Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 854 Ready to go
After leaving Hongcun Village, Xiao Ran went straight to the headquarters of the Ruzhou company.

As the man descended from the sky on a flying sword, many employees in the company building turned their heads, their eyes filled with envy.

The men, in particular, practically had their eyes gleaming with greed as they looked at the [Decapitation Sword] at Xiao Ran's feet.

Flying on a sword? That's every man's ultimate dream.

If it was just a dream before, now Xiao Ran has set an example for everyone, letting them know that flying on a sword is not impossible.

As soon as Xiao Ran landed, Yang Mingjie led his men to quickly come and meet her.

Xiao Ran had already had One-Eye inform them beforehand, so Yang Mingjie was assigned to meet Xiao Ran early on.

It is not hard to see from this that Yang Mingjie's status has indeed risen significantly.

"Sir, General Manager Yang is already waiting for you."

Yang Mingjie was not distant with Xiao Ran. After speaking, he looked at the flying sword circling around Xiao Ran.

It would be a lie to say she wasn't envious.

"No need to be envious, this thing will probably be mass-produced in the future."

Xiao Ran patted Yang Mingjie on the shoulder and said.

"Really?"

"The material itself isn't difficult; the difficulty lies in your abilities. If you can lower the usage standards, even a broom can fly."

Xiao Ran wasn't joking. After actually using the [Decapitation Sword] for transportation, Xiao Ran immediately understood the key point.

It is said that another master craftsman in Donglongfang has advanced to the B-level [Master Foundry]. Given his forging skills, it is entirely possible for him to mass-produce this kind of thing.

As for how to mass-produce it and what the results will be, Xiao Ran will not comment, but it certainly won't be too bad.

Xiao Ran never doubted the wisdom of the people.

Following Yang Mingjie to Yang Jun's office, he pushed open the door and saw Yang Jun waiting for him.

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

Xiao Ran walked in and closed the door behind her.

Yang Jun glanced at the time on the wall and smiled, "It's earlier than I expected. Did you know Zhong Yi was coming?"

"Yes, we've already met."

Xiao Ran nodded. It was a good thing for Xiao Ran that his old acquaintance, Zhong Yi, had come to Ruzhou to work as a supervisor.

"Yes." Yang Jun nodded. "I'll probably be transferred sometime in the second half of this year."

"Huh??" Xiao Ran was taken aback when she heard this. She didn't expect Yang Jun to be transferred, and her expression became strange.

“Actually, even if you hadn’t come, I would have gone to find you anyway. After what happened last time, the company took into account the importance of Ruzhou, so it introduced a relevant system that each supervisor would serve here for four years, with a rotation every four years.”

"How long have you been here? Even if it's a four-year cycle, it's not your turn yet."

"Yes, but we can't have a complete change of leadership every time there's a change, can we? That wouldn't be a good thing for Ruzhou."

Yang Jun picked up his teacup and took a small sip.

The company arranged for him to change positions ahead of schedule this time. The year after next, it will be Tang Xuan, and two years after that, it will be Zhong Yi. This way, after each change of positions, the tenure of the other two supervisors will always remain stable.

This would both prevent any single entity from becoming too powerful and ensure the stability of Ruzhou.

This is a good solution.

"So, I'd like to talk to you about the shares I hold in Amazing Pavilion."

Xiao Ran did not respond, but simply looked at Yang Jun in front of her, wanting to hear what he had to say.

“My point is that I can’t take the shares with me; they need to be transferred to the new supervisor, so the contract needs to be amended.”

After Yang Jun finished speaking, he looked at Xiao Ran with a slightly apologetic expression.

Yang Jun hadn't expected that Yang Jun would be leaving so soon, something he hadn't anticipated.

Indeed, nine times out of ten, things in this world don't go as planned.

"no problem."

However, Xiao Ran did not show any emotion about this matter. He simply added calmly, "Each time there is a share transfer, the transferee needs to be chosen by Jingqi Pavilion from among the three supervisors."

"This condition isn't unreasonable, is it?"

"Reasonable!"

Yang Jun understood that Xiao Ran was doing this as a precaution, and although this might not be the outcome that the company's senior management wanted, Yang Jun had no reason to refuse.

"You can ask Li...One-Eye to handle this matter tomorrow." Xiao Ran originally wanted to mention the old manager, Li Botong, but the old manager is now semi-retired, so it's better to leave this matter to One-Eye.

After all, One-Eye should be responsible for what happens next.

After the matter was settled, Yang Jun visibly relaxed and took another sip of tea.

Xiao Ran then stated her purpose for being there: "I need a corpse!"

Yang Jun nodded, about to reply.

Xiao Ran added, "The more corpses of professionals, the better. Name your price."

"Cough cough cough..." Even Yang Jun almost choked to death on that spit, tears welling up in his eyes. "You really dare... cough... cough cough..."

He couldn't finish his sentence, so he picked up the teacup and drank it all in one gulp to calm himself down.

"A professional's corpse? Are you sure you're talking about that?"

"if not?"

Xiao Ran looked at Yang Jun calmly.

Yang Jun looked at Xiao Ran with a strange expression: "Can't you just buy it yourself?"

"Too expensive, and I need a large quantity."

Hearing this, Yang Jun was speechless. What kind of talk was this? Expensive? And you're talking about large quantities?
“Every professional is a treasure. Where am I going to find so many corpses for you? There are only a little over a thousand registered professionals nationwide right now. Where am I supposed to find corpses for you?”

After Yang Jun finished speaking, he realized that he might have let something slip. But that wasn't important; what was important was that finding the body of a professional was extremely difficult these days.

“I can change.”

As Xiao Ran spoke, he took out the three corpses of Sakurai and placed them on the ground: "They have all been stitched up, but I did not exploit their value. These three corpses can be exchanged for three more corpses. I only need to stitch them up; I will not exploit their value. After stitching, the corpses will still be yours."

Xiao Ran's suggestion caught Yang Jun's eye; it was quite a good suggestion.

"Just a moment."

Yang Jun gestured for Xiao Ran to wait there for a moment, then went out the door.

Xiao Ran waited in the office for a while, about 20 minutes later, Yang Jun returned.

After entering the office, he didn't say a word. He simply sat down in a chair, took out a document, wrote down the address on it, added his signature in the lower left corner, stamped it, and then handed it to Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran looked at the contents of the note: "It's a very unfamiliar place name; I've never heard of it before."

"The detailed address is the East China Military Region."

“If you only need one or two, I’ll risk my reputation to help you find a way, but if you need a lot, then this is the only place.”

“This place is a bit far. If you want to go, the company can arrange a route for you.”

Xiao Ran put the address away.

I was thinking of going to East China, which is convenient, but I might have to leave a little earlier.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran politely declined Yang Jun's invitation to dinner, opened the window, and said, "Goodbye."

After saying that, he jumped out of the window and disappeared from Yang Jun's sight in a few flashes.

In the following weeks.

Xiao Ran did not leave the Amazing Pavilion again.

However, the daily expenses are extremely high, ranging from several thousand to tens of thousands.

This is also a considerable expense for the Amazing Pavilion.

Fortunately, the tea from Hongxiang Village unexpectedly became a hit, and the temporary boost in sales attracted many people to buy it.

In particular, the Shui Lan and Huo Lan teas were almost completely sold out.

I found out that after the arrival of the Lost City, many people chose to collect treasures as a side job.

However, some places are rich in unique materials.

For example, in the Jiangnan region, the famous Bibo Pool is abundant with a magical Bibo Grass, which sells for 30 coins per piece.

However, this gathering is too difficult. The Azure Pool is bitterly cold, and it gets even colder the deeper you go. It is said that even professionals with cursed items cannot withstand it.

However, with the help of water lily tea, the situation is quite different.

The same principle applies to the Flaming Mountains in the southwest.

Moreover, Donglongfang also greatly needs Huolan tea, which can effectively resist high temperature heat waves.

This caused the price to skyrocket, and Amazing Pavilion made a fortune from this opportunity.

Besides tea, various materials and herbs from the underworld are also seeing their sales rise at an astonishing rate.

The reason is actually quite simple. Since the Lost City was established, many geniuses have risen to prominence. After experiencing the Lost City several times, their strength has increased, and they have begun to flock to Ruzhou.

These people naturally brought a surge in consumption, allowing Amazing Pavilion to seize the first wave of benefits.

And this benefit is just the beginning. As more and more people improve their abilities in the future, the demand for the Amazing Pavilion will further expand.

I wonder if there will still be enough Lost Cities by then. If there aren't enough Lost Cities in China, will they expand overseas?

Of course, these are not issues that Xiao Ran should worry about.

With the daily expenses, Xiao Ran finally ended her seclusion.

Xiao Ran had prepared all the materials needed to advance to Rank B because she didn't know when she would return from this long trip.

All three professions are ready.

Xiao Ran took out a small notebook and glanced at its contents.

[Using cursed joss paper molds to print large quantities of high-grade joss paper (√)]

[Collect advancement materials for the B-rank profession, Fate Thief. (√)]

The requirements for advancing to the Fate Stealer level have been met (×)

Collect advancement materials for the B-rank profession, Fate Cultivator. (√)

Meet the requirements for advancing to the next level as a Destiny Cultivator (×)

[Collect materials for advancing to the B-rank profession, Tongyou. (√)]

The conditions for advancing to the next level of the Profound Realm have been met (√)

[The Calamity Suppression Order Upgraded (×)]

[Boost the strength of Sanli, Wudang, and Butcher (×)]

Looking at the contents of the notebook, Xiao Ran felt helpless. He had tried to work on the three main characters, Sanli, Wudang, and Butcher, but they seemed to have hit a bottleneck, so he could only let them try to figure it out on their own.

As for other conditions for advancement, Xiao Ran had considered them, but the conditions were extremely demanding. A Fate Thief needs to steal a top-tier Fate Chart himself.

This thing shouldn't be so easy to do.

A fortune teller, on the other hand, needs to modify their own extremely unfavorable destiny.

As for the advancement conditions for the Eye-Pointer, the Netherworld Connection is actually the simplest, and Xiao Ran can even achieve it naturally. The condition is that the physical body enters the Netherworld once, and at least enters the City of the Wrongfully Dead once.

This task posed absolutely no pressure for Xiao Ran.

After looking around, Xiao Ran's gaze fell on the last item, "Depart for Changbai Mountain." After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Ran put a checkmark next to this item.

(End of this chapter)