Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 486: Sword Master Wuming
Despite the constant reminders, Xiao Ran did not show any joy on his face. Instead, he looked deeply worried. The maze city was opened in half a month, which was much faster than he had expected.

If he wanted to follow the original plan and quickly become the fourth force besides Donglongfang, Penglailou and even Changchunhui when the maze city was opened, then in the next half month, he would have to shift all his focus to the [Amazing Pavilion] as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran was already impatient to leave Chang'an and return to Ruzhou as soon as possible.

But things have to be done one by one.

For example, right now, the entire palace is in chaos.

Xiao Ran turned his eyes and noticed Li Jie, who was hiding behind the gatehouse with his head erect in the distance. His eyes lit up.

He immediately pulled his wife to Li Jie's side and asked, "What are you doing here?"

"that……"

Li Jie stuttered for a moment, not knowing what to say.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran bluntly exposed his little thoughts: "All the damned members of the royal family are dead, not even a prince is left, and you got half of the dragon energy for nothing. You want to stay and pick up the ready-made things, right?"

“No, no, no…I…I…”

Li Jie's thoughts were exposed and he was suddenly at a loss.

But Xiao Ran didn't mean to embarrass him. After thinking for a while, he said, "You want to fish in troubled waters now. This is your best opportunity, but we can't help you. Go over there and find Taoist Wuye as soon as possible. Let him take you to win over the ministers. As long as these ministers support you to take the throne, you will be the emperor of this dynasty."

Xiao Ran had no interest in who would be the emperor, or even whether there was an emperor at all. However, it did not harm him in any way that Li Jie could become the emperor. In fact, for the people in Chang'an, Luoyang and other Central Plains, at least there would be a transition buffer when the world was in chaos.

But Xiao Ran couldn't say how long Li Jie could be the emperor. After all, he only had a small part of the dragon energy in him.

"So...what about you guys?"

"We will naturally return to the palace to wait for your news. After you ascend the throne and become emperor, we will prepare to go home."

"it is good!"

Hearing this, Li Jie did not ask any more questions. Just before leaving, he suddenly remembered something: "Wait a minute, Eunuch Li... can you please stay for me?"

Although Eunuch Li is Xiao Ran's corpse slave, he is of little value to Xiao Ran.

In fact, even if Li Jie didn't ask, Xiao Ran would have let him stay, as a way of thanking Li Jie for his warm hospitality during this period.

After getting Xiao Ran's consent, Li Jie finally breathed a sigh of relief. He bowed to Xiao Ran and Gao Yuting, then hurried to find Taoist Wuye.

After Xiao Ran and Gao Yuting returned to Li Jie's palace, they waited for about two days.

The chaos in the palace gradually subsided.

Soon, soldiers and officers came to post notices on the streets.

Announcing the new emperor's accession to the throne and granting amnesty to the world.

When everyone learned that the incompetent prince Li Jie had become the new emperor, they were also shocked.

On the same day, the Imperial Guards came out in full force and began to quickly wipe out the emperor's old forces.

For example, the monk Lingfa was stripped of his monk status and thrown into prison.

Some of the other families implicated were even more devastated, the Zou family was not among them.

This made everyone in the Zou family feel relieved. They didn't know that the old man of the Zou family had died in the underground palace. They thought that the old man was in the palace, but they didn't expect it to happen that very night.

Xiao Ran walked into the Zou family's gate alone, carrying a knife.

He was not a murderer, but that day everyone in the Zou family, even the dog at the door, had their heads chopped off by Xiao Ran.

Human heads were hung on the threshold of the Zou family.

This gave the passers-by a shock, but after the shock, they all started cursing the Zou family.

Things that I didn’t dare to curse before, I now cursed out all at once.

Some bold ones even rushed into the Zou family and moved out the valuables. As the news spread, more and more people came, and all the money of the Zou family was taken out in just one morning.

If they hadn't been worried that arson was a serious crime, they would have burned down the Zou family's house.

……

"Yuting, you really don't want to go to the villa with us to play?"

Outside the city of Chang'an, Gu Baifeng and Gu Xuefeng took Gao Yuting's arms and persuaded them to go to Gu's Shui Mo Villa.

Gao Yuting actually wanted to go, but when she looked back at Xiao Ran, she refused.

"It's not that we won't go, but we have other things to do in Ruzhou. When you are free, come to Ruzhou to find me. I will definitely prepare a perfect husband for both of you."

"Go, you are so unreasonable. Don't wait until next year for us to go there. You already have two children. It would be great if we could go there and be the godparents of your son and daughter."

After playing and fighting for a while, the three sisters reluctantly said goodbye and parted.

"Sir, the carriage is ready, let's set off. It's still early, so we can get to Luoyang today and don't have to sleep outside in the rain."

The second in command sat on the shaft of the cart and urged him on.

Xiao Ran nodded, climbed onto the horse, and then took Gao Yuting with him. The two of them rode on the same horse. He looked back at Chang'an City again.

Seeing the bustling streets in the city gate, Xiao Ran sighed. He knew that if he left, this prosperous and beautiful city would be transformed into a hell on earth after the Huang Chao rushed into Chang'an.

He kicked the horse lightly in the belly, walked over to the carriage, and tapped on the window with his fingers.

"Let's go. If you need anything along the way, just tell One-Eye."

The second in command turned around and smiled: "Yes, brother, tell me, especially if you need a hand, don't be polite, we are all men, I understand!"

After hearing what the one-eyed dragon said, the people in the carriage did not respond, but Xiao Ran clearly felt a hint of murderous intent, so he glared at the second in command and changed the subject, saying, "By the way, are you really not going to go back?"

"go back?"

The car window was pushed open, revealing Wu Man's face. Although Wu Man was in good spirits, his two arms were broken. He was no different from a cripple.

Once you leave the maze city, these two arms will not grow back.

"If I go back now, Zhong Yi will grab me and drown me in the toilet. I'm afraid it's not safe to go back to Guling Street now. I might as well stay here and wait for you to reattach my arm."

A severed arm cannot be regenerated, but isn’t the ability to catch corpses meant for this purpose?

Sutures can avoid rejection, and with a new pair of arms, Wu Man can return to his peak condition at any time.

It was just that Xiao Ran had already given the arms chopped off from the Zou family to Wu Man to choose last night, but Wu Man was so picky that he didn't even like any of them.

Otherwise Xiao Ran would have stitched him up long ago.

"That's fine. What kind of arm do you plan to find? If not, I can sew the dragon claw on for you?"

"No, that's top-quality food. It would be a waste if you gave it to me..."

The carriage moved forward slowly and gradually drove out of Chang'an City.

"Da da da da..."

A series of quick-paced sounds rang out on the streets of Chang'an, and many people looked in the direction of the sound.

The old storyteller who had been at Hongbinlou was now standing on the street in high spirits, and even his broken hand had recovered.

No, it should be a brand new look.

The hand that was playing the clapperboard was not only delicate and white, but also did not even have a callus. It was obvious that it did not look like the hand that was playing the clapperboard.

But this does not affect the old man's skillful technique. His two hands beat the allegro "da da da..." lightly and crisply.

"Twelve years, one sword review, this year's sword review has been named."

"Walk around, listen, you'll be famous even if you enter the martial arts world."

When the people on the street heard the old man's voice, they slowly gathered around him.

On the city wall, following the old man's voice, lists were hung up one after another.

"A, B, C, D, sword rankings, dragon and tiger battle, who is stronger."

"Zhang Wumeng, he killed Zou Xie and was very satisfying to the people, but he deserves no reputation in the sword review."

Everyone nodded after hearing this.

The head of the Zou family was killed, and the Zou family mobilized all their forces to encircle and suppress Zhang Wumeng. In the end, four top masters were left with one injured, one disabled, and two dead. The result was truly regrettable.

Now that the entire Zou family has been killed, some people suspect that it was Zhang Wumeng's doing.

But no matter what, Zhang Wumeng was eliminating harm for the people. Even if he was not included in the sword review, he was still the uncrowned king in everyone's hearts.

"On the gold list, he became famous again. It's a pity that the Shaoling man lived up to his name."

This passage is about Qiu Shaoling.

Everyone found his name on the Group A list, ranking fourth in Group A.

He was only one step away from being among the top three, but this was not what made everyone sigh. Instead, in the palace fight that day, Qiu Shaoling was killed and his body was never found.

This is really sad.

"Qian Kun League, the king of swords, the top three in the top list is famous."

Everyone continued to look up, and to their surprise, Gu Xintang was only the third place in the list.

"That's not right, how could Gu Xin Tang be third?"

Although everyone was making fun of Gu Xintang and the thirty-sixth place in Group C, they all acknowledged Gu Xintang's strength. It should have been no problem for him to be the sword champion this time, but he was ranked third.

This inevitably made everyone even more curious about who could be ranked in front of Gu Xintang.

"Da da da da..."

The old storyteller continued to beat the clapperboard in his hands.

"Tanhua, don't show off your prowess under the sword of the second place. The sword of the green lady is sharp, and the sword of snow will cut through the sky and kill the former emperor."

Sword Evaluation Group A, second place, runner-up, Gao Yuting!!

"So it's her, I thought she didn't participate in the sword review?"

"Even if it's her, is she stronger than Gu Xintang?"

"It's a shady deal, absolutely a shady deal. They took money, didn't they?"

When everyone saw Gao Yuting's name on the list, they were surprised at first, but then they couldn't help but complain.

But many people in the martial arts world had witnessed Gao Yuting's strength that day, and it was not necessarily inferior to Gu Xintang. Moreover, when facing Gao Yuting, Gu Xintang had to temporarily avoid the edge. From this point of view, it is reasonable for Gao Yuting to rank second, above Gu Xintang.

Immediately afterwards, everyone couldn't wait to look at the top of the list, to see who won the sword championship.

However, when the list was unfolded, everyone looked at it with wide eyes.

"empty??"

Yes, the list is empty, there is no name.

On the side, I heard that the old storyteller had stood up and walked out of the city, singing and clapping as he walked.

"There is a man hanging in the air on the sword review list, holding a tripod, swallowing smoke and catching a dragon, changing into an earth dragon in various ways, and leaving his job without leaving his name or surname. He is truly a hero..."

(End of this chapter)