Chapter 777

A-Yu carried the Celestial Maiden on her back and looked at Li Li Banfeng. She moved step by step toward the window: "Little brother, you're calculating, but I cannot be your residential spirit."

Li Li Banfeng took a chair, sat down in the wooden house, and looked up at A-Yu: "Why can't you be my residential spirit?"

"I was originally someone else's residential spirit; I have a residential cultivator at home." A-Yu looked back at the Celestial Maiden.

Li Li Banfeng lifted the brim of his hat and said: "Sister, I've been a residential cultivator for so many years; I still understand the rules. I called your name in my residence, and you agreed. As long as your residential cultivator doesn't object, even if the residential spirit is given away, it's a done deal. What else is there to say?"

A-Yu pursed her lips and looked at the Celestial Maiden behind her again: "She actually doesn't agree."

What exactly is the relationship between the lockers and the Dark Star Bureau? Is this the Old Train's Gong technique, the Heavenly Maiden's technique, or a technological product of the Dark Star Bureau?

A chorus of voices shouted in A-Yu's ears:

"That's right, let her say something!"

"She can't even speak; she's clearly a dead person."

"The residential cultivator is dead; what are you still being so serious about? Isn't she just a masterless residential spirit?"

"We're taking you in; it's your good fortune!"

"That's right, don't be ungrateful!"

A-Yu's ears weren't sharp, and most of the voices sounded a bit blurry.

Why was this house so strange?

Not only was it strange, but A-Yu could also sense one thing: this house hadn't been taken care of for a long time.

A house that no one takes care of is relatively slow. If she ran away now, there should still be a chance to leave.

"Old Qi, listen to me. I'm very grateful to you for sending me to Gourd Village. I'll go down below the clouds to see Ah-Yi, and we can talk about the rest later." When she said these words, A-Yu's expression was calm, but she was a bit nervous inside. Li Qi's cultivation base wasn't low, and the level of this house wasn't low either. If she betrayed the residential cultivator's covenant and ran away privately, she would probably be severely punished.

But if she could successfully escape, there would still be a turning point.

Li Li Banfeng said: "Don't worry about that. I'll call Ah-Yi up in a moment to reunite with you."

A-Yu's cheeks flushed slightly: "I am your senior brother's woman; it's not appropriate between us."

The house was startled by these words and began to discuss it in a hubbub.

"What did that little hoof just say?"

"She said she's the senior brother's woman."

"Our residential cultivator is also a ruthless person; he even dares to make a move on his senior brother's woman."

"Don't talk nonsense; maybe the senior brother is willing."

"If he's not willing, then take the senior brother in too, and let them live their lives together."

The house's voices gradually disappeared. They quieted down and watched these two people silently.

Li Li Banfeng thought for a moment: "You becoming my residential spirit isn't the same as becoming my wife; what's inappropriate about that? Besides, I already have a wife."

"In any case, it's inappropriate—" A-Yu carried the Celestial Maiden on her back, suddenly stood up, and jumped out the window.

Don't underestimate the physical talent of a spy cultivator. A-Yu could fly, and although she couldn't fly fast, she could grasp the best timing.

The sentence she just said, "I am your senior brother's woman," directly caused the house to drop all its guard and focus on waiting for what came next, which gave A-Yu the opportunity to escape.

A residential spirit who escapes privately has to hide from houses and residential cultivators for the rest of her life. If she meets Li Li Banfeng again, she will definitely be at a disadvantage if they fight.

Even so, A-Yu still chose to escape. She jumped out the window and was just thinking about where to go next when she suddenly felt a powerful gravitational force behind her, preventing her from flying out.

Was there a whirlpool behind her?

A-Yu didn't know where this whirlpool came from, and because she was delayed for a short while by it, invisible hands stretched out from the house and dragged A-Yu back into the room.

Thud!

A-Yu fell to the floor, and the house's angry rebuke reached her ears:

"Still want to run?"

"We should break her legs!"

"After breaking them, heal the wounds, and after healing them, break them again!"

A-Yu wanted to jump out the window again, but it wasn't that easy anymore. The house wouldn't make the same mistake a second time.

Various furnishings and objects in the house beat down on A-Yu. A-Yu could predict the trajectory of some objects, but others came without any warning, and A-Yu couldn't react in time.

After being beaten by the house for a good while, A-Yu was bruised and battered, her clothes tattered. She shouted at Li Li Banfeng: "Li Qi, don't force me to fight you to the death!"

Li Li Banfeng wore an innocent smile, looked at A-Yu, and said happily: "You don't say, this is quite fun."

A-Yu was startled, tidied up her clothes, and retreated to the corner: "What do you want to play? You dare—"

Looking closely at Li Li Banfeng's eyes, A-Yu realized she had misunderstood him. Li Li Banfeng didn't want to play with A-Yu; he had discovered a very fun method.

When using Riding the Wind and Driving the Clouds, one could create a whirlpool.

This whirlpool could not only put oneself down but also suck others back.

"Floating Clouds Asking the Post" was right; this was truly too fun—

A-Yu pleaded from the side: "Brother, for the sake of your brother, let your sister-in-law go out and take a look."

Standing behind her are the members of the Hand and Foot Alliance, the people of the entire Electric Cultivation sect, and possibly people from the Outer Continent, or even the Inner Continent.

According to the tactics formulated by Li Li Banfeng and the old train, if the old train could bring A-Yu and the Celestial Maiden to Gourd Village, Li Li Banfeng would send them to the house and settle them down as residential spirits.

If the old train failed, Li Li Banfeng would drag the old train with the Personal Residence and bring A-Yu and the Celestial Maiden to Gourd Village, where they would also be settled down as residential spirits.

But all of this was based on the premise that A-Yu only wanted to escape and had no other ideas.

However, Li Li Banfeng was very clear that A-Yu had other ideas, and she and Did Honglian at home shared the same idea: they really wanted to be reunited.

This meant there was another possibility: A-Yu would infiltrate the Personal Residence, and the probability of this happening was extremely high.

To deal with this situation, Li Li Banfeng and the lady specifically formulated two sets of tactics.

First, Li Li Banfeng used the Connected Cave Chamber to send A-Yu to the house in Gourd Village, because Gourd Village was a secret location, and connecting to it was very difficult. Completing this step required quite some time, and the lady led Xiang Xiang Hongying, Hua Jiuer, and the second room to struggle to delay, which was for this purpose.

Second, if Li Li Banfeng couldn't delay, then he would find a way to make A-Yu recognize a master inside the Personal Residence. This choice was very dangerous. If A-Yu became the residential spirit of the Personal Residence, she would have to live there permanently. Although Li Li Banfeng and the old man would suppress her together, with A-Yu's intelligence, getting Did Honglian would be a matter of time.

The current result was quite good, and Li Li Banfeng certainly wouldn't let A-Yu leave: "Sister, just wait here. I'll bring Ah-Yi to see you in a moment. You should clean the room first."

Li Li Banfeng went down the clouds.

He just left like that?

A-Yu sneered: "I'll show you how arrogant you are!"

Inside the Personal Residence were Zhao Zhao Xiaowan, Xiang Xiang Hongying, the second room's shadow cultivator, and the Jade Not Carved into a Tool; with so many people together, they couldn't stop A-Yu and the Celestial Maiden.

And now Li Li Banfeng just left like that, thinking he could trap A-Yu with just this house?

A-Yu searched everywhere for the house's flaws. As long as there was a flaw, it wouldn't escape her eyes.

Don't even think about the windows; the house had made key defenses.

There seemed to be a gap in the roof.

A-Yu carried the Celestial Maiden on her back and was about to go up to the roof when the house creaked and moved, issuing a warning to A-Yu.

"I don't want to hurt you, don't run around!" The house's voice was full of vicissitudes, as if it were an eighty or ninety-year-old man.

Old as it was, this house's strength wasn't low; every tremor of the floorboards had great force.

A-Yu had recognized a master in front of a residential cultivator and didn't want to clash head-on with the house. She turned to the Celestial Maiden and said: "Use the Dove Occupying the Magpie's Nest again."

A drop of blood dripped from the Celestial Maiden's fingertip. The Dove Occupying the Magpie's Nest technique couldn't be used frequently; after waiting for a long time, the technique took effect.

"I, I—" The house's voice became sluggish, controlled by the Celestial Maiden's Dove Occupying the Magpie's Nest.

A-Yu leaped up and reached the ceiling, wanting to escape through the gap in the ceiling, when she suddenly heard an old woman's voice coming from upstairs.

"Do you want to come into my room?" The old woman's tone was full of longing.

A-Yu hurriedly landed on the ground. She used the spy cultivator technique but didn't see what the old woman looked like. She turned to the Celestial Maiden and said: "Spread the Dove Occupying the Magpie's Nest technique."

The Celestial Maiden didn't respond.

She couldn't spread it.

A-Yu didn't understand. The Dove Occupying the Magpie's Nest could usually occupy a residential courtyard; why did it only occupy one room today?

Could it be that this one room counted as a residential courtyard?

A-Yu realized something was wrong and turned to the Celestial Maiden: "Use the Connected Cave Chamber and switch this room to the roof."

The Celestial Maiden had already occupied this room with the Dove Occupying the Magpie's Nest, so using the Connected Cave Chamber was no problem.

But this room couldn't be switched to the roof; the old woman upstairs wouldn't let it, and there was a little girl downstairs pulling the room.

"Sister, where are you going? Come down and play with me!" Hearing this voice, the little girl seemed to be pulling the ceiling hard.

A-Yu shouted: "Switch to the next room!"

The Celestial Maiden was exerting force, but she couldn't switch to the next room either. A young woman responded: "Don't be in a hurry; you look so handsome, I like you too. I'll come find you after I finish my makeup."

The Celestial Maiden used the Connected Cave Chamber continuously, but this room never moved a fraction.

The old man shouted: "Stop squeezing hard; I can't move! Just honestly be my residential spirit."

The old woman hummed: "You old lecher, she's not yours alone!"

The woman next door nodded: "That's right, from now on, we'll each have one day."

A-Yu gritted her teeth: "Do you know who I am? Do you know who I'm carrying on my back? You really aren't afraid of death!"

The woman next door laughed: "Fighting alone, we definitely aren't your match, but there are many of us."

A-Yu's face turned ferocious: "What if there are many of you?"

The old woman upstairs sighed: "Girl, don't be brave. You've already recognized a master in front of a residential cultivator; how can you be tough with the house?"

A-Yu raged: "I recognized one master; how could I recognize so many houses?"

The woman next door said: "But we only recognize one residential cultivator; we only have one master."

A-Yu looked at and touched the Celestial Maiden's arm: "I can make you change masters."

"That's difficult," the little girl downstairs advised earnestly, "This master has a deed, and it's a deed given by the peddler. You'd better think clearly."

A-Yu bit her lip.

The peddler's deed was truly not easy to deal with.

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan walked out of the Personal Residence and found the key left by Li Li Banfeng in a corner of the Dark Star Bureau's lobby.

The train head was parked in the lobby, and when she picked up the key, Zhao Zhao Xiaowan heard the old train's voice.

"I've forgotten what place this is, and I've forgotten what I'm supposed to do. I've almost forgotten my own name."

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan didn't respond; the old train didn't seem to be talking to her either.

The little train opened its mouth: "Do you want me to remind you? You're called Eighteen Wheels; this is the Dark Star Bureau. You came here to let the Celestial Maiden and A-Yu out."

"Let them out? That won't do!" The old train suddenly became very irritable, "Why did you make me do such a thing? What are your intentions?"

The little train laughed: "Old thing, if you didn't want to come yourself, who could force you?"

The old train's headlights flashed: "I have to go; I feel danger. A few old friends are coming soon."

"What's the rush? Your body is complete now; none of those old friends are your match."

The old train puffed out steam, as if sighing: "Complete, but that's not necessarily a good thing. I still want to slide out that half of the craftsmanship; keeping it in my body always makes me feel uncomfortable."

The little train laughed: "If you slide out the craftsmanship, where can you place it? If it really falls into the hands of the Outer Provinces, won't Puluo Province be the one to suffer in the end?"

"I'm also worried about this matter. Brother, can you look after that half of the craftsmanship for me?"

The little train was silent for a moment: "I can't promise you that. I don't like that half of your craftsmanship either. I'm used to being free and unfettered; he has too many problems, and he annoys me."

The old train had nothing to say; even he himself was annoyed by that half of the craftsmanship, so the little train not wanting to promise was reasonable.

After waiting for a moment, the old train's headlights flashed again: "Since you like being free and unfettered, do you want to go out for a walk with me?

I'll talk to Li Qi and let you stay by my side. We brothers will travel all over the world. Don't worry, I'll trade good things with him; I definitely won't let Old Qi suffer a loss."

Woo-woo~

The little train whistled: "I've been to many places with you before. Even if there are places I haven't been to, it's the same to go see them with Ah-Qi later."

The old train sighed: "Little train, you're holding a grudge against me; you don't even care about our past friendship?"

Whoosh~

The little train was about to set off.

"Old train, I remember all our friendship. As for the road ahead, we don't necessarily have to walk it together."

Whoosh~ Whoosh~

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan left the Dark Star Bureau building, and the little train was about to go far away.

The old train suddenly shouted: "Little train, you really aren't coming with me?"

Whistle~

Amidst the whistle, the little train's voice was mixed in: "Do you know? I have a name now. My surname is Sui, and I'm called Personal Residence."

Ah-Yi sat in the room, stared at A-Yu for a while, and whispered to Li Li Banfeng: "You don't say, she's quite handsome." Many voices in the room echoed:

"Quite handsome, indeed quite handsome."

"What's the use of being handsome? Looking at her build, she's not too fat, and I don't know if she's easy to raise."

"We've only managed to get one residential spirit in so many years; we must raise her well. I don't know how her teeth are, or if she can still eat."

Li Li Banfeng looked at Ah-Yi: "Haven't you seen your mother before?"

"I have. We've kowtowed, we've drunk wine, we're closer than sisters, it's just..." Ah-Yi stared at A-Yu again for a moment, "Big sister, after so many years, I've forgotten what you looked like. Were you this good-looking before?"

Slap!

A-Yu slapped Ah-Yi: "Is this how you talk to your mother?"

1

A-Yu was indeed good-looking, better-looking than Ah-Yi and Hua Jiuer, but after discovering the Celestial Maiden lying on the ground, Ah-Yi suddenly changed her mind.

"What kind of appearance is this? This is too handsome!" Ah-Yi felt the Celestial Maiden was much better-looking than A-Yu.

Li Li Banfeng hadn't paid attention to the Celestial Maiden's appearance, and no one else in the house had either.

It wasn't easy to pay attention either; when she was on A-Yu's back, he hadn't seen the Celestial Maiden's face clearly.

But today, the Celestial Maiden wasn't on A-Yu's back, so he saw her quite clearly.

Her skin was quite fair, and her features were quite neat.

Her hair was a bit messy; she probably didn't take care of it often, and she had gotten a lot of mud and blood on it during the fight just now, making her look a bit disheveled.

Li Li Banfeng nodded slightly: "She's passable."

A-Yu said: "This is just passable?"

A-Yu glared at Li Qi: "You have to have a conscience when you speak; there's no one in the world more beautiful than her!"

Ah-Yi nodded: "I think even Zhao Zhao Xiaowan can't compare to her."

A-Yu sneered: "Zhao Zhao Xiaowan is far behind!"

Li Li Banfeng stood up abruptly. This was his house, and the sudden burst of power startled the two beauties.

"How is she behind? What is my wife lacking compared to her? My wife has a loudspeaker; does she have one?"

Ah-Yi looked at A-Yu, not knowing what a loudspeaker meant.

A-Yu looked at the Celestial Maiden and asked Li Li Banfeng: "Let's make one thing clear first: what are we sisters going to eat here?"

Ah-Yi slapped her thigh: "Mother, look at what you're saying. What kind of friendship do we sisters have? Have I ever treated you poorly? As long as you follow your sister, you'll eat fragrant and spicy food every day!"

A-Yu rolled her eyes at Ah-Yi: "Do I lack this bite of food? Am I that kind of glutton?"

Ah-Yi whispered: "There's lamb leg and oil-chili noodles tonight."

A-Yu wiped the corner of her mouth: "Let me tell you, it doesn't matter what we eat; we sisters eating together is all for the sake of friendship.

Let's not talk about the lamb leg and oil noodles first; Tian Guang and I have to eat the Outer Province's conditioning agent. I only have a three-day supply; there's no more." Li Li Banfeng said: "Can't you go a day without eating it?"

"What do you think?" A-Yu glared: "Otherwise, why would we work for the Outer Provinces?"

Li Li Banfeng still didn't understand: "Why do you have to eat the conditioning agent?"

A-Yu said: "Both Tian Guang and I were seriously injured; our souls and bodies were severely damaged and difficult to recover. Our cultivation bases are too high, and our souls and bodies can't bear the cultivation base, so naturally, we have to use the conditioning agent for guidance."

What she said seemed to be the truth.

The groundwork was almost laid, and A-Yu began to talk about the main topic: "The Dark Star Bureau's conditioning agents and guidance agents have all been moved away, and I heard they're hard to find on the black market. Tian Guang and I have to eat quite a lot every day. You really have to think carefully about this matter.

My beautiful little girl has become your concubine, a big girl more handsome than the little girl has become your dry sister, and two girls sweeter than honey belong to you. Can you bear to watch me starve?"

Li Li Banfeng said with a solemn expression: "Sister, I definitely won't let you starve. Conditioning agents aren't easy to get, but I'll find a way.

I'll always find some."

There were as many conditioning agents as he wanted; Li Li Banfeng had the matching beads.

But A-Yu's ears weren't sharp, and she couldn't hear Li Li Banfeng's inner thoughts at this moment.

A-Yu sighed: "I feel bad about always letting you run around for this matter. Actually, when I went to find Did Honglian just now, it was also to solve it once and for all.

When we were first trapped by the old train, we all relied on Did Honglian to stabilize our cultivation bases. Later, when Did Honglian was lost, we switched to eating the Dark Star Bureau's conditioning agents.

Now that we're all one family, I'll just speak plainly. Sister wants to borrow Did Honglian to use for a moment; using it for three or five minutes will be enough, and there won't be any more trouble for you for a year. Brother, can you do me a favor?"

Ah-Yi looked at Li Li Banfeng: "Brother, my mother speaks quite sincerely."

Li Li Banfeng didn't make a sound.

Ah-Yi turned to look at A-Yu again: "Sister, he's not falling for it. Why don't you lay the groundwork a bit more."

Bang!

A-Yu kicked Ah-Yi and looked at Li Li Banfeng: "What Sister said is all the truth. You just bring Did Honglian over for a short while; you'll be watching from the side the whole time. Sister definitely doesn't have any other intentions."

Li Li Banfeng looked at A-Yu with a sincere smile: "Sister, I'll take care of the conditioning agent matter; you don't have to worry. Now we have to calculate the remuneration. I brought you to Gourd Village, which is better than handing the television over to Ah-Yi. Shouldn't you give a little more remuneration?"

"Oh my, you say that," A-Yu sneered, "You and Ah-Yi made the deal; naturally, you should find Ah-Yi to settle the account.

What does this have to do with me? Could it be that in our sisters' place, you still want to eat from both sides?"

Ah-Yi said from the side: "Sister, we can't say it like that. I am me, and you are you. I have an agreement with Old Qi, and you and he have to settle it separately—"

Thud!

A-Yu kicked her again: "Get lost, you money-losing goods!"

Li Li Banfeng sat up straight: "We agreed at the beginning that you have to help me fight the Bandit-Suppressing Camp."

A-Yu rolled her eyes: "Little brother, these words of yours are really embarrassing for Sister. You have such good abilities; what help do you need from Sister? Sister won't go and add to your burden."

Li Li Banfeng curled his lips: "You say you won't help, so you won't? If you don't help, I'll borrow the Deep Residence and Large Courtyard."

A-Yu glared: "I won't lend it to you! What can you do to me?"

The temperature in the room dropped suddenly, and Ah-Yi shivered.

Li Li Banfeng sensed a very strong danger, but this danger wasn't aimed at him.

Some voices came from the house.

First was the old man: "What did she just say?"

Then the old woman: "The residential cultivator asked her to borrow a technique, and she just said she wouldn't lend it!"

Next was the young woman: "What a slut, she's rebelling!"

Then the old man again: "There must be rules in this house; we can't let her make such a public scene."

The little child shouted: "Use family law; this, not beating her definitely won't work!"

A-Yu looked around and glared at Li Li Banfeng: "How many houses are there here? Where did these houses come from?"

Li Li Banfeng shook his head and said very sincerely: "I'm not very familiar with them either."

Voices came from the house again, this time speaking to Li Li Banfeng:

"It's okay, you'll get familiar with them soon."

"We're all our own people."

"This slut, we'll help you discipline her!"

Ah-Yi looked around: "Why do I always feel like there's someone talking in the room? Big sister, I haven't gone crazy; I really heard someone talking. They spoke too vaguely, and I can't hear clearly."

A-Yu looked at Ah-Yi: "This is Gourd Village, isn't it? You should know the origin of this house."

Ah-Yi looked innocent: "I really don't know the origin of this house. When Old Qi told me, I didn't quite believe it.

I saw it with my own eyes, so I knew there was such a place."

A-Yu's expression turned ferocious: "Girl, you still dare to play dumb with me. You treat your mother like this; we'll settle this account slowly later.

Li Qi, I'll agree to lend you the technique. Do you have any other requirements?"

Li Li Banfeng nodded: "Yes! We agreed at the beginning that you have to teach me a residential cultivation technique."

Ah-Yi heard this and immediately stood up: "Mother, I won't eavesdrop on the technique matter."

Watching Ah-Yi walk out the door, A-Yu hated: "She walks so fast at a time like this."

Ah-Yi walked out of the house, looked at the structure of the house, and whispered: "Mother, don't mess around."

A-Yu looked at Li Li Banfeng: "Little brother, what technique do you want to learn?"

Li Qi crossed his hands and squatted beside A-Yu: "That depends on what techniques you have here?"

A-Yu raged: "Take your hands out; don't keep them in your sleeves. I want to beat you up whenever I see that look!"

Li Li Banfeng just kept his hands crossed; he wouldn't take them out.

A-Yu gritted her teeth: "One technique is called Dove Occupying the Magpie's Nest; this is a life-saving technique for residential cultivators. When you arrive at someone else's house, you can temporarily turn that place into your home. The techniques you can use at home can also be used in someone else's house."

Li Li Banfeng nodded: "This technique is not bad."

"It's not bad, but this technique is very difficult to learn, and the consumption is too great, especially when encountering the house of a high-level residential cultivator.

With your current cultivation base, you'll exhaust your physical strength in a few minutes."

Li Li Banfeng nodded slightly, but temporarily gave up on this technique.

For other residential cultivators, fighting outside the house is a very dangerous thing. Having the Dove Occupying the Magpie's Nest technique indeed provides a guarantee for life.

But Li Li Banfeng didn't care; he had the Personal Residence, which followed him wherever he went, so the Dove Occupying the Magpie's Nest seemed a bit redundant to him.

"Are there any other techniques?"

"Yes!" A-Yu lowered her voice and came to Li Li Banfeng's ear: "This technique is very powerful, but it's even harder to learn than the Dove Occupying the Magpie's Nest."

Li Li Banfeng rubbed his ears: "Tell me about it."

A-Yu's expression became even more mysterious: "This technique is specifically for preventing thieves. If there's something very important at home, you add a spiritual seal to it. If someone takes this item away, this spiritual seal will let you perceive it."

This technique didn't sound interesting either. Whether it was the old man or the gloves, Li Li Banfeng never lacked guards for his house.

A-Yu saw that Li Li Banfeng wasn't interested and added: "When you perceive that the item has been stolen, you can emit a ray of mysterious light, and the person who stole the item will be seriously injured by this ray of mysterious light."

Li Li Banfeng was startled: "What is mysterious light?"

A-Yu asked back: "Have you ever seen heavenly light?"

Li Li Banfeng crossed his hands, squatted on the ground, and nodded repeatedly: "I've seen it; I'm very familiar with it."

A-Yu laughed: "Little brother, this technique is called Mysterious Light Punishing Evil. Do you want to learn this?"

"I do!" Li Li Banfeng smiled honestly.

"Do you still have the level to learn the technique?"

Li Li Banfeng's smile froze, and he shook his head: "No."

"Sigh!" A-Yu let out a long sigh, "Then there's no way. Even if I want to teach you, you can't learn it."

"Don't worry, I'll go get some energy; I'll promote immediately!" Li Li Banfeng ran away from the house.

A-Yu looked around and whispered: "I don't believe I can't get out!"

PS: Before fighting the Bandit-Suppressing Camp, I'll pay a visit to Lan Qiao Yi.

I'm used to saving the good stuff for the later stages. Maybe the early stages are a bit slow, but I must do justice to the readers.