Chapter 629: Dancing in the Snow

Li Li Banfeng boarded a special train the next day and arrived at the Dark Star Bureau on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

After entering the office, Li Li Banfeng called Bureau Chief Shen: "Little Shen, come to my office." This time Shen Shen Jingye had no complaints, because Li Li Banfeng's rank had changed, being a full level higher than his.

Shen Shen Jingye thanked him upon meeting: "Director Li, I don't know how to repay the grace of saving my life. If there is anything you need me for in the future, just say the word."

The grace of saving his life he spoke of referred to Li Qi's arrangements after he left Gourd Village; this series of arrangements left him with a reasonable explanation, allowing him to keep his position. He hadn't accepted too much investigation for this matter either.

Li Li Banfeng smiled: "Who saved you? It was Bureau Chief Shen who fought bravely and escaped from the dark dimension by himself." Shen Shen Jingye sighed: "The matter was rounded off like that, and I'm fine, but the Dark Star Bureau is almost gone."

"What happened to the Dark Star Bureau?" The Dark Star Bureau had been very efficient in handling cases recently and had even been commended a while ago. Shen Shen Jingye explained: "The higher-ups have established the External Clarity Bureau, which is about to replace all the work of the Dark Star Bureau."

"What is the background of the External Clarity Bureau?"

Shen Shen Jingye said the full name: "External Civilization Investigation and Research Work Bureau."

Hearing this name, Li Li Banfeng felt it sounded familiar: "How is this different from the Dark Matter Research Office and the Dark Star Special Action Team? Isn't this just messing around?" Shen Shen Jingye let out a long sigh: "Essentially there is no difference; this represents the determination of the higher-ups to replace the Dark Star Bureau with another institution."

"Why must the Dark Star Bureau be replaced?"

"The main reason is the time issue. The Dark Star Bureau has been established for too long, has had too many intersections with Puluo Province and the Inner Province, and has had too many intersections with domestic and foreign dark energy organizations. Many forces have already infiltrated the Dark Star Bureau."

Li Li Banfeng felt this was normal: "The Dark Star Bureau studies dark energy and dark matter; how could things related to dark energy not infiltrate the Dark Star Bureau? If there were no infiltration at all, wouldn't the Dark Star Bureau become laymen? How could laymen carry out work?

And if we talk about time, the Guanfang Hall has been around even longer, and it has been infiltrated even more seriously. Why not establish a relevant organization to replace the Guanfang Hall?"

Shen Shen Jingye said: "One of the main reasons for replacing the Dark Star Bureau is that they don't want the Dark Star Bureau to become the Guanfang Hall. The Guanfang Hall has indeed been infiltrated too seriously, so seriously that many tasks can only be completed by the Guanfang Hall. It is not only irreplaceable, but laymen cannot intervene.

The higher-ups have sent laymen several times to try to replace Liao Liao Zihui, but the results were not too good. You know this point too."

Li Li Banfeng indeed knew this; the biggest layman, Xia Xia Shumin, was eventually sent away by Chu Er because he made a series of inappropriate moves.

But Li Li Banfeng didn't understand one thing: "Why must laymen intervene in the affairs of professionals? Isn't it better to let professionals do professional things?"

Shen Shen Jingye shrugged his eyebrows; some things couldn't be said anymore: "In short, the External Clarity Bureau has already been established, and the work that originally belonged to the Security Team has been taken over by them. Next, there will be a large amount of work to be transferred to them.

And the higher-ups have already set a position for you in the External Clarity Bureau. They want you to be the Supervisory Director of the External Clarity Bureau, with a rank and treatment one level higher than the Bureau Chief." Li Qi had a new position again.

"How is this different from now? Isn't this just messing with me? This is worrying that I've stayed in the Dark Star Bureau for too long and have also caused infiltration into the Dark Star Bureau, right? Just change my place, so I don't have my own people under me, right?"

Shen Shen Jingye nodded awkwardly; Li Li Banfeng had basically guessed it all right.

Li Li Banfeng leaned back in his chair and spun around several times: "After the External Clarity Bureau is established, how will the personnel of the Dark Star Bureau be handled?" Shen Shen Jingye said: "That depends on where you go."

"What does my destination have to do with them?"

"The relationship is very big. If you go directly to the External Clarity Bureau to take office and give up your position in the Dark Star Bureau, then the Dark Star Bureau will be dissolved within one to two years. I will be transferred to another place to retire, and all the personnel of the Dark Star Bureau will also be distributed to other institutions to do some idle jobs."

"Idle jobs?" Li Li Banfeng frowned, "Tang Yuan, Deng Pao, Zhong Er, Mi Mi Jian, Hai Tang, these young people have just seen a glimmer of hope, and you let them do idle jobs? Then what hope is there in this life?"

Shen Shen Jingye sighed: "After all, they are personnel distributed out; it's not bad to have a place to go. We definitely can't expect them to be reused by others." "What about the External Clarity Bureau? Don't they need manpower?"

"The higher-ups have clearly stated that the External Clarity Bureau does not need personnel who have been infiltrated. You also know about the Star matter; he is a young person and also a typical infiltrated person.

After investigation, it was found that Star's parents were dark energy users and members of the dark energy organization of the Rafsha Kingdom. Before he took the job, because his parents did some coordination work, it led to our background investigation not being in place.

He infiltrated the Dark Star Bureau and made many harmful and destructive moves. This matter has already left a handle, and almost everyone in the Dark Star Bureau has been labeled as infiltrated, including me. We will no longer be reused in any institution, let alone enter a core institution like the External Clarity Bureau."

Li Li Banfeng said: "What if I don't give up my position as Deputy Bureau Chief of the Dark Star Bureau?"

Shen Shen Jingye saw a glimmer of hope: "If you retain your position in the Dark Star Bureau and concurrently serve as Deputy Bureau Chief of the Dark Star Bureau while taking office as Supervisory Director of the External Clarity Bureau, with your current influence, the institution of the Dark Star Bureau will be retained.

Although it may only do some auxiliary work for the External Clarity Bureau in the future, the people in the bureau can at least stay. Within the scope of the Dark Star Bureau, they can still see hope and a way out for promotion."

This was the matter Shen Shen Jingye wanted to ask Li Li Banfeng for help with; even if it was just in name, he hoped to keep the Dark Star Bureau. Li Li Banfeng thought for a moment and said: "What if I only retain my position in the Dark Star Bureau and refuse the position in the External Clarity Bureau?"

Shen Shen Jingye was stunned: "Then, then the situation would be special, and your future would also..."

"My future?" Li Li Banfeng smiled, "Is my future here? Do you think I care?"

Shen Shen Jingye forgot Li Qi's stance for a moment, but upon reflection, he still felt it wouldn't work: "Director Li, doing this is making things difficult for the higher-ups..."

Li Li Banfeng laughed: "They are used to making things difficult for others; this time, I'll make things difficult for them. Tell them that I only hold office in the Dark Star Bureau, and from now on, the balancing work for Puluo Province and the Inner Province will also remain in the Dark Star Bureau.

If the External Clarity Bureau must intervene, for all matters involving balance people, let them discuss it case by case; first send a letter, then send a person, and then negotiate the relevant work." That afternoon, Shen Shen Jingye conveyed Li Qi's attitude to the higher-ups.

The higher-ups immediately organized a meeting and specifically invited Li Qi to attend. Li Qi didn't go; he had important official business to handle.

He called Tang Tang Changfa, Yan Hong'er, and Yan Cui'er to his home to eat mutton hot pot.

Although it was still the New Year holiday, the black market had already opened. Tang Tang Changfa had developed new business, and he had earned quite a bit of money, but he didn't really want to do this business.

"Shopkeeper, recently those Western gadgets have been sold too much. Before the New Year, I brought in a few sets of books about Western black magic; a set of books cost ten thousand, and I turned around and sold them for three hundred thousand!"

Li Li Banfeng laughed: "You just go ahead and commit sins. You cheat people like this; aren't you afraid of smashing your own signboard?"

Tang Tang Changfa poured a glass of liquor for Li Li Banfeng: "Shopkeeper, I didn't cheat anyone. These books are the real thing; Yan Hong'er is familiar with them, and she has practiced quite a few magic spells using these things!" Li Li Banfeng was stunned: "Hong'er, what have you practiced?"

Yan Hong'er prepared the dipping sauce for Li Li Banfeng, and the sauce dish disappeared in Yan Hong'er's hand and appeared in front of Li Li Banfeng. Teleportation!

Yan Hong'er said: "Shopkeeper, this is not a trick, nor is it an illusion; this is a proper magic I learned from a black magic book." Li Li Banfeng asked Yan Hong'er: "Which sect does this magic belong to?"

Yan Hong'er was really stumped by the question: "Shopkeeper, Western things don't talk about sects. Besides our own Fool Cultivation, I haven't practiced anything else." Tang Tang Changfa said: "Shopkeeper, see? This is the real thing, and everyone can practice it."

"It shouldn't be that everyone can practice it, right?" Li Li Banfeng shook his head, "Without a bit of Dao affinity, this thing definitely can't be learned."

"Just learning this one magic spell doesn't take much Dao affinity!" Tang Tang Changfa waved his hand, "There are quite a few people selling medicine on the black market; spend a little money, buy some good medicine of high quality, and save up a month's worth of Dao affinity, and it's enough to learn this technique."

Compared to the sects of Puluo Province, the threshold for Western magic was too low. But why did such authentic books flow into the black market at such a cheap price? "Ten thousand a book, where did you get the goods?"

Yan Cui'er said: "We got them from the Hundred Demon Workshop. You might not have heard of the Hundred Demon Workshop; the people there study everything. Today they write a talisman, tomorrow they draw a spell, and the day after tomorrow they stick a doll or something. They know a little bit of all kinds of methods, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign.

But the entry requirements for this Hundred Demon Workshop are quite high. They have rules: magic cannot be used casually. Before joining the Hundred Demon Workshop, one must undergo strict character assessment. Some people are said to have been assessed for more than ten years without becoming formal members."

Li Li Banfeng looked at the Western magic books: "Don't rush to sell these books; you guys learn them slowly, and talk after you've learned them.

No matter what the Hundred Demon Workshop asks you to sell, you take it all. Spend a bit more capital; don't let other shops steal the business. It doesn't matter if you lose money; tell me if you lack money." Tang Tang Changfa thought for a while and said: "It seems no one is stealing our business..."

"How can there not be!" Yan Hong'er said, "Lu Family Bookstore also collects these books; their offer has always been higher than ours." Lu Family Bookstore.

Boss Lu is also studying Western cultivation. What is he studying this for?

Boss Lu wrote for a whole night and stretched, blowing out the oil lamp.

He no longer wrote the sequel to "Embroidered Frost Collection"; he didn't want to be bound by his previous writing ideas. He restarted a new book called "Spring Chun Chun Yuan Ye Hua"; the writing style still needed polishing, but the story structure made him very satisfied.

He originally planned to sleep for a while, but looking out the window, the east was already turning white, and it would be dawn soon. Boss Lu simply opened the front door and opened for business.

Early in the morning, no one loved bookstores, and the boss didn't expect many customers, so he just took a copy of "Jade Fragrance Record" and wrote comments while reading. A woman in her early thirties, wearing a blue down jacket, sunglasses, and a mask, with a head of curly hair, entered the bookstore.

Boss Lu knew this woman; she called herself surnamed Liu, named Liu Liu Cuishan, and was a member of the Hundred Demon Workshop. She had sold quite a few books here, all of which were authentic good books.

Boss Lu poured a cup of tea for this woman: "Are you here to buy books or sell books today?"

Liu Liu Cuishan's cheeks were slightly red, appearing somewhat ashamed: "I'm here to sell something today, but it's not a book. Do you think it's okay?" Boss Lu thought for a moment and said: "You tell me first, what kind of thing is it?"

The woman took out a magic box; this was a prop commonly used by magicians. There were various dark compartments in the box, as well as many mirrors at different angles, forming a visual trap.

If it were an ordinary person, they wouldn't even take a second look at this thing; it was a professional tool and didn't have much value itself.

But Boss Lu was an insider; he knew this thing was a rare spiritual object.

"The thing is good. If you are not in a hurry to sell it, you can leave it here for consignment for a few days." The woman shook her head: "We can't wait; we need money now."

Boss Lu frowned slightly: "If you are in a hurry to sell, I can't give you too high a price."

Liu Liu Cuishan nodded: "I trust you; I'll take whatever you give."

Boss Lu carefully checked the magic box again: "I offer..." This sound was drawn out particularly long, and Liu Liu Cuishan's heart was suspended.

Boss Lu's heart was also throbbing; he perceived a signal that was about to be forgotten by him. "Fifty thousand." Boss Lu made an offer.

Liu Liu Cuishan nodded repeatedly: "Okay, I can accept this price. Shall we close the deal?" Boss Lu nodded and asked the clerk to pay Liu Liu Cuishan.

Liu Liu Cuishan appreciated this point the most; doing business at Boss Lu's place meant getting cash. Fifty thousand in cash was packed into a bag, Liu Liu Cuishan thanked him repeatedly, and Boss Lu served tea to see the guest out.

Although she was very anxious in her heart, she didn't lack any etiquette. After sending Liu Liu Cuishan away, Boss Lu walked to the second floor and told Yu Yu Yaoming: "Du Du Wenming is out." Yu Yu Yaoming was shocked: "When did he come out?"

"Just now; I sensed it."

Yu Yu Yaoming was full of joy: "How about it, I didn't brag, right? As long as he can find the exit, he will definitely be able to come out. Let's go ask him now how he found the exit..."

Boss Lu was expressionless; Yu Yu Yaoming suddenly felt a slight chill and stopped talking.

"Your situation is very dangerous now; Du Du Wenming is likely to take revenge on you. Do not leave the bookstore during this period." Boss Lu closed the door of the second floor, went downstairs to the lobby, walked around the second and first rows of bookshelves twice, then stamped a document with the jade seal and stuffed it into the crack of the bookstore door.

Walking out of the bookstore door, Boss Lu arrived at the Passion Fruit Road of the Soda Kiln.

Walking rapidly, passing through the town, walking all the way to Sugar Orange Village, walking more than twenty miles to the east of the village, Boss Lu arrived at Sugar Orange Mountain.

Crossing Sugar Orange Mountain, he arrived at the boundary between Soda Kiln and Black Stone Slope. Du Du Wenming was sent into the wormhole at Black Stone Slope; if he could find the exit, he should have walked out from the Soda Kiln side.

And according to Boss Lu's sensing, Du Du Wenming was still near the boundary.

A dense forest under Sugar Orange Mountain, a boundary more than half a meter wide passed through the dense forest, and where the boundary passed, no grass grew. Boss Lu walked around the boundary for a while, some snow fell from the trees, and Boss Lu stopped. He took a volume of "Spring Chun Chun Yuan Ye Hua" from his bosom and gently tore off a page.

The page flew into the air with the cold wind, slowly shattering between the rubbing of the branches.

The shattered paper scraps drifted in the cold wind for a while, wrapping around the snow on the ground and trees, turning into one beauty after another wearing white gauze.

Hundreds of beauties held long swords, strictly guarding in the heavy snow. A beauty suddenly drew her sword; Boss Lu thought she was fighting the enemy, but saw the woman spinning on the spot and dancing.

"The technique has improved!" Boss Lu praised.

This beauty was transformed from a book page; to be precise, it wasn't even a complete page, just a fragment, and the spirituality was very limited. But even with this bit of spirituality, she could be hit by Du Du Wenming's dance cultivation technique, which showed that Du Du Wenming's technique had changed greatly.

The beauty slid forward one step, just touching another beauty, and the other beauty danced along. In less than a minute, the beauties were coming and going, surrounding Boss Lu, all dancing. The technique could even be transmitted by itself?

Just like an epidemic, it could infect each other? This could be considered a Heaven-Harmony Technique.

Boss Lu's toes moved, and even he had the urge to dance.

A group of women raised their long swords and stabbed at Boss Lu together.

These women were people Boss Lu summoned from the words in the book, and now these people, under the control of the dance cultivation technique, actually took the initiative to attack Boss Lu.

Boss Lu stood on the spot and reopened "Spring Chun Chun Yuan Ye Hua." All the women turned back into paper scraps during their approach, pieced together, and became a page in the book. Deep in the forest, Du Du Wenming frowned slightly, his expression slightly resentful, but he still sent a compliment: "Eight-Bucket Ink Guest, good means!"

Boss Lu patted the snow on the tree and smiled slightly: "Mr. Lu, I truly admire you. After so many days, you were actually able to walk out of the boundary. Let's not hold any previous misunderstandings against each other; come with me to the bookstore to talk, and let's discuss the big matter together."

Du Du Wenming sneered: "You threw me into the wormhole, wasn't it just to use me as a test subject? And now you talk about discussing the big matter; you are too hypocritical." Boss Lu nodded and smiled: "You have a point. Then let's make the words more sincere. You come back to the bookstore with me, and I'll spare your life. How about that?" Du Du Wenming frowned: "If I don't go to the bookstore, you're going to kill me?"

Boss Lu didn't deny it: "I don't want the secrets of the boundary to be leaked." Du Du Wenming sighed: "You are so cruel!"

Boss Lu shook his head: "This can't be blamed on me for being cruel; it was you who attacked me first. From the day you trespassed into my bookstore, this grudge was already formed." Du Du Wenming looked at Boss Lu, his footsteps slid, and he arrived beside him, dancing with Boss Lu.

Boss Lu made almost no resistance, twisting his waist and kicking his legs along with Du Du Wenming, dancing quite decently.

Shopkeeper Lu did not deny it: "I don't want to leak the secrets of the boundary." Du Du Wenming sighed and said, "You are a cruel person!"

Boss Lu trembled along, his joints were truly dislocated, and his whole body went limp on the ground.

Du Du Wenming smiled, picked up Boss Lu, and came to the side of the boundary: "You used me as a test subject back then, today I'll let you taste the flavor of the boundary." He was just about to throw Boss Lu onto the boundary when he suddenly felt the Boss Lu in his hand become lighter.

Looking over, Boss Lu had turned into a large pile of paper scraps, flying everywhere. This wasn't Boss Lu.

Where was the real Boss Lu?

Du Du Wenming was shocked; he heard Boss Lu's voice: "Walking here is good; you have nowhere to escape." The flying paper scraps turned into three walls, surrounding Du Du Wenming from three sides.

On each wall, there were dense words. Every word held a weapon in its hand.

"Sentiment" turned the vertical heart radical into a long halberd, "Faith" turned the single-person radical into an iron dagger-axe, and countless words were ready to act at any time. Boss Lu gave the final warning: "Come back to the bookstore with me, and I'll spare your life."

Du Du Wenming looked back at his rear.

There was still one side behind him that hadn't been surrounded; that side was the boundary.

Boss Lu smiled: "If you really have this backbone, then go crash to death on the boundary; I'll respect you as a man!" Du Du Wenming gritted his teeth, turned around and jumped, and really crashed into the boundary.

The paper scraps dissipated, and Boss Lu appeared, seeing Du Du Wenming disappear completely, leaving only a pile of dust. He died?

Not right. He was still alive.

Boss Lu carefully sensed the mark on Du Du Wenming's body; the signal of the mark had originally disappeared, but it appeared again not long after. Boss Lu looked at the opposite side of the boundary, where a figure, with stiff footsteps, quietly disappeared into the dense forest.

Du Du Wenming crossed the boundary?

Boss Lu was very surprised; he didn't expect Du Du Wenming to be able to take the initiative to enter the boundary and leave so quickly. Without the help of equipment, he had actually mastered the method of crossing the boundary.

Where was he going? What did he plan to do? Boss Lu felt some regret.

I shouldn't have been soft-hearted just now; I was too eager to leave a living mouth.

But upon reflection, doing so wasn't wrong either; Du Du Wenming was a person worth keeping...

On Chu Chu Yaoxian's territory, He He Jiaqing was observing the three-headed people who were reclaiming wasteland in secret. "Li Qi only gave you one thousand people?"

Chu Chu Yaoxian nodded: "He gave Dou Dou Jiyan two thousand, but only gave me one thousand. I guess he still holds a grudge about what happened with He He Yuxiu before."

He He Jiaqing expressed deep agreement with this: "He is indeed a person who holds grudges. You might not know that these three-headed people are not only good hands at reclaiming wasteland, they are also very excellent warriors."

Chu Chu Yaoxian said: "I've heard of it. At the beginning of the construction of Seven Autumn City, the three-headed people once helped Li Qi defeat Chu Shaoqiang. Their physique is very strong, but they have no cultivation at all. Even if they are just white lambs, they are still very capable of fighting."

He He Jiaqing shook his head: "Far from it. I obtained a top-secret document in the Outer Province. The introductory medicine powder of the Outer Province, a thing called a guiding agent, can allow three-headed people to acquire sects and cultivation.

Mastering this guiding agent can train them into strong warriors. These one thousand three-headed people can defeat dozens of Cloud-Above cultivators, or even more." "Dozens?" Chu Chu Yaoxian was very surprised.

He He Jiaqing made a further explanation: "The prerequisite is to undergo sufficient training and formulate proper tactics; this is a very complex process."

Chu Chu Yaoxian didn't quite understand these processes, but she knew the ownership of these three-headed people: "I signed a contract with Li Qi; these three-headed people are still his men, just lent to me to use." He He Jiaqing smiled: "The direction of people's hearts cannot be decided by a piece of contract. These three-headed people have suffered a lot; as long as we treat them sincerely, they will definitely not let us down."

A group of three-headed people were ready to reclaim wasteland, and the examination was about to begin.

He He Jiaqing reminded Chu Chu Yaoxian: "Properly control the progress of reclaiming wasteland; try not to anger the Inner Province."

Chu Chu Yaoxian was also very worried about this matter: "I have half of the contract left in the Inner Province; they will sooner or later come to me for this matter."

"I thought of this matter a long time ago. The Inner Province is currently encountering a plague, and some things are not convenient to handle. After a period of time, I will find a way to bring your contract out of the Inner Province."

A tiger with deer antlers came to the edge of the plot, preparing to start the examination.

Its footsteps were very strange, one step at a time, as if its joints had problems, and its body stretched and relaxed, as if it were catering to some special rhythm. Seeing this, Chu Chu Yaoxian said: "What kind of strange trick is this tiger trying to pull? He is a master of examination; I guess he wants to use an illusion to cheat people."

He He Jiaqing observed for a moment and said: "Let the tiger leave here."

Chu Chu Yaoxian said: "This is an examination, and he is a strange monster. If I stop him, it won't be according to the rules." "He has been hit by a technique!"

While speaking, the tiger walked to a rabbit.

The rabbit didn't run, but instead, like the tiger, walked toward the plot with weird footsteps.

"This is a dance cultivation technique!" Chu Chu Yaoxian was shocked. She herself was a dance cultivator and could see traces of the technique from the tiger and the rabbit, but she had never seen such dance steps.

She could also use Song and Dance Prosperity and could drive people around her to dance.

But the tiger hit by Song and Dance Prosperity could drive the rabbit to dance together; this was the first time she had seen such a technique.

"I'll try to see if I can resolve it..." Before Chu Chu Yaoxian could finish speaking, He He Jiaqing suddenly appeared behind the tiger and threw two nails from a distance of more than ten meters.

These two nails, one hit the tiger's body, and the other hit the rabbit's body.

Both the tiger and the rabbit were strange monsters of the New Land, and their physique was abnormally strong; two nails were not enough to kill them. He He Jiaqing's index and middle fingers trembled, making a gesture similar to pliers.

The original two nails turned into two thick tree branches more than a meter long, and the bodies of the tiger and the rabbit were pierced by the branches, both dying. The three-headed people were stunned by this scene; they didn't know He He Jiaqing, nor did they know what means the tiger and the rabbit had been hit by.

He He Jiaqing walked toward the depths of the forest and met Du Du Wenming under a willow tree.

Du Du Wenming leaned against the willow tree, his hands in his trouser pockets: "Want to do business? I have a good deal here." PS: Du Du Wenming is going to set off a storm! ===== CHAPTER 630 =====

The original two nails had turned into two thick tree branches over a meter long; the bodies of the tiger and the rabbit were pierced through by the branches, and both died. The three-headed people were stunned by this scene; they did not recognize He He Haiqin, nor did they know what kind of method the tiger and the rabbit had fallen victim to.

He He Haiqin walked toward the depths of the forest and met Du Du Wenming under a willow tree.

Du Du Wenming leaned his back against the willow tree, his hands tucked into his trouser pockets: "Want to do business? I have a good deal here." PS: Du Du Wenming is about to stir up a storm!