Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 466 Group C Thirty-Six

If he wanted to lure out Zhang Wumeng, the best way would be to make himself famous through sword reviews.

Xiao Ran believed that Zhang Wumeng could not just leave like that.

When he arrived in Chang'an, the most important thing was to raise military funds and prepare armor for the army.

In the end, he destroyed everything by setting it on fire.

Perhaps those iron tools cannot be damaged by fire, but if the oil vines are burned, coupled with the underground environment, a big fire will be enough to anneal those weapons again and turn them into a pile of garbage.

The most important thing is that Xiao Ran's fire exposed the workshop. Even if the government officials are idiots and cowards, they cannot just stand by and watch.

Even if it's just for show, if Huang Chao is asked to find a workshop to make armor and weapons for him now, he might not be able to find one.

The biggest problem was solved by myself, but I also put a hat on myself and couldn't even participate in the sword review.

If Huang Chao could still endure it, Xiao Ran would be willing to call him the strongest, and would never pay attention to him again and would avoid him when he was seen.

Xiao Ran's original plan was to take part in the first evaluation first, strive to get into the top list, and then let the Zou family help him build momentum.

As a result, someone is now seeking death, so the show effect must be maximized.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran curled his lips and said, "Okay, I've heard about your rules. In this case, Your Majesty might as well gamble with them and make some money, and then treat me to a drink."

Li Jie understood immediately after hearing this, and his expression became a little embarrassed: "Well... I..."

Seeing Li Jie's embarrassed look, several princes immediately grinned and teased: "Why, uncle Wang doesn't want to play with his nephews?"

After saying this, he suddenly seemed to remember something, slapped his thigh, and pretended to be enlightened.

"Oh, I forgot, I forgot, I forgot, I forgot that Uncle Wang's monthly allowance seems to be only 120 taels of silver."

"120 taels, that's a lot. I spent all that on a meal at Hongbinlou."

"Ah ha ha ha ha..."

Several princes burst into laughter.

This made Li Jie's face uncertain for a moment, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Although Li Jie is the emperor's younger brother, his mother was just a lowly palace maid. He has no support from his maternal family, and the old emperor was too lazy to take care of him when he was alive.

120 taels of silver a month was just to ensure that he would not starve to death and would not bring shame to the royal family.

For example, the princes in front of us are all the products of marriage between the current emperor and major families.

Behind each of them is either the Five Surnames and Seven Families or the powerful men within the Great Wall. For them, money is something they don't need to worry about.

No wonder they look down on their uncle Wang.

"you……"

Li Jie gritted his teeth, his face becoming increasingly grim: "Brother Xiao, are you sure?"

"Of course it's 100%."

"Okay, I'll bet with you guys!!"

Li Jie raised his head with red eyes.

"Bet? What are you betting on? Uncle Wang, what are you betting with us? Otherwise... how about the [Star Picking] in your hand?"

The leading prince suggested with a smile that the dagger was a good thing and they had been coveting it for a long time.

Li Jie did not answer immediately, but just looked at Xiao Ran. After all, the dagger was still in Xiao Ran's hand.

Xiao Ran nodded calmly, and Li Jie immediately felt relieved. He turned around and said, "Okay, let's bet."

When the princes heard that Li Jie actually wanted to gamble, they were shocked and turned back to discuss the matter in low voices.

After a moment, he turned around and looked at Li Jie and said, "Uncle Wang, how do you want to gamble?"

Li Jie pointed at Xiao Ran behind him and said, "Didn't you say you could defeat him? Well, you can send anyone you want, as long as they are your guests, but for every person you send, you have to give me 10,000 taels of silver. As long as he loses once, the star will be yours!"

Several people turned back to discuss again.

After a lot of chatter, they felt that they were not at a disadvantage in this proposal.

"Well, let's take a look at this guy's first review first."

Several people nodded. If Xiao Ran got a very high first review, then they would not argue with Li Jie and would just go to another place to continue living happily. Li Jie would not be able to do anything to them.

Thinking of this, several princes turned to Li Jie and said, "Okay, since you are interested, we, your nephews, will take this opportunity to show our filial piety to you."

"Stop talking nonsense. Since you are going to the stage, I have one more thing to say. I only accept cash. If you can't come up with cash, I will use the things you have as collateral."

Li Jie added with a dark face.

"Okay, okay, since Uncle Wang said so, we younger generations should obey."

These princes have plenty of money. Although they don't have that much cash on them, a jade pendant they pick up can be worth tens of thousands of yuan. However, we still have to see the strength of this person first.

Li Jie walked up to Xiao Ran and whispered, "The first review is not important, so you can suppress your strength and let's boil the frog in warm water."

Pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger, boiling a frog in warm water, this is an old trick in the underworld, and Xiao Ran certainly knows how to do it.

But he was not sure whether these people knew his own strength, and he was worried that if he pretended too much, they would see the problem.

"Don't worry. Wang Luzhong was beaten unconscious that day at Hongbin Tower. He lay at home for many days and had no idea what happened afterwards. As for those few people... hehe, they are in the palace on weekdays, how could they know anything?"

Li Jie knew the moral character of these princes too well. They didn't care about what was going on in the martial arts world. If they did pay attention, it would probably be only about a few celebrities.

If it was Gao Yuting who came today, they might have taken it seriously, but it was Xiao Ran who came.

You know, since Hongbin Tower, Xiao Ran has hardly ever been exposed in front of everyone.

Everyone only heard that he caught Zhang Wumeng's sword, but when the news spread, it had little impact.

Otherwise, how could they agree so readily? Seeing Li Jie's confident look, Xiao Ran knew how to play this scene.

"Next person!!"

At this time, it was Xiao Ran's turn. Xiao Ran walked onto the stage and bowed to the examiners.

"Come and sign up."

The sword review is not an imperial examination, and does not have such a strict identity examination system.

After all, everyone who comes here wants fame, you can't just make up a fake name to become famous.

"Xiao Xingbang!"

Xiao Ran did not report his real name directly. As usual, he reported his eldest cousin's name. He really had no interest in becoming famous.

After all, for him, he doesn't have much sense of belonging to the Lost City.

"it is good!"

Several judges took out their brushes and wrote down Xiao Xingbang's name.

Then someone brought up a wooden stake, signaling Xiao Ran that he could start.

Looking at the wooden stake in front of him, Xiao Ran took out the long-sealed black machete from the space.

This machete is not a cursed object, but it is sturdy enough.

"Haha, whose axe is this, Uncle Wang? You must have asked the woodcutter to do this."

Several princes grinned and sneered.

Li Jie snorted coldly, closed his eyes and rested, too lazy to pay attention to them.

On the ring, Xiao Ran took a deep breath and then slowly raised the machete in his hand.

"kill!!"

With a loud roar, he took two steps at a time, and the black machete in his hand made a sharp whistling sound. He simply drew his sword and chopped it from bottom to top.

Everyone only saw a crescent-shaped black blade light, which suddenly split the wooden stake in front of them into two halves.

"it is good!!"

The audience below applauded.

Several judges walked forward and checked the wooden stakes. Looking at the neat cuts on the stakes, several judges began to discuss.

These judges include both veterans in the martial arts world and experts selected from the imperial guards.

Several judges then walked back to their seats, and after confirming that there were no objections, they shouted, "Xiao Xingbang, Group C, No. 36!"

"Group C?"

The audience below applauded, and the princes looked at each other and burst into laughter.

"I thought he was someone else, but he's just a Group C."

"I was so scared, I thought this guy was going to be in the A group!"

"Group C, what the hell is Group C? How dare you disgrace yourself here? Uncle Wang, we know you are poor, but I didn't expect that you are so poor that even Group C treats you as a guest of honor."

"Why don't you just stop gambling, Uncle Wang? Just take out [Picking Stars] and give it to your nephew. I can still do you a favor. If you are in trouble in the future, your nephew will not abandon you, hahahaha."

Several princes laughed unscrupulously.

Li Jie didn't say anything, his eyes began to become evasive, as if he was still hesitating whether to gamble or not.

"Hey, Uncle Wang, here is a 10,000 tael silver note. Please keep it and think of it as your New Year's gift to you."

A prince walked up to Li Jie and stuffed a silver note into his arms.

Then he picked a middle-aged man from the entourage behind him and said, "Wang De, you go!"

"Yes!"

Wang De walked out and jumped directly onto the ring.

This action startled several judges, and one of them asked, "What are you doing?"

"According to the rules, if I don't obey him, I can beat him down."

"This... is the rule, but..." Several judges nodded, but this kind of thing usually only happens during the second review.

However, after seeing the princes over there, the judges were relieved. They coughed lightly and reminded: "Swords have no eyes, life and death are determined by fate, but if the opponent admits defeat or jumps off the stage, it will be against the law to fight again."

"Huh, got it!"

Wang De snorted coldly and turned his head to look at Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran looked Wang De up and down, and suddenly noticed Wang De's hands. Although he was a big and rough man, his hands were delicate and very white. If you look closely, it is not difficult to see that the midline of each finger of this man's hands is particularly bright.

"Iron Palm"

Xiao Ran thought of the Iron Sand Palm secret book he saw in Fengdu, which specifically explained how to identify the Iron Sand Palm. He immediately understood that this man was obviously a master of horizontal training.

"Your Excellency, don't you use a sword?"

"Hahaha, do I need a sword to kill you?"

Wang De laughed loudly twice, then his eyes flashed and he yelled, "Die!"

As he spoke, Wang De's figure suddenly accelerated, and he appeared in front of Xiao Ran in a flash. His figure maintained the posture of pouncing on his prey in mid-air, and he raised both palms and slapped Xiao Ran hard, like a hungry tiger out of a cage.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Ran squatted down suddenly when he saw this, and at the same time released the gold and silver double hooks of the Black Dragon's Eighteen Hands, and gently pushed forward.

Wang De's face suddenly froze, and he flew out of the ring due to inertia, hitting his head on the stone pier next to him, and his head was bleeding on the spot!
(End of this chapter)