Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 404: Shou Wang Li Jie
"what!!"

This sword that slammed into the old eunuch's throat made his body stiffen on the spot, his pupils widened, and he turned his head with a stiff neck to look at the young prince at hand, his eyes full of worry.

If I die, what will happen to the little prince?
How does he live?

In the hands of these people...

Countless worried thoughts flashed through his mind, but these thoughts eventually vanished with the hollowness in the old eunuch's throat. He fell straight to the ground until he died, his eyes fixed on the young prince.

"Eunuch Li..."

Feeling the surroundings suddenly become eerily quiet, the young prince began to show uneasiness on his face. He tried hard to open his eyes, but his swollen eyelids made it impossible to see anything, so he could only grope around with his hands.

The young prince's heart sank when he felt the cold body of Eunuch Li beside him.

"Get up, you bastard, you slave dog, get up for me, get up!"

He grabbed Eunuch Li's clothes with both hands and shook him hard a few times, but the corpse was unable to get up from the ground.

"Don't die, don't die. If you die, what will I do?"

"Someone, someone, someone! Someone, come quickly."

The young prince raised his head and shouted, but the young eunuchs who were accompanying him in the distance saw this scene, immediately dropped what they were holding and turned and ran away.

Of course Gao Yuting couldn't let them go, so she swung her sword a few times and immediately killed all the young eunuchs on the spot.

"How should we deal with this guy?" Xiao Ran walked to Gao Yuting and asked.

Gao Yuting looked at the little prince in front of her and said coldly, "Those who practice the Blood Transformation Sutra are evil demons. Just kill them."

Hearing Gao Yuting's words, the young prince trembled violently and begged for mercy: "Don't kill me, don't kill me, I am the prince, you can't kill me."

"Your Majesty? Even if you are the emperor, you deserve to die for practicing this evil technique."

Gao Yuting raised the sword in her hand and planned to give this guy a quick death.

But after hearing this, the young prince was stunned for a few seconds, and suddenly couldn't help laughing: "I practiced the Blood Transformation Sutra, so I deserve to die. Then my brother also deserves to die. The current emperor deserves to die even more than me."

"You probably don't know, but the entire royal family is practicing the Blood Transformation Sutra, especially the current emperor. He started practicing a long time ago. He should have reached the eighth level now and will soon break through to the ninth level."

Hearing the young prince's words, Gao Yuting suddenly felt a little unbelievable: "Are you telling the truth?"

Rumor has it that the Blood Transformation Sutra has a total of twelve levels.

The third level has the ability to be reborn (supernormal), the sixth level has eternal youth and ageless body (entering the Tao), the ninth level has rejuvenation and reshapes the bones (profound), and the twelfth level can directly reach the level of heaven and become a deity on earth.

Although this method can be accomplished quickly, it is extremely evil and overbearing. Every three levels is a hurdle, and a large amount of human blood pills must be consumed each time.

In those days, Buddhism and Taoism were flourishing. The Huaxue Temple recruited refugees under the name of a monastery, but in fact it was killing people for their blood. After the matter was exposed, everyone in the world was entitled to kill it.

It even triggered the catastrophe of Emperor Wuzong's destruction of Buddhism, and from then on, the Blood Transformation Sutra became a taboo in the world.

The emperor of the time actually practiced this evil art himself. Even though Gao Yuting knew that the dynasty was about to end, she was still shocked to hear the news.

Xiao Ran listened at the side and nodded secretly in his heart. This conclusion was basically consistent with the information he got when chatting with Lu Cheng.

It seems that this emperor is not only incompetent, but also regards the world as nourishment for his own cultivation.

"Surprised? What's so surprising? Compared to them, I am already a very kind person. At least I didn't kill the people in those villages. I only killed those bandits. If you don't believe me, go to Luoyang and see. Several villages around Luoyang have long been massacred."

The young prince sat on the ground with a sneer on his face. He seemed to have realized that he couldn't escape, so he just acted without any fear.

"The emperor, the royal family, and even the wealthy families in Luoyang City, all of them live by drinking human blood. If you have the guts, go kill them. I will admire you for that."

Listening to the young prince's words, Gao Yuting couldn't help but shake her head: "This world is really going to end."

"I have not yet asked which prince you are, Your Majesty?"

Xiao Ran was not in a hurry to kill anyone, he just started asking about the young prince's origins.

"I am the Shou Prince Li Jie."

Xiao Ran was not familiar with it, so he could only look at Gao Yuting.

Gao Yuting explained; "He is the emperor's brother, but the emperor has many brothers. Judging from his title, he is also a prince without real power."

This is not surprising. If a prince has real power, why would he bring some people to suppress the bandits?

Combining what he said, Xiao Ran guessed that he probably couldn't get any meat to eat in Chang'an and Luoyang, so he ran out and sucked the blood pills in the name of suppressing bandits.

"He's a bit smart, but doesn't talk much."

After thinking it over again and again, Xiao Ran felt that it would be a pity to kill this guy, but he still had some value in being used.

At least with him leading the way, it would be much easier for me to get close to the emperor.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran walked up to Li Jie, reached out to pinch his face, pried his mouth open, took out a pill and stuffed it in.

"You...what did you give me to eat?"

"Hundred Insect Pill and Heartbreak Pill, these are the pills I made exclusively. You must take a specific antidote every fifteen days, otherwise this thing will breed countless corpse worms and bite your intestines in your stomach."

Li Jie had never heard of this thing, but after hearing about its effects, he couldn't help but tremble all over.

"What do you want me to do? Money? Or..."

Li Jie is not stupid. Since he has taken the poison, he must not intend to kill himself. But he doesn't understand what Xiao Ran and the others are going to do.

"Hey, just be honest and I promise that your life will be safe."

After saying that, Xiao Ran walked to the body of the old eunuch, his eyes became fiery. This was the body of a master of Taoism, to him, it was a treasure no less than a nourishing medicine.

Xiao Ran patted the [Yin Bing Gourd] on his waist and put the corpse away first.

Afterwards, he also took away the butcher who was hiding in the bushes. This guy was really scary, so he wanted to avoid scaring a few more timid people in the village to death, otherwise he would not be able to explain himself.

Grabbing the little prince on the ground with one hand, Xiao Ran and Gao Yuting stood up and returned to the village.

At this moment, the chaos in the village had subsided. After Xiao Ran and Gao Yuting came back, Niu Zi and others immediately rushed over. "Hey, you guys are back, those few..."

Niu Zi pointed to the front and looked ahead. He saw Sanli, the archer and the painter standing in a row, as if they were waiting for Xiao Ran to come back.

The archer and the painter are fine, but the key is the appearance of the three centimeters and six arms, which is really scary to approach.

"Oh, they are my friends, don't worry, they won't hurt anyone."

Xiao Ran explained to Niu Zi and then walked in front of Sanli.

Looking down, I saw the ground was still littered with the corpses of those hairy monsters.

These corpses were placed there neatly. It was obvious that Sanli knew that these were materials, so he stood aside to guard them, fearing that the villagers would burn them without knowing it.

In this respect, Sanli is better than the stupid butcher.

"Well done, go back and rest first."

Xiao Ran patted the [Yin Bing Gourd] on his waist and put all the corpses, including Sanli, into the gourd.

Niu Zi and others in the distance almost popped their eyes out when they saw this scene.

I thought Xiao Ran was a loser, but I didn't expect that he had such magical means.

Thinking about the mocking words people used to say to him on a daily basis, Niu Zi and the others suddenly looked unnatural.

"Thank you both for your generosity. If it weren't for you two, Fire Dragon Village would have suffered a disaster today."

In the crowd, the old lady of the village chief came out with the help of everyone, came in front of the two men, bent down and was about to kneel down.

Fortunately, Gao Yuting was quick to grab the old lady's arm and said, "Old lady, we can't afford such a gift from you. It's just a small favor, please don't worry about it."

The old lady excitedly took Gao Yuting's hand and said, "Miss, since you came, I know that you two are not ordinary people. Please tell us your names. We are willing to set up a perpetual lamp for you and offer sacrifices every day to repay your kindness."

"There's no need to be so grand." Xiao Ran walked forward and took over the topic directly.

"Old lady, the world is about to be in chaos. Although Huolong Village is remote, it is not dangerous. We have eliminated this group of bandits today, but there is no guarantee that a group of soldiers will come tomorrow. It is better for you to make a decision early."

"This……"

Everyone looked at each other, knowing that what Xiao Ran said made sense, but the world was so big, but there was no place for them to stay.

Seeing the old lady in a dilemma, Xiao Ran asked, "Are you worried?"

"I dare not hide it. I also know that it is not suitable to stay here for a long time, but I don't know where to go."

"Ruzhou, if you are worried about the nearby matters, you can take my token to the governor of Ruzhou and I will ensure that everyone will be settled."

As Xiao Ran spoke, he took out a sign from the space. On it were written the three words "Ruzhou Ling". It was given to Xiao Ran by Yu Deng to make it easier for Xiao Ran to enter and exit the Governor's Mansion.

Xiao Ran handed the sign to the old lady and let them decide whether to stay or go.

"We have other things to do, so we won't bother you any more."

"You want to leave?"

Hearing that Xiao Ran and the others were leaving, everyone rushed forward and said, "Where are you going in this mess outside? Why don't you stay so that everyone can take care of you."

"Yeah, stay."

Everyone was trying to persuade them, but Xiao Ran and Gao Yuting looked at each other and didn't explain anything further.

"Okay, let's go back and discuss this with Uncle Er. Let's clean up the village first."

Xiao Ran didn't say anything else. He just found an excuse and took Gao Yuting back to his own courtyard.

Seeing the second in command still lying on the ground, he stepped forward and kicked him.

"Woke up."

The second in command had actually woken up a long time ago. When he heard Xiao Ran's words, he quickly got up from the ground.

He glanced around and noticed Li Jie, who was bruised and swollen, and was stunned for a moment: "Who is he?"

"I'll tell you when we get out. Hurry and get ready to leave."

"Let's go?" Before the second in command could recover from his shock, Xiao Ran grabbed the second in command by his collar with his big hand and grabbed Li Jie next to him with his other hand.

Fifty points of strength made it as easy for Xiao Ran to catch the two people as catching chickens.

"How about we compete again?"

Xiao Ran turned around and looked at Gao Yuting.

The last time we competed in lightness skills was in Zishan. There was no winner then, so this time it was a good opportunity to compete again.

"Okay, if you lose, give me some footbath water."

"Hey, there's actually a reward."

Xiao Ran grinned, leaped up, used the Drift with the Wind skill, and went straight down the mountain with the person in his arms.

In fact, there were already villagers following them outside the door, fearing that Xiao Ran and the others would leave without saying goodbye.

But at this moment, seeing Xiao Ran's figure stepping on the roof beams and treetops, passing by in front of his eyes as if flying, he could only stare blankly.

"Uncle Xiao!"

Donkey Egg just woke up at this moment, and when he looked up he saw Xiao Ran and Gao Yuting.

Xiao Ran looked back at Donkey, who nodded slightly at him. Then he and Gao Yuting disappeared into the forest.

Watching Xiao Ran disappearing from his sight, Donkey stood there in a daze for a long time before coming to his senses, muttering to himself:
"It turns out... Uncle Xiao is really an expert."

(End of this chapter)