the clothes Zuo Qiuling was wearing looked familiar.

At this time, he suddenly remembered.

The Zuo Qiuling at this moment is [-]% similar to the paper bride she just cut out last night!

There is only one face, slightly different.

However, the clothes she was wearing were exactly the same as the clothes on the paper-cut paper bride.

Lu Qian took a closer look at the clothes Zuo Qiuling was wearing. The material didn't look like silk, but paper clothes!
On Lu Qian's forehead, cold sweat broke out at some point and flowed into his eyes.

Holding the knife in his hand, he didn't bother to wipe his sweat, he just closed his eyes, and opened them again immediately.

Zuo Qiuling saw Lu Qian frowning sometimes, sometimes thinking, and looked a little scared.She couldn't help but took a step forward, as if she was about to come over, and said, "Sir, you..."

"Don't come here!"

Lu Qian quickly reached out to stop her, then closed his eyes again, and opened them again.

Holding the knife, he stared at the bride Zuo Qiuling out of the corner of his eye, then carefully walked to the bottom of the wall on the left to see the familiar Zuo Qiuling.

Zuo Qiuling leaned against the wall almost limply, her head was tilted on her shoulder, and there was a bloodstain under the corner of her mouth.

Looking down from the corner of her mouth, there seemed to be some blood on the ground, not much.

Lu Qian subconsciously licked his lips, then suddenly stopped.

In his mouth, it was a little salty, but also a little sweet, with a rusty taste.

He held out his finger, dipped it in his mouth, and then took it out.

There was blood all over his fingers.

Lu Qian's heart was pounding, as if it was about to jump out of his cavity.

He put down the knife in his hand, swallowed hard, and then touched Zuo Qiuling with his left hand.

Her body didn't have the warmth of a normal person, but rather cold.

Still a little soft, not stiff.

Lu Qian reached out and touched her neck.

Her neck is broken!
No breath at all.

This Zuo Qiuling had already turned into a corpse.

Lu Qian tremblingly moved his hand away from Zuo Qiuling's nose, then reached out to touch her head.

Her head had lost its support, and as soon as Lu Qian let go, it immediately tilted down and fell to her chest.

Lu Qian picked up the knife, stood up slowly, and looked at Zuo Qiuling in her wedding dress on the other side of the bonfire.

He took a deep breath and asked slowly and in a deep voice:
"How did you die?"

Zuo Qiuling seemed a little shocked. She looked at Lu Qian and asked in surprise:

"It was you, Mr. Xiang, who killed me. You just broke his neck."

Hearing these words, Lu Qian's whole body froze, and his breathing stopped for an instant. It seemed that a heavy stone was pressed on his heart, and his heartbeat stopped.

This state only lasted for a moment.

His breathing became rapid again.

Lu Qian took a few breaths and asked, "I... did anything happen before I broke your neck?"

Zuo Qiuling shook her head and said, "No. We were talking, and then you came over, kissed me suddenly, and then... broke my neck."

Lu Qian felt his head hurt even more.What happened last night, he can't remember a little bit!
He rubbed his temples and asked, "What was the last thing we said before I broke your neck?"

"at last?"

Zuo Qiuling thought for a while, and said, "You cut out a pair of paper armor, put it on yourself, and then asked me if the clothes fit well."

"what do you say?"

Lu Qian suddenly remembered that his memory was probably cut off at this sentence.

Zuo Qiuling said: "I said, your face...your face..."

Lu Qian was taken aback, and said, "Face? What's wrong with my face?"

Zuo Qiuling said: "Your face has turned blue, just like the face of a dead person."

"Ok?"

Subconsciously, Lu Qian reached out to touch his face.

When Zuo Qiuling saw it, she immediately said, "That's right, you were like this at the time. Oh, not now, your face is very pale now."

Lu Qian's heart sank: "The face turned blue, like a dead person?"

"Then, you came to me, cornered me, and were about to kiss me."

"kiss you?"

Lu Qian licked the corner of his mouth, he seemed to understand how the blood in his mouth came from.

Zuo Qiuling continued: "I was terrified at the time, screaming all the time, and wanted to run away. But for some reason, my whole body felt as if under a spell, and I was so limp that I couldn't move.

When I looked up again, I suddenly found that there seemed to be a double image on your face. "

"What double image?"

"It's...it's a double image. It seems that you suddenly have two faces, overlapping, but not completely overlapped, and a little staggered.

A blue face, a white face. "

Lu Qian felt a little surprised, and he asked, "Are you sure...see clearly?"

Zuo Qiuling shook her head and said, "You blocked the light, it's very dark, and I'm not sure."

……

Lu Qian said: "And then?"

"Then?"

Zuo Qiuling thought for a while, then looked at herself, and said, "Then, you broke my neck. When I open my eyes again, I will be like this now."

Lu Qian thought for a while and said, "You mean, after you die, I cut paper with a paper bride, ingested your soul, and turned you into a paper bride?"

Zuo Qiuling said dumbly: "How do I know what will happen after my death?"

……

……

This matter is really too weird.

And Zuo Qiuling couldn't understand.

Lu Qian calmed down and asked again: "And then?"

"Then... Xianggong started asking me questions."

"What question?"

"My husband asked me, why did I come here?"

"Ah."

"I said, I came here to find you, my husband."

Lu Qian said: "Didn't you be chased by bandits and hit you by mistake?"

Zuo Qiuling nodded and said, "Yes, that's just something I made up to lie to you. In fact, I came here just to find you, my husband."

A paper bride, always loyal to the paper-cut master.

Paper brides will not lie to paper-cut masters.

In fact, Zuo Qiuling's inexplicable appearance made Lu Qian feel strange.

It's just that Lu Qian really doesn't have much useful information, and Zuo Qiuling's rhetoric can be justified.

At that time, he heard that Zuo Qiuling was able to escape from the pursuit of a group of bandits, so he felt that her martial arts should be very good.

Then, Lu Qian's main focus was on how to learn martial arts skills from her.

In such a world, although he has paper-cutting skills, his body is too fragile, no different from ordinary people.

Even, it is not as good as a man who works in the fields all year round.

When facing ghosts, he still has some means; but if the enemy is a human being, he has no means to fight back to save his life.

Therefore, at that time, or until now, what Lu Qian longed for most was to learn martial arts.

Later, he asked You Shuishan for sword skills, and it was also for this purpose.

Although paper-cutting is good, it also has too many flaws.

Even though he has a paper spirit tiger now, if he doesn't have martial skills, he will be killed by Wu Xiu in one move if he is caught off guard.

Under the pressure of survival, even if Zuo Qiuling was a duckweed straw, he was willing to hold it in his hands first.

Lu Qian closed his eyes and pondered.

Suddenly, Lu Qian remembered the scene when he first met Zuo Qiuling:

"I haven't asked you yet, what is the name of the young master?"

"Lu Qian."

"Lu Qian? Why does this name feel familiar..."

"My grandparents and grandchildren have lived here for three generations. They have never traveled far, let alone Huliucheng. If you want to build relationships, please go out and turn left."

……

……

Lu Qian looked at Zuo Qiuling and asked, "You already knew my name, my address, and my ability to cut paper, didn't you?"

Zuo Qiuling nodded and said, "Yes, Mr. Xiang."

(End of this chapter)