Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 331 It’s all a plan
"Sashasha~"

"Ah! Huhuhuhu..."

Gao Yuting poked her head out from the bushes and tidied up her scattered long hair.

He looked down at Xiao Ran lying in the haystack and kicked him angrily: "Why don't you get up? It's almost noon now. Aren't you afraid of being caught by someone?"

"Don't worry, I have someone guarding the intersection."

Xiao Ran sat up and pointed in the direction of Li Shao in the distance.

"Of course I'm not afraid of anything, but...isn't this too...sudden?"

Xiao Ran was a little caught off guard last night. It was not his initiative; he was purely passive last night.

In fact, my idea is to cultivate feelings first, proceed step by step, and then everything will come naturally.

Gao Yuting was stunned for a moment, then turned her head and said: "You are quite decisive when you kill people, why are you so hesitant about such a small matter? If you like it, then you like it. Why think so much?

I was standing on the edge of the cliff last night. If you are really that evil thief, and I can't kill you, just jump off the cliff. My master will take care of my elder sister."

Xiao Ran's expression became serious, he knew Yu Ting was not joking.

Gao Yuting stood up and stretched. The sun bathed her body. Her slender figure and fair skin were exposed in the sun, like an elf that had broken free from worldly etiquette.

"Don't look at me like that. Didn't Li Bai, a great poet during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, say that when life is good, one should enjoy it to the fullest and not let the golden cup face the moon in vain?

Others may not know, but how could I not know? The dynasty's luck has run out, the yellow disaster has brought about the destruction of Taoism, and even my master himself is in the disaster.

I'm not strong enough, but there's a chance I can make it through.

I don't want to be like my master, who often stares blankly and thinks about another dead man.

I don’t want to be like my sister, waiting in my boudoir for her destiny to come to her.”

After putting on her clothes, Gao Yuting turned around, her face still as carefree as ever:
"I'll give you my body first. If we can survive this yellow disaster, you must give me everything I deserve. If I die, help me build a grave."

After saying that, Gao Yuting walked down the mountain without looking back.

"Hey, you're leaving now?"

"You're not leaving? I'm afraid Master will get anxious waiting for you, so I'll come looking for you with a sword in hand."

"Oh, I mean, it's faster if you run."

Looking at Gao Yuting's back as she left, Xiao Ran thought about what she said and curled his lips: "Fuck this chaotic world. If I can't beat you, I can just find a way to take you away."

"Oh my waist, when I replace the parts later, please give me two more big kidneys..."

Xiao Ran twisted his lower back a few times and looked down: "Hiss? Why is the skin broken?"

After changing his clothes, Xiao Ran stretched, feeling as if he had forgotten something.

"Bang!" Xiao Ran suddenly slapped his forehead: "Oh no, how could I have completely forgotten about him."

When Xiao Ran ran down the mountain to take a look, he found Dong Ruopu sleeping soundly under the tree canopy.

"Why is this child so honest?"

He stepped forward and patted Dong Ruopu on the shoulder: "Wake up."

"what?"

Dong Ruopu opened his eyes half asleep and looked around with a confused look on his face.

"Where's the fairy sister?"

"Go home."

"oh oh."

Dong Ruopu got up from the ground and said, "Brother, it's already daybreak. You guys are climbing the mountain too slowly."

"Stop talking nonsense and get down the mountain quickly." Xiao Ran pulled Dong Ruopu down the mountain.

After riding the horse, he walked slowly towards the city.

On the way, Xiao Ran sat on the horse's back, twisting his butt from time to time, and always felt uncomfortable no matter how he sat.

He was holding a memory book in his hand and flipping through it carefully.

This is Li Shao's memory book. Xiao Ran ignored most of the useless memories in the front and focused on the contents after Li Shao became one of the thirty-six gods of Nuo.

As the guardian of the Nuo sect, Li Shao knew much more information than Zhao Shixiong.

Smuggling, murder, raising grain prices, privately casting weapons, all officials in Wancheng are members of the Nuo Sect.

Xiao Ran flipped through a few pages and frowned. Only when he read the next few pages did his brows gradually relax.

Looking at the contents inside, my heart was pounding with fear.

"No wonder he didn't take action that day. It turns out he was waiting here. What a deep calculation!"

According to Li Shao's memory, Nuomen already knew where Shuang Fei was hiding, but they were afraid of her strength and did not dare to take action.

But Nuomen also received a piece of news that Shuang Fei would not live long and was just holding on for dear life.

When the Locust God descended that day, Nuomen deliberately refused to confront him directly. His purpose was to force Shuang Fei to take action. He wanted to see whether the rumors were true or not.

Afterwards, he used the name of Shuang Fei to invite grasshoppers from all over the world to gather in Wancheng to strengthen Wancheng's strength.

Xiao Ran continued flipping through the pages and read all of Li Shao's memories. He probably understood Nuo Men's thoughts in his mind.

Let the wolf into the house, chase the tiger away, watch from the sidelines and finally the mantis stalks the cicada.

What they want is not only Wancheng, but also the luck of Huang Zaijun. They want to replace Huang Zaijun and become the protagonist of this catastrophe.

Even the people of this city will become sacrifices for them to become the spokespersons of the gods at the last moment, as the price for the coming of the thirty-six gods.

As for Ouyang Baili's information, Xiao Ran couldn't find it. It seemed that the sect leader might not completely trust him.

"The Nuo sect is not united. Everyone has their own little calculations. The leader of the Nuo sect and his wife form two factions. Li Shao is from the wife's faction, so Ouyang Baili should be from the sect leader's faction."

Xiao Ran made a guess in his mind. The reason was that Zhao Shixiong just happened to belong to the madam's faction, and Zhao Shixiong had a strong ability to make money, so he was considered a relatively important figure in the madam's faction.

After closing Li Shao's memory book, Xiao Ran took out the memory book of the illegitimate butcher and flipped through it. This illegitimate child was called Shang Zhengjing, the illegitimate son of the sect leader Shang Yunyi. Shang Yunyi had always been at odds with his wife, so he trained Shang Zhengjing as his future successor.

Naturally, this also allowed Shang Zhengjing to come into contact with many secrets that Li Shao and others did not know.

The biggest secret is that the thirty-six gods of Nuo are not real gods, but a group of evil demons who use the name of gods. The price of becoming the thirty-six gods is to sacrifice oneself in the last step and become the carrier of the thirty-six evil demons.

Of course, no one knew about this except Shang Yunyi and Shang Zhengjing.

Shang Yunyi had made a contract with the thirty-six demons long ago. When the thirty-six demons arrived, the thirty-six demons must lend a helping hand to help him achieve a demon body, become immortal, and have a higher status than the thirty-six demons.

In other words, Li Shao and others from the Nuo sect thought they had won the favor of the devil, but they didn't know that while they were treating the people of the city as sacrifices, they themselves were actually part of the sacrifice.

"You schemed against me, and I schemed against you. We were just scheming against each other."

The twists and turns here really made Xiao Ran exclaim that there are too many routines and it is hard to guard against them.

Unfortunately, Shang Zhengjing did not live to see that day. Instead, he was ambushed, his limbs were broken, and he was forced to reveal the secrets of Nuo.

Shang Zhengjing naturally refused to tell anyone, and as a result he was placed in the Blackwater Prison.

Use the evil spirit of the Black Water Prison to torture him to death. Even if he dies, his soul cannot leave the Black Water Prison.

I believe that even if Shang Yunyi turned the entire Wancheng upside down, he would never have thought that his beloved son would be imprisoned in a prison.

Xiao Ran flipped through a few more pages and discovered that this boy really had a treasure.

That was his heart.

Shang Yunyi had only this one precious son at the time, so he was afraid of any accidents, so he specially exchanged a [Heart Source Dzi Bead] from the thirty-six evil demons and hid it in his son's heart.

This is also the reason why Shang Zhengjing was able to survive after being in Blackwater Prison for so long.

"It seems that I still need to search carefully after returning."

"Brother, where are we going next?"

As they were about to enter the city, Dong Ruopu looked at Xiao Ran. The previous house could no longer be lived in, so his followers and guards were all living in the inn.

Dong Ruopu thought that he couldn't live in a worse place than the guards.

"You go to the inn first. I have other things to do. I will come to find you at the gathering held by Nuomen in two days."

"Okay, then you better take care of yourself."

After separating from Dong Ruopu, Xiao Ran did not enter the city, but turned around and rode his horse towards the west.

When I was observing Shang Zhengjing's memory just now, I found that there was a deep pool near Zhashan Mountain in the west, and the water temperature was extremely low.

A few years ago, Shang Yunyi brought him here to secretly practice Nuo skills, and specifically told him not to go near the deep pool, because there was always cold evil accumulating there, and entering the water would cause injuries, which was very dangerous.

This place can be used to replenish the spiritual energy of his [Head-Beheading Sword].

At the same time, in a teahouse in Ruzhou City.

Wu Man was sitting listlessly by the window, looking at the passers-by below.

"Too thin."

"too old."

"This won't work. There's not enough fat."

After taking a quick look, Wu Manyao didn't see any material that interested him, which made him disappointed.

Pick up the teacup and take a sip of tea.

I just heard a few people at the next table chatting about family matters.

"Wang Er's wife divorced him and took away all the family properties."

"That was originally someone else's dowry. According to the laws of this dynasty, after the divorce, it is natural that you have to take it away."

"It's what he deserves. Wang Er's wife's grandmother was from the women's army formed by Princess Pingyang. She dared to kill people when she was a teenager. Their family tradition is toughness passed down from generation to generation. That's why the women's army has been disbanded now. Otherwise, according to the rules, his wife would have been able to serve as a vanguard in the army."

After they chatted for a while, an old man and a young man came in and sat against the wall at the back.

What is noteworthy is that the boy is missing an arm, and judging by the bandage marks on the wound, it must have been chopped off recently.

But this is normal. People just think that this guy was unlucky and met Heifengzi.

"Master, I must avenge myself."

The boy sat down and looked at his broken arm, his face full of resentment.

The old man at the side consoled him, "When you have mastered the craft, we, the master and the apprentice, will certainly come to your house to settle all the old and new grudges."

When the old man said this, his eyes became gloomy.

"Master, who is that guy? Do we have a grudge against him?"

When the young man heard what his master said about the new and old hatreds, he immediately became curious and asked.
"Well, when I was betting with someone, I was defeated by that strange copper ring. After that, that person disappeared, and then I dared to walk around in the martial arts world again."

"Who?"

"Few people in the martial arts world know his name. I only know that he is Li Jingqi, and I have no idea about his origins."

Then the old man changed the subject: "But that boy must be Li Jingqi's apprentice, because the copper ring and bracelet are in his hands."

The two men spoke quietly, but Wu Man was such a smart person that he knew for sure. When he heard the word "Li Jingqi", his eyes lit up immediately. After listening carefully, he was almost certain that it was true.

"Finally, we found this kid's trail."

Just when Wu Man was feeling happy, he heard the young man say with resentment: "It's my fault that I underestimated the enemy. If I had thrown a few more golden pills, I would have blinded his eyes first."

"No problem. Next time we'll give this kid a big fight. I don't believe he can escape. Then I'll dig out his eyeballs and use them as cannonballs."

The old man snorted and laughed.

The master and the disciple were talking happily, but they didn't notice that Wu Man, who had a weird look on his face, was squinting and looking back at them...

(End of this chapter)