Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 160 The Name That Cannot Be Mentioned

"Hello sir, do you have an appointment with a technician?" The manager came up and asked Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran shook his head and took out the [Changchun brand]: "Is this okay?"

Seeing the Changchun brand in Xiao Ran's hand, the manager immediately understood what he meant and took Xiao Ran's arm, not caring about the unpleasant smell on Xiao Ran at all: "Brother, let's go to the third floor."

"A distinguished guest, reception on the third floor!"

"A distinguished guest, reception on the third floor."

The service staff in the hall immediately followed suit.

To be honest, Xiao Ran didn't like this kind of high-profile welcome ceremony. He felt uncomfortable all over. If it wasn't for the purpose of advancing to the level of [Corpse Collector], he was afraid that a person with social phobia like him would never set foot in this place.

After taking the elevator to the third floor, the female manager took Xiao Ran's arm and walked into the box: "VIP, please wait a moment. Our VIP reception will meet you later. You can take a rest first. We provide free tea, fruit plates, and massage and health bathing services to VIPs. If you need anything, just call me. My name is Hong Que, and you can call me Xiao Hong. This is my ID number."

"Okay, I know."

Xiao Ran nodded, and waited until Xiao Hong left before he lay down on the sofa and let out a long sigh. Compared to this magnificent club, Xiao Ran preferred the teahouse of Changchun Club. Although the service there was not as good as here, it made Xiao Ran feel very comfortable.

It's probably about fifteen minutes.

"Bang bang bang!"

As there was a knock on the door, a middle-aged man in a suit walked into the room.

Seeing that the person coming was a man, Xiao Ran felt much more relaxed.

"Hello, distinguished guest. I am a senior consultant of the Changchun Association. May I ask what I can do for you?"

Xiao Ran took out the list he had made and handed it to the other party.

After taking a look at the contents on the list, the man nodded and said, "You can use the Changchun card to exchange for items below D level. The E-level spell rune [Craftsman] requires time to adjust the goods, but the exchange of Changchun cards does not include other items. You need to pay extra for these things."

Xiao Ran was not surprised by the senior consultant's question and asked, "Can I trade with other items?"

"Of course, but we need to make an estimate."

"it is good."

Xiao Ran breathed a sigh of relief, thought about it, and took out the F-level spell [Good Words] from the space.

This spell pattern was taken out by the bald man who said "hurry up" during the business deal. Among the compensation I chose at that time, the only thing left besides the [Liuguang Eight Treasures Mirror] was this spell pattern.

Xiao Ran thought to himself that if this spell pattern was not enough, he still had money for the underworld and black strengthening potion.

But in fact, Xiao Ran was worrying too much.

After checking the rune, the other party took out his mobile phone to take a photo, and soon the other side submitted a price.

"Hello, distinguished guest. The price of the spell pattern [Good Words] is a bit low recently. You may need to pay an additional twenty ghost money for the equipment you need."

"it is good!"

Hearing this result, Xiao Ran breathed a sigh of relief. This result was much better than he had expected. He happily took out 20 paper money for the dead and gave them to the other party.

However, the things that Zhu Wen and Xiao Ran need will take time to be delivered to their homes, and Xiao Ran needs to leave his address.

Xiao Ran simply wrote down the address of Wu Man's shop and his contact information.

Anyway, the two families are so close, so there is no problem with Wu Man helping me take over.

As for whether Changchun Club will hack their stuff, there is no need to worry about it. After all, Changchun Club attaches great importance to its own reputation.

"Does the VIP need any other services? We provide various services to VIPs free of charge."

"Need not."

After the transaction was over, Xiao Ran didn't want to stay here for a moment anymore. He quickly got up and left. As soon as he walked out of the hall, Xiao Ran shivered all over and turned back to look at the magnificent club door behind him.

I couldn't help but laugh at myself in my heart: "Sure enough, for someone like me, it's more comfortable to stay in the Mystery City. If it's not necessary in the future, I'd better do business in the Mystery City as much as possible. It seems that there is also a trading base of Changchun Association on Guling Street."

After solving these two major problems, Xiao Ran felt relaxed for the next few days.

I stay in the store every day, doing business if there is business, and playing games if there is no business.

At night, I went to Uncle Fang's place to sew up the corpses and collect talismans.

Life is pretty down-to-earth.

Before the holidays, Xiao Ran got up early and rode his bike to Guanlin Temple.

Speaking of Lu Cheng's affairs, Xiao Ran has always felt very guilty.

After all, others helped me, but in the end I got myself into trouble. Today I plan to go to Guanlin Wholesale Market to buy some furniture and check on Lu Cheng's situation.

I thought if I came earlier, there would be fewer people at Guanlin Temple.

But when he arrived at Guanlin Temple, he found that the elderly people had already lined up at the door with their stools early in the morning. The scene was more lively than the supermarket. As soon as the door opened, the elderly people rushed in. They had the Los Angeles City Senior Citizen Card, which exempted them from admission. They did not need to go through the ticket inspection procedure. The long line was squeezed in in a short time.

In comparison, people like Xiao Ran who need to buy and check tickets seem very different.

After entering Guanlin Temple, Xiao Ran saw a poster of Lu Cheng dressed as Guan Gong on the wall.

Xiao Ran took a look and understood why it was so lively here.

In the pine and cypress garden on the side, a temporary stage was built, and the old men and women sat on stools below waiting to listen to the show.

The pines and cypresses in the pine and cypress forest are big and straight, and the dense leaves make it cool to sit under them. What's more, they can listen to opera for free. These old men and women are all villagers from nearby, so they naturally will not miss this free benefit.

"Why are you here again, kid?"

Xiao Ran was leaning forward to look for Lu Cheng when he suddenly heard someone complaining about him from behind.

It was a familiar voice. I didn't even need to look back to know it was the bald old man.

"Hey, come and see Brother Lu, and bring you a roast chicken."

Xiao Ran turned around with a smile, and calmly took out the roast chicken she had bought last night from the backpack behind her and handed it over.

"Humph!"

The bald-headed old man didn't have a good look on Xiao Ran's face, but when he saw the roast chicken, he couldn't help but smack his lips: "You have a conscience, kid."

After taking the roast chicken, the bald old man found a shaded spot to sit down, tore off a chicken leg and started chewing it.

"Where's Brother Lu?"

"He's putting on makeup backstage. The management has applied for a stage for him, and they've gathered together the elderly people in the village who can play some musical instruments to form a troupe for him."

I have to say that the management committee knows how to seize traffic. Knowing that Lu Cheng has been very popular online recently, they simply struck while the iron is hot and let Lu Cheng promote Guanlin Temple by singing Guan Gong's name.

There is no way around this. There are too many tourist resources in Los Angeles, and most of them are free of charge.

For example, the Luo City Museum, the Tomb Museum, the Emperor's Chariot and the Luoyi Ancient City are all free.

Even among the paid tourist attractions, there are so many, such as the White Horse Temple, Yingtianmen, and Longmen Grottoes. In comparison, the small Guanlin Temple is really inconspicuous. In recent years, while tourism has been booming, the accounts are in the red, so they can only bite the bullet and find ways to increase exposure.

But this is also a good thing for Lu Cheng.

Although it was a charity performance and there was no fee, the exposure of the short video could bring considerable traffic monetization.

In the future, when Lu Cheng has repaid the favor he owes to Lord Guan, he will not be afraid of having no food to eat when he goes out.

"Why is the smell of corpses on you getting stronger and stronger recently?"

The bald old man stared at Xiao Ran with dissatisfaction and disgust on his face.

"I'm busy. I can't wash off this smell."

The smell of a corpse is very sticky. Once it sticks to clothes, it is difficult to wash off no matter how hard you try, let alone if it sticks to the skin. Unless you peel off a layer of skin, the smell will never go away.

"Well, this is not just a simple smell, it's the aura of death. A corpse can only sew one armor, and an executioner can only kill a hundred. If you are exposed to too much death aura, you will have a lot of trouble in the future."

The bald old man pouted and warned Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran curled her lips. Her body odor did not stop the old man from eating the chicken leg.

However, seeing that the bald-headed old man seemed to be in a good mood, Xiao Ran suddenly remembered something and asked, "Old Immortal, I recently heard about an old story in the martial arts world. Can you tell me about it?"

"Old things? What are they?" The bald-headed old man didn't mean to refuse for the sake of the roast chicken.

"Li is surprised."

However, when Xiao Ran said this name, the bald-headed old man glared at Xiao Ran with a look of astonishment, and the chicken in his mouth almost got stuck in his throat: "You... cough cough cough... ah... cough cough cough..."

"Old man!!"

Xiao Ran was startled and quickly turned around to hug the bald-headed old man's back and lift him up.

After lifting it a few times, a piece of chicken was spat out by the bald-headed old man. He then turned around and glared at Xiao Ran viciously. He pushed Xiao Ran away and stared at Xiao Ran with a fake smile:

"Hey, you little thief, you gotta be brave! I haven't heard these three words for almost thirty years. Get out of here! Get out of here right now. If you want to know something, go back and ask your grandfather. See if he'll skin you alive!"

After saying that, the bald-headed old man was ready to leave. After taking two steps, he remembered something, turned around, walked to Xiao Ran, and snatched half a bag of roast chicken.

"Don't come next time!"

Xiao Ran looked at the bald old man's resentful back and was also puzzled.

"What does this have to do with my grandfather? When Li Jingqi was being hunted, weren't there so many people protecting him? How come everyone wanted to tear him into pieces?"

Xiao Ran muttered a few words in his heart. At this time, with the sound of gongs and drums, Lu Cheng's thousand-mile solo ride had already begun. Xiao Ran could only restrain his thoughts and concentrate on watching Lu Cheng perform...

(End of this chapter)