Chapter 772: What if I was wrong?

The Dark Star Bureau building has thirty-six floors, and the campus supermarket has thirty-six lockers. Is this a coincidence?

Li Li Banfeng and Mu Zhou Yujuan fought on the thirty-sixth floor, and this black snake appeared inexplicably in locker number thirty-six. This is not a problem that can be explained by coincidence.

Thinking back on the process of the fight, Li Li Banfeng once used "Flowers in a Mirror, Moon in the Water" to blast the black snake on Mu Zhou Yujuan's body until it flew everywhere. If there is some degree of intersection between the Dark Star Bureau and the campus supermarket lockers, is it possible that a snake was blasted into a locker at that time?

But at that time, even Mu Zhou Yujuan couldn't walk out of the "Vine and Pine Overlapping Shadows" painting. What are the odds of a snake being blasted out?

Mu Zhou Yujuan might have fought with the Master Gongxiu Old Train at the beginning. She used the black snake, and the black snake was sent into the locker by the Old Train in some way.

What exactly is the relationship between the storage lockers and the Dark Star Bureau? Is this the craftsmanship of the old train, the technique of the Celestial Maiden, or perhaps a technological product of the Dark Star Bureau?

Li Li Banfeng looked toward the campus supermarket and then toward the direction of the Dark Star Bureau. While pondering, the projector sent over a simple telephone.

The call was from Ba Ba Suan: "Seventh Brother, a dozen passenger ships have entered Dingye City. Judging roughly from the draft, the number of troops transported may have reached fifty thousand."

"Fifty thousand?" Li Li Banfeng was startled. "Is the calculation accurate?"

"I can't say it's accurate, I can only make a rough judgment. Their passenger ships are heavily guarded; we can't get close, and we can't be sure if their ships are carrying troops. It could also be military equipment and grain."

If it really is troops, it's bad. Even if Li Li Banfeng had the chance to launch a sneak attack, he might not be able to win against fifty thousand Bandit-Quelling Soldiers. And these are just the new recruits; the previous accumulation of the Bandit-Quelling Camp hasn't even been counted yet.

While these fifty thousand people haven't finished training yet, he must urge A Yi to take action in advance.

Returning to the Leaving Suishenju, Li Li Banfeng handed Song Song Laoshi's notebook to his wife.

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan flipped through two pages and had just shown some interest when Li Li Banfeng said: "Wife, we must hurry and do business with A Yi. The Bandit-Quelling Camp has brought in fifty thousand new troops. If we don't act now, we won't have a chance."

"Fifty thousand troops?" Zhao Zhao Xiaowan was somewhat skeptical. "How many royal family members does the Shang Kingdom have in total? They can't possibly move their entire nest, right?"

Li Li Banfeng said: "I think it's very likely they are moving their entire nest. Although Lan Qiao Yi himself comes from the royal family, to him, other royal family members are both sharp weapons and stumbling blocks."

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan's fingertips lightly traced the record, and a soothing erhu piece began to play.

After pondering for a moment amidst the music, Zhao Zhao Xiaowan nodded slightly: "Husband is right. The only ones who can stop Lan Qiao Yi from declaring himself emperor are the members of the royal family.

Sending all the royal family members to fight—letting those who don't listen die on the battlefield, and letting those who do listen earn military merit—and putting the obedient ones in high positions, Lan Qiao Yi would profit greatly.

Externally, he conquers Puluo Continent; internally, he paves the way to declare himself emperor. This abacus is well-calculated."

Li Li Banfeng said: "I want to go to Dingye City tomorrow. If it goes smoothly, I'll take out the Bandit-Quelling Camp. If it doesn't go smoothly,

I'll scout the situation first."

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan shook her head and said: "I heard from Husband before that you agreed on a ten-day deadline with A Yi. Now, not even half the time has passed.

If you force A Yi like this, the work definitely won't be done well. By then, if she opens a half-baked path and Husband forces his way in, I fear there will be more misfortune than good."

Li Li Banfeng said: "If we don't force our way in now, the Bandit-Quelling Camp might take shape."

Xiang Xiang Hongying felt that Li Li Banfeng was overthinking: "It shouldn't be that fast, right? Didn't you say before that for the Bandit-Quelling Army to have combat power,

the Three-Headed People must have cultivation? Cultivation isn't that easy to accumulate. Even with that kind of potion from the Outer Continent, these few days aren't enough."

Li Li Banfeng shook his head: "We don't know when Lan Qiao Yi gave them the cultivation."

Hua Jiuer nodded repeatedly upon hearing this: "Seventh Brother is right. These royal family members might have gone to Dingye City just to train troops.

Their cultivation might have been accumulated for a long time, and they might even have reached some levels."

Xiang Xiang Hongying was also a famous general of her generation; she naturally understood this situation: "If you put it that way, then things are difficult. Simply drilling a formation isn't a difficult task. Training for a few days might really be enough."

Li Li Banfeng cast his gaze toward the depths of the Leaving Suishenju. Zhao Zhao Xiaowan understood that Li Li Banfeng was going to send out the television set.

"Husband, have you ever thought about what the consequences would be if you really handed Yuan Yuan Miaoping over to A Yi?"

Li Li Banfeng had been considering this matter recently: "A Yu will keep in touch with A Yi, and they will work from the inside and outside to rescue the Heavenly Maiden and A Yu."

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan said again: "Does Husband know what the consequences would be if the Heavenly Maiden gets out?"

Li Li Banfeng said: "It might change the situation of the entire Puluo Continent, but under the restrictions of A Yu and A Yi, the situation should be controllable."

Hua Jiuer nodded on the side: "Although there are some rifts between me, my mother, and my sister, I can still trust their character. They can control the Heavenly Maiden and won't let Puluo Continent suffer. I think Seventh Brother's thinking is correct."

Li Li Banfeng heard the Old Man's voice: "Lai Lai Wuju and Did Honglian are under our control, and they won't be able to stir up too much trouble.

》"

Based on this inference, handing the television set to A Yi would indeed not cause serious consequences. The Leaving Suishenju held the same view.

But the wife's thinking was different. She turned her face to look at Xiang Xiang Hongying: "Xue Yingying, what do you think?"

Xiang Xiang Hongying pondered for a moment and said: "I think Zhao Xiaowan is right."

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan snatched the board: "I haven't even said anything yet, and you're already saying I'm right!"

Xiang Xiang Hongying laughed: "No matter what you say, I think you're right."

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan looked at Li Li Banfeng and said: "Husband, you and Hua Jiuer both treat Yuan Yuan Miaoping as a television set."

Xiang Xiang Hongying said on the side: "Isn't she a television set?"

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan rolled her eyes at Xiang Xiang Hongying: "She is the ancestor of Electric Cultivation, an Outer Continent person who could establish a sect in Puluo Continent. You all underestimate her.

Hua Jiuer, you also said before that she was an old-timer, but you never thought that once she really got into A Yi's hands, would she be willing to be just a communication tool?

Husband, Luo Zhengnan is your capable assistant. You should know how powerful the means of Electric Cultivation are. After the Heavenly Maiden gets out,

no one knows who Yuan Yuan Miaoping will contact.

Standing behind her were the members of the Brotherhood Alliance, the entire Electric Cultivation Sect, and possibly people from the Outer Provinces, or even the Inner Provinces.

After A Yi rescues the Heavenly Maiden and A Yu, whether these two people are in A Yi's hands or in Yuan Yuan Miaoping's hands, no one can say for sure. If the Heavenly Maiden is really controlled by Yuan Yuan Miaoping, what the situation in Puluo Continent will become is uncertain."

Li Li Banfeng suddenly realized; he had indeed been deceived by Yuan Yuan Miaoping's appearance.

"But if we don't hand Yuan Yuan Miaoping over to A Yi, what can we use to pay A Yi?"

Xiang Xiang Hongying said: "Aren't Zhao Xiaowan and A Yi sworn sisters? Zhao Xiaowan said before that this matter was negotiable."

Zhao Xiaowan smiled and said nothing.

Xiang Xiang Hongying looked at Hua Jiuer again: "If sworn sisters don't work, aren't there biological sisters?"

Hua Jiuer lowered her head and said: "I can't persuade her either."

Li Li Banfeng shook his head: "No matter if it's biological sisters or sworn sisters, there's no reason for people to work for nothing. Dingye City is heavily guarded, and even the Baiji Alliance can't think of a way.

If we don't have A Yi's help, we absolutely cannot get into Dingye City. By then, we'll have to wait for the Bandit-Quelling Camp to attack. With tens of thousands of Bandit-Quelling troops, what can Puluo Continent use to resist? The key is we don't even know where they will attack from."

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan knew the stakes: "If we want to talk to A Yi, the price really must be set well. Since she is doing this to rescue A Yu, if we really can't agree on another price, we'll help her rescue A Yu."

Li Li Banfeng looked at Zhao Zhao Xiaowan.

Before saying this, Zhao Zhao Xiaowan had thought it over carefully: "Husband, if the Heavenly Maiden and A Yu come out together, the situation in Puluo Continent will definitely change greatly. Instead of handing the situation over to others, it's better to keep the situation under our own control."

Hua Jiuer was shocked upon hearing this: "That's the Heavenly Maiden! Can we control her?"

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan said: "Relying on Husband alone might not work. Our whole family must work together with one heart to think of a way."

After speaking, the wife looked at Li Li Banfeng.

Li Li Banfeng put on his top hat and lowered the brim.

That afternoon, Li Li Banfeng used the "Liankuo Lian Dongfang" technique to swap Zhao Zhao Xiaowan and Hua Jiuer out of the Leaving Suishenju and took them to Hulu Village.

The one who welcomed them into the village was A Yun. Seeing Zhao Zhao Xiaowan and Hua Jiuer, A Yun asked Li Li Banfeng: "Seventh Brother, did you greet the Village Chief?"

Li Li Banfeng shook his head slightly.

A Yun said: "You bringing people into Hulu Village casually like this is not according to the rules."

"I will explain to the Village Chief; I will absolutely not implicate you."

If it were someone else, A Yun definitely wouldn't agree, but A Yi and Li Li Banfeng were sworn siblings; A Yun knew this.

After hesitating for a long time, A Yun brought the three of them into the village. The three waited for a while downstairs at the Village Chief's house, and A Yi, covered in oil and dirt,

walked out of the building.

Standing in front of the three, A Yi swept a glance: "Oh my, the three sisters have all come."

Li Li Banfeng specifically emphasized: "I am the brother."

Hua Jiuer hid behind Li Qi. A Yi smiled: "What are you hiding for? If you didn't want to see me, why did you enter the village?"

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan smiled: "Since we entered the village, we must have missed you."

A Yi looked joyful: "The three of you missed me?"

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan nodded repeatedly: "Yes, we all missed you."

"Missed me for what? What is there to miss about me?" A Yi suddenly stopped smiling. She looked at Li Li Banfeng and asked, "You want to renege on the debt, right?"

Before Li Li Banfeng could speak, A Yi said to Zhao Zhao Xiaowan and Hua Jiuer: "The two of you came to help him renege on the debt, right?"

These words left Li Li Banfeng speechless.

Having spent so much time with A Yi, the two had always treated each other with sincerity.

But today, Li Li Banfeng didn't dare to look A Yi in the eyes.

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan said: "We don't want to renege on the debt; we want to negotiate another price with you."

"Price?" A Yi smiled. "Talking about price between us, wouldn't that be distant? Today the brother has come, and two sisters have also come. Why don't the four of us swear an oath of brotherhood together?"

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan held Li Li Banfeng's arm: "This is my husband; it's not appropriate for us to swear an oath of brotherhood."

A Yi felt these words were distant: "What's inappropriate? My mother and father also swore an oath of brotherhood back then."

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan sighed: "Our temperaments, I fear, aren't that carefree yet."

"Refusing to swear an oath of brotherhood means you don't give me face. Since you don't give me face, why did you still come to my village? Do you think I'm easy to bully?" A Yi was still smiling, but a hint of chill appeared in her eyes.

Li Li Banfeng felt danger approaching; the dust on the ground trembled up and down like water waves.

In the cornfield, a "man" draped in corn leaves, carrying corn stalks, and holding corn silk, walked to A Yi's side.

This person who looked like corn was actually a stone, a first-class weapon used by the Inner Continent to guard the altar in Haozhou.

A Yi was about to start fighting.

The sound of gongs and drums rang out. The wife played the Erhuang original board and sang: "The Dragon Spring roars and shakes the starry wilderness, how can it compare to the Peach Garden oath of that year? Blood fingerprints on the Golden Orchid book, sword tassels tied together in a concentric knot. This friendship, have you truly forgotten it?"

After the song ended, the originally furious corn man calmed down a lot, and the dust that had been stirred into waves also settled on the ground.

A Yi tilted her head and looked at Zhao Zhao Xiaowan expressionlessly: "You came to bully me, yet you still talk about friendship? Men are no good, and women are no good either!"

Li Li Banfeng lowered his head and said nothing; he was in the wrong on this matter first.

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan said: "Husband, the matter between us sisters has nothing to do with you!"

"Well said!" A Yi shouted angrily. "Since it has nothing to do with him, let him go further away!"

As the words fell, A Yi waved her hand, and the scenery around Li Li Banfeng suddenly changed.

The Village Chief's building disappeared, and the surrounding farmland also disappeared.

Li Li Banfeng stood on the street, able to see passing pedestrians and vehicles.

Hulu Village was ultimately A Yi's territory. Li Li Banfeng felt guilty and didn't take precautions, so he was sent out of the village by A Yi just like that and sent back to Yuezhou City.

He tightened his grip on the jade pendant, wanting to return to Hulu Village, but this time, the entrance to Hulu Village did not appear.

Li Li Banfeng took out his key, wanting to return to the Leaving Suishenju.

He had a residence in Hulu Village; he could return to the residence through the "Liankuo Lian Dongfang" technique.

The gate of the Leaving Suishenju hadn't opened yet when the projector sent over the simple telephone: "Seventh Guide, it's from Qin Qin Tianjiu. Judging by his tone, it seems something big has happened."

Li Li Banfeng picked up the phone, and Qin Qin Tianjiu said panting: "Seventh Brother, the brothers over at Yaowang Valley sent news. They saw Inner Continent people in the outer valley!"

"How many people came?"

"Not sure yet. I'm taking the brothers and rushing to Yaowang Valley, but I don't know if we can beat them!"

Yaowang Valley has iron-ribbed bamboo, and iron-ribbed bamboo is the raw material for refining sect medicinal powder. For the entire Puluo Continent, this is a very critical location.

But why did the Inner Continent choose to attack Yaowang Valley at this time?

Was this done by the Shang Kingdom, or by the Tufang Kingdom?

The information Little Pang obtained was limited; he didn't know the combat power of the opponent for the time being.

Xu Han was still in Bai Sun Commandery. Currently, the one defending Yaowang Valley is Lan Qiao Lan Qiao Wuzui of the Half-Mouth Yellow Soup. Li Li Banfeng wasn't too familiar with Lan Qiao Lan Qiao Wuzui and didn't know if this person was useful.

Go to Yaowang Valley to take a look?

What should be done about the Hulu Village matter?

Or find a way to notify Xu Han and let him return to Kuwu Mountain?

Li Li Banfeng was still weighing it when the phone rang again. It was from Qiu Qiu Zhiheng: "Old Seven, Bai Sun Commandery has been attacked. Inner Continent troops have attacked!"

Attacked?

Did Lan Qiao Yi make a move so quickly?

Did the Bandit-Quelling Camp finish training so quickly?

Li Li Banfeng's scalp went numb. Could it be that he made his move too late?

"How many people did the Inner Continent send?"

Qiu Qiu Zhiheng said: "I don't know how many people for the time being. Tan Tan Jinxiao has rushed to support, and I am also gathering manpower to go there."

Xu Lao and Zhang Wanlong were both in Baiji Commandery, but if tens of thousands of Bandit-Quelling troops came at once, could they hold it?

Go to Bai Sun Commandery first?

Why did these two things happen together?

Why did these two calls come at the same time?

Actually, Qin Qin Tianjiu and Qiu Qiu Zhiheng had been calling Li Li Banfeng all along. Li Li Banfeng was in the Leaving Suishenju before and then went to Hulu Village, so the calls didn't get through.

Go to Yaowang Valley first or Bai Sun Commandery first? Li Li Banfeng hadn't decided on a direction when the phone rang again. This time it was from Luo Zhengnan: "Seventh Brother, the brothers I planted in Suihuang Plain sent news. Inner Continent people have attacked."

Suihuang Plain has Yao Lao and a group of Shi Shi Tiegu Seeds. Currently, it's unknown if the Shi Shi Tiegu Seeds can become a climate. If it's the Bandit-Quelling Camp, can they block it?

Must go to Suihuang Plain first!

But Suihuang Plain isn't a place you can go just because you want to. That place is too remote. Li Li Banfeng is currently still in Yuezhou. After thinking for a long time,

Li Li Banfeng couldn't think of a suitable route.

Use the Leaving Suishenju to run toward Suihuang Plain and see if he can make it.

The phone rang again. Li Li Banfeng felt a wave of dizziness.

Lan Qiao Yi, where exactly do you want to attack?

Li Li Banfeng picked up the phone: "What is it again?"

"What is it again?"

"Where did something happen again?"

"What happened?"

"Who are you?"

"I am your Senior Brother!"

Li Li Banfeng was stunned. The one calling was actually the Peddler. This was the first time he had heard the Peddler's voice on the phone.

Is it really the Peddler?

That makes no sense!

"How could you possibly call this phone?"

The Peddler said: "Why not? Isn't it just Electric Cultivation? It's not some particularly brilliant means."

Li Li Banfeng was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "I was your Senior Brother, do you remember?"

The Peddler said: "That beating at Iron Gate Fort was still too light."

Confirming that the other party was truly the Peddler, Li Li Banfeng said: "Something happened at Yaowang Valley, and something happened at Bai Sun Commandery and Suihuang Plain. I'm planning to go to Suihuang Plain now—"

"You must not go to Suihuang Plain first. Focus and do the things in front of you well. How is the price negotiation with A Yi going?"

Li Li Banfeng was startled: "You even know this?"

"I know. I have my secret agents in Hulu Village. Negotiate the matter with her, take down the Bandit-Quelling Camp, and send out troops according to the time you agreed upon. Do not be hasty in doing things. I have found helpers for you; they will help you when the war starts."

"But right now..."

"Don't worry about the things right now, Brother. The Bandit-Quelling Camp is a big matter. Now the Tufang Kingdom has made a move against us first. I can't get away here, otherwise I would personally handle the Bandit-Quelling Camp.

Lan Qiao Yi has invested heavily this time. He is making so many things happen right now just because he doesn't want Puluo Continent to be quiet. He just wants to hide his capital.

If you can wipe out his capital, you can break his bones. He won't dare to easily covet Puluo Continent again in the future.

It's not easy to get this done. You must not be distracted. I have suffered from being distracted. Now as long as we are not distracted, this war can be won."

The Peddler was about to hang up the phone when Li Li Banfeng suddenly shouted: "Senior Brother, if I release the Heavenly Maiden, I mean if—"

This matter must be told to the Peddler.

Even if the Peddler turns against him because of this, he must let him know. He cannot let him bear all the consequences.

"If she comes out, let her come out."

He thought the Peddler would be furious, but he didn't expect him to answer so calmly.

"Senior Brother, after the Heavenly Maiden comes out, it might be disadvantageous to you."

"Brother, she should have come out originally. Being trapped in the Outer Continent all along, who knows what will happen in the future?

Especially at this time, it is a critical juncture. If your sneak attack fails and the Outer Continent sells us out, forcing her to close the boundary, and the Inner Continent brings the Bandit-Quelling Army and the first-class weapons in together, it will be difficult for us to fight back.

For so many years, regardless of right or wrong, regardless of original intent, she has been protecting Puluo Continent. She cannot be kept from seeing the light of day for her whole life."

"But as soon as you two meet, you will fight to the death. I don't know if this rumor is true or false."

The Peddler said: "This rumor is true. Having hidden for so long, we can't hide for a lifetime. It's good to have a conclusion."

A cold wind suddenly rose, and Li Li Banfeng shivered: "What if I was wrong?

PS,

"With such a big matter, who can guarantee they will do everything right? It doesn't matter if you're wrong, as long as it's not too wrong, I will find a way to salvage it. If anyone blames you, push it all onto me."

The Peddler hung up the phone.

The wind blew harder and harder. Li Li Banfeng stood in the wind for a while.

He prepared to return to the Leaving Suishenju and use the Liankuo Lian Dongfang to go to Hulu Village, when he suddenly saw the entrance to Hulu Village appear by the street.

A Yun was smiling and waving at Li Li Banfeng.

In the Village Chief's small building, A Yi rubbed the bruise on her face and poured a bowl of wine for Zhao Zhao Xiaowan: "You should have made things clear before; we wouldn't have had to fight like this!"

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan wiped the blood from her forehead: "We are all sisters of the same family; occasionally sparring is no big deal."

A Yi raised her wine bowl and said: "Sister, I just like this straightforwardness of yours. I couldn't trust Yuan Yuan Miaoping either. Now that you are willing to take action, I feel much more at ease."

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan was full of smiles, sighing secretly in her heart: You are at ease, but there is so much we have to do on our side.

Other prices couldn't be negotiated; in the end, they still had to help A Yi rescue her mother.

A Yi looked at Hua Jiuer and said: "Little Yu, the one we are rescuing is our mother, and also our eldest sister. Zhao Xiaowan is helping out, why don't you even say a word?"

Hua Jiuer glared at A Yi: "What do I have to say to you? You were so ruthless; you even knocked out my teeth."

A Yi pinched Hua Jiuer's cheek: "We've been fighting since we were little; are you still holding a grudge against me? Besides, this is just a puppet body; I don't think the craftsmanship is that great. I'll make you a better one another day!"

Mentioning puppets, Zhao Zhao Xiaowan remembered one thing: "A Yi, you are a master of Master Gongxiu; your means are no worse than the Eighteen Wheels.

Now that the Eighteen Wheels' soul is incomplete and his Master Gongxiu physique is also incomplete, and part of his Master Gongxiu body was snatched away by the Traveling Cultivators, as long as we bring you into the Dark Star Bureau, you should be able to crack his Gong technique."

A Yi smiled: "Sister really knows how to flatter me. Who did you hear that my Gong technique is no worse than the Old Train's?"

"I've heard this from quite a few people."

A Yi shook her head: "This rumor is false. The Eighteen Wheels doesn't like Master Gongxiu, but his attainments in Master Gongxiu are too deep. Among the living Master Gongxiu, no one can compare to him.

Don't look at his incomplete Master Gongxiu physique; if you want to rescue my mother, you really can't use force against him. Since you want to help me, you must have already thought of an idea, right?"

PS: Even if I haven't thought of one, I have to say I have. No one knows when A Yi will turn against us. ===== CHAPTER 773 =====