Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 119: Human Fragrance (Fifth Update)
Human fragrance is the fragrance gained at the cost of human life.

There is a shrine at the door of every house, but how can the guardian deity in the shrine show its power? ?

Use people to smell good.

Lighting a stick of incense can immediately improve the luck in your home. For example, the business in your store will inexplicably become particularly good.

Or the elderly at home who are in poor health can also jump up and down and be full of energy and vitality.

even……

It is said that if a man is not good at something, he can ask the guardian deity for help.

It is said that the reason why the Wang family was able to become the local tyrants of the town was that they inserted 23 incense sticks in a row and killed all the descendants of the eldest house, which brought the Wang family the blessing they have today.

Of course, this is just a rumor, and no one knows the details. The old beggar pinched his beard and said, "Anyway, it is true that all the people in the Wang family's lineage died out."

"So that's it."

Xiao Ran frowned. He remembered the hint he received when he first set foot in the village, telling him that the evil god Five-Faced Monk was on duty at the moment. If he wanted to gain the favor and blessing of the evil god Five-Faced Monk, he had to burn incense.

He didn't know what this meant at first, but now he understands.

"It seems that this monk Wumian is also greedy for this person."

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran narrowed his eyes and asked the old beggar, "If that's the case, aren't you afraid that someone will have evil intentions and burn incense with other people's lives?"

The old beggar shook his head, "It's not that simple. The person needs to be willing to burn the incense. The more sincere the heart, the higher and redder the incense, and the better the effect. If you force others to burn incense, the incense will be black in the end. Not only will it not bring good luck, but it will bring bad luck to the whole family."

"Is that so? No wonder this town doesn't look very big, but every family is still wealthy."

Seeing Xiao Ran seemed to be a little interested, the old beggar rolled his eyes and said, "Of course, where there are people, there are desires and transactions. If you are really interested, you can go to the flower building at night. There are people selling incense every night. As long as you can afford the price, you can make the other party willingly make incense for you."

"Flower House?"

"Yes, it is the place where men have fun. Unfortunately, I, an old beggar, have never been able to go in in my life."

The old beggar pointed to the side of the town near the river at the foot of the mountain.

"Thank you for your guidance, senior."

"Now we have a birthday gift for old master Wang. Since human incense is so precious, wouldn't it be nice to use human incense as a birthday gift?"

Soon the chicken was roasted and the aroma was fragrant.

While the old beggar and the others were getting the chicken, Xiao Ran took out some bread and sesame cakes from the space and distributed them to everyone. The quantity was not much, but the beggars ate them with relish, especially the baked bread. Everyone's face was filled with satisfaction.

Only then did they realize that there were things in the world that tasted better than roast chicken.

The old beggar specially gave Xiao Ran a chicken leg.

Xiao Ran did not refuse. He used his magical hands and the power of space to cleverly replace the chicken leg with the chicken leg of Zhang's Roast Chicken in his own space.

After all, it was the old beggar who gave the chicken, and Xiao Ran didn't want to embarrass him in public.

While the beggars were enjoying their meal, Xiao Ran suddenly remembered something: "Oh, I heard about the monster when I came here, what's going on?"

"We don't know about this either. We've heard of it, but we haven't seen it."

The old beggar shook his head, and the other beggars also said, "Buddha, this is probably just rumors from outside. If there really are any monsters, every household in our Taiping Township has a guardian deity and the God of Land. How can we let monsters cause trouble?"

Seeing that these people were not pretending to speak, Xiao Ran couldn't help but feel confused.

Could it be that the boatman I met that night was trying to scare me on purpose?

Xiao Ran didn't stay in the beggar's den for too long. As it was getting dark, he got up and said goodbye.

Before leaving, the old beggar stood up to see him off, and as he walked away he said, "Buddha, your magical powers are so great that I, a beggar, can rest assured. But recently there have been many new faces coming here, so you must be careful when you go out into the world."

"Yes, yes, if Master Buddha has any orders in the future, just tell us, we will not dare to disobey."

The person who spoke was the middle-aged man whose wallet was stolen by Xiao Ran.

This man is also the apprentice of the old beggar, nicknamed Three Hands, and is considered a small leader in the beggar gang.

He was shouting in the alley before that he wanted the old beggar to kill Xiao Ran, but now his tone has changed and he immediately shows a different face.

Xiao Ran ignored him and just clasped his fists lightly towards the old beggar. He turned around and took a quick step, using the light skill [Broken Leaves Drifting]. His figure walked straight down the mountain on bamboos like a monkey, and in the blink of an eye he disappeared.

This skill of lightness made the old beggar and others shocked again.

I didn't expect that this Buddha was not only good at land craft, but also a wise thief. He was really amazing.

Seeing Xiao Ran walking away, the old beggar's smile faded. He glanced at his beloved disciple Sanzhishou, smiled, patted the boy's shoulder, and turned to the beggar who was following him and said, "Tie him up and throw him off the cliff."

"what??"

The three hands were startled when they heard that, and suddenly turned pale with horror. The rocky cliff was a steep cliff with many rocks. If they fell down, they would be smashed to pieces. They stared at their master with wide eyes.

“Master, what are you doing?” But the old beggar ignored him, turned around and left, and the group of beggars behind him immediately pounced on him.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the three hands tried to run away, but were beaten to the ground with sticks. Then they were tied up, a piece of coarse cloth was stuffed in their mouths, and they were carried towards the rocky cliff.

Only after the old beggar staggered back to his old grass nest did several older beggars sit down beside him.

"Old shopkeeper, it's a pity to have three hands."

The old beggar didn't respond at all. He took out a pipe from under his butt and put it to his mouth. Someone nearby who was observant immediately came up to help the old beggar put tobacco in it and lit the cigarette.

Seeing this, everyone understood that the matter of the three hands might never be mentioned again.

Since we can’t talk about the three hands, let’s talk about this Buddha.

"Old shopkeeper, could it be that this person is also coming for the Wang family?"

Hearing this, the old beggar narrowed his eyes slightly, and a smile appeared on the corners of his purple lips: "This town has been deserted for more than ten years, and now there are many old men coming here one after another. If it's not for the Wang family, what are they doing here?"

"Then let's..."

The old beggar exhaled a puff of green smoke and said, "Big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimps. Let the children below clean their eyes and don't provoke these outsiders. If they want to mess with the Wang family, they can do it. If the Wang family collapses, we can also have a sip of hot soup. But if we provoke someone like Master Fo again, we will end up with three hands."

…………

After coming down from the beggar's den on the mountain, Xiao Ran ran to the brothel that the old beggar mentioned.

Where is Hualou?

Everyone knows this, right? But one thing must be made clear: this place is not a brothel.

A brothel is not the same as a brothel. Anyone with money can come in and spit. Most of the people in a brothel are prostitutes who sell their art but not their bodies. If you say that you are rich, hehe, if you have money I will give you a bench outside the door so you can sit and watch.

If you want to enter a brothel, being rich is a basic requirement. You also have to be good at poetry and songs, otherwise you really can't even get through the door of a brothel.

But brothels are too high-class, and can only be found in the imperial capital, Jinling, and wealthy places. If you open a brothel in other places? People will just call you crazy.

In some novels, the protagonist visits brothels in any village or town. But there are not so many brothels. Hutong brothels are almost the same.

If you have some spare money, the girl next door can buy a few and train them herself to make them more fragrant.

However, Hualou is different.

Although brothels are not as good as those in brothels, they are also incomparable to places like brothels.

Brothels have their own rules.

When a girl is sold into the market, she will be changed from a prostitute to a famous prostitute when she turns 18.

When Xiao Ran arrived at the gate, he saw that it was open. There was a shrine at the door and a red incense stick was lit in front of the shrine.

After standing at the door for a while, Xiao Ran looked at the girls at the door and couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

If he was asked to kill someone and sew a corpse, even if it was a fight with a night ghost, Xiao Ran would dare to go up with a knife in hand.

But when it comes to going to J Hospital...

I can't help but feel a little scared.

He has never been to a hair salon in real life, let alone such a place of entertainment.

Just when Xiao Ran was feeling conflicted, he suddenly heard a laugh. He looked up and saw a head sticking out of a small window upstairs, staring at him for who knows how long.

Maybe she could tell that Xiao Ran was a novice, and she couldn't help but laugh when she saw him hesitating at the door.

Seeing Xiao Ran looking up at her, she couldn't help but teased him, "A grown man is afraid of this? Come up here, I promise I won't eat you..."

After the woman finished speaking, she couldn't help laughing again.

Xiao Ran's face flushed, and he curled his lips when he heard that: "Go up if you want."

After saying that, Xiao Ran didn't go through the main door. Instead, he looked around and stepped on the mounting stone at the door. He jumped up, grabbed the eaves with one hand, and climbed up to the small window on the third floor in three jumps and two steps like a nimble monkey.

The woman was also startled by Xiao Ran's skill, but she was not scared. Seeing him climb up the window, she became playful and grabbed Xiao Ran's collar, "Come in..."

　It’s a bit late.

　　Recently some readers said that the pace was a bit slow. Well... yes, I am indeed slowing down the pace. After all, when telling a story, you can't do it too fast.

　　Well, there are also readers who have reported that the effect of the deity on duty is too low.

　　I have thought about this many times, but the effect of this on-duty deity may have a slightly lower presence in the early stages, but it will become more and more important as time goes on.

　　The triggering conditions seem very simple, but in fact, there are huge costs hidden behind them. For example, the first appearance of the evil god Xingxie requires sacrifice and pain. In the early stage, all you can do is suffer physical pain and self-abuse, but that is not the real pain. The enhanced limit is to draw your sword and kill your loved one, or strangle your son to death with your own hands, or use more extreme methods to complete the sacrifice.

　　This requires a lot of space to lay the groundwork, build up the story, and finally push these settings to the limit. This is also the reason why I started to slow down the pace.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)