Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 118 Beggar's Den (Fourth Update)
In the past, when a new artist from outside arrived at the site and had no knowledge of his background, someone would go up to him and interrogate him, to find out his background and to see how capable he was and whether he could survive here.

However, the meaning of the beggar in front of me may not be that simple.

Xiao Ran was in a good mood, but when he was blocked by this group of beggars, his mood suddenly became not so good.

He glanced at the alley behind him and nodded: "Okay."

As he said that, he walked straight inside. It was a dead end alley. The alley was not wide, only a little over one meter wide. A slightly stronger person would feel a little constrained if standing inside.

The light in the mystery city was already dim, and the alley was even darker.

Seeing Xiao Ran being so straightforward, the old beggar curled his lips and said, "Come on, you are still a man."

After saying this, he gestured to a few little beggars to guard the entrance of the alley, and then led his men inside.

"Tell me, boy, do you want a literary or martial arts plate?"

The old beggar walked in with his men, leaning on a stick with one hand, and looked at Xiao Ran with his head tilted.

This statement is a bit new.

"Since you are the one online, we will do it the way you say."

The so-called online means the local tyrants.

Seeing Xiao Ran being so polite, the old beggar felt a little embarrassed and grinned, "Okay, okay, my little apprentice was not as skilled as you just now, we admit it. If you use the money to eat, drink, gamble, or smoke, I will never say a word against it, but you can't use our money to help the poor and do good deeds."

Why not? You use the money to do good deeds, keep the credit and fame to yourself, and then you will be happy.

I just stood there and watched, and people used my money to do good things and they even thanked me. What have I become?
Your glory is above my baseness,
This is more painful than being pointed at and scolded.

The old beggar was not a stingy person. He had just heard from his young apprentice that he had failed and had his peaches picked by someone else. The old beggar was just surprised. He had not expected that there was such a person in Taiping Township.

He originally wanted to make friends, but he didn't expect to see Xiao Ran doing good deeds as soon as he arrived. The old beggar was so angry that his nose was crooked, and he slapped his apprentice in the face.

This is why we are in this situation now.

Seeing that Xiao Ran was not afraid of them, the old beggar said without any twists and turns: "This alley is so wide, let's fight. If you can take something from me, I will admit defeat. From now on, I will respect you as Buddha Master in this place."

"What if I lose?"

"Ha ha ha ha."

The old beggar grinned, rolled up his sleeves, and put one foot on the wall: "Get under my crotch!"

"Ha ha ha ha."

As soon as these words were spoken, the beggars behind him burst into laughter.

"please!"

The old beggar walked towards Xiao Ran with a grin on his face. Xiao Ran did not move and just watched the beggar walking towards him. The two of them just turned sideways and no one saw Xiao Ran and the old beggar fight. But when the old beggar walked past, the old beggar's belt had naturally fallen into Xiao Ran's hand.

Everything happened as simple and fast as a magic trick. Even the beggars behind him stared with wide eyes and couldn't understand how the gang leader's belt appeared in Xiao Ran's hand.

But at this moment, the old beggar suddenly turned around, put two fingers on Xiao Ran's neck, and if you looked closely, you could see a thin blade pinched between his fingers.

"You thief, you are playing with your grandfather. When I was in the underworld, you were still wearing open-crotch pants. I'm going to cut you with this knife. You stole my belt, and I'll steal your life!"

It turned out that the old beggar had no intention of attacking Xiao Ran, and he had been pursuing this goal from the beginning to the end.

"The old shopkeeper is still the old shopkeeper, kid, you're done for now."

"it is good!!"

The beggars clapped and cheered.

But he didn't expect that the old beggar's face suddenly turned pale the next second. He lowered his head to glance at his crotch and found that Xiao Ran was holding a large black knife with his hands behind his back, with the blade facing up, right between his legs.

"Old man, you don't really think it's that easy for me to just steal your belt."

Xiao Ran turned around with a smile and stared at the old beggar.

"You don't want your life!"

"Then let's make a bet. Will you cut the throat with one blow, or will my sword be faster?"

There was still a smile on Xiao Ran's face, but there was no emotion in his empty eyes.

The old beggar's eyelids couldn't stop twitching. He had been in the underworld for so many years and was not a idler, but he had never seen such a look. Staring at him, it felt like staring at a corpse.

The other beggars couldn't see what was happening because of the angle and the light. The middle-aged man who had failed to defeat Xiao Ran before was still shouting, "Master, kill him, kill him!!"

The old beggar heard this, his mouth twitched, and he cursed, "Shut up!"

All of a sudden, the noisy beggars quieted down. The old beggar slowly put down his hand from around Xiao Ran's neck. "The world is full of ups and downs, and the new generation is better than the old. From now on, we in the Huazi Gang will respect you as Master Buddha."

It is said that the older we get, the more afraid we are of death. But it is better to say that we become more alert as we grow older.

The old beggar didn't know why, but he always had a feeling in his heart that his knife might not be able to kill the other party, but the other party's knife might not only turn him into a eunuch, but also cost him his life.

Seeing the old beggar give in, Xiao Ran's eyes gradually became more humane, and he slowly put down the knife: "Old man, you're not slow, it's just that your knife isn't as fast as mine."

Xiao Ran casually swung the black machete in his hand, leaving a silver scratch in the air before disappearing quickly. Xiao Ran returned the belt to the old beggar: "No fight, no acquaintance. It's rare for you to show your respect. How about I treat you and my brothers to a meal and a drink? I'll consider it as my respect to you."

"I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it, but Master Buddha, why don't you come to our place to rest and let the beacons take care of you."

The old beggar smiled and bowed to apologize.

"Haha, I'm sorry to hear that. Please, senior."

"Master Buddha, please go first. Let me put on my pants."

The old beggar said, and shouted to the fools behind him: "What are you standing there for? Why don't you invite the Buddha to come sit with us?"

"Master Buddha, please come this way!"

Several beggars hurriedly bent down and asked Xiao Ran to follow them, and then several beggars quickly ran over to support the old beggar.

"Old shopkeeper, is this kid really evil?"

A beggar saw that the old beggar's hands were shaking, so he hurried to help tie the old beggar's belt.

The old beggar frowned and looked up at the wall beside him: "We have seen the real Buddha today, go and touch the wall yourself."

As a result, when the beggar heard this, he reached out and touched the wall, and his eyes suddenly changed.

The alley was dark and I couldn't see anything, but if I touched the wall, I could easily find a long, thin cut.

The beggars gasped in shock, and the resentment in their hearts instantly disappeared.

The beggars did not take Xiao Ran to wander around the town, but instead took him halfway up the mountain.

I don’t know the name of the mountain behind Taiping Township. The mountain is covered with green trees and large bamboo forests. When the wind blows, there is a sound like waves.

Walking up the bamboo forest path, there is a dilapidated temple.

The temple had long been abandoned and dilapidated, with only a few broken walls and dilapidated houses left.

At first, the old beggars were worried that Xiao Ran would dislike this dirty and messy place, but they didn't expect that Xiao Ran didn't care about it at all.

Even the stench of these beggars was not worth mentioning to Xiao Ran.

I just looked at the temple out of curiosity, but I didn't see any Buddha statues in the temple.

Although the temple was abandoned, there would be at least some broken Buddha statues left. However, Xiao Ran found that there was not even a broken Buddha statue to be seen here.

"Old shopkeeper!"

"Master Buddha, please tell me."

"This place has beautiful scenery and few people. It is a Feng Shui treasure land."

"Hahahaha, yes, yes, the monk Bodhisattva is no longer here, leaving us poor people a place to shelter from the wind and rain."

The old beggar nodded with a smile, they discovered this place by accident, although it was in a dilapidated state, it could at least shelter them from the wind and rain, and they would not freeze to death on the streets even if it was freezing cold.

"what."

Finally, Xiao Ran saw a shrine in the corner of the wall. Like the ones in the town, it was covered with red cloth.

I didn't find a chance to ask in the town, but now I saw that even the beggars' den had a shrine. I couldn't help but ask curiously, "Old shopkeeper, this is my first time here. Every household has a shrine. Why is that? Isn't it said that there is a land god blessing the town?"

After hearing Xiao Ran's words, several beggars looked embarrassed. Finally, the old shopkeeper pulled Xiao Ran to the back and found a secluded place before saying, "Buddha, don't you know that the gods enshrined in this shrine are all guardian gods."

Guardian god?
Xiao Ran was a little confused. He had heard of similar things, for example, there were so-called guardian gods among the spirit mediums in the Northeast, but Xiao Ran had never seen this shrine before.

"In fact, they are our own ancestors. After they die, they use their ashes to make a statue and worship it every day. But in the end, it is just a low-level guardian deity and cannot be compared with the land god."

After saying this, the old beggar glanced at the magnificent Wang family at the foot of the mountain.

"It is said that the Wang family became prosperous because their ancestor became the guardian deity of the family, and became the local tyrant of this town."

"Oh, I see."

Xiao Ran nodded in sudden realization, and then asked, "Then I see other people burning red incense every day. Where does this red incense come from?"

Upon hearing this, the old beggar suddenly looked unnatural.

"Squeak..."

At this time, a beggar nearby came back with a few pheasants. The old beggar saw this and shouted, "Take the chickens out and kill them. Don't kill them here. It will offend the nobleman's eyes. Roast one, make one into a beggar's chicken, and stew the last one!"

The old beggar was about to move forward, but Xiao Ran held his hand back: "Old shopkeeper, I'm new here and don't know the rules, but you think highly of me, you can't let me lose my life by accident one day."

"Hey, this...what are you talking about?"

The old beggar knew he couldn't get around it, so he could only whisper in Xiao Ran's ear: "Where does the red fragrance come from? These are the fragrances of people who have exchanged their lives for theirs..."

　I have achieved 10,000 words every day. The update has been a little slow during this period. Please forgive me. After all, the dungeon has just been opened and some things cannot be written quickly.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)