Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 48 Vegetables Meeting

"grandfather??"

Xiao Ran looked at the thin face in front of him and really couldn't recognize him at first. The appearance of an old person and the appearance of a young person are completely two different concepts.

Xiao Ran wanted to get closer to see more clearly, but this was only the beggar's memory and he could only be a bystander. He could not change what the beggar's memory said.

So the old man's face is a little blurry, but you can see that he was still quite handsome at that time.

His face is angular, with thick eyebrows, big eyes and a little stubble.

The muscle lines on both arms are very clear.

"But what does this beggar mean? Changchun Society... Is the old man also a member of Changchun Society? It should be good, but this Changchun Society is probably not the Changchun Society in Xue Hongling's memory."

I heard about it from my grandfather a while ago. (mentioned in Chapter 28.)
There is such an organization on the lake, which is a gathering place for all kinds of craftsmen from all walks of life.

This organization has no connection with the official authorities, but it often has many connections with many local gentry, landlords, and shop owners. Or to put it simply, these people are the financial backers behind the Changchun Society.

Internally, they regulate the business among the people in the underworld and correct the rules of the underworld.

To the outside world, local forces unite to resolve all temporary land rental issues and organize some activities, such as skywalk performances, lantern festivals, and temple fairs, all of which are under their control.

During the old man's era, the Changchun Society was at its most active, so it is not surprising that the old man had some connection with the Changchun Society.

Later, with the country's reform and the progress of the times, those low-class occupations gradually withdrew from the stage of history, or upgraded or changed careers. The Changchun Society no longer had any meaning to exist and disappeared early.

As for the Changchun Club in Xue Hongling's memory.

Xiao Ran guessed that it was because after the emergence of the Mystery City, many beginners appeared. They needed a platform for communication and gradually revived the Changchun Society, a product of the old era.

The beggar's memories continued to flash before his eyes. Xiao Ran did not see the scene of his grandfather and the others taking action. He only saw the beggar being tied up and then thrown into the coffin.

The scene should end here.

But there was another scene later. It was unknown how long it was before the coffin was pried open again. A man wearing a black hood pinched his nose, waved his hands, and cursed: "Why do you let me do all the rubbish? I'm not your dog."

As he spoke, he waved his hand and a black iron nail appeared out of thin air, then smashed into the beggar's chest.

"Mystery City Space?"

"Did the initiate hammer this nail in?"

The scene in memory ended here, but Xiao Ran couldn't help feeling a little surprised.

"Could this guy be created by a beginner?"

"Then why are you here?"

Xiao Ran couldn't figure it out for a while.

"The body of Qu Sanwa that you repaired is rated as B-grade. The Zhen'e Order is in a special period and cannot obtain energy value."

"The Zhen'e Order successfully seized the soul, and you obtained Qu Sanwa's ability Ghost Scripture (Part 1)!"

An article soon appeared in Xiao Ran's mind. It was only a thousand words long, but its content was an evil method of refining souls into elixirs.

"With such an evil technique, you deserve to die!"

Xiao Ran carefully examined the spell, and felt sick when he saw that it required a baby less than three months old to be used as the medium for the spell.

After searching the beggar's body, he found the so-called medium, which was actually the gourd he had stolen in the first place.

Seal the souls of the three children inside, refine them into talismans, keep throwing living souls into it, and slowly refine them into pills.

This thing is not a cursed object, but it is more evil than a cursed object.

This ghost scripture is of no use to me, but it does record a lot of evil techniques in the martial arts world, which I can study.

"Zizizi!! Watermelon, watermelon, I'm winter melon, is there anyone there?"

At this moment, the intercom that Xiao Ran threw on the bed suddenly rang.

Xiao Ran was stunned. He just picked up this thing casually, but he didn't expect that he would actually talk to someone with it.

I picked up the intercom and waited for a while, only to hear the voice coming from inside again.

"Sauerkraut, sauerkraut. I'm leek, what's the matter with winter melon?"

"Last night, Bai Cai was almost dead. The night ghosts that appeared recently are quite strong. I think we can do a big cleanup."

"What a bullshit sweep! I think you're just greedy. The last time you killed that level 6 night ghost, I saw your saliva dripping." "Garlic yellow garlic yellow, I'm Tomato, Winter Melon, what you said makes sense. Night ghosts nowadays are smart and can hide. Last time, we almost let that level 8 night ghost slip away accidentally. If it weren't for the beans, this thing would have advanced to the level 9 quietly, and I'm afraid none of us would have a good night's sleep."

"Ninth level is good, it's top-grade food. If it wasn't forbidden, I would have wanted to raise a ghost to the ninth level a long time ago."

"I am a cabbage, I also agree with the sweep. That skeleton night ghost was very cunning last night. If someone hadn't helped me secretly, I would have been in trouble."

"Help you? Who?"

"I don't know. It seems that the other party can summon an evil ghost, and it seems to be quite powerful."

"Well... Cabbage, I just want to know if you ate the special seasoning I gave you." Watermelon asked curiously.

"grass!"

When this matter was mentioned, Bai Cai on the intercom immediately started to curse: "You are a beast! Anyway, I am in favor of the sweep, you can vote by yourselves, and when the result comes, have someone come to the sixth floor to inform me!"

After saying this, Bai Cai seemed to turn off the intercom, at which time Xigua's crazy laughter could be heard.

"Winter melon, what special seasoning did you give him?"

“It’s nothing, just a special pepper that I mixed with the anger of the night ghost. It doesn’t have any side effects, except that you will have diarrhea after eating it.” Watermelon added, “Oh, by the way, when you have diarrhea, you will make a screaming sound. Yes, it’s the same scream as a groundhog, hahahahahaha…”

There was a lot of chatter on the intercom as Xiao Ran half-lay on the bed, listening to these beginners addressing each other. Suddenly he felt like a group of fruits and vegetables were having a general meeting.

However, these people's attitude towards the night ghosts was very strange, especially the winter melon, as if those night ghosts were just moving food in his eyes.

"Onion Onion, I'm Pumpkin. I heard everything you said just now. Once Bean is out of the quarantine, we will organize a big raid. I happen to be short of some materials."

A woman's voice came, very softly, but the others on the intercom didn't object.

The sound on the intercom faded away.

Xiao Ran was playing with the walkie-talkie in his hand, wondering whether he should take the opportunity to sneak in and see if he could get some benefits, when Pumpkin's voice came from the walkie-talkie again.

"Are you still listening?"

"Ok?"

Xiao Ran was stunned and looked at the walkie-talkie in his hand.

"You're still listening, right? You were the one who helped Bai Cai last night, right?"

Pumpkin continued, "Don't be surprised. I have the master control of this radio. I can see the signal source here. We agree to turn off the intercom for 10 minutes after each call. As long as you don't turn off the intercom, it means you have been listening."

Xiao Ran's heart couldn't help but skip a beat when he heard this. He didn't expect there was such a trick.

"Don't get me wrong. I have no ill intentions. As long as we are not enemies, we usually won't confront each other. You helped Bai Cai last night, so I owe you a big favor. I dare not not repay this favor. If you need anything, just look for him. He is usually on Channel 6. Channel 13 is our public channel."

The woman's voice was very gentle. Although Xiao Ran did not reply, she continued to talk to herself: "By the way, did you reclaim the beggar's body last night? I am short of some materials here. If possible, give me the beggar's eyes. I can give you items of equivalent value in exchange, such as spell patterns, cursed objects, or special advanced materials."

After the woman finished speaking, she waited for a while, and when she found that Xiao Ran still hadn't responded, she continued, "If you need anything, you can call me on channel 9. I won't bother you anymore."

After saying that, the woman didn't respond anymore.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran simply turned off the intercom. Although Pumpkin spoke very sincerely, Xiao Ran didn't dare to reply to him rashly as they had never met each other.

The woman was very sincere, but Xiao Ran had never even met her, so how could he dare to speak rashly?

As for asking for favors from others, in Xiao Ran's eyes, it was just throwing meat buns at dogs. It might be a trap set by others to see who he really is.

"The big cleanup they're talking about is actually a good opportunity."

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran looked towards the beggar's body and the old man's body on the bed...

My grandfather taught me since I was young not to waste.

and so……

[Evil-Suppression Order·Trainee] activated.

Privilege 2: Reference, you can extract talismans.

[Black Swan Brooch·Corpsewer] activated.

Privilege 2: Surround, you can turn it into a slave.

After reactivating the two cursed objects, Xiao Ran picked up the machete, wiped it a few times casually, walked to the two corpses, and grinned: "I will be quick... just bear with it."

(End of this chapter)