Chapter 773: That is a debt

Li Li Banfeng arrived at the Village Chief's house. The three sisters were drinking in high spirits.

A Yi added a seat for Li Li Banfeng: "Brother, just now I, your sister, spoke without restraint. Don't hold it against me. I'll toast you a cup first as an apology."

Hua Jiuer said on the side: "Seventh Brother, A Yi said her Gong technique is inferior to the Old Train's and refuses to go to the Dark Star Bureau."

Li Li Banfeng was startled: "Isn't your Gong technique superior to the Old Train's?"

A Yi shook her head impatiently: "Why are you all asking this? My Gong technique is inferior to the Old Train's. Anyone who says I'm above him is talking nonsense. I really don't know where you heard these rumors."

Whether it's a rumor or not, Li Li Banfeng said: "If you don't go to the Dark Star Bureau, how can you rescue your mother?"

A Yi hugged a fat chicken and said while gnawing: "The one who tied the bell must untie it. The one who trapped my mother is the Old Train; this matter still requires the Old Train to take action."

Hua Jiuer hummed: "Is the Old Train that easy to find?"

A Yi put down the fat chicken and sucked her fingers: "I know where the Old Train is. He is at Huangtu Bridge."

Li Li Banfeng's heart sank: "What is he doing at Huangtu Bridge?"

A Yi took a sip of wine: "Huangtu Bridge was originally the Old Train's territory. Later it was passed to Che Che Wushang, and then it was snatched away by Qin Bulou. You should know about this."

Li Li Banfeng naturally knew. He participated in the entire second half of the matter: "Does the Old Train want to snatch the territory back and return it to Che Che Wushang?"

A Yi took another jar of wine and filled everyone's cups: "Logically speaking, he shouldn't do this. According to the Peddler's rules, with the Old Train's cultivation, he cannot participate in the struggle of the Local Deities.

But you know the Old Train's temperament. When he goes crazy, he doesn't care about anything, so it's hard to say what the result of this matter will be.

As for how big the gap is between the two sides, we know this clearly. If they really fight, Qin Bulou will definitely lose his life. If the Old Train really breaks the rules, the Peddler probably won't let him off either."

Hua Jiuer put down her wine bowl and looked at A Yi: "Since you know the Old Train is scary when he goes crazy, you still dare to let him go to the Dark Star Bureau? If he gets his body back and goes crazy again, who will be able to suppress him by then?"

A Yi tilted her head and looked at Hua Jiuer, frowning: "You cheap hoof, whose side are you on?"

Hua Jiuer sneered: "I'm already married off, so whose side would I be on?"

A Yi spat: "You're a ninth concubine for someone else, and you have the nerve to say you're married off?"

Hua Jiuer didn't give an inch: "So what if I'm the ninth? At least it's much better than you being a lone wolf!"

A Yi said angrily: "Who are you calling a lone wolf?"

Hua Jiuer laughed: "Your wives have all run away; if you're not a lone wolf, what are you?"

"Oh my, you cheap woman!" A Yi pulled out her pistol.

Hua Jiuer didn't show weakness; she stuck two chopsticks into the ground and used "Hundred-Step Paces Zongheng".

The two glared at each other. Tang Dao advised: "Home is not a place for reasoning; home is a place for life and death!"

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan almost couldn't hold back her laughter. Fortunately, A Yi didn't hear this sentence from Tang Dao, otherwise she would have taken it seriously.

Li Li Banfeng kicked Tang Dao and persuaded A Yi and Hua Jiuer: "Don't rush to fight yet. There is one thing we must make clear: if the Old Train completely recovers, what will he become?"

A Yi put away her pistol and said with a smile: "He will go completely crazy, on par with the two of us."

"I'm not crazy. I've seen a doctor," Li Li Banfeng looked at A Yi. "But if the Old Train goes completely crazy and really starts causing trouble in Puluo Continent, how should we respond?

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A Yi gnawed on a chicken leg and shook her head: "That's not my business anymore. Puluo Continent is Puluo Continent, and Hulu Village is Hulu Village. We each live our own lives; I can't manage that much."

Li Li Banfeng shook his head: "No, you must manage Puluo Continent. After I rescue A Yu, I will settle her in Hulu Village. You must be responsible for A Yu's actions and cannot let her do things that harm Puluo Continent."

A Yi thought for a moment and muttered in a low voice: "She is my mother. If she wants to do something, I can't stop her."

Li Li Banfeng darkened his face: "If you say it like that, this business is hard to do."

A Yi deliberated for a moment: "Fine, I agree!"

Li Li Banfeng said again: "If the Old Train really goes crazy, we must find a way to control him."

A Yi looked reluctant: "I have to manage his affairs too?"

Hua Jiuer hummed: "Oh my, didn't you say you wouldn't marry anyone but him before? Now that he's down and out, you want to wash your hands of it. Can this be considered heartless after the fact?"

"You talk too much!" A Yi glared at Hua Jiuer and turned to look at Li Li Banfeng.

She knew clearly that if she didn't agree to this, the business would fall through.

A Yi puffed out her chest and said with a clear conscience: "Fine, let's set the terms here. As long as you can rescue my mother, I will never let her harm Puluo Continent in the future.

And the Old Train, if he goes crazy because of this, I, A Yi, will help you suppress him even if I have to risk my life."

Li Li Banfeng said: "Words are not proof."

A Yi said: "Let's put it in writing!"

Li Li Banfeng took out the contract paper.

A Yi said: "We must also make things clear. Suppose I help you open the road to Dingye City, and in the end, you don't rescue my mother, then our agreement is void, our friendship is completely severed, and we will be irreconcilable enemies in the future. Do you agree to this?"

Li Li Banfeng shook his head: "I don't agree."

A Yi was startled, her blue veins throbbing: "What do you mean?"

Li Li Banfeng said: "Because this matter is impossible. Before you open the road to Dingye City, I will rescue your mother first and send her to Hulu Village."

A Yi felt she had misheard.

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan said on the side: "My husband means we will give the reward first, and then let you do the work."

A Yi was stunned for a long time, then stood up: "Brother, are these words true?"

Li Li Banfeng nodded: "True!"

A Yi said again: "For this matter, the people of the Hand and Foot Alliance have lied to me quite a bit."

Li Li Banfeng shook his head: "I didn't lie to you."

A Yi picked up the wine jar, drank it dry in one go, and then smashed the jar to pieces: "Brother, if you really send my mother here, I will go with you to attack the Bandit-Quelling Camp. If we can't take it down, I will leave this life in Dingye City!"

Hua Jiuer picked up another jar of wine: "Sister, well done. For our mother, the two of us sisters will go into battle together!"

"Who is your mother!" A Yi shouted angrily, scaring Hua Jiuer into a shiver.

A Yi drank half a jar more and said to Hua Jiuer: "That is our eldest sister. The two of us knelt on the ground together; we must be loyal. Today, in order to rescue our eldest sister, I will risk this life of mine!"

Hua Jiuer's eyes turned red upon hearing this: "Sister is loyal. Although we aren't biological sisters with our eldest sister, we are better than biological sisters. I will also risk this life!"

Li Li Banfeng was thinking about a question. He asked Zhao Zhao Xiaowan in a low voice: "Precious wife, can they be considered biological?"

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan was speechless. Even as smart as she was, she couldn't understand the logic in this.

A Yi shed tears and hugged Hua Jiuer: "Good sister, I have never forgotten the oath we swore when we became sworn sisters. We don't ask to be born on the same year, month, and day, but we ask to die on the same year, month, and day!"

Hua Jiuer wiped her tears: "Well, Sister, it seems our eldest sister and I have already died."

A Yi puffed out her chest: "No fear, I will die with you!"

Li Li Banfeng drank a mouthful of wine and shook his head: "Stop talking nonsense. You cannot die; you must live and return. You must keep an eye on A Yu."

Returning home, Li Li Banfeng heard the voice of the Leaving Suishenju. The Old Man was very angry: "A Qi, come to the Third Room!"

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Li Li Banfeng arrived at the Third Room. The Old Man shielded the room: "A Yi's words sound pretty, but you must not listen to her. This person is too untrustworthy."

Li Li Banfeng said: "Why do you say that?"

"Her Gong technique is superior to the Old Train's. This is what the Old Train told me personally! I remember this matter clearly!

When it's time for her to contribute, she makes excuses, and then says her Gong technique is inferior to the Old Train's.

She wants to rescue her mother, but doesn't want to go to the Dark Star Bureau herself, making us take risks for her. This person is so dishonest!"

Li Li Banfeng thought for a moment: "Perhaps she really cannot crack the Old Train's Gong technique."

"What cannot be cracked? The mechanism of Gong techniques is all the same! Let me tell you, if the Old Train really recovers completely, the consequences might not be good.

I didn't want to rescue him in the first place. If you regret it after he turns Puluo Continent upside down, it will be too late!"

It would be a lie to say he wasn't worried, but Li Li Banfeng had to go to Huangtu Bridge and find the Old Train.

Huangtu Bridge, Beiqiao.

Local Deity Qin Bulou was making pancakes at a street stall.

Li Li Banfeng bought a pancake and asked for an extra egg.

After the pancake was spread and the money collected, Qin Bulou still hadn't recognized Li Li Banfeng.

"Old Qin!" Li Li Banfeng coughed.

Qin Bulou looked up at Li Li Banfeng, his eyes blank.

"It's me." Li Li Banfeng lifted his hat brim.

It took Qin Bulou a long time to recognize him: "Seventh Brother, you've come!"

Li Li Banfeng didn't use his Residential Cultivator talent on him.

Qin Bulou didn't recognize him entirely because his mind was in a state of confusion.

"Old Qin, what happened? Did you lose your soul?"

"Soul isn't lost, but everything else is almost gone," Qin Bulou said with a bitter smile. "A senior came to Huangtu Bridge, probably to seek justice for Che Che Wushang. My territory is about to be lost, my life is about to be lost. In a few days, I'll probably just be left with a soul."

Li Li Banfeng understood what he meant: "Where is that senior?"

Qin Bulou pointed in the direction of Dongqiao: "There is a piece of old factory there. That old senior is staying there. I don't know when he will come to find me, and I don't know what I should do when he comes to find me.

I sent people to find the Peddler, hoping the Peddler could give me justice, but people have been gone for so long, and there's still no news. I wanted to let my daughter leave first, but she wouldn't leave. I'm really afraid that senior..."

Li Li Banfeng ate the pancake and said: "Knowing you're afraid, you're still setting up a stall here?"

Qin Bulou smiled: "What else can I do? Go back to the room and wait for death? Dying on the street, at least someone will see, at least someone will know there was a Local Deity like me."

Li Li Banfeng finished the pancake, tore off a piece of grass paper, and wiped his hands: "Then continue setting up your stall here, and wait for my news."

Qin Bulou was startled: "Seventh Brother, are you going to—"

Li Li Banfeng didn't say much; he walked directly toward Dongqiao.

Qin Bulou stood in the wind for a long time. He didn't expect that after offending a figure like the Old Train, besides the Peddler, there would actually be someone who would care about him.

Li Li Banfeng arrived at that piece of old factory. The degree of decay here even exceeded the factory area of the Soda Kiln. Although Ma Wu had invested quite a bit in Huangtu Bridge and Qin Bulou was also managing it with care, Huangtu Bridge had a terrible reputation and a small population, so the results in a short period of time weren't obvious.

The Eighteen Wheels was drawing blueprints in a factory building. Seeing Li Li Banfeng enter the factory building, the Old Train was startled.

"What are you here for?"

"Brother, what kind of talk is that? Can't I come? I have no ill intentions."

Li Li Banfeng indeed had no ill intentions. He had even bought some wine and food for the Old Train at Beiqiao.

The Old Train looked behind Li Li Banfeng: "You didn't bring anyone else, did you?"

"No." Li Li Banfeng shook his head. He didn't know what the Old Train was afraid of.

Even if Li Li Banfeng had brought people, who would be worth him fearing?

The two cleared off a machine tool, set up the dishes, poured the wine, and chatted while eating.

The Old Train said: "Old Seven, I'm happy that you came to see your brother, but let's not talk about other matters."

Li Li Banfeng laughed: "Why can't we talk about them?"

The Old Train shivered again: "Old Seven, you really didn't bring anyone else, did you?"

"No." Li Li Banfeng himself had no ill intentions, and he didn't perceive any ill intentions. He really didn't know why the Old Train's "Seeking Good Fortune and Avoiding Calamity" was triggered so frequently.

The Old Train said: "I know you have some friendship with him, but we must make some things clear. My cultivation hasn't been above the clouds for a long time. I cannot interfere in the affairs of the territory."

He doesn't want to interfere?

This is different from what he thought before.

Li Li Banfeng smiled: "Brother, with those words from you, I feel much more at ease. But since you don't want to interfere, what are you doing at Huangtu Bridge?"

The Old Train brought over a few blueprints: "Huangtu Bridge was a good place back then, but now it has become like this. I really can't stand to watch.

I want to come and help them. This is the machine I recently designed. When you have time, pass it to Qin Bulou and let him build a few more factories.

I know Huangtu Bridge has few hands, but these machines don't need too many people, and this place has a lot of coal. As long as there is coal, you don't have to worry about the machines not running.

Qin Bulou has a sharp mind; he should know where to choose to build the factories. If he works steadily for a few years, Huangtu Bridge can still turn around."

Li Li Banfeng took the blueprints and looked at them. He didn't understand Gong techniques and couldn't understand them.

The Glove estimated the value and whispered: "Boss, these are good things."

Li Li Banfeng put away the blueprints: "Brother, with such good machines, why don't you give them directly to Qin Bulou?"

The Old Train shook his head: "Qin Bulou is afraid of me. I don't want to scare him. There is more than one person who is afraid of me. I remember even the Little Train was afraid of me. Actually, it wouldn't be a big deal if things were explained clearly, but there are quite a few misunderstandings here that haven't been explained clearly."

These words were without head or tail, and Li Li Banfeng didn't understand either, but seeing that the Eighteen Wheels didn't want to explain, Li Li Banfeng didn't pursue it. "Brother, there is a matter right now, I want to ask for your help."

The Eighteen Wheels shook his head: "I have an urgent matter right now too. In these few days, I have to handle a big matter for someone else. Let's talk after this matter passes."

Handle a big matter for someone else.

Li Li Banfeng remembered one thing. The Peddler said he found helpers for him. It seems the one helping him attack the Bandit-Quelling Camp is the Old Train.

"Brother, we might be talking about the same matter."

The Eighteen Wheels lowered his head, eating, and suddenly blurted out three words: "Fishing for information?"

Li Li Banfeng suddenly felt a wave of danger approaching: "Brother, you are overthinking."

The Old Train slowly raised his head and looked at Li Li Banfeng: "Are you also afraid of me?"

Li Li Banfeng nodded: "A little bit, more or less."

The two looked at each other for a moment, and the Old Train suddenly laughed: "It's good to be afraid of me. Being afraid of me isn't a bad thing. Only by being afraid of me can you guard against me."

After laughing, the Old Train was expressionless and continued to eat.

The two were silent for a long time, and Li Li Banfeng asked again: "Brother, how high are your attainments in Master Gongxiu?"

"Quite high." Hearing this, the Old Train was a bit excited, and the chill from before was swept away. "I am a Master Gongxiu Grandmaster. I have changed some of the paths of the Master Gongxiu sect. This is a great achievement of establishing a sect. Whether in Puluo Continent or Inner Continent, mention my Gong technique, and there is no one who isn't convinced!"

Li Li Banfeng nodded: "I've heard the same. They are all convinced!"

The two drank a bowl, and the Old Train laughed very proudly.

Li Li Banfeng asked again: "Brother, how does A Yi's Gong technique compare to yours?"

The Old Train stopped laughing.

He lowered his head again and ate slowly: "Her Gong technique is a bit better than mine."

"Really?"

"Could it be fake?"

Whoosh~

A cold wind blew into the dilapidated factory building, and a chill surged from Li Li Banfeng's spine to the top of his head.

"Hehe~" The Old Train slowly raised his head, his eyebrows inverted, the corners of his mouth upturned, wearing a distorted smile, looking at Li Li Banfeng and saying, "Do you think I lied to you?"

The Leaving Suishenju reminded him from the side: "A Qi, be careful."

Li Li Banfeng was very calm: "Brother, I think it's very possible you lied to me."

The Old Train drank a mouthful of wine and pursed his lips: "Actually, being lied to by me isn't necessarily a bad thing.

I've lied to many people. I don't even remember how many. Do you think I'm a bad person?"

Li Li Banfeng shook his head: "That's hard to say. I've lied to many people, and I don't remember either. I don't think I'm a bad person."

"Brother, you are a sincere person," the Old Train sighed. "I remember the time I lied to the most people, the entire Puluo Continent was lied to by me."

"What matter?" Li Li Banfeng was very interested.

The Old Train lowered his voice: "I made a little train. Do you know about this?"

"I know."

This question was illogical.

When they first met, the Old Train knew the Little Train was in Li Li Banfeng's hands. But since he asked like that, Li Li Banfeng just followed his lead and answered.

"Hehehe!" The Old Train laughed. "I wouldn't say you're a sincere person. You never tell lies in front of me.

Many people knew about the Little Train before, but they only knew the Little Train could fight. They didn't know the Little Train had other abilities.

One day, I told them that my little train had suddenly grown up. After it grew up, it could cross the boundary.

At first, they didn't believe it. They didn't believe a train could grow up, and they didn't believe a train could cross the boundary.

Actually, I didn't want to tell others about crossing the boundary. This matter was quite risky, but I did some things and left traces, and someone had already suspected me.

Rather than waiting for that person to find out, I might as well take the initiative to say it. The more I said it, the more people believed it. They asked me why this little train could cross the boundary?

I didn't tell them this. I just said one sentence: this train wasn't made by me alone.

This is the truth. When I made the little train, many people helped me, including A Yi.

I also told them that A Yi's Gong technique was above mine, and then those who knew about this all believed it, even the Little Train believed it."

Whoosh~

The Leaving Suishenju spat out a mouthful of steam behind Li Li Banfeng.

The Old Train smiled. He heard the sound of the steam: "You must be very angry to be lied to by me, right?

Actually, what A Yi helped me do had nothing to do with the boundary. The Little Train could burn whatever it saw. It could burn coal, it could burn oil,

and it could even make do with burning some firewood. This was A Yi's credit."

Li Li Banfeng asked: "Why lie to them?"

The Old Train's cheeks twitched: "Because someone was unhappy. Because someone said the boundary was insurmountable. I am a Traveling Cultivator, and I couldn't stand that. I gradually became an opponent of that person.

That person had been watching me, and had also been watching the Little Train. This was a bit of trouble for me.

At first, I had a way to avoid that person, but later I couldn't. That person had a sworn sister, who was A Yi's mother. A Yi's mother had a very good eye; nothing I did could escape her eyes.

I dragged A Yi into it, and A Yi's mother naturally had some scruples. I thought I had messed up the situation and that this matter would pass.

I thought that person shouldn't go to investigate A Yi. Looking at her mother's feelings, that person shouldn't have suspected A Yi either.

I admitted that those things were done by me. Speaking of the matter itself, this had nothing to do with A Yi.

And I thought A Yi's Gong technique was still far behind. She definitely didn't have the ability to cross the boundary. To that person, it wasn't much of a threat.

As a result, I thought wrong. I underestimated A Yi. She had this ability. Although she didn't use the same method as me, she could indeed cross the boundary.

This was the end. That person found out A Yi's background and treated A Yi as a threat. That person wanted to get rid of A Yi.

This was the mistake I made. I had to protect A Yi. I fought that person with my life, but I couldn't beat her. The only person who could beat her had left Puluo Continent at that time.

I didn't know what to do. A Yi's mother sacrificed her life and completely followed that person, which was the only way to save A Yi's life.

Since then, I owed A Yi a life. Since then, A Yi has always said she wants to marry me. Do you think she really took a fancy to this old bone of mine?"

Speaking of this, the Old Train looked straight at Li Li Banfeng: "She came to me to claim a life. She wants me to compensate her mother for a life. Do you understand?"

Li Li Banfeng nodded: "I understand now. Brother, can you tell me who that person is?"

"Hehe~" The Old Train laughed. "Want to fish for information from me again? I refuse to tell you!"

Li Li Banfeng ate a piece of beef and drank a mouthful of wine: "Even if you don't tell me, I can guess it. That person is the Heavenly Maiden."

The Old Train gritted his teeth: "She is the scourge of Puluo Continent!" ===== CHAPTER 774 =====