Lord of Puro

Chapter 475 What a Big Mountain
Five days later, Liao Zihui looked at the sunset outside the window, picked up the teacup, and took a sip silently.

Secretary Ling Sujun walked in, her deep eye sockets filled with darkness.

"General, do we still need everyone to prepare for battle today?"

Liao Zihui thought for a while and asked, "Has all the tea been distributed?"

“It was sent out the day before yesterday.”

"Is there any medicine mixed in it?"

"It has been added, but the effect is not obvious. Do I need to increase the dosage?"

Liao Zihui took another sip of tea and said, "Let's get off work."

Ling Sujun bowed deeply to Liao Zihui, didn't dare to ask any more questions, and turned away.

Liao Zihui put on his coat and looked in the drawer before leaving the office. He wondered whether he should listen to the microphone again.

He opened the drawer, hesitated for a moment, and then closed it.

As long as you listen to the headset, you will definitely hear Li Qi's voice.

Li Qi would definitely use some obscure way to express his intention to attack the Guanfang Hall.

And because of what he said, I couldn't sleep that night.

No one knows Li Qi’s true thoughts, but since no one knows, why make things difficult for yourself?

Just pretend it never happened.

Deputy General Manager Xia Shumin was waiting at the office door with two tickets to Xiaoyaowu. When he saw Liao Zihui coming out, Xia Shumin hurried to meet him.

"General, I heard that you like Jiang Mengting's songs. There is a special performance of Jiang Mengting in Xiaoyaowu tonight. I bought two tickets for you. You and your wife can go there to relax tonight."

Liao Zihui accepted the ticket and said with a smile: "Xiao Xia, you are in good spirits."

Xia Shumin smiled and said, "There were many urgent tasks in the past, so I'm used to it."

Liao Zihui nodded: "It's good to be young, it's really good to be young. My wife doesn't like Jiang Mengting, so why don't we go to Xiaoyaowu to listen to music tonight."

Xia Shumin waved his hand and said, "To be honest, I don't like this either. I watched a concert when I was young. The place was too noisy and too far away from the stage. I just followed a group of people shouting and couldn't even see the singer."

"You can see it here! Concerts in Provo are different! There aren't many people in a venue, and there aren't microphones or anything like that. You can hear the original flavor and see the original form.
Let's go together, have a drink or two and a meal at Xiaoyaowu, and the show will be about to start in two hours."

……

"Mengting, the concert is about to start, you can't lose your temper!" Manager Zhang of Xiaoyaowu was very anxious. The concert was about to start, but Jiang Mengting said that her throat was uncomfortable and she couldn't sing.

"You are so dumb when I speak, how can you sing? Put a notice on the door and say we can reschedule."

Manager Zhang said anxiously, "Auntie, the tickets were sold out a month in advance. You want me to reschedule now? The Xiaoyaowu signboard will be destroyed. I beg you, I will kowtow to you, can you just go on stage and sing two songs? It will be considered an explanation."

Jiang Mengting just refused to go on stage, so Manager Zhang quickly told Li Banfeng about the matter.

Li Banfeng accompanied Jiang Mengting for dinner and personally fed Jiang Mengting a bowl of medicine to clear the lungs and moisten the throat. Jiang Mengting recovered and was able to perform in the evening.

The concert began. Li Banfeng sat down in the audience and looked up to see Liao Zihui in the box on the second floor.

Li Banfeng entered the box and sat next to Liao Zihui. Looking at his dark circles under his eyes, he asked, "General Manager Liao, you don't look very well. Did you stay up late these past two days?"

Liao Zihui smiled and said, "Yes, I have been thinking about you these days. I thought you could come to the Guanfang Hall for a visit, but you haven't come yet."

Li Banfeng was surprised and asked, "Since you are thinking about me, why don't you come to Xiaoyaowu to find me?"

Liao Zihui nodded: "Last time I came to see you, you didn't look at me in a good mood."

Xia Shumin saw through the trick and greeted him: "This is Mr. Li, right?"

Li Banfeng looked at Xia Shumin and asked, "What's this person's name?"

Liao Zihui said: "This is the new General Envoy Xia."

Li Banfeng was surprised and asked, "A new envoy has arrived? Envoy Liao, are you retiring?"

Liao Zihui sighed: "I've been looking forward to this day."

Li Banfeng looked at Xia Shumin and said, "Are you looking forward to this day too?"

"I didn't..." Xia Shumin took a breath. He wanted to say that he didn't hope so, but he felt that it was not appropriate to say so.

Liao Zihui said, "It's usually not appropriate to talk about this kind of thing in front of me. So, you guys can chat here, and I'll go downstairs and sit and listen to some music."

Li Banfeng was still a little embarrassed: "How can I let you change places? Envoy Xia and I will find a place to talk alone. You must not know about this."

Xia Shumin laughed dryly and said, "Mr. Li is really good at joking. Let's just concentrate on listening to the song."

Li Banfeng really wanted to talk to them more about the topic of retirement, but while he was talking, he suddenly felt a palpitation in his heart.

This feels so familiar.

Someone is clearing the land!
He said goodbye, left the box, quickly returned to his room, entered Suishenju, and said to the old man: "Let's go to the station, the station on my territory."

A few minutes later, Li Banfeng borrowed all the power from Hong Ying, left Suishenju, arrived at his own territory, and walked towards the direction where he felt the land was being reclaimed.

The first person who appeared in sight was Cuitik.

Li Banfeng immediately gave up the idea of ​​responding to the reclamation. Asking him to open up the wasteland here would be a destruction to the monsters in the world.

But he was not the only one who came to open up the wasteland. Li Banfeng counted and found that there were fifteen people in total. The one waiting for news in front of the altar was Chu Huaiyuan.

She came to open up new land?
I haven't seen her these few days. Why did she come to Xindi?

Li Banfeng took out the Judge's Pen and the projector: "Abi, take me over there. Aji, cover me up and show some of the aura of the local god."

The projector was quickly ready. He used a cloud of black smoke to cover Li Banfeng's figure and face, leaving only a cluster of green flames floating in the smoke.

The next thing to do was to fly. Li Banfeng said to the judge, "The stop time is limited. Move faster."

"Hmph!" Judge Pen let out a long sigh, stretched, and flew to the center of the plot with Li Banfeng. The projector chose a hiding place by itself and allowed Li Banfeng to appear in front of everyone in the form of clouds.

Li Banfeng looked down at Chu Er and asked, "Do you want to open up new land?"

Chu Erzheng was puzzled as to why the local god had not responded for a long time, and thought there was something wrong with the tribute.

Unexpectedly, the local god suddenly showed up, and the pioneers became very nervous.

Chu Er replied respectfully, "Yes, I would like to develop a three-mile plot of land on your land."

"Why are you clearing land on my land?"

Are you asking about this too?
Chu Er replied, "I came here through the recommendation of a friend."

This is the truth. Chu Er was introduced by He Yuxiu. She said that this place is quiet and very suitable for Chu Er's practice.

Li Banfeng asked: "Have you chosen the pioneers?"

Chu Er answered truthfully: "All the pioneers are here."

Li Banfeng said: "Foreigners cannot open up wasteland here."

Cuitik was stunned. He didn't expect that the local gods here would discriminate against foreigners.

Is this really the local god?

This power is indeed terrifying.

Cuitik replied: "Respected God, I am not a pioneer, I am a doctor hired by the pioneers."

There were two more people behind Cuitik, both of them were doctors.

If Cuitik does not participate in the land reclamation, this matter can still be discussed.

Li Banfeng said to Chu Er, "You need to clearly state the identity of the landlord and the identity of the pioneer in the deed. Once you are fully prepared, come back tomorrow to offer tribute."

After saying this, Li Banfeng disappeared.

Chu Er had some experience in land reclamation, but she didn't know much about the local gods and didn't dare to raise any questions, so she could only rewrite the deed.

With the help of the Green Water Beggar, Cuitik has reached the ninth level of cultivation. He can sense that the local god just now is a little unreal, but he does not have much experience in land reclamation, and he does not know what the image of the local god in this state should be.

Looking into the distance, he saw the territory of Zhang Wanlong and Xiao Genzi.

In such a remote new land, there were such lush crops. Cuitik was very interested and went to the fields to take a look.

Zhang Wanlong came over carrying a hoe and greeted him with a smile: "My foreign friend, can you understand what I am saying?"

"Yes!" Cuitik nodded.

"Are you here to buy food or fruits and vegetables?"

Cuitik stared at Zhang Wanlong and looked him up and down: "I want to buy some."

……

It was time to drive, so Li Banfeng returned to Suishenju, waited for a few minutes, and then returned to Xiaoyaowu.

He handed over his business affairs to his manager, went to his personal residence to replenish some expenses, and immediately set off for the new place.

Land reclamation requires testing and calibration, which is not a problem that can be solved by simply stopping at the station. Li Banfeng must make the trip himself.

The concert had just ended and there was a lot of traffic in front of Xiaoyaowu. Li Banfeng walked forward with his hat lowered when he suddenly saw a man standing under a street light, staring with huge eyes and looking around.

These eyes are too big.

If he had spicy strips in hand, Li Banfeng would like to try it out to see if his skills within five meters were rusty.

Isn't this a light bulb?

When did he come to Provo?

Li Banfeng walked forward and stared at the light bulb for a moment.

Lamp felt nervous as he looked at the bearded man in a black suit and black hat in front of him.

Li Banfeng asked, "Are you here to see me?"

"No, it's not." The light bulb turned its face to the other side.

Li Banfeng confirmed again: "I am Li Qi, you really are not here to see me?"

"No, it's not." The light bulb's voice became smaller and smaller.

He came to find Li Qi, and Xia Shumin gave him the task of monitoring Li Qi.

The man in the black suit admitted that he was Li Qi. What did this mean to Dengbao?
This means that the situation is not good.

If this person is not Li Qi, it means that Dengbao's identity has been exposed, while he still knows nothing about the other person's identity.

If this person is Li Qi, it means that the light bulb is likely to die.

The light bulb was covered in oil and was ready to escape.

Li Banfeng gave a suggestion: "I will find a good place for you to escape to. No one can find you there."

"What?" The light bulb was stunned.

Li Banfeng grabbed the light bulb and started running.

Bulb had ridden in Xiao Zhenggong's convertible before, but even if Xiao Zhenggong stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, it couldn't go that fast.

The key light bulb couldn't hold up on its two legs and there was no time to flip it around, so it just slid on the ground.

The oil film on his body had not yet dissipated, and the light bulb didn't know how to get out.

Li Banfeng reminded: "Save some gas, keep your feet steady, this road is not short."

The light bulb didn't know how long he had been walking, nor how far he had walked. When he stopped, the oil on his body had run out, the soles of his shoes had been worn out, and his snot and tears first flowed out, then dried, and then flowed out again, forming layer upon layer of hard crust on his face.

Sitting on the ground, Lamp gasped for a long time, with his mouth twisted, and burst into tears.

"Woo~Ah~" The light bulb pointed at Li Banfeng, looked around, clapped his thighs with both hands several times, and was speechless for a long time.

Li Banfeng gave him a kettle, two cans of food and a piece of bread.

"This is a new place. There are many hunter camps nearby. If you can find a way to get out, you will survive. If you can't get out, you will be stuck here forever. Remember?"

The light bulb looked up at the bearded man, still sobbing.

Li Banfeng frowned and said, "Why are you crying? You are much better off meeting me than I was when I met you!"

Dengbao didn't understand what the bearded man meant, and Li Banfeng was in no mood to explain to him.

Watching the bearded man slowly walking away, Lamp didn't know whether he should follow him.

After thinking it over, he decided not to follow. The gap in strength between the two sides was too obvious. If he followed him for one more step, he might lose his life.

After running all this way, the light bulb was indeed hungry.

He tore open the bread, put two or three bites into his mouth, and washed it down with water.

He was just about to take a couple of bites of the canned food when he suddenly felt something slippery and greasy underneath.

Oil leak?
That shouldn't be the case. The little bit of fuel I had was used up long ago.

The light bulb looked down and found a piece of blood-red land moving beneath him.

Why does land shift?

The light bulb looked back and gradually understood the current situation.

What was moving was not the land, but a huge blood-red worm.

Did I just sit on this bug?

It seems that I am still on this bug...

Looking at the size of the worm, it was several times larger than the silkworm he had seen in the factory. Bulb wanted to cry again.

But he stopped crying and prepared to escape.

……

The next morning, Li Banfeng returned to his own territory. Chu Er had already placed tributes there, waiting for the local god's response.

Li Banfeng turned into a black cloud and carefully checked the deed, confirming that Cuitik and others would not participate in the reclamation of wasteland. Li Banfeng lit up the land.

The reclamation of the wasteland was settled, and the next step was the test. Li Banfeng returned to the residence of the master of Bashan, took the seal of the land, and went to look for the monster.

The seal of the land contains the cultivation of the land, which is the capital for hiring monsters.

Who is the right person to hire?

Fly around the field to do some publicity?

No!

This kind of street hawking is somewhat low-level.

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Post a notice?
How many monsters can understand the notice?
What's more, there is actually one person among them who can read, at least he knows the character "叶".

Li Banfeng thought of the bull-headed man. It would be a bit difficult to expect him to understand the notice, but he should be able to act as a mouthpiece.

After walking around the land, Li Banfeng found the bull-headed man in a forest. He was playing chess with the jujube tree monster.

The chess pieces are made of stone, and each person has a chessboard.

The bull-headed man threw a stone at the date tree monster: "I'll fire!"

Zaoshu blocked it with the chessboard and threw a stone back: "I'll use the chariot!"

The bull-headed man rammed into the jujube tree: "I'm going to attack you!"

Zaoshu staggered a few steps, picked up a wild horse nearby and threw it at the minotaur: "I'll jump over the horse!"

The bull-headed man was hit hard, and he threw away the chessboard and shouted, "I'm a flying elephant!"

Zaoshu sneered: "You still dare to fly like an elephant? If Master Qiu hears you, won't he kill you?"

The bull-headed man shouted, "If Master Qiu isn't here, I'm going to fly the elephant!"

Just as he was about to look for the elephant, Li Banfeng controlled the projector, the judge's pen and the wine gourd, turned into a ball of green fire, and appeared in front of the bull-headed man: "Where are you going?"

"I'm Flying Elephant..." The bull-headed man was stunned for a long time, then asked, "Who are you?"

Li Banfeng said: "I am the local god of this land."

The bull-headed man sneered: "Another one pretending to be a local god. Does a local god look like you?"

call!
A powerful force came over him, forcing the bull-headed man to take a few steps back.

Li Banfeng laughed and said, "You signed a contract with me, how could you forget me so soon?"

Zaoshu said, "Brother, this voice is the same as that of the local god!"

The bull-headed man lowered his head and asked, "What brings you here to visit me?"

Li Banfeng sighed and said, "If you haven't been to school, don't be so pretentious. Is this how you visit someone?"

The bull-headed man looked at the date tree.

The date tree snorted and said, "Look, what use am I? I don't even know what a visit is."

Li Banfeng said, "I have a business for you. There are people reclaiming wasteland in the east of the forest. There is a three-li plot of land. Find some people to test them. I will reward you afterwards."

Upon hearing this, the bull-headed man was delighted: "Let's talk about the price first. How much reward will you give for three miles of land?"

How much is appropriate to give?
In the past, when He Yuxiu, Zhang Wanlong, Youtao and others came to open up the wasteland, the monsters for the tests were all found by Meng Yuchun, and there were no rewards for finding any monsters. Li Banfeng really had no memory of how much the reward was.

Now that the bull-headed man had asked about it, if Li Banfeng went to look for Meng Yuchun again, that would reduce his status. After thinking for a moment, Li Banfeng said a number: "If you pass the test, you will be given three months to cultivate."

The leaves of the old date tree trembled, and the bull-headed man asked, "Is three months the total, or does everyone get it?"

As for the total number, three months is really a bit short.

But if everyone has it, I don’t know how many people this old man will get. If he gets 1,800 people, Li Banfeng can’t afford it, and Chu Er can’t cope with it either.

Li Banfeng said: "Everyone has one, but the maximum number of people is ten."

The bull-headed man nodded and said, "I'll go gather some help right away!"

The date tree moved and said, "I'll go with you."

Seeing how proactive they were, Li Banfeng felt that he had given too much.

how?

Compare with whom.

Compared with Qiu Luoye, this amount is indeed too much. Qiu Luoye did not give so much reward, not because he was stingy, but because he did not want the test to be too difficult.

But some local gods give more than this, because some local gods support humans, while some local gods support monsters.

The local gods who support people all want to reduce the difficulty of the examinations and try to make their land as popular as possible. Of course, there must be a basic bottom line, that is, not just anyone can come and take away the land, eventually leaving the land abandoned.

The local gods who raise monsters never expect that this land can be turned into a legitimate place. They prefer to train the monsters through generous rewards.

With more monsters, popularity will also increase. More importantly, the power of the local god will become stronger, and he can expand his territory and even completely annex the surrounding areas.

Whether to raise monsters or people is something that needs to be considered after reaching the cloud. The test is left to the bull-headed man. Li Banfeng returned to Suishenju and suddenly felt that the atmosphere was not right.

Excited.

The walls were a little hot, and there were slight rumbling and shaking from time to time. Although he didn't hear the old man's voice, Li Banfeng could sense that the whole house was excited!
The old man became excited, and everyone in the family felt scared and didn't dare to speak loudly.

Mittens woke up, ran from the shelf to Li Banfeng, and said in a low voice: "The old man found something good, it's in the third room."

"What good stuff?"

Could it be that he found the tracks himself?
Gloves said, "We dare not go in. The old man does not want us to see."

Li Banfeng was walking towards the third room, and his wife dissuaded him, "My husband, don't go and see. He probably just picked up a small thing outside. It's nothing special."

After his wife said this, Li Banfeng became even more curious. What kind of gadget could make the old man so excited?

As soon as he entered the door, Li Banfeng was stunned.

There were five large stones in the third room.

Li Banfeng asked in surprise: "Old man, why did you bring the stone back?"

"Ah Qi!" The old man lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "This is the Heaven's Heart Stone."

Tianxin stone?
I seem to have heard of it.

The old man reminded him, "I told you at the beginning that the price of a piece of Tianxin Stone is as much as a pair of railroad tracks!"

The price of a pair of rails is equivalent to that of a Paramount.

Li Banfeng was overjoyed, holding the stone and smiling, "Let's go to Yaowanggou first and find Manager Feng's brother to discuss the price with him."

The old man asked, "What are you negotiating the price for?"

"Sell it! You have to ask him for at least one million dollars for this piece!"

"What are you selling?" the old man said angrily, "I want to keep it to repair the station!"

Li Banfeng still remembers this. Three pieces of Tianxin Stone are enough to build a large station, and Suishenju can stay at the large station for an hour.

But is there a big difference between one hour and half an hour?
Li Banfeng felt a little sad that so many Tianxin stones were used to build the station.

"Let's repair the station some other place later!"

Suishenju said, "Ah Qi, you have to look far ahead. This is your territory. There are many things to do in the future. If you build a big station, you will have more time."

Li Banfeng smacked his lips and said, "The key is that there is already a station here."

"We can still reclaim the soil we used before, and we can build the station somewhere else without wasting anything."

There was no point in saying more. Suishenju was impatient and wanted to build a big station right now, so Li Banfeng had no choice but to agree.

But what made Li Banfeng feel strange was where did these Tianxin Stones come from?
"I have walked this land countless times. Wherever I go, you follow me. How come I have never seen you find the Heaven's Heart Stone before?"

"The Heart of Heaven Stone is an unnameable thing. Its location is not fixed. We are lucky this time. All five stones are gathered here!"

Li Banfeng couldn't figure out what the unspeakable was.

Suishenju started to repair the train station, and Li Banfeng went to check the situation first.

Lao Niu brought ten monsters with him and was ready.

Li Banfeng transformed himself into a local god and said to Lao Niu, "If you can't beat him, stop as soon as possible. Don't risk your life for this."

Lao Niu laughed and said, "I've brought this message home, but I don't know if I can keep it."

Three months of cultivation was very tempting, and when the time came, the monsters rushed into the plot together.

Chu Er, along with his eleven men, rushed forward to meet the enemy, and a chaotic battle ensued over an area of ​​three miles.

After watching for more than half an hour, there was no clear winner between the two sides, so Li Banfeng left. He wanted to walk around the area to see if he could find any good stuff like the Tianxin Stone.

After walking more than three miles south, the outline of a mountain appeared in the hazy night.

Where did this mountain come from?
Li Banfeng is very familiar with his territory. There should be no mountains here. It should be a grassland.

Could it be that I remembered it wrong?

When we got closer and took a look, we saw that the mountain was covered with so much vegetation that it was almost impossible to find a way up the mountain.

There is definitely no such mountain in my territory. I don’t know when this mountain appeared.

Li Banfeng did not go up the mountain rashly. He immediately went to Meng Yuchun's residence.

Meng Yuchun was sharpening her teeth in front of the mirror, but Li Banfeng, who was waiting at the door, ruined her mood.

After seeing off the two sisters, Meng Yuchun wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "You came to me just to ask about the mountains? There are many hills in your territory, what's so strange about that?"

Li Banfeng shook his head and said, "This is not a mountain in my territory."

Meng Yuchun sneered: "A hundred li territory is not small, how can I remember it so clearly? It is reasonable that some places are wrong, isn't it?"

Meng Yuchun was telling the truth. For Zhai Xiu, it was common to remember the wrong places. She didn't remember the boundaries of her own land very clearly.

Li Banfeng said: "I am a travel cultivator, how could I not remember even a mountain?"

"What's so great about Lu Xiu? If you remembered it wrong, just say so. How can I laugh at you?" Meng Yuchun angrily followed Li Banfeng to the foot of the mountain, looked up at the mountain peak, and did not speak for a long time.

There are indeed no such high mountains in Li Qi's territory.

Meng Yuchun pinched his chin and tried to give a reasonable explanation: "Xindi is constantly changing, so it is very reasonable for a mountain to appear occasionally."

Li Banfeng knew that Meng Yuchun was a person who cared about his reputation, so it was understandable that he would occasionally say a few words to maintain his reputation.

But this is too much!

According to Li Banfeng's understanding, the changes in new land refer to the continuous birth of new plots of land. Li Banfeng has never heard of any new land that can change after it is formed.

After talking about this, Meng Yuchun also felt that this matter was a bit strange: "I will go back and ask the cook. He is knowledgeable and should know about similar things."

After Meng Yuchun left, Li Banfeng walked around the mountain, found a place where the trees were not too dense, and used the technique of cutting off the path to clear a road.

The trees retreated to both sides, and a path appeared in front of us.

This path was about seventy or eighty meters long. As soon as Li Banfeng walked across it, the technique was immediately released and the forest returned to its original state.

Li Banfeng made his way forward step by step until he reached the mountainside. He was exhausted, but the woods ahead were obviously thinner, so he could pass through without any techniques.

A few drops of water fell on his face and Li Banfeng thought it was raining.

It also rains in Xindi, and rain is sometimes a life-saving straw for hunters, but today it is very sunny, and the water spots come from the fog in the mountains and forests.

In the thick fog, Li Banfeng continued walking towards the top of the mountain. Among the grass and trees, he did not see any other living creatures, not even a bug.

When he was almost at the top of the mountain, Li Banfeng smelled a scent, the smell of ink.

Following the smell, Li Banfeng saw a desk in the woods, on which lay an unfinished ink painting.

The picture shows a young man wearing a long gown and a scarf, with bright eyes looking into the distance. His expression has the vitality unique to a scholar.

Because his arms were not yet completed, Li Banfeng didn't know what he was holding or what movements he was making.

There was an inkstone next to the scroll, and the ink on it had not yet dried.

There is someone on this mountain, and this person may not have gone far.

Li Banfeng looked around and his eyes returned to the painting.

The man in the painting was originally looking into the distance, but his eyes moved slightly at some point and were now looking at Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng stared at the ink painting for a long time and suddenly felt someone approaching.

Deep in the forest, a figure slowly reappeared and gradually became clearer.

An old man in his sixties, with gray hair and holding a brush, came to Li Banfeng.

The painter is Fu Taiyue, Li Banfeng recognizes this person.

How did he end up on this mountain?

PS: Fu Taiyue is the best portrait painter in Prozhou. Li Banfeng once sought to learn painting from him. See Chapter 178 for details.

(End of this chapter)