Chapter 581: Snow Cream (This chapter is high-energy)

South Bridge of Yellow Earth Bridge, Coal Yard of the Cement Platform.

Back when Yellow Earth Bridge was still a proper territory, the Cement Platform was a large coal yard, supporting dozens of coal merchants and tens of thousands of workers.

Later, after the Sang Sect Star took over Yellow Earth Bridge, the Cement Platform coal yard had dozens of accidents in succession,

several mine shafts collapsed, and many workers were killed or injured. Coal merchants didn't dare to do business here, and the coal yard gradually became desolate.

Ma Wu was somewhat superstitious and hadn't managed the Cement Platform coal yard since taking over Yellow Earth Bridge. Now, this coal yard had been occupied by this group of carters.

The carters parked their rickshaws beside the coal yard and picked up some coal chunks to throw into the car sheds.

This coal had been here for many years and had long since weathered. Although it wasn't easy to burn, his car shed really wasn't picky.

Actually, this weathered coal was considered good stuff for these rickshaws. When there was no coal to burn, they could burn firewood. If there wasn't even firewood, picking up some cloth scraps, waste paper, or leaves could also make do.

Two carters counted the number of people. There were eighty-five of them in total. When they fought with Li Li Banfeng, eighteen were lost, and more than sixty remained.

Losing manpower wasn't scary; they could make up for it. Getting all the rickshaws back was the key.

The carter leader showed some smiles, and the carters also smiled.

After laughing, the men sent coal into their rickshaws one after another, took turns adding water by the well, and burned for more than an hour until the steam pressure in the cars reached the level.

The carters looked up together, their faces toward the sky, their mouths wide open, emitting long whistles similar to steam whistles, and sprayed white mist one after another.

Tang Tang Shijiang was very familiar with steam engines. He knew this was to vent excess steam and keep the steam pressure stable.

But this process was hard to understand. Burning coal in a rickshaw, why did the carters spit steam to vent pressure?

After venting the steam pressure, the carter leader entered his own rickshaw and fell asleep.

The other carters also entered their rickshaws and fell asleep one after another. The coal yard was silent, leaving only a few carters pulling rickshaws to patrol the surroundings.

Although there weren't many people, their patrol method was very meticulous. The first layer of sentries patrolled around the coal yard, the second layer of sentries patrolled between the residential houses around the coal yard, and the third layer of sentries patrolled on the main streets leading to the coal yard. Triple sentries, strictly guarded, with almost no flaws.

After resting for a while, the carter leader woke up suddenly. He saw a carter pulling a rickshaw to the coal yard and stopping in front of him.

That carter pointed to the distance, seemingly sending a message to the carter leader.

The carter leader didn't make a sound.

The carter waited for a moment and simply spoke: "A villain just came and snatched a brother's rickshaw. I estimate this villain was sent by the North Bridge."

"Villain? Brother?" The carter leader smiled.

Laughter came from all the rickshaws around.

The carter who came to report lowered his voice: "It seems it's not working."

It was indeed not working. These carters had a special way of communicating—not gestures, and not using language. His actions just now clearly had flaws.

"If it's not working, then it's not working. Anyway, we're here!" As the words fell, Li Li Banfeng jumped out from the car shed.

This rickshaw was snatched by Li Li Banfeng.

The one pulling the rickshaw was Tang Tang Shijiang, who used an industrial technique to change his appearance.

Li Li Banfeng was sitting in the rickshaw. It was time to make a move when arriving at this place. At this distance, he could directly hit the carter leader with a technique.

But the carters around also woke up. Without waiting for the leader's greeting, they drilled out of their rickshaws together, pushed the rickshaws, lined up in a ring formation, and quickly surrounded Li Li Banfeng.

Li Li Banfeng fought with a group of carters, and Tang Tang Shijiang walked to the carter leader.

The carter leader stared at Tang Tang Shijiang and looked him over for a moment, seeing through his disguise: "Senior brother, before I went to Black Stone Slope to discuss the Yellow Earth Bridge matter with you, begging you to help me, at that time I saw you were also in a difficult position, so I didn't say too much.

I know you have a friendship with Li Qi. Whether you help me or not doesn't matter; I don't force it. But you came to find trouble with me today, this is your fault. In front of our master, we must have a good theory."

Tang Tang Shijiang stretched his muscles and bones, his originally curled tall body slowly stretching out: "I didn't quite understand what you just said. I do have a junior brother who pulls a rickshaw in Medicine King Valley. I truly look down on him, but coming from the same master, this friendship cannot be thrown away.

But I can't see which master you come from. If your master wants to reason with me, please ask him to come to Black Stone Slope. I really want to see him, and by the way, let him collect your corpse."

The carter leader's eye corners twitched: "Since it's come to this, we are broken off!"

Tang Tang Shijiang said impatiently: "Why is your face so thick? I never had any kindness or righteousness with you in the first place!"

As the words fell, the carter leader pulled the rickshaw and rushed to the front, kicking "Breaking Ten Thousand Rivers" at Tang Tang Shijiang.

An iron shield appeared in front of Tang Tang Shijiang, easily blocking this strike: "I have to say, the quality of this 'Breaking Ten Thousand Rivers' is really about the same as my junior brother's."

The carter leader was a bit surprised. He didn't see where Tang Tang Shijiang took the iron shield from.

An Industrial Cultivator striking so swiftly was truly too rare.

The carter leader used the Wind-Riding and Cloud-Driving technique, pulled the rickshaw and flew into mid-air, scattering a piece of darts from the rickshaw, flying toward the top of Tang Tang Shijiang's head.

A pocket drilled out from the top of Tang Tang Shijiang's head, collecting all the darts. A long spear drilled out from the pocket, stabbing at the carter leader's rickshaw.

The carter leader turned the rickshaw handle, dodged the long spear, and the rickshaw axle sprayed fire to burn Tang Tang Shijiang.

Tang Tang Shijiang stretched out a section of water pipe from his back collar, sprayed a column of water, and blocked the flames back. The water column sprayed on the rickshaw, stirring up layers of white mist.

The carter leader pulled the rickshaw and dodged desperately. The rickshaw was drenched in water, which was equivalent to cooling down, which was extremely unfavorable for the steam engine.

But this water column was hard to dodge, as if it had eyes, chasing the rickshaw and spraying. The carter leader really couldn't dodge it, so he bypassed Tang Tang Shijiang behind his back under the water column, extended his right foot, and wanted to use "Breaking Ten Thousand Rivers" again.

Bang!

Just as his foot landed, a row of nails grew out of the ground, piercing the carter leader's right foot.

The carter leader felt a burst of sharp pain, and the technique couldn't be performed.

When was this mechanism set up?

Could Industrial Cultivation techniques be used so covertly?

The carter was stunned for a moment, and the nails stuck in his foot quickly tied into a knot, binding the carter's right foot to the ground.

A big knife slashed down from the carter's head. The carter didn't know where this big knife came from,

and could only dodge it barely using the "Carefree and Comfortable" technique.

After dodging the big knife, an axe grew out of Tang Tang Shijiang's spine, sweeping horizontally toward the carter leader's waist.

The carter leader couldn't dodge and was opened a cut on his belly by the giant axe.

Seeing the knife and axe slashing over again, the carter used the "Carefree and Comfortable" technique to adjust the position of his right foot, forcibly breaking free from the iron nails on the ground, and quickly opened up a distance from Tang Tang Shijiang.

He locked his gaze on Tang Tang Shijiang, preparing to use "Walking Horse Watching Flowers".

More than a dozen mirrors of various sizes drilled out around Tang Tang Shijiang, reflecting hundreds of figures. The carter looked through the gaps in the mirrors, only feeling dazzled, unable to distinguish which figure was real.

"Walking Horse Watching Flowers" didn't take effect.

The carter leader grabbed the rickshaw and smashed a mirror.

The mirror fragments turned into a silver dragon, following behind the carter, chasing desperately, not missing a single piece,

all of them stabbing into the carter's body.

Since the fight started, as long as Tang Tang Shijiang dodged a step, the carter could use the Traveling Cultivator's advantage to crush the opponent in one breath.

But Tang Tang Shijiang didn't move a step, standing in place, meeting moves with moves, always going head-to-head with the carter leader.

This was the disciple of the Train Eunuch; his bones were hard, and his methods were also hard.

The carter turned the rickshaw lever, pushed the rickshaw, and rushed to Tang Tang Shijiang again. A pair of shears extended from the car shed. Let's see how Tang Tang Shijiang blocks it.

Tang Tang Shijiang put on an iron glove, grabbed the shears with his right hand, and twisted them off the car shed,

tore open the car shed with his left hand, and tore off a pipe in the middle of the car shed.

Boom!

The rickshaw made a loud noise, and the rickshaw began to shake uncontrollably.

This was the experience of a top-tier Industrial Cultivator. Tang Tang Shijiang had just sprayed water on the car shed and saw mist rising on the car shed. From the density of the mist, he judged the temperature of each part of the car shed.

Through the temperature change, Tang Tang Shijiang found the location of the steam pipe. He wore an iron glove,

and tore the steam pipe off.

The steam pipe ruptured, the steam pressure dropped sharply, and the carter's speed dropped accordingly.

Under these circumstances, if the carter leader continued to fight Tang Tang Shijiang, it would be equivalent to sending himself to death.

The carter leader pulled the rickshaw and wanted to run away. Tang Tang Shijiang grabbed the car shed and chased closely behind.

As long as the carter ran a little slower, Tang Tang Shijiang could dismantle the rickshaw. But right now, the steam pipe was leaking steam, and the carter couldn't be fast even if he wanted to.

At the moment of life and death, the carter blew whistles one after another, calling his subordinates to come and help.

No need to arrange tactics, and no need to issue orders. Just one whistle, and the carters who were still entangled with Li Li Banfeng changed their formation immediately, stepping forward to block Tang Tang Shijiang.

Their consciousness of changing tactics was still neat and uniform. At this moment, everyone had only one thought:

to do their best to drag Tang Tang Shijiang down and save the carter leader.

But they were neat in consciousness, but there was a situation in action.

Tang Tang Shijiang scattered twenty screws on the ground.

These screws ran wildly on the ground, running toward the wheels of the rickshaws.

One screw grabbed a wheel, passed through the spokes, penetrated the car shed, and locked the wheel.

More than forty of the sixty-odd carters changed their formation rapidly, while twenty didn't keep up with the rhythm. Because they couldn't push the rickshaws, their movements were slow.

The Train Formation is most afraid of inconsistent actions.

These twenty people were slow, which was equivalent to being left behind in the formation.

The carters pulled out tools from the car sheds, wanting to pull out the screws that locked the wheels,

but Li Li Banfeng wouldn't give them the chance. Taking advantage of their chaotic positions, he flashed between them and killed all twenty carters.

This was a huge loss!

But the carter leader had no other way. Tang Tang Shijiang was still grabbing the car shed behind him, so he could only order the carters to fight Tang Tang Shijiang to the death.

Tang Tang Shijiang had plenty of screws, but he didn't use many, just scattering twenty.

This was the Train Eunuch's formation. Tang Tang Shijiang knew the roots and the bottom. His purpose was only one: to let some rickshaws move and some not, using his own methods to forcibly expose the flaws in the formation.

This was a tactic the two had discussed. As long as the formation leaked flaws, Li Li Banfeng would strike immediately.

He leaped in the formation for a while and killed another twenty carters.

There were more than twenty carters left. To form a formation, there must be at least twenty people. If Li Li Banfeng continued to kill, this carter formation would be gone.

The carter leader blew the whistle again. This time he didn't let the carters change formations.

He let the carters stand in place and not move, and everyone used the "Broken Path" technique together.

This was the last resort, and also a resort with no other way.

Tang Tang Shijiang, who was chasing behind the rickshaw, suddenly had an earthen wall appear in front of him, blocking his way. "Broken Path" can open the way, and naturally, it can also break the way.

An earthen wall didn't count for much to Tang Tang Shijiang. He crashed through the earthen wall directly and continued to chase.

But more than twenty carters exerted force together, and more than twenty earthen walls appeared in front of him. Tang Tang Shijiang crashed through the tenth earthen wall, and his speed slowed down.

The carter leader used the "Unimpeded Passage" technique all the way to rush out, shaking off Tang Tang Shijiang behind him.

He fought for the opportunity to escape, but he also paid a painful price.

The remaining twenty-odd carters performed techniques in place, which was equivalent to sending heads to Li Li Banfeng.

Li Li Banfeng naturally wouldn't be polite. He didn't leave a single one, killed these carters, and turned to chase the carter leader.

The carter leader rushed out of the coal yard, gathered the five carters who were patrolling outside, and fled for his life with all his might.

A group of carters only had these five people left, and these five people plus himself became the only hope for this mission.

After fleeing for not long, a bamboo forest suddenly appeared in front, blocking the way.

Where did this bamboo forest come from?

These bamboos grew densely. If it were just for Traveling Cultivators, it wouldn't be much of an obstacle. Rushing through with a few 'Wa' steps would get them out.

But for this group of carters, this bamboo forest was a bit troublesome, because people could pass, but the rickshaws couldn't.

Xiaochuan and Xiaogen hid in the bamboo forest, watching the movement outside.

Xiao Chuanzi whispered: "Xiao Genzi, who did you learn this method from? What level of cultivation are you now?"

Xiaogen smiled: "We two entered the Daoist sect together. What cultivation I have, don't you know?"

Back then, because he created a household projector, Xiaochuan's industrial technique gained wide recognition in Puluo Prefecture, and his cultivation base soared. Plus the pills Li Li Banfeng rewarded from time to time, he was now a fourth-layer Industrial Cultivator.

He thought Xiaogen's cultivation base certainly wasn't as good as his, at most third layer.

But tonight, Xiaochuan found he had underestimated Xiao Genzi. A bag of seeds, a bucket of gold juice,

Xiaogen used more than ten minutes to grow a bamboo forest. This method made even Ma Wu marvel.

Marveling was marveling, but now wasn't the time for idle talk.

"Cheer up, they've entered the forest!"

The carter leader originally wanted to bypass the bamboo forest and observe, but found that this forest wasn't small.

Li Li Banfeng was about to catch up. He couldn't bypass it, so he could only use "Broken Path" to force his way in.

Ma Wu and Xiao Genzi covered for Xiaochuan, starting to set traps on the road. A fourth-layer Industrial Cultivator, in front of a Cloud-level cultivator, had truly limited means.

But Xiaochuan was well-prepared, and many traps were ready-made, taking root upon landing.

The carter leader's situation wasn't too good. The steam pipe had been forcibly blocked by him, but there was little steam pressure left, and his physical strength was also running out.

After walking through the bamboo forest for a while, a carter fell into a trap. Ma Wu used the Joy Cultivation technique, making the carter explode his blood vessels under extreme anxiety.

Another carter was knocked down by loose stones. Before he could get up, he was poured a bucket of gold juice by Xiao Genzi,

and together with the rickshaw, he was corroded, soon losing his life.

Li Li Banfeng chased into the bamboo forest, killed two carters first, and then caught up with the carter leader outside the bamboo forest.

The carter leader didn't run anymore.

He turned the rickshaw body, blocked the rickshaw in front of him, and stared tightly at Li Li Banfeng.

This was to have a decisive battle with Li Li Banfeng.

Li Li Banfeng waved his hand behind him, signaling Ma Wu and the others to hide as far as possible, must hide to a place where they couldn't see the carter and the carter couldn't see them, otherwise "Walking Horse Watching Flowers" might affect them.

The carter leader looked at Li Li Banfeng and said: "Brother, I really didn't expect that we could reach this step today."

Li Qi sighed: "I didn't want to reach this step either. How about this, you put down the rickshaw,

and let go of Little Qin, and this matter ends here."

The carter leader smiled: "Brother, I've been in the Jianghu for many years. You treat me like a fledgling. If I put down the rickshaw now, can you still leave me my life?"

Li Li Banfeng also smiled: "If you don't put down the rickshaw, I can't leave you your life either. Do you treat me like a fledgling? Who are you calling brother? Do I know you?"

The carter leader knew he couldn't pretend anymore. If he pretended for a while longer, Tang Tang Shijiang would be here, and he would have no chance to escape at all.

"Let's have a match here, only one move, no other tricks. Let's use 'Walking Horse Watching Flowers'.

Now you stare at me, and I stare at you. In a while, we move together, and see whose footsteps are faster,

and who can snatch this life!"

This was the rule set by the carter. Both sides stared at each other, locking their lines of sight on each other, and then acted together. The one who moved faster disappeared from the other's line of sight, and "Walking Horse Watching Flowers" would take effect, blowing the other up.

Li Li Banfeng didn't actually need to gamble with the opponent. His state was much better than the carter leader's.

But he agreed.

"We are both good boys under the Traveling Cultivation sect," Li Li Banfeng stared at the carter leader, "Today let's have a fair fight here, life or death without regrets!" Both sides took their stances, standing face to face.

A cold wind blew, stirring up a burst of sand and dust. Neither of them blinked their eyes.

The carter's eye corner twitched, and his right foot lifted.

Li Li Banfeng pointed his toes to the ground and acted first.

He was about to leave the carter's line of sight, but didn't expect the carter to stay in place without moving, his body suddenly squatting down, hiding behind the car shed.

This move was vicious enough, because Li Li Banfeng couldn't see him.

If he couldn't see, it meant his line of sight couldn't be locked, and Li Li Banfeng had no way to activate the "Walking Horse Watching Flowers" technique now.

But there was a hole in the car shed, and the carter leader could lock onto Li Li Banfeng at any time.

The carter smiled. Now the first move was his. He needed to wait for the right opportunity to blow Li Li Banfeng up.

To tell the truth, this battle had caused no small loss, but if he got rid of Li Qi, it would definitely be a great achievement for him.

He had heard some rumors about Li Qi when he was in the Inner Prefecture. All the rumors described Li Qi as an extremely difficult character.

After actually fighting, he found that Li Qi was not only difficult but also fierce, almost killing the Fire Wheel Gang he had worked so hard to cultivate in one battle.

But so what?

He was ultimately just a reckless young man. He didn't understand what a real duel was at all.

He thought a duel was just comparing foundations and luck. He didn't know how much scheming was here, and he didn't know how many methods a real duel had?

Pfft!

The carter leader felt a chill on his back. Looking back, a black-clad man had stabbed a Tang Dao through his back.

Wasn't it agreed to be a duel? Why did he still find a helper?

The Tang Dao stirred and churned inside the carter leader's body, and his internal organs were stirred into a mess. The carter leader instantly lost his ability to resist.

Li Li Banfeng walked to the carter and opened the door of the Leaving Suishenju.

"Duel? You're really funny!" Li Li Banfeng picked up the carter leader and threw him into the Leaving Suishenju.

The rickshaw was a bit big and couldn't enter the door. The old man smiled: "Leave it to me."

Creak, creak, creak~

An invisible force struck. The rickshaw twisted and deformed, and was sent into the house together.

Li Li Banfeng closed the door, returned to the bamboo forest, and greeted Ma Wu and the others.

Ma Wu, Xiao Chuanzi, and Xiao Genzi all walked out.

Xiao Chuanzi asked: "What about the one pulling the rickshaw?"

Li Li Banfeng said: "Cleaned up, cleaned up together with the corpse."

Xiao Genzi smiled: "Seventh brother does things neatly. We were just worried about Seventh brother just now. I was thinking of making two bamboo people to help Seventh brother—"

Just as they were laughing, Ma Wu had a worried look on his face and muttered to himself: "Not right."

"What's not right?"

"The number is not right," Ma Wu calculated carefully, "There were six people who entered the bamboo forest just now. Xiao Genzi and Xiao Chuanzi killed one, I and Xiao Chuanzi killed one, Seventh brother killed three. What about the other one?"

Li Li Banfeng was shocked and checked the vicinity.

There were two wheel tracks, heading into the distance.

"Not good, these people are special, not one can be let go!"

These carters acted so consistently, Li Li Banfeng felt they might be a kind of replication of life.

In this situation, Li Li Banfeng had once heard Qiu Qiu Luoye talk about it: an Inner Prefecture person turned into a house,

appeared in Puluo Prefecture, and one house soon became a patch of houses. The Peddler called this "having cubs".

If Li Li Banfeng guessed correctly, letting one go was equivalent to letting a nest go.

"Hurry and chase!" Li Li Banfeng told Ma Wu, "Call all our men, don't let this person leave Yellow Earth Bridge!"

He chased along the tracks first, chasing all the way from the coal yard to the side of Coal Sand River.

An old man was scooping coal slag in the river. Li Li Banfeng stepped forward and asked: "Did you see a rickshaw carter?"

The old man nodded: "I saw him, pulling a rickshaw, running wildly toward the east."

Li Li Banfeng chased toward the east. After chasing for a while, he saw a woman selling wontons pushing a cart and hawking.

"Big sister, did you see a rickshaw carter?"

The woman thought about it and said: "A carter just walked past, it seems he went to the Dongqiao!"

Li Li Banfeng hurriedly chased to the Dongqiao. In front, there was a Peddler, shaking a rattle-drum, pushing a cargo truck and walking on the bridge.

Li Li Banfeng asked: "Did you see a carter go on the bridge?"

The Peddler thought about it and asked: "What kind of carter? Man or woman? Pulling or pushing?"

Hearing this, he hadn't seen him.

Li Li Banfeng continued to chase forward, chased two steps, and then retreated.

He stared at the Peddler for a moment and asked: "Are you out selling again?"

The Peddler nodded and smiled: "Isn't that so? These days I haven't been here. I heard you've been out selling for me, which must have been hard for you."

"You still laugh?" Li Li Banfeng frowned, "Where did you run off to?"

The Peddler pointed behind him: "I went to find him."

Li Li Banfeng only then noticed that there was another person standing behind the Peddler.

This person looked to be about fifty years old, his face was round, his five features were quite upright, his eyes were a bit small, his eyebrows were a bit thick, his nose bridge was slightly low, and his nose tip was very round. He looked very kind.

He recognized Li Li Banfeng and stepped forward to greet: "Li Li Banfeng, we meet again!"

PS: Only one person calls Li Li Banfeng "Li Li Banfeng" (Li Bu Feng), see Chapter 302.

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