Lord of Puro
Chapter 497 Stay Together in the Clouds
Chapter 497 Stay Together in the Clouds (asking for monthly tickets)
Yeqing Mountain, a famous mountain in Ye Songqiao, is also a famous mountain in Purozhou.
In Provincia, because each place is strictly controlled by boundaries, most people have no chance to travel in their lifetime and have no concept of scenic spots.
Even so, Ye Qingshan is still very famous. He Yuxiu came to Yesong Bridge and asked to go to Ye Qingshan several times, but Li Banfeng was busy and never had time.
This time Li Banfeng went up the mountain. Early in the morning, he followed Sun Tiecheng to Yeqingshan.
Yeqing Mountain has steep mountains, lush vegetation and countless beautiful scenery.
But its most beautiful part lies in the clouds and mist.
It is not uncommon for mountains and rivers to be covered with clouds and mist, but Ye Qingshan is special. The clouds and mist seem to be born from the mountain, pouring down along the peak like a waterfall. The combination of reality and illusion creates the most charming mountain scenery in Provins.
It was indeed quite fascinating. Because of the thick fog, many tourists had lost their way in the mountains. Sun Tiecheng stood in the woods for a long time, scratched his head and said, "I picked a good place and buried the deed there. Most people would not be able to find it, but now I can't find it either."
Li Banfeng held his mouth and laughed twice.
Sun Tiecheng said angrily: "What are you laughing at! Are you just talking about whether the place is good or not?"
Li Banfeng nodded and said, "Okay!"
Sun Tiecheng sighed and said, "It's no use. I can't find that place anyway. Let's change places."
He took out two pieces of the contract and said to Li Banfeng, "Sprinkle blood on the contract first."
The front of the deed still had the familiar words: A hundred miles of land, this is the proof of ownership.
There are two lines of words on the back:
First row: Li Yideye Songqiao
Second line: The land area is 26,330 square meters.
More than 20,000 square meters of land?
Li Banfeng was surprised and asked, "Is Ye Song Bridge so big?"
Sun Tiecheng smiled innocently: "Of course it is big, how can I let you suffer a loss? Ye Songqiao is a very special place, there are many places that you can't see normally, I guess there will be many people coming to rob."
There were no other words on the deed, and I don't know who erased it.
Li Banfeng spilled blood on the two pieces of deeds.
Sun Tiecheng nodded and said, "Let's bury it here!"
He found a branch, dug a hole, and buried the deed.
Li Banfeng frowned and said, "Isn't it too hasty to bury it here? I see there are paths in this forest, there should be a lot of people walking around, can't it be dug out just by digging?"
Sun Tiecheng was very confident: "It can't be dug out. I left a magic circle here. Ordinary people can't see this place at all."
Yu Xiu still has a magic circle?
Li Banfeng watched carefully. Sun Tiecheng inserted the branch into the place where the deed was buried and said seriously, "The magic circle is ready!"
"Isn't your magic circle a little too simple?" Li Banfeng couldn't think of a more appropriate description.
Sun Tiecheng smiled calmly: "I don't like those fancy things. The magic array of our Taoism emphasizes practicality. Don't look at it as just a branch. From the moment I stick it in, people around here can no longer see it..."
A child ran to the branch, unbuttoned his pants, and prepared to pee.
This may be a common characteristic of all boys. When they see a stick stuck in the ground, they want to pee on it.
"Go, pee over there!" Sun Tiecheng chased the child away and inserted another branch next to the original one. "No one will see you this time. From now on, you will have another name, Li Yi. You are my eldest disciple, so it is reasonable to call yourself Li Yi."
Sun Tiecheng used certain words and obvious techniques; he wanted Li Banfeng to remember the name.
Li Banfeng used ironclad evidence: "My name is Li Yi. Brother Sun can testify that Li Yi is me."
The two men went down the mountain. Li Banfeng was fast and Sun Tiecheng was not slow either.
While walking on the road, Sun Tiecheng suddenly stopped and looked at the bookstore on the side of the road.
"This bookstore looks familiar..." Sun Tiecheng stared at Lu's Bookstore for a long time.
Li Banfeng opened his pocket watch. It was eight o'clock in the morning. The bookstore was not open yet and the door was locked.
Sun Tiecheng walked to the door and said to the lock: "Do you know who I am?"
The padlock shook for a moment, as if it was confirming Sun Tiecheng's identity.
Sun Tiecheng asked again: "Why don't you open the door when you see me?"
The lock opened the door without any hesitation.
This technique works on locks!
When I entered the library, I saw several rows of bookshelves in the room, but the shelves were empty, without a single book.
Sun Tiecheng went outside and took a look: "That's not right. The sign has been taken down and they are about to open for business, but there is not a single book on the shelf. How can they still look like they are doing business?
Lao Yi, please buy me some books to fill up these shelves. Good books, new books, don't buy me a bunch of junk."
Li Banfeng said, "Brother Sun, do you know Boss Lu? This is his business. It's not appropriate for us to do business here, right?"
Sun Tiecheng smiled and said, "I don't know Boss Lu, but I know Boss Zhou quite well. This place smells like ink, so it must be his business. You can go buy the book. It's definitely not a bad thing for me to help him with his business."
Li Banfeng asked people to buy several thousand books and filled the bookstore. Sun Tiecheng said, "Hurry up and practice. The sooner you get to the cloud, the better."
The cloud was not far away. Li Banfeng returned to his residence and said while holding the record player, "My dear, I have an extra piece of land."
The record player was not surprised at all: "Hey, husband, you have killed several local gods, so it is reasonable that there are more lands."
"This time it's legitimate. A master changed Ye Songqiao's deed to Li Yi, spilled my blood, and buried him in Ye Qingshan."
Hong Ying was surprised: "Which master is so generous?"
The record player hit Hong Ying's peach with his hand: "Why are you so talkative?"
If Li Banfeng wanted to say something, he would directly tell the master's name. Since he didn't want to say it, the record player never asked any more questions. This was the tacit understanding between the couple.
"My husband, do you want to be promoted to Yunshang in Yesong Bridge, or do you want to return to your own land?"
Li Banfeng asked, "Can I have both plots of land?"
"If you are sure, the key is to see where you are promoted. If you choose your own territory, the name Li Furong will be recognized by your husband, but if you choose Ye Songqiao, the name Li Yi, will your husband recognize it?"
Li Banfeng nodded and said, "I recognize this name too."
"How many pieces of Ye Songqiao's deed are there?"
"Two pieces."
The record player thought for a moment and said, "In that case, it would be safer to get promoted in Yesong Bridge. At least the inner state won't cause trouble. Even if something goes wrong in Yesong Bridge, we can go back to our own territory. There is a train station there, and the old man can go back in a blink of an eye.
My husband, if you want to get promoted in Yesong Bridge, you must be familiar with the area. Do you still remember the three checkpoints of autumn leaves?
After skipping ten floors and ascending to the cloud, the soul will become loose, just like Qiu Luoye's situation. If you want to stabilize your soul, you must rely on your own land as the foundation. The more familiar you are with the land, the more stable your soul will be.
My husband has plenty of time. During this period, he should not only get familiar with the local area, but also learn some of the local customs.
Zhengdi is different from Xindi. If you want to attract people, you must first grasp the local customs and people.”
Li Banfeng nodded and said, "I will do whatever my wife asks me to do, but I am only at the eighth level of cultivation now, which is a little far from Yunshang."
Chichi~
The record player smiled and said, "My dear husband, don't worry about your cultivation. I will find a suitable day to send you to the ninth floor. You can eat some Golden Yuan Pills these two days, but don't eat too much. You should know the timing."
The record player was reminding Li Banfeng that Lu Xiu had already reached the ninth floor, and he should take more pills so that he could get as close to the tenth floor as possible.
Speaking of elixirs, Li Banfeng thought of the sedan chair bearer. He wondered to what extent the elixir had been refined.
When they arrived at the Ninth Room, Honglian gave Li Banfeng a definite message: "The pills are still being refined, and it is estimated that two Xuanyun Pills can be produced."
He had saved seven pills before, and now he refined two more. Together with the one given by Zheng Siyi, he had a total of ten Xuanyun Pills.
When it comes to Yunshang Xuanyun Dan, it will play an important role.
Li Banfeng still gave all the Xuanyun Pills to his wife for safekeeping. He looked at Zheng Siyi's pill and said, "This one is of poor quality. I will keep it for you first. We can talk about it later when the pills are really not enough."
……
Sun Tiecheng stayed in Lu's Bookstore from early morning until dusk. Many guests came, but there was no sign of Boss Lu.
Sun Tiecheng was not in a hurry and sat behind the counter. When people came to buy books, he collected the money according to the price and gave discounts to those who bought more. He was doing very happy business.
As the sky gradually darkened, Sun Tiecheng laughed and said, "The old thief Zhou Badou must have run away. Will anyone else come?"
After waiting for more than an hour, no one came, and a negative energy floated in from the door.
They are two ghost servants.
"It's good that you're here. Come and sit here." Sun Tiecheng called the two ghost servants to his side and chatted with them. "You must have had a hard journey. Have you had dinner? When did you arrive at Yesong Bridge..."
Not long after, two ghost servants came out of the bookstore, floated across two streets, and came to the side of the Smiling Ghost King Gui Jianchou, whispering: "Badou Mo Ke is in his bookstore."
Gui Jianchou smiled: "Zhou Badou is here. Does he also like Ye Songqiao? Who does he want to give this place to?"
The two ghost servants remained silent. This was not a question they could answer.
Gui Jianchou brought a group of ghost servants into the study and saw the great scholar Zhou Wencheng arranging the bookshelves.
Gui Jianchou clasped his fists and said, "Brother Zhou, you're here early."
Zhou Wencheng didn't look back: "Aren't you here too?"
Gui Jianchou smiled and said, "You know my personality. I can make money by being harmonious. We will never quarrel. If you really want this piece of land, I will give it to you. If you want to negotiate, please name a price."
Zhou Wencheng snorted and said, "What price are you talking about? What do you want to do? With your current level of cultivation, you still dare to come here to grab the territory. This is obviously breaking the rules. Aren't you afraid that the peddler will punish you?"
Gui Jianchou said, "How can this be called grabbing territory? If the local god was alive, I would come to intervene, which is called grabbing territory. The local god is dead, and I come to take over, which is to help the peddler guard the territory. Didn't Old Xu also guard Yaowanggou? Like him, I have also done a good thing."
Zhou Wencheng wiped the bookshelf and said, "Don't say anything nice. Who do you want to give Ye Songqiao to?"
Gui Jianchou said, "Don't worry about it. I still say the same thing. If the business can't be negotiated, I will leave immediately. If the business can be negotiated, just name your price for what you think Ye Songqiao is worth."
Zhou Wencheng thought for a moment and said, "I really don't know how much Ye Songqiao is worth. Do you still remember how much Fool City was worth?"
Gui Jianchou was startled and stared at Zhou Wencheng for a moment.
Is this Zhou Wencheng?
They look very similar, but also feel a little different.
not good!
Specious!
This is a foolish cultivation technique!
Gui Jianchou stood up and walked towards the door.
"Zhou Wencheng" said: "That place looks like a door, but it is not a door."
Gui Jianchou didn't walk out, but turned and ran towards the window.
"Zhou Wencheng" said: "That place looks like a window, but it's not a window."
Gui Jianchou didn't walk out again. He made his body invisible and tried to pass through the wall.
This is a last resort. Passing through the wall is not a difficult task for Gui Jianchou, but it is hard to say where he will be after passing through it.
After passing through a wall, Gui Jianchou found himself still in the bookstore, and "Zhou Wencheng" was still tidying up the bookshelves.
"Zhou Wencheng" slowly turned around, looked at Gui Jianchou and smiled.
This is not "Zhou Wencheng", this is Sun Tiecheng.
Sun Tiecheng did not use any disguise skills, and he didn't even change his clothes, but Gui Jianchou was mistaken. If Sun Tiecheng hadn't taken the initiative to mention the City of Fools, Gui Jianchou would not have been able to see through Sun Tiecheng's techniques.
Gui Jianchou tried to escape underground. He made his body invisible and first drilled underground, then drilled out, only to find himself still in the bookstore.
Sun Tiecheng smiled: "Now you know what it means to be desperate, right? I'll let you have a good taste of what it's like here!"
……
Li Banfeng was walking on Suiqing Road. He couldn't walk too fast because this was the most popular place in Yesongqiao. He had to remember this road as clearly as possible. A woman came towards him. She looked to be about 27 or 28 years old. She was wearing a straight-skirted, jade-blue cheongsam with buttons and holding a white bamboo-framed oil-paper umbrella with painted flowers. Her long hair was tied low, with a strand hanging on each cheek. Her face was delicate and full, with exquisite facial features and a cute figure, which attracted the attention of passers-by.
The woman came closer, stared at Li Banfeng with her big almond-shaped eyes for a moment, and asked, "Sir, is there a hotel nearby?"
"It's at the corner." Li Banfeng pointed behind him, without stopping, and left.
It's late at night and there's no sun or rain, why is she holding an umbrella?
There were many pedestrians on the street. How did this woman see me?
Li Banfeng took extra precautions and went into an alley on the side of the street.
He jumped onto the roof silently and watched where the woman went.
The woman swayed her waist and walked slowly to the corner of the street. A man wearing a long gown, with a slicked-back hair and a slightly bald head, came up to the woman and greeted her with two walnuts in his hand.
With the help of the string earrings, Li Banfeng heard the content of the conversation.
"Miss Mu, why are you here?"
"Zhang Gunli, I want to ask you, what are you doing here? Do you also like Ye Songqiao?"
"I don't have the guts to do that. At this level of cultivation, you're still trying to grab territory. Isn't that obviously breaking the rules?"
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"How do you call it robbing? The local lord of Ye Songqiao is dead. This is called taking over according to the rules. Even if the peddler is here, I dare to tell him this. Do you want to join hands with me to take over Ye Songqiao? There are many good things in this place, and you will not suffer any loss."
"I'm not interested. I'm here to do business. Miss Mu, I have some excellent fighting power. Would you like to borrow some and try?"
"No, your interest rate is too high."
"The interest rate is negotiable. You won't lose out if you borrow a little. There's a new bookstore opening in the city. If you don't have the skills, don't force your way in."
"Zhou Badou is here too. That's great. I'll go meet him."
"Ms. Mu, if you really don't want to lend it to me, I'll leave. The people in the bookstore are not easy to deal with." Zhang Gunli disappeared into the night with the walnuts on his plate.
Mu Yuejuan looked back and was a little hesitant.
It's not about hesitating whether to borrow combat power. When dealing with loan repairs, you must be cautious and don't lend if you can.
She was hesitating whether to stay in Yesong Bridge.
After standing on the street for more than a minute, Mu Yuejuan turned and entered an alley.
While there was no one in the alley, she hung a landscape painting on the wall.
She entered the painting, got on the small boat in the painting, and rowed away.
When the boat disappeared from the picture, the scroll suddenly caught fire and turned into ashes in an instant.
Mu Yuejuan rowed the boat quickly on the lake. She felt that the person in the bookstore that Zhang Gunli was talking about might not be Zhou Badou.
……
Yaowanggou, in Mr. Yao’s yard.
Old Xu was pinching Old Yao's mouth and pouring wine into Old Yao's mouth with half a mouthful of Huang Tang Qiao Wuzui.
After drinking more than a pound of wine, Mr. Yao coughed twice. He drank all the wine, but he did not wake up.
Qiao Wuzui put away the wine jar, shook his head and said, "I can't drink anymore today. This is not something that can be done overnight. I will change the recipe to make wine tomorrow, and maybe it will get better."
Old Xu nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work. I heard that the local god of Ye Songqiao has died. Don't you want to go there and take a look?"
Qiao Wuzui laughed and said, "My cultivation level has long been above the clouds, so what do I need the earth realm for?"
"Give it to someone else, or even to your disciple."
Qiao Wuzui sighed and said, "I am just an alcoholic. I'd better not get involved in this kind of thing. Being able to cure Yao Xin is also a serious thing I have done. Old Xu, you go and take a look. I'll keep an eye on Yaowanggou for you."
Old Xu shook his head and said, "I don't want to get involved in this matter. I am a farmer. Whenever I get involved in this kind of thing, the farmers are the ones who suffer."
"How is your disciple? I mean the genius."
"Are you talking about Zhang Wanlong?" Old Xu didn't know how to comment. "You are right. He is a genius in farming, but his character is really not like that of a farmer."
……
Late at night, Li Banfeng listened to Xiao Yeci telling the story of Ye Songqiao. In addition to the heroic legend, Xiao Yeci also talked about many local customs and folkways. He talked for an hour every night for a full half month, and never told the same story twice.
Li Banfeng enjoyed listening today. Xiao Yeci talked until late at night and made himself sleepy, but Li Banfeng was still listening with great energy.
Xiao Yeci rubbed his eyes and said, "My benefactor, can we talk about this tomorrow?"
Li Banfeng shook his head and said, "Tomorrow is not a good day. I have to go out tomorrow."
"Where are you going?"
"We need to go to a new place."
Xiao Yeci said: "I want to go and see it too."
"Don't go yet. Wait until I explore the way and then I'll take you there."
"Then why are you back?"
"Soon, I'll be back in a few days."
"Then I'll tell you more tonight?" Xiao Yeci felt reluctant to let Li Qi go when he heard that he was leaving.
Li Qi stood up and said, "Go to bed early. I'll continue the story when I come back."
He was not going to the new land, he was going back to his home.
It took Li Banfeng half a month to become familiar with Ye Songqiao and learned a lot of customs from Xiao Yeci. The time for promotion had come.
Back at Suishenju, my wife had made the bed and was ready.
"Husband, how many Jinyuan Pills have you taken during this period?"
"Twenty-five." Li Banfeng didn't dare to eat any more. If he ate any more, his cultivation might be promoted to the tenth level.
"It's almost time. Come, my dear husband, lie in my little slave's arms."
Amid the steam, Li Banfeng lay down and felt his eyelids becoming heavy.
He closed his eyes, and just as he was about to fall asleep, the record player lowered its large speaker and sucked Li Banfeng into the speaker.
The promotion during this period was indeed too fast, and the whole process was a bit painful for Li Banfeng. Fortunately, his wife was considerate and could always use various means to help Li Banfeng relieve the pain whenever it came.
An hour later, the record player put Li Banfeng on the bed, took a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off Li Banfeng's head, and sang "Four Seasons Song" softly:
"When summer comes, willow branches grow taller, and we will expand our territory to all directions. Ambitious and lofty boys, I will give my husband another room!"
Li Banfeng sat up, hugged the record player and said, "My dear, what is the technique of Top Gun?"
"My dear husband, Aspirations are not a technique. Techniques are about expanding territory. It doesn't matter whether you learn this technique or not."
Li Banfeng was surprised and asked, "This is a ninth-level skill. How can you not learn it? Is it because the skill is too difficult?"
"The ninth level of house cultivation is not difficult. It is slightly similar to the fifth level of the technique, Deep House and Great Courtyard. The technique of Deep House and Great Courtyard is to borrow the power of the house spirit to the outside of the house, while the ninth level of the technique, Expanding the Territory, is to borrow the power of the house to the outside.
When the house is built to the eighth level, you start to learn the skills of closing doors and windows. Boundaries begin to appear around the house, and the boundaries can kill the enemy.
When the cultivator reaches the ninth level and learns the skill of expanding territory, not only can the boundary be used to kill enemies, but the cultivators within the boundary will also become extremely powerful.
The deeper the roots of the house are, the longer it has been there, and the wider the boundary will become. The fighting power of the house cultivators within the boundary will also be stronger, and may even be the same as the fighting power in the house.
I once knew a ninth-level home cultivator who moved to a small courtyard to practice. He used the technique of expanding territory to continuously expand his territory. In three years, he expanded his territory into a city. In this city, no matter where the home cultivator is, his fighting power is the same as at home, and he has almost no rivals. "
Li Banfeng said: "Such a good technique, I must learn it well."
"You can't learn it, sir. Our family has no roots. If we follow you everywhere and can't stay in one place, how can we expand our territory?"
The room was shaken. The old man was unhappy. This sentence was obviously blaming him.
The record player said quickly: "If our old man makes some adjustments, he may be able to use this technique in the future. My husband doesn't have to worry. The ninth level of skills is not a must-learn skill. Even if you can't learn it, it will not affect your promotion.
My husband, please rest at home for two days to accumulate enough luck. After three days, we will soar into the sky."
Li Banfeng rested peacefully at home for three days, playing with his grandfather with glass beads, spinning tops, and photo-taking.
To be honest, the old man loves to play, but his level is not that good.
Li Banfeng kept giving in to him, but the old man thought it was boring and let the gloves play too.
Gloves also knew how to play with glass beads. After playing for two hours, he won more than a hundred beads from the old man. The old man got so angry that he took a broom and beat him from room one to room ten.
"Give me back that white bead!"
The gloves did not show weakness: "If you don't give it back, I won't give it back. If you can't afford to lose, don't play!"
Having accumulated enough luck, Li Banfeng is ready to ascend to the cloud.
This promotion was difficult. The first step was to be promoted to brigade repairman. This could not be done by Li Banfeng alone, but with the help of Hong Ying.
Hong Ying first lent the skill of traveling through thousands of mountains to Li Banfeng.
Li Banfeng himself knows the skills of Xing Qianshan, so why does he need to borrow them from Hong Ying?
Because his own skills are not good enough.
Hong Ying urged: "Qilang, from now on, start thinking about every place you have been to, and don't stop thinking."
Li Banfeng closed his eyes, and layers of images kept appearing in his mind.
He had been to many places in other states, but his memory was a little fuzzy.
Prozhou's memory is very clear. From Yaowanggou to Lushui City, from Haichiling to Heishipo, from Zhengjing Village to Qiqiu City, from Kucai Village to Daoguiling, every detail is vivid in his mind.
When thinking of Daogui Ridge, Hong Ying reminded: "Don't think of too dangerous places. If you advance too quickly, your soul may not be stable."
Li Banfeng let his thoughts return to the soda kiln, and after a while drifted to Qingyan City. As his thoughts raced, he thought of Mengqian Tower again. Hong Ying reminded him again: "Qilang, change places, this place is still too dangerous."
She didn't know what Li Banfeng was thinking, but she saw that Li Banfeng's legs were twisted and deformed, which was a sign of promotion too fast.
His thoughts were up and down, sometimes fast and sometimes slow. Li Banfeng had never experienced such a thing before. He could only follow Hong Ying's guidance and explore with difficulty.
For the entire day, Li Banfeng's thoughts did not stop. He felt his entire brain was dizzy and the images in front of him were blurry. He was about to collapse when Hong Ying shouted, "It should be almost done!"
Snapped!
The record player hit Hong Ying with a stick: "What do you mean by almost done? Is it done?"
Hong Ying's body was shaking and she was a little flustered.
Li Banfeng's whole body was pale and his bones were weak. Hong Ying couldn't tell what condition he was in.
She felt like it had worked, but she wasn't sure.
"I think it's done!" the old man said.
The record player gritted his teeth and said, "Whether it works or not, we have to take a gamble. Husband, hold on, my little slave is coming."
Whoosh!
Li Banfeng, who was about to lose consciousness, was sucked into the trumpet mouth by the woman again.
Despite being extremely weak, Li Banfeng had to endure yet another promotion.
This is cross-level promotion.
All the conditions are in place. Suishenju has accumulated enough luck for Li Banfeng and created the most suitable environment for promotion. He also has masters like his wife and Hong Ying who take turns to help him.
I've come this far, why is it still so difficult to get promoted?
Due to extreme fatigue, Li Banfeng almost fainted in the trumpet mouth.
The record player called out, "My dear husband, you can't sleep. You mustn't sleep. If you sleep, you won't wake up."
Li Banfeng closed his eyes, feeling his wife's voice getting farther and farther away from him.
When everything in this world was slowly fading away, Li Banfeng heard his wife's singing:
"I have called my lover many times, he has suffered and I am heartbroken, we are deeply in love and know each other well, we will stay together forever in the clouds."
(End of this chapter)
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