Chapter 203: The Fool

In the thick fog, the two walked quickly.

The hunter Sun Sun Tiecheng walked quite fast, walking more than seventy miles in half a day, but to say it was the speed of a third-layer Traveling Cultivator, it was really a bit far off.

"Are you really a Traveling Cultivator?" Li Li Banfeng walked a bit impatiently.

Sun Sun Tiecheng answered honestly: "This master, we can't walk too fast. If we walk too fast, we won't find the Old Earth."

"What is the reason for this?"

"I can't say clearly what the reason is, I only know that this road must be walked slowly to find the gate of the Old Earth."

The Old Earth has a gate?

Li Li Banfeng became more and more curious.

After walking for another half day, the thick fog gradually dissipated, and a city could be vaguely seen in front.

Different from Green Water City, this is not a city, but an ancient city, with city walls, city battlements, and a city gate tower.

Sun Sun Tiecheng said: "This master, this is the Fool's City. Pass through the Fool's City and keep walking south, and you will reach Tieyang Mountain."

"Fool's City? Are there many fishermen?"

"It's not that kind of fish, it's that kind of fool. I don't know characters, and I don't know how to say it."

A city suddenly appeared in the boundless wilderness. Li Li Banfeng was a bit worried. The feeling this city gave him was not very good. It seemed that there was danger waiting for him.

Seeking good fortune and avoiding evil, the foundation of a Traveling Cultivator's survival.

Li Li Banfeng said to Sun Sun Tiecheng: "We won't enter the city, let's go around."

"Can't go around, we will get lost."

Li Li Banfeng looked at Sun Sun Tiecheng in surprise: "You have been to Tieyang Mountain before?"

"Been there."

"You are a Traveling Cultivator, you have walked before, and you can still get lost?"

"Can get lost, this city is evil, we must pass through the city, definitely can't go around."

Li Li Banfeng was more and more puzzled: "Walking along the city wall, can't go around either?"

Sun Sun Tiecheng was very embarrassed: "This master, you gave me money, I definitely dare not lie to you. This city really can't go around. If you don't believe me, I will return the money to you."

"That's not necessary," Li Li Banfeng waved his hand, "Enter the city."

After entering the city gate, Li Li Banfeng looked around.

Don't say, this city is quite large, the streets are quite spacious, there are stone roads on the ground, houses on both sides are lined up, but it hasn't been taken care of for many years, looking a bit dilapidated.

Although the buildings are dilapidated, there are quite a few people. There are idlers on the street, stalls on the side of the road, shops of all sizes are open, and people come in and out from time to time.

The Old Earth is because the Proper Land lost its human energy, so it became the Old Earth. According to the wife, in a hundred-mile radius, there are not even a hundred people.

But why are there so many people in this city?

It would be impossible for others to understand, but Li Li Banfeng didn't feel strange, because these people were very special, and their faces were glowing green.

To be precise, they are not humans, they are ghosts.

Wandering souls roam the city, just like what Ma Wu said, they treat themselves as humans, without the caution and taboos that ghosts should have.

These wandering souls are not quite the same as what Li Li Banfeng usually sees. Their flesh and blood are very real and complete, feeling comparable to the flesh and blood of the Local Deity.

Are they all Local Deities?

That's impossible!

They don't have that momentum on them.

But where did this flesh and blood come from?

Is it caused by living in the Old Earth for many years?

The two didn't walk far in the street when they heard someone shouting on the side of the road:

"Pain is pain, injury is injury, the blood vessels are like a long river, small pain becomes illness in the cold, small injury becomes a sore when the blood is hot!"

What is this for?

Walking in and looking, a man carrying a box was promoting medicine to the onlookers:

"This is my ancestral secret recipe, specifically for waist and leg pain and injury,

this plaster has twenty-one medicinal materials, no pearls or ginseng, no bezoar or dog treasure, all are cheap herbs,

folk remedies can cure major illnesses, herbs can piss off famous doctors, this medicine is not expensive, two dollars a patch, two patches for serious illnesses are sure to be good, one patch for minor illnesses is enough."

Li Li Banfeng smiled: "This person is quite interesting."

Really interesting, selling plasters to ghosts.

Do ghosts need to apply plasters? Will it work if applied?

Maybe it really works for these ghosts with complete flesh and blood.

Sun Sun Tiecheng smacked his lips from the side: "This master, this is a skin-picker, a furnace-gnawing man, all are liars, nothing to look at."

Skin-picker, underworld slang, is someone who sells medicine in the rivers and lakes.

Furnace-gnawing man, is someone who sells plasters, because in the old days, before applying plasters, they had to be roasted with fire.

This kind of river-and-lake medicine seller can't be real, but I didn't expect that this man had become a ghost and still used this river-and-lake trick to deceive people.

But the people buying medicine in this circle are all ghosts. Li Li Banfeng just wanted to see what means ghosts use to deceive ghosts.

The man glanced at Sun Sun Tiecheng and continued to shout: "Just now someone said I was a liar. We are strangers, I don't know where you said this from,

I am an honest person, filial to my parents at home, making friends widely outside, what I value is a reputation. Hearing this, I feel suffocated,

I want this face, I fight for this breath, today for the sake of reputation, I'm going all out, this medicine is free, I'll give it away!"

Give it away?

Li Li Banfeng pinched his chin, looking more and more fascinated.

How can you deceive money if you give it away?

Sun Sun Tiecheng persuaded from the side: "This master, I said it's a liar, why are you still being fooled?"

Li Li Banfeng still refused to leave.

The man said again: "Although these medicinal materials are cheap, they also cost money. If everyone here gets one patch, I really can't afford it,

I have ten tickets here, I throw them at will, you pick them up at will, whoever picks them up, I will give a patch of medicine, those who catch the tickets have it, those who don't catch it don't."

The man started throwing paper tickets, and Li Li Banfeng actually caught one.

Good luck!

Let me see how he rounds it back.

The man said again: "Yesterday someone took a patch of my medicine, and felt that since it didn't cost money, he didn't feel heartache, and threw it away at will,

Gentlemen are easy to treat, villains are hard to prevent. Those who catch the medicine, please give me the cost, just give one dollar."

Li Li Banfeng shouted: "Didn't you say it was free? Why do you want money again?"

The man said: "This brother is right. We must keep our word. I say give it, I must give it,

one dollar, you give the cost of one patch, and I will give you another patch. If it doesn't work, you come to me for a refund. If it works, you spread my reputation for me."

Li Li Banfeng shook his head repeatedly. Who would believe this means of deceiving money?

Five minutes later, Li Li Banfeng held two patches of plaster and followed Sun Sun Tiecheng to continue walking forward.

"This master, I said it's a liar, why are you still being fooled?"

"It's okay, one dollar is not much, just treat it as fun. My legs are really a bit painful these two days."

Li Li Banfeng's legs are indeed painful, not because of injury, but because the level of Residential Cultivation suppressed Traveling Cultivation.

Then what is the use of buying this plaster?

Just bought it.

After walking not far, I heard an old man shouting: "There are not many people talking about physiognomy today, but there are many things. The good and bad luck of the atmosphere are all written on the face,

the changes of yin and yang are wonderful and infinite, the world is in one palm, I look at it at a glance, and I have seen the clues,

someone in the family has had a disaster, someone has committed a tongue behind their back, and someone has come out to seek revenge, with a bloody disaster on their face!"

Li Li Banfeng stopped.

What does this person mean?

Talking about me?

Sun Sun Tiecheng whispered from the side: "This is a gold-picking door (river-and-lake fortune teller), and also a fishy one (liar), don't be fooled by him."

Li Li Banfeng didn't stop and walked straight forward. After a while, the old man followed.

"Young man, I won't do your business. I chased you for half a street just to give you a reminder,

today you have a fierce evil, put down the matter of seeking revenge, there is a cause for every debt, there is a fixed number in the cycle of heaven, don't be in a hurry!"

Li Li Banfeng looked at the old man for a long time, took out one hundred Da Huan currency from his pocket, and stuffed it into the old man's hand.

The old man sighed: "Young man, I accept this money. Looking at your face, I know you are kind-hearted. I will teach you a breaking method,

you stay in the city for one night, don't leave the city no matter what, wait until tomorrow, and then come to me to see your face. At that time, I will teach you how to deal with it."

After speaking, the old man left.

Sun Sun Tiecheng stomped his feet anxiously: "This master, why are you being fooled again?"

Li Li Banfeng thought for a long time and said: "What he said is indeed quite accurate."

"Let's not waste time here. I'll send you to Tieyang Mountain quickly."

Li Li Banfeng waved his hand: "I won't go up the mountain tonight, I'll stay in the city for one night and talk about it tomorrow."

"You really believe his words? I won't stay here! This master, I have said everything, tomorrow you leave the city and walk south, and you can see Tieyang Mountain."

Li Li Banfeng gave Sun Sun Tiecheng another twenty silver dollars, fifty silver dollars in total, as a reward.

Sun Sun Tiecheng pursed his lips: "This master, you are a good person. If you insist on staying in the city, I will take you to Youlai Inn. That inn doesn't deceive people."

Li Li Banfeng followed Sun Sun Tiecheng to the inn. The innkeeper's face had a green light, not a person in the world, but the price was fair, eighty a night, with a single room.

That night, Li Li Banfeng stayed at the inn.

Not long after Li Li Banfeng stayed, the innkeeper looked at the waiter beside him and ordered: "You go to the backyard, call the brothers, hurry up and copy the guys, open the banquet!"

The waiter whispered: "Open the banquet now? Or wait for him to fall asleep."

The innkeeper was angry: "Bah! You let me wait, and then you do it yourself first, eat it hot, you think I can't see your little thoughts."

"Innkeeper, what are you saying? I am thinking for you. Wait for him to fall asleep before doing it, so we can be stable."

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and call people!"

The waiter went to the backyard reluctantly, just about to call the miscellaneous workers, long-term workers, and cooks.

Unexpectedly, these people had already sharpened their knives, preparing to climb the window.

The waiter was angry: "You wolves and dogs, without the innkeeper's order, you plan to steal food, not following any rules!"

The cook covered the waiter's mouth: "What are you shouting about? We are worried that the kid is playing tricks, so we are paving the way for the innkeeper first."

The waiter pushed the cook away and waved his hand: "Follow me, go to the hall, the innkeeper is waiting, let's do it together."

After going to the hall, everyone looked around and didn't see the innkeeper.

The miscellaneous worker asked: "Where is the innkeeper?"

The waiter shook his head: "I don't know, he asked me to come."

The short-term worker stomped his feet in anger: "This old thing, he sent you away and ate alone!"

Everyone rushed to the second floor, came to Li Li Banfeng's door, and found that the door was not open.

The innkeeper didn't come?

The cook smiled, it's good that he didn't come, let's do it first.

The short-term worker kicked the door open and pressed the person down first.

The miscellaneous worker took the big quilt and covered the person again.

The waiter ordered: "Chop!"

The cook stepped forward and chopped a knife.

The innkeeper groaned in pain: "Why did you chop me?"

The miscellaneous worker opened the big quilt and found that it was the innkeeper in the quilt.

The waiter was surprised: "Innkeeper, why did you come up first? Didn't we agree to come up together?"

The innkeeper's face didn't change: "I came up first to pave the way for you. Which bastard chopped me just now?"

The short-term worker pointed to the cook: "It's her! The knife is still in her hand!"

The cook defended: "This knife of mine can only chop living people, not ghosts. Even if I chop a ghost, it doesn't hurt."

"Doesn't hurt? You're lying to ghosts? Am I not made of meat?" The innkeeper rubbed his back for a long time, "I won't let you feel pain, I'll chop you once and see!"

The innkeeper wanted to chop the cook, the waiter said: "Innkeeper, where did the guest go?"

The innkeeper held the knife and thought for a long time.

He didn't see anyone since he entered the door. Where did this person go?

Li Li Banfeng didn't go anywhere. He put the key on the beam and stayed in the Leaving Suishenju.

He held two patches of plaster and sat in front of the gramophone, dazed.

"Hey, hubby, what are you holding, sticky, so disgusting."

Li Li Banfeng said: "Bought on the street, for leg pain."

"Does hubby have leg pain?"

"A little bit."

"Use this to treat?" The gramophone couldn't believe it, "Hubby, sometimes you are crazy, but you are ultimately a smart person, how could you be fooled by a skin-picker?"

"Not only fooled by the skin-picker, but also fooled by the gold-picking door. It didn't cost much money, and I don't lack money." Li Li Banfeng threw the plaster aside.

He really doesn't lack money, but now he lacks IQ.

Li Li Banfeng looked at the gramophone and said slowly: "Wife, I don't know what's wrong with me. Since entering the city, my brain hasn't been working well. I believe whatever others say."

"What city did you enter?"

"Fool's City."

"On the Old Earth?"

Li Li Banfeng nodded: "It's on the Old Earth. I thought there were many fishermen, who knew there were many liars."

"Hey, hubby, this is not the fisherman's fish, this is the fool's fool. You entered the Fool's City and met a Fool Cultivator!"

"Fool Cultivator? Is there such a sect? Is this sect so powerful?"

"Hey, hubby, you asked the right question. Little slave doesn't know what techniques the Fool Cultivator has,

little slave has never seen a Fool Cultivator. This sect has been extinct for a long time, and there have been no cultivators in the world for many years,

little slave only knows that this sect is extremely powerful. They are extremely shrewd, and their means are strange. There are no opponents among the same level."

No opponents?