In the last five minutes of the Forge Trial, when Ou Tian thought that his first place was untouchable, a game prompt suddenly appeared, shocking all players, including Ou Tian.

All the players' eyes subconsciously swept to the leaderboard.

[Casting Engineer Transfer Points List (Remaining Time: 4 minutes and 23 seconds)]:

1st place: Lin Tie (31872 points, completed the three-ring mission)

Second place: Ou Tian (10864 points, completed the three-ring mission)

Third place: Hu Long (2542 points, completed the three-ring mission)

Fourth place: Mu Ye (2088 points, has completed the three-ring mission)

……

Seeing the points for first place, all the players were scared.

Occupying the first place on the list with a score three times higher than the second place, this kind of transcendence can be described as crushing.

Even the copper hanging that was fighting with the rock and hydra landlord in the casting room widened his eyes after seeing the points ranking, and he looked a little incredulous.

That's when the game prompt resurfaces.

[The whole region notices that this casting master trial is officially over, and the first player "Lin Tie" in this trial will receive a purple quality forging hammer "glass hammer" and a purple quality refining furnace "Flying Star Ding" given by the system]

After the announcement ended, all players appeared in front of Lin Tie's "Stream of Years" shape display.

Watermelon Taro: It's so exquisite, I want to ...... Well, I mean, can the great god make one for me (funny) too)

Holding the jade rabbit and roasting Chang'e: At first glance, it is a god of folk crafts, this weapon is more like a handicraft, I like it very much (Aimu)

The strongest Sydney: It's too 6, 30,000 points, that is to say, it is twice as good as the "Moon Sky Blade" with two skills, it's too powerful, is this the strong (looking up)

Crayon Xiaoxin: Although I admire this big guy named Lin Tie for being able to create such a delicate weapon, let me ask, this "flow of years" is not only a wife...... Ahem...... Is there any other use for it, how to use it, and it's not a robot, so you can't fight on your own!

A big wolf dog replied to Crayon Xiaoxin: You have a lot of, this is art, do you know art, art is for appreciation (instant top view)

Lin family's hammer heir: Daddy Cow Pi, I knew you would be the first (happy)

……

At the moment when the final result appeared, the "Flow of Years" created by Lin Tie suddenly became the focus of discussion among players, and the popularity completely surpassed the "Moon Sky Blade" forged by Ou Tian before.

Even Ou Tian himself was stunned in place, he looked at the delicate puppet in the form of a delicate woman with a complicated expression, but he had to admit that he did lose, and he lost completely.

"Lin Tie, I will surpass you!" At this time, Ou Tian's heart was full of unwillingness, but he was also stimulated to fight.

Although this is a game, Ou Tian swore in his heart that he must be the strongest caster, because he is the descendant of Ou Yezi!

At this time, Ou Tian had already declared war on Lin Tie in his heart.

……

At this time, on a cliff on the glazed coast, there was a white-haired old man, holding a fishing rod, as if he was fishing, but his eyes were staring at the other end of the sea, as if he had something on his mind.

A gust of sea breeze blew, and his figure couldn't help but sway with it, like a candle in the wind, and there was only a twilight decay on his body, without the slightest vitality of a living person, and he sat there like a sculpture.

At this time, a hint of the trial ranking appeared.

The old man habitually stretched out his hand to close the prompt, but when he saw the appearance of the humanoid puppet, he was suddenly stunned.

A glimmer of brilliance appeared in his cloudy eyes at this moment, and his lips trembled slightly, and he opened and closed twice.

"Years ...... Month...... Flow! ”

"Years ...... Month...... Flow! ”

Staring at the puppet on the display panel, the old man gradually became emotional.

"The years flow, hahaha!"

At this moment, Tang Mu was in tears, tears couldn't help but flow, he reached out and wanted to touch the "flow of years" on the panel, but his hands penetrated the past.

Memories also return to that day 57 years ago.

……

In November of that year, it snowed heavily.

According to local custom, Tang Mu was led by his parents to a temple on a nearby hill to burn incense.

Due to the large flow of people on the mountain that day, the way up the mountain was crowded with people, and the way up the mountain was like a queue, and it took a while to go up a few steps.

Tang Mu was only 13 years old at the time, and he really couldn't stand this environment and wanted to go back.

However, his parents were more pious and were not influenced by Tang Mu, but only comforted them, but did not leave.

By the time Tang Mu followed his parents to the top of the mountain, it was already evening.

When his parents went into the Buddha hall to burn incense, the curious Tang Mu walked out along the side door of the temple and began to wander around the mountain.

As a result, he lost his way while walking, and the noise of the tourists around him faded away, and Tang Mu was already frightened at this time.

At that time, he panicked and began to run around the back mountains like a headless fly.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, and there was still goose feather snow in the sky, and Tang Mu's face was blue from the cold.

Tang Mu, who thought he was going to die, was scared and cried, and stumbled all the way and ran forward.

Just then, he found a small, dilapidated temple with a faint glow of fire flickering inside.

At that time, Tang Mu was already frozen, and after stopping outside the dilapidated temple for a while, he boldly stepped in.

This step is fate.

Tang Mu saw an old man in ragged clothes in the dilapidated temple.

The old man curled up in a ball, sitting in front of a bonfire made of wood, holding a woman, or more precisely, a doll.

The doll is a beautiful girl's appearance, so vivid that it seems to have just been depicted, the expression is lifelike, the eyes and eyelashes seem to be hanging with teardrops, which makes people feel pity when they see it, if you don't look carefully, you can't find that this is just a doll.

The old man was very surprised when he saw Tang Mu, and found that Tang Mu's body was still trembling, so he beckoned Tang Mu to sit over.

At first, Tang Mu seemed very scared, and basically he only answered when the old man asked.

Seeing Tang Mu's fear, the old man smiled and said at this time:

"Have you ever seen a puppet show?"

Tang Mu shook his head blankly.

When the old man heard this, he picked up the doll and stood up.

Then he carried the puppet and performed in front of the campfire. The puppet danced under his control, looking forward to Shenfei, although it was painted with sad makeup, it was beautiful, as if there was really such a woman beside the old man, dancing with him, fluttering, like a fairy.

There are joys and sorrows, crying and laughing in the old man's play, Tang Mu, the person who stayed overnight, seemed to have become a bystander, watching the puppet with the rhythm of the old man's hand, sometimes like flying, sometimes advancing and retreating, making people immersive, and the phantom around the old man seemed to be cheering for the old man's dance.

What made Tang Mu feel even more incredible was that every time the beautiful puppet's gaze swept over the old man, his eyes seemed to reveal affection and love.

Tang Mu, who was in contact with the silk puppet show for the first time, couldn't help but be stupid.

That night, Tang Mu had a dream, dreaming that he was also dancing in the snow with a puppet with a beautiful face, and everything looked so beautiful.

The next day, when the sky was dark, the old man woke up Tang Mu, who was still asleep, and told him how to go to the temple in front of the mountain.

After a dream last night, Tang Mu blurted out at that time and told the old man that he wanted to learn the puppet show.

The old man looked very surprised, just stared at Tang Mu for a moment, seemed to see the firmness in Tang Mu's eyes, the old man sighed, turned around and came to the foot of the wall, picked up a large wooden box and handed it to Tang Mu.

After Tang Mu took it, he curiously opened the wooden box and found a lifelike puppet lying inside.

Then the old man gave Tang Mu a book, telling him that he was a dying man and could not teach him, if he had talent, he could teach himself.

Before leaving, Tang Mu asked the old man what the name of the doll was.

The old man replied with a smile: "The years go by!" ”

……

Since then, Tang Mu seems to have changed as a person, completely addicted to the puppet show.

Tang Mu's changes made his parents furious, and the teacher even approached him several times to communicate and advise, but Tang Mu at that time could be said to have not listened to persuasion at all.

After beating and scolding, after all the methods were exhausted, Tang Mu became a hopeless person in the eyes of everyone.

In adulthood, he was kicked out of the house by his parents.

At that time, Tang Mu was only accompanied by a puppet.

Even later, he made a living by performing puppet shows for others, and he was hungry for a while, and lived as a homeless man.

This puppet show is a lifetime.

When he was 53 years old, he received news that his father had died.

Although he was kicked out of the house, Tang Mu hurried home.

Seeing the arrival of the ragged Tang Mu, his relatives regarded him as a beggar and drove him out.

Tang Mu rushed in again, shouting his name loudly and telling his relatives his identity.

However, the imaginary emotion did not appear, and everyone still looked at him like a stranger, even her mother.

Tang Mu's heart ached, and he forcibly endured the eyes of his relatives and bowed in front of his father, then turned around and ran out.

Tang Mu, who was depressed, remembered the old man at this moment, and then took the "flow of years" up the mountain and found the broken temple.

At this time, the ruined temple was covered with cobwebs, and the old man had long since disappeared.

That night, it snowed again, just like that night 40 years ago.

The snow was so heavy that he shivered from the cold, and then he fetched dry wood and lit a fire to keep warm.

In the jumping of the bonfire, Tang Mu looked at the "flow of years" in his arms stupidly.

After a while, he suddenly showed anger on his face: "I've been down for decades, all of them have been mistaken by you, I can't even afford to buy clothes when it's cold, and now even my relatives don't recognize me anymore, tonight the snow is monstrous, I'm cold and hungry, what do you want you to burn, but also warm your body!" ”

There can be 40 years in life, 40 years of obsession, and 40 years of despair, at this time, Tang Mu feels that his life has been ruined in the hands of this puppet.

Thinking of this, Tang Mu suddenly pushed the "flow of years" in his hand into the bonfire.

The firelight swept through the puppet, a beautiful dancing sleeve and song shirt, burning the delicate bones carved from basswood, burning with a beep sound.

At that moment, the puppet slowly stood up by itself, and looked at Tang Mu sadly, as if thanking Tang Mu for his 40 years of companionship, and faintly saw two lines of tears slipping from the puppet's eyes, and bowed at this moment to show goodbye.

Looking at the blazing bonfire, Tang Mu suddenly howled and cried:

"Without you, I'm nothing......"

That night's bonfire was not extinguished for a long time, warming the entire temple and guarding Tang Mu until the moment the snow stopped at dawn.

And Tang Mu also sat all night, his mind was full of pictures of him dancing with puppets in the past 40 years, but the "flow of years" at this time had already turned into ashes under the scorching flames.

The orchid fingers twist the dust like water, and the three-foot red platform is blown by ten thousand songs.

Singing goodbye for a long time is not sad, and the very red place turns to ash.

(In fact, when writing Lin Tie, Tang Mu's appearance was already set, Tang Mu's plot was adapted from the plot of "Silk Play", you can listen to it, a very good ancient song, highly recommended)