Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 124: Scattered Inquiries (First Update)
"what!!"

By the time the bald man realized what was happening, his eyeballs had already been taken out by the guys. He covered his eyes and screamed in pain.

The shopkeeper sneered: "Money is just a thing outside of our body. We should not disturb our guests."

As he spoke, the shopkeeper stretched out his hand. The bald man felt a sharp pain in his throat, and then his tongue was ripped off by the shopkeeper. The bald man fell to his knees on the ground, biting his mouth in pain.

Seeing this, the guests upstairs also started to take action.

The fortune teller took away the bald man's stomach, the medicine buyer took away his small intestine, and other customers looked him up and down, and then some asked for his ribs and extracted his bone marrow.

In just a few moments, the bald man fell to the ground, his body still twitching slightly, but he didn't even have the strength to scream.

Now, the expressions of Xiao Ran, the three people with Niu Yan beside him, and the girl at the door all turned very ugly.

They have no objection to the fact that breaking the rules will lead to punishment.

But what scares them is that once they break the rules, they will become like pigs and sheep to be slaughtered. Anyone can take their lives and they have no power to resist.

Even though the valuables that the bald man took out were actually almost the same, the people in the inn had no interest in them at all and just took the parts from the bald man.

Just like the classic line: "If you die, all this stuff will be mine."

The three men with Niu Yan looked at Xiao Ran and couldn't help but take a deep breath silently. They felt that they should get closer to this arrogant brother in the future, so as to avoid breaking the rules without knowing it. If so, they might end up not being much better than the bald man.

After a moment, it was obvious that the bald man was unable to breathe in or out.

The shopkeeper tilted his head and looked at Xiao Ran and the others.

"Master Buddha, please."

Xiao Ran frowned and looked around at the things on the table.

At this time, the girl at the door suddenly stretched out her hand and tried to pick up the bronze mirror that fell from the bald man's hand.

However, she didn't expect that when her hand touched the bronze mirror, it went straight through the mirror and her hand grabbed nothing.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper frowned and said, "Sir, please read the price carefully. This is an inn, not a robber's den."

The girl was startled when she heard that, and had to step back unwillingly. She must have regretted that she was too conservative when she made the offer just now.

Xiao Ran glanced at the girl coldly, then reached out and grabbed the bronze mirror on the ground and the spell on the table fell into Xiao Ran's hands.

This scene made Niu Yan and the other two envious, but it was just envy. Then the three of them discussed it and asked the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, can we three brothers choose only one?"

The shopkeeper nodded to indicate yes.

With the shopkeeper's nod, Niu Yan reached out and cleared away all the bottles of medicine on the table.

The girl looked at the remaining things from left to right but saw nothing she liked, so she could only take out five paper money from her purse.

As soon as everyone finished dividing the money, the remaining paper money and scattered items on the table fell onto the counter with a wave of the shopkeeper's hand. Then the waiter shouted, "Thank you for your donation of thirty coins. It will be put into the public account to offset the room fees of all the guests."

After hearing this, Brother Long and the others understood. No wonder these people didn't care about the paper money on the table and were only focused on taking this guy's life.

"Let's go. Let's be careful next time. This inn is a place where people are eaten without leaving any bones."

Xiao Ran said something in a low voice, and asked Niu Yan and the others to go back to their rooms to rest. If there was anything, they must wait until daytime to discuss it, so as to avoid accidentally breaking any taboos.

With the bald man's experience as a lesson, who would dare to talk nonsense? Before leaving, Niu Yan even took out a piece of tape and said, "Put a tape over your mouth when you go to sleep at night, or you will lose your life without knowing it."

After parting with Niu Yan and the other two, Xiao Ran returned to his guest room.

Then he took out the two things from the bald man.

A bronze mirror, an E-level cursed object.

After Xiao Ran activated it with a trainee, he got the information about the bronze mirror.

E-level cursed item [Flowing Light Eight Treasures Mirror·Trainee]

Privilege 1: Light Escape
Instantly escape to the place where the mirror shines.

Cooling time: 20 minutes
Privilege 2: Mirror Transformation

After the holder is cursed, the curse can be transferred to other targets.

(Note: When the curse is transferred to other targets, the curse level will be reduced by one level.)
Cooling time: 30 minutes
"I said, with such confidence, this bald guy is probably not just a reckless man, there may be someone else hiding behind him."

Seeing the effect of this thing, Xiao Ran estimated that after combining with the bald man's spell patterns, it should have similar abilities, and the effect might even be stronger than the trainee's. After all, the trainee only had an F-level spell pattern.

Xiao Ran thought of the bald man from the most despicable perspective. He was afraid that his original intention was to deliberately test the depth of the inn. If he realized something was wrong, he would immediately use the magic mirror to escape.

Then the girl who came with him became a scapegoat.

It's just that the bald man probably didn't expect that he would accidentally violate a taboo and trigger something like the rule-killing that has no solution. The girl next to him immediately drew a line between him and her. Of course, this is just part of the speculation.

Xiao Ran was just used to inferring the worst. It didn't matter whether it was right or not, as long as he kept it in mind.

The other thing is the curse pattern.

F-level spell pattern [Good Words]

"Unfortunately, it's not the spell pattern I want for training or thieves."

Each person can only take into account three different paths of spell patterns at the same time. Xiao Ran now has both [Corpse Stitcher] and [Trainee]. However, whether it is the Corpse Stitcher or the Trainee, they are more inclined to the auxiliary route.

Therefore, Xiao Ran's most perfect idea is to choose the third kind of spell pattern, choosing among the three spell patterns with relatively strong combat effectiveness in the early stage: Training, Theft, and Opening the Muscles. Training and Theft are the best.

The former can cooperate with the new Yinliu swordsmanship that he looted to take his strength to a higher level.

The latter can cooperate with Kong Kong Miao Shou to make his name as Buddha more worthy of its name.

As for opening the tendons, this is the last helpless choice and can be regarded as a backup option.

Put your things away.

Xiao Ran was also a little tired, but he couldn't fall asleep when he lay down. Today, Baldy gave them a reminder.

This place is a mysterious city, not the so-called Jianghu. Some dangers are invisible, but when you touch them, it will be too late to regret.

Before on campus, if you couldn’t win, you would just run away.

The taboo here is killing by rules, which is unsolvable.

So this place looks peaceful and tranquil, but in fact it is full of murderous intentions. It's not even the Mid-Autumn Festival yet, not to mention the Wang family's birthday. By then, I'm afraid there will be more rules and they will be even more bizarre and weird. If I don't make preparations early, I'm afraid I won't even know how I died.

And that fragrant person, the birthday gift from the old man of the Wang family...

These problems intertwined together really made Xiao Ran feel overwhelmed. He was so upset that he couldn't sleep, so he simply tidied up the bed and bedding.

They threw the old man's body out onto the bed and began to sew it up.

Perhaps only when he was sewing up the corpse could Xiao Ran's depressed mood be somewhat relieved.

…………

Early the next morning, when Xiao Ran walked out of the room, he saw Niu Yan and the others sitting in the corner of the hall. When they saw Xiao Ran coming downstairs, the three of them hurriedly waved to him.

"Brother Niu Hide."

Niu Yan took out some sandwiches from the space and gave them to Xiao Ran.

They originally wanted to follow the Changchun Society to open up new land, and they each carried plenty of supplies.

It’s not useful now, I can only digest it slowly myself.

Xiao Ran started eating a sandwich, then glanced around the hall and saw that there was no one else in the hall except the waiter.

"Don't look. They all left early this morning. I asked around and heard from them that there will be a Mid-Autumn Festival temple fair the day after tomorrow. It seems to be on..." Niu Yan paused in the middle of his speech, glanced in the direction of the waiter, and said, "There will be a temple fair at Caishikou, West Street. Should we join in the fun?"

In fact, Niu Yan wanted to say "under the overpass", but the word "bridge" is too vague. Although it is daytime now, they still dare not say it. Thinking about what happened last night makes them feel scared.

"Well, go ahead, but it's best to go separately and keep an eye out for this Hongxiang thing. I always feel that this thing is very useful. Also, you all received the reminder when you came in, right? It's best for us to ask more about Old Master Wang's birthday gift."

As the saying goes, there is strength in numbers. The town is so big, it would not be easy for Xiao Ran to find clues here alone.

This is also the reason why Xiao Ran is willing to join forces with Niu Yan and the other two.

"If you are in trouble, just find a beggar and tell them you are looking for the Buddha. They will help you."

Xiao Ran thought about it and decided to tell Niu Yan and the other two the news. Since they were a team, Xiao Ran was still willing to contribute as long as it did not involve their own interests.

What's more, as a latecomer, if I want to gain trust faster, I have to show some real skills.

"it is good!"

Upon hearing what happened, Niu Yan and the other two were surprised that Xiao Ran had made a name for himself here so quickly, and they began to rely on Xiao Ran even more. They split into four groups and agreed to gather back at the inn in the evening.

Xiao Ran left the inn and planned to go to the north side of the town. When he walked out of the door, he saw a bamboo pole at the door. He looked around and picked up the pole. Then he took out a gown, tore the clothes into a strip of cloth and hung it on the bamboo pole with the word "medicine" written on it.

Then he swaggered into the crowd holding a banner...

　The second update will be around 11pm, the third around pm, the fourth around pm, and the fifth at midnight. I will try to do it as soon as possible.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)