Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 562: Going to Penglai Again
Accompanied by the familiar feeling of being pulled, Xiao Ran and Jin Chanzi returned to their own house on Guling Street through industrial privileges.

"came back!!"

The door was opened, Qiu Kui half poked his head out, and after confirming that it was Xiao Ran, he immediately ran over and hugged Xiao Ran. After all, he had been away for a little while this time.

Xiao Ran patted Qiu Kui's head and introduced him to Jin Chanzi beside him: "This is Qiu Kui, the bone spirit of this house!"

Jin Chanzi looked at Qiu Kui and said with some surprise: "I didn't expect that you can have your own exclusive property in a place like Guling Street."

"Hey, this is not my house, I rent it."

Xiao Ran quickly denied it.

But Jin Chanzi nodded meaningfully: "Oh, this is the first time I heard that Bone Spirit can be so enthusiastic towards tenants."

Xiao Ran's mouth twitched and he said, "Just let you know, don't tell anyone."

If Wu Man knew that she had been cheating him of his rent, their friendship would be in tatters.

"Also, stop spying on me from time to time. Don't you feel tired of always trying to figure out what other people are thinking?"

Jin Chanzi stood aside, smiling but saying nothing.

"Is Wu Man at home?"

"He's not at home. He just ran out a while ago. I don't know what he did. But okra is delicious when cooked. When he's not at home, I'm the chef."

Qiu Kui raised his head proudly, as if he had learned all the skills from Wu Man.

"Not here."

Xiao Ran had no idea where Wu Man would go, after all, she was not his wife.

First take Jin Chanzi to the empty room next door and settle him down.

Whether going to Ruzhou or to the so-called Guiji place, one has to take it step by step. After this promotion, there are a lot of messy things that need to be dealt with one by one, so during this period of time, I can only let Jin Chanzi settle down first.

Fortunately, the room was fully furnished and had plenty of food and drink expenses. The only requirement was that Jin Chanzi could not go out casually.

Although the gang of evil spirits last time, some died, some left, and some escaped.

But this is Star Treasure Lord's territory after all. If this guy is caught again, it will be difficult for me to save him.

For this purpose, Xiao Ran went up to the third floor, knocked on the door, and walked into Sister Liu's room.

I saw Sister Liu sitting on the window sill, holding a book and reading it with great interest. When she saw Xiao Ran coming back, she put down the book and said, "You have been away for so long this time, it seems that you have gained a lot. Are you ready for the promotion?"

"Well, it's almost right."

After not seeing each other for a long time, Xiao Ran felt that the aura of Sister Liu in front of him had become stronger than before, or it could be said that after he reached the second level of soul cultivation, his powerful mental power could sense more strength in Sister Liu.

Judging from the perception, Sister Liu is slightly inferior to Madam Dongzhu and other evil spirits. However, considering that the person in front of him is not Sister Liu's real body, I am afraid that Sister Liu's real strength should be a powerful evil spirit of the same level as Madam Dongzhu and other evil spirits.

"The new tenant downstairs is my friend, but his identity is quite sensitive, so Sister Liu, please help me keep an eye on him. Just don't let him run away."

"This is not difficult. He will not go out, but..."

When Sister Liu said this, her expression gradually became serious: "You should know that the Lost City has landed. It won't be long before the Bone Spirit Street will also land. By then, I may have to leave the Bone Spirit Street."

"leave!"

Xiao Ran raised his head and glanced at the coffin hanging on the roof: "Sister Liu, you are leaving!"

"Not that early, but I'm telling you in advance, so that when you come back one day, you won't blame me for leaving without saying goodbye." Sister Liu looked out the window.

Not only is he going to leave, there are countless big sharks lurking in this Bone Spirit Street who are likely to show up.

When the maze city landed, the ropes that trapped them would be untied. At that time, it was bound to be another era of great conflict.

"So... Sister Liu, where are you going? Are you going to see the gentleman?"

Xiao Ran asked in a low voice.

In response to this, Sister Liu was silent for a long time, then nodded: "Although the hope is not great, we must try to look for it."

After saying that, he turned around and looked at Xiao Ran with a smile: "Let's not talk about this anymore. After you complete the promotion, I have a surprise for you."

"surprise??"

"Yes, but I can only give it to you after you complete the promotion."

"Then I would like to thank Sister Liu first."

After Xiao Ran chatted with Sister Liu for a while, they left the third floor.

"We're stewing beef tonight, remember to come back early." Seeing Xiao Ran coming downstairs, Qiu Kui, who was wearing a chef's skirt, said to Xiao Ran.

"okay."

Xiao Ran nodded with a smile, and when she was about to walk out the door, she suddenly remembered something and looked back at Qiu Kui in confusion: "By the way, where is the stinky cat?"

Normally, when I come back on weekdays, the cat will come to see me even if it doesn't like me.

I've been back for such a long time today, but I didn't hear even a cat's meow. Could it be dead?
"Bai Xu, I haven't told you yet."

Qiu Kui walked to Xiao Ran holding a shovel and said, "This guy has been running outside a lot recently. Sometimes he comes back in a day, and sometimes he comes back only once every few days. Every time he comes back, he drinks some water, takes a nap, and then leaves. His belly is getting bigger and bigger, and he's getting fatter and fatter."

"That's it."

Since this white cat can hang out outside, it seems that it has completely adapted to the environment of Bone Spirit Street. As for what it eats, it doesn’t really matter. This guy was a stray cat before he was rescued by me.

So Xiao Ran never thought that it could stay at home obediently.

As long as I don’t starve to death outside and can come back from time to time, it’s good enough.

Patting Qiu Kui's little head, he said, "Come on, go cook. I'll be back soon and want to taste your cooking skills."

"Don't worry, it will be delicious!" Qiu Kui ran to the kitchen with a spatula and started working.

Xiao Ran walked out the door and came to the mailbox. He opened it and checked the reward for completing the last mission at the Evil Ghost Market.

An E-level cursed item [Bone Gloves], and two professional scrolls [Half-baked] and [Apprentice].

20 coins for the dead.

A C-rank cursed item: [Metal Heart]

There are not many things. Although the rating of the Evil Ghost Market is good, the number of tasks I have completed is too small.

However, this C-level cursed object [Metal Heart] is a good thing.

[Metal Heart]: Special cursed item

Perk 1: Metal Will

After transplanting this item into oneself, it can replace the original heart and gain special metal sensing ability.

Perk 2: Overdrive

After transplanting this item into yourself, you can gain an additional 15 points of strength and 15 points of agility.

Privilege 3: White Space

This item still has room for modification and upgrading, and can be handed over to the profession [Soul Forging Master] for in-depth upgrading.

"not bad!"

Xiao Ran was quite satisfied with this harvest. He couldn't use the metal heart for the time being, but he could load it into the body of a corpse slave.

Among the corpse slaves under his command, apart from Liumu who was possessed by another body, the only ones with decent strength at present are the Butcher, Sanli, the Painter, and the Archer. They can only be regarded as the second echelon, and the corpse slaves after them can only be regarded as making up the numbers.

Now he had the corpses of Taurus and Mountain Dragon in his hands. After completing the promotion, he could transform their corpses into corpse slaves. Then he could install this heart on Taurus. Maybe he could create a corpse with a very high score, which would help him meet the upgrade conditions of [Suppressing Evil Order].

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran suddenly felt extremely happy. He pushed open the gate and ran straight towards Penglai Tower.

On the way, Xiao Ran discovered that new facilities had suddenly been added to the streets of Guling Street.

He actually saw some communication signal towers.

"It seems that Donglongfang is preparing in advance for the fall of Bone Spirit Street in the future."

Xiao Ran didn't look at it any further and ran straight towards Penglai Tower.

When they arrived at Penglai Tower, the hall was full of beginners. The number was so large that even Xiao Ran was shocked.

It has only been a short time and the number of beginners has increased so much.

What surprised Xiao Ran even more was that the lobby of Penglai Tower seemed to have been specially renovated.

There were two more windows on both sides, and the queue stretched from inside to outside the door.

Xiao Ran went over to take a look out of curiosity. There was a sign next to it with the words "Spell Pattern Synthesis Area" clearly written on it.

"Synthesis of curse patterns?"

This was the first time Xiao Ran had heard of this term, so he walked over to the person on duty and asked.

"Hello, sir. This is a new service we have opened at Penglai Tower. If you have a large number of idle low-level professional spell patterns, you can synthesize them here. If you synthesize 5 spell patterns at a time, there is a 30% chance of synthesizing a higher-level spell pattern, a 50% chance of synthesizing a new professional spell pattern, and a 10% chance of obtaining a rare professional spell pattern."

"Is there still such a way?"

Xiao Ran was also a little surprised when he heard this, but after thinking about it, he didn't think there was anything strange about it. A super power like Penglai Tower that controls many resource transactions must have top masters behind it.

It's not surprising to be able to tinker with something new.

"Sir, would you like to try it? It only costs 50 ghost money each time."

"Need not!"

Xiao Ran waved his hands. He had a lot of unused spell patterns in his hands, but he didn't intend to waste them. If he couldn't upgrade the corpse slaves, he would just devour them himself. It would also enhance the power of his own spell patterns. There was no need to gamble on luck here and waste the resources in vain.

Xiao Ran then took out the membership card that Wu Man had given him before: "I need to purchase some things, the amount is large, the price is negotiable, but I need it quickly!"

Seeing the membership card in Xiao Ran's hand, the person on duty immediately made himself more respectful: "Sir, there is an exclusive box on the second floor. Please follow me."

Xiao Ran nodded, and under the guidance of the duty officer, he took the elevator directly to the private room on the second floor, where there was a special one-on-one butler service.
Xiao Ran took out the list he had prepared long ago. This list was a list of two sets of career sequences.

A complete set starting from the E-level profession [Quick Hand], including all consumables for the advanced [Spiritual Light] to the final [Barber] profession.

The other set contains all the consumables needed for a complete sequence of E [Mind], [Inspiration], and [Paper-Binder].

As for the materials for advancing to [Thief], [Lucky Man] himself already has this profession, and Xiao Ran also has another auxiliary spell [Robber]. Now that the missing utensils have been obtained, everything is ready.

Therefore, Xiao Ran came here mainly to prepare for his second profession [executioner] and third profession [paper-folding craftsman].

However, the executioner is the advanced level of the barber, which is a C-level profession. Xiao Ran is not considering to change this profession for the time being, so he can just upgrade to [Barber] first.

In addition, there are the consumables and necessary materials needed for these two professions, a long and messy list.

The butler calculated on his phone for a while before making a price quote: "Sir, to collect all these things, it will cost about... 3 ghost money. If you don't have enough money, we can also accept cursed objects as collateral. In addition, we have a special auction in Penglai Tower today. I wonder if you are interested."

"Special auction?"

Xiao Ran looked up at the housekeeper: "How special?"

The butler smiled without saying anything, took out a list from the space and handed it to Xiao Ran. Xiao Ran picked it up and took a look. When he saw the various curses and spells that he had never heard of, he did not feel any fluctuations in his heart.

But when he saw the end, Xiao Ran's pupils tightened, and when he saw the words [Corpse of a C-level professional] written on it, his eyes couldn't help but shine with a gleam of light.

(End of this chapter)