Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 280: Nuomen

"Yu Bench?"

Looking at the mixed-race man in front of him, Xiao Ran felt very surprised. The old man was just a decoration. The man in front of him was probably the owner of this place. Judging from the clothes he was wearing, he must be rich or noble.

But Xiao Ran found it hard to believe that a mixed-race child could create such a huge force in this place.

Yes, in this era, mixed blood is not a problem. In fact, the emperor’s family are all of Hu descent.

But there is a problem with being mixed-race, which is that there is no support from the maternal family.

Without the support of your maternal family, no matter how noble your birth is, you are destined to be inferior to others. Without anyone from your maternal family, even the eldest grandson of the eldest house may be bullied by side branches.

To put it in today's common language, it means that there is no one in your mother's family.

"Sit down and talk. Bring me some tea."

Yu Deng motioned for Xiao Ran to take a seat, waved his hand for the guards around him to leave, and then said, "I heard a long time ago that there is a magic that can kill people invisibly and change the world. For this purpose, I even visited famous teachers, but unfortunately they were all liars, and I ended up throwing them into the dungeon."

"It's not as exaggerated as you say. If I really had such a method, I would have been invincible long ago."

Xiao Ran shook his head to indicate that he was overthinking it.

After [Evil-Suppressing Order] was upgraded to Level D, he immediately and excitedly exchanged it for the Wicked Magic from Golden Leaf's skill book.

Now, after he transformed Senbei and made him a D-grade corpse, he was rewarded with 2000 energy points, which he had squandered.

As a result, things turned out to be completely different from what I thought.

After he snatched the art of Yansheng from Huang Jinye, he found out that this so-called art of Yansheng was actually a kind of change in the situation.

Just like just now, the noise I made seemed to be very loud, but in fact it was just thunder with little rain. It just stirred up the quiet earth energy in the cave.

Other methods of exorcism actually follow the same principle.

They all rely on stirring up the qi to kill people. In other words, the power of the spell does not depend on the caster, but on whether there is a strong enough qi in the surrounding areas.

This is also why the art of exorcism is related to bricklayers, because they are responsible for building houses. When building the house, they can secretly set up talismans to change the aura around the house, and finally in a certain year and month, they will detonate this aura to achieve the purpose of killing people invisibly or destroying the owner's family.

Hmm... that's too complicated to explain.

According to Xiao Ran's own understanding, to put it in a more vivid way, it is like throwing a firecracker into the toilet.

How powerful the firecracker is has nothing to do with the firecracker you threw, but depends on whether there is enough shit in the toilet.

If you can find a septic tank, instead of using firecrackers, you can just throw a small cannon into it. Hey, that scene will definitely be unforgettable for you.

As for why the Golden Leaf is so exaggerated when it is used, on the one hand it is due to the Golden Leaf's professional bonus and the blessing of the cursed object.

Without the blessing of a cursed object like the golden leaf, it would be difficult for me to acquire such strange abilities.

However, although Huang Jinye's magic of exorcism has not reached the extraordinary level, it is also at the master level, which is enough for him. At least next time when he encounters a master of exorcism, he will not be like a headless fly, relying on Taishan Stone to save his life.

Yu Deng naturally didn't believe Xiao Ran's words, thinking that he was being modest. He took a sip of tea and said, "Let's talk about business. You raised 4 million taels of silver yesterday, so you shouldn't be short of money. I don't understand what business you are doing here."

When Yu Deng said this, Yang Mingjie who was standing beside him felt a pang in his heart. They had been busy following Xiao Ran around the whole day yesterday. They only knew that Xiao Ran had raised a large sum of money, but they didn't know the exact amount.

Now the other party actually accurately stated the number raised yesterday, which shows that the other party's intelligence capabilities are indeed beyond imagination.

"I want Tianjimen to help me make something, or you can help me find a large number of craftsmen."

Hearing Xiao Ran's request, Yu Deng couldn't help but narrow his eyes and looked at Xiao Ran carefully: "Are you really from other places?"

Xiao Ran didn't respond, just looked at Yu Deng.

After a while, Yu Deng put down the teacup in his hand. He couldn't see the depth of the young man in front of him clearly. He founded the Tianji Sect himself. It was his biggest trump card. Outsiders had no way of knowing it.

But what the other party said at this moment made Yu Deng wonder if he also had his spies around him, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was impossible.

The other party has just arrived and has no foundation, so he cannot do this.

This made Yu Deng feel uneasy.

"Okay, but how much will you pay?"

"what do you want!"

Xiao Ran threw the question back. As the saying goes, a lion opens his mouth and pays back. Since ancient times, whoever quotes first will suffer a loss.

Yu Deng clasped his hands together, seeming to be struggling with this problem.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the room became so quiet that only the sound of each other's breathing could be heard.

"Two conditions."

Finally, Yu Deng spoke up: "The first condition is that I want to be an official."

"can."

Xiao Ran was so straightforward that Yu Deng was a little surprised.

"Don't you want to ask me what kind of official position I want to be?"

"You can choose any official position below the third rank in Ruzhou. For officials above the third rank, I will go back and ask. It should be no problem. As long as it does not involve military power, you can take office tomorrow if you tell me today."

He was too lazy to even bargain. Not to mention the distant past, if the Huang Chaos happened, it would be hard to say whether Ruzhou City could survive. So what if he was the governor of Ruzhou City? A governor without military power, it would be a compliment to say that he was a logistics officer. At best, he was just a mascot.

"Tell me, what's the second condition?"

Xiao Ran didn't intend to waste time on this question and directly asked about the second condition.

"Kill someone."

"who!"

Yu Deng raised his head, his deep eyes revealing hatred: "Ruzhou Southwest Tiger, Zhao Shixiong..."

……

Walking out of the West Block, Yang Mingjie looked back at the crowd in the West Block behind him. He couldn't help feeling as if he was in another world.

"Brother... No, sir, you were careless this time."

After coming out, Yang Mingjie finally gained some courage and said to Xiao Ran, "The Southwest Tiger and the Northeast Dragon are the two evils of Ruzhou. The reason why those merchants and peddlers worship the Goddess of Iron Mountain is because of these two evils."

"But no one has been able to touch them for such a long time. Not only are they strong, but they also have strong backers behind them."

"backing?"

"Nuomen."

This Nuo sect is actually similar in nature to the Tieshan Niangniang Temple, but the difference is that they believe that everyone is a god, but their wisdom is not open and they become customs upon earth.

A sect has formed in the southwest of Ruzhou, controlling Wancheng and having tens of thousands of followers.

Zhao Shixiong was one of the thirty-six divine generals of Nuo, the local emperor of Wancheng. Even the governor had to bow to him when he met him.

Not to mention how Xiao Ran could kill Zhao Shixiong, it would be difficult for them to just rush in.

Therefore, in Yang Mingjie's opinion, Yu Deng was just creating problems deliberately to delay time.

"After the governor has reorganized his soldiers, do we have to help him kill people? There is no such thing in the world." Yang Mingjie spread his hands, feeling that this was not something that could be accomplished in a short time.

But Yu Deng insisted that both conditions were indispensable. If Zhao Shixiong's head was not brought, Tianjimen would never accept his business.

Yang Mingjie said so much in the hope that Xiao Ran would give up and think of another way. After all, as long as the money was enough, who would be afraid of not being able to recruit a craftsman?
But Xiao Ran didn't seem to hear what Yang Mingjie said, and just asked, "What does this Zhao Shixiong look like?"

"This... I only heard that he was a one-eyed man."

Yang Mingjie had never seen Zhao Shixiong, but had only heard of this person.

However, after he finished speaking, he heard a voice from the side saying, "Don't talk nonsense. Zhao Zhenxian is not a one-eyed dragon. His eyes are clear and he cannot stand the secular world, so he deliberately covers his eyes."

Xiao Ran and Yang Mingjie looked back and saw an old man squatting in the corner.

The old man was wearing a tattered coat and was missing a leg. He limped out with all sorts of things clinking in his arms.

He muttered incoherently: "There are so many immortals in this world, why doesn't anyone save me..."

"Don't pay attention to him, sir. This old man is also a pitiful person."

Yang Mingjie said to Xiao Ran.

It turns out that this old man's name is He Zhongting, and everyone calls him He Laosan.

Originally, the family was relatively wealthy, as his ancestors were officials under Emperor Taizu. But later, his son fell ill with a strange disease that could not be cured no matter what they did, so they went around looking for various "immortals" to treat the disease.

As a result, he spent all his family wealth and failed to save his son. Later, his wife also died, and he was the only one left from the huge family fortune.

From then on, the old man became possessed by a demon.

He dared to approach Heifengzi, whom others avoided, and even offered one of his legs, just hoping that he would not suffer like this in his next life.

"This person worships any god he sees, no matter what god it is, he believes in it."

The two had returned to the mansion while they were talking. Xiao Ran gestured to Yang Mingjie to go back and have a good rest first, and she would call him if she needed anything else.

Xiao Ran sat in the room just after Yang Mingjie left.

Yu Deng's conditions were very harsh, but he had no choice. Yang Mingjie was right, craftsmen were everywhere, and he could hire them if he spent money.

But the problem is that the number of craftsmen recruited is too small.

What he wanted was not as simple as forging some iron, but to prepare to cast cannons. Even a disposable cannon was not so easy and it was impossible to do it with just a few scattered craftsmen.

Only craftsmen like Tianjimen who have already achieved scale can meet their own needs.

Moreover, taking a step back, regardless of whether the conditions of the remaining stool are reasonable, shouldn't the southwest tiger, northeast dragon, and Nuo gate on it be cleared away as soon as possible?
Everything happened easily, it was just a matter of time.

What I lack is time.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran became curious about the so-called Nuo Sect: "Well, let's go and see. If we can solve it, that would be great. If not, then we can solve Yu Deng.

Xiao Ran took out the [Spiritual Clothes] and held it in his hand. Then a thought flashed through his mind: "Activate!"

(End of this chapter)