Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 462 Escape intact
"This guy... is the ancestor of the Zou family?"

Xiao Ran looked at the huge monster in front of him with an expressionless face, but his heart was filled with turmoil.

No wonder all those masters who broke into the Zou family died silently. The one raised by the Zou family is not an ancestor at all, but a big evil spirit.

The Zou family looks like an ordinary family and a lackey of the imperial court, but in fact they are more terrifying than evil spirits like the Iron Mountain Goddess.

They don't adopt the so-called policy of keeping the people ignorant. Instead, they capture these children, brainwash them, and make them recite evil scriptures day and night.

What? The child is not pious?

Oh, it doesn’t matter. If you are not pious, we will chop off your head, torture you, skin you, pull out your tendons, dig out your internal organs, or even sell you for blood food.

Are you pious or not at this time?

I'm afraid you are more pious than when you burn incense to your ancestors.

The entire family's earnings were used to support this evil spirit. Over the years, this evil spirit had already grown into a gigantic monster.

"Is this an envoy sent by the king? The day for offering sacrifices has not yet arrived, why did the envoy come so early?"

The shadow swayed his body, and his two red eyes stared at Xiao Ran, full of confusion.

"messenger??"

Xiao Ran was stunned. He was still thinking about how to deal with this thing.

But after hearing what the other party said, it was obvious that he thought he was a messenger from some great king.

"Sure enough, the Zou family is really deep. There is actually a master behind such a big evil."

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran snorted coldly and immediately frowned: "How dare you say that? The king is very dissatisfied with your recent actions, so let me remind you."

The huge shadow in front of him began to tremble when he heard this, but his scarlet eyes never left Xiao Ran, as if he was suspicious of Xiao Ran's identity.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran's face darkened: "How dare you! Kneel down!!"

As he spoke, Xiao Ran slapped his forehead, and a faint golden light emerged from his forehead, and a large dragon flag rose behind Xiao Ran.

The big flag fluttered, flashing a faint golden light, and a strong sense of oppression suddenly came over me.

Suddenly, the evil spirit in front of him trembled all over and quickly lowered his head.

"Please forgive me, envoy. I just don't know why the king is so angry."

"Fool, how have you done what the king asked you to do?"

Xiao Ran stood under the dragon banner with a stern face, and his aura became solemn.

"It's almost time, it's almost time. The dog emperor has been eating more and more blood recently, and he won't live long. We just need to wait for the altar in the underground palace to be completed, and then we can kill him and sacrifice the fate of the country, and invite the king to come to the world."

"Kill the emperor? Sacrifice the country's destiny? It seems that I am not the only one who wants to kill the emperor?"

Xiao Ran originally thought that this chess game was already chaotic enough, but he didn't expect that there were so many evil eyes hidden behind it.

"Too slow, you must act as soon as possible, the king does not want to wait that long, and besides..."

Xiao Ran narrowed his eyes and looked up and down at the ancestor of the Zou family in front of him: "I came here for one more thing."

"Messenger, please give your orders."

The big snake lowered its head, becoming more humble, and didn't even dare to look at the dragon banner behind Xiao Ran.

He just felt this pressure, which made him tremble from the bottom of his heart.

"Huang Chao, the chosen one of the Locust God, goes by the alias Zhang Wumeng. He is now in Chang'an. Kill him and use his head as a sacrifice to the king. The king will definitely be very happy."

"Locust God??"

The big snake shook its head and looked at Xiao Ran in confusion; "So, Lord Locust and our king are good friends, aren't they?"

Xiao Ran grinned when he heard that, and sneered at the big snake: "Yes, of course we are good friends, good friends who stick together at all times. There are some things you don't need to know so much, just focus on your work."

The ancestor of the Zou family shook his head, as if he couldn't understand the reason.

But he felt that since it was the king's envoy who gave the order, it must be correct.

"Go away. If you have done your job well, the king will not treat you unfairly."

Xiao Ran waved his hand, turned around and was about to leave.

Even though the big snake was respectful and humble like a mouse in front of him, Xiao Ran knew in his heart that he was just trying to scare it.

If I really fight, I don't have the ability to kill him.

Although Long Fu gave himself the right to monitor Yin and Yang, as the monk said, you have to be able to defeat him.

This is what makes Xiao Ran feel really uncomfortable.

Now that I have said everything that needs to be said, if not now, when will I leave?

"and many more!!"

Just as Xiao Ran was about to leave, there was a sudden loud roar from behind, which scared Xiao Ran.

Turning back to look at the ancestor of the Zou family.

I saw the big snake suddenly put its head closer. Its huge head was like a small mountain, making people feel like a mountain is pressing down on them.

"The envoy has come from afar, and here is a small respect. Please say a few good words in front of the king."

The big snake opened its mouth, and small hands grew out of its slender tongue, dragging a box to Xiao Ran.

As the box was gently opened by these little hands, a piece of sky blue bone was revealed inside.

The bone was about the size of a palm, blue as a brittle bone, and shiny as porcelain. "This is..."

"This is a precious jade, a rare treasure that my Zou family spent a lot of money to obtain. I hope the envoy will not refuse this small gift."

The snake's huge eyes showed an attempt to please him, but Xiao Ran did not immediately accept it. Instead, he said with some embarrassment: "Oh, this... no merit, no reward."

"Please don't be polite, envoy. I just want to make friends with you."

"Okay, okay, okay, since we are friends, then I will not be polite. Don't worry, if there is any news from the king, I will never forget you as my friend."

Xiao Ran took the box with a smile, and then said, "It's getting late, and I still have to deliver these tributes. You must do well what the king has asked you to do, and I will say a few good words for you in front of the king when the time comes."

"Thank you, messenger. I haven't asked you yet. What's your name?"

"You're welcome. Call me... Wu Man!"

"Ah sneeze..."

Wu Man, who was cooking, suddenly couldn't help sneezing and rubbed his nose involuntarily.

He raised his head suspiciously, and scanned the chefs who were busy in the kitchen, and then he couldn't help muttering; "It's inexplicable."

A lot of things happened in Chang'an that day, all of them were earth-shattering and jaw-dropping.

Everyone in Chang'an City was so terrified that they had already closed the doors and windows and stayed in their homes before curfew.

It was not until early the next morning, before daybreak, that the night watchman rang the last bell.

The huge city of Chang'an finally seemed to come alive.

"Om..."

The door of Li Jie's palace was knocked open, and soon, the sound of footsteps on the bluestone slabs could be heard.

Only when he got closer to the courtyard where Xiao Ran lived did he gradually slow down his pace.

When he walked into the courtyard and saw Xiao Ran lying in a rocking chair, he walked quickly towards him.

"Son."

"Have you sent all the children away?"

"They have all been sent away and handed over to the owner of the Wonderful Pavilion Inn outside the city. There are a total of 146 children, not one less. If there are no accidents, the children can be sent out of Chang'an tonight."

"Ah."

Xiao Ran hummed softly and closed his eyes again. Yesterday was a very stressful day for him.

First, he had a fight with Huang Chao and suffered internal injuries. Then he took advantage of the chaos to break into the Zou family, took the children out of the Zou family, and took them directly to hide in the woods outside the city gate.

Why are you hiding there?

It was all because of the commotion last night. The ancestor of the Zou family was indeed very weird.

I didn't feel it last night, but after leaving the Zou family, I felt cold all over.

This kind of coldness does not come from the body, but comes from the depths of the soul.

Xiao Ran thought about it for a moment and realized that it must be because the evil aura from the ancestor of the Zou family was too strong, which affected his soul.

Fortunately, the impact on Xiao Ran is not serious, he just needs rest.

So he notified the second in command and the owner of the Qiqi Pavilion and asked them to transport all the children out of Chang'an.

"The Zou family is full of surprises."

If it weren't for Huang Chao, it would have been difficult for him to sneak into the Zou family, let alone enter the dungeon to rescue people.

Seeing that Xiao Ran seemed to be in a good mood, the second in command squatted beside him and said with a smile: "Sir, our vote last night was amazing..."

Xiao Ran did not refute what the second in command said, because the second in command did play a role in it, and it was a very important role.

He was able to trick the biggest traitor in the world.

For a second-in-command who came from a bandit family, it is no exaggeration for him to brag about this to his great-grandchildren.

"When I came back, the outside world was in chaos. The streets were full of police officers, arresting people with Zhang Wumeng's portrait."

"Ok!"

Xiao Ran continued to nod his head, not feeling surprised at all.

This guy is the leader of all the rebels in the world, so it's no wonder that he is wanted.

The second in command continued to talk to himself, "Zhang Wumeng is amazing. He was outnumbered by four people, all of whom were top-ranked masters. As a result, two people from the Zou family died, one was injured, and one was disabled. So many of the Zou family's servants also lost their lives. Hey, the Zou family is being stomped on like a fish bubble now."

Wang Ruzhen and Zhao Dongxuan were killed tragically by Huang Chao's sword, and Li Jin was severely injured and is still unconscious.

As for the great Zen Master Lingfa, Huang Chao had one of his arms chopped off directly.

As for Huang Chao himself...

Well, according to the news released by the Zou family, this person has suffered a serious blow, and they have sent out invitations to heroes, hoping to invite masters in the world to kill him and offer a reward of 100,000.

But this is just the Zou family's one-sided statement.

Xiao Ran had seen Huang Chao's strength. Even if he was facing four masters, if he wanted to leave, no one could stop him.

Therefore, Xiaoran speculated that Huang Chao was most likely only slightly injured.

If anyone wanted to catch his attention at this time, it would be like an old man eating arsenic, seeking death. After all, a wounded lone wolf is often more terrifying than a tiger coming down the mountain...

(End of this chapter)