Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 365: The Memory of the Beast Master

The executioner's knife, the coroner's eyes, the paper-making craftsman's craft, and the leatherwork of the second shoemaker.

I was born with the ability to see ghosts and spirits, and the skill of sewing corpses has been the foundation of my life since elementary school.

The executioner's sword technique was passed down to me by my master, who was actually given to me by the Fang family.

Now, it seems that the only thing left for me to complete the four Yin professions is paper-folding craftsmanship.

Xiao Ran was thinking about it in his mind, but he didn't dare to tell the bald old man about it rashly, as it would be even more difficult to explain if he did.

"What's the matter with the Plum Blossom Taoist? I don't have that intention, but I really need the Zhou family's seal. Is there no other way?"

Seeing that Xiao Ran seemed really determined to get the seal, the bald old man frowned and took out a cigarette from his pocket.

Xiao Ran knew something was going to happen as soon as he saw it, and immediately picked up his lighter to light the fire for the bald-headed old man.

“Hiss~Puff~~”

After a puff of green smoke, the bald-headed old man said, "There is a way, but you need to find someone."

"Who is it?" Xiao Ran asked urgently.

The bald-headed old man glared at Xiao Ran unhappily and said, "If it weren't for my disciple, I would never tell you about this. But you have to promise me that you won't tell anyone about this, including your damn grandfather."

Seeing the bald-headed old man speak so mysteriously, Xiao Ran felt like he was being scratched by a cat: "Who? I promise I won't tell you."

The bald old man pulled Xiaoran's arm and whispered three words in his ear.

After hearing this name, Xiao Ran was shocked: "It's him!!!"

……

After Xiao Ran came out of the Guandi Temple, he looked at the sun in the sky above his head and couldn't help but mutter to himself, "I never thought that he was still alive."

The person the bald old man was talking about was none other than the eldest brother Zhao Qingming.

Zhao Qingming was the oldest among the seven brothers. If what the bald old man said was correct, Zhao Qingming should be almost a hundred years old now.

"If he were the one to ask, Zhou Shang would naturally hand the things over to him."

"But...do I really want to trouble him?"

Xiao Ran sighed, picked up an electric bike, and walked slowly home.

"Squeak..."

The car stopped at an intersection and I saw a news broadcast on the news screen in front.

[There is fog on the Luoluan Expressway, which has been closed. Tourists heading to Luanchuan are advised to take a detour. The traffic control department has begun to control the road. ]

[The Spring Festival is coming soon. Winter is the peak season for fog. Please pay attention to safety when going out for fun. ]

"It's almost the Spring Festival."

"Yeah, time has passed pretty fast without me noticing."

A few college students parked their bikes nearby and couldn't help but sigh as they watched the news ahead.

"What a pity! I originally wanted to go to Laojun Mountain in Luanchuan, but now it seems I have to change my plan."

"Since we can't go to Luanchuan during this period, why not go to Shanxi for some fun?"

"Xi'an is not easy to go to right now, as there's smog everywhere. Sometimes a road is closed for a whole day, and sometimes for several days at a time. Life is getting harder and harder."

Xiao Ran listened to the discussion of several students and thought to himself, "It seems that the frequency of the maze city appearing has increased a lot."

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran looked up at the blue sky and white clouds above his head, and couldn't help but think of Lu Cheng's words.

"The maze city will not continue to descend at a constant speed. Once it descends to a high enough height, it will fall directly down..."

Xiao Ran couldn't help but wonder what the world would be like if that day really came.

"DiDi!!"

Before Xiao Ran could think about it, the light turned green and he got on his bike and rode back home.

The door hadn't been opened for five months and was covered with a thick layer of dust.

Insert the key and unlock the door.

The sound of the iron door rolling was heard.

After opening the door, Xiao Ran swept the dust off it and thought, "Luckily, I took the cat to Guling Street when I left. Otherwise, the cat would have disappeared by itself after so long."

Having not been home for five months, Xiao Ran was not in a hurry to go to the back to find his grandfather. Instead, he took a broom and a rag to clean the store.

I returned to my room, turned on the light, lay on my bed, and sorted out my thoughts.

"Zhao Qingming..."

Xiao Ran recalled Zhao Qingming in Meng Chi, the eldest brother Zhao. Among the seven brothers, Zhao Qingming could sit in the position of the eldest brother not because of his age, his way of dealing with people, but also because his own strength was among the best.

"But...how did we end up in a mental hospital?"

When Xiao Ran heard the news from the bald old man, he was extremely shocked and even felt it was unbelievable.

So he picked up Beast Master's memory book and flipped through it patiently. He had been busy before and had not been able to finish reading the book. Now that he had some free time, it was a good opportunity to read it thoroughly.

Xiao Ran didn't know how much time had passed until he finished reading the entire memory book. He closed the book, and couldn't calm down for a long time.

"I didn't expect that the final result would be like this..."

The content in Shouye’s memory exceeded Xiao Ran’s expectations.

The key point is that two years after the Li Jingqi incident, it was Mao Si, the little guy who helped them dig a hole in Beimang Mountain to bury the beggars, who contacted them.

Mao Si had set up the tea array early and invited them to come and help.

In fact, the seven brothers did not have a good attitude towards Mao Si, or they looked down on him.

Just as Sun Miao said, this guy is a dog that can't change its bad habits, and eventually he ended up taking the path of tomb robbing.

Sun Miao asked them to come here, and you can tell what he wanted to do just by thinking about it.

In the past, they were not even willing to come, but today they all came, and they came on time, just because Sun Miao threw out a piece of news this time.

That's the thing about Lee Surprise.

Sun Miao did not find the whereabouts of Li Jingqi, but unexpectedly learned that Li Jingqi had asked someone to inquire about this tomb.

This tomb is not the tomb of any king, prince or general, but a Taoist priest.

This person was a Taoist priest during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. His Taoist name was Gu Xuan and his origins were unknown.

But it is said that this person is an immortal in the human world, and his Taoism is extraordinary. It is rumored that people had seen him until the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Before Li Jingqi was exposed, he had been secretly looking for someone to inquire about the news of this tomb.

Later, after the Li Jingqi incident broke out, Li Jingqi disappeared. When the people who had been trying to inquire about the news came back and heard about it, they exclaimed that they were unlucky.

They found the location of the tomb, but they didn't have the ability to go down, so they found Mao Si's family.

After hearing this, Mao Si became interested, but he also knew his own limitations, so he planned to invite the seven brothers to a banquet today.

The seven people originally had no interest in the ancient tomb, but when they learned that it was the tomb that Li Jingqi had been looking for, they felt that there must be something particularly important hidden in it, which made Li Jingqi keep looking for it in secret.

So the seven of them discussed it and agreed to go with Mao Si to take a look.

Where is this tomb located?

Chishui, Yunnan and Guizhou.

After getting ready, they took a train to Guiyang.

The green trains of that era were very lively, with pickpockets, swindlers, fortune tellers, singers, and everything in between.

Along the way, the seven of them had a momentum of seven swordsmen descending from Tianshan Mountain.

I won’t go into the details of the underworld things I encountered along the way.

Anyway, the seven brothers are smart people and have never suffered any loss.

But this was the last happy time for them, after they crossed mountains and rivers and found the big tomb.

Only then did they realize that the situation inside was far more complicated than they had imagined, with a maze, eight trigrams, yin and yang evil schemes, and a nine-door dream array.

The seven brothers had a narrow escape from death, and the few people who followed them into the tomb were almost dead halfway through.

Cat Four was bitten by a zombie and was half dead.

Yang Fengchui also disappeared here.

Xie Yutang broke an arm here.

Finally, they found the tomb, only to discover that it was empty.

But they found something else inside.

A stone tablet and a brocade box.

On the stone tablet is the information written by Gu Xuan, and the content is confusing.

Gu Xuan said that there is a road to heaven in this world, and all the abilities of everyone in this world come from it. He accidentally entered that world, and unexpectedly encountered the skills passed down by his ancestors.

It mentioned that this road was slowly descending from the sky, and that there would be a great world in the future. However, he had been waiting for a hundred years, but never saw the arrival of that great world, and finally had no choice but to choose to transform his body into corpse.

When Xiao Ran saw this, he was basically certain that this was the so-called lost city.

It seems that the maze city has existed since ancient times. According to Gu Xuan, it seems that those great masters in history may have accidentally entered the maze city world and became initiates, then their strength increased greatly and they acquired mysterious means.

And what was left in the box was what he brought out from the other world.

The box was opened, revealing two scrolls and some cursed objects.

This is the curse pattern that Xiao Ran is familiar with.

At that time, Sun Miao tore open the spell pattern while no one was paying attention, and gained the ability of an E-level beast speaker.

It was at this point that things started to break apart.

There was another spell pattern in the box. Zhao Qingming suggested staying and taking the things back before making a decision.

But at this time Sun Miao had an idea.

The matter here is too big. If it gets out, it will definitely shock the whole world. Besides, how can he easily hand over the things he has got.

He decided to go all out and severely injured Zhao Qingming by surprise. Then he ran out with his things. Before leaving, he used his ability as an animal whisperer to summon countless bats.

Beast Master had no memory of what happened afterwards, except that after he escaped, he had no intention of going back.

Beast Master used the curse pattern he obtained to quickly make a name for himself in the martial arts world.

In the following years, he met several other initiates, and they joined forces to form the Changchun Society.

The purpose of establishing the Changchun Society is to find Li Jingqi, and this time it has nothing to do with revenge.

Instead, they suspected that Li Jingqi also had information about the Lost City. About twenty years later, the Lost City appeared again, and its frequency began to increase. The Changchun Society also began to officially move into the Lost City.

However, it was not Beast Master and others who made Changchun Society the overlord among the beginners of the Lost City.

But there are a few other old guys behind the Changchun Society.

As the leader of the association, Shouye had only seen the backs of these old guys and heard their voices.

All we know is that these people have been in the Lost City for a much longer time than we imagined. Without their secret support, Changchun would naturally not have been able to grow to its current size.

Xiao Ran no longer wanted to look at the remaining confusing memories; they were too numerous and confusing.

Just looking at it makes me feel tired.

After all, this is Shouye's lifelong memory.

Lying on the bed, Xiao Ran thought about the contents of the book, and suddenly frowned: "Grandpa never wanted to go to hell. Is he... also waiting for this day?"

(End of this chapter)