Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 472 Wu Man's Path to Advancement

"Master, now that all the Taoist sects in the world are closed, why are you still wandering outside?"

At the dinner table, Xiao Ran and Taoist Wuye hit it off immediately.

Taoist Wuye drank a few glasses of wine. After hearing Xiao Ran's question, he started to complain to Xiao Ran like a chatterbox.

First, he complained about the world, which is full of evil cults and evil spirits. They swindle people and even take their lives. He has encountered several of them himself. At first, he could manage them, but later he couldn't.

Then he started complaining about the so-called Taoism.

"Three religions and nine classes, three religions are three religions, nine classes are nine classes. In troubled times, Buddhism and Taoism are closed in the mountains, and Confucianists are mostly villains. You ask me why I don't stay in the mountains. Humph, I can't stay. Seeing those old Taoist priests talking about reincarnation and the general trend of the times, I feel sick."

Taoist Wuye said this and took a gulp of the wine. It was obvious that he had long been extremely disappointed with Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism.

Then he glanced at Li Jie who was serving drinks with him.

Another complaint about the world today.

"When Emperor Taizong founded the country, it was a prosperous era. The subsequent monarchs worked hard to govern the country. Although there was an incident of the hen crowing at dawn, it set a precedent for women in the world later, so that most women in the folk were strong and unrestrained, but overall it was not a bad thing.

I never thought that the fortunes of such an unprecedentedly prosperous dynasty would suddenly take a sharp turn for the worse and become like this. The world is about to collapse."

When Taoist Wuye said this, his eyes turned red. He simply stood up and started cursing, pointing at his head.

"Heaven is so stupid, it really won't open its eyes!"

Xiao Ran could understand Taoist Wuye's feelings. This Taoist had lived from the heyday to the present day and had watched his beloved country begin to decline bit by bit until it reached its current state.

Xiao Ran had no consolation for this. He was just an outsider in the rise and fall of the dynasty.

After cursing for a while, Taoist Wuye felt much better.

He sat down again, let out a long breath, and then turned back into the old Taoist priest with an immortal look.

Xiao Ran stood up and poured a glass of wine for the old Taoist priest, then handed the wine pot to Li Jie: "Another pot, please."

Li Jie was stunned and immediately left with the wine jug.

After Li Jie left, Xiao Ran asked, "Master Dao, I understand your feelings, but you didn't come to me this time just to complain to me, did you?"

The old Taoist nodded and said, "I didn't intend to come to this sword review. I'm already old, why would I want to join in the fun? Besides... hehe."

Taoist Wuye showed disdain on his face and said, "After the last sword review with the appearance of Frost Concubine, the dog emperor has been extremely wary of the sword review, otherwise he would not have rashly let the court intervene this time. Once the court intervened, the flavor of the sword review would have changed long ago."

"So you're not here for the sword review?"

"Yes, I came here only for one person."

Taoist Wuye stared at Xiao Ran. Seeing this, Xiao Ran asked uncertainly, "Me?"

"Of course."

Now Xiao Ran was completely confused. He didn't know Taoist Wuye very well, so there was no need for him to come all the way here to find him.

Seeing Xiao Ran's puzzled look, Taoist Wuye continued, "I was originally practicing meditation in Mount Wutai, and I saw the three immortals Fu Lu Shou in my dream. They told me to come to Chang'an to find someone, so I came here."

"Oh." Xiao Ran scratched his head and roughly understood it.

Before, when we were in Ruzhou, Brother Lu Cheng said that when he went to kill the emperor, the gods would protect him. So he didn't do it himself, but sent a bodyguard to himself.

"No, they didn't say my name, how did you know it was me?"

"You are a god."

Taoist Wuye pointed at Xiao Ran and said, "I don't know who it is either, but when you fought with Gu Xintang yesterday, your swordsmanship was divine, and you were a true god. This alone is enough. Do you know why Gu Xintang admitted defeat?"

"He can't afford to lose face. After all, it would be embarrassing for me to win."

Xiao Ran thought about it and felt that given the situation at that time, he would have admitted defeat too.

After all, he won against me, but he wanted to give himself the title of No. 36 in Group C. Gu Xintang must have nothing better to do. Since he came here for fame, why did he give himself such a title?

But these were what Xiao Ran was thinking in his heart. He said something else: "I don't know. Could it be that he has something to do with this matter?"

"Oh, that's right, you are protected by the righteous gods, and your sword can cut things that others cannot cut. Gu Xintang admitted defeat not for his reputation, but because he saw that you have another destiny."

"Another destiny?"

"I can't explain it in detail, but I think you will understand it when the time comes."

After the old Taoist priest finished speaking, he pulled Xiao Ran and whispered, "Your destiny is not here, but there is a mission for you here."

"what?"

The old Taoist narrowed his eyes and whispered in Xiao Ran's ear: "Slay the dragon..."

……

It was getting dark and curfew was approaching, and Hongbinlou had already closed.

"Master Wu, it's almost curfew, where are you planning to go?"

Several cooks in the kitchen looked at Wu Man changing his clothes and preparing to go out, and asked enthusiastically.

"Go back and take a look."

Wu Man said absentmindedly, then walked out of the backyard door.

After Wu Man left, several cooks pouted and said, "Hey, who knows where he'll go to have fun."

"Don't mention it. I heard that Master Wu used to be a cook at a small restaurant near the city gate. The widow of that restaurant was very beautiful."

"Oh, I know, I know. She's the little girl with a disability in her left leg. Even though she limps, she's pretty good-looking."

"Oh, oh, oh." Everyone suddenly realized, and they all had some impression of this lame girl. (From Chapter 360!)

"But why did he come to Hongbinlou again?"

"Business is so good that the Zou family paid a lot of money to hire him. But he still has to go to the small restaurant from time to time to patronize it." "So that's how it is. Hey, this Master Wu is really good at both career and women. He cooks during the day and fucks widows at night."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Several cooks grinned and laughed, completely unaware that Wu Man was standing outside the door with a cigarette in his hand. He listened to their teasing, silently threw the cigarette butt on the ground, then took out an axe from the space, turned around, pushed open the door and walked in.

About five or six minutes later, Wu Man came out again. After taking a look at the blood-stained clothes on his body, Wu Man tore off the clothes and threw them away. Then he jumped up and jumped onto the roof, disappearing into the night.

"Da da da……"

Perhaps because of the recent sword reviews, at night when curfew came, there were many more imperial guards on the streets than usual.

From time to time, heavy footsteps could be heard.

"Bang bang bang!"

There was a knock on the door of the tavern on the south side of the city.

"Who?"

A woman's questioning voice came from the door.

"It's me, open the door quickly." A familiar voice came from outside the door, and the room was suddenly filled with the sound of busy work.

"Buzz!" The door was opened.

The long-haired proprietress opened the door, saw Wu Man standing at the door, and quickly pulled him in.

"Brother Wu, why... are you here at this time? There are imperial guards outside. If you run into them, you will go to jail."

With that the proprietress closed the door.

Wu Man glanced at the empty tables in the restaurant, then said seriously, "Something happened to me. I accidentally killed someone. I can no longer stay in Hongbinlou."

"kill!!"

Hearing Wu Man's words, the proprietress' heart tightened and she involuntarily took two steps back.

Looking at the proprietress's actions, Wu Man's eyes twitched slightly, but she still showed a panic expression on her face.

"You..." The proprietress hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother Wu, calm down first. It's curfew now and the city gates are closed. You definitely can't leave. Wait here first. I will leave the city with you tomorrow morning."

"You're with me? Aren't you afraid that I'm a murderer?"

The lady boss hesitated for a moment, then, as if mustering up her courage, she said, "Don't worry. Without you, my store would have collapsed long ago. Brother Wu, wherever you go, I'll follow you. Just don't look down on me because I'm a cripple."

Looking at the proprietress's sincere eyes, Wu Man looked moved.

"Okay, since you said that, I will definitely not let you down."

Wu Man excitedly stepped forward and held the proprietress's hand, causing her face to turn red.

"I'll boil some hot water for you. Go take a bath first. I'll go pack up your gold and silver. We'll leave at daybreak."

"Okay, I'll go inside and pack my clothes."

Wu Man let go of the proprietress with reluctance on his face and turned to walk towards his own room.

Seeing that Wu Man had already entered the room, the proprietress stood there thinking for a moment, then quickly walked up to the attic.

After returning to the room, the landlady closed and locked the door, then paced back and forth in the room. When she heard the footsteps of the imperial guards outside, she had an idea and opened the window. Seeing the imperial guards who had just walked past not far away, she tiptoed out of the window.

The building was not high, only one or two meters, and the soil underneath was still soft. The proprietress made up her mind, stepped forward, and was about to jump down.

However, at the moment when the proprietress jumped out of the window, a rope suddenly came from behind and was put around her neck.

The rope tightened, hanging the proprietress in the air. No matter how she opened her mouth, she couldn't make a sound, and her legs kicked weakly in the air.

"What a pity, it was just a little short. I thought after so long, even if it's a dog, it would have some feelings."

Wu Man sat on the window at some point, holding the rope in one hand, looking at the proprietress hanging in the air with a melancholy look on her face.

He narrowed his eyes and said, "Actually, I don't want your money or you. I just want a tear from you. If you can follow my plan and send me out of the city, we can wander outside for a few days. I will fake my death and you can give me your tear. I will guarantee you a peaceful and worry-free future. What a good deal, but why can't you let it go?"

A look of disappointment appeared on Wu Man's face, while the proprietress below began to twitch unconsciously.

"Tick, tick..." The light yellow liquid flowed down the trouser legs onto the ground, and the eyes seemed to be about to burst out of the eye sockets.

After a while, there was no movement at all.

Seeing this, Wu Man sighed, loosened the rope on his hand, and let the corpse fall to the ground.

Then he took out the Beginner's Manual from the space, but this manual was obviously different from the [Beginner's Manual] in Xiao Ran's hand. It was obviously a hardcover version.

Looking through the advancement conditions above, Wu Man looked depressed.

The advancement condition for the B-level profession [Inspiration Chef] is to produce B-level, inspiration seasoning.

Seasoning ingredients list: Tears of the caring, enlightenment of the careless, redemption of the suffering.

"What rubbish material!!"

Wu Man looked for a long time, and finally tore the materials in his hands into pieces while cursing. He stood up, turned over and jumped onto the roof, scanning the empty streets with a gloomy and cruel look in his eyes.

At this time, he really needed an outlet to vent his frustration.

"what!"

At this moment, Wu Man suddenly noticed a sneaky shadow. In the alley, a figure was sticking to the wall, walking cautiously into the alley at the edge of the city.

This person was none other than Shen Xuanjun.

Wu Man didn't recognize him, but that didn't stop her from locking her eyes on him. She narrowed her eyes and walked silently towards Shen Xuanjun...

(End of this chapter)