Infinite Puzzle City
Chapter 575: Unfortunately, you met today
Chapter 575: Unfortunately, you met today
The Exiled Immortal’s Ferry is a kind of fate recorded in the Fate Chart.
Those who carry this fate are without a trace, cannot be calculated, and cannot be tracked. Wherever they go, fog appears. The things they investigate are like floats in the water. They are hidden and unparalleled, and have no name in the three realms.
This fate pattern is extremely rare, and is unique to assassins and hermits in the world.
The reason why Xiao Ran chose to arrange this pattern for himself was, on the one hand, that he would need to take action against the Changchun Society next, and with this fate evil spirit protecting him, he would not be afraid of being plotted against by them.
On the other hand, I really have no choice. I don’t have many fate stars in my hands, and this is the only one that can be arranged and put to practical use.
This life evil pattern requires four life evils.
[Year Pillar: Pine Snow and Wild Goose Footprints] [Moon Pillar: Flying Horse Stepping on Snow] [Day Pillar: Moon Shadows in Pairs] [Hour Pillar: River Flowing from the East]
However, Xiao Ran only has two of them, so he can only configure a low-end version of the fate bureau for himself.
Xiao Ran waved his hand, and three fateful spirits lined up in a row in the space and landed in front of him.
They are [Year Pillar: Pine Snow and Wild Goose Footprints] [Moon Pillar: Flying Lu Stepping on Snow] [Day Pillar: Snowfall and Wind]
As for the hour column, Xiao Ran’s current plum blossom evil on the hour column is enough and no change is needed.
After making preparations, Xiao Ran stretched out his hand, and the silver thread on his palm popped up, rolled up the life-saving spirit in front of him, and then stabbed it into his body.
As Xiao Ran’s consciousness focused on the silver thread, the silver thread seemed to pass through his flesh and then penetrate into the darkness behind Xiao Ran.
In a moment, Xiao Ran saw where his life palace was.
This was not the first time he had observed his own palace, but every time he saw the four bare pillars, he felt that this place was a bit shabby.
“what!”
Xiao Ran looked at the four life pillars. Each of them had a life curse. When he was in Huangquan before, the life curses hanging on them were completely different from what he saw today. He remembered that the old demon said that the three life curses hanging on his were called “Hanging Sword, Ending, and Broken Fate”.
It looks like a sword, a broken ruler, and a withered branch.
Now it seems that there is still the sword on the year pillar, without any change. It is the sword evil, representing killing.
But on the moon column, it turned into a black bird.
Xiao Ran compared the horoscope and found that this was the “Xuanniao Sha” horoscope: Xuanniao breaks the catastrophe, represents rebirth, breaking the hardship, and having a strong fortune.
“Well, it seems that my luck has changed since I became the Plum Blossom Taoist.”
Above the sun pillar, there is a withered branch. Originally there was one yellow leaf on it, but now there are three or four of them. However, it is still shaky and may wither at any time.
“It seems that although my luck is good, it hasn’t changed much. It’s still the fate of breaking relationships. But it doesn’t matter. I can change it myself!”
The greatest power a smuggler has is to change his own fate.
At this moment, Xiao Ran controlled the life-killing sword in his hand, carefully took down the long sword on the year pillar, and then placed the year pillar, Songxue Hongzhua, on it.
As the fate changed, a cold wind blew up out of nowhere in Xiao Ran’s fate palace, and snowflakes fell from the year pillar.
Following closely were [Moon Pillar·Flying Lu Treading Snow] and [Sun Pillar·Snowfall Wind]. As Xiao Ran completed the conversion between the two, the four life pillars trembled slightly and resonated with each other. The originally barren and desolate life palace was suddenly covered by a blizzard.
In the blizzard, the four life pillars were submerged in the snow, with only a wisp of plum blossom shadow faintly visible in the cold snow.
“Although it’s a low-profile version, the effect looks pretty good.”
Xiao Ran looked at the changed fate of his life and felt very satisfied.
As for the replaced fate stars, they were naturally brought out by Xiao Ran using the fate suture. The ratings of these fate stars were not high, all were C, and only the Xuanniao was rated B.
But this does not mean that these fates are bad.
Although the ratings of life evil spirits vary, even the worst life evil spirit has a unique numerology. When combined with other life evil spirits, it can still form various strange life evil situations.
For example, the fate evil star [Hanging Sword] represents the path of killing, but the person is carrying a sharp weapon and has a murderous intent, which is most likely to bring him into trouble.
But if you can find the three fate evil spirits [Sealed Sword], [Red Furnace] and [White Owl], you can form the top fortune pattern [Four Sword Tribulations: Floating Life and Snow]
This is a top-level killing opportunity, but it is not so easy to come by.
The next morning.
In front of the door, Qiu Kui handed the lunch box he had prepared to Xiao Ran.
“How long will it take for my brother to come back this time? Sister Liu said that she might leave soon, and then I will be the only one left at home.”
Qiu Kui looked at Xiao Ran with red eyes.
The reluctant look made Xiao Ran feel a sharp pain in his heart. In his heart, he had already regarded Qiu Kui as his own family. If possible, he really wanted to keep Qiu Kui by his side.
However, Qiu Kui is a bone spirit, the soul of this house, and Xiao Ran is powerless to take her away.
Before Xiao Ran could speak, Jin Chanzi stepped forward, touched Qiu Kui’s forehead, took out a black talisman from his sleeve and handed it to Qiu Kui: “This is the talisman I promised to give you before. It’s already made. Keep it close to you. It may be of great use in the future.”
Qiu Kui looked at the talisman handed over by Jin Chanzi, and suddenly seemed to have a premonition of something. She pushed Jin Chanzi away, hugged Xiao Ran’s arm and cried, “No, I don’t want the talisman. I want my brother to come back. He must come back. Qiu Kui is waiting for you at home.”
Xiao Ran reached out and hugged Qiu Kui: “Be good, wait for me to come back. No matter how far I go, I will come back. This is my home. When I come back next time, I will bring you a lot of delicious food.”
Qiu Kui still refused to let go, as if Xiao Ran would disappear if she let go.
“Meow!!”
At this time, a cat’s meow interrupted Qiukui’s crying. Bai Xu jumped down from the beam like a king inspecting the territory, and then jumped into Qiukui’s arms.
Looking at the white fluff in her arms, Qiu Kui slowly stopped crying.
“Meow!!”
Bai Xu was in Qiu Kui’s arms and called out to Xiao Ran twice.
It seemed like he was telling her something, but unfortunately Xiao Ran couldn’t understand, so he could only say, “I’ll leave the house to you.”
“Meow!”
Bai Xu responded and lay lazily in Qiu Kui’s arms.
“Sister Liu!! Let’s go.”
Xiao Ran looked up at the window on the third floor. Sister Liu was standing at the window and waved at Xiao Ran. Next to her was the spell pattern diagram drawn by Xiao Ran. Although it was still not complete, it was enough for Sister Liu to study for a long time.
“Let’s go.”
Xiao Ran nodded to Jin Chanzi, who quickly handed the talisman to Qiu Kui and reminded him again: “Don’t throw it away, this thing is still very important to you.”
This time Qiu Kui did not refuse and carefully took the black talisman.
Xiao Ran and the other two did not look back and walked out of the alley quickly. Why three people? Because the old demon Qing Hai was also there. This guy did not want to stay in the gourd, so Xiao Ran simply let him follow him. When he was bored, he could chat with him about the underworld to kill time.
“Where are we going next?”
Although it was daytime and those evil spirits would not go out, Xiao Ran still asked Jin Chanzi to change his Taoist robe and put on the [Hercules Mask] just in case. Of course, the old demon Qinghai beside him was no exception.
After all, there are Changchun Society’s spies everywhere.
After leaving Guling Street, the three of them came to the bus stop, but instead of walking forward, they went to the opposite side of the road, which was the direction to walk backwards.
[Guling Street], [Chengguan Avenue], [Longlin Road], [The Fifth Hospital], [Jiaomu Village], [Dongxiachi].
Xiao Ran looked at the stations on the railway station and found that there were several new places.
Moreover, these places looked familiar to Xiao Ran, especially Longlin Road and Dongxiachi.
Longlin Road is a famous street in Los Angeles. It’s not that the street is famous, but there is a soup restaurant here called Longlin Road No. 1 Beef Soup. It was already a very famous soup restaurant when Xiao Ran was very young.
As for Dongxiachi, this place is the largest urban village in Los Angeles. I don’t know how many migrant workers rent here as the first place after coming to Los Angeles. It is a mixed crowd, and all kinds of people can be found here.
Every time night falls, those barbershops that are closed during the day will light up pink lights at night. Occasionally, when pedestrians pass by, the young lady sitting at the door will ask if they want to wash their hair.
“Well, it should be because the two places became polluted areas after the fall of the Lost City.”
Xiao Ran was thinking to himself, these two places are both densely populated residential areas in Los Angeles, and he wondered what they look like now.
But this has nothing to do with him. Xiao Ran is going to the Fifth Hospital.
Xiao Ran had passed by this place several times while taking the bus, but had never thought of going there.
But today, Xiao Ran is going here, not for strolling around, nor for the mission reward. Xiao Ran’s purpose is very simple, to destroy it!
According to Shouye’s memory, this is one of the most important industries of Changchun Association. Too many resources and specialties of Changchun Association come from this place.
Since he had closed the Seventh Middle School and caused serious damage to the Changchun Guild, Xiao Ran would severely damage the Changchun Guild today.
Thinking that these bastards had begun to set their sights on him, Xiao Ran couldn’t help but clench his fists.
At this time, three more people came from across the street.
The three of them walked to the station, looked at Xiao Ran and the other two, and then carefully kept a distance from them.
Not long after, the bus number 404 that Xiao Ran was familiar with appeared in sight.
Xiao Ran and the other two got on the bus first, bought three tickets to the Fifth Hospital, and found a seat by the window.
It was still the familiar carriage, but it was a little dirtier than before. It seemed that the driver was different from his eldest brother and didn’t like to clean so much.
Xiao Ran saw the bus rules on the side, but it was covered with graffiti. Seeing this place that was once full of happy times become like this, Xiao Ran couldn’t help but sigh in his heart.
Seeing this, the three people following behind looked at each other. The man on the left who was sitting in front of Xiao Ran and the other two turned his head to look at Xiao Ran.
“Brother, are you going to the Fifth Hospital? Are you going to be medicine men?”
“Medicine man? What is that?”
Xiao Ran was confused, but nodded and asked, “You too?”
Seeing this, the three of them smiled. The bald man on the right smiled at Xiao Ran and said, “You are lucky. This is my eldest brother, the deputy director of the medical department. You can follow us when we get off the car.”
“Deputy Director!” Xiao Ran looked surprised.
“We have recently created a potion that can greatly improve the strength of beginners. If you are willing, you can try it in advance. How about it? There are not many places left.”
The man who was called deputy director looked at Xiao Ran with a smile.
“This…will it be dangerous?” Xiao Ran looked a little hesitant.
“No, it’s basically safe. It’s just that the side effects are a little unstable. It will pass after a while. And the reward this time is very generous, 500 underworld coins, plus an E-level professional spell pattern. How about it?”
“Hmm… I’ll think about it.”
Xiao Ran lowered his head, looking conflicted.
The three of them didn’t urge him, but just glanced at the driver: “Master, drive faster, we are in a hurry.”
The driver nodded nervously when he heard that. He didn’t have the oppressive feeling that Big Brother Xiao Ran had when driving at all. His timid look made the three men sneer unscrupulously.
Seeing this, Xiao Ran frowned: “You… don’t seem to have bought tickets.”
“Buy a ticket?”
Xiao Ran’s words startled the three of them, and then they suddenly burst into laughter. “Why buy a ticket? I’m riding in his car. He’s lucky.”
At first the three were still unsure, but now they are certain that the three little guys in front of them should be newcomers who have just become beginners and are willing to spend money to buy tickets.
Seeing the three people acting recklessly, Xiao Ran frowned and pointed to the graffitied rule board next to him: “But it says there will be people checking tickets.”
“You’re talking about that weird story, right? It happened a long time ago, who would still remember it?” The deputy director said, and then looked at his two companions, “Did you buy the tickets?”
“No.”
“What about you?”
“Who the hell would buy a ticket?”
“Hahaha.”
The three of them laughed loudly, and then the deputy director turned around and said to Xiao Ran, “Don’t be afraid. I don’t remember encountering such a strange story.”
“Yeah, I even suspect that this weird story was written by your driver himself.”
“If this weird story really happened, I want to see what basis he has to check our tickets.”
“Yeah, I’ve never encountered this weird story before.”
The three of them did not shy away from the driver’s loud comments. The driver lowered his head and drove obediently, as if there were donkey hairs in his ears.
Looking at the arrogant expressions of the three people, Xiao Ran sighed and then stood up from the chair.
“Sometimes, I have to say that people’s luck is very important.”
As he spoke, he took out the [Red Armband] from the space, slowly put it on his arm, stared straight at the three people, and a smile appeared at the corner of his lips.
“Unfortunately, you met him today…”
(End of this chapter)