Lord of Puro

Chapter 629 Dancing in the Snow
Li Banfeng boarded a special train the next day and arrived at the Dark Star Bureau on the fifth day of the New Year.

After entering the office, Li Banfeng called Director Shen: "Xiao Shen, come to my office."

This time Shen Jingye had no complaints at all because Li Banfeng's job rank had changed and he was a whole level higher than him.

Shen Jingye thanked them first when they met: "Director Li, I don't know how to repay you for saving my life. If you need me in the future, just let me know."

The life-saving favor he mentioned was referring to the arrangements Li Qi made after he left Hulu Village. This series of arrangements left him with a reasonable explanation, allowing him to keep his position and avoid excessive investigation for the matter.

Li Banfeng smiled and said, "Who saved you? It was you, Director Shen, who fought bravely and escaped from the dark dimension by yourself."

Shen Jingye sighed: "The matter has been resolved in this way. I am fine now, but the Dark Star Bureau is almost gone."

"What happened to the Dark Star Bureau?" The Dark Star Bureau has been very efficient in handling cases recently and was even commended some time ago.

Shen Jingye explained: "The higher-ups have established the Outer Ming Bureau, which will soon replace all the work of the Dark Star Bureau."

"What is the origin of the Waiming Bureau?"

Shen Jingye repeated the full name: "External Civilization Investigation and Research Bureau."

Hearing this name, Li Banfeng felt it was familiar: "What's the difference between this and the Dark Matter Research Laboratory and the Dark Star Special Operations Team? Isn't this just nonsense?"

Shen Jingye sighed: "There is no difference in essence. This represents the determination of the higher-ups to replace the Dark Star Bureau with another agency."

"Why do we have to replace the Dark Star Bureau?"

"It's mainly because of time. The Dark Star Bureau was established too long ago, and it has too many intersections with Pro State and Inner State, as well as with dark energy organizations at home and abroad. Many forces have already infiltrated the Dark Star Bureau."

Li Banfeng thought this was normal: "The Dark Star Bureau studies dark energy and dark matter. How could something related to dark energy not infiltrate the Dark Star Bureau?
If there is no infiltration at all, wouldn't the Dark Star Bureau become an amateur? How can an amateur carry out his work?
And if we talk about the long time, the Guanfang Hall has been there for a longer time, and it has been infiltrated more seriously, so why not set up a relevant organization to replace the Guanfang Hall?"

Shen Jingye said: "One of the main reasons for replacing the Dark Star Bureau is that we don't want the Dark Star Bureau to become the Guanfang Bureau. The Guanfang Bureau has indeed been infiltrated too seriously, to the point that many tasks can only be completed by the Guanfang Bureau. Not only is it irreplaceable, but outsiders cannot intervene.
The previous few times when outsiders were sent to replace Liao Zihui, their results were not very good, and you know this."

Li Banfeng knew indeed that Xia Shumin, the biggest outsider, was sent away by Chu Er because of a series of inappropriate actions.

But Li Banfeng didn't understand one thing: "Why do outsiders have to interfere in the affairs of insiders? Isn't it better to let professionals do professional things?"

Shen Jingye raised his eyebrows. Some things could no longer be said: "In short, the Foreign Affairs Bureau has been established. The work that originally belonged to the Public Security Team has been taken over by them. There is still a lot of work to be handed over to them.
Moreover, the higher-ups have already assigned you a position in the Foreign Affairs Bureau. They have made you the Supervisory Director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau, which has a higher rank and salary than the Director. "

Li Qi has a new position.

"What's the difference between this and now? Aren't you just torturing me? You're worried that if I stay in the Dark Star Bureau for too long, I'll infiltrate the Dark Star Bureau, right? You want me to move to another place so that I don't have any people under my command, right?"

Shen Jingye nodded awkwardly. Li Banfeng was basically right.

Li Banfeng leaned back in his chair and turned left and right several times: "After the establishment of the Outer Ming Bureau, what should we do with the personnel of the Dark Star Bureau?"

Shen Jingye said: "That depends on where you are going."

"What does my whereabouts have to do with them?"

"It's a very big deal. If you go directly to the Outer Ming Bureau and give up your position in the Dark Star Bureau, the Dark Star Bureau will be disbanded within one to two years. I will be transferred to another place to retire, and all the personnel in the Dark Star Bureau will be transferred out to other institutions to do idle jobs."

"Idle jobs?" Li Banfeng frowned. "Tangyuan, Dengbao, Zhonger, Mijian, Haitang, these young people have just seen a little improvement, and you let them do idle jobs? What hope do they have in this life?"

Shen Jingye sighed, "After all, they are personnel who have been transferred out. It's good enough for them to have a place to go. They certainly can't expect to be reused by others."

"What about the Waiming Bureau? Don't they need help?"

"The higher-ups have made it clear that the Outer Ming Bureau does not need infiltrated personnel. You know about celebrities. He is a young man and a typical infiltrator.
After investigation, we found that the celebrity's parents were dark energy users and members of the dark energy organization of Rafsha. Before he joined the company, his parents did some work to get him involved, which resulted in our background check not being adequate.

He infiltrated the Dark Star Bureau and did many harmful and destructive things. This incident has left a pretext. Almost everyone in the Dark Star Bureau has been labeled as infiltrated, including me. We will no longer be reused in any organization, let alone a core organization like the Outer Ming Bureau. "

Li Banfeng said: "What if I don't give up the position of deputy director of the Dark Star Bureau?"

Shen Jingye saw a glimmer of hope: "If you retain your position in the Dark Star Bureau, and serve as the deputy director of the Dark Star Bureau while taking up the position of supervisory director of the External Ming Bureau, with your current influence, the Dark Star Bureau will be retained.
Although they may only do some auxiliary work for the Outer Ming Bureau in the future, at least these people in the bureau can stay. Within the scope of the Dark Star Bureau, they can still see the hope and way out for promotion. "

This is what Shen Jingye wanted to ask Li Banfeng for help with. Even if it was just in name only, he hoped to keep the Dark Star Bureau.

Li Banfeng thought for a moment and said, "What if I only keep the position in the Dark Star Bureau and refuse the position in the Outer Ming Bureau?"

Shen Jingye was stunned: "Then, then the situation is special, and your future will be..."

"My future?" Li Banfeng smiled. "My future is like this? Do you think I care?"

Shen Jingye forgot about Li Qi's position for a moment, but when he thought about it again, he still felt that it would not work: "Director Li, if you do this, you will make it difficult for the higher-ups..."

Li Banfeng smiled and said, "They are used to making things difficult for others. This time, I will make things difficult for them and tell them that I only work in the Dark Star Bureau. In the future, the work of balancing the Pro State and the Inner State will also remain in the Dark Star Bureau.

If the External Ming Bureau must intervene, let them discuss each matter involving the Balancer one by one, first send a letter, then send a person, and then discuss the relevant work. "

That afternoon, Shen Jingye conveyed Li Qi's attitude to his superiors.

The higher-ups immediately organized a meeting and specially invited Li Qi to attend.

Li Qi didn't go because he had important official business to attend to.

He called Tang Changfa, Yan Hong'er and Yan Cui'er to his home to eat mutton hotpot.

Although it was still the New Year holiday, the black market had already opened. Tang Changfa had developed a new business and made a lot of money, but he didn't really want to do this business.

"Boss, we've been selling too many Western things lately. Before the New Year, I bought a few sets of books about Western black magic. I bought a set for 10,000 and sold it for 300,000!"

Li Banfeng laughed and said, "Just do it. You're lying like this, aren't you afraid of ruining your reputation?"

Tang Changfa poured a glass of wine for Li Banfeng: "Boss, I'm not lying, these books are real, Yan Hong'er is familiar with them, she has practiced many magic spells with them!"

Li Banfeng was stunned: "Hong'er, what have you mastered?"

Yan Hong'er prepared the condiments for Li Banfeng. The condiment plate disappeared in Yan Hong'er's hand and appeared near Li Banfeng.

Teleporting objects!

Yan Hong'er said, "Boss, this is not a magic trick, nor is it a sleight of hand. This is the real magic I learned from the black magic book."

Li Banfeng asked Yan Honger: "Which sect does this magic belong to?"

Yan Hong'er was really stumped by the question: "Boss, these things in the West don't follow the Taoism. I have never practiced anything else besides our own Yu Xiu."

Tang Changfa said: "Boss, see, this is the real thing, and anyone can practice it."

“Not everyone can practice it, right?” Li Banfeng shook his head. “Without any affinity, you definitely can’t learn it.”

"It won't take much Dao Yuan to learn this one spell!" Tang Changfa waved his hand and said, "There are many people selling medicine on the black market. If you spend a little money and buy some high-quality medicine, and save up Dao Yuan for a month, it will be enough to learn this technique."

Compared to Taoism in Prostate, the threshold for learning Western magic is much lower. But why did such a genuine book flow into the black market at such a cheap price?
"10,000 per copy. Where do you get the goods from?"

Yan Cui'er said: "I came from Bai Mo Fang. You may not have heard of Bai Mo Fang. The people here study everything. Today they write a talisman, tomorrow they draw a spell, and the day after tomorrow they make a little man. They know a little bit about all kinds of methods from ancient times to the present, both at home and abroad.
But the entry requirements of the Hundred Demons Club are quite high. They have rules. Magic cannot be used casually. Before joining the Hundred Demons Club, one must undergo a strict character assessment. It is said that some people have been assessed for more than ten years and have not become official members. "

Li Banfeng looked at the Western magic books that Tang Changfa brought and asked, "Why would such a disciplined organization sell real magic textbooks?"

Tang Changfa said: "I heard that there is an external bureau that is investigating Baimofang and has arrested many people there.

These books have now become evidence against them. It is not safe to keep them in their hands, but they are reluctant to destroy them, so they simply sell them on the black market at a low price.

I think we shouldn’t sell these books anymore. Selling them might harm people.”

Yan Hong'er shook her head and said, "I don't think so. The kitchen knife can be sold to kill people. Does that mean it can't be sold?"

Yan Cui'er nodded: "That's right. Besides, if we don't sell it, other companies will sell it, right? Isn't that how business is done?"

Li Banfeng looked at the magic books and said, "Don't rush to sell these books. You can learn them slowly. Once you have mastered them, we can talk about it later.

No matter what Baimofang wants to sell to you, you should buy it and invest more money so that other companies can't take away your business. It doesn't matter if you lose money. If you need money, tell me."

Tang Changfa thought for a moment and said, "It seems that no one is competing with us for business..."

"Of course there isn't any!" Yan Hong'er said, "Lu Family Bookstore also collects these books, and their prices are always higher than ours."

Lu Family Bookstore.

Boss Lu also studies Western cultivation.

What is he studying this for?
……

Boss Lu had been writing all night, then he stretched and blew out the oil lamp.

He no longer wrote a sequel to "Xiu Shuang Ji". He did not want to be bound by his previous writing ideas. He started a new book called "Spring Garden Night Talk". His writing style still needed to be polished, but he was very satisfied with the story structure.

He originally planned to take a nap, but when he looked out the window, the east was already getting light and it was almost dawn, so Boss Lu simply opened the door and started doing business.

It was early in the morning and not many people wanted to visit bookstores. Boss Lu did not expect many customers, so he picked up a copy of "Yuxiang Ji" and wrote a review while reading it.

A woman in her early thirties, wearing a blue down jacket, sunglasses and a mask, with loose curly hair, walked into the bookstore.

Boss Lu knew this woman. She said her surname was Liu and her name was Liu Cuishan. She was a member of Baimofang.

She has sold many books here, and they are all good books with genuine content.

Boss Lu poured the woman a cup of tea and asked, "Are you here to buy or sell books today?"

Liu Cuishan's cheeks were slightly red, and she seemed a little ashamed: "I'm here to sell something today, but not books. Is that okay with you?"

Boss Lu thought for a moment and said, "Tell me first, what kind of thing is it?"

The woman took out a magic box, a prop commonly used by magicians. There were various secret compartments in the box, as well as many mirrors at different angles, forming a visual trap.

If it were an ordinary person, they wouldn't even take a second look at this thing. It's a professional tool and doesn't have much value in itself.

Boss Kelu is an expert and he knows that this thing is a rare spiritual object.

"The item is good. If you're not in a hurry to sell it, you can keep it with me for a few days."

The woman shook her head and said, "We can't wait. We need the money now."

Boss Lu frowned slightly: "If you are in a hurry to sell it, I can't give you a high price."

Liu Cuishan nodded and said, "I trust you. I will take whatever you give me."

Boss Lu carefully examined the magic box again: "I bid..."

The sound was so long that Liu Cuishan's heart was in suspense.

Boss Lu's heart was also beating, he sensed a signal that he was about to forget.

"Five hundred thousand." Boss Lu made an offer.

Liu Cuishan nodded repeatedly: "Okay, I can accept this price, so let's make a deal?"

Boss Lu nodded and asked his clerk to pay Liu Cuishan.

Liu Cuishan appreciated this point the most. When doing business with Boss Lu, she paid him in cash.

Five hundred thousand in cash filled a bag. Liu Cuishan thanked him repeatedly and Boss Lu served her tea and saw her off.

Although he was very anxious, he was not at all careless in his manners. After seeing off Liu Cuishan, Boss Lu went to the second floor and told Yu Yaoming: "Du Wenming is out."

Yu Yaoming was startled: "When did it come out?" "Just now, I sensed it."

Yu Yaoming was delighted. "Well, I didn't brag, did I? As long as he can find the exit, he will definitely be able to get out. Let's go and ask him how he found the exit..."

Boss Lu had a blank expression on his face. Yu Yaoming suddenly felt a little chilly and he stopped talking.

"You are in a very dangerous situation now. Du Wenming may take revenge on you. Don't leave the bookstore during this period." Boss Lu closed the door on the second floor, went downstairs to the lobby, walked around the second and first rows of bookshelves twice, then stamped a document with the imperial seal and stuffed it into the crack of the bookstore door.

Walking out of the bookstore, Boss Lu arrived at Soda Kiln Passion Fruit Road.

They traveled quickly all the way, through the town, all the way to Tangjuzi Village. After walking more than 20 miles to the east of the village, Boss Lu arrived at Tangjuzi Mountain.

After crossing Tangjuzi Mountain, you will reach the border between the Soda Kiln and Heishipao. Du Wenming was sent into the wormhole at Heishipao. If he can find the exit, he should come out from the Soda Kiln.

According to Boss Lu's perception, Du Wenming is still near the boundary.

There is a dense forest at the foot of Tangjuzi Mountain. A boundary line more than half a meter wide passes through the forest, and no grass grows where the boundary passes.

Boss Lu walked around the boundary for a while. Some snow fell from the trees, and Boss Lu stopped.

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He took out a volume of "Spring Garden Night Talk" from his arms and gently tore off a page.

The pages of the book flew into the air with the cold wind and slowly broke into pieces as they were scratched by tree branches.

The broken pieces of paper fluttered in the cold wind for a moment, wrapped around the snow on the ground and trees, and turned into one beautiful woman after another in white gauze clothes.

Hundreds of beauties were holding swords and on high alert in the heavy snow. Suddenly one of the beauties drew her sword, and Boss Lu thought she was fighting with the enemy, but he saw the woman spinning on the spot and dancing.

"Your skills have improved!" Boss Lu praised.

This beauty is made of book pages. To be more precise, it is not even a complete page of a book, but just a fragment, and her spirituality is very limited.

But even with this little bit of spirituality, he was able to be impress by Du Wenming's dance skills, which shows that Du Wenming's skills have changed a lot.

The beauty slid forward a step and bumped into another beauty, who then started dancing.

In less than a minute, the beauties came and went, surrounded Boss Lu, and started dancing.

Can techniques be transmitted on their own?
Just like an epidemic, can they infect each other?
This can be considered a natural skill.

Boss Lu moved his toes and even he felt like dancing.

A group of women raised their swords and stabbed Boss Lu together.

These women were summoned by Boss Lu from the words in the book, and now, under the control of Wu Xiuji, they actually took the initiative to attack Boss Lu.

Boss Lu stood where he was and reopened "Spring Garden Night Talk". All the women turned back into pieces of paper as they approached him, and then pieced together to become a page in the book.

Deep in the woods, Du Wenming frowned slightly, with a slightly angry look on his face, but he still praised: "Badou Mo Ke, good tricks!"

Boss Lu patted the snow on the tree and smiled, "Mr. Du, I really admire you. After so many days, you can still walk out of the boundary. Let's not worry about the misunderstandings before. Come with me to the bookstore and discuss important matters together."

Du Wenming sneered: "You threw me into the wormhole, didn't you just use me as a test subject? Now you say we want to discuss important matters together, you are too hypocritical."

Boss Lu nodded and smiled, "What you said makes sense, so let's be sincere. Come back to the bookstore with me and I'll spare your life. What do you think?"

Du Wenming frowned and said, "If I don't go to the library, you're going to kill me?"

Boss Lu did not deny it: "I don't want to reveal the secrets of the boundary."

Du Wenming sighed and said, "You are such a cruel person!"

Boss Lu shook his head: "You can't blame me for being cruel. You were the first to attack me. We have been enemies ever since the day you broke into my bookstore."

Du Wenming looked at Boss Lu, then he slid over to Boss Lu and started dancing with him.

Boss Lu offered hardly any resistance. He just followed Du Wenming in twisting his waist and kicking his legs, dancing very well.

Du Wenming performed his most familiar puppet dance. Boss Lu's body was as stiff as the puppet, his joints were tight and his movements were difficult.

Du Wenming's body trembled, and all his joints seemed to be dislocated.

Boss Lu trembled, his joints were really dislocated, and he collapsed to the ground.

Du Wenming smiled, picked up Boss Lu, and came to the boundary: "You used me as a test subject in the beginning, today I will let you taste the taste of the boundary."

Just as he was about to throw Boss Lu over the boundary line, he suddenly felt that Boss Lu in his hand became lighter.

In the blink of an eye, Boss Lu turned into a large piece of confetti, flying in all directions.

This is not Boss Lu.

Where is the real Boss Lu?
Du Wenming was startled. He heard Boss Lu's voice: "It's good to come here. You have nowhere to escape."

The flying scraps of paper turned into three walls, surrounding Du Wenming from three sides.

There are densely packed words on every wall.

Each character holds a weapon in his hand.

The character “情” (love) turns the vertical heart radical into a long halberd, and the character “信” (faith) turns the single person radical into an iron spear. Countless characters are ready to take action at any time. Boss Lu gives a final warning:
"Come back to the library with me, and I'll spare your life."

Du Wenming turned around and looked behind him.

There is still one side behind that is not surrounded, and that side is the boundary.

Boss Lu smiled and said, "If you really have the guts to do that, just crash into the road and die. I will still respect you as a man!"

Du Wenming gritted his teeth, turned around and jumped, and actually hit the boundary line.

The confetti dispersed, and Boss Lu appeared. He saw that Du Wenming had disappeared, leaving only a cloud of dust.

he died?
wrong.

He is still alive.

Boss Lu carefully sensed the mark on Du Wenming's body. The signal of the mark disappeared at first, but reappeared not long after.

Boss Lu looked across the line and saw a figure, with stiff steps, quietly disappearing into the dense forest.

Du Wenming crossed the line?

Boss Lu was very surprised. He didn't expect Du Wenming to take the initiative to enter the boundary and leave quickly.

He actually mastered how to cross the line without the aid of any equipment.

Where is he going?

What is he going to do?
Boss Lu felt a little regretful.

I shouldn't have been so soft-hearted just now. I really wanted to keep him alive.

But on second thought, it’s not wrong to do so. Du Wenming is worth keeping.

……

In Chu Yaoxian's territory, He Jiaqing was secretly observing the three men who were clearing the land.

"Li Qi only gave you a thousand people?"

Chu Yaoxian nodded: "He gave Dou Jiyan two thousand, but only gave me one thousand. I guess he still holds a grudge against He Yuxiu for what happened before."

He Jiaqing agreed with this: "He is indeed a vengeful person. You may not know that these three-headed people are not only good at clearing the land, they are also very good fighters."

Chu Yaoxian said: "I heard that when Qiqiu City was first built, the three-headed man helped Li Qi defeat Chu Shaoqiang. They are physically very strong, but they have no cultivation at all. Even if they are just white lambs, they are still very good at fighting."

He Jiaqing shook his head: "It's far more than that. I got a top-secret document from another state. It's an entry-level medicine powder from another state, something called a guide agent, which can allow the three-headed man to obtain the Tao and practice.
By mastering this guiding agent, we can train them into powerful warriors. These one thousand three-headed men can defeat dozens of cloud cultivators, or even more."

"Dozens?" Chu Yaoxian was very surprised.

He Jiaqing further explained: "The prerequisite is to undergo sufficient training and formulate appropriate tactics. This is a very complicated process."

Chu Yaoxian didn't quite understand the process, but she knew who these three-headed men belonged to: "I signed a contract with Li Qi, and these three-headed men are still his men, they are just lent to me."

He Jiaqing smiled and said, "People's hearts and minds cannot be determined by a piece of paper. These three people have suffered a lot. As long as we treat them sincerely, they will never let us down."

A group of three men are ready to start the new land, and the test is about to begin.

He Jiaqing reminded Chu Yaoxian: "Appropriately control the progress of land reclamation and try not to anger Neizhou."

Chu Yaoxian was also worried about this matter: "I have half of the contract left in Neizhou. Sooner or later, they will come to me for this matter."

"I've thought about this a long time ago. Neizhou is now hit by a plague, so some things are inconvenient to handle. After a while, I'll find a way to get your deed out of Neizhou."

A tiger with antlers came to the edge of the plot, ready to start the test.

His steps were very strange, he paused after each step, as if there was something wrong with his joints, and his body stretched and relaxed, as if he was following some special rhythm.

Seeing this, Chu Yaoxian said, "What kind of weird trick did this tiger come up with? He is an expert in testing people, and he probably wants to use a trick to deceive people."

He Jiaqing observed for a moment and said, "Let the tiger leave here."

Chu Yaoxian said: "This is a test. He is a weirdo. If I stop him, it will be against the rules."

"He's been hit by a technique!"

As he was speaking, the tiger walked over to a rabbit.

The rabbit didn't run away, but like the tiger, it took strange steps towards the land.

"This is a dance technique!" Chu Yaoxian was shocked. She was a dancer herself and could see some traces of techniques from the tiger and the rabbit, but she had never seen such dance steps.

She can also use singing and dancing to bring peace and prosperity, and can get people around her to dance.

But the tiger that was hit by the singing and dancing skill was able to lead the rabbit to dance together. This was the first time she had seen such a technique.

"I'll try and see if I can resolve it..." Before Chu Yaoxian could finish her words, He Jiaqing suddenly appeared behind the tiger and threw out two nails more than ten meters away from the tiger.

The two nails, one was driven into the tiger's body, and the other into the rabbit's body.

Tigers and rabbits are both monsters from the new land. They are extremely strong and two nails are not enough to kill them.

He Jiaqing's index and middle fingers trembled, making a pliers-like gesture.

The two original nails turned into two thick branches more than one meter long. The tiger and the rabbit were pierced through their bodies by the branches, and both died.

The three men were stunned by this scene. They didn't know He Jiaqing, and they didn't know what had happened to the tiger and the rabbit.

He Jiaqing walked deep into the forest and met Du Wenming under a willow tree.

Du Wenming leaned against the willow tree with his hands in his trouser pockets: "Want to do business? I have a good deal."

PS: Du Wenming is going to stir up some waves!
(End of this chapter)