Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 435: The Sunken Coffin in the Sea of Sin
Looking at the rosary beads taken back by the big monk, and then seeing this guy's mean smile.

In an instant, Xiao Ran felt like he had been fooled.

My goodness, what with the patrolling law envoy and the inspector of yin and yang, it turns out they are all fake. Today's is just a one-time experience card.

If I could beat him, why didn't I just chop him down with my own sword? Why did I have to go through all this trouble?

As if he could see that Xiao Ran was looking at him with a stab in his eyes, the monk quickly explained, "Donor, I've given you the reputation and righteousness, but you have to earn the strength yourself. Otherwise, if you only have the strength but no reputation, you won't be able to do anything."

"But having a title without strength is like a toothless tiger, a target in the eyes of others."

Xiao Ran retorted bluntly.

It didn’t matter that I didn’t have any strength before. I could just pretend to be a ghost messenger wherever I went. It would be a good thing if I had a small fortune, and no one would pay attention to me.

Now, I am afraid that I will become the most glaring target wherever I go.

"Hahahaha, Amitabha, people often say that one should start a family and a career first. May I ask, donor, which should be started first, a family or a career?"

"Meet a good person and start a family; meet a noble person and start a career."

"Which is more important, a good man or a noble man?"

Xiao Ran frowned when he heard this, and he knew what the monk meant.

Be it a good man or a noble person, meeting one of them is already a blessing, and meeting both of them is even more of a blessing.

So whether it is status or strength, just like a good person or a noble person, it doesn’t matter who meets you first. What matters is that after you meet them, there will be a possibility of going further.

Although what the monk said made some sense, Xiao Ran felt that the monk was fooling him.

"Let's go. It's still early. We might as well take a walk and talk while we walk."

Xiao Ran was moved when he heard this: "Okay."

The two of them went downstairs, and Xiao Ran noticed that many ghosts downstairs were running around like headless flies, making a mess.

Xiao Ran didn't know what was going on, so he just followed the monk.

The two men walked very fast. Lotus flowers bloomed under the monk's feet, and one step could cover dozens of miles.

Xiao Ran followed behind, and as if possessed by a magic power, he followed the monk's footsteps and walked on the lotus.

As I stepped on it, I could hear the sound of chanting. The lotus under my feet seemed to be wrapped around my feet, warm and soft, with an indescribable comfort.

After a few steps, the two had walked out of Chaos Street.

As soon as he came out of Chaos Street, Xiao Ran felt something was wrong. He looked back and found that a blue-gray wall appeared behind him, trapping Chaos Street tightly inside.

The people inside kept banging on the wall trying to get out, but the people outside were unable to enter.

"This is……"

Xiao Ran remembered that it was not like this when he entered. He looked at the monk and said, "It can't be because of me."

"Of course not. It's just that the beast Jiu Ming Jiao didn't know what was good for him and had a loud voice, which implicated them."

The words that the Nine-Life Dragon said before being sent to hell were very loud, and at least half of the people in Chaos Street heard them clearly. Regardless of whether the words were true or not, this news could not be spread outside.

"So...what are you going to do with them?"

Xiao Ran felt a sinking feeling in his heart when he heard this. After all, it was all because of him.

The great monk smiled and said, "Of course they are sent to the animal realm. Sending them to reincarnate early is also a merit."

"Being a beast is still a merit?"

Xiao Ran really doubted whether this monk was a real monk. Why did his words sound so mean?
"Of course it is a merit. Those who enter the City of the Wrongly Dead are all lonely ghosts. They don't want to be reborn, nor do hard labor. Being able to be reborn as an animal is already a mercy beyond the law, and an incredible good result."

"This... seems to make some sense."

After all, among the six realms of reincarnation, animals are not the worst. The worst are ghosts and hell.

The former are thrown into the world of the living and become slaves of the gods in the world, such as the two little ghosts at the feet of the City God.

There is another category which is mostly mountain spirits and monsters.

As for the latter, you will be thrown into eight hot hells, where you can neither live nor die. This is worse than being a ghost.

Therefore, being in the animal realm is actually a blessing for most wandering souls.

If you are luckier, you may be reborn as a panda, a finless porpoise or a tiger. If you are in a zoo, you can even eat government food.

Of course, there are also unlucky people. Being born as a pig, sheep, cat or dog is the worst thing. The worst thing is that you will become a quick-grown chicken, or an unqualified one at that. You will be thrown into a grinder and made into dog food as soon as you are born.

"Let's go and take a look over here."

The big monk led Xiao Ran forward. When passing a street, he deliberately slowed down his pace and pointed to several bookstores in front.

"This is a good place. Go look inside and you may find something unexpected."

"An unexpected gain?"

Xiao Ran looked at the monk in confusion, and walked to the front of the bookstore, only to see that the books on the stalls were already covered with a thick layer of dust.

Xiao Ran picked up a book at random, blew away the dust on it, and took a closer look.

All I saw were the four words [True Explanation of Eagle Claw] written on it.

Opening it and taking a closer look, I found that it was a martial art of capturing and killing people.

Xiao Ran is proficient in the Eighteen Black Dragon Moves and is also an expert in grappling.

But after taking a closer look at the kung fu, he was shocked. The moves were so clever and insidious that they were even better than the Eighteen Hands of the Black Dragon.

There are annotations next to it, which describe in detail how to start practicing this kung fu, and every step is described in great detail.

"nice one!"

Xiao Ran couldn't help but praise, then put it down and picked up another one.

This is a hidden weapon technique, which includes the production of hidden weapon mechanisms, as well as various hidden weapon launching techniques and coordination techniques.

Xiao Ran was not proficient in hidden weapons, but he could see that this set of techniques was extraordinary.

"what!"

At this time, Xiao Ran noticed that there was a book next to him with three words written on it: [Iron Sand Palm]

He was not interested in this Kung Fu, but perhaps because of Beast Master, he had a strong curiosity about this Kung Fu.

Back then, the reason why Sun Miao, Shouye's grandfather, betrayed Li Jingqi was actually partly due to this iron sand palm.

Sun Miao's grandfather knew this kung fu, but the problem was that the corresponding recipe was incomplete.

As Sun Miao’s grandfather got older, the burning sensation in his hands became more intense, and he had unbearable pain for a few days every month.

Li Qijing's Iron Sand Palm not only has no side effects, but is also several times more powerful than that of the Sun family.

The reason lies in the formula. Only by using the right formula can you ensure that the Iron Sand Palm becomes stronger with each practice.

Xiao Ran picked up the book and opened it, only to find that there were as many as eight different types of recipes on it.

In addition to three recipes for internal use and two for external use, there is also a poison recipe that needs to be mixed into iron sand to increase its toxicity.

This is the complete recipe for Iron Sand Palm. If one thing is missing, this kung fu will be incomplete.

In Beast Master's memory, there are only two secret recipes for Iron Sand Palm.

It’s not that Beast Master remembered it wrong, but it’s been passed down from generation to generation, so it’s inevitable that some of it will be lost.

In addition, people at that time all believed in a principle that they would not pass on their secret skills to their apprentices until they had one foot in the coffin.

This is the so-called inheritance of mantle.

So over time, this skill started to go astray.

Those who can master it are already geniuses among geniuses, but after mastering it, they will definitely not be able to escape the torture of the sequelae.

This is also the reason why Iron Sand Palm, which is obviously a superior palm technique, has gradually degenerated into a third-rate method.

Xiao Ran was reading intently when he heard a light cough coming from inside the study.

A skinny old man came out with a cane.

Seeing the boss coming out, Xiao Ran hurriedly asked, "How much are these books, old man?"

The old man shook his head and said, "Take whatever you like. No money is required. If you want to leave something behind, there are pens, inkstones, and paper beside you."

Xiao Ran was stunned by the old man's attitude and looked at him with confusion.

I saw the old man sitting on a bench at the door, looking ahead with empty eyes and saying:

"We all came here this way. When we first saw something, we all liked it very much, but so what? We took these special skills with us into the coffin, and now they are like garbage here."

"After a few days, you will understand that these things are like treasures to living people, but they are too hard to be used even for wiping buttocks in the hands of the dead."

Hearing the old man's words, Xiao Ran suddenly realized and asked: "So, these books are..."

"Yes, they were all written down by those so-called senior masters."

The old man nodded and said.

When people are alive, they think that they will be put into the coffin when they die, but after they die, they think that they must leave some traces for future generations.

In the end, there was really nothing left to keep, so he wrote down all his life's learning in this shop.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ran couldn't help but remember something. He took out the book "Xi Yuan Lu" that the monk had just given him and compared it with other books on the bookstall.

He turned back to look at the big monk: "So, you came here to ask for this thing while I was fighting?"

"Otherwise, I wasn't prepared for this." The big monk nodded and admitted it with a smile.

Xiao Ran rolled his eyes at him, then turned his gaze and asked the old man, "Old man, can you help me find a book?"

"If you can tell me a name, or a rough estimate, I can find it, but if I can't find it, it means it's not there, so try your luck somewhere else."

"Yes, there are. It's called Corpse Removal Technique. It should record eight techniques, all of which are related to corpses."

He obtained the art of dissecting corpses from the dream pool. This art is the unique skill of the corpse sewers.

But after he got it, he only retained six of the eight spells.

As for the two most crucial spells left, the notes on the book page said one was not taught and the master didn't know either, so the matter was left unsettled.

So Xiao Ran now wants to try and see if he can find it back here.

"Corpse dissection technique?"

The old man looked back at Xiao Ran and shook his head: "No."

"No……"

Xiao Ran felt a sense of loss when he heard this answer.

But the old man immediately changed the subject: "But what you said, I saw something similar in another book. This kind of book is very niche, so I remember it very clearly. In the fourth row, fifth layer of the bookcase, there is a book called The True Transmission of the Corpse Sutra. It is very similar to what you said. You can go and have a look..."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ran went in the direction the old man said and found a handwritten book on the bookshelf.

When he opened it, hey, it was indeed the Record of Corpse Exorcism that he was looking for. He quickly flipped to the back and saw that there were indeed the last two spells at the end.

One is called Nie Hai, and the other is called Chen Guan...

(End of this chapter)