Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 302 What should you call me?
From the beginning Xiao Ran suspected that Lao Deng was hiding something, and now it seems that he was absolutely right.

The old Taoist priest walked up to a few ghost merchants and said something in a mumbling voice.

Afterwards, a few ghost merchants happily sent the old Taoist priest to the car. Sitting on the truck, the old Taoist priest did not forget to look back at Xiao Ran, smiling and waving his hand to signal him to come faster.

Xiao Ran hesitated for a moment, but still walked out from behind the bushes.

"Forget it, let's see what other tricks this old Taoist priest has."

If I want to leave here now, I still need the help of the old Taoist priest.

Walking to the front of the truck, Xiao Ran first looked at these ghost merchants. There were not many ghost merchants in this group and they could be counted with a quick glance. There were twelve in total, three of whom were dressed like the merchants of this team. The leader was a fat man in front of him with a tall hat on his head.

The remaining nine are more like guards for this team.

Each of them looked ferocious and exuded a violent and violent aura.

When these guards saw Xiao Ran coming, their eyes suddenly showed coldness. But when they saw clearly the [Guillotine] in Xiao Ran's hand, their eyes immediately began to become clear, as clean as college students who had just walked out of the campus.

Interestingly, Xiao Ran noticed that the vehicles pulling this team were not horses or livestock, but crabs.

These crabs are very large, with a green glow all over their bodies. There are pairs of eyes on their shells, which sometimes open and sometimes close, but they always make sure that one part of their eyes remains open at all times to facilitate observation of the surroundings.

Xiao Ran nodded slightly to the three ghost merchants in the lead as a greeting, and then glanced at the Taoist of Yinshan Mountain: "Master, if you had said earlier that you could run, I wouldn't have needed you to lie on the cart all the way."

"My good disciple, isn't this the reason why you take good care of me?" The old Taoist grinned.

The old Taoist priest knew that if he had shown any remaining strength to resist earlier, this kid would most likely chop off his head first. After all, he had gone through the same thing in the past, and when it came to killing masters, he had much more experience than Xiao Ran.

"It's not too late!"

Xiao Ran sneered and raised the [Guillotine] in his hand. A cold light flashed on the blade, and faintly one could hear the roars and howls of countless evil spirits.

Ever since the knife fell into Xiao Ran's hands, the murderous aura on the knife has become increasingly stronger.

Even though they were now in the underworld, the murderous aura there still made these evil spirits feel terrified.

"Little brother, little brother, let's talk it over. Don't damage our goods."

At this time, the three ghost merchants saw this and immediately stepped forward to block Xiao Ran, bowed and spoke to Xiao Ran politely.

"goods??"

"Yes, yes, this Taoist priest is willing to serve as our cargo in exchange for the two of you traveling expenses, so now the Taoist priest is our property."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ran was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. It turned out that the old ones are the most experienced. He didn't expect that there was such a trick.

The three ghost merchants didn't matter, and Xiao Ran didn't take those guards seriously either. If he was determined to take action, they wouldn't be able to stop him. But in this case, how he would leave here would become a problem.

Besides, the Yinshan Taoist would probably not sit still and wait for death. This old villain has a lot of tricks in his mind.

It was true that he was injured, but he was definitely not to the point where he had no power to fight back. There was really no benefit in breaking up with him now.

After all, it is not difficult to kill ghosts and silence them, but the problem is how to protect yourself as much as possible.

"I see. I just don't know how much my master sold himself for?"

Xiao Ran put away the [Guillotine] and asked with a smile.

"We don't negotiate the price. Talking about the price hurts feelings. This is just a favor. Of course, someone will help this Taoist priest to redeem himself."

Hearing this, Xiao Ran's heart skipped a beat: "Sure enough, this old guy must have connections in the underworld."

"Sir, please get in the car quickly. We are going to have a long journey."

After the three businessmen urged Xiao Ran to get in the car quickly, they jumped in, took out a pair of red-hot tongs, and poked the crab's butt forward.

"Zizzizi..."

Accompanied by the smell of barbecued seafood, the crab shook its body a few times, spread its thighs and began to pull the car forward.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran couldn't help but ask: "What is this crab..."

"Sir, this crab is a specialty of the Wangchuan River. Its full name is Wangchuan Ghost Crab. It is said that those who accidentally fall into the Wangchuan River and forget what they are will slowly turn into ghost crabs. Although they are ghost crabs, they are also obedient, so they are caught and used as tools for traveling."

The ghost merchant said, and added: "Young master, please don't show mercy. These ghost crabs are cunning and insidious. Once you carry them on your back, they will definitely attack you. So someone must keep an eye on them at all times to avoid any trouble."

"I see." Xiao Ran suddenly realized and couldn't help asking, "How does it taste?"

"smell?"

Several ghost merchants were stunned when they heard this and turned to look at Xiao Ran. Xiao Ran immediately realized that he seemed to have said something wrong and glanced at the old Taoist priest next to him.

The old Taoist grinned and said, "Silly disciple, why are you only thinking about eating? Now you have become a ghost and have lost your appetite. You can't enjoy this crab anymore."

After hearing the old Taoist's ridicule, the three ghost merchants showed a look of relief on their faces.

Riding in the crab car, Xiao Ran found that the surrounding scenery had changed several times without him noticing. From the dead woods at the beginning, it became a mass grave later. It changed several times again while he was talking. Looking back, he could no longer see the way he came. This speed was really unbelievable.

Little did people know that this ghost crab was extremely fast. With its eight legs, it was born with the ability to shrink the distance to an inch. It could often cover a distance of a thousand miles with just one leg.

The only thing is that after running for a while, you need to slow down and rest for a while.

"Dong dong dong..."

The guard in front struck the Soul-Frightening Gong in his hand. The underworld was vast and boundless, but there were many troubles. It was not ordinary ghosts or spirits, but some twisted evil spirits that were the most troublesome.

This group of evil spirits, like the ghost crabs, have actually forgotten what they are and have lost their original spirituality. Gradually, they have come together to form a product with the characteristics of the underworld.

During this period, Xiao Ran saw one. The thing had only a huge head, and below the neck were all octopus-like tentacles. It was drooling, and looked like a stupid young master of a landlord's family.

The ghost merchant said that it was called a flying-headed barbarian, a relatively unique creature in the underworld, but its IQ was relatively low, and all it did was eat, with no intelligence at all. Generally, you'd be fine as long as you didn't get close to it.

In addition, there are some other evil spirits that I will not mention one by one.

It was about two hours later that Xiao Ran saw the shadow of a city gate in the distance.

At first glance, the city gate looks like a small hill. The city wall stretches for thousands of miles and is so high that people can only look up.

"Fengdu City is just ahead. We'll be there in about an hour."

"One hour?"

Xiao Ran grinned. It is said that a horse will die if it runs too far up the mountain. Fortunately, there was a ghost crab pulling them along, otherwise it would take him and the Yinshan Taoist several years to get there. If it was really as the old Taoist said, even if their bodies decayed, they would not be able to get out.

The city gate was getting closer and closer.

The old Taoist priest glanced at Xiao Ran from time to time, his eyes rolling around, but no one knew what he was thinking about.

It was this moment of trance.

A huge door appeared in front of everyone.

The gate was so tall that one had to raise one's head and strain one's neck to barely see the end.

But the main gate was indeed closed, but there was a small side door next to it that was open. This door was similar to the main gates of ancient city towers in reality.

The pitch-black city wall towered into the sky, and the simple stone bricks were covered with moss and mottled marks of time. Xiao Ran noticed that there were actually some traces of swords and knives on the city wall. Although time had made these marks merge with the city wall, they could not cover up the dense sword marks and traces left by arrow holes.

"Did a war ever happen here?"

Xiao Ran looked up at the unreachable wall in front of him, and thought that this idea was too absurd. This was the underworld, who dared to take action in the underworld? ?
But on second thought, I felt something was not right. If I followed my previous idea, why would the Hades build such a huge city gate? Isn't this clearly a precaution?

As soon as we reached the city gate, everyone had to get off the car.

There were two rows of ghost soldiers standing at the city gate. Their skin was extremely pale, as if they did not have even a trace of blood.

He wore a pitch-black iron helmet engraved with obscure runes, and white bones were faintly visible under the armor.

These ghosts are the lowest level ants in the underworld, and their strength may not even be much stronger than that of mortal martial arts masters.

But here, the ghosts represent the underworld, and are not people that these ghost merchants dare to offend.

Of course there are exceptions. For example, the old Taoist priest at this moment was lying carelessly on the truck and had no intention of getting off.

Xiao Ran naturally noticed that the closer they got to the city of Fengdu, the more relaxed the old Taoist looked.

"Foxes!"

It was at this time that the Yinshan Taoist sitting on the cargo box called out to Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran turned his head, his smile growing brighter: "Master, what do you want me to do?"

The old Taoist priest sat up straight, and glanced at the group of people who were walking quickly towards this side through the city gate. His eyes gradually became cold, and he stared at Xiao Ran straight, and even his voice became as gloomy and hoarse as before: "Who do you think will be able to leave the underworld alive, between the two of us?"

As he was talking, Xiao Ran noticed a group of people coming out of the door. They were wearing long robes and were full of energy. When they saw the Yinshan Taoist, they were even more delighted. The middle-aged man in the lead quickly stepped forward and said, "Master, you're back."

When Xiao Ran heard what the middle-aged man said, he was quite surprised. He didn't expect that the old Taoist priest's disciple was here. No wonder he was so confident.

The old Taoist priest ignored the disciple and just looked down at Xiao Ran with his head down: "The land of the underworld is not for the living to set foot on. If you are caught, you will go to the eighteen hells. Master, I also want to save you."

Xiao Ran raised his eyelids when he heard this: "Save me?"

"Of course, if I kill you now, isn't that saving you?"

After hearing the old Taoist's words, Xiao Ran suddenly couldn't help but grin and sneer, and slowly took out the [Evil-Suppressing Order]. As the [Evil-Suppressing Order] was activated, a gloomy chill suddenly arose from Xiao Ran's body, causing the old Taoist's pupils to tighten.

He couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise: "The Dark One!"

Xiao Ran hung the [Evil-Suppressing Order] on his waist and walked to the side carelessly: "Master, you called me a fox outside, and I didn't blame you, but what should you call me here?"

(End of this chapter)