Chapter 448

"Ge Ge Junma, a pure-blooded Neizhou person," Li Li Banfeng asked Qiu Qiu Luoye, "Are all Neizhou people toads?"

Qiu Qiu Luoye shook his head and said, "There are chickens, ducks, geese, and dogs, and some that look like humans."

"So, in other words, are they Martial Cultivators?"

Qiu Qiu Luoye shook his head and said, "I don't know what sect they belong to, nor do I know his cultivation level. Ge Ge Junma can read, and he has used 'a word worth a thousand gold,' so he might be a Literary Cultivator."

"That is to say, he was born a toad?"

Qiu Qiu Luoye couldn't answer. He had seen Neizhou people, but he didn't know much about them. Just as Meng Meng Yuchun said, they were merely livestock in Neizhou, and no one was willing to waste their breath on livestock.

Li Li Banfeng used the Great Expansion Sword Art to trample the cabbage toad into a pulp of meat; some clues in his mind had already been cleared up.

Chu Shaoqiang would definitely come to the Mo Xiang Shop.

Chu Shaoqiang had suffered a great loss at Qiu Qiu Luoye's place, so it would definitely be difficult for him to explain himself upon returning to Neizhou.

If he wanted to make up for his crimes with merit, he had to find a way to perform a meritorious service, and the best way to do so was to obtain a piece of proper territory.

As long as he got his hands on the proper territory, his previous actions would very likely be forgiven.

If he obtained the proper territory and could also save a Neizhou person, not only would he be forgiven, but he might even be promoted a rank.

It was precisely for this reason that he had targeted the Mo Xiang Shop; he knew Ge Ge Junma was right there.

But why would a Neizhou person appear at the Mo Xiang Shop?

"Brother Qiu, can Neizhou people just come to the Star Fall Continent as they please?"

Qiu Qiu Luoye shook his head: "According to the rules, they cannot come."

"Is it because there is a boundary between the two places? Then how could Chu Shaoqiang still get out?"

"This isn't just a matter of the boundary," Qiu Qiu Luoye drew a circle on the ground and wiped a gap into it: "There are some fixed passages in Neizhou, and each passage can only let out one or two people every year,

but these people are all lackeys of Neizhou, or people who have been enfeoffed to become local Earthly Deities. If a pure-blooded Neizhou person comes to the Star Fall Continent, they will be killed."

Li Li Banfeng was startled: "Who would kill them?"

Qiu Qiu Luoye shook his head and said, "I don't know. It is said to be the ruthless people of the Star Fall Continent, but this rule is true. Pure-blooded Neizhou people have never dared to come to the Star Fall Continent. I can't figure out why Ge Ge Junma would come either."

If Chu Shaoqiang arrived at the Mo Xiang Shop, he would likely find the residence of the Huiye Scholar very soon. If he joined forces with the toad, the Huiye Scholar would surely die.

By then, the Mo Xiang Shop would become Neizhou territory.

"I must kill Ge Ge Junma first." The stopover time was limited, and Li Li Banfeng had to hurry back to the Leaving Suishenju.

Qiu Qiu Luoye said: "Brother, I'll go with you. That bastard Ge Ge Junma has made me suffer quite a bit, and I just happen to want revenge!"

Li Li Banfeng looked at Qiu Qiu Luoye's condition; he was covered in bandages and still stained with blood.

"Brother Qiu, there will be plenty of opportunities for revenge. You should recover your health first."

Qiu Qiu Luoye said: "I am indeed not up to it right now, but take my group of junior brothers with you; they can fight!"

Li Li Banfeng shook his head.

He was talking about the three-headed people who came out of the City of Sinners.

They could indeed fight, but why should he let them go to the Mo Xiang Shop?

Last time they risked their lives against Chu Shaoqiang, it was for their own home. What would it be for this time?

Li Li Banfeng returned to the Leaving Suishenju and said to the Judge's Brush: "Ah Bi, we will go to Murong Gui's residence in a while. You must make things clear to him,

I am here to help him, and he must join forces with me to get rid of that toad."

"Hmph~" the Judge's Brush hummed, feeling weak and powerless.

"Hmph!" the Leaving Suishenju also hummed, full of mockery.

Li Li Banfeng glared at the Judge's Brush: "What are you humming about? We're doing serious business!"

The Judge's Brush said slowly: "Try it."

After leaving the Leaving Suishenju, Li Li Banfeng arrived at the Yan Sha Zhai.

Xiao Yeci was still reading in the study; she hadn't returned to the inn all night.

Tan Tan Fucheng continued to study the Hundred Family Surnames; it was said he had gained something again, and he had cried three times this morning.

This wasn't the first time he had cried; he had also cried last night. When he was reading, he accidentally sneezed and sprayed some saliva on the book. He felt this was disrespectful to the book, slapped himself a dozen times, and almost chopped off one of his own fingers.

Li Li Banfeng took the key and headed straight for the Willow Garden.

Walking on the road, Li Li Banfeng thought about one thing repeatedly.

After getting rid of Ge Ge Junma, could Murong Gui hold onto the Mo Xiang Shop?

If it were one-on-one, he might be able to beat Chu Shaoqiang, but would Chu Shaoqiang fight him one-on-one?

To deal with Qiu Qiu Luoye, Chu Shaoqiang brought two helpers. Now that he wanted to take the territory and save someone, how many helpers would Chu Shaoqiang bring?

According to what Qiu Qiu Luoye said, people coming out of Neizhou were restricted by the passages, so the number of people wouldn't be too large.

But even if only three or five came, even if I were willing to help Murong Gui, I might not be their match.

Kill Ge Ge Junma first, then think about what comes after?

The key is that this matter cannot be delayed. Li Li Banfeng didn't know when Chu Shaoqiang would come to the Mo Xiang Shop; he might arrive tomorrow, or he might come tonight.

Holding onto the Mo Xiang Shop is not an easy task. This matter involves Neizhou, so he must find a helper.

Li Li Banfeng remembered Qiu Qiu Luoye's words.

Pure-blooded Neizhou people dare not come to the Star Fall Continent and will be killed by the ruthless people of the Star Fall Continent.

Which ruthless person is so ruthless?

As far as the ruthless people Li Li Banfeng knew, they were nothing more than the Peddler, Eunuch Train, Sun Sun Tiecheng, and Mother Bitter.

And there was also the ancestor of the Gold Cultivators, Old Xu.

Eunuch Train was trapped in Neizhou, so he didn't need to be considered for the time being.

Mother Bitter was in the Bitter Vegetable Village; if he asked her for help, would she come?

The second aunt had a somewhat eccentric temperament. Being beaten by her wouldn't be a big problem, but don't make me go to the Bitter Vegetable Village for trials again; time cannot be wasted.

Old Xu looked like a good person, but he had to guard the Medicine King Ditch, so he probably wouldn't care about the Mo Xiang Shop's affairs.

The only one he could think of left was the Peddler. Would the Peddler care about this?

There was an insect disaster in the Sea-Eating Ridge, and he took care of it. Now that such a big thing was about to happen at the Mo Xiang Shop, he would probably care too.

Moreover, among these people, the Peddler was still one of the easier ones to find.

The New Year had just passed. According to the normal pattern, the Peddler should appear in the Sea-Eating Ridge or the Trouser Belt Ridge now.

Arriving at the Willow Garden, Li Li Banfeng took out his portable phone, connected the battery, plugged in the antenna, and contacted Luo Zhengnan: "Old Luo, go to the Trouser Belt Ridge, find the Peddler, and tell him that Neizhou people have gone to the Mo Xiang Shop."

Upon hearing "Neizhou people," Old Luo was shocked. He hurriedly called someone to get a travel permit and boarded the train that very day.

Li Li Banfeng came to the willow tree and, taking advantage of the fact that there was no one around, let the Judge's Brush write the character "Hui" on the ground.

The willow tree sprouted leaves and willow catkins fluttered. Li Li Banfeng entered Murong Gui's residence once again.

On the frozen lake, Murong Gui was still writing at his desk. He had filled one scroll and changed to a new one.

Li Li Banfeng let the Judge's Brush step forward to negotiate. The Judge's Brush flew to Murong Gui's side and said: "It's me."

Murong Gui's brush stopped. He raised his head and looked silently at the Judge's Brush.

Seeing that the two were getting along quite well, Li Li Banfeng stepped forward to Murong Gui's side.

The characters Murong Gui wrote today were not quite the same as last night. Besides the characters for "Kill" and "War," "The blind should feel ashamed," and "The literary should be diligent," there was also the sentence: "The people of the world should study literature."

Li Li Banfeng asked: "What do these three sentences mean?"

Murong Gui didn't answer.

Li Li Banfeng didn't dwell on these three sentences either and hurriedly got to the point: "That toad is a pure-blooded Neizhou person. He came here to snatch your territory.

I came to find you because I want to join forces with you to kill him. Do you know when he usually appears?"

Murong Gui raised his head and looked at Li Li Banfeng.

In the silence, Murong Gui's pupils shrank, and a flash of cold light flickered past.

Li Li Banfeng sensed malice and quickly left the lake surface.

This time, the malice came very clearly; it was emanating from Murong Gui himself.

The characters on the paper stood up one by one and flew toward Li Li Banfeng. Their speed was so fast that even Li Li Banfeng, a seventh-layer Traveling Cultivator, was caught off guard.

"Ah Bi, how did you communicate with the old proprietor? Isn't he extremely intelligent? Can't he guess intentions in three sentences and see through the human heart in five? I came with good intentions; can't he guess that?"

The Judge's Brush sighed: "Stop guessing, let's beat him up."

It seemed Murong Gui's state was not quite right; besides writing, he didn't seem able to make any other response.

Could this be some kind of special sleepwalking state?

Li Li Banfeng dodged the siege of characters, wanting to observe Murong Gui's condition further, when he heard a loud boom. The ice cracked, and Ge Ge Junma drilled out from the bottom of the lake.

Murong Gui was entangled in a fight with Li Li Banfeng and couldn't make wings in time. He relied on a piece of text on the ice to support his body and desk. Even so, the brush in his hand didn't stop; he was still writing incessantly.

In order to buy time for Murong Gui, Li Li Banfeng used the "Flowers in the Mist" technique again.

But this time, the big toad didn't fall for it. He wrote a dozen "Eye" characters on his own body. These "Eye" characters all turned into eyes, opening one after another on his cheeks, front legs, back legs, and spine, taking turns staring at Li Li Banfeng.

Ge Ge Junma was indeed a Literary Cultivator!

He knew Li Li Banfeng had come and was well-prepared to deal with him.

Encountering someone who stared fixedly like this, Li Li Banfeng had a fixed routine. He took out Ling Ling Miaoying's pistol from his bosom and started shooting at the eyes.

Bang! Bang!

Two shots were fired out of six bullets. The pistol's power wouldn't cause fatal damage to Ge Ge Junma, but as long as he blinked, Li Li Banfeng's technique would succeed.

Ge Ge Junma did indeed blink. Li Li Banfeng disappeared from his line of sight for a brief moment, and a hole exploded on the toad's back.

He thought this would create a chance for Murong Gui to counterattack, but he didn't expect Murong Gui not to counterattack Ge Ge Junma, but instead write dozens of "Forbidden" characters, which flew toward Li Li Banfeng.

Li Li Banfeng knew the power of the "Forbidden" character. Back then, he was besieged by Metropolitan Graduate Guo with twelve "Forbidden" characters, and all his weapons and magic treasures became unusable.

He was carefully dodging the siege of characters when Ge Ge Junma rushed up and spat a ball of mucus at Li Li Banfeng.

Li Li Banfeng dodged to the side, and the mucus landed on a tree. The tree, which required two people to embrace, turned into a puddle of thin mud in the blink of an eye.

That was close!

If this mucus had stuck to his body, he would have been finished.

Li Li Banfeng originally intended to team up with Murong Gui to fight one-on-two, but now it had turned into one-on-two against him.

What exactly was wrong with Murong Gui?

Even if he couldn't guess Li Li Banfeng's intentions before, at this point, couldn't he distinguish between friend and foe?

With a toad blocking in front and characters surrounding him on the sides, Li Li Banfeng prepared to take out his key.

Ge Ge Junma stretched out his tongue, just about to capture Li Li Banfeng, when hundreds of characters pounced on the toad's back, tearing off a piece of skin and flesh.

The big toad couldn't bear the excruciating pain and turned around to counterattack Murong Gui.

Li Li Banfeng took the opportunity to attack from both sides, but was repelled by a series of literary attacks.

To be honest, Li Li Banfeng had an impulse; he wanted to kill Murong Gui together with Ge Ge Junma first, and then decide the winner. At least Ge Ge Junma's behavior wouldn't be as abstract as Murong Gui's.

The ink in the inkstone was about to dry. Murong Gui held the ink block and ground the ink rapidly. Li Li Banfeng rushed to the front, wanting to let Ah Bi try one more time to see if he could wake Murong Gui up.

Murong Gui waved his brush rapidly, filling the entire scroll in the blink of an eye.

The entire scroll contained only the character "Kill." As the characters fluttered, they forced Li Li Banfeng back and also forced Ge Ge Junma back.

Ge Ge Junma jumped back into the lake. Before long, the lake surface froze over again.

Murong Gui returned to the ice and continued writing.

The battle just now was somewhat intense, and Murong Gui was a bit nervous. Now he only wrote three characters: "Kill," "War," and "Forbidden."

Li Li Banfeng stood nearby, looking at Murong Gui with a helpless expression. He didn't know how to communicate with Murong Gui, but he knew that if he took one more step closer, Murong Gui would counterattack.

Under these circumstances, it was impossible to kill Ge Ge Junma, so Li Li Banfeng could only leave the Willow Garden.

Chu Shaoqiang could come at any time. What should he do now?

Where else could he find a helper?

PS: It seems he can only wait for the Peddler.

(End of chapter)