Chapter 20

The peddler pointed out the first path, letting Li Banfeng settle down directly in a dangerous place.

It looks like a good plan, but thinking about it carefully, it's very absurd.

Saying it's good is because it can solve the problem; settling down in a dangerous place can perfectly solve the problem of living in a dangerous place for a night.

Not to mention one night, even living for a few nights is fine; hiding in your own residence, the success rate of dealing with danger is also higher.

Saying it's absurd is because how will the days ahead be lived?

"Don't tell me I have to live in a dangerous place for a lifetime?"

The peddler comforted Li Banfeng: "Don't be so pessimistic; as long as you cultivate a Zhai Ling, ordinary enemies won't be able to enter your residence at all, and you can still live in peace."

"Can I still cultivate a Zhai Ling?"

"Yes! Dangerous places have many resentful spirits, and resentful spirits are most suitable for nourishing Zhai Ling.

Take the Lianyin Valley in Yaowanggou as an example; this valley has very heavy yin energy and nourishes many resentful spirits. I don't know how many people have lost their lives on the mountain; this is a typical dangerous place.

This place is good; it's quiet, and ordinary people don't dare to disturb it.

You settle your home in Lianyin Valley, live for half a year, lay a foundation, and you can cultivate a Zhai Ling. The Zhai Ling will absorb the resentful spirits and become more and more powerful, which will also be extremely beneficial to your cultivation in the future."

Li Banfeng pondered for a moment and asked a seemingly shallow but major question: "What is a resentful spirit?"

The peddler blinked, quite surprised: "Didn't you read books? You still need to ask me what a resentful spirit is? It's just a ghost! A ghost with extremely heavy resentment."

So it's a ghost.

Li Banfeng's brows relaxed, and he tried his best to control his emotions, revealing a trace of a smile.

Thinking about life in the future, living in a deep, quiet mountain valley with many resentful spirits—what a warm period of time this will be.

Perhaps it's not just a period of time; Yu Yu Zhaixiu practitioners cultivate in their residence, and they might live in the mountain valley for a lifetime.

Li Banfeng looked at the peddler and said seriously: "Won't the resentful spirits in the mountain valley harm me?"

"This question is asked well," the peddler answered very seriously. "Resentful spirits harming people is inevitable, but you have a Zhai Ling, and the Zhai Ling will help you resist the invasion of the resentful spirits."

"What if the Zhai Ling can't resist?"

The peddler's expression was even more serious: "You must have confidence; you must believe in the power of the Zhai Ling; you must believe in your own will; you must believe that there is no difficulty in this world that cannot be overcome. No matter whether you believe in yourself or not, I believe in you! You can do it!"

Li Banfeng thought about it and felt that what the peddler said made sense, but he had another question: "Before the Zhai Ling is cultivated, who will help me resist?"

"This..." This question hit the nail on the head. The peddler took out a stack of yellow paper, on which various runes were drawn: "These charms are enough for you to resist for three to five months; by then, the Zhai Ling should be cultivated."

"And then? Even if I have a Zhai Ling, I can't hide in the residence every day. I still have to go out to find food, right? I'm still a Lv Xiu, right? I still have to walk around everywhere. When I leave the residence, how should I face the resentful spirits?"

"If you can run faster..." The peddler couldn't round it off, so he changed the topic. "It doesn't necessarily have to be in Lianyin Valley; there are other places..."

"What can other places do? I'm a Lv Xiu, I still have to go out and wander. According to your method, going out is sending myself to death."

If it were once or twice, it would be fine, but settling down in a dangerous place, even going out to buy groceries is a life-threatening matter—how can I live this life?

The peddler sighed: "Actually, tempering in a dangerous place is also beneficial to Lv Xiu, but if you are unwilling, then forget it. There is another path."

The peddler slapped the cabinet, and a drawer opened, filled with all kinds of sundries.

After rummaging for a long time, the peddler took out a key from the drawer, a brass key that was slightly shorter than an index finger and covered with copper rust.

"Since you don't want to settle down in a dangerous place, I'll give you another residence."

"What kind of residence?"

In Li Banfeng's view, no kind of residence could solve the contradiction between Yu Yu Zhaixiu and Lv Xiu.

"This residence is very special; it's one of the priceless treasures in the world. If it weren't for the fact that I value rules and reputation, I absolutely wouldn't be willing to give this good thing to you." The peddler reached forward with the key, twisted it three times counter-clockwise, and made a door-opening gesture.

He was opening a door with a key toward the air.

His movements were very serious, as if there really was a door in front of him.

He turned his head, looked at Li Banfeng, and beckoned to him: "Come, I'll take you in to see the house."

Go in?

Where to go in?

There was only air in front.

"Come quickly!" The peddler's expression was very serious.

Li Banfeng came to the peddler's side, still seeing nothing.

The peddler's expression remained serious.

Li Banfeng looked at the peddler and said: "I know a chief physician surnamed Wang in the psychiatric department of the Third Hospital of Yuezhou; he's a good person. Why don't you go..."

The peddler pushed Li Banfeng, and Li Banfeng walked a few more steps forward.

Suddenly, it was pitch black in front of him; the wilderness, the big tree, the bonfire, the cabinet, and the straw mat were all gone.

*Hiss! *

The peddler struck a match, and by that faint light, Li Banfeng saw the environment clearly.

This was a room, not a very big room, measuring three meters wide and two meters long, with an area of about six square meters.

The room was empty; except for the mottled walls, there was nothing, not even a window.

The match was about to burn out, and the peddler stood with one foot outside the door and one foot inside, saying to Li Banfeng: "The door will close soon. The next thing is very important; you must throw the key outside the door before the door closes, to a suitable place."

After saying this, the peddler threw the key out.

There was a cloud of mist outside the door, and Li Banfeng couldn't see where he threw the key.

*Clang! *

The door closed, the match went out, and the room fell into complete darkness.

*Hiss~*

The peddler struck a match again, and this time he lit a candle and held it in his hand.

"Take a good look; this is the residence I'm giving you."

Li Banfeng looked around: "If you say this is a room, I believe it; if you say it's a residence..."

This "residence" was really a bit small.

"This is a residence, one of the most precious residences in the world."

"What's precious about it? Is it because it can turn invisible?"

Before the peddler opened the door, Li Banfeng had never seen this "residence," which clearly showed that this residence had an invisibility function.

"It's not just invisibility," the peddler smiled. "This residence can move; wherever the key goes, it follows. As long as you carry the key, it will keep following you."

Li Banfeng was stunned.

If what the peddler said was true, this was a mobile residence, and the contradiction between Lv Xiu and Yu Yu Zhaixiu would be completely resolved.

But is there really such a residence in the world?

"Don't believe it?" The peddler smiled. "You can try."

After saying this, the peddler opened the door and walked outside with Li Banfeng.

As soon as their feet stepped out of the threshold, their vision was covered by thick fog.

The moment the door closed, the thick fog dissipated, and Li Banfeng discovered his feet were stepping on a patch of messy grass.

The peddler bent down, picked up the brass key from the messy grass, and handed it to Li Banfeng.

"Let's change to another place." The peddler took Li Banfeng, walked a few hundred meters, and entered a forest.

"Insert the key until you feel it enter the keyhole."

Li Banfeng did as he was told.

He inserted the key into the air, but felt nothing.

The peddler shook his head: "That's not right."

"I don't know the technique yet..."

"You don't need any technique; just like opening a door with a key, such a simple thing, be crisp and neat, don't be hesitant."

Li Banfeng tried again. This time, he did it very neatly and naturally.

*Click, click, click~*

Li Banfeng seemed to hear the sound of the key entering the keyhole, and felt a burst of resistance on his fingers.

"The method is correct," the peddler smiled. "Turn the key to the left, and when you hear two clicks, the lock will open."

Li Banfeng held the key and turned it counter-clockwise.

*Click! *

*Click! *

The peddler said: "Push the door!"

Li Banfeng pushed forward; he felt the texture of the wooden door, and even heard the sound of the door hinges.

*Squeak~*

But he didn't see the door, nor did he see the previous room.

"Take a step forward, just one step."

Li Banfeng took a step forward, and thick fog struck, quickly blocking his vision.

Take another step forward, and he should be able to see the room.

The peddler immediately reminded him: "Don't move yet, throw the key out.

The exit of the residence is connected to the key; if you bring the key into the residence, the exit of the residence will lead to the residence, and you will be trapped in the residence forever."

Li Banfeng turned around to throw the key away, and heard the peddler remind him again: "Choose a good place to throw it, don't make it too obvious, otherwise the key will be picked up by others, and don't make it too hidden, so that even you can't find it."

Li Banfeng's eyes were full of fog, and his vision was very blurry, making it very difficult to throw the key.

No wonder the peddler said throwing the key was very important.

The peddler urged: "Hurry up and throw the key out; the door is about to close."

Fortunately, Li Banfeng had a unique skill; relying half on his vision and half on his memory, Li Banfeng threw the key out and stepped into the door with his other foot.

*Clang! *

The door closed.

Li Banfeng entered the room.

Li Banfeng turned around, pushed open the door, walked out of the room, and discovered he had returned to the forest.

He found the key on the ground; it wasn't thrown far, just under a tree.

Within five meters, even if he couldn't see clearly, he wouldn't miss.

The peddler smiled: "Still a bit obvious; remember to choose a better place in the future."

Li Banfeng nodded, clutching the key in his hand tightly.

"Satisfied?" The peddler asked.

Li Banfeng nodded again.

Satisfied, simply too satisfied.

"With this residence, I can walk around everywhere in the future; when I'm tired, I can return to the residence to rest, which neither delays Lv Xiu nor Yu Yu Zhaixiu."

"Uh..." The peddler's smile froze, and his expression gradually became serious. "Things aren't that simple. Lv Xiu is easy to talk about, but Yu Yu Zhaixiu still needs to think of another way; this residence has a small problem."

Li Banfeng was stunned: "What problem?"

The peddler sighed: "It can't produce a Zhai Ling."

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