Chapter 313: Teasing the Woman

The projector played the image of Feng Quweng. Li Banfeng examined it carefully, unable to find the slightest flaw.

The phonograph asked, "My precious husband, why did you bring this old man out again?"

"He has an accomplice who is skilled in the art of disguise. When she impersonated the local deity, I couldn't tell the real from the fake at all."

The phonograph looked at the projector: "Did you record it?"

The projector said, "I only recorded a little. That woman wanted to seduce Seventh Guide, but she didn't succeed. I found it boring, so I didn't record the rest."

Li Banfeng said, "It doesn't matter if it's short, as long as you can make an image."

The projector was troubled: "This, I'm afraid I really can't make an image."

"Why can't you?"

The projector played the footage of the fake Meng Yuchun. The duration was indeed short, only about twenty seconds, but that wasn't the point.

The point was that the fake Meng Yuchun was always facing Li Banfeng. The projector could only produce a flat image, not a three-dimensional figure; it didn't know what the other angles looked like.

Li Banfeng said to the Lady, "It's this person. She looks exactly like the local deity Meng Yuchun. She should be a high-level play cultivator."

The Lady had the projector play it repeatedly and said to Li Banfeng, "This looks like a 'teasing woman'."

"What is a 'teasing woman'?"

"If he really is a teasing woman, this gets interesting," the Lady asked the projector, "In front of a sixth-layer play cultivator, how long can you hold out?"

The projector said, "If I'm far away, I can hold out for two or three minutes. If I'm close, perhaps only ten seconds."

……

Li Banfeng arrived at Meng Yuchun's plot of land. Several hunters were surrounding Meng Yuchun, discussing the matter of opening up the land.

Seeing Li Banfeng, Meng Yuchun greeted him warmly: "Li Qi, do you want to open up another piece of land? You can choose the size yourself!"

Li Banfeng smiled and brushed it off: "Another day."

Opening up land?

Li Banfeng was in no mood for that.

He was already planning to take people away from this territory.

Seeing Li Qi about to leave, Meng Yuchun stepped forward to stop him: "I'll take you somewhere to have a word."

Li Banfeng was stunned: "Where are you taking me?"

"I'll take you to a good place; in any case, I won't harm you." Meng Yuchun reached out to pull Li Banfeng's arm, but Li Banfeng quickly dodged to the side.

Meng Yuchun was startled; she didn't understand why Li Banfeng was so guarded.

Li Banfeng suddenly asked, "How large a plot of land did I open up in your territory?"

Meng Yuchun said in surprise, "Three miles in radius, don't tell me you've forgotten?"

"What tribute did I use?"

"Half a chicken; it tasted quite good."

This was the real Meng Yuchun. Many people knew about the three-mile plot, but no one else knew about the half-chicken.

"Where are you taking me?"

"A place no one else knows."

Meng Yuchun led Li Banfeng into a cave. The cave was narrow but very high; looking up, it must have been over a hundred meters.

After traveling through the cave for a long time, layers of green flames emerged from Meng Yuchun's body. Her upper body was still human, but her lower body turned into ghost fire. She said to Li Banfeng, "Don't be afraid, I'll take you up."

There was nothing to fear about departed souls; local deities were all departed souls. Li Banfeng knew this.

Meng Yuchun hugged Li Banfeng and flew to the stone wall, stopping at a position seventy or eighty meters off the ground, entering a cave on the cliff.

Li Banfeng said, "What is this place?"

"This is my home," Meng Yuchun put Li Banfeng down, "Speak softly, don't provoke my house spirit."

Li Banfeng's heart tightened: "Didn't your house spirit get swallowed alive in the inner state?"

"When I arrived at the new land, I found another house spirit. She doesn't have a very good temper; I'm afraid she might hurt you."

Li Banfeng stood at the cave entrance and didn't go any further inside.

Unless necessary, he was unwilling to easily enter a residential cultivator's home.

"If you have something to say, just say it here."

Meng Yuchun said, "I seem to have been targeted, and that person seems to be your subordinate."

My subordinate?

Li Banfeng laughed: "You're handsome, they stare at you every day. Is that anything strange?"

"That's not what I'm talking about. Last night, I killed a wandering monster near the house, and the house spirit told me it was a brush-wielding official.

She said this is a very rare wandering monster. For this thing to appear in my territory, someone must have sent it. Someone might want to harm me."

Just as Li Banfeng had speculated, rare wandering monsters were appearing one after another, aimed at Meng Yuchun.

"What does that brush-wielding official look like? Hand him over to me, and I'll study him first."

"Forget about the brush-wielding official for now; I have to find out who wants to harm me!"

Li Banfeng was also investigating this matter: "That depends on who you've offended recently."

"I haven't seen anyone recently, except for you all."

"Are you suspecting me?" Li Banfeng lowered his hat brim, preparing to leave the cave immediately.

Meng Yuchun shook her head and said, "I trust you, otherwise I wouldn't have brought you to my house.

I've been a local deity for so long, I haven't even met a person. Originally, I wouldn't have been able to get ahead in this life, but heaven took pity on me and let me meet you.

I sincerely want to be your friend, but if someone under you really wants to harm me, and I deal with them harshly, don't fall out with me then."

Isn't this a joke?

My subordinates are all poor hunters; who among them could harm you?

Li Banfeng laughed: "This definitely wasn't done by my subordinates. I can help you investigate, but I won't do it for free. We can discuss the price.

If you agree, we'll act immediately. If you don't agree, I'll take my people home immediately. I don't want to fall out with you, and I don't want to be implicated by you."

Meng Yuchun nodded: "Fine, as long as it's a price I can afford, we can discuss it."

Li Banfeng said, "First give me the corpse of the brush-wielding official, then go set some traps, and then we'll discuss the price."

As they spoke, the silk-pulling earring trembled: "Master, there are footsteps."

Li Banfeng looked at Meng Yuchun: "Does anyone else know where you live?"

"There are three familiar sisters who occasionally come to drink a few cups of wine. They never enter my room. Except for them and you, no one else knows where I live. You stay here and don't move."

Meng Yuchun flew down the stone wall alone. After waiting for a while, three women holding wine jars and various dishes walked over.

One woman was dressed in red, with a slender waist. She bowed to Meng Yuchun and said with a smile, "This is newly brewed hundred-flower wine, specially brought for sister to taste."

This woman was named Red Butterfly.

Behind her, a woman dressed in yellow, with a similar appearance and figure to Red Butterfly, was named Huang Die.

Standing at the end was a fat girl with a round face and a plump figure, wearing a green fur cloak. She was called Little Butterfly.

Little Butterfly apparently hadn't turned into a butterfly yet.

Meng Yuchun said to the three, "Three sisters, sister has something to do today, let's gather another day."

The three women were somewhat disappointed. Meng Yuchun chatted with them for a few sentences, sent them away, and returned to the cliff.

Li Banfeng watched their backs and asked in a low voice, "Are the three of them always together?"

Meng Yuchun nodded: "Almost inseparable."

Inseparable?

That's not very likely.

It's always said that butterflies love flowers; who has ever heard of caterpillars loving flowers?

Li Banfeng asked, "Have you ever heard of a 'teasing woman'?"

"Teasing what woman?" Meng Yuchun was completely confused.

Consistent with the big toad's description, Meng Yuchun was a pure residential cultivator. Before the tenth layer, she hadn't come to the new land much, and her understanding of wandering monsters was not much better than Li Banfeng's.

……

After lunch, Li Banfeng carried a man into the Leaving Suishenju.

The man was wearing a long robe, the embroidery on which was already blurred. It looked like an official robe, but it was unknown which dynasty it belonged to.

He was holding a writing brush in his hand, with some ink stains on the white tip. Seeing this, the Lady said happily, "This is a brush-wielding official, a good thing! Husband, you cherish the most..."

The cheerful gongs and drums stopped abruptly, and the singing was full of desolation: "Oh husband, why did you bring back a corpse? Don't you cherish your little slave anymore?"

Xiang Xiang Hongying laughed loudly: "You can't eat it, I will! You gluttonous evil woman!"

A wave of power spread out, and Xiang Xiang Hongying rushed forward to feast.

After eating, Xiang Xiang Hongying returned to the front of the mirror and sat silently. Her body changes were becoming more and more obvious; her originally thin gun body showed a bit of plumpness.

The phonograph muttered to itself: "This bitch is really becoming human fast. How come she has such good luck? I don't know if this is really luck..."

Other magic treasures scrambled to come forward to share the food. Li Banfeng comforted the Lady: "After finishing this business, I'll catch some live ones for you."

The Lady shook her horn mouth, suddenly spewing steam, forcing back the crowd of magic treasures.

"Eating enough is fine, leave the rest for Did Honglian."

Most of the brush-wielding official was left, and this was to be left for Did Honglian?

The Lady was very caring toward Did Honglian today.

Li Banfeng moved Did Honglian over. The petals bloomed, and a lotus seed in the heart of the lotus was fully ripe.

Li Banfeng plucked the lotus seed, and it exploded instantly, a pair of mandarin duck axes landing in his palm.

No wonder the Lady was so caring; Did Honglian had come with sincerity today.

But this didn't seem to be any different from the previous mandarin duck axes.

Li Banfeng squatted beside Did Honglian and said, "A-Lian, do you want to play with me again?"

Chi chi~

"Oh husband, this is wronging this bitch. This pair of mandarin duck axes has a sweet smell. Husband, smell it carefully."

Li Banfeng used the skill of Hundred Flavors Linglong to smell for a while, and there was indeed a faint sweet smell.

"I want to smell it too!" Xiang Xiang Hongying smelled it for a long time on the side. Having been deaf and blind for so many years, her nose was particularly sharp, but she didn't smell any sweet scent.

Li Banfeng sniffed, the skill of Hundred Flavors Linglong was not only sensitive in smell, but seemed to have other functions.

"Lady, how do you use this magic treasure?"

"This thing doesn't have enough spirituality, it can't be counted as a magic treasure, at most a spiritual object. A pair of mandarin duck axes, one male and one female. The one in husband's left hand is male, and the one in the right hand is female.

If the male cuts a woman, she will fall in love with this man. If the woman appears within a mile, the male will have a reaction. If the female cuts a man, it's the same."

Li Banfeng nodded and said, "It can be counted as a useful object, let's call them the Male-Female Axes!"

"Oh husband, would it be better to call them the Female-Male Axes?"

"Lady, you have good literary talent!" Li Banfeng put away the Female-Male Axes, took the projector, and left the Leaving Suishenju.

……

At ten o'clock in the night, Little Butterfly had eaten her fill of leaves, climbed down from the tree, and was lazily strolling in the deep forest.

Li Banfeng and Meng Yuchun followed not far behind. Relying on the characteristic that residential cultivators are easily ignored, Little Butterfly never noticed.

After walking for more than an hour, Little Butterfly seemed hungry again and climbed onto another tree to gnaw on leaves.

Li Banfeng hid under a dirt slope and said to Meng Yuchun, "Didn't you say they were inseparable? Why haven't I seen the other two women?"

Meng Yuchun said, "Little Butterfly's habits are different from theirs, and they can't be together all the time. Huang Die and Red Butterfly both eat flower nectar, and they rarely separate."

Li Banfeng's judgment was not wrong; Little Butterfly hadn't turned into a butterfly yet.

Having experienced the battle between Water Shui Yongquan and Autumn Falling Leaves, Li Banfeng knew a key detail: a local deity's residence is their lifeline. The contract is hidden in the residence. If it is dug out, it will pose a serious threat to the local deity. Therefore, whether it was Water Shui Yongquan or Autumn Falling Leaves, they both strictly defended their residences.

What exactly the threat was, he didn't know for now, but Li Banfeng knew that the best way to deal with a local deity was to attack their house.

Feng Quweng, Teasing Woman, Brush-wielding Official, Love-Sorrow Slug... rare wandering monsters appearing one after another in Meng Yuchun's territory were definitely not to fight Meng Yuchun head-on. The Brush-wielding Official proved with his life that they couldn't possibly beat a local deity.

Their purpose was to investigate Meng Yuchun's residence.

The Love-Sorrow Slug was parasitic on Cao Zhida, and Cao Zhida was pestering Meng Yuchun, so there was a certain probability he could find Meng Yuchun's residence.

But he failed and died at Li Banfeng's hands.

The Brush-wielding Official successfully found Meng Yuchun's residence but failed to escape and died at Meng Yuchun's hands.

Feng Quweng and Teasing Woman joined forces, one in charge of fighting, one in charge of deceiving, with the highest probability of success.

Now Feng Quweng was dead, but Teasing Woman shouldn't know that Feng Quweng was dead yet, and in all likelihood, she wouldn't stop.

Except for Li Banfeng, only three people knew Meng Yuchun's residence: Red Butterfly, Huang Die, and Little Butterfly.

Because Little Butterfly hadn't turned into a butterfly, her habits were different from the other two women, and she had more time alone, so the probability of being impersonated by Teasing Woman was the highest.

Li Banfeng locked his target on her.

Meng Yuchun whispered, "It's not necessarily my sister. That Teasing Woman could also be one of your subordinates."

Li Banfeng shook his head: "If it really is Teasing Woman, it definitely wouldn't be one of my subordinates. My subordinates are all men."

"Can't she disguise herself as a man?"

"No."

Li Banfeng took out the projector and played the image of Feng Quweng.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, Little Butterfly climbed down from the tree, slowly walked to Feng Quweng's side, lowered her voice, and said, "I've succeeded."

PS: What should I do next?

Catch Teasing Woman and torture her?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 314 =====