"He tore himself apart and died," said the Puppet Lady, with such a horrifying ending. Her face still wore a gentle smile, with a slight curl at the corner of her mouth, and her eyes were kind. "His body parts scattered in all directions... It took a long time to clean up because of the mess."
"Is doping the same as recycling?"
The Puppet Lady quietly looked at Xiao Ruyun, not answering. Xiao Ruyun didn't ask further, as silence can also be a form of answer. Perhaps those who experimented with "soldier decomposition" did not lack materials as much as the first experimental body, which survived the ritual for one day... The remnants on its body undoubtedly had value in research. Xiao Ruyun didn't question the rough treatment of the bodies, since they didn't inform the families when they captured her while she was alive. Notifying the families to dispose of the bodies for the same purpose would also be impossible. Besides, she no longer had any family to notify. Oh, in that distant, remote, desolate border town, there were still three elders of the Xiao family whose names she couldn't recall. They could perhaps be considered as her family, but there was no need to inform them of anything.
Thinking of that county town, the place she had heard rumors of being abandoned because of its remoteness when she was first dispatched there, something suddenly flashed through her mind, a flashback - that day when many ragged foreign people attacked the city under the command of their priests. She focused her mind to figure out what information was hidden in that scene, but couldn't come up with anything at the moment. And she still had the puppet lady, as well as those people behind the puppet lady who were experimenting on her to deal with.
她不能沉默太久，免得让那些人发现她在思考别的东西。羽化，蝶，蛹，这些与升仙仪式相关联，甚至在相当程度上暗示了升仙仪式的实质的关键词，正是她在成为这样一个人造的真仙后忽然在她脑海里清晰起来的，那么，夷人攻城的画面，很可能也暗示了其他的，与仙术有关的重大信息，如果她能得到提示的话就好了，但是，她也知道，如果这一点被证实，那些拿她做实验的人，更加不可能放过她了。
肖如韵在肖家的时候，从来没有想过诈术，幸而在下放做仙官的时候，倒是在凡人那里看了个够，特别是衙门的那些差役，不是奸猾，就是可恶，要么就是奸猾加可恶，而现在她要效彷他们，在力量远胜过她的那些人面前隐藏自己真正的想法。
于是，她提出了另外一个问题：“所以，你在这里，观察和记录我，因为我是现在仅存的唯一活下来的人，是么？”
"Yes," Lady Puppeteer's two snow-white wrists crossed in front of her chest, forming a lotus-like posture, and the scroll used for recording floated between her and Xiao Ruyun. "@If you have any requests, feel free to mention them."
Can I request, it does not mean to satisfy. Xiao Ruyun has already learned this from the previous incident of asking for painkillers, but this answer is already sufficient. Those people indeed want her to survive for a better experimental result: "Give me a few volumes of magic books."
傀儡夫人的双眉挑起，面前的卷轴散发了一道澹澹的微光：“只要这个吗？”
“既然多说话可以帮助我恢复……恢复身体……那，读书也可以帮我恢复……恢复精神……要两册，一册仙术基础，一册仙术实用。”肖如韵并未幻想他们会给自己什么了不起的秘籍，真有这种东西，那些人当然留着自己享用，在凡人中历练了那么久，肖如韵早就不是那种幻想全世界都是馅饼等着自己去啃的宝宝了，不过，就算给她的是她早就读到烂熟、倒背如流的《肖家仙术小览》，也行啊，因为她确实说的是实话，她是真的需要集中精神看一些东西，顺便靠看书隐藏自己真正的思考。低头看书，是一个很好的，不让旁人发现自己神游天外的方式。
After a moment of silence, the Puppet Lady seemed to be in contact with the people behind her. In accordance with Xiao Ruyun's thoughts, the treasures on her could only transform into food and weapons, but not into books. This was good news. The people had been monitoring her, and as a successful experiment, she held weight. Accompanying her was not just a Puppet Lady following orders. Xiao Ruyun's mind raced, and she saw the Puppet Lady nodding, her white wrist turning, and two scrolls appeared in her hand. Then, the two scrolls flew steadily in front of Xiao Ruyun. One was titled "Discerning Thunder Techniques" and the other was titled "Song of Ascending the Heavens (Part 1)". Xiao Ruyun reached out and took them, but when she saw the latter, she suddenly froze. The Puppet Lady noticed this and asked, "What's wrong?"
肖如韵一呼一吸之间已经有了主意——就是此刻——她纵声大笑：“笑尔等终将活成一个笑话！”
傀儡夫人一步跳到她面前，举手间几道金光已经将肖如韵定得严严实实——那几只金镯原来可做镣铐用——但是肖如韵没有任何挣扎，或是拿这些书籍做武器的迹象，她继续艰难地放声大笑：“费了这么多功夫，就做出我这么个……这么个结果？交上去的话，一定会变成笑话的！”
“此话怎讲？”傀儡夫人脸上那讨厌的微笑终于消失了。
“活下来，也只能学这些，你们的实验，没有价值——你们还想不明白么？只有如何捏巨像的法子才会留档，谁会留档一个捏小泥人的法子？如果最终的结果只能制造……制造我这种只能学习这点儿微末法术的……那就是，就是根本没有价值的实验啊！”
傀儡夫人长久地沉默了，肖如韵猜想，在它的背后，那些监视她的人正在激烈地讨论吧，他们会中她抛出的诱饵的，她必将胜利——她从未怀疑过这一点，即使以往的成绩都非常惨澹，她在家族小比的时候没有赢，在做仙官的时候被夷人攻入了城，在守土的时候被三名长老差遣得非常狼狈，但是，她已经承担了所有要求她承担的责任，尽了所有要求她尽的义务，所以，错的一定是这个操蛋的世界！不是她！她会赢的！
Madame Puppets raised her head in Mengdi: "We can use other people for experimentation."
Her tone changed, very good, it really can be done with other people. With the style of not consulting her or anyone else before pulling her in for experimentation, it is clear to Xiaoru Yun that they would not negotiate with her. Therefore, she let out the most contemptuous laugh, a laugh she learned from the mocking audience when she failed in the family's small competition: "Then how much longer do we have to wait? By the time you fail, others may have already succeeded! At that time, your records will be like hard shoes to be polished!"
“除了我们，没有人把兵解这个想法当一回事！”另外一个语气从傀儡夫人嘴中吐出：“没有旁人竞争的！”
“是啊，这样一个结果就是只能学这点微末法术的法子，自然不会有旁人竞争。”肖如韵这次学的是那三名长老奚落她的语气，她认为自己学得很像！
“你懂什么！兵解在理论上是可以多次进行的！”
“一次就只活了我一个，还多次？”肖如韵及时地翻起了白眼。
“那都是他们资质不行……等等，兄弟们，她也许能行？”“不可能吧！她可没比前面一个好到哪里去！”“才重塑完一口水都没喝就有精神跟我们对骂那么久，我打赌她一定受的住！”“去去，你这个逢赌必输的家伙不要乌鸦嘴！”
The faction that believes in the principle of "inevitable loss in gambling" has achieved victory. Xiao Ruyun will be dismembered again in three days, or as they say, be "dismembered like a soldier."
The reason for granting a three-day reprieve is to confirm that Xiao Ruyun has indeed survived the first dismemberment, so as not to waste materials for the second time.
肖如韵终于赢了一次，虽然这次的结果是她又给自己定了个刑期，但是她认为这非常值，一个半调子的真仙，最好的结果也无非回到那个偏僻又荒凉的县城，骑在那三个之前不把她当人看的长老头上作威作福个几百年，而再被兵解一次……也许是几次……她就有可能到达那些人所说的，值得一看的水平了。