Chapter 579: Jiaoxi River

Walking on the main street of Pillow City, Li Li Banfeng chatted with Zhao Zhao Lanmeng for a few sentences. With Zhao Zhao Lanmeng there, Li Li Banfeng didn't feel drowsy; this should be the influence of his technique.

The two hadn't walked far when they suddenly heard someone behind them shout: "I saw it, I saw the Peddler had an accident!"

Ye Haolong rushed out of the mansion and ran wildly along the street.

This person still wouldn't rest.

Li Li Banfeng asked: "Is he dreaming, or is he awake?"

Meng De replied: "He should be awake."

Ye Haolong came to Zhao Zhao Lanmeng and said nervously: "Master Zhao, the Peddler had an accident,

a big accident."

Li Li Banfeng asked in surprise: "An accident again?"

Ye Haolong was stunned: "Who are you? What do you mean by 'again'? This time it's different from before; the Peddler lost his life!"

Ye Haolong was very anxious, but saw Li Li Banfeng remained calm.

Looking at Zhao Zhao Lanmeng's numb face, Ye Haolong felt extremely disappointed.

Pillow City was just like this; they couldn't understand at all how important this matter was.

Ye Haolong ran away, preparing to send the news out of the city immediately.

This wasn't the first time he had left the city to send news. The news Liao Liao Zihui received came this way, and all the news received by the entire Puluo Prefecture came this way.

Ye Haolong was a Cloud-level cultivator; his words naturally carried some weight. The news spread through many turns, and even if it wasn't true, it became true.

Li Li Banfeng looked at Zhao Zhao Lanmeng: "You're not going to do anything?"

Zhao Zhao Lanmeng shook his head: "No killing, no stealing; Pillow City is free to come and go."

Li Li Banfeng sighed: "He also has good intentions, he just can't distinguish between dreams and reality.

I'll go persuade him."

As the words fell, Li Li Banfeng had already caught up with Ye Haolong, pressed him to the ground, and persuaded him with good words.

"How dare you talk nonsense, do you know how much trouble you've caused? How dare you not sleep well—"

Ten minutes later, Ye Haolong had no sound. Li Li Banfeng carried him back to the mansion, helped him set his bones, wiped off the bloodstains, covered him with a quilt, locked him with iron chains, and turned back to Zhao Zhao Lanmeng: "He's sleeping soundly, don't let him wake up again."

Zhao Zhao Lanmeng understood Li Li Banfeng's meaning. Ye Haolong couldn't run out again. This person had already caused trouble and threatened the safety of Puluo Prefecture. Li Li Banfeng already had the intention to kill him.

"I'll watch him." Zhao Zhao Lanmeng agreed to break the rule once and personally control Ye Haolong.

Li Li Banfeng returned to the street and sighed: "In such a large Pillow City, you have to handle every big and small matter yourself. Even if you encounter a thief, you have to deal with it yourself. It must be truly hard work."

"Not hard." Zhao Zhao Lanmeng shook his head slightly and turned to look at a small courtyard.

Was there anything special about this small courtyard?

Li Li Banfeng looked toward the small courtyard and saw a black cat quietly opening a jar under the wall, biting out a salted fish from the jar.

This black cat jumped onto the wall to escape, but its feet suddenly softened, and it fell asleep on the wall.

"Hmph!" Zhao Zhao Lanmeng looked at the black cat with contempt. He didn't make a move the whole time, and the black cat that stole the item just fell asleep on the wall like that.

This cat didn't know where it came from, nor did it know how it could withstand the thick drowsiness. It came to steal the salted fish, but as long as it was in Pillow City, it couldn't escape after stealing something. This seemed to be a rule that was very difficult to break.

Li Li Banfeng looked at Zhao Zhao Lanmeng with full sincerity, hoping he could explain it.

Zhao Zhao Lanmeng really gave an explanation: "If the dream is formed, don't deceive; if the technique is formed, don't stop."

What did that mean?

Li Li Banfeng didn't quite understand, but Zhao Zhao Lanmeng waved his hand, and the eight big characters he just said floated in mid-air.

Li Li Banfeng still didn't quite understand the meaning of these eight characters, but he was a bit worried about the situation before him.

Zhao Zhao Lanmeng could write in the air at will; was this a dream or reality?

Li Li Banfeng touched Meng De, and Meng De couldn't distinguish it either.

Zhao Zhao Lanmeng could see Li Li Banfeng's doubts and replied: "Why distinguish so clearly?"

He sent Li Li Banfeng out of the city, and his originally real body gradually became illusory.

Li Li Banfeng looked around Pillow City. He thought Pillow City would disappear along with Zhao Zhao Lanmeng, but Pillow City remained truly and clearly in place.

"The city is real, I am not." Zhao Zhao Lanmeng left a sentence and then disappeared completely.

The one who had been talking to Li Li Banfeng all along wasn't Zhao Zhao Lanmeng's true body, but Zhao Zhao Lanmeng's dream.

This was very similar to the situation of a person at the beginning. Li Li Banfeng remembered the Train Eunuch.

Thinking back to the eight characters Zhao Zhao Lanmeng said before.

"If the dream is formed, don't deceive" should be some kind of technique.

"If the technique is formed, don't stop" refers to the technique not stopping once it's formed.

Could it be that Pillow City's near-rule existence is some kind of technique of Zhao Zhao Lanmeng?

Can a person's technique become the rule of a territory?

Then what level is Zhao Zhao Lanmeng at?

This gave Li Li Banfeng a new understanding of the Local Deity.

According to previous understanding, the Local Deity should have Cloud-level cultivation, and compared to the ruthless people above the Cloud level,

he was quite a bit behind in cultivation.

But Zhao Zhao Lanmeng seemed to be an exception. He shouldn't be inferior to cultivators above the Cloud level like Gui Gui Jianchou and Ye Ye Jianhuang, and might even be stronger.

The cultivation system of Puluo Prefecture didn't seem that simple.

After leaving Pillow City, Li Li Banfeng rushed to Jiaoxi River.

Zhao Zhao Lanmeng's note came with a map. This map was drawn truly roughly; the place names passed by weren't written, only a general direction was drawn.

On the way, the magic treasures woke up one after another. Everyone felt refreshed; it seemed they had all had a good sleep in Pillow City.

The projector whispered: "I had a good dream."

The Wine Gourd teased: "What good dream did you have? Dreamed of art again?"

"It was indeed a kind of art. I was lying on a white cloud, seeing other white clouds passing by my side,

seeing huge dark clouds flying over my head, seeing terrifying rain clouds flashing with thunder and lightning."

The pendulum laughed: "This counts as art? Isn't this thing very common on TV in the Outer Continent?"

"This is true art, not forced art, very pure—" The projector was still savoring the dream just now.

It wasn't just him; a group of magic treasures were sharing the dream; only the gloves were not in a good mood.

"Master, I fell asleep just now, but I could still hear some movement, just couldn't wake up." The gloves' strength is indeed not bad; although forced to fall asleep, they never let down their guard.

Li Li Banfeng said: "Don't worry, the Pillow City matter is over; Ye Haolong took the things in the dream as true, spouted nonsense and created rumors, just happened to catch the peddler being away, almost causing a great disaster."

"Master, this person should be killed!"

Li Li Banfeng nodded: "Indeed he should be killed, but if I really killed him, it would become killing to silence, the rumors would have no proof, and it would look even more like the truth."

The gloves pondered, and it was indeed this logic, but they were even more disgusted with Pillow City: "Master, let's not go to that place in the future!"

Li Li Banfeng smiled and didn't say much.

"Hmph!" The Judge's Brush hung on Li Li Banfeng's waist and continued to sleep.

After walking for half a day in the New Land, Li Li Banfeng finally found Jiaqi River.

A golden river rushed from the depths of the mountains.

It was late autumn, the mountains were colorful; Li Li Banfeng stood in mid-air using the 'Ride the Wind and Drive the Clouds' technique, vaguely able to see several golden ribbons slowly traveling between red maples and yellow leaves.

Approaching the foot of the mountain, these golden rivers finally converged together and entered an underground river tens of miles away.

Li Li Banfeng walked to the riverbank and looked carefully at the river water; these golden river waters did not come from the reflection of sunlight, nor from the reflection of the riverbed; this was the original color of the river water.

Li Li Banfeng wasn't even sure if what was flowing in the river was water; these golden fluids were somewhat like grease, but not as viscous as grease.

He wanted to scoop up a handful to observe carefully, when he suddenly heard someone behind him say: "Young Master, don't touch it with your hands; if you get stained with gold lacquer, it's not easy to wash off."

Li Li Banfeng turned his head to look; the person who came was a woman, looking about twenty years old, wearing a bright red long skirt, tied with a bright red hairband, and wrapped in a bright red silk scarf.

Her bright red outfit formed a sharp contrast with the golden river water, drawing an exclamation from the wine gourd: "This is too beautiful!"

The woman seemed to have heard the gourd's praise, turned her head, and smiled at Li Li Banfeng.

Beautiful?

Li Li Banfeng felt it was average; without the beauty of the big loudspeaker, he always felt something was missing.

But a group of magic treasures sincerely felt it was beautiful; even the Tang Dao, who was very respectful to General Xiang Xiang Hongying, expressed an opinion: "She seems to look better than General Hong."

The sickle hummed: "I still think Xiang Xiang Hongying is better looking!"

The wine gourd asked the Tang Dao: "Is she comparable to your Marshal?"

The Tang Dao looked carefully for a long time: "Compared to the Marshal, she's still a bit lacking; I think she's lacking just a little bit."

Li Li Banfeng patted the Tang Dao: "You have an eye for it; this isn't just lacking a little bit, this is clearly not as good-looking as my wife."

He walked up and greeted the woman very politely: "Excuse me, are you the peddler's sweetheart?"

The woman blinked her eyes, which were like kernels, and stared at Li Li Banfeng for a moment.

Li Li Banfeng saw the woman was a bit strange, and explained again: "Is the peddler at your house?"

The woman smiled, nodded and said: "You are right, I am the peddler's sweetheart, and the peddler is indeed at my house."

After saying this, the woman used a bucket to scoop a bucket of water from the river and left.

Li Li Banfeng followed behind and asked: "What is this river water used for?"

"This is gold lacquer; I use this gold lacquer from the Gold Lacquer River to make a gold house for the peddler, so he will always stay with me and be reluctant to leave."

Li Li Banfeng nodded and praised: "Sister-in-law is truly deeply affectionate!"

The woman was stunned: "What did you call me? Sister-in-law?"

Li Li Banfeng said: "My name is Li Qi; I am the peddler's senior brother; judging from him, you are definitely my sister-in-law."

"Oh my, hearing you say that, I'm shy," the woman touched her cheek,

and asked with a chuckle, "Are you really the peddler's senior brother?"

Li Li Banfeng nodded: "I really am."

The woman smiled: "Aren't you shy?"

Li Li Banfeng shook his head: "I'm not shy; to be his senior brother, I was almost beaten to death by him;

I earned this by my own ability."

The woman nodded: "Fine, count it as you having ability; you want to find the peddler?"

"Yes!" Li Li Banfeng looked at the woman with sincerity.

The woman pointed to an open space in the distance: "See that wooden house?"

Li Li Banfeng looked up; on a piece of wasteland, there was a two-story wooden house; the surroundings of the wooden house were pitch black, and not a blade of grass grew.

The woman said: "The peddler is in the wooden house; you can see him once you enter the house."

Li Li Banfeng looked at the wooden house and asked: "It shouldn't be that easy, right? There must be traps around the wooden house."

The woman was also very frank: "There are no traps, but the surroundings of the house are full of glue mud; you should know what glue mud is, right?"

D,

"I know, it sticks to your feet and you can't walk."

The woman took Li Li Banfeng and walked toward the wooden house; more than two hundred meters away from the wooden house, the woman stopped.

She rubbed her index finger and thumb together, rubbing out a feather.

She blew a breath at the feather, and the feather flew toward the wooden house with the wind.

Halfway there, the wind force dissipated, and the feather fell to the ground.

The woman waved her sleeve, a gust of wind blew past, the feather remained on the ground, motionless.

This feather was stuck.

Li Li Banfeng knew the power of glue mud; back then, he used glue mud to kill Song Song Jiasen in Lanyang Village.

But for Li Li Banfeng today, things like glue mud were really not worth mentioning.

The woman leaped, transformed into a streak of red light and flew to the side of the wooden house: "Senior Brother, the peddler and I will wait for you in the house; you are welcome to visit before dark, but don't enter the door after dark,

the two of us have some serious business to do."

This set a time limit for Li Li Banfeng; if Li Li Banfeng couldn't enter the wooden house before dark,

it meant he wouldn't see the peddler.

The woman entered the wooden house; Li Li Banfeng stared at the glue mud on the ground, really not feeling that this matter had much difficulty.

Can't I just fly over?

He used the 'Ride the Wind and Drive the Clouds' technique, just flew into mid-air, when he suddenly saw the woman appear on the second floor of the wooden house, pulling open the slingshot in her hand toward Li Li Banfeng.

Whoosh!

A stone flew toward Li Li Banfeng.

Hitting me with this? Too childish, right?

Although Li Li Banfeng wasn't as flexible in the air as on the ground, dodging a stone was certainly not a problem.

The stone was still more than twenty meters away from Li Li Banfeng when it suddenly split into three.

Dodging three stones wasn't too difficult either.

When it was more than ten meters away from Li Li Banfeng, the stone split into thirty or so.

This wasn't easy to dodge.

When the stones reached Li Li Banfeng, they split into more than a hundred.

Li Li Banfeng used his movement technique, used the 'Carefree and Content' technique, the Tang Dao and the pendulum helped block together, but he was still hit in the chest by a stone.

This hit made Li Li Banfeng cough and wheeze for a long time, and he was forced to land.

The woman smiled: "Senior Brother, your movement technique is not very flexible; you need to practice more; the two of us will wait for you in the house; you must come early."

The woman returned to the house; Li Li Banfeng walked around a few times, preparing to take advantage of the woman's inattention and charge at the wooden house again.

The wine gourd shouted: "Little brother, don't be anxious; when I was under Master Yao, I once heard him mention a formation technique called the Glue Mud Formation,

this formation is simple and useful; he said the essence of the Glue Mud Formation is not under the feet, but in mid-air."

Li Li Banfeng recalled the situation just now: "The woman just now is an Arrow Cultivator, right? Using Arrow Cultivation techniques to hit enemies in mid-air is the essence of this formation?"

"Little brother is right," the wine gourd floated in mid-air, earnestly explaining to Li Li Banfeng, "Glue mud is spread before the two armies; the enemy certainly has no way to walk over; they can only think of ways to fly over,

there are thousands of ways to fly, but most methods require energy, and flying is certainly not as flexible as being on the ground,

at this time, sending an Arrow Cultivator to strike, there is no cover in mid-air, the enemy is hard to dodge,

and they cannot land, so they can only wait to be beaten."

Li Li Banfeng looked at the wooden house in the distance; he hadn't seen a Glue Mud Formation on the battlefield, but the wine gourd's description was very clear.

Under these conditions, Li Li Banfeng couldn't fly over; he had to think of a way to walk over.

Walking over didn't seem difficult either; Li Li Banfeng had iron shoes specifically for glue mud.

Returning to the Leaving Suishenju, Li Li Banfeng was changing his shoes, when the record player asked: "Husband, what are you doing changing into iron shoes?"

Li Li Banfeng said: "I met a woman at Jiaqi River; she is the peddler's sweetheart and set up a Glue Mud Formation for me to break through,

I wanted to fly over, but the woman knew Arrow Cultivation techniques, and I suffered because of her after flying up, so I'm preparing to put on iron shoes and walk over."

Xiang Xiang Hongying heard this and turned her head from the dressing table: "Qi Lang, is that woman wearing all red?"

Li Li Banfeng nodded: "She is wearing all red; do you know her?"

Xiang Xiang Hongying nodded: "Arrow Cultivators aren't common, and she is an expert at using glue mud, and the peddler's sweetheart; it must be that bitch Lu Lu Qianjiao,

Qi Lang, you cannot wear iron shoes; the Glue Mud Formation is her specialty; you must listen to me and charge over using the 'Frog Step'."

Using the 'Frog Step'?

Li Li Banfeng thought about the range of the Glue Mud Formation.

"Two hundred meters around, it's all glue mud; how do I walk using the 'Frog Step'?"

"How long is two hundred meters?" Xiang Xiang Hongying was used to using inches and feet and had no concept of two hundred meters.

The record player gestured the distance of one meter; Xiang Xiang Hongying thought about it roughly and said: "This isn't long; the 'Frog Step' is enough; Qi Lang, just charge forward, as long as your feet don't touch the ground, you can charge over in the blink of an eye."

Charge two hundred meters using the 'Frog Step'?

The 'Frog Step' technique has strong uncertainty; let alone two hundred meters, even fifty meters, Li Li Banfeng couldn't guarantee his feet wouldn't touch the ground.

The record player shook its big loudspeaker: "Xue Yingying has this method, but husband, you might not be able to do it,

think of another way."

Li Li Banfeng picked up the iron shoes: "Isn't this a good way? Glue mud can't stick to iron shoes."

Xiang Xiang Hongying said: "Lu Lu Qianjiao's formation is different; under the glue mud is silt; Qi Lang, even if you wear iron shoes, and the glue mud can't stick to them, the iron shoes will inevitably sink into the silt,

at that time, you'll be trapped in her formation; if you take off the iron shoes, you'll be stuck by the glue mud; if you wear the iron shoes, you'll be trapped by the silt; if she uses Arrow Cultivation techniques again, where can you hide?"

"There's silt under the glue mud—" Li Li Banfeng pondered for a moment, "Then I can only use 'Broken Path' to open the way."

"'Broken Path' to open the way won't work either," Xiang Xiang Hongying was very familiar with Lu Lu Qianjiao's Glue Mud Formation, "We don't know how deep the silt under the glue mud is; Qi Lang, even if you exhaust your strength, you might not be able to open a path,

and silt can flow; a path can't be maintained for long and will soon heal; what if Qi Lang hasn't reached the place and gets wrapped in the silt?"

After she said this, Li Li Banfeng couldn't think of a good way.

If it really doesn't work, he can only throw the key; before entering the Leaving Suishenju, throw the key next to the wooden house.

But what if the key is snatched by Lu Lu Qianjiao?

Li Li Banfeng fell into deep thought: "Looking at this situation, I have to find a suitable opportunity to sneak attack."

The record player said: "Husband, sneaking up on Lu Lu Qianjiao isn't that easy; the glue mud will keep watch for Lu Lu Qianjiao."

Li Li Banfeng was stunned: "How does glue mud keep watch?"

The wife explained: "Glue mud is a living thing with spirituality; if raised well, it can do many things; Lu Lu Qianjiao is good at using glue mud because she knows how to raise it."

"Glue mud can be raised?" Li Li Banfeng felt he was a bit unfamiliar with glue mud.

"Yes," the record player explained, "The glue mud husband used back then was all collected from the New Land, considered wild; if you know the dietary habits of glue mud, you can actually raise it."

"What does glue mud like to eat?"

"This is the key; there are thousands of types of glue mud, and the dietary habits of each type are different; Lu Lu Qianjiao has mastered the habits of almost all glue mud, so her methods of using glue mud are unique,

but we Residential Cultivators have ways to restrain her methods; it depends on whether husband's 'Family Treasure Counting' technique is refined enough."

Among the techniques Above the Clouds, Li Li Banfeng didn't dare to say he was refined in 'Carefree and Content', 'Shadow and Form', and 'Ride the Wind and Drive the Clouds'.

Only 'Family Treasure Counting', this technique Li Li Banfeng had learned truly well.

Li Li Banfeng smiled: "I'll go and probe for information; let's see what they like to eat; if I bribe them, won't this formation break itself?"

The record player praised: "Husband is brilliant, you will surely succeed."

Xiang Xiang Hongying said on the side: "Zhao Xiao Wan, wasn't this idea yours? How did it become his brilliance?"

Slap!

The record player hit Xiang Xiang Hongying, turned to Li Li Banfeng and instructed: "Lu Lu Qianjiao indeed admires the peddler; she didn't strike you hard just now, proving the peddler must have mentioned you to her; for the sake of the friendship between you and the peddler, she shouldn't want to hurt you,

but she climbed out of the battlefield; once she has the intent to kill, it's hard to say what she will do; husband must not be careless."

Li Li Banfeng left the Leaving Suishenju and sat next to the glue mud.

Lu Lu Qianjiao pushed open the second-floor window, looked at Li Li Banfeng, and found that he didn't fly, nor walk,

just sat there silently, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Senior Brother, it's getting late; are you coming or not?"

Li Li Banfeng waved his hand: "Not busy, I'll rest here for a while."

"Then rest slowly." Lu Lu Qianjiao closed the window, took a bucket of gold water, and brushed lacquer in the room.

Residential Cultivators have the 'Family Treasure Counting' technique; was Lu Lu Qianjiao unprepared?

She was prepared, but not prepared for Li Li Banfeng.

First, she saw Li Li Banfeng was a Traveling Cultivator; under normal circumstances, a Traveling Cultivator couldn't also be a Residential Cultivator.

Moreover, Li Li Banfeng was coming to Jiaqi River for the first time; his home wasn't here, and these glue muds weren't things at the entrance of Li Li Banfeng's house; Lu Lu Qianjiao wasn't worried at all that the glue mud would be controlled by Li Li Banfeng.

No matter what, she couldn't have imagined that Li Li Banfeng was truly a Residential Cultivator, and his home was right beside him.

Staring at the glue mud for more than an hour, Li Li Banfeng lowered his voice: "Are you guys really not short of food?"

The glue mud bubbled, looking very proud.

Lu Lu Qianjiao didn't treat them badly; they really weren't short of food.

Li Li Banfeng pondered for a moment and took out the wine gourd: "How about we have a drink?"

The glue mud rolled, and a burst of laughter was vaguely heard.

They were mocking Li Li Banfeng.

"What nonsense? We are mud; have you ever seen mud that loves to drink?"

Li Li Banfeng sprinkled some wine on the glue mud; before long, the glue mud's laughter stopped.

"This doesn't taste good."

"A bit bitter, and quite spicy; what's the point of drinking this?"

The glue mud said it didn't taste good, but they rolled even more violently.

"Then how about some more?" Li Li Banfeng sprinkled some wine further away.

"Already said it doesn't taste good; why are you still giving us this? We really don't want to drink your wine."

Poof!

Lu Lu Qianjiao put down the brush in her hand; she heard movement from the glue mud outside.

This was the sound of the glue mud warning; if it sounded like 'whoosh', it proved someone was flying in the air; if it sounded like 'poof', it proved someone had stepped into the Glue Mud Formation.

Li Qi stepped in?

How could this kid be so reckless?

The record player was right; the peddler had indeed mentioned Li Qi to Lu Lu Qianjiao, and she also knew the two had a friendship; if Li Qi fell into the Glue Mud Formation, she would have to save him.

Lu Lu Qianjiao pushed open the second-floor window, looked into the distance, and didn't see Li Qi's figure.

Aiyou~

Lu Lu Qianjiao heard the door open; she rushed to the first floor and saw Li Qi had actually entered the door.

"How did you get in?" Lu Lu Qianjiao widened her eyes.

Li Li Banfeng didn't answer her question; he looked around the room and asked: "Sister-in-law,

where exactly is my junior brother?"

Lu Lu Qianjiao really couldn't understand how Li Qi got into the house, but she wasn't a pretentious person,

willing to admit defeat; she didn't pursue Li Qi's methods, just asked him one question: "Why are you looking for the peddler?"

Li Qi told the truth: "There is a rumor that the peddler dueled with the person from above, lost, and lost his life; I came to find him to—"

Before Li Li Banfeng could finish, Lu Lu Qianjiao suddenly clenched her fists.

"She dueled with the peddler?" Lu Lu Qianjiao's eyes were bloodshot, her originally beautiful face becoming ferocious and terrifying, "This bitch, she should have been cut into a thousand pieces long ago!"