Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 322 The Locust God Arrives

The green smoke rushed straight into the sky, like a barrier, blocking the dim clouds in the sky out.

The two clouds of smoke collided with each other, and there was a thunderbolt from the blue.

By now even the most obtuse people began to realize that something was wrong and they all walked out of the house, looking at the two clouds of smoke colliding and entangled above their heads.

“Sister!!” Gao Yuting rushed home and ran straight to her sister’s courtyard. Seeing Gao Lan sitting in the courtyard and looking up at the sky, she hurried forward and said, “Sister, stop looking. Go hide in the cellar. They are going to fight the gods!”

Gao Yuting was extremely anxious. It was not a coincidence that the Nuo tribe held the Nuo opera today. Instead, it was a preparation they had made early because they had noticed that the locust god from the north was heading towards Wancheng.

All the powerful families in Wancheng got the news of this incident early on and went into hiding to seek refuge.

He was originally out of town, and when he noticed something was wrong, he immediately asked someone and found out. So he rushed home as soon as he heard the news because he knew that his stepmother and younger brothers at home would definitely not care about Gao Lan's life or death.

But when she entered the house, she found that all the servants in the house had hidden themselves and no one came to inform her sister.

This made Gao Yuting both shocked and angry. Fighting gods seemed to have nothing to do with ordinary people, but the danger involved was definitely not something ordinary people could predict.

When gods fight, mortals suffer. Even if a slightly stronger residual force falls on Wancheng, no one knows how many people will die.

At the very least, the people in the city will suffer from serious illness; at the worst, the entire city will be in chaos and turned into a living hell.

Those beasts at home hid themselves in the underground palace that had been dug long ago, but left their sister outside. Aren’t they deliberately trying to kill her?

Faced with Gao Yuting's anxious mood, Gao Lan instead signaled to her sister not to be so anxious.

"Don't worry, it hasn't started yet."

Gao Lan is blind, but not completely blind. Her eyes cannot see those worldly things, but she can see things that are completely different from ordinary people. At this moment, her eyes look at the two groups of clouds stirring together above her head, and she can see two blurry figures in her eyes, who are testing each other and turning the clouds at hand into thousands of troops and horses to rush towards each other.

Mortals cannot see this kind of divine power, but Gao Lan can see it clearly. It is much more exciting than the blurry world in front of her eyes on weekdays. How can she help but take a few more glances at it?

"Sister!" Don't look at Gao Yuting acting decisively outside.

But facing his powerless sister, he couldn't get angry at all.

"Forget it. If we want to see it, we have to find a safe place. Let's go to the back mountain. If there is an accident, we can hide in the Yuquan Cave in the back mountain. My master is there. At the very least, he can keep you safe."

Having said that, he picked up his sister without saying anything and ran towards the back mountain.

In fact, Gao Lan was not the only one who could see the situation in the sky clearly.

Nowadays, there are many martial arts masters gathered in Wancheng. Some of these people are just filling the numbers, but there are also real masters among them. They want to see if there are any new changes in this gathering of martial arts masters.

What Gao Lan could see, Xiao Ran could also see. He had special eyes and could see the shadows of ghosts and gods emerging from the green smoke from time to time, or urging the green smoke to transform into galloping horses, or drawing a bow and shooting arrows directly at the figure behind the yellow cloud.

These mirror images may seem illusory, but they are actually full of danger.

However, the deity represented by the Nuo opera was obviously suppressed by the figure in the yellow cloud. The other party gave a slight push with his big hand, and the rolling yellow cloud came with overwhelming force.

At this moment, even ordinary people in the city could hear the whistling sound coming from the sky.

In an instant, the smoke began to dissipate and the situation took a turn for the worse.

"broken!!"

In the teahouse, an old man playing the erhu was watching this scene with his heart in his throat.

Although the old man was old, his hands were covered with calluses and he wore a small hat on his head. When he noticed the sudden change in the situation above his head, he couldn't help but clench the erhu in his hands.

In addition to this old man, there were also people in the pavilion in the distance who said, "Not good, Nuomen is going to be at a disadvantage."

"How could this happen? Isn't it said that Nuomen has thirty-six gods? How come they can't defeat an evil god?"

There were many martial artists around the pavilion. They couldn't see the specific situation, but when they heard this, they couldn't help but ask.

At this time, someone explained: "There are eight main Nuo plays and eight external plays. There are also three categories: the main play, the Nuo hall play, and the external stage play. Although it is a means of exorcising evil spirits and avoiding demons, it is only an external stage play at the moment. The Nuo sect has not yet opened, so it has reached its limit to have such a magical effect."

The original opera is the core of Nuo opera and belongs to rituals. It has fixed repertoires, such as "The Fairy Descends into the World", "Zhong Kui Catches Ghosts" and "The Five Devils". The plots are simple and mostly sung in witch tunes.

The repertoire performed has to go through eight major rituals, namely, sending out the gongcao, setting up the camp, inviting the gods, setting the position, excavating the land, pointing the heroes and sending the gods, reuniting the Jiang girls, and making wishes and sending off the gods.

There are three steps required: opening the Nuo altar, opening the hole, and closing the altar. It seems simple but is actually quite complicated, no less than the Taoist Luotian Dajiao.

Nuotang opera is more relaxed, with a stronger secular and entertainment component. It is often performed in the "opera singing" part of rituals. The performance has a certain procedure and the singing style has certain changes. It is relatively less strict, but it also belongs to the category of rituals, but it is more inclined to be performed in the homes of wealthy families.

The third category is the current foreign stage operas. This type of repertoire has a high degree of operaticization and is accessible to most ordinary people. It is down-to-earth. There are relatively few repertoires that are unique to Nuo operas, and the ritual effect is the worst. Even now, it mostly relies on the power of Nuo believers' incense.

This person's statement can barely be regarded as an explanation, but it can only fool laymen, not those errand runners who travel all over the country. To put it bluntly, the thirty-six gods of Nuomen are not real gods. They dare not go out and fight the locust god head-on, so they choose to use the external stage play, relying on the power of the people's incense and incense to resist. If they fail, Nuomen will have room for maneuver and can test the depth of the locust god.

However, if Nuomen did this, the people would inevitably become victims. Even if they succeeded in stopping the locust god, the people of Wancheng would probably get seriously ill out of nowhere. Those with weaker physical constitutions would probably be sent away on the spot.

If we lose, it will be even more troublesome.

It’s just that those who understand these words don’t dare to say them, for fear that saying them out loud may cause unrest and lead to a lot of unnecessary trouble.

"Dong dong dong..."

The Nuo dancers on the street had begun foaming at the mouth, and blood was even flowing out from under their strange masks, but their bodies were still making all kinds of bizarre dance moves.

When the people on the street saw this scene, they were not frightened but became more pious. They threw handfuls of incense sticks into the incense burner. Suddenly, billowing smoke rose from the incense burner, like the wolf smoke from a beacon tower rising straight into the sky.

"Rumble..."

Yellow clouds rolled in the sky and green smoke dissipated. In Xiao Ran's eyes, the locust god was invincible. In the blink of an eye, he split mountains and opened up land, penetrated the void, and defeated several of the thirty-six gods on the spot.

"puff!!"

While several ghosts and gods were being dispersed, the bones of the actors performing the Nuo dance in the team were crackling, blood was flowing under their masks, and their bodies fell to the ground, looking no different from mud.

The Locust God continued to attack.

With a slap, he grasped one of the ghosts in his palm, and then squeezed it hard to disperse it.

The Nuo opera actor who also played the role of this ghost didn't even have time to scream before his flesh and blood contracted in full view of everyone, and he instantly turned into a giant meatball.

"What the hell is this? They are totally on a different level?"

Xiao Ran frowned as he watched this scene, thinking to himself, "The Yellow Disaster has not yet arrived, but the Locust God has arrived first. The Yellow Disaster Army is probably determined to swallow up Wancheng first."

In fact, this idea is correct.

Wancheng has a dangerous terrain. Although it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Wancheng is known as the granary of Ruzhou. Although the terrain near Ruzhou City is not easy to defend, Lu Cheng had already ordered the relocation of the people, fortified the city and cleared the fields, and prepared to defend it.

Once the Yellow Disaster Army attacks Ruzhou City and fails to capture it, they will be besieged by the Nuo Clan of Wancheng and the Taiyin Society of Runing, and even their retreat will be cut off.

"what!!"

At this time, screams came from the Nuo opera team below, and more and more Nuo opera performers fell to the ground.

The only remaining Nuo performers surrounded the incense burner, marching in neat steps and dancing, twisting their bodies like crazy.

Although the fireworks in the incense burner were getting bigger and bigger, everyone could feel that the dim haze in the sky was getting heavier, and everyone's face was turned waxy yellow.

"Boom! The Locust God is coming!!"

A shout seemed to come from far away. The sound was not loud, but every citizen in the city heard it clearly...

"Warning! You are under the influence of the Locust God, please evade as soon as possible!!"

Xiao Ran had already heard the warning in his ears, but it was too late to run now. Xiao Ran looked around and found that it was not just himself, but everyone else. Even the people hiding in the teahouse, their faces began to turn sallow, and some people's eyes even turned dim.

A faint yellow breath slowly began to diffuse from his body...

Seeing this, Xiao Ran did not dare to hesitate, and quickly clasped his hands together, using the corpse technique - Half-Gate Yin and Yang. His own corpse qi quickly spread and covered his body, and he entered a half-dead state. Only then did he get rid of the troubles of the dim qi.

"I can't wait any longer!"

After using half of the Yin-Yang technique, Xiao Ran did not hesitate at all and used his lightness skills to head straight towards the Gao family.

He had never actually been to the Gao family, but he had been to the Gao family's house before when he was looking for Lu Cheng's soul to bring back.

So finding the Gao family was easy, and they soon arrived at the Gao family’s gate.

Without caring whether there were any guards at home, Xiao Ran leaped onto the roof beam and headed to look for his sister-in-law whom he had only met once. He was prepared to use his [Spiritual Clothes] to forcibly send his sister-in-law away. At the very least, he would send her out of Wancheng first.

However, when Xiao Ran was trying to find his sister-in-law's room based on his memory, a cool breeze blew, and Xiao Ran felt the hairs on his body stand up. A chill went through his collar and into his arms. He raised his head and looked at the sky in confusion.

Crystal clear snowflakes like goose feathers fell on my hands.

"Snowing……"

　There is one more update, probably before 12 o'clock, I'll do it as soon as possible.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)