Chapter 574: The Unique Like Puluozhou

Shopkeeper Lu took Yu Yu Yaoming to the Lu Family Bookstore. This was a newly opened bookstore in the Yunxiu District of Yuezhou City. The sign still read "Lu Family Bookstore," and the layout inside the shop was also much the same as in Like Puluozhou.

Yu Yu Yaoming was settled in the warehouse on the second floor, holding a bowl of beef rice bowl, eating ravenously.

"Don't rush, there's more after you finish." Shopkeeper Lu took a box of meat pies and placed them in front of Yu Yu Yaoming.

Yu Yu Yaoming pulled over a pie, swallowed it in two bites, and choked until his eyes rolled back.

Shopkeeper Lu brought over another bowl of mutton soup and laughed: "Mutton soup and meat pies from the Qianyuelou in Green Water City,

you taste it."

Yu Yu Yaoming drank two sips of soup and washed the meat pie down: "This pie is good, the soup is also good, really delicious. What kind of place is Green Water City?"

Shopkeeper Lu laughed: "You haven't been to Like Puluozhou?"

Yu Yu Yaoming shook his head. Let alone been there, he hadn't even heard of it.

Shopkeeper Lu felt that Yu Yu Yaoming wasn't telling the truth: "If you haven't been to Like Puluozhou, who did you learn this skill from?"

Yu Yu Yaoming was stunned: "Are you talking about the power of wisdom? This is something I acquired through my own research!"

"You can acquire it by yourself?" Shopkeeper Lu laughed: "Have you ever been to a place similar to Like Puluozhou? Like, say, a foreign Like Puluozhou."

Yu Yu Yaoming shook his head and said: "I don't even know which country Like Puluozhou is in."

"I'll take you to Like Puluozhou to take a look." Shopkeeper Lu stood up, came to the warehouse door, took out a piece of white paper, picked up a writing brush, and wrote a document.

The main text of the document was written in small regular script, the characters were very small, and the title was written slightly larger. Yu Yu Yaoming saw the two characters "Pass."

In an instant, the document was written. Shopkeeper Lu suddenly had a huge seal in his hand and stamped the document.

The size and material of this seal were very special.

The seal disappeared in a flash. Shopkeeper Lu took the document and walked to the door, passing it out through the crack of the warehouse door. He didn't know who had taken this piece of paper.

After waiting for a while, Shopkeeper Lu opened the warehouse door and brought Yu Yu Yaoming out of the warehouse.

Outside the door was still the bookstore, and the furnishings were almost indistinguishable from before. But after walking outside the bookstore,

Yu Yu Yaoming was dumbfounded.

The wide street in front of the bookstore was gone, replaced by a dirt road.

The flow of cars was gone, and one could occasionally see one or two ox carts passing by.

Opposite the road were large tracts of farmland. During the autumn harvest season, one could see many farmers working in the fields.

Yu Yu Yaoming asked: "How did you move your bookstore from the city to the countryside? Did you use a wormhole, right? A wormhole connecting two different spaces!"

Shopkeeper Lu laughed: "Do you think it just moved from the city to the countryside?"

Yu Yu Yaoming indeed thought so. He was a farmer's child, and his hometown was in the countryside. These things in front of him were not unfamiliar to him, although people's clothing was slightly different.

Shopkeeper Lu said: "This is Taoyuan Town. Neither major families nor sects can intervene here. This is the quietest and best place in all of Like Puluozhou."

"This is already Like Puluozhou?" Yu Yu Yaoming still didn't want to believe it.

Shopkeeper Lu closed the bookstore door: "I'll take you to another place."

He took Yu Yu Yaoming, walked around the third row of bookshelves, and returned to the bookstore door.

He opened the bookstore door again, and outside the door, the scene had changed again.

The wide farmland had turned into a large area of two- or three-story buildings, and there were some relatively tall buildings in the distance. Shopkeeper Lu pointed to a five-story building and said: "That is the Baile Sect, the signboard of Like Puluozhou."

"A five-story building can be a signboard?" Yu Yu Yaoming felt that this statement was a bit impolite, so he hurriedly explained: "I'm just curious, I don't mean to offend."

Shopkeeper Lu shook his head and laughed: "There are also tall buildings, called the Peace Building. Like Puluozhou people have their own preferences; we don't think the taller the building, the better."

Yu Yu Yaoming thought about going to see the vicinity of the Baile Sect. Just as he stepped onto the road, he heard a crisp bell sound: "Ding, ding!"

A rickshaw puller pulled a rickshaw and passed in front of him. Yu Yu Yaoming said in a daze: "In this era, there are actually such means of transportation?"

Shopkeeper Lu didn't say much. Yu Yu Yaoming observed for a moment and discovered that on this road, there wasn't a single car.

"In the Da Huan Kingdom, how could there still be such—" He didn't know whether he should use the word "backward."

Shopkeeper Lu said it for him: "This is not the Da Huan Kingdom, and one cannot simply use 'backward' to describe Like Puluozhou.

Here, some technological means have been restricted, and we can only develop our own civilization through other channels."

"The channel you mentioned is—" Before he finished speaking, Yu Yu Yaoming saw a woman walk out of a teahouse nearby.

The woman was wearing a blue-green short-sleeved cheongsam with peony cloud patterns. The silhouette was light and form-fitting, and the frog buttons, piping, and embroidery were all exquisite and delicate, both showing a soft figure and not losing a dignified bearing.

Her hairstyle was the most popular finger-wave in Like Puluozhou. The wave pattern went from left to right, matching her exquisite facial features extremely well, as if she were a talented socialite who had walked out of a movie.

"Talented socialite, this description really suits her." Yu Yu Yaoming couldn't help but say what was in his heart, because he had never seen such an extraordinary woman.

Shopkeeper Lu asked from the side: "Why do you think this person has talent?"

Yes, why?

Yu Yu Yaoming didn't know this woman at all, so why did he conclude she was talented?

It was that book.

She was holding a book in her hand, a hardcover book.

Yu Yu Yaoming couldn't see the title clearly, but he just felt that the book suited her very well in her hand.

"Wisdom and her temperament are so compatible; such a woman is destined to be full of talent." Yu Yu Yaoming was a physics professor, but he was also a man. He really couldn't help but look at this beauty a few more times.

The beauty seemed to notice Yu Yu Yaoming's gaze and smiled at him.

Yu Yu Yaoming lowered his head in embarrassment.

Was she greeting me?

How could that be? She didn't know me. My appearance is so mediocre, how could she take a fancy to me?

Perhaps it was because of talent. Could it be that she could also see the temperament of wisdom on me?

Perhaps it really was like that...

Yu Yu Yaoming raised his head again, his eyes carrying a trace of confidence and expectation. He still believed in the power of wisdom.

He saw this talented socialite arrive next to a steamed bun stall.

She ate six whole cages of steamed buns, using less than two minutes in total.

Not small cages, but big steamer cages.

Yu Yu Yaoming's mouth opened. From this moment on, for the next ten-plus minutes,

his mouth never closed again.

During this period, a dragonfly flew into Yu Yu Yaoming's mouth, but his mouth still didn't close.

After eating her fill, the socialite wiped the grease from her mouth, walked with a dignified pace, and entered a nearby jewelry store.

Looking from outside the jewelry store's window, the socialite grabbed the book in her hand and smashed the shop window's glass.

A burly man came to grab the socialite. The socialite grabbed the book in her hand and hit the man from inside the door to outside the door. The man's cheekbone was sunken, his cheek was deformed, and he lay flat on the ground, not knowing if he was dead or alive.

The socialite pulled a sack from her cheongsam, packed the jewelry from the counter into the bag, carried the bag, and walked out of the jewelry store.

Six burly men chased out of the jewelry store. The young lady grabbed the book in her hand and fought with these six burly men.

Shopkeeper Lu sighed: "Using a book as a shield can block most attacks from weapons,

especially this kind of hardcover book. Using one of the corners to hit someone on the head can directly smash through the skull. Look, that man's brains have already come out.

Books can also be broken into pieces. Pulling out each page of paper can be used as a sharp blade.

The sharpness of the paper is very astonishing. Look, that man's throat has been cut.

And poison can be hidden in the pages of the book to sneak attack enemies when opening and closing the book. Look at that man again, his eyes are bleeding, he has already been poisoned.

Did you see that? This is the power of books, this is the power of wisdom!"

While speaking, the socialite had already knocked down these six burly men and continued to run wildly on the street.

According to Yu Yu Yaoming's observation, among these six burly men, at least three were already dead.

A thin old man caught up with the socialite, holding a pipe in his hand, took a fierce puff, and sprayed a cloud of smoke at the socialite.

The socialite caught fire. She had techniques and could protect herself, but she couldn't protect her clothes. Her entire cheongsam was burned clean.

The cheongsam was burned, but the socialite didn't care too much. The bag was broken, and the socialite felt heartache.

She was naked, picked up a few pieces of jewelry from the ground, and ran away.

The old man continued to chase with his pipe.

Qin Qin Xiaopang chased over from the street corner, asked about the situation, and greeted a few people to go and surround the woman. Yu Yu Yaoming, the professor, was also a ruthless person; he had killed people at an academic exchange meeting!

But now, for some reason, his mouth had been unable to close. He pointed to the robbed jewelry store and asked Shopkeeper Lu: "Ming ming, ya ya, ya!"

Shopkeeper Lu nodded: "Like Puluozhou is like this."

"Aiya, wu aiya, ya ya?"

"Don't worry, even if that woman is caught, she won't necessarily be beaten to death. It's possible she'll be sent to a book apartment to entertain guests to pay off debts, or it's possible she'll rely on her good skills and be taken in as a branch hanger."

"Aiya, ha, ha, ya?"

"Like Puluozhou has no laws."

"Wu ha, ming ya ya~"

Shopkeeper Lu sighed: "Because the Lord of Like Puluozhou likes Like Puluozhou like this."

"What is the Like Puluozhou you mentioned called?" Li Li Banfeng held a notebook. He was interrogating Gancharova. In terms of legal channels, the Birch Hidden Sect had become the most important breakthrough in investigating Du Du Wenming, because the Dark Star Bureau had already caught a ready-made high-level member.

Gancharova was very cooperative: "In our country, there is a place of slumber that is somewhat similar to Like Puluozhou. I grew up in the place of slumber."

"Was your power also obtained from the place of slumber?"

Gancharova shook her head: "I don't know where the source of the power is. According to the clansmen of Belobog, the descendants of Chernobog all carry a lowly bloodline. This is a curse in our destiny."

Li Li Banfeng didn't understand: "What do you mean by Belobog and Chernobog?"

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Gancharova's Da Huan Kingdom language was very poor, and it was very difficult for her to express herself. Shen Director Director Shen Jingye reminded Li Li Banfeng that he could call an interpreter over, but Li Li Banfeng refused.

Ever since the incident in the Ninth Room, Li Li Banfeng would never easily trust an interpreter again. He would rather listen to Gancharova's description.

"In the place of slumber live two groups of people. One group is the clansmen of the God of Light, Belobog.

Their bloodline symbolizes happiness and kindness. The other group is the descendants of the God of Darkness, Chernobog—that is us. Our bloodline symbolizes disaster and disease."

Li Li Banfeng pondered for a moment and said: "The clansmen of the God of Light are the Lafusha people, and the clansmen of the God of Darkness are the indigenous people of the place of slumber. Is that what you mean?"

Gancharova nodded and said: "You can understand it that way. All the clansmen of Chernobog, from the day they learn to speak, must learn to repent. Repent for their own bloodline.

After reaching the age of ten, we don't just have to repent in language, but also repent with actions. We must follow our parents, in the coldest places with the worst climate, to engage in the most arduous labor until the day we die, only then can we redeem our sins."

The projector was in Li Li Banfeng's pocket, earnestly recording every word. He felt that this paragraph alone was enough to be made into a movie.

Li Li Banfeng asked: "Have you never thought about resisting?"

"Some have thought about it, but most people don't dare. The clansmen of the God of Light, Belobog, have very powerful weapons, and they are very strong. They often fight naked in the snow during the cold winter, and even fight with polar bears. We are all very afraid of them.

There were a few rebels among us, but no one succeeded. All the rebels were executed in the most cruel way."

Your resistance failed because of their strength?

"No, actually they aren't strong at all. It was we who imagined them to be too strong," when saying this sentence, Gancharova couldn't stop gritting her teeth, "until one day, a war broke out in the place of slumber, and the true bloodline of the God of Darkness, Chernobog, attacked. Only then did we know they were vulnerable."

"What is the true bloodline of Chernobog?"

Gancharova shook her head and said: "I don't know how to describe them. When that war happened, I was very young. I remember they were spitting black smoke and flames, some looked like giant dragons, some looked like unknown monsters. It took less than a month for the clansmen of the God of Light, Belobog, to be defeated, and the place of slumber was occupied by that group of monsters by more than half."

Giant creatures spitting flames and black smoke sounded a bit like the Centipede Workshop Li Li Banfeng had encountered.

According to Li Li Banfeng's understanding, this group of monsters should be the Neizhou people, but he didn't know if their Neizhou was the same group of people facing Like Puluozhou.

"What happened later? How did the war end?"

"The clansmen of Belobog conscripted our clansmen together and formed a suicide squad. My father participated in the battle. The war lasted for two whole years. My clansmen were almost all dead, but that group of monsters retreated. They took away half of the place of slumber, and left the other half behind."

Li Li Banfeng said: "You had your own homeland?"

"No, the remaining half of the place of slumber still belonged to the clansmen of the God of Light, Belobog."

?

"Didn't you have your own army?"

"That wasn't our army. They selected a few people from the army who had performed meritorious service and were still willing to obey them, let them wash away their sins, and become clansmen of the God of Light. They became accomplices of that group of people. These people treated us even more cruelly than that group of people."

On this point, Li Li Banfeng could indeed imagine it.

"Didn't your father also participate in the war?"

"He died on the battlefield. My mother and I didn't get anything in the end. The only thing my father left me was his power. He left the method of obtaining power to my mother, and my mother taught it to me."

"What is the method?"

Gancharova didn't really want to say, but looking at the expressionless Li Qi, waves of chill made her give up the idea of hiding it.

"In the depths of the place of slumber, there is a kind of flower that looks like a wind chime. This flower only blooms once a year, and the flowering period is only one night. On the night it blooms, prepare the fish of the white-eyed fish and the blood of the unicorn deer, first sing a song to the God of Blessing Melody, and then eat ten wind chime flowers, and you can obtain the power of the God of Melody."

"Why didn't your father tell you this method earlier?"

"Because this method is very dangerous. My mother told me that many people who ate the wind chime flowers died, and only very few people could survive.

But my teacher told me that if I want to break free from the shackles on my body, I must have enough power, so I decided to take the risk and try once."

"Who is your teacher?"

"Migulov, the President of the Birch Hidden Sect. He risked his life to bring a group of us who were favored by the gods out of the place of slumber, bringing us hope. He wants to give us a homeland that truly belongs to us."

Li Li Banfeng didn't quite understand what she meant: "You want to build a homeland that belongs to you, why do you still have to come out from your homeland?"

Gancharova explained: "The place of slumber doesn't belong to us. We want to find a better homeland."

"Did you find it?"

"Found it, right in Like Puluozhou! The environment there is similar to the place of slumber, but it is not enslaved by the outside world. One day, it will become our land!"

When speaking, Gancharova was very excited. After saying it, she felt some regret.

She remembered one thing. According to the information she had mastered, Li Qi seemed to be from Like Puluozhou. Li Li Banfeng smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, Madam, continue. Besides Like Puluozhou, couldn't you find any other place?"

Seeing Li Li Banfeng smiling very sincerely, Gancharova really thought Li Li Banfeng had already left Like Puluozhou and didn't have too deep feelings for Like Puluozhou.

Little did she know that the only bit of sympathy Li Li Banfeng had for her had already disappeared.

Gancharova said: "There is no better place than Like Puluozhou. Other countries, such as the Outer Amikan Kingdom, the Ingli Kingdom, and the Autri Kingdom, also have places similar to the place of slumber. Their living environment is slightly better than ours, but the essence hasn't changed.

Only Like Puluozhou is a special case. But the President also reminded us that the reason Like Puluozhou is so special is because Like Puluozhou people are more fierce than people in other places. They have also experienced wars against the God of Darkness. They achieved victory in the war. Wanting to conquer the fierce Like Puluozhou is a very arduous task."

Like Puluozhou had a war with the God of Darkness?

It seems the God of Darkness Gancharova mentioned refers to Neizhou.

Like Puluozhou won against Neizhou?

"When did the war between Like Puluozhou and the God of Darkness happen?"

Gancharova said: "I don't know. Like Puluozhou has no history. What the President heard were just rumors, but the time shouldn't be too long ago. Perhaps twenty or thirty years, perhaps a bit longer."

Shen Director Director Shen Jingye reminded Li Qi from the side: "Don't forget the serious business, ask about Du Du Wenming."

Du Du Wenming's matter had to be investigated starting from their high-level members.

According to Gancharova's confession, Li Li Banfeng obtained a list of the six elders of the Birch Hidden Sect, and also knew the identities of the three masters of Xuehuapu.

The First Master was the Peddler; this matter was universally acknowledged.

The Second Master was Mr. Master Kongfang, the direct disciple of the Peddler. What sect he was in, what cultivation he had, and what abilities he had, Gancharova knew nothing about.

The Third Master was Du Du Wenming. His nickname in Xuehuapu was the Silver Dollar Walker, and he was also a direct disciple of the Peddler.

Du Du Wenming was a Dance Cultivator. Was the Peddler also a Dance Cultivator?

He held a rattle-drum, shaking it while dancing—

It wasn't impossible.

Li Li Banfeng asked Gancharova: "Have you seen the Peddler?"

"Never," Gancharova shook her head, "I have been to Like Puluozhou several times, and every time I wanted to find the Peddler, but I never encountered him."

"Have you encountered Mr. Master Kongfang?"

"Neither. The person with the highest status in Xuehuapu that I know is Du Du Wenming."

"You cooperated with Xuehuapu just because you were short of money?"

"Yes, our research needs a large amount of expenses. Xuehuapu is willing to provide us with expenses, but the premise is that we must share the technology with Xuehuapu."

"What kind of technology?"

Gancharova shook her head: "I don't know. In the Hidden Sect, except for the President, no one knows what this secret technology is. We only know this is the key to conquering Like Puluozhou."

The key to conquering Like Puluozhou!

Migulov had a set of photos in his hand, which was the derivation process of the essence of the boundary.

Judging from this, the research the Hidden Sect wanted to do was a method to control the boundary. They wanted to use this to control Like Puluozhou.

Of course, this wasn't limited to theoretical research. Li Li Banfeng also saw a rough design drawing in the photos, which was a machine or building used to crack the boundary.

This series of research needed a large amount of funds, to the point that both Xuehuapu and the Birch Hidden Sect were spent poor.

Du Du Wenming also seemed to have lost patience with the Hidden Sect. He kidnapped Yu Yu Yaoming, and it was highly likely he had taken a fancy to his research results.

Of course, the expenses on Yu Yu Yaoming's side were not small either, needing to use expensive Heart Stones and needing to buy a large amount of expensive equipment.

Fortunately, neither the Heart Stones nor the equipment were wasted; Li Li Banfeng had kept them safe for them.

Yu Yu Yaoming and the Birch Sect, which one of them found the correct answer?

No matter who it was, Li Li Banfeng could feel that he was getting closer and closer to the correct answer.

If only he could do an experiment.

Shopkeeper Lu took Yu Yu Yaoming to the edge of Green Water Bay: "Not far ahead is Mazhu Village. Mazhu Village belongs to Yaowanggou."

Yu Yu Yaoming thought he could see fresh things in Mazhu Village, so without thinking, he walked forward directly.

Shopkeeper Lu stopped him and pointed forward: "There is a boundary there. Walking over like that is equivalent to sending yourself to death."

Yu Yu Yaoming looked carefully. On the barren mountain, there was indeed a line where no grass grew.

Shopkeeper Lu picked up a stone and threw it over.

The moment the stone crossed the boundary, it turned into a pile of dust.

"This is the boundary," Shopkeeper Lu clapped the dust off his hands, "Did you see the power?"

Yu Yu Yaoming wasn't too surprised: "I have had that kind of feeling, the feeling of turning into ashes."

Shopkeeper Lu shook his head: "I don't want you to turn into ashes. I want you to find a method to cross the boundary."

Yu Yu Yaoming pondered for a moment: "You already have a method. Your bookstore already possesses the ability to cross the boundary."

"It's not relying on my bookstore, but a true passage, the wormhole you mentioned," Shopkeeper Lu took out a drawing, "This is the laboratory I chose for you. See if you are satisfied.

Tell me all the experimental equipment you need, and I can send them to you in a short time. I will give you enough help. I am definitely more reliable than Du Du Wenming."

Yu Yu Yaoming pondered for a while: "The time I've known Du Du Wenming isn't short. He gave me a lot of help, which allowed me to achieve today's research results."

Shopkeeper Lu laughed: "The time we've known each other isn't long, but Du Du Wenming is finished. To use the words of the outside world, he's cooled down completely. Now, the only one who can provide you with help is me."

Du Du Wenming caught two fish in the fish pond and roasted them over the fire.

He was now penniless and had nowhere to go. Except for these fish, he had nothing left.

With his cultivation, getting some money shouldn't be difficult, but now many people were looking for him. Once he showed his face, he had to be prepared to be caught.

If one day, the fish in the fish pond were all eaten, where else could he go?

The fish were all eaten—

Du Du Wenming laughed. He suddenly felt his thoughts were very absurd, everything in front of him was very absurd. In just a few days, he had actually fallen into this situation.

Who caused all this? Which step did he take wrong? Du Du Wenming rubbed his brow,

and was sorting out his encounters during this period when he heard a crisp and pleasant collision sound in his ear.

Clatter~

It was copper coins!

Du Du Wenming stood up immediately and bowed deeply: "Senior Brother!"

A piece of copper coin fell into Du Du Wenming's hand, and a man's voice came from the darkness: "Silver Dollar Walker, not even a single silver dollar on you, truly wretched."

Du Du Wenming lowered his head: "Little brother is incompetent, losing face for the Pu."

This voice came from the Second Master of Xuehuapu, Mr. Master Kongfang.

"Don't talk about the Pu's affairs outside. I came to find you for the sake of our brotherhood. Feng Feng Chongli is going to Yuezhou to do business in two days, bringing a few followers with him. You just mix in among them, follow him back to Like Puluozhou, and we'll do big things together."

Du Du Wenming gave a bitter smile: "Yuezhou's affairs have been done like this, what else can be done after going back? What else is more important than the boundary?"

Mr. Master Kongfang said: "The Pu found the whereabouts of the Profound Life Did Honglian. This matter is just as important as the boundary."

"Isn't the Profound Life Did Honglian in Li Qi's hands? Does this matter still need to be investigated?"

"We might have gotten some things wrong before. The Did Honglian is likely not in Li Qi's hands. Sun Sun Tiecheng, this person, do you recognize him?"

Du Du Wenming thought for a while: "I've seen him in some materials."

"Sun Sun Tiecheng is the City Lord of Fool's City who once made all of Like Puluozhou tremble with fear. It is said that he not only took the Did Honglian but also took the Iron Tendon Bamboo. Iron Tendon Bamboo is the main ingredient for refining introductory medicinal powder."

Du Du Wenming raised his head: "Is this to snatch the position of the First Master?"

"Yes!" Mr. Master Kongfang sneered, "No matter how ruthless Sun Sun Tiecheng is, for the sake of our First Master, we definitely cannot spare him!" ===== CHAPTER 575 =====