Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 168 Tomb of Li Jingqi

As the prompt sound ended, an extraordinary force surged into Xiao Ran's body.

In an instant, all the energy that had just been consumed began to recover rapidly, like a stream of water flowing through his body.

[Curse Pattern: Corpse Catcher]

D-level (can be strengthened by absorbing other sequence spell patterns, or combined with other series to achieve promotion.)
Attributes: Constitution +15, Strength +15
Special skill: corpse sewing.

It has extremely high resistance to hypnosis, illusion, charm, and curse.

Xiao Ran opened his eyes, and there was a deep and mysterious look in his deep pupils.

"How is it? It's all right!"

Liu Rui behind him asked with concern.

Xiao Ran nodded: "Thank you Sister Liu, my current condition is far beyond my expectations."

As he said this he tried to clench his fists.

The 15 points of strength made him feel like he could kill a bull with one punch, and the 15 points of physique, plus the bonus from the strengthening potion, made him directly step into the 20 mark in terms of physique.

Compared with before, he is completely different.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran felt happy, but at the same time, he felt a wave of fear in his heart.

I am currently just a single D-level professional, but relying on my basic attributes, I possess extraordinary power. So what about the tiger that I killed?
He has the bonus of double D-level and three professions, so how strong will his basic attributes be!
If it weren't for the Wang family's talisman, how could he have failed miserably?

Not to mention the tiger, even if the spirit snake itself wanted to kill her it would be impossible. It can only be said that she was relying on the recklessness of a newborn calf that is not afraid of a tiger, and was sure that she could kill him with the blessing of the talisman.

Taking a deep breath, Xiao Ran tried to calm himself down.

Seeing the excitement on Xiao Ran's face, Liu Rui was also sincerely happy from the bottom of her heart. After all, the more powerful the owner is, the better it is for the tenants.

"congratulations."

"I also want to thank Sister Liu for your help, otherwise I'm afraid it wouldn't be so smooth."

"You have just advanced, so you need to figure it out on your own. I won't bother you. Call me if you need anything. I also have a piece of advice for you: you can't chew too much. Crafts are something that you only master. People who can really reach a high level will never rashly take on other jobs."

"what?"

Xiao Ran was stunned for a moment when he heard this: "Do you mean that other professions are no longer needed?"

"That's not the case. It's just that you need to make a balance. One main business, with two side businesses. And the two side businesses should be just side businesses at best. It's a big taboo to confuse the main and the secondary!"

Xiao Ran fell into deep thought after hearing this, and nodded after a moment: "Okay, I'll remember it."

Sister Liu nodded and said no more. Perhaps she could explain it clearly in one breath, but that would not do Xiao Ran any good. It would be best to stop there and let Xiao Ran figure out the rest on his own.

After Sister Liu left, Xiao Ran pondered over Sister Liu's words in his heart, and gradually figured out the meaning. As the saying goes, two birds in the bush are worth a bird in the hand.

Xiao Ran knew clearly how much energy and effort he had put in to reach Level D.

If you develop two other side jobs at this time, even if you achieve a three-D career, it will be a loss-making thing compared to the energy you put in.

What's more, this is only level D. The higher you go, the more energy and resources you consume. When you want to specialize in a profession, you will find that you have wasted too much energy in the early stages.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran already had something in mind.

He closed his eyes and carefully felt the information about the corpse suturing technique. The so-called corpse suturing technique is the ability to sew together different parts of a corpse. After suturing, using the corpse suturing technique can even make two corpses become one perfectly.

In other words, if he had enough corpses, he could even sew out a Nezha with three heads and six arms.

After understanding the characteristics of the corpse suturing technique, Xiao Ran activated the [Evil-Suppressing Order] again.

It is said that D-level is a watershed, so I'd like to see what the differences are.

Soon, the information about the Zhen'e Order appeared in front of Xiao Ran.

What surprised Xiao Ran was that the ability of the Zhen'e Order did not change much, except that it gained a third privilege.

Privilege 3: Soul Transformation

You can re-implant the memory books and skill books obtained by taking away the industry into a corpse.

Looking at this extra privilege, Xiao Ran narrowed his eyes and pondered for a while, and then he roughly understood the purpose of this ability.

Then Xiao Ran tried some other cursed objects again.

After a series of screening and recording, Xiao Ran was finally able to pick out several cursed objects that best suited his role as the "Corpse Catcher".

In the end, there are only five cursed objects that can be compatible with the [Corpse Catcher].

[Evil Thoughts Embroidery Needle][Black Swan Brooch][Flowing Light Eight Treasures Mirror][Guillotine][Dorm Manager's Pen (Real)]

The effect of [Evil Needle] has been greatly enhanced.

[Black Swan Brooch] The original followers turned into corpse slaves. Not only the control was strengthened, but after becoming corpse slaves they would retain a bit of spirituality and possess a small amount of self-thinking, which could be combined with the abilities of the Ischiku School.

In fact, both [Eight Treasures Mirror] and [Guillotine] are only half compatible.

In particular, the privilege nature of [Guillotine] has hardly changed, but its lethality has been enhanced.

As for the last item, [Dormitory Manager's Pen (Real)], this item was the one that troubled Xiao Ran the most.

【The Dormitory Manager's Pen · The Corpse Collector】

Privilege 1: Copy

You can copy a temporary spell pattern on the corpse.

After activation, the spell can last for 4 hours. Only one copy of the same spell is allowed on each corpse.

Cooling time: 48 hours
(Note: You need to be familiar with the spell pattern you are copying!)
Privilege 2: Tampering

You can temporarily tamper with the level of the spell pattern on the corpse to suppress the changes of the corpse.

Duration: 20 minutes
Cooling time: 8 hours.

(Note: You can temporarily change the runes on a corpse, but it will not change the level of the corpse.)
Because the job of a corpse collector is extremely special, this pen seems to be specially prepared for him.

Especially when facing the corpses of those initiates, like the spirit snake, after death, the corpse began to undergo qualitative changes due to the curse patterns, and the flesh became covered with poisonous robes.

But if he used this pen, he could temporarily tamper with the snake's curse pattern. Without affecting the level of the corpse, he could continue to sew it and avoid it from becoming weird.

This is where Xiao Ran is struggling. No matter how you look at it, this pen doesn't seem to be suitable for a corpse collector.

But for now, I can only activate this pen with [Corpse Collector]. As an F-level spell, [Trainee] has no way to activate this pen.

"Well, we can only take it one step at a time and take it slow."

Xiao Ran sighed, knowing that he needed time to slowly adapt. Anyway, what he had the most now was time. The white cat was here, so he didn't need to worry about whether this guy would starve to death. So Xiao Ran simply studied here diligently.

As for the tiger's body, Xiao Ran didn't plan to move it for the time being.

As a double D-level triple profession, the value of Tiger's corpse is too great. Xiao Ran doesn't want to waste this corpse before he has fully mastered the ability of [Corpse Collector].

In the blink of an eye, several days passed.

During these few days, Xiao Ran first repaired the Senbingwei that was chopped off by the tiger.

The previous battle with the tiger left Senbei beaten to a state of disarray. Not only was his head cut off, his chest was ripped open, and even one of his arms was broken.

This time when Xiao Ran repaired him, he not only sutured the wound, but also used his professional skill of "Corpse Collector" to sew corpses to add two more arms under Senbei's ribs.

These two arms were naturally removed from other corpses.

My original plan was to transform Senbei into a creature with three heads and six arms, but unfortunately there were not enough corpses, so I could only add two arms.

After the repair, Senbingwei's eyes still remained dull, but after Xiao Ran's test, he found that Senbingwei's combat awareness was much stronger than before.

This guy seemed to be born with a high talent for fighting. After being repaired by the corpse stitching technique, it would randomly increase a little spirituality to Senbei, making him slightly self-aware, and his own [Evil Thoughts Embroidery Needle] could also increase spirituality.

【Evil Thoughts Embroidery Needle: Corpse Catcher】

Privilege 1: Enter the Spirit

During the process of sewing the corpse, spirituality is randomly added to the corpse.

The higher the spirituality, the stronger the corpse's thinking ability.

Perk 2: High Load Stitching
After activation, it can increase the suturing speed by 120%
Duration: 30 seconds

Cooling time: 2 hours.

Combining the two, Senbingwei's spirituality has reached a very high level. When Xiao Ran has nothing to do, he practices swordsmanship with him in the yard.

At the beginning, he could rely on his swordsmanship being better than Senbei's and bully this guy.

But gradually he discovered that Senbei not only quickly adapted to the convenience brought by four arms, but also changed his strategy. He no longer attacked blindly, but instead used the advantages of four arms and began to enter a full defensive state.

For a moment, Xiao Ran really felt like a tiger trying to eat a hedgehog, not knowing where to start.

Of course, if Xiao Ran was willing, he could use real weapons and go all out to crush him, but it would probably be impossible to bully him anymore.

He had plundered most of Senbei's swordsmanship, and what remained were just the basic swordsmanship and some miscellaneous unconventional techniques.

If he could still use the new Yinliu swordsmanship and retain those combat experiences, I'm afraid I really wouldn't be able to beat him.

"Unfortunately, I don't have more corpses on hand now. Otherwise, I could extract skill books from other corpses, use soul transformation, and implant them into Senbei. This would greatly increase Senbei's strength in a short period of time."

When Xiao Ran thought about the fact that he didn't have enough corpses, he felt like going crazy.

"That's it!"

Xiao Ran became more and more annoyed and threw away the stick in his hand: "Go back and rest!"

Senbei nodded woodenly, then turned around and slowly climbed down the well.

Xiao Ran turned the dry well in the yard into a corpse-raising well. As for the crying sounds from below, Xiao Ran didn't care. If there really was something there, he would let it climb up and try. He didn't need to do it himself, Sister Liu could handle it alone.

Back in the room, Xiao Ran stretched and couldn't help thinking about Wu Man again.

Doesn’t it take at least three days?
It has been several days and Wu Man has not returned.

"Is this guy dead outside? If so, I will suffer a great loss, after all, I haven't collected the rent yet."

The more Xiao Ran thought about it, the more upset he became. He turned his eyes and saw the memory book he had placed on the bookshelf. It contained the memories of the spirit snake. With nothing to do, he picked it up and started flipping through it.

The memory book was opened, and there was no text inside. The memories of the spirit snake began to appear in front of Xiao Ran one after another.

Xiao Ran was not interested in Lingshe's past private life. He just wanted to take the opportunity to see some information about the Changchun Society.

As he was flipping through the books, Xiao Ran suddenly sat up from the bed, staring at the scene in front of him. In the scene, he saw a figure with swords and knives stuck all over his body and a bloody coffin on his back, sitting on a dry grave.

"The man who carried the coffin!"

Xiao Ran remembered that there was a strange saying on the bus, which was that you should never meet someone carrying a red coffin.

But his focus was not on the coffin, but on the grave under the coffin carrier. The grave had obviously just been erected, and a person's name was clearly written on it: [The culprit, the grave of Li Jingqi]...

(End of this chapter)