Chapter 42: Chu Yunlong's Gift

Looking at Chu Yunlong lying on the ground, Li Banfeng didn't feel right in his heart.

This person was quite good, and even said he would buy me a train ticket...

This area was so desolate that there might be wild beasts. Li Banfeng couldn't bear to let Chu Yunlong be exposed in the wilderness and decided to bring him back to the Leaving Suishenju to refine elixirs with the copper lotus.

Entering the Leaving Suishenju, Li Banfeng lit the candlestick and placed Chu Yunlong's corpse next to the copper lotus.

He was very curious: turning a corpse into an elixir—what kind of process was this?

Si si~

The copper lotus sensed Chu Yunlong's existence, and the petals slowly unfolded one by one.

Why did it sense Chu Yunlong?

Was it because Chu Yunlong had cultivation?

I also have cultivation; why didn't the copper lotus turn me into an elixir?

Was it because it recognized me as the master?

Or was it because it only recognizes the dead and not the living?

Chi~

What sound?

Li Banfeng looked back at the phonograph; the phonograph seemed to have sprayed out some steam just now.

I didn't light the fire?

While wondering, the candle flame flickered, and a whirlwind blew in the Leaving Suishenju.

The gray suit and white shirt on Chu Yunlong's body shattered one after another, and even the forward-looking cap on his head shattered into cloth strips.

A naked corpse twisted and deformed continuously, finally turning into a lump of coagulated fat like paste, entering the center of the copper lotus.

The petals of the copper lotus then closed, covered in a halo; it was refining an elixir.

Shredded cloth pieces were scattered all over the floor. Li Banfeng found a dagger among the cloth pieces—an exquisitely looking dagger that even had a scabbard.

He pulled the dagger out of the scabbard, and the cold light hit his face, proving this was a rare and good weapon.

Not a small harvest!

Li Banfeng was just about to carefully study this dagger when another whirlwind blew in the Leaving Suishenju.

The whirlwind still came from the center of the lotus, and a powerful force snatched the dagger from Li Banfeng's hand.

Li Banfeng wanted to snatch the dagger back, but his hand was still a step too slow.

The dagger turned into paste and was swallowed into the center of the lotus together.

Was the fan of the gold-rimmed glasses also swallowed like this?

The fan was refined into a rusty red elixir. What would this dagger be refined into?

Li Banfeng subconsciously gripped his sickle and shovel tightly, but after thinking carefully, these two items had appeared near the copper lotus many times, and the copper lotus didn't seem to have any interest in them.

What exactly is the standard for the copper lotus to choose materials?

He didn't keep this dagger, which Li Banfeng regretted slightly, and continued to search for Chu Yunlong's relics.

He found Chu Yunlong's wallet.

He carefully opened the wallet, fearing that the banknotes inside would be swallowed by the copper lotus.

Almost forgot, Li Banfeng had taken back more than two hundred thousand from Shopkeeper Feng yesterday, and the copper lotus hadn't moved them at all.

It is a lotus that doesn't love money.

There were 1,226.82 yuan in banknotes and six silver dollars in Chu Yunlong's wallet. Li Banfeng collected the banknotes and tossed the silver dollars onto the bed casually.

Li Banfeng picked up a silver dollar and observed it carefully for a moment. This silver coin had the two characters "Puluo" written on one side and a flower printed on the other.

What kind of flower is this? The shape of the petals is a bit special.

Li Banfeng looked for a long time before realizing this was a snowflake.

While the copper lotus was still refining the elixir, Li Banfeng thought about his current situation and future plans.

The first question: how to return to Yuezhou?

Li Banfeng didn't know what a travel permit was, and trying to buy a train ticket through regular channels would be very difficult.

The second question: after returning to Yuezhou, how to deal with the Anxing Bureau?

Even if he found a travel permit and bought a ticket and returned to Yuezhou, could he get rid of the Anxing Bureau's entanglement?

Obviously not.

As long as the copper lotus is still in Li Banfeng's hands, he cannot escape Xiao Zhengong's pursuit.

The third question: should he hand over the copper lotus to ensure his own safety?

This idea was quickly rejected by Li Banfeng.

Because handing over this item wouldn't ensure safety at all.

And who should he hand it to?

Hand it to He Haiqin?

He Haiqin is lying in the hospital, and presumably hasn't woken up yet.

Even if he wakes up, can he keep this copper lotus?

Hand it to his third uncle?

Or hand it directly to Xiao Zhengong?

These two people definitely want the copper lotus, but they definitely don't want others to know the copper lotus is in their hands.

In other words, as long as Li Banfeng hands the copper lotus to them, they will immediately kill Li Banfeng to silence him.

Xiao Zhengong had already confirmed Li Banfeng's speculation with actual actions. The order he gave the big-eyed man was to execute Li Banfeng, and the order he gave the Ginger Fragrance Gang was to kill Li Banfeng and bring the treasure back.

From beginning to end, Xiao Zhengong never intended to leave a way for Li Banfeng to live.

The copper lotus must not be handed over, but he must return to Yuezhou.

In Moon Prefecture, Xiao Zhengong indeed has scruples, while Medicine King Gully is clearly much wilder than Moon Prefecture.

But to return to Yuezhou, he must get a travel permit. Where should he get this travel permit?

Does Qin Xiaopang have a way?

Does Shopkeeper Feng have a way?

Li Banfeng peeled off two greenish-green lotus seeds. The first lotus seed quickly burst, producing a rusty red iron bead, exactly the same as the rusty elixir he had seen before.

Seeing the rusty elixir, Li Banfeng's scalp went numb, and he quickly threw the elixir on the ground.

Although the action was so swift, Li Banfeng's palm still felt a faint stinging pain. The toxicity and corrosiveness of this thing were too strong, and Li Banfeng still had the urge to verify it himself.

The previous rusty elixir was refined from the fan, and this rusty elixir should have been refined from the dagger.

Li Banfeng carefully put the rusty elixir into the glasses case. The two rusty elixirs waited quietly in the box, without any reaction to each other.

After a while, the second lotus seed burst.

Li Banfeng peeled off the lotus seed, and after the lotus seed burst, two bright red elixirs appeared.

Two?

Initially, refining the gold-rimmed glasses and the tiger lamb only produced one elixir per person.

This time, refining Chu Yunlong alone produced two elixirs. Why?

The gold-rimmed glasses and the tiger lamb belonged to the Dao sect and were cultivators without layers.

Chu Yunlong produced more elixirs; could it be because Chu Yunlong's cultivation was higher than theirs?

In other words, Chu Yunlong was likely a first-layer cultivator.

But this first-layer cultivator's strength wasn't very good!

Could it be because I didn't give him room to perform?

"Brother Yunlong, I'm sorry. Next time, next time I will definitely let you perform properly."

Li Banfeng swept the cloth pieces scattered all over the floor into the corner of the room and lay on the bed to continue pondering countermeasures.

Since he couldn't return to Moon Prefecture in the short term, he had to find a way to survive in Medicine King Gully for a period of time.

Money wasn't lacking; at least food and drink weren't a problem.

Living conditions should be improved as much as possible, and more furniture should be added.

Try not to go out for these two days. Chu Yunlong is dead, and the people from the Jiang Xiang Gang must be looking for me everywhere.

But not going out won't work either.

How should I handle this cultivation of mine?

Walking fifty li a day is a necessary condition for the first layer of traveler cultivation.

Should I walk in this small room?

Li Banfeng got up and paced back and forth in the room.

Pacing in such a narrow space was a very difficult thing for Li Banfeng. If the strength wasn't controlled well, he would hit the wall directly at a speed of more than twenty miles per hour.

According to Li Banfeng's estimation, he walked back and forth in the Leaving Suishenju for at least five hours, hitting his nose and face until they were bruised and swollen.

His legs were basically controlled, but Li Banfeng had a feeling that his cultivation hadn't increased at all.

Always strolling in a small room obviously couldn't get his own recognition. No matter how many steps he walked, it didn't count as a traveler's cultivation.

But now is not the time to go out!

If only I could have been a pure residential cultivator back then!

No way, this house can't produce a residential spirit, and residential cultivation is destined not to reach a new level. In the future, traveler cultivation will inevitably take the lead.

Of course, Li Banfeng also remembered the peddler's instructions: the gap between residential cultivation and traveler cultivation cannot exceed three layers. After returning to Yuezhou, he must buy a house as soon as possible, even if it's small, to nurture a residential spirit.

These are all things for later. Right now, he must deal with the basic cultivation of traveler cultivation.

Li Banfeng came out of the Leaving Suishenju and retrieved the key from the rubble pile of the abandoned farmhouse.

Wearing a beige suit and a black top hat, Li Banfeng lowered his hat brim and sped through the wilderness.

The sky was late, the deserted village was empty, and Li Banfeng restrained his steps to the extreme at first. After walking out of the deserted village and coming to a field, Li Banfeng didn't restrain himself anymore, running wildly with his feet flying.

Running, for a traveler cultivator, is a very cozy thing.

There are no roads in the wilderness, but for Li Banfeng, there are roads everywhere. Running wildly without scruples brings satisfaction and venting from the inside out.

After running for more than an hour and passing through several villages, Li Banfeng's cultivation had a reaction; today's basic cultivation was enough.

He didn't stop his steps and continued to run wildly forward.

It wasn't because he hadn't run enough, but because he was hungry and had to find something to eat.

This wasn't a difficult task for him because he remembered the road; he remembered every place he passed.

Walking to the entrance of a village, Li Banfeng looked at the stone tablet at the entrance, on which three characters were written: Changliu Village.

There was still a household in the village with lights on. Li Banfeng walked to the door, preparing to ask the owner for something to eat.

To be precise, it shouldn't be called asking, it should be called buying.

This was the method Qin Xiaopang taught Li Banfeng.

Calming his mood, Li Banfeng sensed carefully and didn't perceive any danger, so he knocked on the door.

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