Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 313 Parting
It ends with a prompt sound.

A box appeared in front of Xiao Ran.

The box is exquisitely made, with gold-painted patterns on it, depicting Dunhuang fairies dancing, dragons sailing out to sea, and emperors traveling. There are so many details in the composition that you can see something different at every glance.

Before Xiao Ran could touch it, the box opened by itself, and four strange cages appeared in front of him, each cage divided into eight partitions.

There is an item in each partition, including swords, spears, halberds, golden flowers, pens, ink, paper, inkstones, floating dust and wooden fish.

"Hint! You have opened the cage of fate and have a chance to choose. The items in the cage of fate will change every three minutes. You only have one stick of incense, so please cherish the opportunity!!"

"What's in here? Is it a curse?"

Xiao Ran looked at the items in the cage and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"It's fate!"

Xiao Ran was startled when he heard this, and turned around to find the old demon standing behind him.

As for when he stood behind him, Xiao Ran had no idea.

"Senior, can you explain it more clearly?"

It was rare that the old demon was attracted by this thing, so Xiao Ran couldn't help but muster up the courage to ask.

He was not worried that the old demon would attack him, because there was no need to worry.

Just the evil dragon alone made him desperate enough, not to mention the old monster which was even more terrifying than the evil dragon.

If this person wants to attack him, Xiao Ran's only hope is to die quickly.

He didn't even want to use the extra life given by the [Spiritual Robe]. The difference between dying once and dying twice was just one more blow.

The old demon turned around and looked at Xiao Ran, his empty eyes seemed to penetrate into the depths of Xiao Ran's soul.

Xiao Ran felt ashamed when he saw this, as if someone had stripped him naked and was then looking through his preview history on his cell phone right in front of him.

Fortunately, the old demon didn't look at him for too long. He just glanced at him quickly, shook his head after a moment and said, "Your life is not good!"

Xiao Ran did not deny this. If she was lucky, she would not have become a funeral director. If she was lucky, she would not have never met her parents.

But I feel a little uncomfortable when I hear it said this.

However, Xiao Ran was stunned the next second, as he saw the old demon actually reaching out his hand and fiddling with the precious cage of fate in front of him.

The four cages actually rotated together as the old demon's fingers gently moved them.

"Shouldn't this thing belong to me?"

Xiao Ran's eyes widened. Normally, since this thing was a reward for him, it was already outrageous that the old demon could see it, and he could even get his hands on it directly? ? ?
The old demon didn't care about Xiao Ran's inner shock. He moved the cage while speaking.

"You and I were born in the wrong era. The four pillars on your fate lock indicate bad luck. The reason you are still alive today should be that your parents helped you to survive."

"My parents!!"

When Xiao Ran heard this, his breathing became rapid.

Unfortunately, the old demon did not explain anything to Xiao Ran in this regard, but just patted Xiao Ran on the back of his head.

Oh my god! Xiao Ran’s head felt buzzing as if he was hit by a club out of nowhere.

My vision went dark and I vaguely saw four stone pillars standing in front of me.

These are the four life pillars that are held down by the life lock.

Divided by year, month, day and hour.

Xiao Ran raised his head and saw a ball of black light on each of the life pillars. Upon closer inspection, he found that there was something inside.

Above the year pillar, there is a sword stained with blood hanging, and the smell of blood can be smelled from afar.

Above the moon column, there is a broken ruler. The ruler is broken and it is difficult to fulfill its function.

Above the sun pillar, there is a withered branch with only a yellow leaf left on it, which seems like it will fall off at any time.

The last hour column was empty, with nothing on it.

"Hanging sword, end, broken relationship, these are the results on your life column. Hanging sword means killing, either kill or be killed.

If it is not finished, you will never accomplish anything.

If you break up the relationship, you will be lonely and miserable for the rest of your life, and there is no good way to deal with it. "

The old demon's voice was heard, explaining Xiao Ran's fate pillar.

"You are still alive today because the fourth life pillar is vacant. Someone paid a price to help you live until today, but fate, fate, has been determined long ago. It is still difficult for you to live a long life."

Xiao Ran frowned. He couldn't say that he didn't believe in the theory of fate, but he didn't take it to heart.

The old demon continued to fiddle with the precious cage in front of him: "You have very bad luck, but you are also very lucky. One foot is on the threshold of the new era. Changing your fate against all odds is your chance for the future."

As he spoke, the old demon suddenly stopped his fingers and grabbed his hand into the cage.

This cage is a plum blossom.

The old demon took out the plum blossom and slapped Xiao Ran on the forehead with his backhand.

In an instant, the plum blossom turned into a faint bright red and flowed into Xiao Ran's last hanging life pillar.

Suddenly, the four evil spirits in the life pillar took shape. Xiao Ran inexplicably felt that something seemed to flash through his heart, but the feeling was too fast, so Xiao Ran could not experience any mystery.

The cage of fate began to close again until it disappeared in front of Xiao Ran.

"The fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold. With this destiny, your luck will slowly change. If there is another chance in the future, find a way to change the remaining three destiny pillars."

"Thank you, senior."

"No need to thank me, this is a favor I'm returning to you."

The old demon hunched his body, turned around and walked to the side to sit down again, looking to the left with empty eyes, his eyes were full of insight: "Go this way, we should be able to reach the destination soon."

"Senior, are you going to Yin Yang Dao too?"

Xiao Ran tried to ask.

He still had a little expectation in his heart. If he could fight back with the support of this big man, the Changchun Society would be nothing but tofu dregs.

Unfortunately, although the idea was good, the old demon did not answer Xiao Ran.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran didn't ask any more questions and controlled the black stick to move to the left along the route.

Although there was still a huge gash on the Black Stick's abdomen at this moment, he had upgraded his weapons to new ones. The huge dragon tail swung, and a strong wind blew, almost blowing Xiao Ran away.

This speed is many times faster than before.

The speed of the black stick increased, but Huangquan was too big after all, and it would obviously take some time to reach Yinyang Road.

On the way, the old demon seemed to be petrified again. Xiao Ran tried to get close to him, but all failed.

Occasionally, they would encounter some unlucky and blind people on the road. Often, they would be slapped unconscious by the old demon before they could even get close to him. The old demon would then grab them and take out a bead from their body.

The old demon stuffed the bead into Hei Gun's mouth, and the corpse was handed to Xiao Ran to repair Hei Gun's wounds.

In the following days, the old demon took the initiative to attack from time to time. Sometimes, when Xiao Ran didn't see anything, the old demon would stretch out his hand and pull a monster out of the water.

Xiao Ran couldn't name these monsters, and some of them were even hard to describe. It was as if they were in the underworld, and since no one was watching, they just looked the same, with strange and deformed expressions.

When the old demon caught these ugly creatures, he simply dug out the beads from their bodies and stuffed them into Black Stick's mouth.

Gradually, Xiao Ran began to feel that the black stick seemed a little different.

It’s hard to describe it specifically, but there seemed to be a bit of spirituality in Hei Gun’s originally empty eyes.

Well... to be precise, it seems to be alive.

As usual, the old demon handed the corpse to him, and Xiao Ran upgraded some useful parts of the black stick.

For example, two claws were added to the black stick, and a turtle shell was added to the black stick.

It’s interesting to say that when Xiao Ran passed by this big turtle, he thought it was an island. Who would have thought it was actually a turtle.

After the old demon stabbed the turtle to death with one finger, he not only took away the beads from the turtle, but also took off the turtle's shell.

Xiao Ran was still wondering how to sew this thing together, but the black stick drilled in by itself and was put on directly.

This saves me a lot of effort. It can be seen that Hei Gun has developed his own independent consciousness.

As long as Xiao Ran doesn't interfere forcibly, it can act entirely on its own will.

After getting the turtle shell, Xiao Ran added two hind legs to Hei Gun.

Although the black stick now looked neither fish nor turtle, Xiao Ran felt that his aesthetic sense seemed to have been distorted after being used to those strange things in Huangquan.

Not only do I not think it's ugly, I think it's pretty cool.

Ok……

After all, it is something you created yourself, just like the food you cook yourself. As long as it is not bad, you can basically finish it.

As for those unused places, Xiao Ran picked and chose, and finally stuffed all the things that could be accepted into the space. To others, these corpses were garbage.

But to Xiao Ran, it was a precious treasure. If he took it back and pieced it together, he might be able to create something else.

"arrive!"

The old demon opened his eyes and pointed forward.

Xiao Ran looked up and saw that there was indeed a dock in front of him. He even saw that the bone ship was docked at the dock when he came here.

"Finally we're here."

Seeing the dock, Xiao Ran couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. In a place like the underworld, he had been feeling a sense of pressure all the time since he came in.

Everything is fine in Fengdu.

At least he had the identity of a ghost messenger. As long as he didn't take the initiative to cause any trouble, generally speaking, no big shot would bother him. But after leaving Fengdu, Xiao Ran felt that this world was simply too dangerous.

Any slightly larger fish can easily kill itself.

even……

Xiao Ran glanced at the old demon next to him. The corpse that jumped out of the wooden coffin was as awesome as a god. What about the people in the stone and golden coffins?

Even every time he thought of the sarcophagus, Xiao Ran couldn't help but feel extremely fortunate.

I am glad that I resisted my greed and did not take the risk.

From the old demon's occasional lament that the time was wrong during this period, it was not difficult to judge that I was actually the culprit who woke him up.

In other words, the old demon just doesn't want to bother with this matter.

But it’s hard to say about the person in the sarcophagus. After opening the coffin, the first thing he might do is to cut himself into pieces and grind his bones to scatter ashes.

"Senior, do you want to leave with us?"

Xiao Ran asked again.

This time, the old demon turned around and glanced at Xiao Ran. It was unknown what he was thinking in his empty eyes. He shook his head and said, "No."

After getting this reply, Xiao Ran felt a little disappointed, but at the same time he was also slightly relieved. After all, for such a big man, it was too incredible for him to enter the mystery city or the real world.

"Let him stay too. I need him to get around if I want to go somewhere."

The old demon pointed to the black stick under his butt.

"Good. It's a good thing that Black Stick is with you."

Xiao Ran nodded and agreed without thinking.

After so many transformations and optimizations, the Black Stick may not be considered a very cool thing in Huangquan.

But outside, it can definitely be called a BOSS-level monster.

How could Xiao Ran not want to take it back? But the problem was that he couldn't take it back.

It is too big to be stored in space, nor can it be ridden directly ashore and then take the Yin-Yang Road.

According to Chongshan, whether it is a Yin-Yang person or a ferryman, the number of people they can take away from the Yin-Yang Road each time is limited.

Just imagine, it would be difficult for these people to carry more people, let alone carry out a behemoth like the Black Stick.

But Xiao Ran felt uncomfortable leaving Hei Gun here. Not because of fear of loss, but because of anxiety.

After all, it was the first unknown creature he created, and it was so excellent. Xiao Ran felt a little reluctant to leave Black Stick in the underworld to fend for himself.

Now Hei Gun can stay with the big boss Lao Yao, his safety is guaranteed, and he has enough food and drink. This is a perfect solution to the problem of whether he should stay or leave. Xiao Ran is so happy that he can't contain himself.

"Hei Gun, from now on, you should stay with the seniors. Take good care of yourself and take good care of the seniors!"

Xiao Ran patted the tortoise shell of the black stick and spoke.

"Woooo!!"

Under the water, Black Stick seemed to sense something and raised his head, responding to Xiao Ran with a low roar.

Xiao Ran didn't understand, but he could feel that Hei Gun was saying goodbye to him.

"Follow me, Senior. I will come here often in the future. We will meet again if we are lucky enough."

Xiao Ran knew in his heart that "we'll see you again if we're lucky" was just a word of comfort. The underworld is too big, a boundless place. It's impossible for ordinary people to walk from one place to another without a mount, even if they die.

This farewell may be forever.

"Woooo..."

Black Stick dived his head into the water and then spit out a very large bubble underwater.

The old demon pointed at Bubble and motioned Xiao Ran to go in.

Then he nodded slightly towards Xiao Ran, and then waved his hand lightly. A gentle breeze blew up, lifting the bubble and carrying Xiao Ran into the air.

The bubble flew very fast, and when Xiao Ran came to his senses, it had already landed lightly on the dock. As the bubble burst, Xiao Ran tapped his feet and landed lightly on the ground.

"Ouch!!!"

Black Stick paddled on the water a few times, and after a long roar came out of his mouth, he slowly disappeared from Xiao Ran's sight with the old demon...

(End of this chapter)