Chapter 64

Li Banfeng found a few more watermelon seeds on other weapons: "Shopkeeper Yu, I wasn't wrong; you really were cutting watermelons all day long."

Yu Nan recalled the scene of the battle carefully; whether using guns or knives, the clerks from the Geng Family Pharmacy would bleed, but they just wouldn't fall down.

And throughout the entire process, Yu Nan hadn't heard a single word from the pharmacy clerks, nor had she heard them make a sound.

Could it be that they were all watermelons?

Could it be that the blood they shed was all watermelon juice?

Why would watermelons grow into human shapes? Why could they still fight?

Zhang Shiquan, the oldest warehouse keeper in the cloth shop, took a puff of his dry tobacco and guessed, "Cultivating the land through hardship leads to success; at the fifth layer, one becomes a lord or noble. I'm afraid we've encountered a successful Cultivator of the Land!"

Cultivator of the Land?

Regarding this Dao sect, apart from the hardship, Li Banfeng had no other concept.

"What do you mean by 'successful'?" Li Banfeng asked directly.

The old warehouse keeper said, "This is a common saying in the Jianghu. Cultivating the land is hard, and there are few who practice it, but if one can persist to the fifth layer, it counts as success. The things they can grow are strange and varied.

Like these watermelons that can fight, I've lived to this age and have never seen them before. I guess these are seeds matched by a Cultivator of the Land and grown."

Yu Nan thought for a moment and shook her head slightly: "What is the Geng family? Why would they be able to afford a fifth-layer Cultivator of the Land? Besides, I've never heard of a fifth-layer Cultivator of the Land in Yaowang Valley!"

The old warehouse keeper packed another bowl of dry tobacco: "Shopkeeper, Cultivators of the Land live hard lives; they do things for money. He isn't out to fight; he's just selling a few watermelons.

And once a Cultivator of the Land has no land, they must come out to reclaim wasteland. Yaowang Valley has a lot of new land; it's possible a Cultivator of the Land came and was encountered by the Geng family."

What does new land mean?

Every time, he could always hear some new terms.

Li Banfeng didn't interrupt; he didn't want to break everyone's train of thought.

But everyone's train of thought was already broken. A fifth-layer cultivator was an opponent Yu Nan dared not look up to, especially when encountering a successful Cultivator of the Land; no one knew how to deal with it.

Yu Nan cast her gaze toward Li Banfeng.

Everyone looked at Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng blinked: "Why are you looking at me? I've never seen a Cultivator of the Land either."

The old warehouse keeper took a puff of dry tobacco and sighed, "An expert says three parts, leaving seven parts; we have to rely on our own realization."

Hearing this, everyone continued to look at Li Banfeng eagerly.

Li Banfeng didn't speak.

He saw that the opponent was a watermelon, based on the special smell left on the weapons. As for how to deal with a Cultivator of the Land, Li Banfeng had no similar experience, nor did he have a mature strategy.

But Li Banfeng had experience in dealing with strong enemies that couldn't be defeated in the short term. As an orphan who grew up in a welfare institution, he had seen too many similar strong enemies.

"Apart from Baixiang Village, do you have any other places to live?" Li Banfeng's suggestion was for them to flee immediately.

Yu Nan had just lost a battle, was carrying a pile of wounded soldiers, and knew nothing about Geng Zhiwei's methods; staying here was equivalent to throwing their lives away.

What's worse, until now, she and her Yu Family Gang were still thinking about Jianghu rules.

Based on the thoughts and cognition of this group of people, encountering a ruthless person like Geng Zhiwei, not running was waiting for death.

"Run?" Wang Xuejiao, Old Eight's sister, stood up, "We've reached this point, where else can we run? Don't we want our faces anymore?"

Li Banfeng felt Yu Nan's thinking was very contradictory: "When you ran from Ligou to Baihua Village, you didn't seem to care so much about face?"

Yu Nan shook her head: "That was different. At that time, it was to guard against their hidden arrows; now they have come with blades drawn."

"Can't you guard against blades drawn?" Li Banfeng still couldn't understand.

"Boss Li, you don't understand what the Jianghu is," Wang Xuejiao sneered,

"When the opponent comes with blades drawn, you can prepare in advance and fight them, but if you run, the Yu family's flag will be completely toppled!"

Li Banfeng scanned everyone: "If you all die here, doesn't that count as the Yu family's flag being toppled?"

Wang Xuejiao puffed out her chest: "Of course not. We used these lives to stand the Yu family's flag up!"

Li Banfeng said: "If Geng Zhiwei presses the Yu family's flag into the ground and then takes a piss on it, what can you do?"

Wang Xuejiao said angrily: "He wouldn't dare!"

"He just dares. What can you do? You're already dead; can you jump up and hit him?" Li Banfeng continued to scan everyone.

The principles in this world are very simple, but there are always people who don't understand.

Wang Xuejiao lowered her head and said in a low voice: "The Jianghu has these rules..."

"Can dead people talk about rules with him?" Li Banfeng asked again. Wang Xuejiao was unconvinced, and everyone else was unconvinced, but none of them could answer.

The old warehouse keeper tapped his pipe and looked at Yu Nan.

He understood Li Banfeng's words and understood the principle: "Shopkeeper, let's go. Let's go to the new land of Mount Jiangyue to hide for a while."

Hearing this, Yu Nan nodded slightly, and the others didn't say much more.

Everyone went back to pack their bags. Yu Nan asked Li Banfeng: "Brother Qiye, come with us. Although the new land is a bit bitter, Geng Zhiwei won't dare to chase us there."

"What exactly is new land?" If you don't understand, ask; Li Banfeng wasn't afraid of showing ignorance.

Yu Nan was also used to it. She didn't know if Li Banfeng really didn't understand or was deliberately testing her:

"New land is a newly born land. Yaowang Valley has three or five pieces of newly born land every year, and each piece of land is as big as two or three villages."

Newly born land every year?

Li Banfeng shook his head; he still couldn't understand.

Yu Nan continued to explain: "It's like two mountains that were originally close together; after a year, the two mountains suddenly become far apart, and a large open space appears in the middle. This is new land.

Most new land is flat, but there are exceptions. Some are hills, some are canyons, some are mudflats, and some are a lake..."

Li Banfeng widened his eyes: "Yaowang Valley grows land by itself?"

Yu Nan nodded: "Not just Yaowang Valley; every place has it, every year."

Li Banfeng pulled up a chair and sat down, took a sip of water, and calmed his cognition that had been impacted again and again.

Yu Nan reminded him: "Brother Qiye, pack your things first; we should set off."

"No hurry," Li Banfeng waved his hand, "You go first, take Little Fatty with you; I still have something to do here."

At two in the morning, Yu Nan led everyone away from Baixiang Village.

By three-thirty, Geng Zhiwei led a hundred or so people and broke into Yu Nan's residence.

This group of people was divided into two teams. One team was living people; some stood behind Geng Zhiwei, shouting and screaming with ferocious expressions, while others were outside the residence, surrounding it tightly.

The other team was very quiet; they didn't speak, their expressions were wooden; they were the "watermelon people" Geng Zhiwei bought from the Cultivator of the Land.

These watermelon people also held knives, axes, and weapons, but for now, their function was limited to walking.

A servant held a cloth bag, grabbed a handful of brown particles, and stuffed them into the watermelon people's mouths.

These particles had a pungent, fishy smell; they were fertilizer for the watermelon people.

After eating the fertilizer, this watermelon person raised his knife, ready for battle.

Before long, more than twenty watermelon people had eaten the fertilizer.

Two servants cut a dozen watermelons and walked over.

These watermelons were very special; they tasted very sweet and very fishy, and they seemed to be different from ordinary watermelons.

Geng Zhiwei picked up two pieces of watermelon and ate them crunchily.

Before long, his face turned red, and he broke into a sweat.

Jia Quansheng and a group of servants were also eating watermelon.

Li Banfeng hid in the room, watching clearly through the window crack.

What are they eating watermelon for?

Li Banfeng didn't understand.

But he soon understood.

Geng Zhiwei shouted: "Kill!"

The watermelon people didn't have much intelligence; Geng Zhiwei ordered them to walk, so they followed Geng Zhiwei all the way; Geng Zhiwei ordered them to kill, which meant they killed anyone they saw.

But the watermelon people only killed people and didn't harm watermelons. Geng Zhiwei and his subordinates ate the watermelons, emitting the smell of watermelon from the inside out, so the watermelon people wouldn't harm them and would obey their orders.

This was their way of distinguishing friend from foe.

Li Banfeng used his advantage as a Residential Cultivator, jumped into the backyard silently, and hid in the woodshed.

A man pushed open the door and walked into the woodshed. Li Banfeng sniffed and smelled the unique sweetness of watermelon.

This was a watermelon person.

There were watermelon people in the front yard and the backyard.

The watermelon people did all the dangerous work.

If Yu Nan hadn't left, no matter how many ambushes she had set, she would have only ended up fighting these watermelon people. With Geng Zhiwei there, she wouldn't have been able to hurt even a hair on him.

Once Yu Nan's side was decimated, Geng Zhiwei would order the people surrounding the outside to close the net, and none of Yu Nan's group would be able to escape.

Geng Zhiwei was going to kill them all.

He couldn't let Yu Nan go, and he couldn't let Li Banfeng go; this was the only thing Yu Nan was right about.

This was the reason Li Banfeng stayed behind.

Yu Nan was defeated by Geng Zhiwei, and it would soon be Li Banfeng's turn.

What should Li Banfeng do?

The principle is very simple: if you can beat them, fight; if you can't, run.

Can Li Banfeng beat Geng Zhiwei?

He couldn't before, but it's hard to say now.

Li Banfeng saw the characteristics of the watermelon people and already knew Geng Zhiwei's methods.

He had a chance to win; the key was how to fight.

Eat a watermelon every day, and then guard against Geng Zhiwei every day?

Is this move effective?

Not effective.

There are three reasons.

First, Li Banfeng isn't sure if Geng Zhiwei is eating ordinary watermelons.

Second, Li Banfeng doesn't know when Geng Zhiwei will strike; he can't eat watermelon all the time.

Third, Geng Zhiwei knows a fifth-layer Cultivator of the Land; if he replaces them with a carrot person tomorrow, how should Li Banfeng deal with it?

So relying solely on eating watermelon cannot fundamentally solve the problem.

Start a war with Geng Zhiwei right here?

The difficulty is too great; Geng Zhiwei is too well-prepared. Relying solely on surprise, the chance of winning is very slim.

Things in the Jianghu must be solved with Jianghu rules.

Jianghu rules emphasize reciprocity.

I come to his house as a guest first; although I came uninvited, this is still "coming."

Then I send him to a good place; although there is "coming" without "returning," this is still "going."

Isn't this reciprocity?

Isn't this exactly the Jianghu rule?

As for rules like hidden arrows and blades drawn, Li Banfeng doesn't understand them for the time being.

The watermelon person who entered the woodshed saw Li Banfeng and raised his knife to hack.

Li Banfeng picked up a shovel, opened a hole in the watermelon person's stomach, reached his hand into the wound, and grabbed a handful of watermelon pulp.

That's right, it was watermelon pulp, bright red, with watermelon seeds.

The watermelon person didn't know pain and continued to hack with his knife.

Li Banfeng smeared the watermelon pulp on his face, emitting the smell of watermelon.

The watermelon person raised his knife and continued to hack.

Not effective!

It really wasn't effective. During the day, Yu Nan's people fought the watermelon people, and their bodies were stained with a lot of watermelon juice, but the watermelon people didn't go easy on them.

Smearing it on the face is useless; you must eat the watermelon pulp, and the watermelon smell must be emitted from the inside out.

Fortunately, this watermelon person could take a beating, but he wasn't very good at fighting. With Li Banfeng's skills, it was enough to deal with him.

During the fight, Li Banfeng grabbed another handful of watermelon pulp and swallowed it into his stomach.

This watermelon was very sweet, but also very astringent; Li Banfeng barely swallowed it.

The watermelon person raised his knife to hack again. Li Banfeng was startled; the watermelon had already been eaten, why was it still not effective?

Didn't eat enough?

Li Banfeng dodged the watermelon person's knife, grabbed another large handful of watermelon pulp from the watermelon person's wound, and stuffed it into his mouth.

It was too hard to eat; why was it so astringent? It made Li Banfeng sweat profusely.

The watermelon person sniffed and smelled the watermelon smell on Li Banfeng, the watermelon smell from the inside out. The knife swung in mid-air and stopped.

"Watermelon people" don't harm watermelons.

Li Banfeng opened his Personal Residence, turned his hand, and stuffed the key deep into the watermelon person's stomach, stuffing it very deep.

Li Banfeng disappeared, and the watermelon person carried his machete and left the woodshed silently.

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