Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 272 Abacus Beads Are All Business
When Xiao Ran raised the [Guillotine] in his hand, everyone could feel an unstoppable murderous aura coming towards them.

The exaggerated shape of the guillotine made everyone shudder.

This kind of broadsword doesn't look like one that a wandering thug would carry, but more like one used to kill people on the battlefield.

Is there a difference? Of course there is. When you travel around the world and fight with others, you need to be agile and versatile, and the changes in moves can often determine life and death in an instant.

This machete is heavy and difficult to use, and the moves are also wide and open, making it more suitable for chopping on the battlefield.

However, to be able to wield such a broadsword, I believe his strength must be extraordinary.

For a moment, even the proprietress of the inn could not help but get goose bumps all over her body from the murderous aura on the blade. She then looked at the bearded Lu Cheng who was half-awake and half-squinting, thinking, "Could it be that I really have made a mistake? The brothers are so powerful, so shouldn't the eldest brother be even more powerful?"

But the boss lady soon came to her senses. Regardless of whether it was true or not, with Xiao Ran joining her, she felt relieved: "Little brother, take a break for a while, just leave the things ahead to us."

After saying that, he turned around and said, "What are you still standing there for? Go and invite the queen out."

I saw the shop assistant running to the kitchen at the back.

Soon, a shrine was carried out from the back by several people.

The shrine is not big, but it takes several people to lift it.

This is because the shrine is not made of wood, but cast in fine iron, and the base is solid, so it is incredibly heavy.

The four corners of the shrine are carved with cloud patterns, which are as delicate as real clouds floating in the air, giving people the feeling of riding on the clouds and ascending to heaven.

The door of the shrine was tightly closed, and people could not see the Di Tie Shan Niangniang enshrined inside.

"Everyone, why are you still standing there? Those who have money can contribute money, and those who don't can contribute labor. This is an inn, not an escort agency."

The proprietress grinned and looked at the businessmen carefully.

Seeing this, the merchants felt unlucky and could only take out the gold and silver jewelry on their bodies.

These gold and silver jewelry were put together and placed in an iron pot next to the shrine.

At this moment, the sound of wind outside the door became more and more rapid. Xiao Ran glanced over and saw a strange red light flashing outside the sealed window. Pairs of eyes painted with cinnabar were spying on everyone's every move through the gaps in the doors and windows.

After seeing the shrine being carried out, the red light flashing in these eyes became even stronger.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!!"

Suddenly, there were sounds of knocking on doors all around, and each sound seemed to hit everyone's heart. There were footsteps and shouting outside the door, as if the entire inn was surrounded. But if you looked through the crack in the door, there was no one else except the women holding the white bone banners.

Suddenly, the screams of livestock broke the silence, blood splattered behind the gate, followed by a series of collision sounds.

"Block the door quickly!" The proprietress's face changed and she shouted at the top of her lungs.

The shop assistants rushed forward and held the door tightly shut. However, the footsteps seemed to be right next to their ears, so close that their eardrums were vibrating.

Outside the door, those disabled women sang in a mournful tune. The singing was like a sharp knife piercing the eardrums. At the same time, they gently waved the bone banners in their hands. The skulls on the banners twisted, emitting an ominous aura.

Everyone's heartbeat quickened, and even their breathing became rapid.

"Here it comes!" Xiao Ran glanced towards the door.

With a "click" sound, cracks began to appear on the door panel. A blood-red hand squeezed in from the gap in the door and reached out to grab a waiter behind the door. Seeing this, the waiter quickly dodged to the side, but unexpectedly, the next second, countless mouths opened on the palm, and densely packed arms stretched out from the cracked mouths, grabbed the dodged waiter and pulled him back, and then those palms coiled around like poisonous snakes, and mouths opened from the small hands and began to bite the waiter's body.

This fellow weighed at least 160 pounds, and in the blink of an eye, he was eaten till not even a bone was left.

This scene made everyone's scalp tingle.

"Blood Shadow!!" Some people have heard of this thing. It is said to be a strange thing made with the confiscated "blessings". Once touched, at best a piece of flesh will fall off, at worst the person will be torn into pieces and eaten up in an instant like the guy.

As he saw those hands grabbing towards him.

Xiao Ran grabbed the [Guillotine] on the table, and heard the iron ring on the blade clanging. The next moment, he rushed to the door, swung the sword, and with a deafening buzzing sound, he chopped at the trunk of the Bloody Hand.

It happened in a split second, and no one even saw how Xiao Ran drew his knife, but they saw the bloody hand extending from behind the door being chopped into pieces in an instant, like melons and vegetables.

Every movement of Xiao Ran's broadsword brought with it a suffocating sense of oppression.

But the bloody hands in front of him seemed endless. Xiao Ran's operations not only failed to stop the bloody hands from retreating from the door, but instead there were more and more of them.

The gap that Xiao Ran cut off was followed by hands that continued to grow out like the fork of a branch. There were densely packed mouths on the palms, arms, and even fingers, which grabbed towards Xiao Ran.

"Soul Slash!"

As the blade turned, a combination of evil and murderous intent slashed through the air at the trunk of the arm.

Xiao Ran did not see the figure of the owner of this arm, but he heard a painful scream coming from outside the door, and those arms that were rushing towards him with bared fangs and claws immediately went limp one by one.

Seeing Xiao Ran defeat the famous blood shadow with just one sword, everyone cheered with joy.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the surrounding windows exploded, and more blood shadows poured out from these gaps. "Disciple Qin Huairu, respectfully asks the queen, please have mercy."

It was at this moment that the proprietress immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately.

"Kick!"

With a crisp sound, the tightly closed door of the shrine was seen to open a crack. As the crack became larger and larger, the temperature around suddenly increased, making everyone feel like they were in a furnace.

"Humph!"

An unhappy snort came from inside the shrine.

The bloody hands that were grabbing from all sides suddenly exploded, turning into blood rain, and instantly evaporated in the rolling heat wave.

A ray of red fire suddenly illuminated the entire inn.

"The Queen is here! She is here to protect us from the wind and rain, and to keep us safe. Every household is safe..."

I only heard the sound of a baby singing from the shrine.

After Xiao Ran put away his knife, he retreated to the side of Lu Cheng. Looking ahead, he saw a vague shadow behind the shrine gradually becoming clearer. He pointed at the iron pot in front of the shrine, and the gold, silver and treasures in the pot immediately dissolved into liquid and were sucked into the mouth of the empress, who ate them all up.

Just as she was about to eat up all the gold, silver and treasures in the pot, the lady did not continue to do anything, with no intention of driving away the sneaky ghost outside the door. Instead, she stared at the empty iron pot.

"The Queen is here! She is here to protect us from the wind and rain, and to keep us safe. Every household is safe..."

The sound of chanting was heard again from the shrine.

Upon hearing this, the proprietress immediately understood what he meant. She turned around and stared at the businessmen and travelers fiercely.

"The queen is here, what are you still standing there for? Come and pay your respects to her."

"You want more?"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Why did this lady just ask for money when she came? The situation outside had not been resolved yet.

Seeing that everyone kept their heads down and kept silent, the proprietress suddenly became anxious and pulled out a knife: "Why, you really want money over life? If the queen is unhappy, Black Wind will rush in later and you won't even have a bone left."

Hearing this, everyone's heart trembled with fear.

"Your Highness, we are naturally happy to offer our respects, but we ask that you show your divine power and drive away the evil spirits. We will present our gifts immediately after the event."

Someone thought quickly, walked up to the shrine, bowed, and spoke with a pious look on his face.

However, he didn't expect that his brain was quick, but not slower than the knife in the boss lady's hand. As soon as he finished speaking, he was kicked to the ground by the boss lady, and the shiny knife was pointed at his chest.

"A bold and ignorant fool."

The proprietress raised her knife and cursed: "It is a great honor for the queen to come here. You still dare to bargain with the queen. If the queen is not compassionate and wants to help the poor, why would she come all the way here? If you anger the queen, you will be eaten by the black wind outside."

At this moment, everyone's faces turned pale. No one dared to speak anymore. They took out the gold and silver jewelry in their hands and put them into the pot.

"Xiao Ran, this doesn't look like a deity, it looks more like a bandit robbing a house."

Lu Cheng was standing next to Xiao Ran. When he saw this scene, he couldn't help but complain.

What is the meaning of keeping safe? Isn't it just taking advantage of the situation to rob?

I thought it was some kind of battle between gods, but I didn't expect it to be like this.

Xiao Ran watched coldly from the sidelines. Hearing Lu Cheng's complaints, he couldn't help but sneer: "I'm afraid the two families have colluded to rob money or even kill people."

All the monsters and ghosts, and the gods and immortals are just beads on an abacus, and they are all business.

Soon the iron pot was filled with gold, silver and treasures, but the Lady Tieshan did not seem satisfied.

The iron shrine was shaking, and it looked like it was about to close.

Seeing this, the lady boss's face changed drastically. She looked around and noticed the sneaky appearance of several businessmen hiding in the back. She immediately raised her knife and said, "Search them!"

As they were talking, several guys rushed over, knocked the businessman to the ground in no time, and pulled a package out of his arms.

"No, no, these are all my capital. Without them, my family's business will be ruined!" Seeing the package being snatched away, the businessman got up and begged.

The lady boss sneered when she heard this: "Capital, only when people are alive can they use capital, and dead people can't use capital."

After saying that, he gave a look and several of his men immediately grabbed the businessman and were about to throw him out.

Seeing this, Lu Cheng finally couldn't help it, opened his drooping eyelids, and shouted angrily: "Bah, what a bullshit immortal, I think it's the same as outside, all demons and evil spirits!"

(End of this chapter)