Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 206: The True Story of Corpse Sewing
It is said that Luoyang is a place of evil and one cannot speak ill of others behind their backs.

Just as Xiao Ran finished complaining, the old man in the coffin woke up, which made Xiao Ran feel guilty. He didn't know if the old man heard it or not. He pretended to be surprised and said, "Master, you're awake!"

As he said this, he helped the old man up with his hands.

The old man sat up straight in the coffin and shook his head: "What's wrong with me?"

Before Xiao Ran could speak, all those messy memories came flooding back. His skinny face turned pale and blue, and his pupils tightened: "Li Weiqi, where is he!!"

"gone."

Xiao Ran did not tell his master about Li Jingqi's threat against him. Just as Li Jingqi said, he could not do anything to him, and the same went for his master.

Even speaking out about this would only add to my troubles.

What's more, my master is in a difficult situation now, so how can he spare the energy to help me?

"Gone...Did he say anything?"

"I told you that you can't get through this road. Now I can only use sticky rice to suppress you, but I'm afraid it won't last long."

Xiao Ran sighed, knowing that there was nothing he could do about Li Jingqi, but if he continued to let it go, his master would probably turn into a cruel monster that would eat people without leaving any bones behind.

Hearing this, a look of relief appeared on the old man's skinny face.

He also knew that his time was up, but as a human being, he never gave up and wanted to give it a try, to take a chance, even if it was just a one in a million chance.

But after he rushed in, he realized that things were completely different from what he thought. After hearing what Li Qijing said, he gave up the idea.

"Let me get up."

"Master, you..."

"Don't worry, it's okay. I know my current situation better than anyone else."

Xiao Ran reached out and helped his master out of the coffin, and the old man said, "Come on, follow me."

Having said that, he took Xiao Ran to the back hall.

"Your master passed away suddenly. I was only eighteen years old at that time, and I took over hastily. There were many things I didn't understand. I thought the tricks I had learned over the years were enough for me to get through it, but I didn't expect to find out at the last minute that I had gone in the wrong direction from the beginning. It's too late to regret now."

The old man sighed. This was the consequence of incomplete inheritance. He only passed on the skill of sewing corpses to Xiao Zhenye. In fact, he was thinking that if he failed, the child would change his career in the future, and the career of corpse sewers would end in his lifetime.

But after this experience, the old man probably realized that he was wrong.

"You're right. Even if you hide it till the end, it will still hurt your own children and grandchildren."

Xiao Ran's mouth twitched and he didn't dare to respond.

As he spoke, the old man came to the bed and saw someone sitting on it.

The man's hands and feet were chopped off, and his body was nailed to the bed. He was still breathing, but when he saw the old man coming in, a look of horror appeared on his face. Xiao Ran then noticed that this guy's tongue had been pulled out.

No wonder I was speechless before.

The old man took a look at the guy and said, "Li Jingqi is here. He is a big trouble. He snatched something from the hands of the devils in Guandong. The devils sent experts to hunt him down. Later, the experts learned that Li Jingqi was protecting the treasure and helped him."

The old man talked about what happened in the past, and Xiao Ran finally understood why Li Jingqi was being hunted down.

"But later, this guy hid himself. So many years passed in the blink of an eye, and there was no news about him until recently, when someone spread the news that Li Jingqi was still alive. Not only was he alive, but he also used the treasures he had taken to cultivate his way and became a land immortal."

"The Five Immortals Hall is not happy about this because the thing originally belonged to the Five Immortals Hall. Li Jingqi took it away and never returned it for so many years. That's why the immortals came out of seclusion to look for him."

After hearing what happened, Xiao Ran felt that although the rumor might not be false, although Li Jingqi was very powerful, it was too much of an exaggeration to say that he was a god.

"Then those gangsters outside are coming here to fish in troubled waters, right?"

The Jianghu Laohe that Xiao Ran mentioned were those Jianghu artists who appeared out of nowhere in Luo City in the past few days.

"That's almost it. These two guys came here last night and used quite a few tricks, but they ended up coming at the wrong time. They got into trouble and became blood food!"

Of the two people that the master mentioned, the other one was lying on the corpse sewing table.

Xiao Ran frowned when he heard this and looked carefully at the person on the bed in front of him, wondering if this guy was an initiate who had just woken up.

If this is true, these two people are extremely unlucky. They were beaten when their master turned into a corpse, let alone them.

"Master, what are you going to do next..." "What else is there to do next?" The old man rolled his eyes at Xiao Ran. "How much money do we have at home? Li Jingqi said that it's conservative to change a bag of glutinous rice every three days. I think it will take at least two days to change a bag. How much money do you have to squander like this?"

Xiao Ran was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly grabbed his master's hand: "Yes, yes, yes, we don't have to worry about money. I still have some. If it's not enough, I'll go and borrow from Fengchui."

"I borrowed money, and I repay a favor. There's no need for that. Li Jingqi didn't burn me on the spot. He was giving me face and letting me make clear my funeral arrangements. If I delay any further, Nuomi won't be able to control me. What will you do?"

The old man turned around and looked at his silly apprentice: "Master underestimated you. I didn't expect you to have so many tricks. It's just that I couldn't teach you my real skills, and I almost hurt you."

The old man had a kind face. He held Xiao Ran's hand tightly with reluctance. He turned over the pillow, revealing a piece of paper and a box underneath. On the paper was the practice method of [Shenfeng] that Xiao Ran had taken out earlier.

"This thing can save lives. You should practice well. If you can do this job, do it. If you can't, change jobs. Don't stick to it. At the very least, go back to your home and farm. That will give you something to eat."

Then he picked up the box and opened it: "Inside is the skill of our corpse sewing lineage. I should have taken it into the coffin, but the world is treacherous now. If you don't have the real skill, it will harm you instead."

Xiao Ran took the box and opened it. Inside was a light yellow notebook. The entire notebook looked like it had been soaked in oil and felt very smooth to the touch.

There are three words written on it: [Record of Corpse Dissection]

From the name it sounds more like a book on criminal investigation and anatomy, but when I opened it and took a quick look, I saw that it was full of unconventional techniques that utilized corpse qi, including the moves that the old man had just used.

"Why is the Fang family's sword in your hand?"

Being asked this question out of the blue by the old man, Xiao Ran hurriedly explained, "I borrowed it. Before, the people from Wuxiantang beat up the child of the Fang family, and then..."

Xiao Ran recounted the story of the recent fight, but made some minor changes.

He removed himself from the case and changed the story to say that the old man of the Fang family was worried that they would suffer a loss, so he lent them the knife.

This reason is plausible, but it cannot stand up to verification. As long as the old man brings a message to the Fang family, they will know that he is lying.

But now the old man obviously couldn't stand this kind of torture, and he was too lazy to ask the truth. He was about to die, so how could he care about the affairs of the living? He just frowned and said:

"The Fang family's swordsmanship has a total of twenty-three chapters, but there are actually only seven moves in it. The others are just a cover. I don't have enough time, so I can only teach you the most important ones. You don't have to return the sword. When you have the chance, just repay the Fang family for a favor."

"Then I can finally repay this favor in advance!"

Xiao Ran muttered to himself that the knife in his hand was obtained from Uncle Fang because he saved Uncle Fang's family.

In this way, it can be said that there is retribution for cause and effect.

But what Xiao Ran wondered was how his great-grandmaster knew the Fang family's swordsmanship?

Before he could ask, the old man smiled and said, "Why, are you curious about how I know the sword techniques of the Fang family? Hey, it's simple. Back then, the Fang family owed my master a debt, and my master lost a leg because of it. The Fang family couldn't pay it back, so they had to send the sword manual to me."

It turns out that as early as the late Qing Dynasty, a benefactor of the Fang family rebelled and was arrested.

The Fang family was in charge of the execution, and they demonstrated to several officials at the time how to enforce the law with a golden sword and how to keep the head from falling to the ground.

The man's head was not cut off. He was revived after his wounds were sewn up by the old man's master.

But the news leaked out afterwards.

Although no concrete evidence was found, the head of the Fang family was beaten to death in court, and the grand master's leg was broken as a result.

"I haven't learned all the sword techniques yet. Learn as much as you can. Whether you can succeed in the end depends on your own ability!"

"Ugh!"

Xiao Ran nodded repeatedly. This was definitely a good thing for him. Just now, the old man almost chopped him to death after taking the knife. Xiao Ran still felt scared when he thought about the scene of ghosts crying and howling.

Using the same knife, the two people use it in completely different ways.

"Let's deal with this brat first, to prevent any other trouble from happening!"

The old man looked at the "blood eater" on the bed and said to Xiao Ran.

The other person's tongue was cut off, but he was not deaf. Upon hearing this, his body immediately swayed violently and he opened his mouth wide, as if he wanted to shout something. However, Xiao Ran didn't care about that. He walked forward, hugged the man's head, and twisted him in his arms!
"Click!!"

Following the sound of a bone breaking from his neck, the body of this brother who was suspected to be a beginner twitched a few times before he became silent...

　There's more in the evening, I'll get to it as soon as possible.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)