Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 468: Iron Chain Across the River Sword King

"you!!"

Zhang Zhong's face veins bulged when he heard this. This was exactly what he said when he came on stage. Now Xiao Ran returned it to him exactly as it was. Zhang Zhong felt very aggrieved.

I thought that once I got on stage, everything would be easy, but in the end I was beaten from beginning to end.

The key point is, the opponent seemed to have no use for any moves, he just kept hacking at him, and he kept blocking.

It would be strange if I could convince myself.

But when Zhang Zhong lowered his head at this moment, he suddenly found that there was a deep gap on his double swords. This gap was normal, after all, he had blocked so many attacks.

The notches on the two knives crossed each other and were actually in the same position.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhong's pupils tightened, and he immediately understood something. He looked at Xiao Ran in horror.

After blocking so many times, there was only one cut on the knife, which meant that each of the opponent's swordsmanship was a straight cut on a single cut. Based on this point, the opponent's swordsmanship was far superior to his own.

"I didn't expect that... Haha, I admit defeat!"

Zhang Zhongyi bowed, picked up his two swords, stood up and left.

"Hey, Zhang Zhong, where are you going?"

The prince hurriedly called him back upon seeing this. Zhang Zhong paused and said without even turning his head, "Go home. You have been practicing swordplay for your whole life, but you still don't have a solid foundation. If you don't go home, what are you still doing here for?"

After saying that, Zhang Zhong walked out without looking back.

"Oh, so you haven't even mastered the basic skills. Hey, there are so many Dongzhu. Hey, my dear nephews, you are really... very kind to me. Do you want to continue?"

Li Jie was playing with the big Dong beads in his hands. Seeing the faces of several princes turning blue with anger, he couldn't help feeling proud.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran coughed lightly. Li Jie turned around and saw Xiao Ran holding a machete, his face pale, and said weakly: "How about we stop here today?"

Li Jie was shocked when he saw this, thinking that Xiao Ran was really injured. However, when he took a closer look, he saw that Xiao Ran was gasping for breath, but there was no sweat on his forehead. He immediately understood what Xiao Ran was thinking.

"Oh, oh, let's go here then."

Li Jie turned around and looked at his nephews: "You don't have anyone else, so we'll leave first. Hahaha, it's a great profit from this trip."

"and many more!!"

Seeing this, the princes were unwilling to let Xiao Ran go. This guy's face turned pale. It was obvious that he had already spent a lot of energy. It was time to strike while the iron was hot.

"Why, you guys still want to come? Round Robin, that's not the way to play it."

Li Jie looked annoyed.

But seeing this, several princes stepped forward and held Li Jie back: "Uncle Wang, since you are having so much fun, why don't you play more?"

Then he took out two silver notes and handed them to Li Jie: "Let's increase the bid. We'll offer 20,000 taels."

Li Jie looked at the banknote with a hesitant expression on his face, and looked at Xiao Ran in embarrassment.

Xiao Ran shook his head at him.

Li Jie was about to say something, and several princes saw Xiao Ran's refusal and gritted their teeth: "Thirty thousand taels!!"

No matter what, they are going to get their place back today.

Hearing the thirty thousand taels, Li Jie's expression changed. He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, thirty thousand taels is thirty thousand taels. Give me the money!"

"Dongbin!"

Another prince called a retainer and pointed at Xiao Ran: "Go up!"

"Yes!" The other party nodded, drew his sword and jumped onto the stage. Then he just bowed and raised his sword to kill Xiao Ran.

"Bang bang bang bang..."

All that could be heard was the sound of swords clashing. After just three or five rounds, Xiao Ran began to show signs of fatigue, and his swordsmanship became dull.

But in the end, he fought with all his might, raised the machete in his hand, and swung it forward violently. The opponent did not expect that Xiao Ran still had such strength, and was caught off guard and could only raise his sword to block. However, at this moment, Xiao Ran suddenly dropped the knife, punched the opponent in the face, and knocked him out of the ring.

Although he won, he was already lying on the ring, gasping for breath, and could hardly stand up straight.

"Come again!!"

"Yuan Zihang!"

Seeing that they were only one step away, the princes were unwilling to let go and stuffed another 30,000 taels into Li Jie's arms.

The result was the same as in the previous round. Yuan Zihang's swordsmanship was extraordinary. Xiao Ran was in danger several times, and even looked very embarrassed when dodging. However, he was very resilient. He made several consecutive slashes, and when the moment came, he drew his sword and slashed, knocking the opponent's sword away, and then pushed the opponent off the stage with force.

"Go on!! Take the money, quick."

These people are obviously gambling.

But there were also some people with sharp eyes present, such as the old Taoist priest sitting on the rock who saw it clearly.

When several people around him thought that these princes were clearly bullying others, the old Taoist priest curled his lips and said, "It's not certain who is bullying whom."

The old Taoist priest was not the only one who saw the trick. Some masters in the martial arts world had already seen that this was clearly a trap, boiling a frog in warm water, which was a trick often used in casinos.

It's just that everyone saw it, but no one pointed it out.

On the one hand, he didn't want to offend Xiao Ran.

On the other hand, they were not familiar with these princes and were happy to see them get trapped.

As for the judges, hey, they all kept silent and pretended to be dumb. They all said that they would advise against gambling, not prostitution.

Prostitution is a personal hobby, but in this era, it is elegant and romantic.

But gambling is different. Throughout the dynasties, whenever there was a prosperous era, gambling was illegal. Any founded country would strictly prohibit gambling.

But our ancestors also said that good words cannot persuade a damned ghost.

Once you get addicted to gambling, you can’t persuade or pull them back.

This is what happened to several princes at the moment. Seeing Xiao Ran on the stage unable to stand steadily, they decided to win no matter what, even if they had to sell everything they had.

These princes did not have that much silver, so they used the jade pendants they wore, the beads they were going to wear, and even the valuables they had in their hands, and put them together and pawned them on Li Jie.

But as one guest official after another rushed forward and were defeated one after another, the faces of these princes began to turn pale.

Li Jie was so happy that he went crazy looking at the baby in his arms that he could hardly fit it.

Looking back at the pale-faced princes, he curled his lips and said, "Nephews, let's stop here today. It's okay. It's still early for the New Year. You can come again during the second review next time."

As he said that, he waved to Xiao Ran and prepared to leave.

"stop!!"

But at this time, the leading prince stopped Li Jie with red eyes.

"Hey, third brother, why can't you afford to lose? If you can't afford to lose, say something nice to your uncle and wish him a happy new year. Then your uncle will return these things to you."

Li Jie looked back at the prince and said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, the Third Prince curled his lips and said disdainfully: "You can keep the things, but he can't leave today."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ran stopped and looked sideways at the third prince.

Li Jie's heart skipped a beat, he knew Xiao Ran too well.

If Zhang Wumeng is the unscrupulous and number one traitor in the world, then this master is not much better. The difference between him and Zhang Wumeng is perhaps just that he is more lazy and likes freedom more than Zhang Wumeng.

But if you piss him off, this guy will kill people with his sword without any scruples.

"I'm going to take another gamble."

The third prince had a dark face and stared at Xiao Ran with his eyes wide open. If he still didn't realize that he had been tricked, then there was no way he, the third prince, would have survived in the palace until now.

But he was unwilling to accept that he would lose like this.

After turning around and passing a message to the servant beside him, the servant immediately ran out, obviously wanting to ask for help from an expert.

Li Jie's heart sank when he saw this, and he became angry: "Okay, you want to gamble, right? Tell me, do you have the money to gamble? I've changed my mind now, if you want to gamble, you can bet 50,000 silver!"

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a commotion among the crowd.

Fifty thousand taels of silver is not a small amount.

But the Third Prince showed a sarcastic expression when he heard this: "Haha."

He turned around and said to his brothers, "Look, our Uncle Wang, fifty thousand taels, what a big mouth, it seems he has never seen money before."

As he spoke, he took out a jade pendant from his arms. The jade pendant was a piece of phoenix jasper, which was shining brightly and was very dazzling.

"This is the Phoenix Jade Pendant given to me by my father. It's worth at least... 200,000 taels. Let's use it as a prize. But let me make it clear first. This prize is much stronger than your Star-Picking Dagger. I'll bet on this thing, but there's one condition. I want his head!"

The third prince raised his hand and pointed at Xiao Ran on the stage.

He couldn't kill Li Jie, after all, he was his uncle. But today, he wanted the guy who set up the trap to die no matter what. Even the king couldn't save him.

Xiao Ran glanced at the third prince carefully, as if he wanted to remember his appearance clearly, and nodded at Li Jie.

Seeing this, Li Jie could only take the jade pendant from the Third Prince, but he couldn't help but persuade him: "Third Prince, think it over carefully. It's not too late to regret now."

"Hmph!" The third prince turned his head away and ignored Li Jie.

Seeing this, Li Jie shook his head and said, "Come on! I am being nosy."

Time passed by minute by minute, and many people rushed over to watch the fun after hearing the news.

Even the sisters Gu Baifeng and Gu Xuefeng came.

Suddenly, the arena was crowded with people.

Many people came here just to follow the trend, and actually had no idea what was going on. They quickly asked people around them and only then did they find out what had happened.

"Why is Brother Xiao only in Group C? Is there a mistake?" Gu Xuefeng asked puzzledly.

Gu Baifeng covered her mouth and smiled: "Hey, this is the clever part, otherwise how could we have left nothing behind after framing those princes."

"Oh, so that's it. Brother Xiao is the same as Yu Ting. He likes to play the pig and eat the tiger."

While the two sisters were talking, Xiao Ran suddenly raised her head and glanced sideways toward the palace gate of Yanzheng Gate.

At the same time, the old Taoist priest sitting on the stone also frowned and said with his teeth bared, "Well, well, I didn't expect these princelings to have the ability to invite him out."

"Who?"

Everyone looked at the old Taoist priest. They didn't know who he was, but seeing that he had spoken very clearly before, they surrounded him and asked him questions.

The old Taoist priest raised his head and stared into the air: "Who else could it be? The King of Swords!"

(End of this chapter)