Chapter 769

Li Li Banfeng agreed to A-Yu's price: "I'll go to the old train right now and see what the situation is with the television."

"Little brother, you must be careful! Big sister wishes you success!" A-Yu's voice was loud, her words slurred; she was likely eating pastries again.

Li Li Banfeng was quite dissatisfied: "Don't just help me with your words; at least lend a hand."

"Still need me to lend a hand? You're really picky. Which hand do you want big sister to lend?"

"You need to tell me where the old train is."

"This isn't lending a hand; this is using big sister's eyes and ears. Let me see where this old thing is hiding." A-Yu searched for a long time, then said to Li Li Banfeng, "You go first."

Li Li Banfeng sensed the fortune; the sixth floor was a place of great auspiciousness. Just as he was about to set off, A-Yu added, "Little brother, don't go to the sixth floor yet; that old guy seems to have run off."

After waiting a moment longer, A-Yu said, "Go to the seventeenth floor and take a look."

The seventeenth floor was also a place of great auspiciousness. Li Li Banfeng stepped toward the stairs, but was stopped by A-Yu again: "Wait a moment, he's not on the seventeenth floor; he's run off again."

Li Li Banfeng frowned and said, "Big sister, can we be a bit more decisive in our work?"

"I want to be decisive with you too, but the key is that this old man, Eighteen-Wheels, is too useless. Last time he reunited with himself, I don't know how many good things he lost. Now, he doesn't even dare to meet me."

The Artificer-cultivator old train's strength seemed greatly reduced; it no longer had the ability to go head-to-head with A-Yu.

Based on this, taking the television from its hands shouldn't be a particularly difficult task.

A-Yu heard the sound again: "It's on the thirty-sixth floor, no mistake!"

The thirty-sixth floor was the top floor.

Li Li Banfeng sensed it, and it was also highly auspicious.

"Big sister, there's definitely no mistake this time, right?"

"Definitely no mistake. Little brother, absolutely do not be reckless; Eighteen-Wheels is not easy to deal with after all."

Li Li Banfeng left.

A few footsteps could be heard from cell number six.

A-Yu sighed softly: "Come, get up and walk around. You lie here every day like this; if one day you completely run out of breath, I might not even know.

You spend every day thinking about how to scheme against that kid, never expecting that kid to deliver himself to your door. You say, can I trust him?

You say, who else can I trust?

What should I do if he deceives me?

Even if he deceives me, I still have to help him.

He wants to attack the Bandit-Suppressing Camp, I must help him!"

Li Li Banfeng arrived at the thirty-sixth floor. Pushing open the large iron door to the stairwell, Li Li Banfeng saw bright sunshine and a vast expanse of blooming flowers.

This was a garden. Although Li Li Banfeng didn't know much about flowers, he knew that in late autumn, there shouldn't be so many flowers in bloom.

And where did the sunlight come from? Although the thirty-sixth floor was the top floor, it wasn't an open-air rooftop. It was clearly an illusion, or some other method.

Li Li Banfeng walked deeper into the garden. The layout of this garden was very complex. After walking not far, Li Li Banfeng arrived at a fork in the road with three directions to choose from.

To the left was a pine forest. The pine trees were all of the same variety, almost equal in height and thickness, with white snow hanging from the branches.

Straight ahead was a pond with a small boat on it. The pond was covered in lotus flowers, which extended to the opposite bank, where there was a dazzling array of flowers and dense fog.

To the right was a long corridor, with a wooden beam and pillar frame. The beams and pillars were covered in purple vines; some vines had flowers blooming, looking vibrant, while others had been dead for years, like ropes binding the frame.

The corridor was about eight meters wide, with wooden planks laid on the gravel path. This unique design looked somewhat familiar to Li Li Banfeng. Just as he was thinking about which path to take, the sound of a train whistle suddenly came from the corridor.

Woo— The old train is in the corridor?

The corridor turned amidst the flowers, and Li Li Banfeng couldn't see the end. He walked along the corridor, carefully sensing the direction of fortune and misfortune along the way.

There was danger, not low in degree, but within a bearable range.

The scenery of the corridor was beautiful. The deeper he went, the denser the vines became, and the more varieties of flowers there were on the vines.

But the sound and the scenery were very discordant. In a long corridor full of flowers, the whistle sound became more frequent, and he could hear the sound of the locomotive venting steam from time to time. Closing his eyes, it sounded like he had arrived at a train station.

The most twisted part was the smell: the heat of steam, the pungent machine oil, mixed with bursts of floral fragrance, blowing onto Li Li Banfeng's face with the breeze in the corridor.

Li Li Banfeng wanted to retract his "Hundred Flavors Baiwei Linglong" technique; the chaotic smells were affecting his perception.

But if he really ignored his sense of smell, between "Golden Eye Jinjing Qiuhao" and "Insightful Spiritual Sound," which judgment would be real?

Walking to the end of the corridor, Li Li Banfeng saw a curtain wall made of flowers. The heat wave disappeared, the whistle sound disappeared, the smell of machine oil disappeared, and all sensations related to the station disappeared.

But the danger was approaching.

Li Li Banfeng suddenly rose and flew into mid-air.

Almost at the same time, the curtain wall shattered, and a pitch-black steam train burst through the wall.

The train's exhaust port suddenly spewed out a large amount of steam, like a silver dragon, chasing Li Li Banfeng in the air.

Li Li Banfeng was not in a hurry to dodge; he didn't even activate his "Residential Heart Generous" technique. He charged directly toward the train, facing the steam.

There was something in this train.

Behind him, the green vines on the pillars were growing wildly. This was clearly a well-laid trap; if Li Li Banfeng had dodged the steam, he would have been entangled by the vines.

But Li Li Banfeng felt that this steam didn't need to be dodged at all. The temperature was a bit high, but not enough to hurt him. He stood calmly on the locomotive, watching the vines constantly attacking from all sides.

The vines were not fast. They looked dense, but in fact, there were many gaps. Li Li Banfeng could easily dodge them with his footwork, without even needing to use his "Carefree and Unfettered" technique.

Li Li Banfeng used his "Hundred Flavors Baiwei Linglong" technique to carefully distinguish the floral fragrance. The flowers on the vines were poisonous, but the toxicity wasn't strong enough. Even without returning to his residence, he could withstand it with his residential cultivator's physique.

All the offensives in this garden were aimed at this train.

The outer shell of this train was very hard. The Tang Dao, modified by the Red Lotus, could easily pierce through magic treasure-level armor.

He slashed the train once, leaving only a scratch.

"Is this damn thing a joke?" The Tang Dao doubted itself and also doubted its understanding of hardness.

The Sickle exclaimed: "This is the strength of the old train; it's something we can't understand at all."

Li Li Banfeng stared at the train without speaking.

He was certain that the train under his feet was definitely not the old train, although the toughness of the outer shell also surprised him a little.

He was also certain that the owner of this garden was not well-prepared. The opponent hadn't expected a strong enemy to appear. The situation was made to look grand, but the methods were very hasty.

As long as he left this train, it seemed he could shake off the siege of this garden.

But Li Li Banfeng stood on the train the whole time, observing the internal structure of the train with his "Golden Eye Jinjing Qiuhao."

The internal structure of this train was very special. He couldn't see connecting rods or pistons, and couldn't even see coal or flames. Li Li Banfeng pushed his "Golden Eye Jinjing Qiuhao" to the limit, but some places were still unclear.

The train passed through the corridor and then charged into the pond, driving from the surface all the way to the bottom.

Li Li Banfeng grabbed the train and fell into the pond water. If he let go now, he was worried the train would disappear immediately.

The pond was cold and slippery, but Li Li Banfeng's clothes didn't get wet. This water was fake and also had toxicity. Li Li Banfeng held his breath, followed the train through the pond, and leaped out of the water.

When the train rushed onto the shore, the flowers on the shore burned one after another. The train, covered in "pond water," immediately caught fire and entered the pine forest with raging flames.

The entire forest was ignited. Apart from thick smoke, there were flames everywhere. Li Li Banfeng stared at the train without blinking, concentrating all his attention on his "Golden Eye Jinjing Qiuhao."

Why couldn't he see clearly?

Why was it hidden so well?

At the end of the forest, a small mountain made of lava appeared. The train was about to crash into the mountain body.

Li Li Banfeng couldn't be bothered to look at that mountain. He had only one thought now:

What exactly is inside the train? This time, he must see it clearly!

Boom!

Li Li Banfeng stomped through the "Wan Chuan" and stepped onto the train.

If he wanted to see the other side of the mountain, he would flatten the peak; if he wanted to see what was inside the train, he would stomp through the train.

The entire garden shook because of this, and even the Dark Star Bureau building outside the garden was shaking.

A-Yu shouted: "What is this for? Making such a big commotion, how many people will this attract?"

Begonia Fruit was responsible for being on duty in the bureau. This boom really gave her a fright.

She picked up the duty phone and was about to report the situation when she suddenly discovered a stain on the handset.

When was this left behind?

When Orange returned from completing a mission, she was covered in mud and had touched Begonia Fruit's desk phone.

This girl is really careless in her work!

Begonia Fruit hurriedly took a rag to wipe the phone. After wiping for a long time, it was finally clean.

But the phone was clean, and several handprints had been left on the table by Orange.

Begonia Fruit picked up the rag and continued wiping.

A-Yu muttered: "Wipe it, girl, the cleaner the better. Hurry up and forget about what just happened."

Other departments also had duty personnel, and now they were all busy cleaning.

In the garden, after Li Li Banfeng's stomp, a hole the size of a watermelon was broken in the train's outer shell.

The lava mountain collapsed with a boom. The Teapot had already prepared its defense, ready to block the lava with a water curtain.

It had thought the scorching lava would destroy the entire garden, but unexpectedly, after the lava landed, it turned into pitch-black stones and red bricks, scattered everywhere.

Scattered along with the lava was the iron outer shell of the locomotive.

Ai ga ga ga~ Mi dang~

The locomotive also turned into a pile of black stones on the ground. Among the pile of stones, a woman clutched her chest, holding blood foam,

struggled to get up, and fought to run toward the sea of fire in the forest.

She was the key to the train because she was the source of the train's power and materials.

Li Li Banfeng recognized this woman; she was the painting cultivator Mu Yuejuan!

The lake, forest, corridor, train, and lava mountain were all painted by Mu Yuejuan. The black stones and red bricks on the ground were solidified ink and cinnabar.

The reason this train was so sturdy was that Li Li Banfeng was in Mu Yuejuan's painted world. In this world, the ink Mu Yuejuan used was the sturdiest material.

Mu Yuejuan created a sturdy train to build a hiding place for herself. This hiding place was discovered by Li Li Banfeng, so she concentrated all offensives around the train, with the goal of causing shock and damage to the invading enemy.

Although this move was used hastily, Mu Yuejuan actually had confidence in its success. First, the train was hidden very deeply. Under normal circumstances, a cautious person arriving in an unfamiliar territory wouldn't walk to the end of a single path, especially that eerie corridor; most people would turn back halfway.

Unexpectedly, Li Qi didn't turn back and kept walking forward until he discovered the train.

Discovering the train didn't matter either. Mu Yuejuan concentrated all offensives on the train, firmly believing that even if it couldn't hurt Li Qi,

it could scare Li Qi away.

But Li Qi wasn't scared away, nor was he hurt. He didn't even spend much physical strength or energy on it.

With the situation like this, Mu Yuejuan had to resort to something vicious. She used cinnabar and ink to create a lava mountain, wanting to take Li Qi for a spin in the lava.

This was a lava mountain she painted; it wouldn't burn her. Even if some lava occasionally went out of control, Mu Yuejuan's train was so sturdy that it could withstand it. But Li Qi was, after all, flesh and blood; how long could he last in the lava?

Who would have thought that Li Li Banfeng's "Stomp Through Wan Chuan" would have such great power, directly crushing the train and injuring Mu Yuejuan.

The injured Mu Yuejuan was unable to maintain the lava mountain and could only flee deep into the forest. Li Li Banfeng arrived in front of Mu Yuejuan and shouted: "Old senior, don't be in such a hurry to leave; I have no malice toward you."

Mu Yuejuan didn't allow for argument; she grabbed a handful of ink and threw it at Li Li Banfeng. Her slender fingers trembled, and she painted hundreds of black snakes with her fingers, surrounding Li Li Banfeng.

This was finger painting. Li Li Banfeng had also come into contact with some when he learned painting from Xiang Xiang Hongying. He had never seen such exquisite painting skills as Mu Yuejuan's.

Mu Yuejuan flicked her fingers without any wasted movement. A snake, from head to tail, was lifelike, even the tongue and fangs in its mouth were painted clearly.

The ink she used was poisonous, and these hundreds of black snakes were also poisonous. With Li Li Banfeng's cultivation, being bitten once wouldn't be fatal,

but his movements would inevitably be affected.

After painting the poisonous snakes, Mu Yuejuan continued to flee, but saw Li Li Banfeng disappear from the pile of poisonous snakes.

Oh no, "Galloping Horse Watching Flowers"!

Mu Yuejuan didn't go to track Li Li Banfeng's trail; she splashed a large area of ink, wanting to hide her figure.

As long as she hid, she wouldn't be watched by Li Li Banfeng, and the "Galloping Horse Watching Flowers" technique wouldn't be able to take effect.

The idea was correct, but the premise was that she had enough speed. The ink was flying in the air, and before it could fall, Mu Yuejuan had already exploded.

From the back of her head to her waist, her entire spine was blown into a bloody mess.

Having just suffered a "Stomp Through Wan Chuan" and then eating a "Galloping Horse Watching Flowers," Mu Yuejuan was not lightly injured this time, and her gait was a bit unsteady.

She waved her hand and summoned the small snakes she had painted, which stuck densely to her spine.

This was a painted world, and all things in the painting were favorable to Mu Yuejuan. These small snakes were poisonous in front of Li Qi, but became healers on Mu Yuejuan's body, capable of both stopping bleeding and healing wounds.

Taking advantage of the fact that Li Qi hadn't come yet, Mu Yuejuan ran into the forest and hid her figure.

As long as she hid for a few minutes, Mu Yuejuan could recover seven or eight percent in the painted world, and by then, she would definitely have a way to deal with Li Qi.

Her wounds were throbbing with pain. Mu Yuejuan sighed in her heart: just a short while ago, Ai Ai Yeqing had said that Li Qi had some schemes, but one shouldn't fight him head-on.

Now, looking at Li Qi's combat power, being able to beat me into such a sorry state in the painting, if one were to really fight Ai Ai Yeqing head-on, it would be hard to predict who would win or lose. To subdue Li Qi, one really had to think of a good method. "Senior, I've remembered you."

Li Qi's voice suddenly rang in her ears, and Mu Yuejuan was terrified.

What would happen if he remembered me?

Is he trying to trick me into coming out?

Absolutely must not fall for his trick.

Li Li Banfeng was also thinking about the same question at this moment. What would happen if he remembered?

The author of "Floating Clouds Asking at the Post Station" said that he himself could never remember the appearance of beautiful girls; either he forgot, or he remembered wrong.

But if he remembered, and remembered correctly, what would be the consequence?

Bang!

Mu Yuejuan exploded out of a tree.

Her clothes were tattered, and nearly half of her flesh and blood was gone.

Her left hand was blown off and fell directly into the pond.

Eighty percent of the small snakes on her back were blown to pieces, and the remaining twenty percent were blown away, some flying outside the forest.

Begonia Fruit, who was dozing off, was startled from her dream and was about to go to the stairwell to check the situation. Just as she got up, she discovered her chair was dirty.

There seemed to be a shoeprint on the chair.

Which heartless person stepped on my chair?

Begonia Fruit was annoyed and wiped it more than a dozen times.

A-Yu sighed: "Girl, wipe it. Don't run around blindly; if you run to the wrong place, you'll lose your life.

Li Qi is really something, it's just a battle, does it need such a big commotion?"

Mu Yuejuan lay on the ground, still not understanding why she had exploded again.

In the cognition of traveling cultivators in the world, the technique of "Galloping Horse Watching Flowers" is divided into three steps.

The first step: appear in front of the opponent, letting the opponent perceive one's existence.

The second step: disappear in front of the opponent.

The third step: focus one's gaze on the opponent, making the opponent explode.

Among traveling cultivator techniques, "Galloping Horse Watching Flowers" is relatively cumbersome, the technique is not easy to perform, physical consumption is relatively large, and the power is relatively average, so most high-level traveling cultivators only use this technique for sneak attacks, not as a killing move.

The old train improved the first and second steps, significantly increasing the speed, and the power of "Galloping Horse Watching Flowers" had a considerable improvement.

Xiang Xiang Hongying was gifted, using the technique with ease, and her "Galloping Horse Watching Flowers" technique was also quite fierce.

"Floating Clouds Asking at the Post Station," however, gave Li Li Banfeng another hint: "Galloping Horse Watching Flowers" is not three steps, but four.

On the basis of the first three steps, the fourth step is added: after the opponent explodes once, focus one's mind on the opponent,

conceive the opponent's appearance in one's mind again, and make the opponent explode a second time.

This process is not easy. The character conceived in the mind must be close to the real character. The closer it is, the greater the power of the second explosion.

Li Li Banfeng was not familiar with Mu Yuejuan. He couldn't remember many details about her facial features and figure.

Moreover, Mu Yuejuan didn't have a loudspeaker or a stylus on her, and Li Li Banfeng didn't think she was good-looking, which meant that in Li Li Banfeng's impression, Mu Yuejuan's beauty was lowered.

Combining various reasons, the Mu Yuejuan in Li Li Banfeng's eyes was only thirty percent similar to the real Mu Yuejuan, but relying on this thirty percent similarity, the power of the explosion was far beyond the first explosion.

The first explosion only injured Mu Yuejuan, and that was on top of having already eaten a "Stomp Through Wan Chuan."

For the second explosion, if it weren't for the protection of the small snakes, Mu Yuejuan would have already lost her life.

She struggled to get up from the ground, still wanting to escape, when she suddenly felt something pressing against her lower back.

"What is this?" Mu Yuejuan was startled.

"Don't think wildly," Li Li Banfeng said with a straight face, "This is a knife!"

Li Li Banfeng pressed the Tang Dao against Mu Yuejuan's waist. Mu Yuejuan had only her right hand left, her palm covered in some fresh blood, and she still wanted to try to fight for her life. Li Li Banfeng warned: "Don't act rashly; I draw my blade faster than I use techniques."

The edge of the Tang Dao flashed, searching for a place to strike on Mu Yuejuan's neck.

Mu Yuejuan deliberated and decided to go soft. Her voice trembled slightly: "Seventh Master, we don't seem to have any major grudges, do we? Ma Wu is your brother; in order to help him promote to 'Above the Clouds,' you came to find me, and I did help."

Li Li Banfeng said: "Let's not discuss the past for now. Today I didn't intend to kill you; it was you who made the first move against me."

Mu Yuejuan hurriedly explained: "Seventh Master, I was trapped by the Dark Star Bureau. I haven't been to the Outer State many times. Being trapped in this place, I really didn't know what the consequences would be. I was scared out of my wits, and you are a person from the Dark Star Bureau. You say, could I not guard against you?"

Mu Yuejuan's words were not without reason. Li Li Banfeng said: "Explain the ins and outs first. Why did you arrive at the Dark Star Bureau?"

Hearing Li Li Banfeng's tone soften slightly, Mu Yuejuan explained pitifully: "This was an order from the Hand and Foot Alliance."

"Hand and Foot Alliance?" Li Li Banfeng thought for a moment. He seemed to have just seen Mu Yuejuan not long ago. "Aren't you with Ai Ai Yeqing? I remember you had already joined Snowflake Pier."

Mu Yuejuan didn't deny it: "I did stay with Ai Ai Yeqing for a few days, but this useless fellow didn't want to do proper work and just wanted to hide in a place and muddle through this life.

I didn't want to waste my time with him, so I simply left Snowflake Pier and switched to the Hand and Foot Alliance. I didn't expect that as soon as I joined,

they made me come to the Dark Star Bureau to get something, and then I was trapped in this place."

Li Li Banfeng was very curious: "What did you come to the Dark Star Bureau to get?"

Mu Yuejuan said: "A painting of my own."

Li Li Banfeng was confused: "A painting of your own, and you ran to the Dark Star Bureau to get it? Are you telling a joke?"

Mu Yuejuan sobbed: "How would I dare to joke with you? Seventh Master, I'm almost dead! My clothes are gone, and half of the flesh on my body is gone. At least let me put on a cloak and treat my wounds; I can't stand anymore."

Li Li Banfeng retracted the Tang Dao. Mu Yuejuan didn't dare to act rashly. She first dipped her own blood to paint a cloak, wrapped it around herself, then picked two pine cones from a nearby pine tree, peeled the pine nuts, and placed them in the cloak, letting the pine nuts heal her wounds.

"Why don't you paint snakes anymore?" Li Li Banfeng felt those black snakes from earlier were more useful.

Mu Yuejuan shook her head: "I can't paint anymore. Those snakes are my ultimate technique; they consume too much physical strength. These pine nuts are at least ready-made."

"Tell me about your painting. What kind of painting is it? Why is it at the Dark Star Bureau?"

Mu Yuejuan didn't want to say, but Li Li Banfeng smiled with concern: "Senior, your wounds are almost healed, right?"

"Seventh Master, that painting is my most special work. As long as you find the correct path inside, you can travel through every one of my paintings."

Li Li Banfeng thought for a moment: "I remember Liao Liao Zihui gave me a similar painting."

Mu Yuejuan shook her head: "That painting is far from it. To find me from that painting, it depends on luck, and some secret paintings are not connected to that painting. But the painting to be found this time is different; it can connect to all my paintings.

This painting is my heart's disease, because once it is taken away by someone else, all my belongings, along with myself, will be in someone else's hands."

Li Li Banfeng pondered, and it was indeed the truth: "Why do you keep such a painting? Why not destroy it?"

Mu Yuejuan shook her head: "I don't dare. Having walked on this path of painting cultivation for so many years, there are some things about cultivation that I can't control.

This painting is the foundation of my cultivation. I don't know what the consequences would be if I destroyed it. I tried to hide this painting,

but later it was still taken away by Laughing Xiao Qianshou.

Later I heard he sold this painting. I looked for many people, wanting to redeem this painting, but only found out from Bitter Granny that this painting had fallen into the hands of the Dark Star Bureau.

Bitter Granny told me to take the painting back myself; she was the one who sent me to the Dark Star Bureau, but as soon as I found that painting, the Dark Star Bureau's mechanism was triggered, and I was trapped."

"How could it trap you?" In Li Li Banfeng's impression, apart from Laughing Xiao Qianshou, the one best at escaping was Mu Yuejuan. As long as there was one of her paintings, she would have a chance to escape.

"This place is too special," Mu Yuejuan also couldn't understand the logic. "The garden you are in is my masterpiece. This painting is called 'Layered Shadows of Vines and Pines,' connected to more than thirty of my paintings. But when I arrived at this place, the mechanism was triggered, and I couldn't connect to any of my paintings. I couldn't even walk out of this painting.

In this situation, I'm really not boasting to you; even if I could connect to one more painting, I wouldn't have been beaten into such a sorry state by you. I can't walk out, and in my panic, I attacked you. You are a magnanimous person, don't hold it against me, and spare my life.

Let's think of a way to get out of here together."

"I know the way; I should be able to walk out." Li Li Banfeng looked at the path he had come from and lowered the brim of his hat.

He has a way to get out?

Is it true?

Mu Yuejuan felt it should be true. Traveling cultivators all know the way; this is their sect's talent. Judging from combat power, Li Qi's cultivation was terrifyingly high; perhaps he really had a way to walk out.

Li Li Banfeng wasn't in a hurry to leave yet: "I have to know how I came here first. Where is your painting hidden?"

"It's on this floor, in a room, a very large room. There are many things in the room, and my painting is in a glass cabinet."

"Besides that painting, what else did you see? Did you see a television?"

"I saw a play box, and it seems there was also a television."

"Did you see a locomotive?"

"That, I didn't. How could a locomotive be in a room?"

Li Li Banfeng knew what this place was.

A-Yu didn't point to the wrong path, but why did he meet Mu Yuejuan here? Was it just a coincidence?

"It seems she found me a helper."

Mu Yuejuan was startled: "What helper? Seventh Master, you don't need to call for a helper; I've been beaten into submission by you."

"The helper is you," Li Li Banfeng said, looking at Mu Yuejuan. "Let's make a deal: I'll take you out, and you give me that painting."

"Give it to you? That really is the foundation of my cultivation," Mu Yuejuan didn't want to agree. "Can this price be negotiated?"

Li Li Banfeng smiled, and his figure suddenly disappeared: "Senior, what price do you think is appropriate?"

Mu Yuejuan trembled all over: "You decide the price, Seventh Master. Whatever you say, it is!"

A contract paper fell in front of Mu Yuejuan: "Give me that painting, and help me do one more thing. If you agree, sign a contract."