Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 387: Meizhuang Cause and Effect
Thinking of this, Xiao Ran frowned and looked at the shadow on the wall in front of him, and asked Sister Liu: "What is this?"

"cause and effect."

Sister Liu looked at the shadow on the wall and explained, "As for the karma on you, if you haven't repaid the karma you owe, the night watchman will call it out and attack you continuously. Although this thing is concrete, it is immune to your attacks. If you want to stop it, you can either hold it until the fifth watch, or find a way to resolve it."

"Resolve?"

Xiao Ran looked at the shadow on the wall raising the sword and slashing at him again, and quickly dodged to the side.

It’s just that because of the angle, my movements are not coordinated with my shadow.

Although he dodged, his shadow was still hit by the knife.

Suddenly Xiao Ran felt a burning sensation on his shoulder.

Looking down, I saw a long wound on my shoulder.

"Go and get the mirror from the living room."

Seeing this, Sister Liu immediately said to Qiu Kui, "Go and move the mirror from the living room over here."

"Ok."

Qiu Kui immediately rushed out the door and soon brought in the life-size mirror that was placed in the living room.

Sister Liu picked up a candle and placed it in her hand, then waved her hand and blew out the other candles in the room.

Suddenly the room was dark, with only the candlelight in Sister Liu's hand flickering faintly.

Sister Liu placed the candle in front of the mirror and motioned to Xiao Ran, "Quick, stand here."

Xiao Ran immediately came to the mirror and faced it.

Then, Xiao Ran's shadow slowly appeared in the mirror in front of him.

At this time, Sister Liu picked up the bed sheet and covered the mirror with it, muttering something. After gesturing in front of the mirror with her fingers a few times, a green light popped out from her fingertips and hit the mirror.

Suddenly, Xiao Ran felt that his body became much lighter, and he looked at Sister Liu in confusion.

"I'll hide your shadow for you for now. Without your shadow, this guy won't pose any threat to you for now."

Sister Liu said this and lit up all the candles in the room again.

At this time, Xiao Ran found that he really had no shadow.

Looking around again, he saw the black shadow holding the big knife waving the knife anxiously around Xiao Ran.

But without the shadow, no matter how this guy threatened, he couldn't hurt Xiao Ran for a while. After looking around, he seemed a little angry and waved his sword, waving at Xiao Ran.

Although he couldn't hear what this guy was saying, Xiao Ran felt that he was cursing pretty dirty.

"Then I can wait until the fifth watch, and everything will be fine, right?"

Sister Liu thought for a moment and said, "That's true in theory, but it's only a temporary solution. You still have to think of a way to resolve this cause and effect quickly, otherwise you can't avoid it."

If it was something else, Sister Liu could certainly help him solve the problem.

But this is cause and effect.

The most troublesome things are the vague things.

You may not believe it, but you cannot deny its existence. There are even some causes and effects that will get you into big trouble if you are involved with them.

In order to sever the cause and effect, some people can think of any cruel method.

For example, Xiao Ran’s cheap master, the Yinshan Taoist, wanted to avoid a certain cause and effect, so he simply cut off his own soul and completely severed the cause and effect.

But it was also because of this that he lived in a daze and almost starved to death in the Yin Mountains. Finally, he followed a group of bandits for a long time before he slowly recovered from this daze.

This shows how difficult cause and effect are.

Xiao Ran looked helplessly at the black shadows circling around him: "I'm really not good at this, Sister Liu, do you have any ideas?"

Xiao Ran didn't know much about the so-called cause and effect, or even knew nothing about it.

This thing was too advanced, and he had no chance to get in touch with it or understand it. He was suddenly forced to deal with cause and effect. Naturally, Xiao Ran felt like a headless fly, not knowing what to do.

"First, figure out the relationship between this guy and you, so that you can roughly find the reason. Generally speaking, only when you do the cause will the result appear, and the reason is still yourself."

After hearing what Sister Liu said, Xiao Ran probably understood.

He looked at the shadow jumping on the wall, looked at the big knife in the other party's hand, and thought: "Could it be related to the Fang family?"

"It shouldn't be like that. I got the guillotine purely because I saved Uncle Fang's family. Uncle Fang gave me the guillotine as a way of repaying his kindness, but also because Uncle Fang didn't dare to keep the guillotine at home anymore."

"So, it can't be the Fang family's fault, it's the swordsmanship?"

"That's not right. The swordsmanship was passed down to me by my master. Although he said that if the descendants of the Fang family needed it, I could pass it back, but given the situation in Uncle Fang's family, how could I possibly pass the swordsmanship back?" While Xiao Ran was hesitating, the shadow in front of him changed.

The knife in the shadow's hand disappeared. Instead, he opened his hands, and then three identical black shadows split out. These shadows were obviously two sizes smaller than the original body.

Then four dark shadows scattered around the room.

"What is this guy going to do??"

When Xiao Ran saw this, he suddenly felt bad.

Four dark shadows simultaneously raised their hands towards Xiao Ran and made gestures to knock on the door.

Xiao Ran didn't react at first, but then he felt his whole body tremble and his head buzzed, as if he was hit on the head by a sledgehammer.

Even though he had extremely high mental strength, he now felt as if his head was being smashed into pieces.

“The King of Hell knocks at the door!!”

Xiao Ran cursed inwardly. This was a technique used by paper-folding craftsmen. He had never had the chance to use it before, but he didn't expect to experience the power of this technique today.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Every time the four shadows swung their arms and struck forward, Xiao Ran felt like four hammers hitting his head.

This was not over yet. Xiao Ran suddenly felt something move beside his ear. He immediately turned his head and heard a "whoosh!"

A piece of waste paper flew past Xiao Ran's face.

Then the paper suddenly shattered in mid-air, splitting into densely packed pieces of paper.

Then, in front of Xiao Ran's surprised gaze, they folded into the shape of small swords and stabbed towards Xiao Ran.

"Paper-tying technique!!"

Seeing this, Xiao Ran's face changed, and he immediately took out the gilded cloak from the space. There was no need to activate it. He just shook the cloak and threw all the paper swords to the ground.

But at this moment, Xiao Ran suddenly noticed that the magazines on the table flew up and began to be torn one by one.

"No, get out first!!"

Seeing this, Xiao Ran's face changed. He quickly opened the door and rushed out of the room holding the mirror.

Sister Liu and the others did not move. They saw Xiao Ran rushing out of the room while countless pieces of paper were folded into paper flowers, following Xiao Ran like flying blades.

The target of this cause and effect is Xiao Ran, so naturally he will not attack them.

But now Xiao Ran was in trouble, with dense paper blades chasing after him, even though Xiao Ran shook the cloak in his hand and deflected all the paper blades away.

But there were too many of them, and Xiao Ran would be cut with small cuts on his body from time to time.

The best way to deal with this thing is to attack with fire.

But this is his own home, Xiao Ran can't just burn the house down.

Besides, the target of these flying papers is not himself, but the mirror in his arms.

Whenever they get the chance, they gather a ball of paper and throw it against the mirror.

If they broke the mirror, I would be in real trouble.

Xiao Ran originally wanted to put the mirror into the space.

After trying it, I was prompted that the payment could not be made.

[Tip: This item is being affected by some force and cannot be stored in the space.]

Seeing this, Xiao Ran could only rush to the first floor holding the mirror.

Just when the flying papers were about to chase him again, Xiao Ran grabbed the basin from the water tank and poured a basin of cold water on them, soaking all the paper blades thoroughly.

Looking at the paper scraps all over the floor, Xiao Ran put the mirror directly into the water tank. Although he could only put half of it in, the bed sheet covering the mirror became heavy after being stained by water. Even if the flying papers hit it, they could only make a puffing sound, and finally all of them were soaked in the water powerlessly.

Xiao Ran breathed a sigh of relief and looked up, only to see four dark shadows standing in a row and slowly gathering together again.

As if he realized that he could do nothing to Xiao Ran, he stopped attacking and controlled the only remaining paper blade to carve a line of tiny words on the wall.

Xiao Ran took a closer look.

There was a line of words written on the wall: [Meihuazhuang people, come and pay your debts quickly! ]

　I'm sorry, the symptoms haven't subsided recently. After taking the medicine, I feel drowsy and not in good condition. The update speed has slowed down. I still have two days of medicine. I'll see the effect after I finish taking it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)