Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 489 Return to the Zhao Family
"You have completed this maze, and the scoring has begun."

[The overall score of this maze city is…A! ]

[Congratulations on completing this maze mission. The maze space has increased by ten cubic meters.]

Complete the side quest [Chang'an Sword Review] to obtain D-level spell [Robber] 200 ghost money, all-purpose potion x1
Complete the side quest [Dragon Slayer] to obtain the A-level cursed item [Sublimation Gem], C-level curse pattern [Soul Forging Master], and Agility Potion x1
Complete the other side quest [Rescue] to obtain the D-level cursed item [Evil Disk], the E-level cursed item [Professional Gauntlets], and 50 Hell Money.

Complete the main mission 4: [Fighting for the Dragon] to obtain the C-level cursed item [Vajra Baofu], the D-level spell pattern [Astrologer], the E-level spell pattern [Scholar] and 100 ghost money.

All rewards will be transferred to the Guling Street mailbox, please remember to collect them.

Along with the prompt sound, Xiao Ran's figure slowly walked out of the fog.

Looking around, the sky gradually brightened and vehicles passed by the road from time to time.

This is exactly where I entered the maze city before, an inconspicuous path at the junction of Luomeng.

The last time I came here, the company specially blocked the road. Now it has been opened. I don’t know how long I have stayed in the maze city this time.

It's a little far from the city, but still quite close to my home.

The shared bicycles that were parked on the roadside are no longer there. I don’t know if they were ridden away by someone or recycled by someone else.

Anyway, the road is not far, and it will only take Xiao Ran a few minutes to walk back.

But just after walking a short distance, Xiao Ran saw one police car after another roaring towards him. At first, Xiao Ran was frightened, thinking that they were looking for trouble with him.

As a result, the police car did not stop and sped past us.

Thinking of what Master Qiu said before, the reality is already in great chaos now, and who knows what might have been caused by some idiot again.

When he got near his home, Xiao Ran noticed that all the shops near his home were closed.

The streets were also deserted.

Although this place is close to Beimang, there are many residential areas around it, and many people even rent here. The deserted look of the streets now really makes Xiao Ran a little uncomfortable.

"Xiao Ran, I'm back!"

At this time, an old man in the distance waved enthusiastically at Xiao Ran.

"Hey, I just came back." Xiao Ran nodded and walked to the old man: "Uncle Bai, I just came back from outside. Why is it so deserted here?"

This old man is his neighbor, the kind that they see each other every day. The two of them are quite familiar with each other, so Xiao Ran just asked him a question casually.

"Hey, there was a lot of commotion here not long ago. You wouldn't know if you hadn't been back. Several people died. Now everyone thinks this place is unlucky, and many have moved away."

"Is there still this?"

Xiao Ran was a little surprised and thought, "Could he be a beginner? It can't be so exaggerated?" So he asked the reason.

Uncle Bai is also a talkative person. Besides, this is all old news and it is rare to bring it up for a chat, so naturally he talked about it in great detail.

In fact, the story is quite bloody.

A divorced girl was renting here. Her ex-husband came with his mother, sister, brother-in-law and their family, and asked the girl to return the betrothal gift.

It is called a betrothal gift, but in fact it is just the trivial things given to the girl at the beginning, such as watches, mobile phones and the like.

The two men started fighting in the car after a disagreement.

"The girl was a nice person. She was probably bullied by the man and got angry. She took out a pair of scissors from her pocket and stabbed him. As a result, she stabbed several bloody holes and killed the man in the car."

When Mr. Bai said this, he couldn't help but sigh.

The girl had killed someone, and the man's family was not willing to give up, so they started fighting in the carriage. The girl escaped from the carriage and they chased her out relentlessly. As a result, the girl also got mad and simply rushed into the hardware store next door, picked up a hammer in one hand, and fought back with a pair of scissors in the other.

My goodness! He sent his sister-in-law away with a hammer, and stabbed his brother-in-law more than ten times with a pair of scissors. His intestines came out, and the mother-in-law was scared silly.

If people hadn't stopped him, he would probably have gone to see the King of Hell.

"A ruthless man!"

Xiao Ran gave a thumbs up. He thought it was something for beginners, but he didn't expect it was ordinary people. However, it sounded more lively than among beginners.

I didn’t expect that I could eat such a stimulating melon right at my doorstep.

But think about it, the man's family deserves it.

If what Mr. Bai said was true, the girl was divorced and lived here alone in a rented house. Her life was actually very difficult. She didn't live in her parents' home, and I'm afraid her ex-husband had harassed her more than once.

Now the man’s family is chasing after her. Isn’t it obvious that they are trying to force her to death?

As for those so-called things... Hey, the girl didn't marry you for these things in the first place. It's a bit unfair to bring them up now.

Of course, all of this is still based on the story told by Mr. Bai. Who knows if Mr. Bai himself added any exaggerations.

After chatting with Mr. Bai for a while, Xiao Ran felt that he couldn't get anything out of him, so he said goodbye to him and went home.

When he returned to the door of his house, there was a thick layer of dust on the rolling door again. This time Xiao Ran was too lazy to wipe it off.

Take out the key and open the door.

Turn on the lights.

Xiao Ran walked in and closed the door again.

Then he walked straight towards the backyard.

I haven't been home for such a long time, so the first thing I do when I get home is to wish my family well.

The backyard was already filled with dead leaves.

Xiao Ran didn't rush into the house, but first cleaned up the dead leaves in the yard. After cleaning up, he knocked on the door. "Master, I'm back."

After saying "I'm back", Xiao Ran pushed open the door and walked into the house.

But when I looked up, I saw that the TV was off and the old man was nowhere to be seen in the room.

This frightened Xiao Ran, and he quickly shouted, "Grandpa!!"

However, the room was completely silent, with no sign of the old man.

Now Xiao Ran felt a little panicked.

"Why isn't Grandpa home? He shouldn't leave his room?"

Xiao Ran hurriedly walked to the tree outside the door, picked up a hoe beside him and started digging. After digging a few times, he saw a brick-built arched tomb inside. The tomb was built with black bricks, and brick carvings of a locust tree were specially used on it.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran felt a little relieved.

"The tomb is still there, nothing unusual, but where is grandpa?"

Xiao Ran was puzzled and could only fill the soil back. Then he walked back into the house and tried to use backtracking to see if he could find any other abnormalities.

There was a faint light flashing in Xiao Ran's eyes, and the things in the house in front of him began to play backwards rapidly.

But as time went by, Xiao Ran still didn't see his grandfather, which made Xiao Ran's already anxious heart even more panicked.

Xiao Ran's ability to trace back is limited, so it is still a bit difficult for him to look for traces of a ghost in the room.

Seeing that he couldn't find his grandfather after tracing back, Xiao Ran had to stop. If he continued, it would be too much of a burden on him. From now on, he would have to lie in bed, not to mention finding his grandfather.

But what is certain is that there is none at home.

"Strange, where would grandpa go? Could he be taken to the underworld by the ghost?"

But Xiao Ran thought again and felt that it was unlikely. He had just asked Uncle Qiu last time. Although Uncle Qiu didn't know about his grandfather's current situation, he didn't say that his grandfather had gone to the underworld.

With doubts, Xiao Ran walked out of the house, wanting to see if there were other ghosts around so that he could ask around.

As a result, I walked around but didn't see a single ghost.

"Where can grandpa go if he's not at home?"

His hometown is too far away, and his grandfather’s grave is here, but he can’t walk there.

Elsewhere... um...

Xiao Ran thought about it and finally could only think of one place: "Could it be there?"

Xiao Ran immediately turned around, scanned a shared bicycle, and rode straight to the old town.

Speaking of familiar places, I'm afraid there are only the Zhao and Zhou families. The old man of the Zhou family may not go there, after all, he is still alive.

But Zhao Qingming of the Zhao family, Old Man Zhao, is different. His condition is similar to that of my grandfather. The two have not seen each other for a long time. It is possible that my grandfather will go to find him.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran pedaled his bicycle more briskly.

When they arrived outside the Zhao family's door, Xiao Ran locked the car and walked inside.

It was still that narrow path.

Xiao Ran was familiar with the route this time. He jumped over the unstable stone slab on the ground with one stride without making any sound, and did not alarm the family living in front.

When I got to the back, I found that the rusty iron door had been replaced with a new lock.

Xiao Ran reached out and grabbed the padlock and twisted it, and the padlock opened.

Push the door open and close it again.

Xiao Ran looked at the dilapidated courtyard in front of him and scanned the yard, hoping to find some trace of his grandfather.

"Why are you here again?"

At this time, Zhao Qingming's voice came from the yard. Xiao Ran turned around and saw Zhao Qingming standing in the room, squinting at him.

"Grandpa Zhao, um... my grandpa is not at home, I was wondering... if he came to see you."

Xiao Ran didn't beat around the bush this time, after all, grandpa was more important.

Zhao Qingming pinched his beard and said, "Oh, so you are looking for your grandfather. I know where he is."

"Over there?"

Zhao Qingming looked at Xiao Ran with a smile, but did not answer him. Instead, he said to himself, "It seems that you have already received the seal from the Zhou Shang family. Does that mean that you have now collected all the true teachings of the Four Yin Sect?"

"Uh... yes, I have the Zhou family's seal, the Fang family's knife, our family's plaque, and the coroner's scripture."

In front of the old man Zhao Qingming, Xiao Ran told his whole story without reservation, because even if he didn't say it, Zhao Qingming would be able to figure it out. Besides, it was thanks to this old man that he was able to get the Zhou family's [Tongyou Seal].

"well."

Zhao Qingming nodded and said "OK" twice, then smiled and said to Xiao Ran, "My dear grandson, we agreed last time that if grandpa asks you for something, you can't refuse. I just have something on hand now, so please help me do it."

"You say?"

Xiao Ran owed this old man a favor for the last incident with the Tongyou Seal. Now he wanted to repay it, so Xiao Ran naturally couldn't refuse.

Zhao Qingming's expression became brighter and brighter: "Okay, okay, you are worthy of being the grandson of that old guy. You dare to do and take responsibility. But this matter..."

Zhao Qingming coughed lightly, then smiled and said, "This matter is a bit troublesome, and it will take some time to explain. Come to this place tomorrow night. Remember, you should come alone..."

(End of this chapter)