Chapter 71: Hanging Bag Under the Tree

Li Li Banfeng practiced the Iron Ruler for two hours and felt he had gained some insight.

The phonograph also encouraged him repeatedly: "Husband, a good man has ambitions in a thousand miles; why stay at home? Hurry up and go out to buy vegetables!"

Is going out to buy vegetables the mark of a good man?

Li Li Banfeng opened his pocket watch and looked; it was already 10:00 AM. It was indeed time to go out and take a look.

Returning to Yu Family Village, Li Li Banfeng first went to have lunch with Old Zhu, then decided to walk around the new land.

A Traveling Cultivator had to walk fifty miles every day. Although he had walked a relatively long distance yesterday and over-fulfilled the task, in the jargon of cultivators, this was accumulating time.

But even if time was abundant, it shouldn't be wasted on daily cultivation.

Old Zhu couldn't persuade Li Li Banfeng and could only tell him the taboos of the new land: "Boss Li, don't cut down trees, don't pull up grass, don't hurt the birds and beasts in the forest,

don't eat the fruits in the forest, and don't drink the water in the forest. If you encounter people you don't understand or things you can't figure out, come back quickly.

You walked this way once when you came to the new land; try to follow the original path as much as possible. Be sure to be extra careful."

Advice should be listened to, but the original path couldn't be followed. Constantly going back and forth on one route wasn't conducive to the accumulation of cultivation.

Relying on the Traveling Cultivator's technique of seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster, Li Li Banfeng tried his best to walk in places that weren't too dangerous.

But in the new land, there weren't many places that weren't dangerous.

Within three miles of Yu Family Village, the walk was still smooth.

Beyond the three-mile range, Li Li Banfeng felt danger approaching from time to time. Goosebumps rose layer after layer, and he couldn't help but shiver every two steps. The Traveling Cultivator's technique of seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster was constantly warning Li Li Banfeng.

After walking nearly ten miles, Li Li Banfeng realized that his basic cultivation for today was enough.

Should he go back now?

Going back was going back. Taking a walk in the afternoon and then going back for a nap was a very reasonable arrangement.

Li Li Banfeng changed direction, preparing to return along the original path, when he suddenly heard someone speaking in a tree:

"Brother, is that you!"

Whose voice?

He He Jiaqing?

Li Li Banfeng looked up silently.

He saw a silk thread, as thick as a finger and nearly transparent, hanging down from the tree.

Following the silk thread upward, Li Li Banfeng saw a huge "bamboo basket" sliding slowly down the silk thread.

Was this a bamboo basket?

It was pitch black and airtight, seemingly woven from tree branches, covered with leaves, blocking every gap.

The opening of the bamboo basket faced directly downward, right above Li Li Banfeng's head.

The silk thread entered the bamboo basket from the opening and passed out from the end, hanging on the tree.

A man's voice came from the bamboo basket: "Brother, you finally came."

When he heard this voice for the first time, Li Li Banfeng was a bit moved; he thought he had encountered He He Jiaqing.

When he heard this sentence again, Li Li Banfeng found that the voice had a big difference from He He Jiaqing's voice. It was just because the other party was inside the "bamboo basket," the voice was a bit muffled, and it was slightly similar to He He Jiaqing's low and hoarse vocal cords.

Li Li Banfeng looked at the bamboo basket and didn't perceive any danger. He asked calmly: "Why do you call me brother? Did you mistake me for someone else?"

The bamboo basket hovered in mid-air. After waiting for a moment, another voice came from inside: "Child, is that you?"

The voice was hoarse and gentle, like a white-haired old mother.

Li Li Banfeng was very good at imitating women's voices, but this time, he didn't hear any trace of imitation.

Could there be another person in the bamboo basket?

Although there was still no danger perceived, Li Li Banfeng decided to leave immediately.

He hadn't forgotten the instructions from the coachman.

If the other party's level was higher than his own, he might not be able to perceive the other party's malice.

Li Li Banfeng had just taken a step forward when the silk thread suddenly shot out of the bamboo basket and wrapped around Li Li Banfeng's legs.

Li Li Banfeng was tripped by the silk thread and lay on his back on the ground.

He tried to struggle twice, but the silk thread was very strong, and his legs couldn't break free.

Li Li Banfeng didn't rashly use his hands to pull the silk thread. If his hands were also trapped, he would have no possibility of escaping.

He put both hands into his pockets, and his right hand first took out a pair of Mandarin Duck Axes.

The strange weapon formed by two intersecting crescents had very sharp edges.

But Li Li Banfeng tried several times, and the Mandarin Duck Axes couldn't cut the silk thread.

The huge bamboo basket descended slowly, shaking slowly.

Another voice came from the "bamboo basket," the voice gentle and delicate: "Husband, you're here?"

This was the voice of a young woman, and again, there was no trace of imitation.

"You really mistook me for someone else." Li Li Banfeng responded calmly, immediately put away the Mandarin Duck Axes, and took out the Iron Ruler.

The Iron Ruler had no edges, but the sharp spikes were very sharp.

The bamboo basket continued to descend, shaking more and more violently.

A human face slowly emerged at the opening of the bamboo basket. It was the face of a young woman, with very handsome features. Silk threads as thick as a finger emerged from her lips and spread downward.

So this silk thread was coming out of her mouth.

This reminded Li Li Banfeng of a special kind of worm, a worm that hung itself on a tree with silk threads.

What was this worm called?

It seemed to be called a bagworm.

Could this woman be a bagworm?

A silk thread ran through her body. One exit was her mouth; where was the other exit?

What was this bamboo basket?

It was the bagworm's cocoon!

The cocoon was still moving slowly, and a human face slowly crawled out of the cocoon amidst the wriggling.

With long black hair hanging down to Li Li Banfeng's face, the exquisite-looking woman looked down at Li Li Banfeng and asked with a confused voice while holding the silk thread: "Did I guess wrong three times?"

"Yes, all wrong." Li Li Banfeng's brow relaxed, revealing a smile. He clenched the Iron Ruler in his right hand and stabbed it toward the woman's forehead.

Traveling Cultivator speed was fast. Li Li Banfeng, who hadn't left the residence for long, was at the peak of his physical strength.

This stab was fast and accurate. Just as the Iron Ruler's sharp spike was about to hit the woman's forehead, another worm silk suddenly stretched out from the bamboo basket and wrapped around Li Li Banfeng's arm.

More worm silk?

Where did this worm silk come from?

The cocoon swayed back and forth, the amplitude getting larger and larger. A human head with short hair squeezed out of the cocoon's opening with difficulty.

Thick eyebrows, big eyes, thick lips—this was a man with distinct angles. He held the worm silk in his mouth, looked down at Li Li Banfeng, and asked: "Really all guessed wrong?"

"I didn't lie to you; they were all wrong." Li Li Banfeng took his left hand out of his pocket.

Before Li Li Banfeng could open his palm, another worm silk wrapped tightly around his entire left arm.

Inside the cocoon, a white-haired human head squeezed past the other two heads, bit the worm silk, and stretched out with all its might.

It was an old lady with a face full of wrinkles.

Were these three worms squeezed into one cocoon?

Or was it one worm that had grown three heads?

The old lady had no teeth, held the worm silk in her mouth, and laughed at Li Li Banfeng: "I guessed wrong. It's your turn. You guess, who am I?"

Li Li Banfeng blinked and asked: "What if I guess wrong?"

The woman replied: "Then we'll eat you."

Li Li Banfeng asked again: "What if I guess right?"

The man replied: "Then you'll live with us."

Damn it, this is not giving a way to live!

Li Li Banfeng used all his strength on his left hand and struggled with all his might.

The old lady bit the worm silk and wrapped it tighter and tighter.

"What are you holding in your hand? It must be something very fun. Let me see, hurry up and let me see! Hehehe~" The old lady bit the worm silk and made a strange laugh.

Under the pull of the worm silk, Li Li Banfeng's left hand slowly opened.

In his hand wasn't the personal key, but a glove, and on the glove lay a rusty red pill.

The old lady wanted to use the worm silk to roll up the pill, but the moment the worm silk touched the rust pill, the rust spread rapidly on the worm silk.

The speed of the spread was so fast that even Li Li Banfeng was surprised; it was faster than the rust pill corroding the iron cigarette case.

Was the rust pill so restrictive to worm silk?

This was truly an unexpected joy.

The rust spots spread on all the worm silk, and the strong worm silk quickly became loose and brittle. Li Li Banfeng quickly broke free from the worm silk.

The three human heads in the cocoon also bit off the worm silk.

They had to bite it off; the rust spots were crawling onto the worm silk and almost drilled into their mouths.

The three human heads spat out the worm silk and rushed toward Li Li Banfeng together.

This time Li Li Banfeng was prepared. He rolled on the ground, dodged the worm silk, turned around, and stabbed the Iron Ruler into the man's temple.

The man let out a mournful cry, and the other two heads also perceived the pain and wailed along with the man.

Li Li Banfeng raised his hand again and threw the rust pill into the cocoon.

The expressions of the three human heads twisted simultaneously, perceiving unbearable pain, and they all shrank back into the cocoon.

Before long, the young daughter-in-law's head stretched out of the cocoon, her handsome face covered in rust spots.

For a moment, Li Li Banfeng really wanted to take this cocoon into his personal residence, feed the soul to his wife, and see what kind of thing the Copper Lotus could refine from the corpse.

But after hesitating for a moment, Li Li Banfeng still left.

Li Li Banfeng didn't know what the situation was with these three worms. If the rust pill couldn't subdue them, Li Li Banfeng might have to stay here and keep them company.

This was the new land.

Li Li Banfeng finally understood why five out of six people died when reclaiming wasteland for three days!

Li Li Banfeng didn't think much more and

Li Li Banfeng did not think any further and ran back to Yu Family Village with all his might.

Walking beneath a massive banyan tree, he suddenly saw the canopy tremble, and another cluster of silk threads fell before his eyes.

Li Li Banfeng retreated rapidly, dodging the silk threads, and a cold sweat broke out all over him.

Did those three bugs come after him?

Was the Rust Pellet ineffective?

A woman's voice came from above the canopy; it was not the old lady, nor was it that young wife.

"My children only wanted to play with you for a while, why did you hurt them?"

A middle-aged woman's face emerged from the canopy.

Was this the mother of those three bugs?

Sha! Sha! Sha!

The dense leaves rustled, and a massive body slithered between the leaves.

Li Li Banfeng changed direction; he wanted to bypass this tree.

Boom!

With a muffled sound, the woman fell from the tree.

She had a human face and a human head.

But she had no neck; behind the human head was a fat, bloated, emerald-green body.

This was a green worm, crawling on the ground, a worm that was a head taller than Li Li Banfeng.

"Don't go, stay and be my child."

Ripples undulated across the worm's body as it crawled toward Li Li Banfeng.

PS: Yumian Shala spat out bug silk and entangled the reader; don't go, stay and talk to me!

(End of chapter)