Trafford’s Trading Club

Chapter 3686: Ji Ran's Day Off

“Uh… you’re awake?”

Ji Ran had just gone downstairs to buy some soy milk, fried dough sticks, and steamed buns. As soon as she returned, she saw Xiao Su awake, sitting on the edge of the bed, lighting a cigarette, not smoking it, just staring blankly.

“Oh, it’s you.” Xiao Su was stunned, and then said in surprise, “When I woke up, I didn’t see anyone. I thought I had been picked up by someone while drunk last night.”

Ji Ran closed the door calmly. “Do you often get drunk?”

Xiao Su shrugged and said, “Men find it easier to get their hands on women who get drunk easily, don’t they?”

Ji Ran didn't comment. The room was full of smoke, so she simply opened the window.

“Don’t… it’s a bit cold.” Xiao Su said quickly, and wanted to put out the cigarette in her hand, but couldn’t find a container, so she hurriedly picked up her clothes and handbag and ran to the bathroom.

Ji Ran frowned. The temperature today had indeed dropped a lot, at least six or seven degrees.

She felt it when she went downstairs to buy breakfast. She heard that there had been a strong cold air suddenly appearing in the north these past two days, with heavy rain in many coastal areas, and frequent earthquakes of considerable intensity in the southwest.

It was as if everything had come at once. Many people online were discussing this matter… [Kirin City] was just a drop in temperature, which was still good.

“I should go back. Thank you for last night. I’ll treat you to a meal sometime!” When Xiao Su came out from inside, she had already tidied up her makeup. She was applying lip balm, “ [Four Seasons Blooming], I’ve remembered your name! Bye~”

Ji Ran subconsciously opened her mouth, but in the end, she didn't try to keep her.

Her understanding of Xiao Su was not only limited to those few words that Xiao Su said after getting drunk at the barbecue restaurant last night… After bringing Xiao Su back to the apartment last night, Ji Ran actually performed acupuncture on Xiao Su.

A kind of acupuncture that can control a person's mind and achieve a hypnotic effect.

At first, she only wanted to use it as a lie detector, but as she learned more about Xiao Su, Ji Ran suddenly had some different ideas… Watching Xiao Su get into a ride-hailing car and leave from the window, Ji Ran also casually picked up a coat and put it on.

…

The town was not far from the famous [Xitang] water town, and the straight-line distance from [Kirin City] was about nine hundred kilometers—Ji Ran set off early in the morning, spent more than an hour leaving [Kirin City], and then spent more than an hour arriving here.

Mainly because she went to the wrong place halfway, otherwise it should have been faster.

Life in the town was simple and quite slow. Two or three middle-aged women sat in front of their homes chatting about something, and were very curious about the sudden arrival of a delicate woman who seemed to have a filter on.

There was an alley here with even more women sitting there. Xiao Su said that the most impressive thing about her was this alley in front of her old home. Any dog that walked through it would be ruined.

Faced with the secret pointing and gossiping, Ji Ran was not used to it. She put her palm to her lips and blew gently, and a puff of pink-green aura instantly melted into the air.

The gossiping women in the Ruined Reputation Alley instantly seemed to have been acupunctured, sitting still one by one.

Ji Ran passed by like a spring breeze, and finally stopped in front of an old blue brick two-story house.

The door was only half-covered, and a man in his fifties was sitting on a deck chair in the yard smoking a water pipe… Ji Ran pondered slightly, and simply pushed the door open and entered.

Leaving [Kirin City], this world had almost no suppression on her… The spiritual energy level of Shenzhou was not as good as [Nether Heaven], but it was already close to the Lower Continent of [Azure Blue], and it was still constantly increasing.

In this town, there was nothing noteworthy… Except for the mountains behind, there was a wave of demonic energy from time to time, which seemed very careful.

The demonic energy was too weak. As the [Nether Princess], Ji Ran was not mainly focused on martial power, but after all, her cultivation was there, so naturally she didn't take it seriously.

“Are you Lin Gengtang?”

The sudden question made the old man smoking a pipe a little dazed. When he saw clearly that the person who broke in was a woman with bright eyes and white teeth, who shouldn't have appeared in this kind of small town, he couldn't help but stay for a while, “Yes, I am… Who are you looking for?”

“Is Lin Liwei your son?” Ji Ran asked calmly again.

“Yes.” The old man… Lin Gengtang nodded subconsciously, “Are you looking for Ah Wei?”

When he stood up, he was almost 1.9 meters tall. For a Southerner of this age, he was already considered a burly type, and he had a strong physique and a face full of flesh.

Ji Ran flicked her fingers slightly, and Lin Gengtang, who was tall and strong, instantly fell to his knees weakly.

“I can’t move?” Lin Gengtang was shocked, “What did you do to me!”

“I’m here to ask you.” Ji Ran took a silver needle and directly pierced it in front of Lin Gengtang’s eyes, “Have you ever violated Su Xiaozhen?”

“I didn’t… I didn’t!!! Ah—”

The silver needle instantly pierced Lin Gengtang’s left eye, causing him to almost faint, but a strange airflow flowed through his body, making him even more awake.

He was still kneeling on the ground, unable to move his body, and at this time, the silver needle in Ji Ran’s hand was once again sent to his other eye, “If you’re not honest, you won’t have a third eye.”

“…Is, is Su Xiaozhen asking you to come?” Lin Gengtang’s face was abnormally pale, half from the pain, and half obviously from fear, “Where is she! Call her here! Her mother died of illness the year before, and I helped her bury her… If there is any grievance, I will discuss it with her… Let, let me go! I, I was wrong… I have always regretted it…”

At this moment, a young man who was equally strong rushed out of the house, holding a wood-splitting knife in his hand, “Let go of my dad!”

Ji Ran flicked her fingers again, and the young man suddenly pounced on the stone slab in the yard.

“You must be Lin Liwei.” Ji Ran said expressionlessly, “Don’t worry, after all, you also have a share… I have a lot of time today.”

Bang—!

The door of the yard closed automatically without wind.

…

After lunch at noon, it was a good time for leisurely men to walk from house to house… A man who was also around fifty years old pushed open the door of Lin Gengtang’s house.

“Old Lin, have you eaten? I’m looking for you to discuss something. When will you cut down the banana trees next to your fish pond? They’ve grown to my side…” Old Lin?”

The man walked into the house and instantly fell to his knees, his face pale with fright.

He saw that Lin Gengtang and his son were hanging from the beams of the house at this time. Their expressions were particularly terrified, as if they had seen something terrible before they died.

“Dead… dead people! People are dead!!!”

The old man rolled and crawled out of Lin Gengtang’s old house.

…

The town lived door-to-door, so at the most idle time after lunch, the news spread at once… Ji Ran was sitting leisurely in a small food shop, eating the local specialty tofu brain.

Mainly because her spending power could only consume these.

Looking at the people gradually walking towards Lin Gengtang’s house outside the street, Ji Ran didn’t actually know why she came today… It was like suddenly having an idea, like being interested, wanting to eat something, or go somewhere, and just leaving.

When she was in [Nether Heaven], she also suddenly thought of collecting some kind of medicinal material, so she left directly.

Cultivators are free to do whatever they want, only seeking a smooth thought… Spending half a day to make the thought smooth, Ji Ran thought it was very worthwhile.

Regarding the handling of Lin Gengtang and his son, Ji Ran had never even thought of telling Xiao Su—perhaps many years later, when she had the courage to set foot in this place again, she would find that the father and son had died, and Huang Cuirong had also died of illness.

The tofu brain was good, sweet.

She also packed an extra portion, preparing to use it as a dessert after dinner when she got back… When leaving the town, Ji Ran suddenly thought of the weak demonic energy in the back mountain of the town, and her heart moved, so she changed direction again.

Last time, she walked out of [Kirin City] in the middle of the night and encountered several [Transcendent] people who were humans and were also taking the path of cultivation… But she didn’t encounter any demons.

There were actually quite a few demons visiting Doctor Long’s hospital every day, but the power in the [Restricted Area] was not obvious, and there was nothing to study… Ji Ran had long been interested in the demons here.

I wonder if the demons of Shenzhou are different from the demons of [Azure Blue]?

…

…

In the mountains and forests, two young men in black suits were exploring one after the other… Bu Bu Gao held a demonic power detector, constantly adjusting the direction.

Wang Hu, however, expressionlessly carried a large bag of roasted sweet potatoes, following behind... The one holding the bag of roasted sweet potatoes was none other than a metallic arm.

"... Strange, where did that guy hide? The direction should be right, shouldn't it?" Bu Bugao couldn't help but frown. "A'Hu, stop eating. Do you sense any demonic energy?"

Wang Hu replied without thinking, "Sensed it, then it disappeared again, but it shouldn't be far away."

Bu Bugao scratched his head. In the past two days, the weather has been abnormal everywhere, and the fire protection systems across the country have been maxed out... Not only that, but many demons who were originally hiding in the deep mountains and old forests took the opportunity to run out.

Bu Bugao and Wang Hu were currently hunting down a goat demon. After this guy came down the mountain, he successively absorbed the essence of more than a dozen living people... Some of them probably got too high while absorbing, and directly drained people dry.

Now the local administration couldn't tolerate it anymore.

Last night, Bu Bugao had already locked onto the goat demon's location, but was cleverly escaped by the other party... It's just that the other party also took a punch from Wang Hu, and is probably seriously injured.

Wang Hu said that he had acted very lightly, and had already shown mercy.

Bu Bugao believed it—because after partnering for so long, he found that Wang Hu was really fierce—but when he thought that Bu Bugao was a South China tiger becoming a demon, he was relieved.

Tiger, the king of beasts, what would happen if it became a demon... Isn't being fierce a basic skill?

"That guy must be afraid of you and doesn't dare to come out." Bu Bugao sighed.

This goat demon actually has some skills. He has also learned some Taoist techniques. His earth escape is very slippery, and he also understands some talisman techniques. It seems to be some kind of ancient Taoist tradition.

No one can say what kind of encounters these goblins who ran out of the deep mountains and old forests have had... After all, before the revival of spiritual energy, many Taoist traditions could not be cultivated, and even if they were obtained, they would be as useless as waste paper.

"Let's split up and look for him." Bu Bugao thought for a while and said, "That guy is seriously injured. Even if I run into him first, I should be able to hold on until you come to support me... But don't leave me too far, A'Hu!"

"Oh!"

Then Wang Hu disappeared without a trace.

The corners of Bu Bugao's mouth couldn't help but twitch. He had no choice but to pick up the detector and continue to search carefully.

After a while.

Rumble—Suddenly a thunder sounded.

Bu Bugao was stunned. Although the weather has been strange these past two days, it shouldn't be raining nearby today, right?

Suddenly a gust of strong wind blew, and a low scream seemed to come from the mountains and forests... Bu Bugao's expression instantly became serious. He took some equipment from his briefcase, equipped himself with spell bullets and a defensive umbrella, and cautiously approached the source of the sound.

"A'Hu, I have a situation here, come back first!"

Strictly speaking, Bu Bugao is not yet a true [Transcendent], but he has already cultivated the secret manual distributed by the Administration Bureau. Currently, he has cultivated the True Qi of a martial artist. With the equipment of the Administration Bureau, he can actually deal with ordinary low-level monsters without any problems. He can also deal with intermediate monsters for a while.

His progress is not slow, it's just that he can't compare with those geniuses and elites... However, Wang Hu is a super-powerful logistics support, so Bu Bugao has made several contributions in the past few months.

Bu Bugao has been thinking about Wang Hu's contribution for several years, and wanted to let Wang Hu officially become an agent and graduate from support logistics, but he always couldn't pass the review because Wang Hu had amnesia and his background could not be investigated.

At this moment, Bu Bugao suddenly stepped into the air, and his body fell straight down!

Fortunately, he also had some martial power in his body at this time. In a hurry, he stabilized his body and finally landed safely, so he didn't fall into a dog-climbing appearance.

Just as he was rejoicing, Bu Bugao suddenly took a breath of cold air.

I saw a huge goat head, which was now appearing in front of him!

Bu Bugao immediately held his breath... The place where he fell was a steep slope, and below the slope was a hidden mountain stream!

At this time, the goat head was placed on a smooth stone next to the stream... The blood from the neck had already seeped down along the stone.

Looking at the goat's head with its eyes wide open and extremely terrified, Bu Bugao suddenly shuddered—this was the goat demon he was hunting!

—Who killed it?

Bu Bugao swallowed subconsciously and took two steps back cautiously—he planned to join Wang Hu first before making plans.

But at this moment, Bu Bugao's leg suddenly went numb, and he was hit on the acupoint on his leg by something.

He fell directly to the ground, looking around in horror.

I saw a figure suddenly walking out of the reeds next to the stream.

Bu Bugao was stunned in an instant.

I saw a woman with bright eyes and white teeth, who was now rolling up her sleeves and walking over... In the woman's hand, one hand was holding a washed-out goat lung, and the other hand was holding two meat balls tied with reed poles.

It seems to be... goat treasure?

Emmmm...

...This time, the sudden entry into the mountain, the harvest is still acceptable.

Many parts of this white goat demon clan, which has some climate, can actually be used as medicine, and Ji Ran also plans to expand the medicinal material library in this world—unexpectedly, just when she was processing the goat lungs and goat treasure, she felt someone approaching.

Without knowing the situation, she did not kill him, but simply restrained the other party.

Looking at Bu Bugao, who fell to the ground and lost his ability to move, Ji Ran couldn't help but frown—because she saw the small notebook that fell out of Bu Bugao's body.

The emblem of the Shenzhou Administration Bureau!

The reason why Ji Ran recognized this thing was because the Administration Bureau's hotline and advertisements were on TV every day... calling on the public to report bravely when encountering [Transcendent] incidents.

"This white goat demon is a wanted criminal by the Administration Bureau?" Ji Ran pondered slightly, and guessed the general idea.

When she entered the mountain to find the white goat demon, the other party was obviously injured, and it was not light... If the other party hadn't attacked her directly without asking why, maybe he would still be able to eat some grass now?

"It...it was you who killed it?" Bu Bugao trembled.

Suddenly a figure flickered out, and without any pause, rushed directly towards Ji Ran.

Wang Hu is here.

—What a powerful demonic energy!

Ji Ran's expression changed slightly in an instant, and she directly threw away the things in her hand... She, who is not good at martial arts, could only protect her vitals at this time.

Wang Hu punched out!

In an instant, the demon power exploded, directly breaking the mountain stream, and the water flow burst out into the sky, turning into drizzle and splashing down, instantly filling the surroundings with water mist.

In the water mist, Wang Hu's eyes were abnormally strange. During the battle, there was no trace of his usual woodenness, as if he was an ancient beast.

"Found you."

Wang Hu's figure flashed out, charging straight through the water mist.

Ji Ran was feeling the severe pain in her arms at this time. While shocked, the power in her body was directly catalyzed into medicinal power and dispersed... If she were to take another punch like this, her body would probably fall apart!

Was it her bad luck that she happened to run into such a powerful demon... Or are there many such demons in Shenzhou? Or is it that she has been in [Qilin City] for too long, so she has some misunderstanding of this world?

"The Medicine God Canon is useless?!"

"Tyrant Fist!"

I saw Wang Hu's fist in Ji Ran's mind, like a towering shadow, expanding wildly... The medicinal power she catalyzed and transformed could not have any effect on Wang Hu—I don't know if the other party's resistance is too high, or because the Medicine God Canon is really not working here.

But Ji Ran didn't have time to think about this, she had to deal with it with all her strength.

"Wait, A'Hu, show mercy!!"

Whoosh—!!!!

Wang Hu's fist suddenly stopped, and the terrifying fist wind directly blew Ji Ran's cheeks for a while... Even her hairstyle changed.

The water mist dissipated a little, and Bu Bugao staggered over, leaning on his umbrella, "Don't hurt people, ask clearly first!"

"Oh."

Wang Hu had already withdrawn his hand. Hearing this, he simply nodded, and returned to his usual wooden appearance.

Ji Ran looked at Bu Bugao, who could already move, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes... Although it was just a casual seal, the other party had broken through her seal after all!

Moreover, this seemingly weak Administration Bureau agent was able to command a fiercely powerful demon like Wang Hu... Ji Ran was even more confused about the situation.

At this time, Bu Bugao saw that Ji Ran really didn't have any obvious injuries, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He cleared his throat, straightened his somewhat messy clothes, and said solemnly, "Miss, please show your [Abnormal Creature ID Card], I need to verify your identity."

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