Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 385

"cold!!"

Xiao Ran couldn't stop shivering all over. He felt that this was not like the night watchman's call, but more like someone calling his soul.

I already have 55 points of mental strength, and when I am at home, I can also enjoy the additional privileges of [Spirit Town].

Lingzhen: Liu Rui's coffin will serve as a [talisman] for your house to bless you. When you are at home, all your professional skills will be improved by an additional half level, your spirit will be improved by 10 points, and your physique will be enhanced by 10 points.

In other words, his mental strength is as high as 65 points at the moment, which is quite strong.

But at this moment, there was a kind of chaos in my heart that I couldn't suppress. With the sound of gongs and drums, it seemed as if my soul was being pulled out.

At this time, Xiao Ran could not care about anything else. He hurriedly sat down, silently reciting the [Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra] in an attempt to calm his mind.

But the scriptures that usually helped me calm my mind and drive away distracting thoughts had no effect at all today.

Instead of feeling calm, Xiao Ran had many distracting thoughts in his mind.

These distracting thoughts were like weeds, which grew wildly and savagely once they were born, causing Xiao Ran to become irritated.

"Quick, light the candle."

Seeing that Xiao Ran's face looked a little strange, Sister Liu quickly signaled Xiao Ran to light up all the other candles.

Although Sister Liu is very powerful, she is unable to intervene in Xiao Ran's situation at this moment.

This is the current situation in Guling Street. The indigenous people, on the contrary, are not affected, but they have no way to intervene. In the end, they can only help Xiao Ran with ideas and cheer him up.

When Xiao Ran heard Sister Liu's reminder, he hurriedly took out the candles prepared by Wu Man and arranged more than ten candles in a circle.

As soon as the candles were lit, ten candles made Xiao Ran feel as if he was surrounded by light.

Xiao Ran suddenly felt a warm feeling all over his body, and all the thoughts in his mind disappeared like smoke, and he felt clear and bright.

In just a blink of an eye, Xiao Ran heard the night watchman's sounds outside gradually fading away. Only when the sounds gradually disappeared did he finally breathe a sigh of relief.

When I opened my eyes, I felt a chill on my back.

"Sister Liu, this night watchman's sound..."

"At the first watch, yin and yang are in chaos and entangled. At this time, it is impossible to distinguish between humans and ghosts. If you can handle it, you are a human, and if you can't, you are a ghost."

Sister Liu began to explain.

"This is a strange story on Bone Spirit Street. The night watchman, but I haven't heard of this guy appearing for a long time. I didn't expect him to reappear this time. I'm afraid it's related to the seal you saw last time."

"So that's how it is. Then... this is only the first update of the day, doesn't that mean there's more to come?"

"Yes, that's right!" Sister Liu said with a serious look, "The first watch is about separation of life and death, the third watch is about entanglement of cause and effect, and the fifth watch is about dreams coming true. You can only get through these by yourself. We can't help you at all."

"That is to say, there are still two levels left."

Xiao Ran frowned. It seemed that staying at home and staying safe was not an easy thing.

"Master, come and see, there are so many people outside the door."

At this time Qiu Kui shouted at Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran walked to the window, looked out, and his face suddenly turned ugly.

Outside the window, I saw stiff figures walking forward in a long line.

If you look closely, you will see that these are not living people, they are all ghosts.

"I'm afraid these people were all bewitched by the night watchman's call just now."

Xiao Ran made a quick count and estimated that there were at least a few hundred people. The loss of so many beginners at once made even Xiao Ran feel a little panicked.

"Don't worry, they won't die."

At this time, Sister Liu said, "Although the night watchmen will draw out their souls, they will not kill them, but..."

"Just what?"

Sister Liu sighed: "See for yourself."

Sister Liu didn't explain, not because she didn't want to, but because it was quite troublesome to explain, so it would be better to let Xiao Ran go and see it himself.

Hearing this, Xiao Ran stopped asking questions, nodded, and stood at the window waiting.

About half an hour later, Xiao Ran saw people coming out of the houses where they were hiding on the street one after another.

These were naturally living people, but when Xiao Ran took a closer look, his expressions became strange.

I saw these people walking out of the houses all with strange appearances, some were crying, some were laughing, and some were taking off their clothes one by one as they walked.

Now, Xiao Ran felt that these people were like crazy people released from the Fifth Hospital.

"People have three souls and seven spirits. The three souls are the essence, energy and spirit of a person. Without the three souls, the seven spirits will begin to control the body, but the seven spirits have no consciousness, so..."

After hearing Sister Liu's explanation, Xiao Ran immediately understood.

The so-called seven souls refer to the corpse dog, hidden arrow, sparrow's vagina, thief swallower, non-poison, filth remover, and stinky lungs.

Each soul is the essence of the physical body, such as a corpse dog.

People appear to be unconscious when they sleep, but their subconscious mind remains alert.

Or maybe it's a thief.

When disease arrives, the body automatically produces a defense, similar to the immune system in modern medicine.

Taoists often say that one should cultivate both the soul and the spirit. The spirit is the three souls, while the soul is the seven spirits of the physical body.

The ghosts Xiao Ran sees on a daily basis are all dead people.

When the seven spirits disperse, the three souls are squeezed out of the body, so the current symptoms will not appear.

Now that the three souls have been drawn out, but the body is still alive, the body naturally begins to move without any autonomous consciousness.

As for why everyone's actions are different, you can understand this as everyone's physical condition is different, and the strength of the seven spirits is also different.

So the behavior is naturally unpredictable.

"So, they won't die, they just need to wait until daybreak, and then they will recover?"

"Yes, that's what I mean. Of course, this doesn't include some unlucky people. After all, among so many people, it's inevitable that some things will go wrong or unexpectedly."

Sister Liu's mouth seemed to be blessed. As soon as she finished speaking, a person was seen staggering and jumping into the murky river beside their house.

With a "plop!", the person disappeared.

Who can you go to for justice on this matter?

Xiao Ran sat down again and asked, "Sister Liu, besides the night watchman, are there any other strange stories?"

"Yes, the weasel just now was actually one of them. It will come out every once in a while and ask for something at someone's door. If you don't give it to them, you will be unlucky for a long time."

Then he pointed to the backyard.

"There is a well behind every house. It is a dry well and not very deep, but sometimes you can hear crying. If someone is curious and sticks his head in, he will immediately disappear into the well without a trace."

Sister Liu told Xiao Ran all the strange stories in Guling Street in detail.

These strange stories have been around for a long time, but since the initiates gradually occupied Bone Spirit Street, these strange stories seemed to have disappeared overnight and have never appeared again since.

Now it seems that he is sealed in the well above Bone Spirit Street.

It was only because someone broke the seal that these strange stories came to light again.

As for who has the ability to seal them up, Sister Liu has no idea.

She only knew that there were many old monsters hidden in this Bone Spirit Street that were more terrifying than her.

"That's it..."

Xiao Ran frowned and suddenly thought of something. He was called the armband killer on the bus and it has become a weird story. Does that mean that these so-called weird stories are actually the same as him?

Just as it was passed around, it turned into this?

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was possible. After all, a night watchman was obviously a profession.

It is possible that it was a night watchman who, due to certain conditions or the blessing of a curse, gradually became a ghost story among people.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran simply calmed down. Anyway, as long as he stayed at home, the weird talks above would not hurt him.

I just don’t know what the current situation is at Changchun Guild Hall and Penglai Tower.

As for Donglongfang, it is the most remote place and it is estimated that the losses caused by the impact will be the smallest.

"I hope it doesn't affect my custom-made soft armor."

Xiao Ran has already made up his mind that after getting through tonight, he will go to Donglongfang immediately. As long as he gets the soft armor, he will set off back to the Mystery City.

It’s still early for the third update.

Xiao Ran simply took out three human skin bags, which contained all the items in the space between Carrot and the other two.

Xiao Ran checked carefully and found that there were quite a few good things. He took them out one by one, put them on the table and began to count them.

D-level cursed item [Taoist incense burner]

This incense burner has a lion head and two ears, and four animal claws as the feet. It has a simple shape and is filled with a thick layer of incense ash.

After Xiao Ran activated [Lucky Man], he obtained the following two privileges.

Privilege 1: Divine Incense
Using this incense burner to worship the gods can increase the gods' favor towards you.

Privilege 2: Gray-stained Divinity.

The remaining incense ashes after each offering to the gods will be contaminated with a trace of the gods' divinity.

Users can choose how to use it according to the deity they are worshipping.

"It just so happens that when we offer sacrifices to Mount Tai tomorrow morning, we might as well give it a try and see the effect."

Xiao Ran put the incense burner aside and continued to search.

Not long after, a bone bowl appeared in Xiao Ran's hand. Rather than calling it a bowl, it would be better to say that this thing was a magical weapon.

The top of the bowl is made of a human skull, and the bottom is a base inlaid with gold.

D-level cursed item [Toba]

This thing was the curse that Carrot used on himself the first time he discovered something was wrong.

Although the punishment was triggered the moment Carrot made his move, for a moment, Xiao Ran felt that his five senses were blocked by some force.

Fortunately, the punishment came in time and forcibly severed the connection between the carrot and the cursed object.

Otherwise, if I change to another place, I might suffer a great loss unexpectedly...

(End of this chapter)