Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 286 Demonic Monk’s Robe
"This……"

The shopkeeper looked at the bloodstone seal that fell on the counter, exclaimed, and reached out to take it.

However, Xiao Ran got the seal first: "Hey! You can't snatch it away."

As she spoke, Xiao Ran smiled and grabbed the shopkeeper's hand. She blew on the seal and gently pressed it on her palm. Four words were printed on it in official script.

【Amazing Treasure Mirror】

The shopkeeper looked at the mark on his palm, then quickly walked outside, took a closer look in the sunlight, then walked back and asked, "You and the boss are..."

"The master-disciple relationship."

"Do you have any proof?"

Xiao Ran took the two keys in his hands.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper stopped asking questions, took a step back, and crossed his hands: "From today on, you are the owner of the Amazing Pavilion. I, Li Botong, am the chief shopkeeper of the Amazing Pavilion. I pay my respects to you, sir."

Li Botong...

Xiao Ran searched Li Jingqi's memory and found such a person. However, when Li Jingqi left, this person was still middle-aged. Unexpectedly, he is already gray-haired now.

So he said, "Sir, you are too polite. My master has mentioned you before, saying that he was the one who gave you this name. When my master left, you were still in your prime. Now, so many years have passed in a flash. Time really spares no one."

Xiao Ran's words confirmed his identity as Li Qijing's disciple, otherwise an outsider would never know so many secrets.

Li Botong nodded with a smile, his eyes full of desire: "May I ask...how is Master Li doing now?"

"The master has been dead for many years."

Hearing this answer, Li Botong was slightly startled, and his eyes were red in a moment. He had been waiting here for so many years, hoping that one day Li Jingqi would come back, but he didn't expect...

Gently wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes, she said, "It's good that you're back, young master. It's good that you're back. Just follow me."

As he spoke, Li Botong pulled Xiao Ran towards the back door.

Although this store is not big, there is a house behind it.

Li Botong took Xiao Ran into the house and came to the main house on the side. It was obvious that no one had lived here for a long time. Although the house was spotlessly clean, it was also too clean.

There was no trace of life on the table or the bed.

"After Master Li left, this place still maintains its original appearance. I come here often to clean it."

Li Botong opened the closet next to him and pointed to the iron lock at the back of the closet: "This was left by Master Li. Without the key, we don't know what's inside."

As he said this, Li Botong took two steps back, bowed, then turned around and walked out the door silently.

Li Qijing's memory had no clue as to what was in the closet. Xiao Ran took out the keys, gestured at the keyhole, then took out one of the keys, inserted it into the keyhole, and twisted it gently. Then he heard the sound of a gear mechanism turning from behind the door.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran immediately took out the [Golden Cloak], activated it with the horizontal chain, took two steps back, then summoned a corpse slave to block in front, and controlled the corpse slave to continue turning the key.

You can’t blame him for being so cautious. What if Li Jingqi has set some trap here?
Especially the obvious sound of mechanism behind the door, it is obvious that this door itself is not ordinary.

As the corpse slave turned, the mechanism behind the iron door in front of it made a clattering sound, followed by a "bang!"

The iron door in front of me slowly opened.

An underground passage appeared in front of Xiao Ran. The passage was deep and the steps alone were more than ten meters long.

Xiao Ran thought about it, released the Qianbingwei to guard outside, and let the corpse slaves walk in front and follow them downstairs.

No one knows where this tunnel leads to, but at the end of the tunnel there is another big door.

Xiao Ran took out another key and handed it to the corpse slave.

After the corpse slave took the key, he inserted it into the keyhole and twisted it hard. Suddenly, a cold light flashed on both sides of the door, and the next second, the corpse slave's head was cut in half.

"There really is a mechanism!"

Seeing this, Xiao Ran stepped back again, while controlling the corpse slave to continue opening the door.

But the result was the same. This time there were more mechanisms beside the door. Several spears popped out from the left and right sides, instantly piercing several holes in the corpse's body.

"Strange, this shouldn't be the case."

It seems that the key must be correct, but the mechanism will be activated as soon as the key is turned. Doesn't this clearly mean that the lock is not intended for people to open?
Seeing this, Xiao Ran simply walked forward and carefully observed the door. At this time, Xiao Ran suddenly noticed that there was a very inconspicuous pattern carved on the door. It was a doctor holding a long banner. The image of the doctor made Xiao Ran's eyes light up.

"Could it be a tiger support?"

Xiao Ran took out the purple gold tiger brace, tried to wear it on his wrist, and then put his hand on the key.
Tentatively twisting back gently.

With this twist, Xiao Ran's eyebrows slightly raised. His wrist was very steady and his palm gently twisted the key. Compared with the unlucky guy next to him, the process of Xiao Ran twisting the key could almost be described as a snail's pace.

And from time to time he gently moved the key back half a circle. After a while, Xiao Ran reset the key.

"So that's it!"

Xiao Ran put away the tiger support in his hand. This had nothing to do with the tiger support. He was just overthinking it.

Then he put his hand on the key again, and this time it was obviously much faster than before, but the mechanism was not triggered.

Because the most important thing about the way this key opens the lock is the force, which should be strong but not heavy, and light but not slow, which is the essence of Professor Li Jingqi's nameless boxing. As long as the force is not right, the mechanism will be triggered.

Obviously, even if Li Botong and his team accidentally got the key, it would not be an easy task to open the door.

"Click!"

Xiao Ran pushed gently, and saw the door in front of him opened, revealing a secret room. There was a skylight hanging above the secret room, and a ray of sunlight refracted from inside, illuminating the secret room.

There were more than ten large wooden boxes neatly arranged inside.

It goes without saying that there must be gold, silver and treasures inside.

But the first thing Xiao Ran saw when he walked into the secret room was that he stared straight ahead.

There was a cassock hanging in front of the secret room. On the bright red cassock, there were many warp threads interwoven, in grids and strips, and inlaid with agate, gems, crystals and other items.

The sunlight shines on the robes, which are flashing with golden light and glittering with jewels, which make people fascinated at first sight.

Xiao Ran took a few steps closer and saw faint words on the cassock.

He looked at the words above and gradually heard the sound of chanting.

"Thus have I heard, seeing the nature is empty, neither attachment nor delusion, neither evil nor good, neither demon nor Buddha, the true nature of the clear vision will not fall into hell, nor be stained by the kalpa of emptiness, Namo Amitabha, Paramita..."

The sound of the chanting became louder and louder, making Xiao Ran feel dizzy. Fortunately, as a corpse receiver, he had some resistance to all kinds of negative influences, and was not completely confused by the scriptures.

But I only felt a burst of heat in my heart, as if there was a charcoal fire burning in my heart, and for a moment, endless desires began to emerge in my heart.

Killing, greed, lust,

The numerous desires are like a flame that is about to ignite me.

"wrong!!"

Xiao Ran was still rational and realized that something was wrong. His body temperature was rising higher and higher. If this continued, he was afraid that he would burn himself to death.

He wanted to leave, but when he turned around, he found that the road he came from was gone. The surroundings were like a cage, imprisoning him firmly in this place.

"Is it an illusion?!"

Xiao Ran quickly took out the [Spiritual Vulture Pupil] he had previously used and activated it.

Privilege 1: Spiritual Eye

After activation, it can penetrate D-level spells and skills, and forcibly tear the spells apart in an instant.

Duration: 10 seconds

As Xiao Ran's thought flashed through his mind, the eyeball in his hand glowed red, as if it could penetrate the entire space.

However, after ten seconds, Xiao Ran still couldn't find anything unusual.

Instead, his mind was filled with more and more distracting thoughts, endless thoughts that came like a tide, making him irritable and crazy. His hands unconsciously grabbed his clothes, as if he wanted to tear apart all moral ethics, walk naked in the world, kill all those who can be killed, covet the endless treasures in the world, and occupy all the women in the world.

Just when Xiao Ran felt that he was about to collapse, he suddenly remembered something and quickly formed seals with his hands.

In an instant, rolling corpse gas surged out and wrapped Xiao Ran tightly. Then his skin began to turn pale and his heartbeat slowly slowed down, until it beat slightly after several minutes.

As the corpse gas became thicker and thicker, it finally became as thick as mucus and stuck to Xiao Ran's skin.

The originally white skin and flesh turned into a blue-gray color in an instant, like hairy tofu.

"Corpse technique, half of the Yin and Yang."

As he turned into a corpse, the endless distracting thoughts in his mind slowly faded away.

The only thought left in my mind for a moment was a pile of dead bones and a complete despair.

After a while, the chanting sound beside my ear disappeared, leaving only a sigh: "All living beings in the world of Jambu roar in the mud and sand."

Xiao Ran seemed to have some feelings.

But after a moment, he snorted coldly: "If you are alive, you are a hero. If you are dead, you are a hero. A real man should do what he wants and should not do what he wants. Where did you get this evil trick from? How dare you hurt me!"

Xiao Ran said as he drew out his [Guillotine]

Chop at the robe.

"Bang!" The big knife chopped on the cassock, and it actually made a sound of diamond collision. Instead of the cassock being split, Xiao Ranzhen's hands became numb.

But after this knife, the cassock suddenly became quiet.

Xiao Ran looked back again and found that the road he came from was now behind him.

"This cassock is really weird. Why did Li Jingqi put such a thing here? Could it be intentional?"

Xiao Ran noticed that there was a book under the robe. He picked it up and flipped through a few pages. He found that it contained Li Qijing's description of the robe.

[This item is the cassock of a demon monk. If you follow the demon monk, you will be infected with evil. If you are not strong-minded, you will be bewitched by this cassock and either act crazy or do whatever you want, committing rape, robbery and all kinds of evil, in order to achieve enlightenment and become a Buddha soon. I have collected this item and displayed it here to sharpen your mind...]

(End of this chapter)