Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 303 Fengdu
"So... this thing is actually in your hand?"

The Taoist of Yinshan stared at the [Evil-Suppressing Order] on Xiao Ran's waist, and the expression on his face flickered.

The executioners, corpse hunters, coroners, and paper-makers are the four underworld professionals. In the early years, they were indeed the officials of the underworld.

It is under the jurisdiction of the Liu'an Gongcao Division and is in charge of the Yincao Division.

That is, the City God’s immediate superior.

The Yinshan Taoist was of course aware of this, but the problem was that only a few of the four major Yin professions could survive, and most people were half-baked. Even if they had acquired this profession, they were still half-baked.

The reason is that the orthodox four major Yin practices have long been discontinued.

The Yinshan Taoist has been roaming in the mysterious city for so many years, but he has never seen any Yin practices that can truly preserve the heritage.

Without the inheritance, they are just wild people, just like those wild people in Maoshan, and naturally they are not taken seriously by the Yinshan Taoist.

Many people may not understand what I mean.

To put it another way, people who do not have this inheritance are just like outsourced or temporary workers in reality. Do you think the City God can order them around?
Of course they can be used, and the people being used are quite happy to get a job.

But you ask the City God, have I found the organization?

I'm sorry, because you have no inheritance and are not a member of our organization, you can say whatever you want outside, but no one will take care of you if something happens.

So where is this inheritance?
It's on the [Evil-Suppressing Order] on Xiao Ran's waist.

The Taoist of Yinshan could never have imagined that this thing would be in Xiao Ran's hands.

At this moment, his heart was truly in turmoil. Although he had great means, he was just an ant in the underworld.

Xiao Ran is also an ant, but this is an ant with the word "official" stuck on his butt.

In just a few breaths, the expression on Yinshan Taoist's face changed from confusion and shock to unwillingness and loss, and finally he forced out a flattering smile.

"Chongshan, what are you still standing there for? Come on, kowtow to your senior brother."

"what??"

The middle-aged man who came to greet the Taoist from Yinshan was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Xiao Ran beside him with an incredible look on his face.

How come a senior brother suddenly appeared out of nowhere? ? I have never heard of him before? ?
Besides, the man at this age doesn't look like his senior brother?

But under the gaze of the old Taoist priest, the man did not dare to think too much. He hurriedly knelt on the ground respectfully and kowtowed to Xiao Ran.

“Knock three times!”

"Oh!"

Chongshan was extremely depressed, thinking: "Kowtow to the eldest brother? Kowtow three times? I have never heard of such a rule?"

Although he was depressed, he still kowtowed three times to Xiao Ran respectfully.

Xiao Ran didn't look at Chongshan who was kneeling on the ground, but just stared at the old Taoist priest in front of him: "Master, this shouldn't be right. My junior brother came all the way to pick you up, why are you letting my junior brother kneel down?"

Yinshan Taoist wanted to curse at this moment, but the smile on his face became even stronger: "As it should be, you are my last disciple. The future of Master will depend on you. You have the final say in our sect."

"Master, did you take the wrong medicine?"

When Chongshan heard this, he had only one thought in his mind: Maybe his master had eaten arsenic and gone crazy? ?

Is this his nature?

What about that old devil who used his apprentice as material when they disagreed with each other? ?
"Junior brother."

Just as Chongshan was stunned, Xiao Ran turned around and asked, "Junior brother, what did Master ask you to do?"

"Oh, Master just sent me a message, asking me to bring some money."

"Where's the money?"

Chongshan took out two golden banknotes from his sleeve.

Xiao Ran took the money and took a closer look. "Oh, it clearly says on this note, 1,000 underworld money. Two of them equal 2,000. Although this treasure note is not issued by Penglai Pavilion, Donglongfang, or Changchun Society, it clearly says it is underworld money, which means this money is also used by beginners."

Chongshan came with such a large sum of money, probably to redeem the old Taoist priest from Yinshan.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran narrowed his eyes and looked at the old Taoist priest with a flattering look on his face.

"Master, this is my first time here, so let me walk with you. You are not feeling well, so just lie down and rest. I will come to pick you up later."

The old Taoist priest watched Xiao Ran put all the money into his pocket and knew that Xiao Ran would not let him go so easily.

He was furious but did not dare to say anything. After all, Xiao Ran was an official now. Even if he was just a ghost messenger, he was still an official. If he turned against him at this time, Xiao Ran would not need to do anything, these ghosts would attack him first.

He is not afraid of the ghost soldiers, but if he alarms the ghost general guarding the gate, he will be really finished.

"Of course, of course, Chongshan, just take Senior Brother out for some fun, and don't worry about Master here."

"Yes!"

Chongshan clasped his hands respectfully, then turned to look at Xiao Ran: "Big Brother, let's talk while we walk."

"it is good."

Xiao Ran nodded to Chongshan, then turned around, took out a treasure note and handed it to the ghost merchant next to him, pointing to the old Taoist priest sitting on the goods: "I've reserved this Laobang vegetable. This is the deposit. I'll give you the remaining half when I come back. You must not sell this Laobang vegetable, otherwise..."

Xiao Ran shook his legs and put on [Evil Suppression Order]

"Yes Yes Yes……"

The three ghost merchants nodded repeatedly, feeling depressed. Why did the master and apprentice treat each other with respect all the way, but suddenly changed their attitude when they arrived at the city gate?

As for the old Taoist priest, his face almost collapsed to the ground.

What does it mean to be caught in a cocoon? Now that's it. I had originally planned to mortgage myself to the ghost merchant, which would not only make it convenient for me to travel, but also would not worry about Xiao Ran getting angry. Once I reach the city gate and regain my freedom, it would be easy for me to catch this guy.

Just because he is a living person, he dare not go west even if he is told to go east.

As a result, this guy did not play by the rules and turned into a police officer. Now he is being detained here.

He could only watch Xiao Ran take Chongshan and the others away, lying on the cargo box with a wronged look on his face, feeling extremely regretful, thinking to himself: "Could this be the retribution that the old crow mentioned?"

……

"Big Brother...you and Master are..."

When walking into Fengdu City, Chongshan did not forget to carefully test the relationship between Xiao Ran and Yinshan Taoist.

"Need I say more?" Xiao Ran took out the [Zhen Jing] that the Yinshan Taoist had given him from the space and shook it in front of Chongshan.

Seeing that all these things were in Xiao Ran's hands, Chongshan couldn't help but feel a little jealous: "Master is so good to you."

"Oh, of course."

"But how did you address the master just now... Old Helper? Isn't that inappropriate?"

Xiao Ran paused when he heard this, turned back to look at Chongshan, and patted his shoulder meaningfully: "Junior brother, people who are favored are always fearless."

Seeing his bewildered look, Xiao Ran didn't intend to explain to him. He changed the subject and said, "This is my first time here. Please introduce the local customs and practices to me."

"okay!"

Chongshan has been an old ghost running business in Fengdu for many years.

As they walked, he introduced to Xiao Ran the local customs and culture, or rather... the life in hell.

Wherever a group of people walk, doors are opened and bridges are built over water. Even if you suddenly want to sit down, you don’t have to worry about sitting on the ground, as a more comfortable chair will automatically fall under your butt.

If people only knew the introduction, they would think that this must be a world with highly advanced technology.

However, what Xiao Ran saw was a gate made of countless skeletons, with sixteen men and women embedded in the gate to act as locks. They didn't know how long they had been embedded in this gate. There was only numbness on their faces, without any other expression.

The two sides of the black river are bridges built with human bodies, which ensure that they are separated as soon as the ferry passes by, and then re-entangled again after the ferry passes.

The romance of the stone bridge seems even more cruel at this moment.

Even some young children can become benches and appear under people's buttocks at the first time when they are needed.

"In Fengdu, you have to pay spiritual taxes every month. If you can't pay enough spiritual taxes, you have to work and become a part of Fengdu."

Xiao Ran's mouth twitched a few times and he thought, "Well, this is even worse than cattle and horses in real life."

"Is there no way to get rid of this?" Xiao Ran lowered his head and looked at the black bricks under his feet. The bricks were square and each one was symmetrical and neat, but if you look closely, you can see that the outline of a human body is still retained on the bricks.

It's like squeezing a person into a brick like this.

"This one……"

Chongshan was about to explain to Xiao Ran.

I saw a group of people walking out of the alley ahead.

These people, wearing black robes, holding incense burners and mourning sticks in their hands, walked towards us in a line.

Seeing this, Chongshan quickly dodged to the back, then lowered his head, not daring to look directly at him.

Before Xiao Ran could ask, he saw these people suddenly stopped in front of Xiao Ran, which made Xiao Ran immediately alert.

However, after just glancing at Xiao Ran, the other party surprisingly bowed slightly towards Xiao Ran, then turned and walked aside.

Xiao Ran didn't understand what was going on. It was not until these people left that Chongshan walked up to Xiao Ran and looked at him with a complicated expression.

"Big Brother, are you an official?"

Chongshan couldn't tell Xiao Ran's identity. He was just a ghost, or to put it bluntly, a puppet left here by the Yinshan Taoist. He didn't have that high level of Taoism. When he saw that even the ghost messenger saluted Xiao Ran, he guessed that Xiao Ran, the eldest senior brother, was probably not an ordinary person.

"they are……"

Xiao Ran did not answer Chongshan, but just looked at the figures in black robes and asked curiously.

"They are ghost messengers and the Repair Department, responsible for repairing all the buildings in Fengdu, and..." At the end, Chongshan said two words with a strange look on his face: "Blessing."

"Blessing?"

"Yes, do you want to go and have a look?"

As the saying goes, seeing is believing. Seeing this, Xiao Ran simply followed him.

I saw the group of people walking in small steps into a dim alley, at the end of which was a lantern hanging.

"Cough cough cough..."

As if sensing someone coming, an old face appeared on the lantern. He coughed heavily a few times, and then tried to make his light burn brighter.

The black-robed man at the head lifted his hat, revealing a face like a skull. He took out a thick book from under his wide sleeves, and after opening it, the sound of pages rustling could be heard until they stopped at the page in front of him with a lantern painted on it.

"Song Yifan, your spiritual life is almost over. It has been 436 years, 7 months and 28 days since you last chose to bless. So, will you choose mercy or blessing?"

"If I choose to be kind, can I start a new life?"

"Your spiritual resources are not enough for you to enter the human realm, but you can enter the beast realm. The life of a beast is not bad now. If you are lucky, you can be reborn as a panda or a tiger, which is also a good blessing."

“I choose to bless.”

The old man on the lantern did not hesitate and chose to bless again.

Hearing this, the man in black robe said no more, took the lantern off the wall, blew out the light, and placed it in a mold: "This is the second time you have accepted the blessing. See you again in six hundred years!"

After saying that, several other men in black robes grabbed the mold with both hands and punched it twice. Then they took out a red-hot iron brick from the incense burner and smashed it heavily on the lantern in the mold.

"Squeak!!!"

Accompanied by a wisp of green smoke and a scream of pain, when the mold was opened again, a square black brick appeared in everyone's sight...

(End of this chapter)