Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 390 Fate
With the help of [Spiritual Clothes], Xiao Ran flew into the air and saw the location of Changchun Guild Hall in a moment.

However, Xiao Ran didn’t dare to get close rashly. He hid in a corner and quietly poked his head out to observe.

After taking a look, even though Xiao Ran was mentally prepared, he still shuddered when he saw the scene in front of him.

The street in front of me was eerily quiet, and the gate of Changchun Guild Hall had disappeared.

The air was filled with a strong smell of blood, and on the blood-stained bluestone slabs grew many hair-like hyphae, forming a blanket.

It looks like a red carpet extending from the inside of the gate, but if you look closely, you can easily find some fragments of broken arms and limbs mixed under the red carpet.

Next to the gate, there were human heads with their hair tangled together in a string, hanging on the door beam.

If that was the case, Xiao Ran wouldn't think it was a big deal. He had seen this kind of scene many times on Huang Zaijun's side.

But the problem is... these heads... are still alive.

Each head had its eyeballs rolling around and its mouth seemed to be opening and closing consciously, as if it was whispering something.

Xiao Ran pricked up his ears and listened carefully, and finally he could hear clearly what these people were saying.

"Wind and rain come from all directions, where does the wind from the small building in Jieting come from?"

"A tiger roars in the mountains, where will it go down?"

Xiao Ran listened carefully, and a puzzled look appeared on his face.

If others heard this, they would think it was a couplet, but if someone who understands jargon heard it, they would understand that it is clearly underworld jargon.

Of these two jargon sentences, the first one is easy to understand. It just asks you where you are from.

The second sentence is a bit more sophisticated. It means going up the mountain to learn skills and going down the mountain to take revenge.

The "Shangshanhu" means coming from a sect, while the "Xiashanhu" means graduating from a sect.

So the second sentence asks about your origin.

If you give irrelevant answers to these two sentences, the shop owner will know that you are an amateur.

At that time, I would shout: "Lao Kuancaoqian, please come in, sir!"

I'm afraid this group of people will lose their lives tonight.

These are all things used in the underworld. Although the Changchun Guild Hall is also quite particular about these underworld terms, it will not bring these things directly to the public.

In Shouye's memory, it was specifically mentioned that times have changed, so even if you can't speak these underworld terms, the Changchun Society will still do business with you.

It's just that there are fewer preferential privileges.

"Strange, what's the point of leaving the cut outside the door?? Are you still going to do business??"

Xiao Ran felt something strange in his heart. He looked around and finally looked towards the Penglai Tower which was opposite the door not far away.

Compared to Changchun Guild Hall, Penglai Tower seemed much more normal. The door was closed tightly, and although there were a few bloody handprints on the door, it didn't seem to be a big deal.

Xiao Ran noticed that there was an additional sign on the door beam of Penglai Tower compared to the past.

The sign is square, about the size of a tablet computer, and has four words written on it.

【Annual Offerings for Peace】

I don't know what this thing is, but it should be some kind of cursed object with special effects.

"Penglai Tower looks like there should be no problem. It seems like they are really going for Changchun this time."

Xiao Ran thought of what Mo Ju said, that this plot was aimed at the Changchun Society.

Xiao Ran didn't know what the reason was, and Mo Ju didn't say either, but now it seems that the seal was destroyed by them. The seal was broken just when the new leader Xiao Baifeng took office and was recruiting troops with great fanfare.

This is probably not a coincidence, but something that was planned long ago.

"Even if the Changchun Association is not destroyed now, hehe, don't even think about getting any benefits in the future!"

Xiao Ran sneered in his heart and didn't feel sorry at all for the Changchun Association's ending.

Others might not know, but how could he not know? It was clear in Shouye's memory that this group of people were ostensibly helping all beginners, but in fact they were all doing business.

In addition to the two large industries, the Fifth Hospital and the Seventh Middle School, the Changchun Society also has many small industries, such as flesh labor workshops, elixir factories, etc.

Even though the products are cheap and good, they are all produced at the cost of lives.

There are as many as seven or eight reconstruction furnaces alone, and the number of ghosts imprisoned in them is countless.

The Changchun Association's plan is that they are afraid that the maze city will sink too slowly, and they can't wait to make the maze city fall into reality. By then, Changchun Association's position in reality will be unimaginable due to the industries it has occupied.

Which of these wishful thinking is not done at the cost of human lives?

So they deserved to be plotted against.

After Xiao Ran hid on the roof and cursed in his heart for a while, he turned his eyes and stared at the gate of Changchun Guild Hall in front of him.

After hesitating for a while, he flew down and walked straight towards the gate.

Although I don’t know who is in charge of Changchun Guild Hall now, since they have placed the incision outside the door, it seems that they are going to do business.

Although Li Ji reminded himself to take a detour, that meant at night.

It is already five o'clock in the morning. Although it is still early in the morning, the most dangerous time has passed.

Since I'm here now and the other party is open for business, I might as well take a closer look.

As long as your body is intact, it may not be difficult to escape with your own abilities.

Xiao Ran walked to the door. The further he walked, the louder the voice of the head hanging on the beam became, repeating the same sentence over and over again.

"Wind and rain come from all directions, where does the wind from the small building in Jieting come from?"

"A tiger roars in the mountains, but it is still there, where can it go?" Xiao Ran silently said, "The spring breeze brings old friends back, but the tiger is lying in Meizhuang and has not yet left the mountain."

Xiao Ran's words not only indicated that he was a familiar customer from the east, but the second half of his speech also used Plum Blossom Manor as an excuse to attack him.

If it was before yesterday, I would never have said this, but after what happened tonight, I was inexplicably burdened with the debt of Plum Blossom Taoist.

Since you made me bear the debt, it is only right for me to take advantage of you.

At least Xiao Ran didn't think there was anything wrong with doing this, as he couldn't suffer any loss anyway.

As Xiao Ran finished speaking, the complicated whispers in his ears immediately disappeared.

Just then, a few yellowish lights gradually lit up inside the dark door in front of me.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran knew that what he had guessed was correct, and immediately walked inside with big strides.

As soon as you walked in, a strong smell of blood hit you in the face, making you feel as if every breath was stained with blood.

"Welcome to Changchun Hall, what do you need to buy?"

Xiao Ran looked in the direction of the voice and saw Xiao Baifeng slowly walking out from behind the counter.

There was not a trace of blood on the pale face, and even the eyeballs had disappeared, leaving only two empty holes.

Xiao Ran took a closer look and found that the lower half of Xiao Baifeng in front of him was gone. A thick tail vertebra was connected to his spine. It was as if a big hand had poked into Xiao Baifeng's body and was treating him like a puppet to be manipulated.

As for the other end of the tail vertebrae, it extends backwards along the bottom of the counter until it disappears into the end of the darkness.

"I've been here before, but I haven't been here for a long time. I don't know what business your family is doing now."

"We have everything here, and the things we sell are rare and good things."

Xiao Baifeng forced a smile on his face, but although he was clearly smiling, two lines of blood and tears flowed out of his eyes, dripping onto the table.

Xiao Ran could see the muscles on Xiao Baifeng's face twitching, as if he was resisting with all his might.

"Like the heads outside, do they still retain their consciousness?"

The more Xiao Ran watched, the more he felt that this was a method used to catch corpses, except that the other party's methods were obviously more cruel than his own.

No matter how Xiao Baifeng got to the position of the head of the association, he was one of the four heads of the Changchun Association. Now he has fallen to such a state that life is worse than death. I really don't know what happened last night to turn them into such a ghost.

Xiao Baifeng took out a few crystal cans from under the cabinet and placed them on the table. He introduced them to Xiao Ran:
"Sir, this is our new product, Mingsha."

Hearing the word "Mingsha", Xiao Ran suddenly opened his eyes wide and wondered in his heart: "This thing exists?"

Xiao Ran was very familiar with the thing called fate.

Last time in Huangquan, I completed the stitching task, created the stitched object black stick, and obtained the cage of destiny.

At that time, the old demon took out a plum blossom from it and completed his own destiny.

And that plum blossom is the fate.

When the old demon was leaving, he specifically reminded Xiao Ran to find an opportunity to replace the evil spirits on the remaining three life pillars.

Xiao Ran has always been concerned about this matter, but she doesn't have the means to replace it.

You need to wait until you advance further to C-level [Smuggler] before you can find an opportunity to plan.

I didn't expect this thing is sold here.

Xiao Ran looked at the life-defying creatures in the crystal cans, lined up from left to right.

[Golden Spring Rat]: Bing grade, Tianzhu, can enhance one’s own fortune and bring continuous windfall.

[Ksitigarbha Flower]: Grade Yi, hour pillar, blessed with luck to survive from desperate situations. The more dangerous you are, the more amazing your luck will be.

[Beacon Flag]: Ding, Yuezhu, good at fighting and never tired. If you join the army, your luck will be improved.

[Spring at Night]: Ding and other people in the Year Pillar have very good luck at night and are likely to encounter unexpected romantic encounters.

Xiao Ran looked at these fate demons with a gentleman's gaze. To be honest, they were all good. Even Ding Deng's fate demon was much stronger than his own.

"Is that all?"

Xiao Ran looked up at Xiao Baifeng and asked.

There are four pillars in the life palace: year, month, day and hour.

The Plum Blossom Evil that he got from the Cage of Destiny was on his current Pillar of Time and it did not need to be replaced, but Xiao Ran did not like the other destiny evil spirits.

Xiao Baifeng pointed at the pillars in front of him and said, "You are the first customer since our store opened. These goodies are all fresh goods. First come, first served."

"Fresh?"

Xiao Ran keenly sensed something, and after looking around, he focused his attention on these fate evil spirits.

"So...what's the price?"

Xiao Ran was not in a hurry to choose. He raised his head cautiously and asked the price.

Xiao Baifeng in front of him heard this, and the smile on his face became even more distorted: "Our store can provide a variety of ways to pay, either with your life, or in exchange for treasures. Of course, you can also use other things, such as your eyes, organs, or even corpses, offspring, and life evil spirits. The only thing you can't use is ghost money."

After saying that, Xiao Baifeng slowly took out a sign from under the counter.

"I forgot to remind you that this store has its own rules. There are not many, only one."

Xiao Ran looked at the sign and saw a passage written on it.

[When entering the store, it is easy to do so without money; when leaving the store, it is impossible to do so without buying or selling...]

(End of this chapter)