Chapter 56

"Male hag!" The man in the long gown smelled the smoke first, then his whole body caught fire; only then did he know he had encountered an enemy.

No wonder this person wearing a red suit knew so much about Oil Cultivators.

No wonder he even knew about his killing move.

It turned out to be Yu Nan's guidance.

Yu Nan had indeed guided Li Banfeng; otherwise, relying on Li Banfeng alone, encountering an Oil Cultivator, such a rare sect, he would inevitably suffer a big loss.

Oil Cultivators fear fire; using fire is the most correct tactic to deal with Oil Cultivators.

But why didn't Li Banfeng use fire at the beginning?

Because the correct method must be used at the correct time.

The reason Li Banfeng's ambush succeeded was because the attack was concealed; if he had approached the man in the long gown with a torch, the man in the long gown would have knocked Li Banfeng down in the first instance.

During the battle, why didn't Li Banfeng use fire?

Strike a match halfway through the fight?

Li Banfeng had thought about it.

But the man in the long gown wasn't a fool; he couldn't give Li Banfeng a chance to strike a match, and even if the match was struck, the man in the long gown couldn't let the match burn him.

Not to mention Li Banfeng, even for the smoke cultivator Yu Nan, the difficulty of setting fire to the man in the long gown was very high; when they fought before, the man in the long gown hadn't given Yu Nan a chance to light a cigarette.

And now, although the fire-setting was successful, the man in the long gown wasn't without a way to respond.

He immediately retracted the grease on his body, rolled on the spot, and soon extinguished the fire.

But by the time he extinguished the fire, Li Banfeng had also come over with a sickle.

The man in the long gown had lost an eye, had burns on his body, and had little physical strength left; without using oil, he could only wait for death.

Use oil?

The smoke was right beside him; once he used oil, the man in the long gown would still catch fire and still have to wait for death.

He was in a desperate situation, a desperate situation from which he couldn't escape.

Seeing no hope, the man in the long gown shouted: "Shopkeeper Yu, it was my fault for what happened in the past; whatever the matter, we can discuss it."

"Discuss?" Yu Nan sneered, "Rong Jin'an, when you killed my brothers back then, why didn't you discuss it with me?

When you smashed my shop, why didn't you discuss it with me?

You insulted the sisters in my shop; why didn't you discuss it with them?"

It turned out the man in the long gown was named Rong Jin'an; Li Banfeng silently remembered his name.

Rong Jin'an defended himself: "Some things, our shopkeeper discussed with you, and you didn't agree, so I burned your shop. I did it in the open, unlike you using underhanded tricks in the dark; you broke the Jianghu rules!"

Yu Nan stepped forward and kicked Rong Jin'an in the face, leaving a red and black shoe print.

Rong Jin'an wailed: "Shopkeeper Yu, I've apologized to you, I'll even kowtow to you, just spare my life.

But I'll also remind you of one thing: you're doing business in Ligou and still have to live here. The anger is vented, the grudge is avenged, and this matter is over.

If you really do things to the extreme, you'll cut off your own path. You know what kind of methods the Geng Family Medicine Shop has; they have the Jiang Xiang Gang behind them.

You've been sliding in the path for so many years; attacking from the dark is already unreasonable. You know the rules and you know the limits. I've said what I have to say; you decide for yourself."

Yu Nan's index and middle fingers rubbed up and down on the cigarette holder, her expression extremely solemn.

What Rong Jin'an said also made some sense; when he took action in Yu Nan's shop back then, it was considered open and aboveboard.

And now Yu Nan taking action tonight was considered attacking from the dark.

Doing this indeed broke the rules.

Killing him just like this was also going too far in terms of limits.

Yu Nan was hesitating when Li Banfeng walked up to Rong Jin'an and asked: "You just said, 'I've said what I have to say'; what do you mean?"

Rong Jin'an sneered: "You don't even understand this? Is this your first day out in the Jianghu? What do I mean? Figure it out yourself!"

Li Banfeng said: "I've figured it out; according to my understanding, it means you've finished saying what you wanted to say."

Rong Jin'an was stunned: "What does this mean?"

"You don't even understand this? Your last words are finished, and it's time for you to hit the road." Li Banfeng swung his sickle and slashed at the man in the long gown's throat.

Rong Jin'an used his right hand to parry, but unfortunately, he didn't have time to use oil, and his forearm was chopped off by Li Banfeng.

Rong Jin'an, with his broken hand, gasped: "Little brother, you're also doing things for money; the master hasn't spoken, and you're taking action already; this isn't according to the rules."

"Why do you have so many rules?" Li Banfeng slashed the man in the long gown again; originally he wanted to slash his skull, but the man in the long gown dodged with all his might and had an ear cut off.

"Not talking about rules, let's talk about reason; I have no grudge against you..."

"Why do you have so much reason?" Li Banfeng slashed again; originally he wanted to cut his throat, but Rong Jin'an dodged again and was slashed through the left shoulder by Li Banfeng.

"I, I am a member of the Jiang Xiang Gang..."

"So you are a member of the Jiang Xiang Gang; then I must give you one more slash." Li Banfeng slashed again.

"I, I'm not really a member of the Jiang Xiang Gang; I'm from the Geng Family Medicine Shop..."

"Then why did you lie to me just now?" Li Banfeng slashed again.

The last slash pierced his chest, and Rong Jin'an stopped moving.

Seeing this scene, Yu Nan, who was still somewhat hesitant, could only accept reality.

The two discussed it; Li Banfeng was responsible for collecting the corpse, and Yu Nan was responsible for disposing of the traces.

Qin Xiaopang had already been saved by the Yu Family Cloth Shop's clerk. Yu Nan said: "Seventh Master, tomorrow morning, come to the cloth shop to find me, and I'll take you to visit Boss Qin."

Li Banfeng nodded, shouldered the man in the long gown's corpse, and turned to leave.

Yu Nan saw the man in the long gown's blood flowing out, flowing onto Li Banfeng's red suit; if you didn't look carefully, you couldn't see the traces.

Was this the reason Li Banfeng wore a red suit?

Had he made up his mind to kill from the very beginning?

Yu Nan sighed: "Seventh Master, you really don't follow any rules or limits."

Li Banfeng turned his head and asked quite surprisingly: "What exactly are rules and limits?"

Yu Nan was stunned, not knowing if Li Banfeng was truly confused or pretending to be confused.

After a long silence, Yu Nan smiled: "Rules and limits are the Jianghu."

Jianghu?

So profound?

Don't understand.

For things he couldn't understand, Li Banfeng never thought too much about them.

He walked to the depths of the alley, confirmed that there was no one around, and brought Rong Jin'an's corpse into the Suishenju.

His movements were very light, for fear of waking the phonograph. After placing the corpse beside the copper lotus, he found that the lotus petals were open, and there were three lotus seeds in the seven-holed lotus heart.

Li Banfeng peeled off the lotus seeds.

Two lotus seeds were refined from the corpses of Decai and Demao.

Another lotus seed was refined from the blood-drinking short blade.

After a short while, the two lotus seeds burst, each exploding into two red elixirs. Li Banfeng collected the elixirs.

Li Banfeng now had eight red elixirs in his hand; according to the efficiency of two per layer, Rong Jin'an's corpse would also produce two elixirs, so he would have ten red elixirs, but Li Banfeng still didn't know what the red elixirs were used for.

Li Banfeng was still pondering when Rong Jin'an's eyeballs moved slightly.

He wasn't dead; the moment Li Banfeng stabbed his chest, he grew oil on his heart, and the blade slid across his heart.

Now the male hag wasn't here, only this one blank-minded kid remained.

Rong Jin'an planned to save some strength and take Li Banfeng's life.

Snap!

The last lotus seed burst.

Three Rust Pills burst out; Li Banfeng hurriedly used his gloves to collect the elixirs.

Besides the elixirs, a pendulum also burst out from the lotus flower.

Li Banfeng recognized this pendulum; it was Luo Yuni's relic.

When did this thing enter the copper lotus?

Li Banfeng touched the edge of the pendulum; it was very sharp.

What was the use of this thing?

Li Banfeng looked at Rong Jin'an: "Do you know what this thing is used for?"

Rong Jin'an felt a chill in his heart and didn't dare to make a sound.

He's tricking me; can't fall for his trap!

"You bear the pain, I'll try." Li Banfeng took the pendulum and slashed at Rong Jin'an's skull.

Rong Jin'an's skull quickly emitted oil, but it was too late.

The traveling cultivator's speed was too fast; the pendulum had already embedded itself into the skull.

Rong Jin'an's body twitched violently; Li Banfeng stared at Rong Jin'an's wound and frowned.

Strange, why isn't he bleeding?

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