Chapter 257: Blood Gun Detective

Li Banfeng lay in the Suishenju for most of the day and finally recovered.

During this period, the phonograph had been hugging him tightly.

This was the reason Li Banfeng returned to the Suishenju. He knew that after the onset of illness, he might be completely out of control.

He was a double fifth-layer cultivator. If he let go and started killing, the entire hotel wouldn't have any survivors. Fortunately, his wife could still control him.

He sat on the edge of the bed and calmly asked the phonograph: "Wife, there is a technique where you push someone else, and they fly out. You can fly, and others can fly. What is this technique called?"

Li Banfeng's speech wasn't very clear, and he was a bit confused. His wife carefully comforted him: "Husband, why ask this?"

"This is my enemy's method, I want to go and take revenge on him!" Li Banfeng stood up to leave, but was hugged by the phonograph.

"Husband, you can't go."

"How can I not go!" Li Banfeng really wanted to return to the Outer Continent and ask about the matter clearly.

Xiang Xiang Hongying sneered: "What you just said is the ninth-layer traveling cultivator technique, 'A Parting of Ten Thousand Miles'.

If your enemy is a ninth-layer traveling cultivator, with your cultivation today, how could you be his opponent? Isn't going just sending yourself to death?"

Ninth-layer technique.

He Jiaqing is ninth-layer.

He has ninth-layer cultivation, he definitely wouldn't be hurt by Lu Xiaolan.

Then why did he ask me to make a phone call?

And why did he fly onto my dormitory bed?

Just to drag me into the water?

What good does dragging me into the water do for him?

Copper Lotus.

The Copper Lotus is hidden in the campus supermarket, hidden with my face.

He wants me to keep the Copper Lotus for him.

He asked me to make a phone call for him. Because of this phone call, Lu Xiaolan hung a hook on my mobile phone.

In order to save herself, Lu Xiaolan inevitably had to contact me to go to Puluo Continent.

And she still wanted the Copper Lotus, which was equivalent to bringing the Copper Lotus back to Puluo Continent through my hands.

He calculated that I would take the Copper Lotus to the He family mansion.

How did he know I would definitely be able to fight Lu Xiaolan?

How did he have such confidence in me?

What if I couldn't fight Lu Xiaolan?

Wouldn't the lotus fall into Lu Xiaolan's hands?

If Lu Xiaolan successfully escaped, and I was trapped in the He family mansion and couldn't get out? What if I was trapped to death?

After thinking for a while, Li Banfeng understood.

He Jiaqing didn't know whether I could fight Lu Xiaolan.

But this matter didn't matter to him.

Whether I or Lu Xiaolan lived or died didn't matter to him; what mattered was that the Did Honglian had been brought back to Puluo Continent.

But why did he want to borrow my hands to bring it back?

At that time, I was still a white lamb.

He has ninth-layer cultivation, such an important thing, why didn't he bring it back himself?

Li Banfeng still couldn't figure out He Jiaqing's intention, but he could roughly understand some subsequent things.

The most important thing was the Ling family's matter.

The Ling family had such a high status, yet they had been targeting me. Standing purely from the Ling family's perspective, this matter couldn't be understood, but if He Jiaqing was behind the Ling family, this matter seemed much clearer.

He wanted to get the Profound Life Did Honglian back.

He asked me to bring it back, and now he wants to take it back himself. What exactly is the intention here?

Li Banfeng brought the Did Honglian to the main room and said softly: "Ah Lian, I want to ask you something. What plan do you and He Jiaqing have? Why can't you both return to Puluo Continent together?"

Did Honglian didn't move.

Li Banfeng turned to ask

*Chir-chir~*

"Oh my, husband, this bitch didn't say anything, but your little slave would like to ask: who exactly is He Jiaqing?"

"Oh my, wife, He Jiaqing is my good friend. He said back then that I was his only good friend."

"Now I've discovered he seems to have set a trap to scheme against me. You have no idea what it feels like to be schemed against by a good friend!"

*Chir-chir~*

The phonograph pondered for a long while without speaking.

Xiang Xiang Hongying said angrily, "Heartless man, if you have something to say, say it clearly. There's no need to point at the mulberry tree while cursing the locust tree here!"

Li Banfeng ignored Xiang Xiang Hongying and continued stroking the Did Honglian: "Don't want to say it, huh? That's fine. We have a long road ahead. If you don't say it today, you'll have to say it sooner or later!"

After resting and regrouping in the residence for half a day, Li Banfeng's mood improved.

He had to make himself feel better.

Being schemed against was already painful enough; to be made even more miserable by getting angry over this matter—wouldn't that just be a total loss?

He couldn't be miserable; he had to laugh, he had to go find some fun.

Li Banfeng wandered around Guangming Town, treating it as cultivation.

When he reached the center of town, Li Banfeng saw a crowd gathered in front of a Western-style building. He thought there was some good promotion going on, but upon walking closer, he saw it was just a group of people buying movie tickets.

Guangming Town had a movie theater, but how could there be so many people here to watch a movie?

A movie ticket cost five Huan State dollars. By Puluo Continent's consumption standards, that wasn't cheap. Even in Green Water City, watching a movie was considered a relatively luxurious expense for an average family.

With so many people coming today, it was almost catching up to the Spring Festival box office in Yuezhou City.

Li Banfeng walked up to the front and saw two posters hanging in front of the theater.

Movie posters in Puluo Continent were a bit different from those in the Outer States. There were no large photographs on the posters, but rather the unique poster art of Puluo Continent.

One poster depicted the back of a man holding a short blade, walking alone in the wind. Ahead of him was a patch of blood, and several grim-faced people seemed to be plotting some conspiracy.

Written on the right side of the poster were four large characters: "Blood Blade Detective."

Li Banfeng looked at the other poster. It also depicted a man walking alone among flowers. Standing in the flower beds were several women with slightly flushed faces, casting eager gazes toward the man.

Written in the center of the poster were four large characters: "Blood Gun Detective."

"Blood Blade Detective" was produced by the Ling Family Film Company. Li Banfeng had once been to the filming location and had even set fire to the movie film.

Back then, Zhou Changhong had said on the train that this movie would wrap up as soon as possible. Li Banfeng had thought that was just a ploy by Zhou Changhong to lure him off the train at Wuqin Township.

Now it seemed, Zhou Changhong had been telling the truth!

A ten-part movie epic, had it really wrapped up so quickly?

The other movie, "Blood Gun Detective," was clearly filmed by Ma Wu. Ma Wu didn't work slowly; in such a short time, he had managed to rush out a movie.

Ma Wu had done well. This movie would make Seeing Ling Miaoying miserable, and He Jiaqing, who stood behind her, would have to be miserable along with her.

But to what extent would they be miserable?

He had to go see!

Li Banfeng had invested in this movie of Ma Wu's!

He had to watch them side-by-side for comparison. Li Banfeng called out Xiao Yeci and her group, and bought two tickets for everyone.

First, he watched the Ling family's "Blood Blade Detective."

This theater wasn't small, with two floors. The tickets Li Banfeng bought were all upstairs. Everyone sat together. Before the show started, the sunflower seed seller came by, and Li Banfeng bought a bag for each of them.

After a while, the soda seller came by too. Li Banfeng said to the group, "Pick whatever flavor you like."

Some picked orange, some picked cantaloupe. Xiao Yeci knew the rules and instructed the others, "Let me tell you, after you finish the soda, don't throw the bottles away randomly; you have to return them for a refund."

After waiting a while longer, the theater was about sixty percent full. Two attendants pulled the curtains on both sides, extinguished all the gas lamps, and a young man carrying two large boxes of film went to the projection room. The movie began.

"Blood Blade Detective" was one hour and eight minutes long. It told the story of detective Liang Chunjie, who, while investigating a murder case, encountered heavy obstruction from Lu Guina, the leader of a mysterious organization. After a fierce struggle, he gradually uncovered the truth.

The male lead was played by the star Sheng Xijun; Zhou Changhong indeed did not participate.

The female lead was still Xiao Xiufei. In this movie, the relationship between Xiao Xiufei and the male lead was superficially ambiguous but actually hostile; the plot was depicted very delicately.

In Puluo Continent's film industry, Seeing Ling Miaoying was the number one figure; the scale and pacing of the film were grasped perfectly.

The ending of the movie did not reveal the true murderer. Detective Liang Chunjie fell into a trap and was surrounded by members of the mysterious organization, his life hanging in the balance, leaving the audience wanting more.

This was Seeing Ling Miaoying's arrangement; it was a cliffhanger left for the second movie.

As far as Li Banfeng was concerned, he actually quite liked this movie.

But the people around him were somewhat dissatisfied.

One audience member said, "What kind of movie is this? The ending wasn't even explained clearly; it was confusing to watch."

Another audience member said, "Isn't this just to see Xiao Xiufei? Everyone says her performance this time has a lot of depth."

"What depth? All I saw was her back the whole time; I didn't see anything else."

"This one was for the back; the next one will have the front!"

"Still watching the next one? I don't think it's interesting at all."

"Anyway, the tickets were free, just come and watch, why be so picky?"

Upon hearing this, Li Banfeng couldn't stay calm. He turned to look at the audience behind him: "Your tickets were free?"

The audience member was stunned: "Don't tell me you bought yours?"

"I really did buy mine!" Li Banfeng was very annoyed. Wasn't this bullying an outsider?

Someone next to him advised, "Brother, don't be angry. These tickets weren't given away for free. Is this your first time coming here to watch a movie?"

"Within a month, you have to watch three movies at this theater, and use the ticket stubs to redeem one ticket for 'Blood Blade Detective.' This is a rule the theater only started this month."

Li Banfeng understood.

This "Blood Blade Detective" had actually become a bonus item for the theater's promotional activities.

Or perhaps it was a special marketing tactic.

"Watch three movies to exchange for one ticket. Can you only exchange for 'Blood Blade Detective'?"

"You can exchange for other movies too, but you can't exchange for 'Blood Gun Detective.' That film is special; if you want to watch it, you must buy a ticket!"

Ma Wu's film was that special?

But I bought so many tickets, it would be a waste not to exchange them.

Li Banfeng asked again, "Besides 'Blood Gun Detective,' are there any other good movies?"

That audience member shook his head: "I don't know about that."

"Didn't you watch three movies? Weren't your tickets redeemed?"

The audience member nodded: "I did watch three movies, but I only watched 'Blood Gun Detective'."

"You only watched 'Blood Gun Detective'? You watched it three times?"

The audience member looked serious: "Three times isn't even enough! I have to watch it one more time in a bit!"

Li Banfeng was stunned for a moment, bought soda for everyone again, and waited for the next movie to start.

After half an hour, "Blood Gun Detective" began.

The number of audience members in the theater had doubled; it was full, and there were even standing-room tickets!

In this movie filmed by Ma Wu, the male lead was named Song Chunjie. While investigating a murder case, he encountered obstruction from Zhang Guina, the leader of a mysterious organization.

To uncover the truth, Song Chunjie chose to use his gun to conquer Zhang Guina.

The number one leader of the mysterious organization surrendered just like that, but the second-in-command refused to accept it and began a new round of struggle with Song Chunjie.

After the second-in-command was conquered, the third-in-command came along...

The visuals and the plot were becoming increasingly explicit.

"Oh my god, it's for real~" Xiao Yeci blushed, not daring to watch any further, and covered her eyes with her hands.

Lu Chunying said, "Mom, if you don't want to watch, then don't watch, but cover your own eyes, don't cover mine."

Niu Guangda was very excited. This was his first time watching a movie. He said to his companion, "The people in Green Water Bay really are bold."

Fang Lianfu nodded and said, "Bold, they sure are!"

An old man nearby cursed angrily, "Public morals! This is an affront to public morals!"

A young man nearby quickly tried to dissuade him: "Old man, calm your anger. You were already quite angry during yesterday's show, and you were still miserable when you got home."

"This film is just miserable to watch!" He family elder He Cunshou watched the movie, shaking his head in anger, "To think that something like this could be filmed directly. Tell me, how did Ma family's fifth son become so depraved!"

He Yuxiu said to He Haiqin nearby, "Our uncle is truly angry. He was furious when he watched the last show, and even angrier when he watched the one before that."

He Haiqin nodded and said, "The angriest he was, was when he watched the first show. It made our uncle so furious that he almost left halfway through!"

"Blood Gun Detective" was a huge hit, but Ma Wu had only filmed one.

He didn't want to film a second one.

At the dinner table, Ma Wu looked at Lu Yuanshan and Lu Yuanhai, his expression serious: "Two brothers, the movie was filmed by the three of us in partnership. I can't be the only one to shoulder this reputation!"

PS: This movie was filmed so well, even I want to watch it.

(End of chapter)