Chapter 274: Traveling Cultivator Fifth-Layer Technique

Li Banfeng sorted through the shredded clothes on the ground to see if he could find any magic treasures or spiritual items.

A thought cultivator's perception was decent, but he wasn't good at close combat. If he dared to come as an assassin, he must have at least one highly offensive spiritual item on him.

But to Li Banfeng's disappointment, after searching for a long time, except for a pile of rags, he found nothing.

A Qing Shou Society elder, and he didn't have any good belongings?

Li Banfeng didn't believe it and searched again. This time, he finally had a harvest.

Among a pile of rags, there was a yarn glove.

What is a yarn glove?

It's the glove most commonly used by workers. This glove was quite old, stained with quite a bit of oil, wrinkled and shrunken among the rags, and it really wasn't easy to find.

Is this a magic treasure?

It didn't look like one.

Li Banfeng held the glove and shook it twice, not perceiving any spiritual energy, but shaking off quite a bit of dust.

But Li Banfeng didn't throw the glove away. Wu Decheng was a Qing Shou Society elder; it didn't make sense for him to carry such a glove on him given his status.

Using this glove to cover fingerprints?

Did one need to do such things in Puluo Prefecture?

Even if one really needed to cover fingerprints, at least it should be a pair of gloves, and they should be a bit newer.

Li Banfeng took the glove to the phonograph: "Wife, does this thing have spirituality?"

The wife used the stylus to fork the glove, observed it for a long time, and said: "No spirituality; it's just a broken glove."

It really was just a broken glove?

Li Banfeng pondered for a moment, took the glove to the second room, and sent it to the red lotus.

The red lotus had no reaction.

Li Banfeng sat beside the red lotus and said in a gentle tone: "Ah Lian, look how thin you've become these days. Hurry up and eat this to nourish your body."

Eat this?

Are you joking?

Stuffing all kinds of trash into me!

The red lotus still ignored him, so Li Banfeng got angry and moved the red lotus to the main room.

"Wife, this slut won't listen to me. I told her to eat the glove, but she won't. Let's use family law."

"Hey, husband, you want this slut to eat a glove?" The phonograph laughed twice and then straightened her tone: "Slut, do whatever the master tells you to do; how can you be allowed to pick and choose!"

While speaking, the steam had already wrapped around the red lotus. The red lotus wasn't afraid of being beaten, but she was currently refining Wu Decheng's corpse. If she fought with the phonograph, she was afraid an accident would occur.

Helplessly, the red lotus opened her petals, and a whirlwind rose from the lotus heart, preparing to take the glove in.

The glove approached the lotus heart by a few inches, then suddenly leaped up, dodging the range of the lotus heart.

The red lotus froze.

The wife stared in a daze.

A yarn glove without any spirituality could actually dodge the red lotus's whirlwind?

And when it disguised itself as an ordinary glove, the wife and the red lotus didn't even discover it had spirituality.

"Hey, husband, this thing's spirituality isn't shallow!" The phonograph spat out steam, wanting to subdue the glove. The glove shuttled between the gaps in the steam, its speed extremely fast, its movements abnormally agile.

Seeing this, the red lotus opened six of her seven lotus heart holes, with the remaining one still refining Wu Decheng.

Six whirlwinds, like six swimming snakes, flew up and down, but still couldn't catch the glove.

The wife saw her chance, cooperated with the red lotus, and forced the glove into a corner.

The glove had no way out; to the left was the whirlwind, to the right was the steam.

After a stalemate for a moment, the glove crashed toward the right.

The wife used steam to firmly control the glove.

The glove was still seeking gaps, trying to escape.

The steam became denser, forming a seal.

Being sealed by the wife was better than being eaten by the red lotus, so the glove made the correct choice.

Since it could make the correct choice, it proved the glove had intelligence, and the intelligence wasn't low.

This was a magic treasure!

The wife reinforced the seal while asking: "What is your origin?"

The glove didn't speak.

The phonograph increased the temperature of the steam: "I'm asking what your origin is?"

The glove sneered: "A little torture, and you want to force me to open my mouth? Do you think I'm a spineless coward?"

Listening to this voice, it sounded like a middle-aged man.

The phonograph increased the steam temperature again, and the glove sneered again: "I am a traveling cultivator's magic treasure, named Suifengfei!"

Traveling cultivator.

Li Banfeng's eyes lit up.

"Traveling cultivator!" The wife was instantly furious, and the three speaker mouths spat out steam together.

The temperature rose sharply, and the glove wailed: "So what if I'm a traveling cultivator? Do you have a grudge against me?"

"The grudge is as deep as the sea!" The wife's voice became even gloomier.

Li Banfeng hurriedly advised: "Wife, traveling cultivator magic treasures are very rare; why not leave it to me."

"If the husband wants the methods of a traveling cultivator, having this slut Xiang Xiang Hongying is enough; there's no need to keep another disaster!"

The steam temperature was still rising, and the glove shouted: "Wait a moment, I still have words to say, I don't..."

The wife wouldn't listen to him at all; she just wanted to burn this glove to ashes.

Xiang Xiang Hongying laughed loudly on the side: "Vile woman, you have a grudge against me, why implicate others? Could it be that you want to kill all the traveling cultivators in the world?"

"Kill one, and there's one less!"

Xiang Xiang Hongying was quite proud: "Vile woman, seeing you hating to the point of madness, yet helpless against me, this pitiful appearance truly suits my heart."

Sizzle~

The phonograph scratched a cut on the record, making some noise.

"Suits your heart?" The phonograph was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed loudly, "Slut, is this glove your lover? You used this reverse psychology to trick me, wanting me to let him go?"

"Reverse psychology? Do I have that kind of mind?" Xiang Xiang Hongying also laughed. "If you want to kill, kill quickly. After killing, see if I'm uncomfortable or not. If I'm uncomfortable, then you win!"

"You..." The phonograph roared, and the three speakers smoked again.

Li Banfeng hurriedly advised: "Wife, calm your anger. If you get angry, you've fallen for her trap."

Huff~ Huff~

The steam temperature dropped sharply.

The originally red-hot big speakers slowly returned to their original color.

"Hey, husband, your little slave was just joking with her. Why would I be angry? A broken glove isn't worth my anger."

"Wife is truly magnanimous. Let me touch how big your belly is."

Li Banfeng touched the machine box, and the phonograph giggled. The stylus loosened its grip slightly, and the glove had a moment of respite.

After laughing, the wife asked the glove: "You said you had words to speak just now; now you can speak."

The glove panted for a moment and pointed a finger at Xiang Xiang Hongying: "I don't recognize that long spear."

Xiang Xiang Hongying took on a tone and said slowly: "You say you don't recognize it; isn't this 'there is no silver three hundred taels here'? How can you expect that vile woman to believe you?"

The phonograph snickered: "I believe, I really believe him. I don't doubt him at all.

Husband, traveling cultivator magic treasures are indeed rare, but his intelligence is extremely high, and I estimate his level isn't low.

With the husband's current cultivation, I'm afraid it's difficult to control him. Just keep him at home for safekeeping and deal with him later."

Li Banfeng looked serious: "Wife, don't trust him lightly. He might not really be a traveling cultivator. Let me perform a slight test."

"What does the husband want to test?"

Li Banfeng looked at the glove and asked sharply: "Do you know the techniques of a traveling cultivator?"

The glove answered: "Which layer of techniques do you want to know?"

"Tell me about the fifth-layer techniques first!"

The glove answered: "The fifth-layer technique is called 'Walking Horse and Watching Flowers'."

Walking while watching flowers?

What kind of technique is this?

"Don't spout nonsense. Do you think I'm that easy to fool?"

The phonograph said: "Husband, he didn't lie about this. 'Walking Horse and Watching Flowers' is indeed a fifth-layer traveling cultivator technique."

Li Banfeng shook his head: "Just knowing the name might mean he heard it from somewhere else. What is the use of this 'Walking Horse and Watching Flowers' technique?"

The glove said: "During rapid movement, the person gazed at by the eyes will turn into a flower."

Li Banfeng was stunned: "The person seen turns into a flower? Isn't this just a magic trick?"

"You could say that, but the person gazed at by the eyes will have their flesh and blood burst, like a flower."

Take one look, and the person explodes?

Li Banfeng sneered: "Otherwise why say you're spouting nonsense? If there really were such a powerful technique, wouldn't a fifth-layer traveling cultivator be invincible?"

The glove shook his finger: "This technique sounds powerful, but it is extremely demanding on cultivation and talent. An ordinary fifth-layer traveling cultivator using this move can only kill a weakling; it might not even work on a first-layer cultivator.

Moreover, this technique consumes a huge amount of energy. Killing one person might consume seven or eight tenths of a fifth-layer cultivator's strength. Think about it: a fifth-layer traveling cultivator wanting to kill a weakling has countless means; why must they use this technique?

Out of ten thousand traveling cultivators, over nine thousand wouldn't want to use this technique. They only take it out occasionally to scare others. To put it bluntly, it's an embroidered pillow—good to look at but useless."

Hearing this, Xiang Xiang Hongying sneered: "That's because they haven't grasped the essence."

The wife sighed: "That slut Xiang Xiang Hongying does have this one-in-ten-thousand talent. Her strength is sufficient, she doesn't fear loss, and she uses the 'Walking Horse and Watching Flowers' technique very skillfully."

Li Banfeng was shocked: "Then if she takes a look at me one day..."

Xiang Xiang Hongying spat: "Pah! Shameless madman! Do I have eyes?"

The phonograph laughed loudly: "It was precisely to guard against this method of yours that I ruined your pair of eyes. Do you hate it? Ho-ha-ha!"

Li Banfeng looked at the glove: "This technique might have been seen by you somewhere else; it can't prove you are a traveling cultivator!"

The wife said: "Husband is right. Let's see if he knows the essentials of the technique."

Li Banfeng stroked the machine box affectionately.

The glove answered: "The essence of the 'Walking Horse and Watching Flowers' technique lies in 'walking the horse' and 'watching the flowers'."

Li Banfeng said: "Must one ride a horse when performing the technique?"

The glove shook his finger again: "This has nothing to do with horses. The so-called 'walking the horse' means walking fast. When a traveling cultivator performs the technique, they must walk extremely fast, making the other side completely unable to see their figure. If they see even a tiny bit, the technique won't succeed."

Not even a tiny bit?

Li Banfeng said: "Then one must run so fast? Wouldn't this tire the traveling cultivator to death?"

The glove said: "That's why this technique consumes a huge amount of energy. The other essential lies in 'watching the flowers.' One must gaze at the enemy while walking the horse, and the eyesight must be extremely great. Before the technique succeeds, the line of sight cannot have the slightest deviation."

Li Banfeng remained silent.

One must run fast, and one must stare.

And one must have eyesight...

What is eyesight?

This technique is indeed not easy to use.

Li Banfeng continued to ask: "Just saying one fifth-layer technique is hard to prove you are a traveling cultivator. Tell me about this sixth-layer technique!"

"The traveling cultivator sixth-layer technique is named..." The glove suddenly found a gap in the steam and was about to escape, but was hooked by the stylus again.

"Wait, I'll say..." Before the glove could finish, the wife sealed him.

"This magic treasure is too cunning; the husband truly cannot control him."

"Really cannot control him?" Li Banfeng was unwilling.

The phonograph said: "Husband, think about it. That old thing just now was fighting the husband with this magic treasure, but why did he keep it hidden on his body and not use it? Why didn't he put it directly on his hand?

It's very likely because this glove doesn't listen, or the cost of this glove is too high.

His cultivation is not below the husband's, which shows how difficult this magic treasure is to control.

Don't carry magic treasures you can't control on your body. Not only are they useless, but they will also bring disaster."

Wu Decheng did indeed grope on his body; he might have been calling the magic treasure at that time.

This magic treasure is indeed difficult to control, but there's no need to worry since the item is still in hand. Just wait until later to find a way to ask about the sixth-layer technique.

PS: Must a glove be worn on the hand? Can't it be worn somewhere else?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 275 =====

Wu Decheng had indeed searched his body; at the time, he might have been calling out for a magic treasure.

This magic treasure is indeed difficult to control, but as long as the item is still in hand, there is no need to worry; I will wait until later to find a way to extract the sixth-layer technique.

PS: Must gloves be worn on the hands? Can't they be worn elsewhere?

(End of chapter)