Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 340: Dreaming about Lu Cheng
"Yuntai Sect? White Bone Temple?"

Xiao Ran thought to himself, "Could it be that the sound of my chanting was transmitted to the Yuntai Sect through the earth veins?"

"Hint! Your mental strength has been greatly increased, and the strength of the cursed item [Spiritual Clothes] has been restored."

At this time, the prompt sound came again, solving Xiao Ran's confusion.

The notes of [Spiritual Clothes] say that the strength value will be restored under certain circumstances.

It just doesn't mention under what circumstances this effect can be triggered, so you need to keep trying it yourself.

Now it seems that as long as the mental power breaks through, a certain degree of strength can be restored.

This idea may not be correct, but it is at least a direction and we can try more in the future.

Let’s put the Tiantai Sect’s affairs aside for now. At this moment, the chaotic fluctuations above his head have disappeared, and Xiao Ran immediately flew up and escaped.

Soon, he emerged from an unknown corner of Wancheng.

Quickly return to the physical body.

Xiao Ran finally breathed a sigh of relief. He felt extremely hungry, so he took out some food and drinks from the space and stuffed them into his mouth.

He is not so worried about Gao Yuting now.

Xiao Ran believed that after the explosion, Huang Chao would definitely not feel good for his hasty response.

Otherwise, the power of the locust god in him would not be stimulated to protect him.

"Hey, this guy must be feeling bad too!" Xiao Ran sneered. Huang Chao had a bad fall this time. First he was defeated by Yu Ting, then the contract was broken, and now he was hit by this explosion.

It not only tears off his hypocritical face, but also destroys his dignity.

Just as it was, after Xiao Ran sneered, a hint of worry appeared in his eyes.

His explosion actually only injured Huang Chao slightly, but his wife's sword attack was what Huang Chao could not accept.

Being defeated by a woman, whose swordsmanship was far inferior to his, even if he only took three steps back, he still lost. He was in front of everyone and had no time to argue.

If the news got out, it would not only damage his reputation, but also invisibly suppress his prestige and create a hole in the world's awe of Huang Chao.

So if I were Huang Chao, I would definitely not let Wancheng go next time.

"The Yellow Disaster has arrived. The defenders of Wancheng alone cannot hold on. Do we really need Brother Lu to come to the rescue?"

"There is also the Nuo Clan and the thirty-six demon gods, which is also a big thunder. This group of people had no intention of ending up from the beginning. The reason why they dare not show their claws until now is nothing more than that they are still suppressed by Concubine Shuang in Wancheng."

"But what about the Frost Concubine? What I saw under the Zhashan Mountain was the body of the Frost Concubine. So who is the Frost Concubine in Wancheng now?"

Wancheng is facing internal and external troubles, and some of the problems are simply beyond its ability to solve.

"Let's ask Brother Lu first."

Xiao Ran thought for a long time and took out the water from the Siqin River. He didn't have any tea leaves, but he did have some tea bags, which were gifts that came with the snacks he bought.

Just as I was making tea, I suddenly heard shouting outside.

I don’t know what happened, but from the shouts of the crowd, I can tell it’s not a bad thing.

Once the tea is brewed, the tea soup will be emerald green and emit a special flavor.

Hmm...it smells bad, even worse than the drink on Yinyang Road in the underworld.

I don’t know if it’s because of the way I make tea, or if it’s a problem with the tea bag. Xiao Ran doesn’t have time to worry about it now.

Relaxing his mental state, Xiao Ran picked up the teacup and drank it all.

Soon that hazy feeling came over me.

Xiao Ran silently recited Lu Cheng's name while thinking about Lu Cheng's appearance.

In a trance, Xiao Ran saw Lu Cheng. He hadn't seen this guy for a long time, and he seemed to have grown a lot stronger.

The bulging muscle lines can be clearly seen on the arms.

Lu Cheng was originally of considerable stature, and during this period he set an example by training strictly with the newly recruited soldiers.

The little fat on the belly turned into muscles with clear lines.

Plus the food is good.

There is meat for every meal, and enough rice and flour to eat. After you are full and satisfied, you can practice hard.

Lu Cheng also followed the advice of his friends and wrote two recipes.

Purchase medicinal herbs and cook them in meat porridge. Have a bowl of meat porridge every morning, called Qi-solidifying porridge. After drinking it, you will feel very dry all over.

When autumn comes, people would exercise shirtless and work out until they were covered in sweat. That was a great pleasure.

For the evening, there is another recipe called Yangshen Congee.

After taking a bowl of it, you will feel refreshed and wake up feeling energetic.

During these three months, not to mention that Xiao Ran had seen great changes in Lu Cheng, even the soldiers under his command had become strong and muscular, with bright eyes. Every time he went home, the neighbor's dog would lie on the ground if it was kicked.

Of course, this also costs money.

The silver that Xiao Ran left behind when he left had been almost burned out in three months.

That's four million taels of silver.

Of course, this includes the repair and forging of armor, horses, swords, bows and crossbows.

But more than half of them were eaten.

This caused the new governor in charge of logistics, Yu Deng, to look at the daily bills and call these people money-eating beasts.

In fact, it’s not the soldiers’ fault for eating silver.

Even for the garrison troops stationed on the border, exercising once every five days is already the limit.

The daily meals were only meat once every three or four days, and the usual meals were just porridge and cabbage.

If you say that some mansions have private armies training every day, how many people can they have? Even if they risk being beheaded, there are only about a thousand or eight hundred of them, and the food will naturally not be bad.

The scale of more than 20,000 people is completely different.

If the food supply is not in place, and they practice like this every day, they would have run away long ago, let alone fighting the enemy.

Therefore, in most armies, only the most elite troops can train every day.

The other miscellaneous troops mostly performed menial tasks.

The lower the level of the troops, the more time they spend doing menial tasks rather than training. The Xiang army also had some training in the early days, but no training in the later days, and they only did various menial tasks.

If someone like Lu Cheng practices as hard as he does, he will naturally spend a lot of money.

Food and medicine are essential every day. Eating enough is not the standard. You must eat well and be full, and take nourishing food and medicine to meet this standard.

So we can understand why Lu Cheng has changed so much.

"Brother Lu, Brother Lu!"

Xiao Ran called out softly twice.

Lu Chengcai slightly opened his eyelids, and when he saw clearly that it was Xiao Ran, his eyes lit up: "Where have you been? I haven't heard from you for such a long time. I thought you were having fun somewhere."

Lu Cheng walked forward with tears in his eyes and hugged Xiao Ran in his arms.

If he didn't know Xiao Ran's temper, if it were someone else, he would have suspected that this person had run away long ago.

Xiao Ran patted Lu Cheng's back, but couldn't touch his back due to the huge height difference. "Brother Lu, I'm in Wancheng now, things are very troublesome..."

After Xiao Ran briefly explained the situation, Lu Cheng understood.

He stroked his long beard with his hand, half-closed his eyes, and looked confident: "I know, just don't worry, the time has not come yet. When the time comes, everything will be clear."

"The time is then!"

Lu Cheng made a gesture to keep quiet and pointed to the top of his head: "They don't allow me to say it. If I tell others, it won't work."

Xiao Ran understood what he meant when he heard it. Behind Lu Cheng was not only himself, but also Emperor Guan and his "friends".

Xiao Ran didn't understand what these gods were planning, but one thing was certain, that is, these gods might want to achieve some purpose through Lu Cheng, but at least they would not harm Lu Cheng.

As for myself...

Xiao Ran sighed: "It's because I have no one above me."

Xiao Ran wanted to say something to Lu Cheng, such as about his sister-in-law, or the fact that she accidentally became his brother-in-law.

But the effect of the dream tea seemed to be declining at this moment.

Xiao Ran's consciousness suddenly jumped and he woke up from his dream.

When I opened my eyes, I saw a room full of ferocious-looking men standing by me with expressionless faces.

He couldn't help but shook his head, stood up, and took the butcher and the others away.

"Since Brother Lu has already made a plan for this matter, I don't need to worry too much. I can just stay safe and take good care of my wife and sister-in-law."

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran stepped out of the gate and walked quickly towards the city gate tower.

Wait until Xiao Ran walks up to the top of the city gate wall and takes a look.

They found that Huang Chao was gone. Apart from the shadows of the bodies of several women who were burned to ashes because they did not have time to escape, there was no trace of Huang Chao on the ground.

"Brother Xiao!"

When Xiao Ran walked to Dong Ruopu, Dong Ruopu looked at Xiao Ran excitedly and immediately went forward to hug him.

"Where is Huang Chao?" Xiao Ran pushed Dong Ruopu away and asked.

"He ran away. Hahahaha. He was burned into a black monkey."

Dong Ruopu vividly described to Xiao Ran what had happened after Xiao Ran sneaked underground.

At that time, flames were rising into the sky, but Huang Chao managed to rush out of the sea of fire.

But all the clothes on his body were burned, and even his hair was burnt to ashes.

Then he punched the ground fiercely.

"I was so scared at the time, I felt like the ground was going to be knocked over by his punch.

The result was just a lot of thunder but little rain, and in the end he ran away in shame with nothing on his butt.

Tsk tsk tsk, I guess that’s just how he is.”

Seeing Dong Ruopu's arrogant look, Xiao Ran really wanted to kick him.

The thunder in his eyes was loud, but his fist was as light as raindrops, which forced him to drill a thousand meters deep and he almost couldn't come back.

But after thinking about it, Xiao Ran accepted it. For everyone, this was also a way to undermine Huang Chao's authority.

Then he ignored him and quickly looked for Gao Yuting.

He just glanced at the crowd below, but still couldn't find Gao Yuting.

"Where are the people? Is there any more trouble?"

Just when Xiao Ran was feeling anxious.

"Fairy Qingnv, this way!!"

The loudmouth Dong Ruopu beside him waved his hand and shouted. Xiao Ran turned around in surprise and saw Gao Yuting standing behind him.

His forehead was covered with beads of sweat and dust from the aftermath of the explosion, and his face was anxious, obviously looking for him as well.

When they heard Dong Ruopu's call, they both turned around at the same time, and when their eyes met, time seemed to stand still.

The anxiety in Xiao Ran's eyes instantly turned into endless tenderness and love, and that love was like a surging tide, almost overflowing from his eyes.

Gao Yuting first breathed a sigh of relief, put her hands on her hips, then turned around, wiped her face with her sleeves a few times, and then looked back with red eyes.

I don't know whose face smiled first.

The two could no longer hold back their laughter and walked forward one step at a time, huddling together tightly as if no one was around.

When the people around saw this, they couldn't help but show surprise and confusion on their faces.

Not everyone noticed Xiao Ran's presence at that time because he acted too quickly.

While throwing the green girl towards everyone, he launched the Spirit Explosion Technique.

When everyone's attention followed Qingnv being caught by Jiujin Gang, a huge flame came and many people subconsciously closed their eyes.

So many people don’t understand.

Why would this fairy Qingnv throw herself into the arms of a guy who looks insignificant and smells like a dead person?

Although they were surprised, looking at the two people huddled together, besides envy, the tense mood they had when facing the yellow tide also relaxed.

Of course, not everyone is like this. For example, Shen Xuanjun, who was standing aside, had red eyes.

"Bastard!" He cursed inwardly and punched the brick next to him.

Seeing this, Drunk King Kong patted his shoulder and consoled him: "Brother Shen, don't be discouraged."

Then he looked around and whispered mysteriously, "I heard that Qingnv has a sister who looks almost exactly like her. You still have a chance."

"Sister?" Shen Xuanjun's eyebrows moved, and he remembered, and said disdainfully in his heart: "Isn't that a blind man?"

But on second thought, if they really look exactly the same, perhaps it would be acceptable to me, even if I can just be a vase or a substitute.

Shen Xuanjun had a good idea. He had already started thinking that if Wancheng could survive this, he would go to the Gao family to propose marriage.

The relief of the crowd did not last long.

"Dong Dong Dong!!"

On the lookout tower of the city wall, the alarm bell rang loudly. Seeing this, the people outside the city wall immediately rushed into the city gate and then closed the gate heavily.

Gao Yuting raised her head and looked into the distance with a serious expression. She had defeated Huang Chao, but so what? Huang Chao's army was still surging towards her like a tide, making her heart start to hang in the air like the alarm bells.

"Don't be afraid! I'm here!"

Xiao Ran's voice was soft, but the calmness and confidence in her voice were just as firm as when she faced Huang Chao.

This made Gao Yuting feel at ease and at peace.

"Look, they're coming!"

Everyone on the city wall looked out from afar. In the distance, a tide like the Yellow River was rushing over the mountains and forests towards Wancheng...

　The next chapter is coming soon.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)