Lord of Puro

Chapter 553 Dark Power

"Madam, someone is coming home," Li Banfeng threw Chu Zikai into the main room, "Please take care of him for me first. I have something else to do. I will interrogate him slowly when I come back."

The wife smiled and said, "My husband, please come back soon. I will help you pick some vegetables first."

Li Banfeng returned to the side hall of the dance hall and tried again with the begging bowl, but received no response.

How did this blond old man escape?
We must investigate thoroughly in the future, and next time we meet, we must not let him leave alive.

There was no time to waste, so Li Banfeng carried the Shui Yongquan on his back, left Yanlou Village, and ran directly to Huahu Park, passing Xindi and all the way to Qiqiu City.

Qiu Luoye was eating when he saw the water gushing out and the pumpkin in his hand fell to the ground.

"Old Shui..." Qiu Luoye walked closer and stared at the spring for a long time. "Say something, Old Shui."

"You can't speak for the time being." Li Banfeng told Qiu Luoye about the experience of Shui Yongquan.

He originally wanted to place the Shuiyongquan in Wumian Town, but Wumian Town had just been captured and its foundation was unstable, so Feng Daiku and Ma Wu could only help take care of it. Ma Wu had to take care of his new land, and Feng Daiku also had to take care of Kudaikan and the soda kiln. The only one who could take care of the Shuiyongquan was Qiu Luoye.

"Seventh Brother, leave him with me. No matter whether he can get better or not, I will definitely not let him suffer," Qiu Luoye sighed, "Lao Shui has been cautious all his life, who could have thought that he would end up like this."

"Brother Qiu, the people from Xuehuapu have their eyes on him. They may come to cause trouble in the near future. Please be careful and on guard."

"Come, let them come!" Qiu Luoye asked Lao Hu to clean up a house for Shui Yongquan. "I haven't relaxed my muscles for a long time. My arms are a little itchy. If they come, I will kill them one by one!"

Li Banfeng walked around Qiqiu City and saw two new restaurants opened on Junyang Avenue. The restaurants had just been completed, the dishes were cheap, and the seats were always full.

A Qiyexuan opened on the street, which is actually a dance hall. Ma Wufei gave it such a cultural name, but not many people know the word "Xuan", and others pronounce it as Qiyagan.

It is said that whoever can fight for seven consecutive nights here will be given a red envelope by the store.

Li Banfeng was a little dissatisfied with Qiyexuan, but the changes in Qiqiu City made Li Banfeng very satisfied. A new land full of wilderness, plus a lifeless town, under full management, finally had the prototype of a city.

He returned to his house, hid the key, and entered his residence.

Chu Zikai's attitude became much more humble. Hong Ying helped him sort out his bones and flesh, and the record player helped him reorganize his tendons and veins. The communication between the two sides became much smoother.

Li Banfeng asked: "You guys from Xuehuapu have been causing trouble for me. Can you tell me the reason?"

Chu Zikai shook his head and said, "My status in Xuehuapu is not high, and I don't know much about you. If you ask me about the Ferry Gang, I can tell you more."

"The Ferry Gang is a branch of Xuehuapu in another state, right?"

"That's not the case. The Ferry Gang does not completely belong to Xuehuapu. It is an organization jointly established by Xuehuapu and the Birch Hermitage."

"What is the origin of the Birch Tree Hermitage?"

"The Birch Tree Hermitage and the Light Chasing Group are somewhat similar. Both are foreign dark energy organizations. In comparison, the Light Chasing Group's combat power is more obvious."

What does clarity mean?
"Isn't it clear what the Birch Tree Hermitage's fighting power is?"

Chu Zikai shook his head and said, "It is indeed unclear. They do not have a fixed sect or a clear level, so it is difficult to measure their combat power with clear standards.

The members of the Light Chasing Group can be estimated and compared using our standards. I know a bishop of the Light Chasing Group whose combat power is equivalent to that of a sixth-level dark energy user.
But it is difficult to estimate the combat power of those outside the Light Chasing Group. The man who just fought with me is called Miglov, the president of the Birch Tree Hermitage.
He is good at building structures and searching for hidden spaces. Simply comparing these two methods, his combat power can be estimated to be that of a cultivator on the third level of the cloud.
But he was once beaten by a seventh-level martial artist to the point where he was unable to fight back and almost died. This cannot be explained by a simple Taoist conflict.
His overall ability has serious shortcomings, so it is impossible to estimate his actual combat power using the level we are familiar with. Such people are everywhere in the Birch Tree Hermitage.

I once saw a member of the Birch Tree Hermitage. He used herbs and animal blood to create a special magic circle. When the magic circle was activated, it could destroy several hectares of buildings around it.
But it takes him three days or even longer to set up a magic array, and he has no other skills except setting up magic arrays. For such a person, his combat power is obviously unclear. "

Li Banfeng asked, "Why did Xuehuapu and the Birch Hermitage join forces to establish the Ferry Gang?"

"For money!" Chu Zikai answered directly, "Both Xuehua Pu and the Birch Tree Hermitage have encountered serious economic problems. During my battle with you today, I did not use any dark energy carriers because I had sold all the suitable dark energy carriers."

Li Banfeng frowned and asked, "Are you so poor?"

"I'm not that poor. At least I can maintain a glamorous life on the surface. There are people in Xuehuapu who are poorer than me and can't even afford food and clothing."

Li Banfeng didn't quite believe it: "This is a bit exaggerated, isn't it? Wang Zimian is also one of yours, and he still lives a very luxurious life. The value of his ring alone is more than two factories."

Chu Zikai smiled bitterly and said, "I can only say that everyone's pursuits are different, and everyone's loyalty to Xuehuapu is also different. I am willing to contribute everything I have, even if I have to eat boxed lunches and sleep under a bridge tomorrow, I am willing to do so."

Li Banfeng smiled and said, "Have you ever slept under a bridge?"

Chu Zikai shook his head: "This is just a metaphor to express my loyalty to Xuehua Pu."

"I still don't understand. Xuehuapu is able to mint Pro Province's coins. From any perspective, you shouldn't be short of money."

Chu Zikai asked Li Banfeng in return: "Do you know what the quantity theory of money is? Do you know what the theory of money demand is? Do you know what the money equation is?"

Li Banfeng shook his head: "I really don't understand these."

Chu Zikai said: "I don't understand these either. I only know that money cannot be minted casually. It must conform to economic laws. Xuehuapu's economic situation cannot be saved by minting money. It must be saved by us, the members."

Li Banfeng asked, "So you're willing to spend all your money and sell all your magic weapons and spiritual objects for this?"

"Those are not all magic weapons and spiritual objects," Chu Zikai did not explain too much, "This is my loyalty to Xuehua Pu, a loyalty without regrets."

"What did Xuehua Pu give you to make you so loyal?"

Chu Zikai asked: "Do you know my past?"

"I read some stuff online. It said that you were born in an ordinary working-class family and achieved your current success in the music industry through your own efforts."

Chu Zikai said: "You are half right. My parents are indeed ordinary workers. They did their best to let me study music. As a result, I failed the entrance exam to the music college three times in a row.
I thought it was my inability, but later I found out that it was because I missed a cram school before the exam. The tuition for that cram school was enough to make my dad tremble.
I took ten classes in total and didn't learn much, but I found a master. With this master, I was able to successfully enter the music college.

After graduating from the Conservatory of Music, I went to work in a music company. It wasn’t a big company and I worked in many positions. But every time I asked to sing, I was rejected. They said my voice didn’t have texture.
So I went to the black market, bought a guide, and became a singer. When I sang in front of them, they still said that my texture was not good enough. Even if I used techniques, they still said that I was not good enough.

I began to doubt the whole thing. Was it the song that was bad, or was it me, or was it the company that had decided that I was bad?
So I found a friend who was even worse off than me. He was very talented and he wrote the song "I am Your Guokui".

In order to pay for the rent for next month, he sold the song to me for 3,000 yuan. I hired someone to compose the accompaniment, recorded the single, and released the song in a small circle on the Internet.

People in this circle have a certain level of musical literacy, and they can tell that this is a good song. With their recognition, I think it’s enough.”

Li Banfeng frowned and asked, "What does this have to do with Xuehuapu?"

"Yes!" Chu Zikai said, "There is a member of Xuehuapu in this small circle. He suggested that this is a very good song.
He is willing to provide me with operating funds. I understand the process. It is very simple. It just requires burning money like paper.
I couldn't afford it, but he said he was willing to take it for me. He promised to push me to the top of the list. He only put forward one condition, that I join Xuehuapu. "

"Did you know what Xuehua Pu did at that time?"

"I don't know, and I don't want to know. I agreed. For me at that time, this opportunity was too rare, and I had nothing to lose.
That person fulfilled his promise, and I was on the top of the charts. I became famous, I released my first album, held my first solo concert, experienced glory I had never experienced in my life, met people I never dared to date, and gained wealth I never dared to imagine in my life.

But that's how pop music works. The popularity of "Guokui" lasted for a while, then gradually faded. People still remember my name and are waiting for my new songs, but I can't come up with better works.
I didn’t write “Guokui”, and I can’t write a better song because I find that I’m not good at writing.”

Li Banfeng said: "Then go find someone who is good at composing. What about the one who wrote "Guokui" for you before? Give him more money. He will definitely have good songs to sell to you."

Chu Zikai shook his head and said, "He went back to the north. He had no money to buy coal in the winter, so he froze to death while hugging his guitar.
But Xuehuapu did not abandon me. They hired many songwriters and tried every means to maintain my popularity.

At the same time, they also gave me a new path. They hope that I can become an outstanding cultivator, not a dark energy cultivator, but a real cultivator. "

Li Banfeng was stunned: "What's the difference?"

Chu Zikai said: "The difference here is huge. You don't think that walkers are travel cultivators, do you? Do you think that singers are voice cultivators?"

"Isn't it?" Li Banfeng felt very strange. The essence is the same, but the names are different. The dark energy users and cultivators are the difference in cognition between Pro Province and other states. This is the most basic common sense.

Chu Zikai smiled: "Of course not, you have been in the outer state for too short a time, and you don't know the dark energy people in the outer state deeply enough. At the low level, there is already a certain gap between the dark energy people and the cultivators.

After a few more attempts, you will find the gap. The overall ability of the dark energy users is far less comprehensive than that of the cultivators.
At a certain level, dark energy users will reach a bottleneck and can no longer advance. This bottleneck is usually at level seven. In other states, people always say that the limit of dark energy users is level seven. You would definitely think they are lying, but in fact, they are telling the truth. "

Li Banfeng looked back at the record player, which remained silent because it was not familiar with the outside state.

Chu Zikai said: "I know you don't want to believe me, but you can verify this matter yourself and you will find the answer soon.
The Dark Powers are the technological product of other states. They try to use the cultivation rules of Prostate to create a set of Dark Powers system belonging to other states.
But the induction agent made in other states is far inferior to the entry-level powder of the peddler, and can only be regarded as an inferior imitation.

If you want to become a true cultivator, you can only go to Pro Province to buy medicinal powder. Apart from some private collections by wealthy families, the medicinal powder sold by peddlers is the only correct way for cultivators to get started."

There is an essential difference between the dark energy practitioners from other states and the cultivators from Prostate.

Could this be the reason why the Dark Star Bureau lacks combat power?

"Where does the wealthy family's secret stash of powder come from?"

"Do you really want to know?" Chu Zikai stared at Li Banfeng, "Spare my life, and I'll tell you the truth. I can also tell you many truths that you don't know."

Li Banfeng laughed and said, "You just told a lie and want to buy your life. How can such a cheap thing be possible in the world?"

"If you don't believe me, forget it," Chu Zikai continued, "After becoming a voice cultivator, I stayed in Pro Province for a while and learned a lot of valuable knowledge. With the help of Xuehua Pu and through my connections in other states, I was able to do a lot of business."

"what business?"

"There is the ghost servant business, as well as the magic weapon and weapon business. I know how to run it and who to spend the money on. I made a lot of money for Xuehua Pu, and Xuehua Pu provided me with a lot of elixirs, elixirs with almost no side effects."

Li Banfeng asked, "You mean there is no erysipelas?"

"To be precise, the poison is very small. Do you know where these pills come from?" Li Banfeng shook his head.

Chu Zikai said: "It comes from Xuansheng Red Lotus. Xuehua Pu once mastered Xuansheng Red Lotus and left a large number of high-quality elixirs. It was with these high-quality elixirs that I spent ten years accumulating my cultivation to the cloud. Now the Red Lotus is in your hands. You should know this process better than me."

Did Xuehuapu once master the red lotus?

Is this true?
You can ask Honglian to verify it, but Honglian may not tell the truth.

According to official data, Chu Zikai is 34 years old this year. He became famous 13 years ago. If his description is true, his promotion speed is indeed a bit fast, faster than the heads of major families in Provincia.

Chu Zikai sighed, "But it was during these years when I was concentrating on my cultivation that Xuehua Pu's economic situation became critical. This should be related to Hong Lian's disappearance.
Xuehuapu changed my life. Fighting for Xuehuapu was my unshirkable mission. I spent all my savings to keep Xuehuapu running. In order to further expand the scope of business, I contacted Miglov and formed the Ferry Gang with him.
Through him, I was able to do some business abroad, and I became a real ship boss, shipping valuable things all over the world."

Looking at Chu Zikai's expression, Li Banfeng smiled and said, "You are very proud."

"Isn't it something to be proud of? I have maintained long-term contacts with more than 30 foreign dark power organizations. Do you want to know their information? Leave me alive and I can tell you everything. I can even introduce them to you."

Li Banfeng asked, "You have such a big business overseas, why don't you sell the Shuiyongquan overseas?"

"Foreign psychics generally do not purchase war spirits from Pro Province. The communication barriers are too great. Foreign dark power users are more optimistic about magic weapons and spiritual objects.
I am talking about magic weapons and spiritual objects, not dark energy carriers. Dark energy carriers from other states cannot be compared with magic weapons and spiritual objects from Prostate.
You can't imagine how much profit there is. As long as you choose to join hands with me, you will have wealth that you can't imagine. "

"I can't even imagine it?" Li Banfeng patted Chu Zikai's face. "How much do you think that is?"

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Chu Zikai knew that Li Qi was not so easily moved, but since life and death were at stake, he had to try to persuade Li Qi: "I know you have a strong foundation in Pro Province, but your vision is too narrow. You know nothing about things outside Pro Province.
Let me out, and I can open the door to the whole world for you, and you will see the true impact of dark energy on the world, and you will know where the peak of power is. "

Li Banfeng shook his head and said, "It's too far away. Let's talk about something right now. Where does Miglov live? I need to talk to him about something."

"Are you scared?" Chu Zikai smiled deeply. "You should be scared. Miglov knows your identity, which means that the entire Birch Tree Hermitage knows your identity. They will not let you go.

If you want to find out Miglov's movements and take corresponding precautions, you still have to rely on me. I can continue to keep in touch with Miglov, and I can use my identity as a member of the Ferry Gang to help you as an insider.

Don't worry, I have done my best for Xuehua Pu, as long as you let me go, I will become your most loyal subordinate. "

Li Banfeng frowned slightly and said, "I asked you where Miglov lived. Why did you ask so much?"

Chu Zikai looked towards the door: "Let me out first. Once I'm out, I'll answer whatever you ask me."

Li Banfeng stood up and said, "You don't want to say it now?"

The record player came to Li Banfeng's side and gently stroked Li Banfeng's back with a ball of warm steam: "My dear husband, don't be angry. You don't need to do this.

I know what you want to ask, so just leave the rest to me. As long as it's something he knows, I can definitely find out. So, go find some friends to have a drink and relax. "

Li Banfeng left Suishenju, and a ball of scalding steam moved over Chu Zikai's body. Chu Zikai endured the severe pain and shouted, "Without me, Li Qi can't survive. The Birch Hermitage will not let him go, and neither will Xuehuapu. You just wait to collect his body!"

The record player laughed and said, "I've heard so many of these things that my ears are callused. Yingying, please teach him how to talk properly."

Hong Ying held up a knife and cut a hole on Chu Zikai's face: "Didn't I teach you etiquette before? Have you forgotten it so quickly?"

"Let me go! Let me leave this house, and I will tell you the truth."

Hong Ying slashed his face again: "You have to follow the rules when speaking, and pay attention to the order of priority. Let's start with that Luo Fu. Didn't Qilang ask you where he lives?"

……

Li Banfeng did not stay in Qiqiu City. He immediately returned to Yuezhou and found Jin Shunying through Yin Si Niang.

Jin Shunying was so frightened that she was out of her mind. She originally planned to take a flight to leave Yuezhou the next day. Li Banfeng warned her: "Even if you leave Yuezhou, you may not be able to escape the Birch Tree Hermitage."

Jin Sun-young looked confused: "What is the Birch Tree Hermitage?"

Li Banfeng said, "I don't know much about this organization. I've got you a pass. Go to Green Water City and someone will pick you up at the station. You can hide there for a few days."

Jin Shunying thought for a while and asked, "Which province is Lushui City in?"

"Green Water City is in Pro Province."

"Prozhou?" Jin Shunying was stunned. She knew the concept of Prozhou and had seen ghost servants from Prozhou, but the name was still a little vague to her.

"That's a good place. Maybe it can turn you into a real cultivator."

"Cultivator? Isn't that a dark power practitioner?"

Li Banfeng was not sure what the relationship between cultivators and dark energy users was. "I'll explain this to you later. Hurry up and pack your things. I'll take you to the station."

Kim Sun-young packed her luggage and followed Lee Ban-bong to Platform 96.

When Jin Shunying saw the steam train, she was very nervous: "Boss, are you going to..."

Li Banfeng looked at the carriage number on the ticket and said, "I don't want to sell you out, and I will never harm you. Going to Prostate will definitely be a good thing for you."

"I know it's a good thing," Jin Shunying bit her lip with tears in her eyes, "but how much will it cost? The prices in Provincia are not low! I don't have much money..."

Li Banfeng said sincerely: "I'll provide you with food and lodging, and I'll also pay you a salary. Come on in the car."

Kim Sun-young wiped away her tears and got on the train with a smile full of anticipation.

Nothing will happen on the train. The Birch Tree Hermitage doesn't dare to take action on the train as this involves the bottom line of other states.

When they arrived at Lushui City, they asked Lao Luo to place her in Xiaoyaowu first. Li Banfeng really didn't believe that they dared to reach out to Xiaoyaowu.

After returning to the Dark Star Bureau, Li Banfeng asked Tangyuan to help him find some information about the Birch Hermitage.

Tang Yuan only found a few documents: "Seventh Master, I don't have much information about the Birch Tree Hermitage. The information that our bureau can find is also very limited. But someone has a lot of relevant information. I just don't know if his source of information is accurate."

Li Banfeng was stunned: "You are not talking about middle school, right?"

Tang Yuan nodded: "That's him. He is particularly interested in this kind of organization."

Li Banfeng called Zhong Er over. He actually had quite a bit of information: "Since the beginning of the last century, some literary works have already recorded the Birch Tree Hermitage. The documents at the time called it the Birch Tree Gang, the Birch Tree Sect, the White Birch Hair Barbarian Sect, and the White Birch Hair Cha Society."

Li Banfeng asked, "How do you know these gangs refer to the Birch Tree Hermitage? Just because their gang names are related to birch trees?"

"Not only the names, but also the descriptions of these gangs are completely consistent with the characteristics of the Birch Tree Hermitage.

In this type of literary works, the corresponding gangs are all composed of Maoyi people or Maosha people, which was the name for foreigners in the folk and even official circles at that time, specifically referring to foreigners with different hair and skin colors from us..."

Zhong Er showed the information he collected to Li Banfeng one by one, and Li Banfeng slowly sorted out the clues.

"The Birch Tree Hermitage has a great influence," Zhong Er took out a few more case files, "In several cases related to dark energy enthusiasts, the Birch Tree Hermitage did not show up directly, but the dark energy enthusiast organizations involved were more or less related to them, including the previous Chamomile Wizard Association."

The Chamomile Wizard Association brought Lu Dongjun out from Neizhou, which almost caused a disaster and almost made Li Banfeng fall into a trap. This matter is still hanging in the air.

Li Banfeng collected the information and asked Zhong Er: "What level are you at now?"

Zhong Er looked around, worried that there were surveillance devices around.

Li Banfeng said: "You don't have to worry about being monitored with me."

Zhong Er lowered his voice and said, "Director Li, I'm already on the second and a half floor. I guess I'm not far from the third floor."

Li Banfeng calculated the progress: "Have you finished all the blending agents given to you by the bureau?"

"Not yet. I went to the black market and got some myself."

"You are so brave!" Li Banfeng laughed, "Don't leave after get off work, I will take you to a place to see your cultivation level."

After get off work, Dengbao drove and took Li Banfeng and Zhong Er to a wild lake on the outskirts of the city.

Li Banfeng picked up a pebble and said to Zhong Er, "Use this as a weapon and fight me."

This pebble was perfectly rounded, with no edges or corners to be found. It was wet and slippery, making it difficult to grasp. After observing it for a while, Zhong Er shook his head and said, "Director Li, you have stumped me. This pebble is really not suitable for making a weapon."

Li Banfeng picked up a ball of mud from the lake and handed it to Zhong Er: "What about this?"

Chuuniburi held the sludge and shook his head repeatedly, saying, "This is even more inappropriate."

Li Banfeng thought about his past experiences: "In the Garden Community, you once fought with a bundle of mats, and you could use any tile you picked up as a weapon."

Zhong Erdao: "Tiles are different. They have edges and corners, which makes them easy to hold. They are also sharp enough. They are the best choice for making weapons."

Li Banfeng thought for a moment and said, "Have you always been so picky about weapons?"

The middle school student didn't think it was wrong: "Choosing the right item as a weapon is a must for a fighter."

This is wrong.

PS: Chu Zikai probably didn’t lie about this matter.

(End of this chapter)