Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 209 Life is like a play, all calculated

"Me? Three points chance of winning??"

Xiao Ran was stunned for a few seconds. If it weren't for the old man's serious expression, Xiao Ran would have suspected that his own master was playing a trick on him.

Seeing Xiao Ran's disbelief, the old man patted his shoulder, stood up and walked towards the coffin. The coffin was already filled with a thick layer of glutinous rice, and the old man lay down in it.

"The Great Dao is fifty and the Heavens give rise to forty-nine. If you fight against Heaven, you still have a glimmer of hope, but if you fight against people, how can you not even have a three-tenth chance of winning? In everything, you should do it even though you know it is impossible. The three-tenth chance of winning is given to you by Heaven, and the rest depends on your own efforts."

After saying that, he closed the coffin and said, "I'm tired. Go back and figure it out. Remember to feed the old ox at home."

Xiao Ran was stunned for a while after hearing this. His mind couldn't help but recall the killing of the bald man last night, and his mind suddenly became clear.

"People whose heads have been chopped off dare to fight, but I am afraid before I even start fighting. How can I have a chance of winning?"

After figuring out the key, Xiao Ran smiled and said to the coffin, "Got it!" Then he patted his butt and went home.

Only after Xiao Ran left did a murmur come from the coffin: "At the very least, I'll fight for your three-point chance of winning..."

Xiao Ran no longer had any worries and walked briskly. He casually took out the invitation that Li Jingqi had given him before.

There is only one sentence in it.

"On the fifteenth of this month, go up to the tower and beat the drum, travel east and west, and do not stop along the way. Kill people you see, and punish gods you meet."

Is this an invitation?

It’s signed as the King of Hell, right?

Are all old men so passionate now? Are they going to chop from east to west with a machete in hand?

Xiao Ran complained in his heart, but this post was indeed very hot-tempered. It was not addressed to an individual, but was obviously for him to announce it.

But in a flash, an idea came to my mind.

“That’s enough!!”

He accepted the invitation, returned home, and according to his master's instructions, he plucked some vegetables from the backyard and threw them into the old cow's trough.

"Eat, the old man told me to take good care of you. There's no bran, but there are plenty of fresh vegetable leaves."

"Moo~~"

The old cow swept its tail and buried its head in the trough to eat voraciously. Normally, the trough was full of weeds, but since this kid took over, it has been eating fine grains for every meal...

……

On the top of the hill where the mountain temple was located, there were ruins all over the ground. Apart from the broken rocks, there was only a big black pit left.

A skinny hand gently brushed away the dust on the ground, picked up a stone with half a mountain character written on it, played with it for a while, and then threw it on the ground.

"Everyone says that being a god is good, but it's not that good. When you are effective, you are a god. When you are not effective, you are just a pile of rotten stones."

As the man spoke, he turned around and glanced behind him. He saw two mountains of flesh moving forward, and the fat on their bodies bounced up with every step.

Then he turned around and looked at the twisted and changing space in front of him. The gleaming light in his turbid eyes seemed to see through the reality at a glance. He saw the figures sleeping in the black water. Finally, his gaze passed through the black water to the dry grave at the end.

A sneer appeared on his face: "You see, the world is unpredictable, who can tell whether it is awake or dreaming? But you are right, brother. Don't harm my good disciple. The ghost pill in his body has not yet been formed."

"You old ghost are watching so closely. If this ghost pill is successful, there is no reason for that kid to survive."

A burst of ridicule came from the old pine tree.

But when I looked over, I couldn't see the person, I could only hear his voice.

When the Taoist of Yinshan heard this person's ridicule, his face suddenly fell: "Shanjun, why are you not dead yet? I thought you were all torn to pieces."

"Hahahaha, if you don't die, how can I dare to die? If you dig me out by then, wouldn't I be living a life worse than death?"

"Humph!!"

The Taoist of Yinshan snorted coldly.

While the two were bickering, a large bird fell from the sky. This bird was also strange, with three legs and a head full of tumors like a turkey. There were double pupils in the pupils of its eyes. It landed on a pine tree and spoke in human language: "Yinshan, how are you doing?"

Facing this strange bird, Yinshan Taoist put away his cynical look and said seriously, "Not good, that thing is more evil than I thought, it is something left by the creator of the mind sacrifice, I was almost assimilated just by approaching it, but I spent a lot of effort to help it, and erased most of the seal. As for when it can come out, I don't know."

Upon hearing this, the strange bird's pupils moved like the yin and yang of Tai Chi. The little claw on its abdomen pinched its nails and counted for a long time. After a moment, it said, "Almost. Although it's a little late, it's enough. After this, we will cut ourselves off immediately to break the cause and effect. Otherwise, if we alarm those old monsters, none of us will survive."

"You still want to kill yourself?"

The Taoist priest from Yinshan said bitterly, "The last time I cut myself with a knife, I was in a daze in Yinshan for six years. Fortunately, I recognized a group of bandits as my brothers, otherwise I would have died there long ago."

"Everything has its own cause and effect. It's better to cut yourself with a knife than to let your soul fly away. If you don't listen, don't blame me for plotting against you."

The strange bird turned its head, its eyes like fire, staring straight at the Yinshan Taoist.

Even though the Taoist of Yinshan was being stared at by the strange bird, he felt his whole body burning hot, as if there were flames about to burn. He hurriedly said, "Cut, cut, cut, but I will wait a little longer, at least until I get the ghost pill."

"Otherwise, when I wake up from my self-destruction, this guy will probably ride on my head and I will call him Master."

The Taoist from Yinshan Mountain danced and screamed strangely.

The strange bird gave the Taoist Yinshan a meaningful look and said, "Take care of yourself."

After saying that, he looked towards the void in front of him again, watching the figure rising and falling in the black water, flapping its wings a few times and then quickly leaving.

As the strange bird left, the old pine tree gradually withered, and a few black fruits fell to the ground, rolling down the mountain.

After a moment, only the Yinshan Taoist and the two fat guys behind him were left.

Yinshan Taoist looked bored when he saw this. He looked at the puddle of black water in front of him and scratched his head: "Forget it, I'll just wait for you. Anyway, I don't care about this moment."

As he said this, he led the two chubby guys behind him and walked slowly down the mountain...

……

The next day, before it got dark, Xiao Ran set out for the City God Temple.

The streets seem to be a little quieter recently than before, but they are still very lively.

There were many people walking on the road, most of them heading towards the City God Temple.

Xiao Ran followed the crowd and listened to the whispers of the young ladies and wives on the roadside: "I heard that there will be a big opera today, it will be very lively over there, and there will be free stew. Hurry up, or you will miss the stew if you are late."

"One word writes a beam.
The two characters are written with the top short and the bottom long.

When the three characters are written horizontally, they look like the Chinese character “川” (Chuan)…”

In front of the gate of the City God Temple, many people gathered to watch the fun. Xiao Ran took a look and saw a man in a gown squatting on the ground, holding a handful of fine white sand in his hand. He was singing along with his partner and writing big words on the ground.

This is called white sand scattering. It is also the skill of dipping dumplings.

There are no German clubs nowadays, so famous crosstalk and storytelling performers can get a stage in a teahouse.

But there are only a few teahouses, and how many people can make a living from them?
Most of them have to beg for food on the ground.

This Baisha scattering of words is the basic skill of crosstalk performers, just like the Taiping lyrics, they all rely on this to make a living.

In this day and age, if you want to rely on being cute and silly, hey, sorry, did you see the broken bowl on the ground? Go ahead, kneel there and beg for food, and people will dislike you.

Xiao Ran looked for a while, then stood up and walked inside. This was his second time visiting the City God Temple.

It was deserted last time, but this time it is even more lively than the Chinese New Year.

This place is not really a cultural relic unit. It is just a place where common people gather for fun. There are also quite a few vendors inside, some frying pancakes, some selling sugar cakes, some performing acrobatics, and a good and bad mix of all kinds.

Xiao Ran didn't see Zhao Qingming and the others, so he just walked inside. When he raised his nose, he smelled the aroma of meat.

Looking closely, I saw two large iron pots standing under the big cypress tree on the left.
It is called an iron pot, but in fact it is more like a soup pot used for making soup in a soup restaurant.

It is two meters wide and one meter deep, so it is easy to stew a person, let alone vegetables.

There were people standing in line next to the iron pot a long time ago.

Then I saw the lid of the pot was opened, and inside was cabbage, meatballs, tofu, meat, and vermicelli, bubbling with food.

The steam was rising as the cook stirred the soup with a shovel-like spoon.

It doesn't look good and is not worthy of being served at a table.

But it tastes good.

Don’t think that this big pot dish requires no technical skills. In fact, there may not be many people who can make it well.

A cool breeze blew, dispersing the steam from the pot, and the appearance of a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes gradually became clear.

"This guy came here?"

Xiao Ran took a quick glance and didn't look at him a second time, wondering if this guy had woken up.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard a shout from behind.

"Fourth brother!!"

Xiao Ran turned around and saw Feng Chui running towards him with a smile, pulling Xiao Ran's arm: "How is it, lively?"

"Yeah, it's quite lively."

Xiao Ran praised undeniably.

"Let's go. Everyone is in the back hall. The front is for everyone to have fun."

Feng Chui pulled Xiao Ran's arm and walked inside. Xiao Ran was speechless after hearing these words. In this era of scarcity, fun was so simple.

If this happened in reality, we would have to have a meal, take a shower, smile and go upstairs.

"Fourth brother, I heard from Sun Miao that you are short of money?"

"No, it's been solved."

"Oh, that's good. If you have any trouble, just tell the brothers. I just met Mao Si and asked him about it, but he refused to tell me. This kid is quite sensible."

Fengchui lowered his head and said.

"Ha, we are all brothers. Don't play this trick in the future. The four cats are still pretty good."

Xiao Ran said, turning back to look at the direction of the big pot of rice: "Where did that cook come from?"

"Don't mention it. I found a chef who specializes in cooking big pot stews. As a result, the cook disappeared before the pot was put on and the water didn't even boil. Then this guy came and said he was the apprentice of the chef. The chef had something urgent to do and left first, so he came to help cook. He only wanted half of the wages."

After saying that, Fengchui hurriedly said, "Don't be fooled by your young age, you are really good at cooking. These two large pots of food taste really good and are cheap. We can ask him to cook for us when we have gatherings in the future."

Seeing Xiao Ran remained silent after hearing this, and his eyes were always on the other person, Feng Chui raised his eyebrows: "Does Fourth Brother recognize him? Are you familiar with him?"

"Not familiar, but he looks like a friend of mine."

After saying that, Xiao Ran suddenly remembered something and turned around and said, "You go in first. I'll go to the toilet."

"Okay, then hurry up, big brother and the others are waiting for you."

"okay."

After sending the Phoenix Hammer away, Xiao Ran looked around, turned around and walked towards an inconspicuous corner. When he reached a dead end, Xiao Ran turned over and jumped onto the wall, feeling his way towards the heel of the City God Temple and found an inconspicuous corner.

Then he raised his hand to release the tiger's body, then took out the black machete from the space and handed it to the tiger.

"Whether it succeeds tonight or not, that's up to you."

As Xiao Ran spoke, he took out the invitation and stuffed it into Tiger's arms. Finally, he took out the D-level cursed object: [Paper Paste] and put it on Tiger's face, after making sure there was no problem.

Xiao Ran took out another cursed object: [Lingxi Incense Burner]

This thing is a purely auxiliary cursed item, originally used for spirit snakes, but Xiao Ran remembered that this thing had a very special ability.

The curse pattern on his finger that received the corpse entered the incense burner, and then the privileged information appeared in Xiao Ran's sight.

D-level cursed item: [Lingxi incense burner·corpse collector]

Privilege 1: Telepathic Clothes Carrying (This ability comes from Chapter .)
Lighting up the rhinoceros incense can allow part of your consciousness to enter the corpse, and allow the corpse to gain one of your professional skills and attribute bonuses for a short period of time. (Not to exceed D level!)

(Note: When your consciousness enters the corpse, you will share vision with the corpse and control the corpse to fight, but the stronger your control over the corpse, the higher the concentration required and the greater the mental consumption.)
Duration: 2 hours
Cooling time: 24 hours.

Perk 2: Smoke

After activation, the incense burner will spew out a large amount of smoke, which will greatly obstruct the vision of everyone except the consumer.

Cooling time: 3 hours
The last time I saw this ability, I was still a corpse sewer. Now that I have advanced to a corpse collector, the effect of the skill has obviously been significantly improved.

Not only can one's consciousness control the corpse, but one can also give the corpse the attributes and specialty skills of a professional skill. The strength of the enhancement is completely different from that of a corpse sewer.

As Xiao Ran activated Privilege 1, a wisp of green smoke came out of the incense burner, and then the green smoke circled around Xiao Ran, as if it took away part of Xiao Ran's consciousness and drilled into the tiger's nasal cavity.

After a moment, the tiger in front of him slowly opened his eyes, and the empty eyes under the mask gradually became lively, with a hint of cunning in his eyes.

"I'll leave this responsibility to you. I just wonder if Shanlong will be frightened when he sees me..."

　I won't update tonight. I've been through a whole day and I plan to change my schedule, otherwise I won't be able to resume posting five updates a day.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)