Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 83 Tianqiao Temple Fair (Second Update)

Blood was spilled along the table in the room.

Looking at the girl with the red umbrella lying neatly on the table in front of him, Xiao Ran showed a relaxed expression on his face.

[You have reached the conditions to trigger the privilege, do you want to activate the privilege soul grabbing! ]

"Seize the soul!"

As the words fell, a dazzling red light appeared on the [Evil-Suppressing Order], and then a series of memories of the Red Umbrella Girl's life began to appear in front of Xiao Ran.

When the dilapidated streets appeared before my eyes, the decadent feeling like that of the Republic of China era came over me.

The woman was holding a red umbrella in one hand, a dagger in one hand, and a red umbrella in the other. She stepped on the beams and floated across the street of more than ten meters.

Like chasing someone.

Occasionally there would be the sound of gunfire and shrill whistles in the distance.

As they chased after each other, the girl with the red umbrella jumped down from the roof. Looking at the empty streets, she couldn't help but stamp her feet in frustration: "Baka!"

When he was about to turn around and leave, his eyes suddenly turned and stared at the alley ahead. After a while, a limping old man walked out of the shadows.

The old man was carrying a load on his shoulders and wearing a small black hat on his head. Before he got close, the strong smell of feces from his body hit her in the face, making the woman with the red umbrella's already unhappy expression even more disgusted.

He raised his hand and a maple leaf-shaped shuriken flew towards the old man.

"what!"

The old man screamed, and his body suddenly tilted and he fell to the ground. The wooden barrel on his shoulder fell to the ground, and the dark yellow manure water splashed down, making the woman with the red umbrella retch a few times.

"Damn stupid pig!"

The woman with the red umbrella cursed and glared fiercely at the old man on the ground, then turned around and was about to leave.

But it was just this moment of turning around.

The old man on the ground suddenly opened his eyes and stood up with a smile: "Whose child is this? You threw things randomly and hit my head, breaking it."

The girl with the red umbrella was startled and turned around in surprise, only to see the old man dusting off his body, picking up the load and walking out of the alley. He glanced at the girl with the red umbrella and took the maple leaf kunai she had just thrown.

"You lost it? I'm giving it back to you!"

As the old man said that, he raised his hand and threw it. The woman with the red umbrella pinched her fingers and immediately caught the shuriken in her hand, giving the old man a sarcastic look.

But soon I found my hands were wet and sticky.

Upon closer inspection, I saw that my hands were covered in feces.

"idiot!!"

The girl with the red umbrella now looked extremely upset. She immediately dropped the maple leaf in her hand and looked at the old man angrily.

"What's wrong, girl? What's wrong with you?" The old man looked at her innocently, squinted his eyes and took a closer look, "Oh, it turns out to be a Japanese woman."

Seeing herself being teased again and again by an old man, the girl with the red umbrella suddenly became furious. She took out a chrysanthemum from her sleeve and blew it at the old man.

"call!!"

The faint scent of chrysanthemum spread with the petals. The old man was in a trance for a moment. He suddenly raised his hand and sneezed loudly at the girl with the red umbrella.

"Ah...Ah!"

Suddenly, saliva mixed with snot sprayed on the face of the woman with the red umbrella.

The old man shook his head and said with disgust: "What's this taste? It's neither sour nor sweet. Oh, the taste of you Japanese women is really..."

As he spoke, the old man suddenly raised his head and moved closer to the woman with the red umbrella.

He raised his hand and slapped the woman with the red umbrella.

The red umbrella girl's face changed and she slashed with her backhand.

"puff!!"

Blood splattered on the face of the woman with the red umbrella, and one of the old man's arms flew out.

But before the girl with the red umbrella could feel happy, her eyes suddenly widened.

The big red umbrella fell to the ground. Under the moonlight, a long needle as thin as a hair came out of the old man's mouth, and the other end pierced through the jaw of the woman with the red umbrella.

The old man bit the needle hard and broke it in his mouth. He looked at his broken arm, took out a gourd from his arms tremblingly, bit open the cork, took a sip of the liquor and sprayed it on his shoulder.

"An arm in exchange for your life, it's worth it!"

As he spoke, the old man picked up the broken arm from the ground, staggered forward while drinking, until he disappeared into the night.

As the memory scene ends.

Xiao Ran was a little shocked for a moment. He didn't expect that the Woman with Red Umbrella would be killed by an old man like this, and with just one move.

"Spitting out silver needles from the mouth, this is... Caimen's method."

Xiao Ran remembered that Caimen had two unique skills, one was swallowing a sword, and the other was hiding a needle under the tongue.

The old man had obviously mastered this unique skill, and he deliberately risked his arm to kill with one blow. It was a pity that the old man lost his arm. If he was really a member of Caimen, losing an arm would be tantamount to losing his job.

"Your repair of Kamidori Reiko's corpse is graded A."

"You haven't completed the upgrade task of the Suppression Order, so you can't obtain energy for the time being."

"The Zhen'e Order successfully seized the soul, and you gained the ability of the Bird Spirit [Yiju Sect's Heart Sutra]." Soon, all the information about the Yiju Sect began to appear in Xiao Ran's mind. After Xiao Ran closed his eyes and digested it for a while, he had a general understanding of the so-called Yiju Sect.

This sect, in the final analysis, is similar to an evil sect. The so-called mental method is more of some evil techniques, such as the technique of bewitching souls or the technique of raising corpses, etc.

As for other aspects, most of them are about how to set up traps in graves and tombs, which cannot be said to be very advanced.

To those who don't know the principle behind it, it may seem weird at first glance, but when you really uncover the truth, you'll find that it's actually a murder magic.

However, Xiao Ran would not be satisfied with just this. What he was attracted by was the red umbrella girl's lightness skill, which he had been coveting for a long time. Since the red umbrella girl had it, Xiao Ran would not miss it.

So he picked up the axe again and held it high above his head.

"boom!"

The chopping knife cut on the bone, and then the hand wearing a black rubber glove twisted it at the joint, exposing the fascia and flesh under the bone to the air.

Next, a piece of bright red eye meat was placed on the sticky board, and a slender kitchen knife was used to cut from top to bottom to separate all the skin, meat and fat.

In the restaurant, warm light shines on the table.

The speakers on the table were playing the original violin version of the song "Faded".

The man in a chef's apron put a piece of meat on the frying pan with a focused look.

The black rubber gloves were so tight against his skin that one could even see the slender outlines of the gloves' fingers. He held a bronze spoon in his hand and splashed hot butter on the steak.

The man's movements were light, and this simple action seemed to have a new layer of magic in his hands, simple and pleasing to the eye.

The golden fat is wrapped around the steak, and as it bubbles and secretes more fat, the heat and aroma are also firmly locked inside.

The mixed aroma is added into the wok along with the hot oil, adding a unique flavor to the original aroma of the gravy.

When the originally red meat was almost fried to golden brown, the man took out the meat with tongs and cut it along the grain with a slender knife.

The pink flesh with snowflake-like texture was placed lightly on the plate by the man and finally drizzled with a layer of bright red sauce, presenting a bloodthirsty beauty.

Even perfect ingredients need exquisite embellishment.

Next to the bright red sauce, a rose petal completes the exquisite presentation.

After wiping off the excess traces on the edge of the plate, the man picked up the dish and brought it to the purple-haired girl in front of him.

Zhong Yi didn't hesitate either. She picked up the knife and roughly cut the steak on the plate. Then she stuffed the steak into her mouth like swallowing a fruit. Only after she had eaten it did the girl raise her head and look at the man in front of her in confusion.

“Coke flavor?”

The man wiped the knife and nodded as he said, "Dry-aged beef made with cola. It's very special, isn't it? I first boiled the cola into syrup, coated the beef with it, and dry-aged it. The one you're eating is about three days old. If you like it, I have twelve days left. It tastes even better."

Zhong Yi rolled his eyes when he heard this, and complained while eating: "Good beef, but it's cooked like cola chicken wings."

The man was stunned by Zhong Yi's comment, and after a moment he turned back with a depressed look and said, "I'll change it for you next time. I have collected a lot of fresh materials recently."

Zhong Yi didn't say anything, but just asked: "So you are now a C-level Desire Chef?"

"No, it's still Baiwei. The conditions for advancing to Desire Chef are very strict, and..."

The man paused. I couldn't find the taste that made my heart beat.

"Freak!" Zhong Yi took out a form from the file bag at hand, signed his name on it and put it away: "Your supervision period has expired, and the company will no longer monitor you. To be honest, you are the fastest person I have ever seen."

"So fast? I thought it would take some time." The man looked a little regretful.

"Stop it."

Zhong Yi stuffed the last piece of steak into her mouth and handed the plate to the man: "I'm not full."

The man took the plate reluctantly, changed his knife, turned around and took a piece of rib meat from the beef hanging behind him.

"Are you busy recently? I heard that the Changchun Association seems to be planning to hold the Tianqiao Temple Fair."

"Well, the company has approved it. It will be held at the Sui and Tang Botanical Garden the day after tomorrow evening. If you are interested, you can go and have a look."

Zhong Yi said casually.

"This is a good opportunity, can you give me a free ticket?"

The man came forward and asked with a smile.

Zhong Yi didn't waste any words and put a ticket on the table.

"It's today's meal money."

Zhong Yi thought for a moment and took out another ticket and put it on the table: "This is for tomorrow's meal."

The man's mouth twitched, and he felt a little regretful that he had taken advantage of the girl.

He quickly put away the tickets and said, "Enough, enough." Then he quickly lowered his head and continued cooking.

Soon, a big bowl of beef curry rice was served on the table, and Zhong Yi held the plate and started eating happily.

After eating and drinking, he patted his belly contentedly and said, "Let's go. Call me if you have any difficulties."

After Zhong Yi left the house, the man put away the dinner plate with a helpless look on his face and took out the two tickets Zhong Yi had just given him: "Alas, it's another day of losing money."

As he spoke, the man suddenly thought of something, and walked into the freezer in the back kitchen with a meat cleaver in hand, smiling, wiped off the ice residue on the freezer, put his hand on the freezer, took a deep breath, and muttered to himself in fascination: "It's just right, I can take you to the temple fair. I believe many people have never tasted your flavor..."

　I was almost done writing this update, but there was a problem with my computer. The Bluetooth kept popping up errors. I tried for an hour but still couldn't fix it. My keyboard and mouse are no longer usable. I uninstalled and updated the driver, but nothing worked. In the end, I had to dig out my old keyboard. If anyone knows how to solve this problem, can you tell me?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)