Chapter 689

Li Li Banfeng was sleeping soundly on the sofa when a woman walked up, took a blanket, and covered Li Li Banfeng with it.

Her movements were very light, but after covering him with the blanket, she deliberately touched Li Li Banfeng's face.

Li Li Banfeng opened his eyes slightly. In the haze, he could only barely see the woman's silhouette.

She had a slender figure, slightly thin, and a soft waist swaying gently in front of Li Li Banfeng.

Li Li Banfeng smiled, suddenly pulled out a sickle from his side, pointed it at the woman, and shouted: "Who are you?"

"What are you doing?" Did Honglian touched Li Li Banfeng's hand gently with a lotus leaf.

Li Li Banfeng blinked and looked carefully.

The one who covered him with the blanket wasn't a woman; it was Did Honglian.

The slender woman he saw just now was Did Honglian's swaying lotus leaf.

Did Honglian felt a bit aggrieved: "I was afraid you'd catch a cold, so I kindly covered you with a blanket. Why are you drawing a knife on me?"

Li Li Banfeng put away the sickle and searched around his body.

Did Honglian asked: "What are you looking for?"

"Looking for the pocket watch."

"You mean Meng De? She was sent by you to serve Zhao Zhao Xiaowan."

Li Li Banfeng rubbed his forehead and woke up the projector: "Use the phone to see what time it is."

The projector yawned and took a look: "Eight o'clock in the morning."

Li Li Banfeng tidied his clothes, washed his face, and prepared to go out.

Did Honglian asked: "Where are you going?"

"To work!" Li Li Banfeng said, "The Dark Star Bureau starts work at 8:30. If you're late, your wages will be deducted."

This was clearly a joke. Did Honglian laughed: "I don't think you're in a hurry to go to work; you're going to check the stairwell, right?"

Li Li Banfeng held Did Honglian on the table and stroked her lotus heart gently: "Ah Did Did Honglian, did you see my encounter in the warehouse yesterday?"

"I saw it. It's best not to go to that warehouse. The Little Train is injured and asleep; I don't know when he'll wake up. If you encounter the Old Train again, no one will be able to save you."

Li Li Banfeng touched the seven holes on the lotus heart one by one and asked softly: "You are knowledgeable, can you tell me what mystery is in that warehouse?"

Did Honglian turned her lotus heart and sucked Li Li Banfeng's fingers in: "This isn't something that can be explained in a few words. The Old Train is an Industrial Cultivation Master. If that warehouse was made by him, it must have high spirituality. If the spirituality reaches a certain level, the warehouse has countless changes.

Just like this house of ours, you've lived here for three full years. Do you dare say you've truly seen through the mysteries in this house?"

Li Li Banfeng pulled his fingers out and touched the lotus leaves: "As long as I find the mechanism, perhaps I can find a way to control the walls."

Did Honglian wrapped Li Li Banfeng's wrist with her lotus leaves: "Little Nine is a smart woman, but she is not an industrial cultivator after all. In her eyes,

if it's an industrial technique, it must have a mechanism.

Her cognition of industrial cultivation is limited to this. Still, the same sentence: the Little Train was made by the Old Train. You tell me where his mechanism is?

A person must see their own weight clearly. Nine has always been arrogant and speaks big words casually, which doesn't matter. But you've been rolling in the Inner Continent; you must know what is deep and what is shallow.

Rushing into a dragon's den and tiger's lair all by yourself, do you think you can retreat unscathed every time? If there's even one slip-up, this life will be lost. If you ask me, don't go to that building ever again."

Li Li Banfeng moved his hand back to the lotus heart: "Flower Nine, are you being so tender to me today?"

Did Honglian tightened her lotus leaves, wrapping Li Li Banfeng's hand tightly: "It doesn't count as being tender to you; I'm just worried that if something happens to you, I'll be trapped here and never get out again.

You spent so much effort in the stairwell, it's nothing more than wanting to figure out the origin of the boundary line, right? I didn't say that wrong, did I?"

Li Li Banfeng nodded: "You understand me quite well."

Did Honglian laughed: "In this family, besides Zhao Zhao Xiaowan, who else can understand you better than me? She risked her life to study the boundary line, isn't it also to please you?"

Li Li Banfeng smiled: "Do you also feel that the Dark Star Bureau is related to the boundary line?"

Did Honglian said: "The boundary line is in the hands of the Inner Continent, and the boundary line also appeared in that warehouse yesterday. There is definitely a connection here.

It's just that I really don't know why you put so much effort into the boundary line. You have status and position in both the Inner Continent and the Outer Continent; why bother for the Star Fall Continent? It's better to live your own carefree life."

Li Li Banfeng shrugged his eyebrows: "What you said makes sense. I'll consider it carefully."

Walking to the main room, the whole family was still asleep. In the Portable Residence, there was no day or night, and everyone didn't have the habit of getting up early. Now that Meng De wasn't home,

who knew when they would wake up from this sleep.

Li Li Banfeng was about to walk to the entrance when Xiang Xiang Hongying carried a washbasin, yawning as she chased after him: "Seven, pour out the wash water."

"Why are you so diligent today!" Li Li Banfeng took the basin.

"What are you saying, Seven? Which day am I not diligent? I am the house spirit, I must keep the house clean."

That's true, house spirits all love cleanliness. With the Lady not at home, the matter of cleaning the room naturally had to be handed to Xiang Xiang Hongying.

After pouring out the wash water and returning the basin, Li Li Banfeng looked at Xiang Xiang Hongying.

House spirits all love cleanliness...

This matter seemed to have been ignored.

Li Li Banfeng had just left when the fifth girl's figure appeared on the wall.

"Senior, I really can't learn your scheming. Covering him with a blanket, I thought you were letting him sleep a while longer, but actually, you were telling him to get up.

You advised him not to go to the Dark Star Bureau, but you revealed secrets related to the boundary line. In this way, he will want to get to the bottom of it even more.

Senior, your methods are so brilliant, can you teach me a trick or two?"

Did Honglian looked at the fifth girl: "He is just like this; he definitely wants to do what he wants to do. The fire has already been lit,

I'm just adding some firewood.

Instead of grinding your teeth here with me, you'd better do something serious. Don't forget what I told you."

Arriving at the Dark Star Bureau, Li Li Banfeng locked the office door, brewed a pot of tea, and poured a few cups: "Everyone, don't be polite, let's chat while we drink."

Li Banfeng B held a teacup and made a gesture of drinking tea: "I reckon this tea is quite good. If I could use this body for two days, I would definitely have to taste it properly."

Li Li Banfeng continued: "I invited everyone out today mainly for one thing. We were a bit reckless in investigating the stairwell before. Regarding the next steps, I want to further improve the plan to minimize risks as much as possible."

Li Banfeng B said angrily: "If we don't go, there's no risk."

Li Li Banfeng shook his head: "We have to go."

Li Banfeng B said again: "Go find He He Haiqin, make a deal, and get his information. We can avoid a lot of risks."

Li Li Banfeng shook his head: "I will never make a deal with He He Haiqin."

Li Banfeng B said: "Then what are your plans?"

Li Li Banfeng said: "My idea is that we cannot concentrate our actions. We should establish a vanguard unit to conduct tentative investigations on key areas to avoid the entire army being wiped out due to accidents."

Li Banfeng B went silent.

Li Li Banfeng scanned the crowd: "Does anyone have any opinions?"

Li Banfeng Zi said: "The Sage says, Li Banfeng B is most suitable to be the vanguard!"

Li Banfeng B kicked Li Banfeng Zi: "Which sage said that?"

After careful discussion, the Banfengs decided to establish a vanguard unit. The vanguard unit consisted of Li Banfeng B alone.

Li Banfeng B asked Li Li Banfeng: "Why can't you consider making a deal with He He Haiqin? He He Haisheng has been in our hands, and he's of no use."

Li Li Banfeng shook his head: "I reckon He He Haiqin hasn't grasped any information of great value at all. Even if he had, he wouldn't tell me easily."

He He Haiqin was inspecting the venue in Chu Yaoqian's territory. Today he was going to hold an important meeting. The thirteen local gods who agreed to form an alliance with him would officially join the Hand and Foot Alliance at this meeting.

For this meeting, He He Haiqin specifically built a meeting hall in Chu Yaoqian's territory and had Chu Yaoqian make land reclamation arrangements in advance, keeping all three-headed people busy with reclamation and as far away from the meeting hall as possible.

Chu Yaoqian did things very seriously, and there were no loopholes at the venue.

He He Haiqin sat next to the conference table and repeated the speech draft once more.

"Today we gather here for our own dignity and respect! From now on, we will no longer be controlled by others. The brothers and sisters of the Hand and Foot Alliance will stand tall and, with the friendship of hand and foot bones and blood, fight for a world that belongs to us!"

After the rehearsal was almost done, He He Haiqin looked at the restless Zou Zou Guoming: "Seeing Datou, what happened?"

Seeing Datou said: "News just came from the Outer Continent; they still haven't found the whereabouts of the Third Master. Relying on ourselves, I'm afraid we won't be able to find the Third Master. It seems this matter can only wait for Li Seven to loosen his mouth."

He He Haiqin shook his head: "Li Seven won't loosen his mouth; he won't make a deal with me at all."

Seeing Datou couldn't understand: "Then why did you bring this up with him?"

He He Haiqin said: "I brought up this deal with him to keep him in the Outer Continent for the time being."

Seeing Datou was surprised: "You predicted he would stay at the Dark Star Bureau to investigate this matter?"

He He Haiqin smiled: "I wouldn't dare say predicted, but at least I'm ninety percent sure. We went to the Dark Star Bureau once. Although we didn't save the Third Uncle, the matter caused a huge stir. There are such important things in the Dark Star Bureau; how could Li Seven easily give up?"

Seeing Datou lowered his voice: "It's a pity we discovered too few things. If we could grasp more clues, perhaps we could make Li Seven cooperate with us."

He He Haiqin handed Seeing Datou a cigarette: "Brother, no matter how many clues we grasp, Li Seven won't cooperate with us. Even if I saw the full picture of the entire Dark Star Bureau, Li Seven wouldn't believe me.

He is the head of the Dark Star Bureau; he has enough opportunity and time to investigate the entire incident. He only believes in the results of his own investigation.

The current situation is already quite good for us. He stays in the Outer Continent, so he has no opportunity to ruin our affairs; otherwise, we wouldn't even be able to hold today's meeting."

Seeing Datou shook his head: "That wouldn't go that far; there are still ways to deal with him."

He He Haiqin smiled bitterly: "What way do you have to deal with him? Do you know how many of our affairs he ruined? Do you know a person named Gu Gu Wuyan?"

Seeing Datou actually recognized Gu Gu Wuyan: "Old Duan and I looked for him once. He is a rap master. I was so angry at him that I didn't eat for a day. When I ascend to the Cloud-Ascending level in the future, I must teach him a lesson."

He He Haiqin sighed: "Gu Gu Wuyan's words are annoying, but at least there was something to talk about before. Now there's nothing to talk about, because Li Seven has already given him the contract."

Seeing Datou frowned: "When did this happen?"

He He Haiqin said: "Just these past few days. Now Gu Gu Wuyan is promoting everywhere, saying that Li Seven is magnanimous and gave him the contract after just one meeting. Quite a few local gods privately want to follow Li Seven. We work hard, how can we withstand him stirring things up like this? Letting him stay in the Outer Continent for a few more days is also quite good."

Seeing Datou thought for a moment: "When Li Seven finishes investigating the matter, he will definitely return to the Star Fall Continent."

"How could it be so easy to investigate?" He He Haiqin lit the cigarette and took a puff, "But we really must hurry. Before he comes back to make trouble, we must get things done as soon as possible."

At 7:00 PM, thirteen local gods arrived one after another. After exchanging pleasantries, they took their seats, and He He Haiqin scanned the crowd.

As a thief cultivator above the Cloud-Ascending level, He He Haiqin could see many things from the expressions of different people.

These thirteen local gods had all signed contracts with He He Haiqin. People like the agricultural cultivator Zhuang Jiahan didn't need to worry too much. Having signed the contract, he would definitely fulfill it. Coming today was just to go through the motions.

But people like the blade cultivator Qiu Qiu Sandao, sitting loosely, with a lazy expression, although there was a smile on his face, it was a fake smile, and he drank tea from time to time. This proved there were variables here.

And there was the smoke cultivator Han Han Huozui, with gloomy eyes and disdain on his face, seemingly having prepared to break the contract.

There were spells on the contract; were they not afraid that He He Haiqin would take ruthless action if they broke the contract?

They were of course afraid, but it depended on the angle from which they broke the contract.

If they could bite He He Haiqin and say he didn't handle things according to the contract, the spells on the contract might not necessarily take effect.

Even if they couldn't bite He He Haiqin, as long as they could lead others at the venue to put pressure on He He Haiqin, he really didn't believe He He Haiqin could curse and kill all these people.

Besides the local gods, Duan Duan Shuqun and Xiao Qian Xiao Qian Xiangjun were also at the venue. Seeing Datou and Shen Shen Rongqing were responding outside the venue. There was also an old gentleman, wearing glasses, wearing a blue-green gown, holding paper and pen, not knowing what he was doing.

He He Haiqin glanced at him, and the old man smiled: "I am from the Hand and Foot Alliance, and Miss Shen asked me to come and take notes."

Shen Shen Rongqing always did these redundant things. What use could taking notes have for this kind of meeting?

He He Haiqin was a bit dissatisfied but couldn't flare up. Shen Shen Rongqing just had this habit; she wanted everything to be written down on paper.

Fine, in the future when the empire takes shape, this record should be considered a historical document.

The meeting began. Before He He Haiqin finished reading the speech draft, he was interrupted by the smoke cultivator Han Han Huozui: "I say He Haiqin, can you say something practical? Don't keep talking about the world and dignity. If you don't give us the contract, how can we have dignity? Our lives are in your hands, how can we talk about the world?"

He He Haiqin wasn't annoyed and said with a smile: "Brother Han, wasn't the matter of the contract already settled? Once everyone officially joins the Hand and Foot Alliance, it will be returned to its owner immediately."

Han Han Huozui inserted a cigarette into the cigarette holder. Between puffs of smoke, he said slowly: "We have to make things clear. You said after joining the Hand and Foot Alliance, but when exactly is that? Is it in three days, a month, or eight or ten years? Is there a definite number?"

Before He He Haiqin could speak, Shen Shen Rongqing entered the meeting room, came to He He Haiqin's side, and whispered in his ear: "Chu Chu Huaiyuan brought people to the territory, saying they are coming for land reclamation."

Chu Chu Huaiyuan came at this time?

He He Haiqin looked at the expressions of the local gods. Some were staring at He He Haiqin, some were looking at Han Han Huozui, and a few were whispering to each other.

Were they in contact with Chu Chu Huaiyuan?

Or were they in contact with Chu Chu Huaiyuan's father, Chu Shaoqiang?

He He Haiqin left the meeting hall and said to Shen Shen Rongqing in a low voice: "You and Seeing Datou go together, find an excuse to delay Chu Chu Huaiyuan, and don't let her get close to the meeting hall."

Shen Shen Rongqing was about to leave when He He Haiqin called her back: "Call Old Duan to go together. I'm afraid Seeing Datou won't be calm. Remember, absolutely don't hurt Chu Chu Huaiyuan."

Chu Er was the disciple of the Bitter Old Woman. He He Haiqin didn't want to fall out with the Bitter Old Woman over this matter.

Shen Shen Rongqing called Duan Duan Shuqun, and the two left the meeting hall together.

Duan Duan Shuqun complained: "Why find someone to take notes? He Haiqin doesn't like this."

"Ah? Is that so?" Shen Shen Rongqing didn't understand. Who found someone to take notes?

The dispute at the venue was fierce. No matter how He He Haiqin explained, Han Han Huozui just wouldn't let go of one principle: "He Haiqin, give us a definite answer. When will you give us the contract?"

He He Haiqin said: "Didn't I just say, when we are all twisted into a rope, the contract will naturally be returned to everyone."

Han Han Huozui changed a cigarette in the cigarette holder, his tone changed, and his expression changed: "We have even signed the contract with you, doesn't that count as being twisted into a rope? We treat you with sincerity, but you can't just be fake with us, right?

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The blade cultivator Qiu Qiu Sandao nodded: "I think Old Han's words make sense. Those who haven't signed the contract should be guarded against. We have signed the contract, yet you still don't trust us?

Look at how Li Seven does things, he's quite practical. Gu Gu Wuyan signed a contract with Li Seven and got the contract on the spot. We haven't even seen what the contract looks like yet!"

Once these words were said, the people around responded one after another.

"Gu Gu Wuyan has been beaming with joy these past two days, showing off whenever he sees someone."

"Why wouldn't he show off? He has the real thing! Seventh Master is truly getting things done!"

"Seventh Master is the Prince of the Inner Continent. When he says he'll get the contract, he really can get it!"

"Who here has gotten it? I heard that only Chu Yaoqian got the contract. They slept in the same bed."

"We don't even know where our contract is, and now that we've joined the Hand and Foot Alliance, we've offended Seventh Master. What is this for?"

Chu Yaoqian's face turned red.

Even the most honest Zhuang Jiahan wasn't convinced inside and joined the others in discussing it.

The old gentleman responsible for taking notes waved his hand: "Everyone, stop arguing."

He He Haiqin frowned. How could he have a say here?

The smoke cultivator Han Han Huozui looked at the old gentleman: "What are you doing? You say stop arguing and we stop arguing? Do we have to listen to your orders?"

The old gentleman shook his head: "I wouldn't dare order you all. I'm old, my hands are slow. You all said so many things at once, I can't write it down."

The blade cultivator Qiu Qiu Sandao laughed: "If you can't write it down, why don't you quit this job? Is the Hand and Foot Alliance all people like you? Specifically coming out to lose face?"

This sentence implicated He He Haiqin and the entire Hand and Foot Alliance.

The old gentleman sighed: "I've made you all laugh. If I wrote it sloppily, I could barely keep up, but for such an important meeting, I feel it's better to write it neatly."

Han Han Huozui spat smoke at the old gentleman: "I don't recognize many characters. What do you call sloppy? What do you call neat? Can you tell me?"

He was just looking for an opportunity to pick a fight, and this old gentleman had stoked his fire.

The old gentleman explained patiently: "Omitting some strokes is sloppy. Let's compare, this 'kill' character, if written simply, can be written as 'kill'. If written even simpler, one horizontal stroke is enough."

Han Han Huozui laughed: "You really think I don't recognize characters? Does one horizontal stroke read as 'kill'?"

"Doesn't it?" The old gentleman held his pen and wrote a horizontal stroke in the air.

Han Han Huozui's eyes narrowed. There was a "horizontal stroke" on his neck.

That "horizontal stroke" bled, penetrating to the back of his head, and Han Han Huozui's head fell off on the spot.

A group of local gods were scared silly. Before they could react, the old gentleman looked at Qiu Qiu Sandao: "You just said I couldn't eat this bowl of rice? I just wrote a bit slowly, and you smashed my rice bowl?"

Qiu Qiu Sandao hurriedly activated his blade cultivation technique, and a wave of invisible blades rushed toward the old gentleman.

The old gentleman wrote a "slash" for Qiu Qiu Sandao, and all the invisible blades dissipated. This "slash" fell from his forehead to his chin, leaving a mark on Qiu Qiu Sandao's face.

Half of Qiu Qiu Sandao's head was cut off, but he still sat in the chair, maintaining his previous loose and lazy sitting posture.

The remaining local gods stood up one after another, wanting to escape, but found that dense characters had appeared on the walls.

These characters detached from the wall one by one and slowly surrounded everyone.

The old gentleman sat in front of the conference table and sighed: "Look, you all said so many things, I've written them all down. This is not easy."

A local god wanted to crash through the wall and get out, but before he could touch the wall, his body was penetrated by a "contract" character.

The "contract" character had many strokes, cutting this local god into fine pieces of flesh and blood, which scattered all over the floor.

There was another local god who wanted to fight the old gentleman to the death, but before he could get close, a "fire" character circled around him, burning him into ashes.

The agricultural cultivator Zhuang Jiahan saw he couldn't escape and knelt on the ground, begging the old gentleman for mercy: "Grandpa, please spare my life. I will listen to whatever you say. I will listen to He Master from now on."

"Listen to He Master?" The old gentleman smiled, "Where is He Master?"

Zhuang Jiahan looked back, but He He Haiqin wasn't in his seat. He couldn't find He He Haiqin's figure in the entire meeting hall.

"You, you looked at the wrong person." The old gentleman sighed.

Zhuang Jiahan ran for his life. He had only run two steps when a "He" character penetrated his body.

Zhuang Jiahan felt a chill in his body and watched with his own eyes as his flesh and blood fell to the ground, piece by piece.

He He Haiqin ran out of the meeting hall, sprinted for dozens of meters, and suddenly saw a "thief" character appear in front of him.

He He Haiqin didn't rush to dodge. He knew he was surrounded. In front, behind, left, right, above, and below, there was a "thief" character approaching him.

He held something tightly in his left hand and stretched out his right hand. With the ring on his finger, he drew a line on the "thief" character. In a very short time, the "thief" character was divided into a "shell" character and a "weapon" character. Taking advantage of the space he had stolen, He He Haiqin rushed out through the gap.

Running for more than ten miles, He He Haiqin was surrounded by thousands of "thief" characters more than ten times, but he could always use the stolen space to successfully escape time and time again.

Running near a small river, He He Haiqin stopped. He saw the old gentleman lighting an oil lamp and sitting by the river reading a book.

He He Haiqin bowed and saluted: "Senior, what offense have I committed?"

The old gentleman smiled: "Back then you went to Chaoge to steal the contract and were caught once. At that time, you almost lost your life. How much time has passed since then, and you dare to go to Chaoge to steal again? You truly deserve to be the disciple of Laughing Thousand Hands. You are truly too greedy."

A "greedy" character flew over. He He Haiqin waved his right arm, trying to use the ring to separate the "greedy" character and find a way out for himself.

But this time he didn't succeed. The old gentleman had written this "greedy" character in cursive; the "today" and "shell" couldn't be separated, and the other strokes were written with powerful force, making them even more impossible to dismantle.

The character stuck to He He Haiqin's chest. He He Haiqin bled, and the wound was deep enough to see the bone.

He was still struggling, trying his best to dodge the trajectory of the "greedy" character.

After circling for a long time, the spirituality of this "greedy" character was stolen by He He Haiqin, and the character turned into ink and fell to the ground.

He He Haiqin held his chest with his right hand and still held something tightly in his left hand.

The old gentleman asked: "What are you holding in your hand?"

He He Haiqin didn't answer.

The old gentleman dipped his hand in the river water and wrote an "open" character in the air.

He He Haiqin's left hand was forced to open his palm by invisible force.

In his palm was a bitter vegetable.

The old gentleman smiled: "Bitter Old Woman, how many years has it been since we last met?"

A woman's voice came from afar: "Shu Wanjuan, you are a Marquis in the Inner Continent, how could I, a commoner, be able to see you?"

"Regardless of today's status, the old camaraderie is still there," Shu Wanjuan waved at the Bitter Old Woman, "Come over and have a word."

PS: Extra chapter at midnight tonight. Thank you to all the readers for your deep friendship.