Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 676 Ghost City Chang'an
"Huang Chao!! What exactly is he trying to do?? And the Imperial Seal of the State in his possession, that thing is a complete bug, even more troublesome than Huang Chao!"

Seeing Huang Chao's modifications to the plaque, Xiao Ran once suspected that this "Imperial Seal of the State" might be an A-level cursed object.

Just like the "dorm manager's pen" and the "sublimated gem" in his hand, they possess the abnormal ability to change the rules.

"Thinking so much is useless. Since you find it troublesome, why not just find a way to get rid of him first?"

Jin Chanzi spoke up from the side.

Xiao Ran glared at him, annoyed: "Can you please stop spying on my thoughts all the time?"

"Haha, sorry, I didn't mean to." Jin Chanzi expressed his innocence, saying that this ability was innate and there was no subjective thought of intention or unintentionality.

"You just said you wanted to kill Huang Chao. Do you think the few of us are confident we can do it?"

"no!"

Jin Chanzi said it very bluntly.

"Everyone says that celestial beings are also human, but that's just self-deception. They are nothing but ants in front of celestial beings. Don't think this is a joke."

Jin Chanzi's expression turned serious: "The so-called celestial being is a person who represents the will of Heaven in an era. In front of such a person, all efforts, conspiracies, and schemes are a joke. Even if all of us attack together, we can't touch a single finger of him."

"So, rather than saying that we killed Huang Chao, it would be more accurate to say that we asked Plum Blossom Taoist to do it."

"To be honest, even if it were Plum Blossom Taoist, I don't think he could easily kill a Celestial."

Jin Chanzi's words surprised Xiao Ran.

Seeing the suspicion in Xiao Ran's expression, Jin Chanzi could only patiently explain.

"You still don't understand. The so-called celestial beings are not just about strength, but about the will of this era."

Huang Chao's ascension to the Celestial Realm was due to him fulfilling his destiny, plunging this era into chaos. If anyone wanted to kill him, there were only two possibilities.

One is a formidable figure like Plum Blossom Taoist, who forcibly interferes with the Heavenly Dao of a region, but Plum Blossom Taoist will definitely not have a good outcome if he does so.

I admit that Plum Blossom Taoist is ridiculously strong, and in some ways, he has even become an immortal. But this kind of thing will definitely leave him badly injured, if not severely wounded. Whether he can kill Huang Chao in the end is still uncertain.

The other possibility is that someone ends this era, which would be tantamount to severing his destiny; even if no one kills him, he will still die.

Although Xiao Ran was surprised by Jin Chanzi's words, she was not unexpected.

After all, Shuangfei is a living example. She was a proud daughter of heaven who had never practiced martial arts, yet she achieved the status of a celestial being in just a few short years. Her speed was even more excessive than using a cheat code.

However, her demise was due to her drawing her sword and striking the emperor, which caused a backlash from the Heavenly Dao, ultimately resulting in her being severely injured herself.

Her ascension to heaven was inextricably linked to the fate of the nation; killing the emperor was destined to cause chaos throughout the land and disrupt the natural order.

And indeed, it was precisely because of her assassination attempt that the emperor began to contemplate the evil art of the Blood Transformation Scripture. In just a few years, all the nobles and officials in Chang'an became practitioners of the Blood Transformation Scripture, the nation's fortunes plummeted, the government was neglected, and the people were filled with sorrow.

This gave Huang Chao the opportunity to rise to prominence.

Therefore, every action, every bite, is preordained by Heaven, and the cycle of cause and effect is inescapable.

However, there was one thing Xiao Ran didn't understand: "Since you said that in front of a celestial being, all living beings are ants, then now that he is a celestial being, why doesn't he attack Ruzhou?"

It's worth noting that Ruzhou was the place where Huang Chao suffered two major setbacks.

In the sword duel at Wancheng, Huang Chao was actually defeated by Gao Yuting, who utterly humiliated him.

Enraged, he turned around and led his troops to attack.

As a result, Brother Lu led his troops to attack, causing Huang Chao to lose both his territory and his resources.

This battle has become a thorn in Huang Chao's heart, and Xiao Ran doesn't believe he can let go of this hatred.

Jin Chanzi didn't know about Huang Chao and Ruzhou, but after Xiao Ran gave him a brief account, Jin Chanzi frowned, made some calculations with his fingertips in his palm, and then said:

"According to you, if I were Huang Chao, I would definitely storm into Ruzhou. But I haven't done so. Either there's something I'm wary of in Ruzhou, or the person I'm killing isn't in Ruzhou."

“So…” Xiao Ran rubbed his temples. Just as he was pondering what Huang Chao was up to, footsteps came from outside the door.

"It seems I missed out on quite a few interesting things because I didn't catch up with you all."

Judging from the voice, it was Wu Man, who had arrived late.

Of course, there was also the tiger demon. Jin Chanzi's eyes lit up, his gaze fixed on the tiger demon beside Wu Man: "Huh, it's only been two days, how come this guy seems to have gotten quite fat?"

Wu Man reached out and patted the tiger demon's head, saying smugly, "Feeding cats, I'm a professional."

Although Wu Man called the dignified tiger demon a cat, the tiger demon still obediently chose to accept the title.

After all, it's better to be a docile cat in front of Wu Man, otherwise, an untamed Wu Man might just start to cause trouble.

"Why did it take you so long to catch up?"

Xiao Ran walked up to Wu Man and asked.

Given Wu Man's strength, even though they set off earlier, it wouldn't be difficult for him to catch up. The fact that it took him so long means he must have encountered something else along the way.

"We did encounter some problems."

Wu Man took out a large knife from her spatial storage and handed it to Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran was a master of knives and could tell at a glance that the knife was just an ordinary broadsword.

For some reason, the blade emanated a visible killing intent.

"How could an ordinary sword withstand such killing intent? Unless..."

Xiao Ran suddenly thought of something, turned the knife over to take a look, and her eyelids twitched immediately.

On the other side of the knife, there was also a seal of the Imperial Seal.

"It's that thing again!"

Xiao Ran was truly disgusted.

"A group of江湖人 (jianghu people) were trying to kill me with this knife. It took some effort to take them all down, but I got some information from them."

"what news?"

"Chang'an, the ghost capital, the grand gathering of the Imperial Seal." Wu Man uttered these eight words unhurriedly.

Wu Man then explained, "The Imperial Seal naturally refers to the Imperial Seal of the State. As for the Ghost City of Chang'an, it's because the city has now become a ghost city. It's said that very few people can come out alive. But the Imperial Seal of the State is inside. It's being talked about everywhere now. Whoever can participate in this grand event will have the opportunity to obtain the Imperial Seal of the State."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ran's first thought was that this was a trap.

He had already seen from the county magistrate's memories that the Imperial Seal of the State was in Huang Chao's hands.

Huang Chao would take out the Imperial Seal of the State as bait; this ghost capital of Chang'an was clearly a huge trap.

However, after a few seconds of silence, Xiao Ran raised her head and said, "It seems we need to go to Chang'an."

"Ha ha ha ha!!"

Upon hearing Xiao Ran's decision, Wu Man burst into laughter and turned to shout towards the door, "Come in, I won the bet!!"

Huang Le, Qinghai the Old Demon, and Dai Long walked in from outside the door.

As soon as he entered, the old demon Qinghai complained to Xiao Ran with a bitter face: "What does this have to do with us? Why did we have to get involved? Anyone with eyes can see that this is a trap."

It turns out that Wu Man had already told Qinghai Laomo and the others about this before Wu Man came in. The two even made a bet. Wu Man thought Xiao Ran would definitely go, but Qinghai Laomo didn't believe it. Now it seems that Qinghai Laomo lost.

Xiao Ran sighed. He understood this perfectly well: "I know this is Huang Chao's trick. I even suspect that he's targeting me, but I have to go. That imperial seal cannot fall into someone else's hands no matter what."

Xiao Ran already had a deep understanding of the power of the Imperial Seal. If she didn't go, Huang Chao would probably stamp more than ten items every day and distribute them.

Once the Lost City is completed, who knows what kind of trouble it will cause.

Even if we take a step back and assume that these things have little to do with me, these things are not really my concern.

But with so many evil things, sooner or later they will bring disaster to Ruzhou, and then Ruzhou will be doomed.
If Ruzhou is destroyed, then all my efforts will have been in vain.

Huang Chao seemed to have understood this point, which is why he dared to make such a big show of it.

Xiao Ran toyed with the large sword in his hand and said in a deep voice, "No matter what, since he has already set up the arena, even if it's a mountain of knives and a sea of ​​fire, I will still go for it!"

(End of this chapter)