Chapter 475: What a massive mountain

Five days later, Liao Liao Zihui looked at the sunset outside the window, picked up his teacup, and took a silent sip.

Secretary Ling Ling Sujun walked in; within her deeply sunken eye sockets, there was only pitch-black darkness.

"Chief, are we still maintaining full combat readiness today?"

Liao Liao Zihui pondered for a moment and asked, "Has the tea been distributed?"

"It was distributed the day before yesterday."

"Were the elixirs mixed in?"

"They were mixed in, but the effect is not obvious. Do we need to increase the dosage?"

Liao Liao Zihui took another sip of tea: "Let's call it a day."

Ling Ling Sujun bowed deeply to Liao Liao Zihui, not daring to ask another word, turned around, and left.

Liao Liao Zihui put on his overcoat. Before leaving the office, he looked at the drawer, wondering if he should listen to the headset one more time.

He pulled the drawer open, hesitated for a moment, and then closed it again.

As long as he listened to the headset, he would definitely hear Li Qi's voice.

Li Qi would certainly use some obscure method to express his intention to attack the Border Defense Hall.

And then, because of that one sentence, he wouldn't get any sleep tonight.

No one knew Li Qi's true intentions, but since he didn't know, why make things difficult for himself?

Just pretend it never happened.

Deputy Chief Xia Xia Shumin, holding two tickets for Xiaoyao Wu, was waiting at the office door. Seeing Liao Liao Zihui come out, Xia Xia Shumin hurried up to him.

"Chief, I heard you like Jiang Jiang Mengting's singing. There's a special performance by Jiang Jiang Mengting at Xiaoyao Wu tonight. I bought two tickets for you; you can just go and relax with your wife tonight."

Liao Liao Zihui accepted the tickets and smiled: "Little Xia, your energy is quite good."

Xia Xia Shumin laughed: "I got used to staying up late because of the many emergency missions in the past."

Liao Liao Zihui nodded: "Youth is good, youth is truly good. My wife doesn't like Jiang Jiang Mengting; why don't the two of us go to Xiaoyao Wu to listen to the singing tonight?"

Xia Xia Shumin waved his hand and said: "To be honest, I don't like this either. I saw a concert when I was young; that place was too noisy and too far from the stage. I just followed a crowd of people shouting blindly, and couldn't even see what the singer looked like."

"You can see clearly here! The singing performances in Puluo Prefecture are different! There aren't many people in the venue, and there are no microphones or things like that here. You hear the original, authentic sound and see the original, authentic performance."

"Let's go together. We'll have two drinks and a meal at Xiaoyao Wu first, and in two hours, it'll be about time for the show to start."

"Jiang Mengting, the singing performance is about to start; you can't be temperamental!" Manager Zhang of Xiaoyao Wu was anxious. The show was about to start, and Jiang Jiang Mengting said her throat was uncomfortable and she couldn't sing.

"Listen to me, my voice is hoarse; how can I sing like this? You should put up a notice at the door saying it's postponed."

Manager Zhang said anxiously: "My dear lady, the tickets were sold out a month in advance. You want me to postpone it now? Xiaoyao Wu's reputation will be ruined. I beg you, I'll kowtow to you, okay? Just go on stage and sing two songs; it'll count as an explanation."

Jiang Jiang Mengting simply refused to go on stage. Manager Zhang hurriedly told Li Li Banfeng about the situation.

Li Li Banfeng had dinner with Jiang Jiang Mengting and personally fed her a bowl of medicinal soup to clear her lungs and soothe her throat. Jiang Jiang Mengting's illness was cured, and she could perform in the evening.

The singing performance began. Li Li Banfeng sat in the audience and looked up to see Liao Liao Zihui in a second-floor private box.

Li Li Banfeng entered the box, sat beside Liao Liao Zihui, looked at his dark circles, and asked: "Chief Liao, your complexion isn't very good. Have you been staying up late these past two days?"

Liao Liao Zihui smiled: "Yes, I've been thinking about you these past few days, thinking you might come to the Border Defense Hall to sit for a while, but you haven't come yet."

Li Li Banfeng was surprised: "Since you were thinking about me, why didn't you come to Xiaoyao Wu to find me?"

Liao Liao Zihui nodded: "I came to find you last time, but you didn't give me a good look."

Xia Xia Shumin saw the situation and greeted him from the side: "This must be Mr. Li, right?"

Li Li Banfeng looked at Xia Xia Shumin and said: "How should I address this gentleman?"

Liao Liao Zihui said: "This is the new Chief Xia."

Li Li Banfeng was surprised: "A new Chief has arrived? Chief Liao, have you retired?"

Liao Liao Zihui sighed: "I'm looking forward to that day."

Li Li Banfeng looked at Xia Xia Shumin and said: "Are you also looking forward to that day?"

"I didn't..." Xia Xia Shumin took a breath. He wanted to say he wasn't looking forward to it, but felt it wasn't appropriate to say so.

Liao Liao Zihui said: "Things like this are generally not easy to say in front of me. How about this, you two chat here, and I'll go downstairs to sit and listen to the singing."

Li Li Banfeng felt a bit embarrassed: "How can I let you change places? I'll find a separate place to chat with Chief Xia; this matter definitely shouldn't let you know."

Xia Xia Shumin laughed dryly: "Mr. Li really knows how to joke. Let's focus on listening to the singing."

Li Li Banfeng really wanted to chat more with them about retirement, but while speaking, he suddenly felt a palpitation.

This feeling was so familiar.

Someone is breaking new ground!

He said goodbye, left the box, quickly returned to his room, entered the Leaving Suishenju, and said to the Old Master: "Go to the station, the station in my territory."

A few minutes later, Li Li Banfeng borrowed the full momentum from Hong Ying, left the Leaving Suishenju, arrived at his territory, and walked in the direction of the ground-breaking sensation.

The first person to appear in his line of sight was Cui Cui Tike.

Li Li Banfeng immediately dismissed the idea of responding to the ground-breaking. Letting him break ground here would be a devastation to the strange monsters in the territory.

But he wasn't the only one who came to break ground. Li Li Banfeng counted fifteen people in total. The one waiting for news in front of the offering table was Chu Chu Huaiyuan.

She came to break ground?

He hadn't seen her for a few days; how did she end up in the New Land?

Li Li Banfeng took out the Judge's Pen and the Projector: "Ah Bi, fly me over. Ah Ji, make a disguise for me and bring out some of the aura of the Local Deity."

The Projector was quickly prepared. It used a cloud of black smoke to cover Li Li Banfeng's figure and face, leaving only a cluster of cyan-green flames drifting and moving within the smoke.

The next thing left was flying. Li Li Banfeng said to the Judge's Pen: "The stop time is limited, move quickly."

"Hmph!" The Judge's Pen let out a long sigh of relief, stretched, flew Li Li Banfeng to the center of the plot, and the Projector chose a hiding spot, allowing Li Li Banfeng to appear before everyone in the form of clouds and mist.

Li Li Banfeng looked down at Chu Er and asked: "You want to break ground?"

Chu Er was puzzled as to why the Local Deity had been slow to respond, thinking there was a problem with the offerings.

She didn't expect the Local Deity to appear suddenly, and the ground-breakers were all very nervous.

Chu Er replied respectfully: "Yes, I want to develop a plot of land with a radius of three miles on your land."

"Why break ground in my territory?"

This also needs to be asked?

Chu Er replied: "I came here recommended by a friend."

This was the truth. Chu Er was recommended by He He Yuxiu, who said this place was quiet and very suitable for Chu Er's cultivation.

Li Li Banfeng asked: "Have the ground-breakers been selected?"

Chu Er replied truthfully: "The ground-breakers are all here."

Li Li Banfeng said: "Foreigners cannot break ground here."

Cui Cui Tike was startled, not expecting the Local Deity here to actually discriminate against foreigners.

Is this really a Local Deity?

This momentum is indeed very frightening.

Cui Cui Tike replied: "Respected Deity, I am not a ground-breaker; I am a physician hired by the ground-breaker."

Behind Cui Cui Tike were two other people, both physicians.

If Cui Cui Tike didn't participate in the ground-breaking, this matter could still be discussed.

Li Li Banfeng said to Chu Er: "You must specify the landlord's identity and the ground-breaker's identity in the contract. After preparing properly, come back tomorrow to offer the tribute."

After speaking, Li Li Banfeng disappeared.

Chu Er had some experience in breaking ground, but she didn't know much about the Local Deity and didn't dare to question it, so she could only rewrite the contract.

With the help of the Green Water Beggar, Cui Cui Tike already had the cultivation of the ninth layer. He could perceive that the Local Deity just now was a bit unreal, but his experience in breaking ground wasn't rich, and he didn't know what kind of image a Local Deity in this state should have.

Looking into the distance, he saw the territory of Zhang Wanlong and Little Xiao Genzi.

On such a remote New Land, there were such lush crops. Cui Cui Tike was very interested and went to the field to take a look.

Zhang Wanlong walked over carrying a hoe and greeted with a smile: "This foreign friend, can you understand what I'm saying?"

"Yes!" Cui Cui Tike nodded.

"Are you here to buy grain, or to buy vegetables and fruits?"

Cui Cui Tike stared at Zhang Wanlong and looked him up and down: "I want to buy some of both."

The time to drive arrived. Li Li Banfeng returned to the Leaving Suishenju, waited for a few minutes, and returned to Xiaoyao Wu.

He handed over the business matters to the manager, replenished some supplies for the Leaving Suishenju, and set off for the New Land immediately.

Ground-breaking requires examination; this is not a problem that can be solved by stopping time. Li Li Banfeng must make a trip himself.

Just in time for the end of the singing performance, there was a constant stream of traffic in front of Xiaoyao Wu. Li Li Banfeng lowered his top hat and walked forward, suddenly seeing a man standing under a street lamp, staring with huge eyes, looking around.

These eyes were too big.

If he had spicy strips in his hand, Li Li Banfeng would really like to try if his craftsmanship within five meters had become rusty.

Isn't this Lightbulb?

When did he come to Puluo Prefecture?

Li Li Banfeng walked up and stared at Lightbulb for a while.

Lightbulb looked at this bearded man wearing a black suit and a black top hat, feeling a burst of nervousness in his heart.

Li Li Banfeng asked: "Are you here to find me?"

"No, no." Lightbulb turned his face to the other side.

Li Li Banfeng confirmed again: "I am Li Qi, are you really not here to find me?"

"No, no." Lightbulb's voice grew smaller and smaller.

He was here to find Li Qi. Xia Xia Shumin's task for him was to monitor Li Qi.

This man in the black suit admitted he was Li Qi. For Lightbulb, what did this mean?

It meant the situation was bad.

If this person wasn't Li Qi, it meant Lightbulb's identity had been exposed, and he knew nothing about the other party's identity.

If this person was Li Qi, it meant Lightbulb was likely going to lose his life.

Lightbulb was covered in oil, preparing to escape.

Li Li Banfeng offered a suggestion: "I'll find you a good place. Escape there, and ordinary people won't be able to find you."

"What?" Lightbulb was stunned.

Li Li Banfeng grabbed Lightbulb and started running.

Lightbulb had ridden in Xiao Xiao Zhenggong's convertible, but even if Xiao Xiao Zhenggong stepped on the accelerator to the floor, it wouldn't be this fast.

The key was that Lightbulb's two feet couldn't hold up; there was no time to move them, and he could only slide on the ground.

The oil film on his body hadn't dissipated yet, and Lightbulb didn't know how to get away.

Li Li Banfeng reminded: "Save some oil, put it all on the soles of your feet. This road of ours is not short."

Lightbulb didn't know how long he had been walking, nor how far he had walked. When he stopped, the oil on his body was exhausted, and the soles of his shoes were worn through. Snot and tears flowed out first, then dried in the wind, and after drying, flowed out again, forming layers of hard armor on his face.

Sitting on the ground, Lightbulb panted for a long time, twisted his mouth, and cried.

"Woo ya~ ah ah~" Lightbulb pointed at Li Li Banfeng, looked around again, patted his thighs several times, and couldn't speak for a long time.

Li Li Banfeng gave him a water bottle, two cans, and a piece of bread.

"This is the New Land. There are many hunter camps nearby. If you can find a way to walk out, you'll survive. If you can't walk out, you'll stay here forever. Do you remember?"

Lightbulb looked up at the bearded man, still sobbing.

Li Li Banfeng frowned: "What are you crying for? Meeting me is much better than me meeting you!"

Lightbulb didn't understand what the bearded man meant, and Li Li Banfeng wasn't in the mood to explain to him.

Watching the bearded man walk away slowly, Lightbulb didn't know if he should follow him.

After thinking about it, he decided not to follow. The strength gap between the two sides was too obvious; following him one step further might cost him his life.

After running all this way, Lightbulb was indeed hungry.

He tore open the bread, stuffed it into his mouth in two or three bites, and washed it down with water.

He originally wanted to eat two bites of canned food, but suddenly felt something slippery under him.

Leaking oil?

That shouldn't be; the little oil he had was long exhausted.

Lightbulb looked down and found a piece of blood-red land moving under him.

Why would the land move?

Lightbulb looked back and gradually understood the current situation.

What was moving wasn't the land, but a massive blood-red worm.

Did I just sit on this worm?

It seems I'm still on this worm now...

Looking at the size of this worm, it was several times larger than the silkworm he had seen in the factory.

Lightbulb wanted to cry again.

But he stopped his tears and prepared to escape.

The next morning, Li Li Banfeng returned to his territory. Chu Er had already set up the offerings early, waiting for the Local Deity's response.

Li Li Banfeng turned into a cloud of black smoke, carefully checked the contract, and confirmed that Cui Cui Tike and the others were not participating in the ground-breaking. Li Li Banfeng lit up the plot.

The ground-breaking matter was settled. Next was the examination. Li Li Banfeng returned to the residence of the Mountain Master, took the Local Deity Seal, and went to find strange monsters.

The Local Deity Seal carried the cultivation of the territory; this was the capital for hiring strange monsters.

Who would be suitable to hire?

Fly around the territory and do some publicity?

No!

This kind of behavior of hawking on the street is a bit low-level.

Put up a notice?

How many strange monsters can read a notice?

Actually, there really was one among them who was literate, at least recognizing the character "Ye".

Li Li Banfeng thought of the Bull-headed Man. Expecting him to understand a notice was a bit difficult, but letting him be a megaphone should be manageable.

Walking around the territory, Li Li Banfeng found the Bull-headed Man in a forest, playing chess with a Jujube Tree monster.

The chess pieces were made of stone, and each had a chessboard.

The Bull-headed Man threw a stone at the Jujube Tree monster: "I'll move my cannon!"

The Jujube Tree blocked with the chessboard and threw a stone back: "I'll move my chariot!"

The Bull-headed Man rammed into the Jujube Tree: "I'll move my pawn!"

The Jujube Tree staggered a few steps, picked up a wild horse nearby, and smashed it at the Bull-headed Man: "I'll move my knight!"

The Bull-headed Man was hit hard, threw the chessboard, and shouted: "I'll move my elephant!"

The Jujube Tree sneered: "You still dare to move your elephant? If Master Qiu heard you, wouldn't he kill you?"

The Bull-headed Man roared: "Master Qiu isn't here, I'm going to move my elephant!"

Just as he was about to find an elephant, Li Li Banfeng manipulated the Projector, the Judge's Pen, and the Wine Gourd, turned into a cluster of green fire, and appeared in front of the Bull-headed Man: "Where are you going?"

"I'm moving my elephant..." The Bull-headed Man was stunned for a long time and asked back: "Who are you?"

Li Li Banfeng said: "I am the Local Deity of this territory."

The Bull-headed Man sneered: "Another one pretending to be the Local Deity? Does the Local Deity look like you?"

Whoosh!

A wave of momentum struck, forcing the Bull-headed Man to retreat a few steps.

Li Li Banfeng smiled: "We signed a contract before; how come you don't recognize me so soon?"

The Jujube Tree said from the side: "Brother, this voice is the same as that Local Deity from before!"

The Bull-headed Man lowered his head and said: "You've come to visit, what is your business?"

Li Li Banfeng sighed: "If you haven't studied, don't show off your culture here. Is that how 'visit' is used?"

The Bull-headed Man looked at the Jujube Tree.

The Jujube Tree hummed: "What's the use of looking at me? I don't know what 'visit' is either."

Li Li Banfeng said: "I have a business deal for you. Someone is breaking ground east of the forest, a three-mile plot. You find some people to examine them, and there will be rewards afterward."

Hearing this, the Bull-headed Man was happy: "Let's talk about the price first. A three-mile territory, how much reward will you give?"

How much is appropriate?

In the past, when He He Yuxiu, Zhang Wanlong, and Oil Peach came to break ground, the strange monsters for examination were all found by Meng Meng Yuchun, and no strange monsters received rewards. Li Li Banfeng really didn't have an impression of how much should be rewarded.

Now that the Bull-headed Man asked, Li Li Banfeng didn't want to go find Meng Meng Yuchun again, as that would lower his status. After pondering for a moment, Li Li Banfeng gave a number: "If the examination is successful, I'll give three months of cultivation."

The old Jujube Tree's branches and leaves trembled, and the Bull-headed Man asked: "Is three months the total, or does everyone get it?"

If it's the total, three months is really a bit low.

But if everyone gets it, he didn't know how many people this old ox would bring. If he brought a thousand or eight hundred people, Li Li Banfeng couldn't afford it, and Chu Er couldn't handle it either.

Li Li Banfeng said: "Everyone gets it, but ten people is the limit."

The Bull-headed Man nodded: "I'll go gather people now!"

The Jujube Tree moved its body and said: "I'll go with you."

Seeing them so active, Li Li Banfeng felt he had given too much.

Too much?

It depends on who you compare it with.

If compared with Qiu Qiu Luoye, this number is indeed too much, not because he is stingy, but because he doesn't want the difficulty of the examination to be too high.

But some Local Deities give even more than this. The reason is that some Local Deities raise people, and some raise monsters.

Local Deities who raise people all want to reduce the difficulty of the examination, trying their best to make their territory prosperous. Of course, there must be a basic bottom line; you can't just let anyone come and take the plot, eventually leaving the land abandoned.

Local Deities who raise monsters have never expected this territory to become a proper land. They prefer to temper the strange monsters through heavy rewards.

With more strange monsters, the popularity can also increase. More importantly, the strength of the Local Deity becomes stronger, allowing for the expansion of territory, and even the complete annexation of surrounding territories.

Whether to raise monsters or people is a question that only needs to be thought about after reaching the clouds. Li Li Banfeng left the examination matter to the Bull-headed Man to handle and returned to the Leaving Suishenju, suddenly feeling that the atmosphere was not quite right.

Excitement.

The walls were a bit hot, occasionally emitting slight rumbling and shaking. Although he didn't hear the Old Master's voice, Li Li Banfeng could perceive that the entire Leaving Suishenju was excited!

When the Old Master gets excited, everyone in the house feels fear, and they don't even dare to speak loudly.

The Glove woke up, ran from the shelf to Li Li Banfeng's side, and lowered his voice: "The Old Master found something good, right in the third room."

"What good thing?"

Could it be that he found the tracks himself?

The Glove said: "We don't dare to go in; the Old Master doesn't want us to see."

Li Li Banfeng walked toward the third room. The Lady tried to stop him: "Husband, don't go look. The Old Master probably just picked up a little gadget outside; there's nothing strange about it."

Once the Lady said this, Li Li Banfeng became even more curious. What kind of little gadget could make the Old Master so excited?

Just as he entered the room, Li Li Banfeng was stunned.

There were five large stones placed in the third room.

Li Li Banfeng was surprised: "Old Master, what are you doing moving these stones back?"

"Ah Qi!" The Old Master lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "This is Heavenly Heart Stone."

Heavenly Heart Stone?

Seems like I've heard of it.

The Old Master reminded: "I told you before, the price of one Heavenly Heart Stone is worth a pair of tracks!"

The price of a pair of tracks is equivalent to a Baile Gate.

Li Li Banfeng was overjoyed, hugged the stones and smiled: "Let's go to the Medicine King Ditch first, find Manager Feng's brother, and discuss the price."

The Old Master asked: "Discuss the price for what?"

"Sell it! This piece should at least fetch a million silver dollars from him!"

"Sell what sell!" The Old Master was angry, "I want to keep it to repair the station!"

Li Li Banfeng still remembered this matter. Three Heavenly Heart Stones are enough to repair a large station, and the Leaving Suishenju can stay at a large station for an hour.

But is there much difference between an hour and half an hour?

Using so many Heavenly Heart Stones to repair the station made Li Li Banfeng feel a bit pained.

"Let's repair the station after we move to another place!"

The Leaving Suishenju said: "Ah Qi, you must look at the long term. This is your territory, and there are many things to do in the future. Repairing a large station will give us more time."

Li Li Banfeng smacked his lips: "The key is that there is already a station here."

"The previous Joyful Earth can still be recovered. We can change to another place to repair the station; we won't waste things."

It was useless to say more. The Leaving Suishenju was impatient and wanted to repair a large station now, so Li Li Banfeng could only agree.

But what made Li Li Banfeng feel strange was, where did these Heavenly Heart Stones come from?

"I don't know how many times I've walked this territory. I go wherever you go. How come I haven't found Heavenly Heart Stones before?"

"Heavenly Heart Stone is an unnameable object. The location of this thing is not fixed. This time we were lucky, and all five stones gathered in your place!"

Li Li Banfeng couldn't figure out what unnameable meant either.

The Leaving Suishenju started repairing the station. Li Li Banfeng went to check the situation of the examination first.

The Old Ox brought ten strange monsters and was ready.

Li Li Banfeng turned into the appearance of the Local Deity and said to the Old Ox: "If you can't win, stop as soon as possible. Don't risk your life for this."

The Old Ox smiled: "I'll bring the message, but whether they can stop is hard to say."

Three months of cultivation is very tempting. When the time came, the strange monsters killed their way into the plot together.

Chu Er led eleven subordinates to rush up to meet the enemy. A three-mile territory, a chaotic battle.

After watching for more than half an hour, neither side could see who was better. Li Li Banfeng left. He wanted to walk around the territory to see if he could find any good things like Heavenly Heart Stones.

Walking south for more than three miles, the outline of a large mountain appeared in the hazy night.

Where did this mountain come from?

Li Li Banfeng was very familiar with his territory. There shouldn't be a mountain here; this should be a grassland.

Did he remember it wrong?

Walking closer to take a look, the vegetation on this large mountain was very lush, and it was almost impossible to find a road up the mountain.

There definitely wasn't this mountain in his territory. This mountain appeared out of nowhere.

Li Li Banfeng didn't rashly go up the mountain; he went to Meng Meng Yuchun's residence immediately.

Meng Meng Yuchun was sharpening in front of the mirror. Li Li Banfeng waited at the door, but it ruined her mood.

After sending away the two sisters, Meng Meng Yuchun wiped the sweat from her forehead and said: "You came to find me just to ask about the mountain? There are many hills in your territory; what's so strange about this?"

Li Li Banfeng shook his head: "This is not a mountain in my territory."

Meng Meng Yuchun sneered: "A hundred-mile territory is not small. How can you remember it so clearly? It's reasonable to remember some places wrong, isn't it?"

Meng Meng Yuchun was telling the truth. For a residential cultivator, remembering places wrong is a common thing. She didn't remember this territory of hers very clearly either.

Li Li Banfeng said: "I am a traveling cultivator; how could I not remember a mountain?"

"So what if you're a traveling cultivator? Is it amazing? If you remember wrong, just say you remembered wrong. Would I laugh at you?" Meng Meng Yuchun followed Li Li Banfeng to the foot of the mountain angrily, looked up at the mountain peak, and didn't speak for a long time.

There really wasn't such a high mountain in Li Qi's territory.

Meng Meng Yuchun pinched her chin and tried hard to give a reasonable explanation: "The New Land is constantly changing. Occasionally, a mountain appearing is also a very reasonable thing."

Li Li Banfeng knew that Meng Meng Yuchun was a person who cared about face. In order to maintain face, occasionally saying a few words is understandable.

But this is too far-fetched!

According to Li Li Banfeng's understanding, the change of the New Land refers to the constant birth of new plots of land. Li Li Banfeng had never heard of any New Land that could change after it was formed.

After talking nonsense, Meng Meng Yuchun also felt that this matter was a bit strange: "Wait for me to go back and ask the cook. He is knowledgeable and should know about similar things."

Meng Meng Yuchun left. Li Li Banfeng walked around the large mountain, found a location where the trees were not too lush, and performed the technique of breaking paths.

The trees retreated to both sides, and a small path appeared in front of him.

This small path was seventy or eighty meters long. Li Li Banfeng walked past it, and the technique was immediately lifted, and the mountain forest returned to its original state.

Walking forward step by step, he walked until he reached the mountainside. Li Li Banfeng's consumption was very large, but the forest ahead was significantly sparse, and he could walk past without using techniques.

A few drops of water fell on his face. Li Li Banfeng thought it was raining.

The New Land will also rain. Rainwater is sometimes a hunter's life-saving straw, but today it was very sunny, and the water drops came from the mist in the mountain forest.

In the thick fog, he continued to walk toward the top of the mountain. From the vegetation, Li Li Banfeng didn't see any other living creatures, not even a bug.

When he was about to reach the top of the mountain, Li Li Banfeng smelled a scent, the scent of ink.

Following the scent, Li Li Banfeng saw a desk in the forest, and an unfinished ink painting was placed on the desk.

The picture was a young man, wearing a long gown, wearing a scarf, with bright eyes, looking into the distance, with a unique literary spirit in his expression.

Because the arms were not yet finished, Li Li Banfeng didn't know what he was holding, and couldn't see what action he was doing.

An inkstone was placed next to the scroll, and the ink on the inkstone hadn't dried yet.

There was someone on this mountain, and this person might not have gone far.

Li Li Banfeng looked around, and his gaze stayed on this painting again.

The young man in the painting, who was originally looking into the distance, turned his eyes slightly at some point, and was now looking at Li Li Banfeng.

Li Li Banfeng stared at this ink painting for a long time, and suddenly felt someone approaching.

Deep in the forest, a figure slowly reappeared, gradually becoming clear.

A sixty-year-old man, with disheveled gray hair, holding a brush, came to Li Li Banfeng.

Painter Fu Fu Taiyue, Li Li Banfeng recognized this person.

How could he be on this mountain?

PS: Fu Fu Taiyue is the best portrait painter in Puluo Prefecture. Li Li Banfeng once asked him to learn painting, see Chapter 178 for details.

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