Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 128: Narrow Road
On the street, people turned their heads from time to time and looked at the two fat mountains of meat carrying big swords. They were all horrified and curious.

Xiao Ran was grabbed by the wrist by the Yinshan Taoist priest. He had a resigned look on his face, but in his heart he was thinking about how to escape.

He didn't dare to really trust this cheap master.

I heard clearly what the old Taoist said just now. What master and disciple? It's obvious that he is just greedy for the piece of meat on the back of the waist.

If I really follow this old Taoist priest to Yinshan Mountain, I'm afraid I'll never be able to come back in my entire lifetime.

"Good disciple, Master doesn't even know your name yet."

The Taoist from Yinshan was extremely enthusiastic on the way, with a beaming look on his face, as if the three old men Xiao Ran had killed before were worthless in his eyes.

"Master, my name is... Xiao Jiahui."

Xiao Ran responded in a low voice.

The Taoist of Yinshan counted on his fingers, then shook his head and said, "No, no, this name is not nice. With this surname, the family background is poor and it will be difficult to spend the blessings. With a weak family background, it will be difficult to make a fortune even at the age of thirty."

"Oh, that's good too."

Xiao Ran nodded in his heart. After hearing what the Yinshan Taoist said, no matter whether it was true or not, he felt relieved.

"My dear disciple, Master will give you a Taoist name. I will call you Zhonghuer."

Xiao Ran didn't know what this name meant, but these foxes? Why did they sound like fox spirits? ?
He had now adapted to being the disciple of Yinshan Taoist, and immediately responded, "Thank you, Master. I'll be called Zhonghu then."

"It's a fox."

"Remember, it's a tiger."

Taoist Yinshan curled his lips and did not argue with Xiao Ran about this small issue.

Take Xiao Ran to the south of the town.

Xiao Ran found the route familiar and realized that this was the place where the old beggar and his group were.

However, the Taoist of Yinshan did not follow the path to the temple, but walked straight up the mountain. He stopped when he reached the highest point, pointed at the town below, and asked Xiao Ran, "Did you see anything?"

Xiao Ran had seen the town from outside the temple halfway up the mountain before. Now he was standing higher and could see farther, but he still couldn't see anything.

Seeing Xiao Ran shaking his head, Yinshan Taoist picked up a branch and drew the layout of the entire town on the ground: "This Wang family is quite resourceful. They raise ghosts to protect themselves and try to steal the year. Unfortunately, they are in a trap but don't know it. This town itself is probably a trap designed by the master of physiognomy."

"Physiognomy?"

Xiao Ran had a photographic memory, and after a little thought he immediately remembered that it was mentioned in the [Basic Manual for Beginners]. The Imagineer was an A-level profession in the Treasure Holding Series, and it was also one of the highest-level professions mentioned in the Basic Manual.

"Master, do you mean that this town was designed by a master of physiognomy?"

"Well, it should be correct. When they reach the level of fortune tellers, they are no longer satisfied with ordinary treasures. They want to use the situation, people, time and place to create treasures. These people are very bad."

Xiao Ran swallowed his saliva, surprised at the methods of these people. While they were still worrying about how to crack this mysterious city, they didn't expect that this was just a treasure-hiding trap deliberately designed by others.

"Then Master, you are now..."

Xiao Ran tried to find out what the cheap master's occupation was and what level he was.

The Taoist of Yinshan just smiled but did not answer, which made Xiao Ran hit a snag.

In just a short while, the Yinshan Taoist had drawn a structural diagram of the entire town on the ground. Xiao Ran took a closer look and found that this structural diagram was different from the town he had seen before. There were many more thin lines, forming a very strange shape.

After careful consideration, "It's the canal!"

There are canals less than one meter wide on both sides of the streets in this town.

At first, Xiao Ran thought that these canals were meant to facilitate people's daily use and maintain hygiene.

However, when comparing it with the diagram drawn by Taoist Yinshan at this moment, it looks more like a formation.

"Yes, yes, my dear disciple is really smart. It is the canal. The source of the canal is in the Wang family. The problem also lies in the Wang family."

The Yinshan Taoist explained to Xiao Ran with a smile.

"Then Master, let's..."

Xiao Ran tried his best to appear well-behaved and try hard to find a chance to escape. If he could escape from the Yinshan Taoist, what a bullshit mission, to hell with it, he would just run as far as he could. Anyway, there was no requirement for him to complete the mission before leaving this time.

"Hmm..." Yinshan Taoist held his chin and said after a moment: "Since I'm here, why would I care about this? I have to see him clearly."

"Master, you have great powers. Why do you need to personally handle such a small matter? I have a unique skill called Empty Hands. Otherwise, just let me do it."

Upon hearing this, the Taoist of Yinshan immediately became interested and took out a bell from his sleeve and hung it around his waist: "I will stand here with my eyes closed and you may be able to take off the bell within three steps."

As he said this, he stood up straight, closed his eyes, and let Xiao Ran do it.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran's heartbeat quickened slightly, and his eyes quickly glanced at Yinshan Taoist's neck.

"Why don't you take action, my dear disciple?"

Xiao Ran swallowed, took a step forward, and looked at the Yinshan Taoist again.

Then he leaped past the Yinshan Taoist with a sudden step, stretched out his hand and saw that the bell had fallen into his hand.

He couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, suppressing all the chaotic murderous intent in his heart.

"This old Taoist priest is extremely powerful. I have no chance of winning if I fight him. Maybe this is a trap, waiting for me to fall into it."

Xiao Ran turned around, held the bell in his hand, and said flatteringly, "Master."

The Taoist of Yinshan opened his eyes with a smile, without looking at the bell in his hand, and said meaningfully: "After all, it is still a fox, not a tiger."

After that, he pointed at the bell in Xiao Ran's hand and said, "Take another look."

When Xiao Ran heard this, he looked down and was stunned. The bell in his hand had disappeared. He looked up and glanced at the old Taoist.

I saw the bell still hanging around the old Taoist's waist.

"This……"

Xiao Ran's pupils narrowed. His magic hands had never failed, let alone the fact that he had managed to steal something when the old Taoist priest was completely unprepared?

"Miraculous hands, empty hands, your skills are not even entry-level. My dear disciple, this is probably not your real skill."

"It's OK to make a living."

Xiao Ran's heart began to beat fast, wondering what this old Taoist priest was planning.

Taoist Yinshan walked up to Xiao Ran and circled around him carefully. "As soon as I saw you, I knew you were not from the Rong Clan. I smelled the stench of corpses on you and thought you were a lieutenant who was trying to steal gold. But when I looked at your hands, hey, you don't look like one."

The Taoist of Yinshan pointed at Xiao Ran's slender fingers. The tomb raider was responsible for moving mountains and digging graves, all of which were hard labor. No one had ever seen someone as delicate and tender as Xiao Ran.

"After thinking about it, there is a line that is quite suitable for you."

As he spoke, Yinshan Taoist leaned close to Xiao Ran's ear and said, "You are the second leatherworker, right?"

Xiao Ran felt as if his heart was grabbed by someone and rose to his throat. This was the first time someone had seen through his true colors.

He forced a smile on his face, "Master, you have a keen eye. As expected, I can't hide anything from you. It's just that this corpse-stitcher has always been disliked by people. I didn't tell you because I was afraid that you would dislike me."

"Eh, even if others despise you, how can Master despise you? It's just that the path of a corpse sewer is not easy to walk. The higher you go, the narrower the path becomes. I advise you to change your career as soon as possible."

"Master, are you familiar with the path of the Corpse Stitcher?"

Xiao Ran raised his head and looked at the Yinshan Taoist with curiosity.

In the [Basic Manual for Beginners], all occupations are only recorded up to level A.

After sewing corpses, there are four more levels: receiving corpses, stealing, stealing lives, and suturing master. Not to mention what will happen next, even with these four levels, Xiao Ran has only prepared 80% of the conditions for receiving corpses.

There are three more levels: transportation thief, life thief, and stitcher, and I have no idea what they are like.

Since the Yinshan Taoist is very familiar with me, I might as well tell him more so that I can be prepared for the future.

What disappointed Xiao Ran was that Yinshan Taoist didn't want to talk about this topic. He just said slowly, "It's like a mountain between two different professions. It's not my turn to give advice on this matter. I'm just giving you some advice. As far as I know, if you go to the end of the road of sewing corpses, you will have to tear yourself apart from head to toe. You will be a dead person crawling out of a pile of dead bodies, a monster that cannot be tolerated by the living."

Xiao Ran didn't know whether what Yinshan Taoist said was true or not, but he felt goosebumps all over his body when he heard it, and couldn't help asking: "Change the whole body?"

“Hehehehe.” Yinshan Taoist grinned, changed his tone, raised his orchid finger, pointed at Xiao Ran’s crotch: “Even your little sparrow has to be changed…”

(End of this chapter)