Lord of Puro

Chapter 717 Sunflower
Haichiling, Sandaoling, and Laobing Village.

Niu Fuzhi brought his family, young and old, to the temple to burn incense for the Seventh Master, and then each of them took their tools and went to work in the fields.

They didn't know that there were two people standing behind the statue. One was the local god Pan Dehai, who had the ability to hide himself and could not be seen normally.

One is Li Qi, no one can notice him.

There is also an invisible sunflower growing behind the statue. In the center of the flower, a sunflower seed has grown into a small statue, standing quietly on the flower disk, bending the flower stem under its weight.

Pan Dehai gently took the small statue off the flower disc, and one melon seed was missing from the flower disc.

He held the statue and told Li Qi to talk somewhere else. The two of them left the Qi Laoye Temple and came to Pan Dehai's residence. Pan Dehai handed the small statue to Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng took the statue and placed it on his head to try it out. The pure energy entered his body under Li Banfeng's control.

The thing is real, but the means are a bit strange. Li Banfeng really couldn't imagine that the statue that collects popularity is actually a melon seed.

"Old Pan, you actually know how to use farming techniques?"

Pan Dehai smiled and said, "After practicing for so many years, it is impossible for me to only study one technique. I will also learn some techniques from other sects.
There are indeed some cultivation mechanisms for growing this type of sunflower, but the most critical technique still comes from moral cultivation.”

Pan Dehai brought a bag of sunflower seeds and explained carefully: "These sunflower seeds are specially cultivated by me using the virtue cultivation technique - spring breeze and rain. The essence of spring breeze and rain is to educate and cultivate.
Under the repeated influence of the moral cultivation technique, these sunflower seeds have some spirituality. After being cultivated into sunflowers, they have learned the moral cultivation technique of being modest and open-minded.

The sunflower with the skill of being modest can absorb popularity in the temple. The more popularity it has, the faster it grows. After absorbing enough popularity, it will produce sunflower seeds like this."

Upon hearing this, Li Banfeng was unhappy: "What did you say at the beginning? You said you would teach me this method and you promised to teach me how to do it. Now you tell me that this is a moral cultivation technique. How can I learn it?"

Pan Dehai adjusted his round-framed glasses, waved his folding fan, and said slowly: "Brother Li Qi, please be patient. I have already prepared a plan to deal with this.

The best strategy is for you to follow me into the Daoist school, and I will teach you the art of gentle influence."

"Nonsense!" Li Banfeng said angrily, "I have already reached a certain level of cultivation. How can I practice other sects at the same time?"

Pan Dehai shook his head and said, "Ordinary Taoist sects cannot practice both at the same time, but our sect is not ordinary. It is said that the foundation of all things begins with virtue, and the rise and fall of all things originate from virtue. Virtue is the foundation of all Taoist sects in the world!"

Li Banfeng thought for a moment and prepared to spit at Pan Dehai.

Pan Dehai continued, “Brother Li Qi, this old man has already comprehended the origin of all the Dao sects in the world, and now I have learned a secret method that will allow you to cultivate both virtue and morality without suffering backlash from other Dao sects.”

Li Banfeng looked at Pan Dehai quietly. He said some words that had to be translated using special methods.

The so-called comprehension of the essence of Taoism in the world should prove that he has learned some techniques from other Taoism.

The secret method he mentioned should be some trick of moral cultivation that can break the boundaries between cultivation levels and avoid backlash.

Aiyi once said that foolish cultivation and crazy cultivation belong to a special category of Taoism. Generally, they will not conflict with other Taoist sects. Moral cultivation is likely to be among the special ones as well, but it requires some skills in the process of cultivation.

But this is not the point.

Li Banfeng directly rejected Pan Dehai: "I don't want to learn moral cultivation."

No matter how tempting the conditions Pan Dehai offered, Li Banfeng would never be able to join Dexiu.

He remembered Bian Bu's advice not to practice the Taoism that he hated, as practicing the Taoism that De Xiu would definitely drive him crazy within a day.

Pan Dehai sighed and said, "The best strategy is to refuse to obey. There is also a middle strategy. I have a magic weapon that is very good at the skill of gentle breeze and gentle rain. I can give it to you today to help you cast the spell."

This is indeed a good idea, but Li Banfeng thought for a long time and asked, "Is there any other solution?"

Pan Dehai frowned and said, "Why not take the middle strategy?"

Li Banfeng smiled naively and said, "I'm here to learn your craft, so how can I accept your magic weapon?"

Pan Dehai was very generous: "There are very few virtuous people in the world. You and I are role models among them. As the saying goes, heroes appreciate each other and have similar spirits. A mere magic weapon is not worth mentioning."

Li Banfeng waved his hands repeatedly: "It's good for a virtuous person to have you as a role model, just tell me the next best thing."

He didn't want to take Pan Dehai's magic weapon. No one dared to say what Pan Dehai would put in the magic weapon. If he gave it to Honglian to refine it again, the magic weapon would be unusable after refinement. Who could he complain to?

Pan Dehai had no choice but to offer a bad plan: "You can also come to me to get sunflower seeds and plant them yourself. As long as nothing goes wrong here, you can use as many sunflower seeds as you want."

What if something goes wrong?

Li Banfeng weighed the pros and cons and came up with an idea: "I have a close friend who is from the same school as Master Pan. You can teach her the techniques and let her help me make sunflower seeds."

Pan Dehai was in a dilemma: "I have spent my entire life studying and finally got this secret method. How can I pass it on so easily?"

"Don't worry, I won't share it with anyone else. Just give it to me and I will use it. Let's sign a contract."

The next day, Li Banfeng brought Mengde over and asked her to learn techniques from Lao Pan.

Old Pan was unwilling to teach him, and Li Banfeng frowned: "Wangyou Niang didn't trust you in the first place. This time she formed an alliance with you only because of my face. If I don't give her this face, this alliance will not be formed."

As he spoke, Li Banfeng's legs began to tremble violently, and his body began to shake as well.

Pan Dehai asked with concern: "Brother Li Qi, are you catching a cold?"

Li Banfeng waved his hands and said, "I am just trying to make you angry. Just tell me whether you agree to this or not?"

Pan Dehai was quite sensible and taught Mengde for a full ten days.

Meng De had a good talent for moral cultivation, and with his hard work, he learned the skills in ten days and cultivated the first batch of sunflower seeds.

Li Banfeng took the sunflower seeds to Daoguiling and secretly planted one in the temple.

As soon as the sunflowers were planted, Li Banfeng became a little worried. Although the Dao Lao ghosts had average eyesight, they would definitely not be able to see them when the sunflowers grew up, and would definitely pull them out as weeds.

Pan Dehai has the ability to become invisible. No one else can see the sunflowers he plants. If I ask him to learn, will he be willing to teach me?

There is a high probability that he will not be willing to teach for free. If he then puts forward other conditions, it will be difficult for Li Banfeng to accept them.

Is there any other solution?
Have!
A dazzling array of flowers!
Sun Tiecheng once used the confusing flower array to help Li Banfeng hide the deed, and Li Banfeng also learned this method from Jiu Guang.

The technique is somewhat complicated. You have to choose the right direction, use the right depth and strength, tear open an unknown gap, and release an unknown force from the gap to confuse other people's eyesight.

Li Banfeng took two branches and stuck them into the place where the sunflower seeds were planted.

After inserting it, Li Banfeng looked for a moment and the two branches were clearly visible.

This was a magic circle he had set up himself, so of course he couldn't fool himself.

Who should I ask to try it?

Cui Tik was definitely not suitable, and neither was Dao Laogui. Li Banfeng returned to Suishenju and used the Lianta bridal chamber technique to replace the Ninth Girl.

The Ninth Girl looked at the two branches on the ground and asked Li Banfeng, "Are we going to use the Hundred Steps Vertical and Horizontal Strategy?"

Li Banfeng sniffed, and the Ninth Girl saw the branches at a glance, proving that the magic circle was not working.

Seeing Li Banfeng's embarrassed expression, Jiuer guessed what was going on.

"So you want to use the Flower Blindness Formation. This formation is not easy to learn. Sister will help you set it up first." Jiuer was considerate. She set up a formation for Li Banfeng and hid the sunflowers.

Li Banfeng was full of gratitude: "Jiu'er, you rarely come out, let me take you around."

Jiuer was happy and walked out of the temple taking Li Banfeng's arm.

Looking at the Dao Lao ghosts all over the mountains outside, Jiuer said with a smile: "I just remembered something. The weather has been humid these days, and Hongying has a rash all over her body. I promised to apply medicine for her. Let's go home."

"Hongying can also get rashes?" Li Banfeng didn't expect.

"Yes, her flesh and blood are different from ours. They are her own creation, and are much stronger than us puppets. So, you should send me home." Jiuer held Li Banfeng's arm tightly, and her voice became more gentle.

Li Banfeng said: "There is no rush to apply the medicine, let's walk around the mountain more."

A roar was heard, and Dao Lao Gui was ready to start the ritual.

Jiuer was silent for a moment, then suddenly looked at Li Banfeng and shouted, "I want to go home!"

Li Banfeng quickly sent the Ninth Girl back.

Jiuer had seen the world before, and had fought with Shan Chengjun and Shu Wanjuan. How could Dao Laogui scare her like this?
Moreover, the Dao Lao Ghost that Jiuer knew was still in her own memory. The current Dao Lao Ghost was much stronger than the one in her memory.

What would be the consequences if Dao Laogui walked out of the bitch post?
Li Banfeng looked at Cuitik's cave and watched for a long time before leaving.

……

The sunflower seeds that attracted popularity were made, but Li Banfeng was still shaking while sitting at home.

The lady could see that this was the backlash of her cultivation, but she didn't expect the backlash to be so severe.

"My husband, if I absorb the popularity from Daogui Ridge, how long will it take to accumulate enough to reach the fourth level of Yunshang?"

Li Banfeng thought about it and couldn't estimate for a moment: "It should be pretty fast, right?"

Hong Ying asked, "With the lands we own, we should be able to collect the money in a month, right?"

Li Banfeng didn't say anything. One month was definitely not enough.

Hong Ying asked again: "What about the half year?"

The record player signaled Hong Ying to stop talking and look at Li Banfeng's current condition. She was not sure whether Li Banfeng could hold on for half a year.

Jiuer shook her head slightly towards the record player. There were some things that couldn't be said now. When it came to cultivation, one should avoid worrying about it. The more one worried, the more severe the backlash would be.

But how could Li Banfeng not be worried? Given the current situation, he didn't know how long he could hold on, nor did he know when he would be able to gain enough popularity.

The record player came up with an idea: "My husband, you are not only popular in Daogui Ridge, but also well-known in Green Water City. Let's find a place to plant some sunflower seeds and try."

After his wife's reminder, Li Banfeng suddenly understood.

He went to Xiaoyaowu and planted a sunflower next to the stage, and asked Jiuer to cover it with a dazzling array of flowers.

Everyone in Lushui City knows that Xiaoyaowu is the territory of Li Qi and Ma Wu. The popularity that can be gathered here is probably much less than that of Daoguiling.

Besides Xiaoyaowu, where else is there?
Late at night, Li Banfeng went to Tiemen Fort and planted a sunflower in the fort.

The next day, Li Banfeng went to Heishipo again and planted a sunflower around the newspaper office.

In Heishipo, "Tuber-Blooming Jasmine" is very famous, and Mr. Ye is also very famous. Should we plant a few more plants?

Li Banfeng looked back at the newspaper office. There were not many changes in the factory-converted newspaper office. Some editors were still working on manuscripts for tomorrow's morning paper, and there were photographers in the workshop taking photos for the magazine at the beginning of the month.

Li Banfeng likes the newspaper office very much and should come and stay for a few more days.

I haven't been back for such a long time, I don't know if they still remember Boss Ye. There are hundreds or thousands of melon seeds on the sunflower plate, and it is enough to plant one.

When Li Banfeng walked to the door, he stumbled and almost fell on the road.

My feet started to become uncontrollable.

Besides Iron Gate Fort and Black Rock Slope, where else can you gather popularity?

Li Banfeng went to Yuezhou. He didn't dare to talk about other places, but in the Dark Star Bureau, many people still remembered Director Li. Li Banfeng planted a sunflower in his office. When Jiuer helped Li Banfeng set up the magic circle, she found that Li Banfeng's face was not very good.

"Ah Qi, take a rest if you are tired, we will think of a solution later."

"I'm not tired. I'm used to running. This is nothing." After sending the Ninth Girl back to Suishenju, Li Banfeng felt his legs go weak.

Where else can I go?
Many people in Qiqiu City remember Li Qi, as well as Zhengjing Village, and...

There is also Qingyan City. I wonder if those kids still remember it.

Li Banfeng went to Qingyan City and planned to plant a sunflower in a warehouse next to the station. Before the pit was dug, Li Banfeng's legs twisted and he fell next to the warehouse, knocking over a pile of cargo boxes, and he couldn't get up for a long time.

Ordinary people would not notice Li Banfeng, but the collapse of the cargo box attracted the warehouse manager.

The warehouse manager looked at Li Banfeng and asked, "What do you do?"

"It's okay, I just came to see if my goods have arrived." Li Banfeng stood up with difficulty, holding on to the boxes on the ground.

The warehouse manager waved his hand and said, "Look somewhere else. Your goods are definitely not here."

“I remember it was right here.”

"It can't be here. You should leave quickly. This warehouse doesn't store anything."

“Since it’s a warehouse, why not store things?”

The warehouse manager was getting impatient: "Is this your first time in Qingyan City? You don't even know this warehouse?"

Li Banfeng shook his head: "Is there anything special about this warehouse?"

"This is the territory of our benefactor!" When he mentioned the word "benefactor", the treasurer raised his voice, "Our benefactor is right here, he saved the children of Qingyan City, saved our flesh and blood!"

Li Banfeng was stunned for a while: "You know about this?"

The warehouse manager was also stunned: "How could we not know? They are our children. They said it themselves!"

Li Banfeng looked back at the warehouse, then at the warehouse manager: "Do you still remember this?"

"Remember! He is our benefactor!" The storekeeper pointed at Li Banfeng and said, "Hurry up and leave. You can't move from this place. This is Qingyan City's treasure land. You are lucky to meet me. I won't bother with you in the middle of the night. Wait for the other storekeepers to come and see if they don't punish you!"

The warehouse manager was also quite scared. He didn't know the origins of the man in front of him and just wanted to drive Li Banfeng away.

Li Banfeng stumbled a few steps, turned around and asked, "Do you really remember everything?"

"Remember! Who can forget a benefactor? Get out of here!"

Li Banfeng walked out of the warehouse and sat on the side of the road.

There is always a faint smell of cigarette smoke in the air of Qingyan City. Li Banfeng looked at the gray streets and murmured, "Someone still remembers, still remembers..."

"A lot of people remember you. Qingyan City should plant a sunflower." The peddler put his carrying pole on the side of the road, took a bowl from it, made a bowl of fruit juice, and handed it to Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng sat on the side of the road and drank it down in gulps.

After drinking this big bowl of hot soup, he felt stronger again.

Looking at the peddler's pole, Li Banfeng asked, "Is the truck not repaired yet?"

"If it's repaired, would I still need to carry this?" The peddler took out five medicine bags from his carrying pole and handed them to Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng looked at the medicine bag and asked, "What kind of medicine is this?"

"Resurrection Soup, drink one packet every three days, it will last for half a month. Did Pan Dehai give you those melon seeds?"

Li Banfeng nodded.

"give it to me."

Li Banfeng gave the melon seeds to the peddler.

The peddler took out one and buried it on the roadside: "Many people here remember you, the sunflowers here will sprout soon."

He dipped some vanishing cream and smeared it on the place where the sunflower seeds were planted, hiding the sunflowers.

"There are still many places that remember you," the peddler said to Li Banfeng, holding a bag of sunflower seeds. "I'll go plant the sunflower seeds for you. When you finish drinking the soul-restoring soup, wait for me in Green Water City."

Li Banfeng looked at the medicine bag in his hand and asked, "Do you want to drink the soul-restoring soup?"

The peddler nodded: "If you don't drink, you will die. The conflict between staying at home and traveling is too great. I saw that you were fine before, so I didn't take it seriously. I didn't expect the backlash to be so severe."

Li Banfeng put away the medicine bag and looked up at the peddler: "Why do you always find me?"

The peddler glanced behind Li Banfeng and said, "Before, it was because I didn't trust you."

Li Banfeng asked: "What happened next?"

The peddler picked up his pole and said, "Later, I didn't want to look for you anymore, but I had to look for you, or I would have to wait for you to burn my house down."

Li Banfeng stood up and said, "I owe you such a big favor, what should I give you in return?"

The peddler shook his head and said, "It's not a big favor. I can just send a few people to run errands. You will definitely survive this. You have earned it all by yourself."

……

Back at Suishenju, Li Banfeng handed the medicine bag to the record player: "Madam, boil some medicine for me first. This is the soul-resurrection soup given by the peddler."

When the wife heard about the life-restoring soup, her heart sank. The peddler gave her this thing, which proved that her husband's condition was quite worrying. She hurriedly took the tool to boil the medicine.

Honglian came to the medicine pot quietly, smelled the scent, and gently trembled her lotus leaves.

Huchi~
A ball of steam circled around the red lotus, and the lotus leaves immediately shrank back.

"General Zhao, what are you doing? Can't I watch you make medicine?"

"Do you want to see it, or do you want to drink it? Are you craving for the peddler's secret medicine?"

Steam rolled around Honglian, and Honglian tactfully retreated to a distance.

After drinking the medicine one dose after another, half a month passed in a blink of an eye. With the help of the Resurrection Soup, Li Banfeng was in good condition.

He first went to Daogui Ridge, and found the sunflower behind the temple.

There were daily sacrifices in the temple, and five small statues grew on the sunflowers.

The image of the statue is basically the same as the statues built by the Dao Lao ghosts. It shows a man wearing a suit and a top hat, standing upright. Because the brim of the hat is too low, the man's face is almost invisible.

This is Dao Laogui’s impression of Li Qi.

Dao Lao Gui held sacrifices every day and was very devout in his belief in Li Banfeng, but this number still surprised Li Banfeng.

As he absorbed the popularity from the statues one by one, Li Banfeng thought of a question.

There are many Seven Lords Temples in Sandaoling. During the New Year, each village holds a temple fair, which attracts a lot of people. However, Pan Dehai only gave Li Banfeng two statues.

Old Pan has a lot more hidden. I'll have to talk to him some other day.

That night, Li Banfeng arrived at Tiemenbao.

The number of residential buildings in Tiemenbao was limited, and it was impossible to rely on them to hold sacrificial ceremonies, so Li Banfeng did not hold out much hope.

But when they found the sunflower, they saw three statues of gods on the flower disk.

The image of the statue is different from that of Daoguiling. He is wearing armor, holding a long sword, and standing majestically.

This is the memory of the lord of Tiemen Fort. To them, the lord of the fort is like a door god.

But Li Banfeng couldn't understand this number. The number of people in the house repairing was far from comparable to that of Dao Lao Gui. How was it possible that three small statues were produced in such a short time?
There is still a difference between the mechanism of popularity formation and Li Banfeng's understanding.

The next day, Li Banfeng went to Heishipo. Two statues of gods had grown on the sunflowers in the newspaper office. One had already grown, but the outline of the other was not clear yet and could not be picked for the time being.

The grown-up statue is dressed in a tuxedo, a top hat, smoking a pipe and holding a stack of newspapers.

This is in line with the image of a newspaper owner.

Tomorrow is the agreed day. Li Banfeng returned to Green Water City and first went to Xiaoyaowu to check the sunflowers next to the stage.

There are four statues of gods on the flower disk!

It must be admitted that Green Water City has always been the main source of popularity.

The image of the deity here is somewhat special, wearing a long skirt and having long hair. One hand slightly lifts the hem of the skirt and the other hand is placed on the chest, as if he is performing a salute.

Li Banfeng stared at the statue for a long time and asked his wife, "Is this me?"

The wife also looked at him for a long time: "It doesn't seem to be my husband."

Li Banfeng placed the statue on his head and tried for a moment. He could feel the human energy surging, but he couldn't receive any of it.

This popularity is not for him. Looking carefully at the face of the statue, Li Banfeng clearly realized a problem, which is Jiang Mengting's popularity.

Most of the people who come to Xiaoyaowu to listen to music are there for Jiang Mengting.

There are also a few statues that have not grown yet. Judging from their appearance, they should be singers from Xiaoyaowu. Most customers will not think of Li Qi when listening to his songs.

Li Banfeng put the statue aside and sat quietly on the bed. His legs shook violently, causing the wooden bed to creak.

The record player sighed softly: "Husband, the day has come, go and wait for the peddler."

As she spoke, she looked at Honglian.

PS: If the peddler fails to get the job done, you can only take another gamble and go to the Dark Star Bureau to find the statue of the goddess.

(End of this chapter)