Chapter 850: Shunzi, let's discuss it

Yuan Yuan Miaoping, with tears in her eyes and pursed lips, looked at Li Li Banfeng: "Leader, things aren't what you think. I definitely couldn't just turn anyone into a Disease Cultivator. Cui Cui Tike was indeed a very special person. I chose him at the time because he met the conditions to become a Disease Cultivator."

Li Li Banfeng carefully wiped the fluorescent screen: "Meeting the conditions means he had a Daoist affinity, right?"

Yuan Yuan Miaoping looked admiring: "Leader, how do you know everything? Leader is truly a god-like person!"

"Is this hard to think of? Inner Outer Amikan doesn't even have the concept of a Daoist sect. People with Daoist affinity must be very few. You first talk about how Cui Cui Tike's Daoist affinity came about." Li Li Banfeng carefully wiped a stain on the fluorescent screen.

Yuan Yuan Miaoping felt the tone was wrong and immediately explained: "His Daoist affinity has nothing to do with me. He was weak and sickly since he was a child. When his parents were alive, they found many witch doctors to help him treat his illness. The herbs he ate and the witchcraft rituals he experienced had long since accumulated enough Daoist affinity for him.

So, I can't turn ordinary people into Disease Cultivators. I have to specifically find people who have accumulated enough Daoist affinity but haven't entered a Daoist sect yet. This kind of person is not many in the Star Fall Continent, and they can't be found at all in other places.

Moreover, the person himself has to be willing. Cui Cui Tike watched television for several days at that time. No plot, no characters, only a few patterns changing in a cycle. If it were someone else who wasn't willing, how could they watch it?"

"In other words, you spent so much effort cultivating Cui Cui Tike entirely out of sympathy?" After wiping the screen clean, Li Li Banfeng went to wipe the casing.

Yuan Yuan Miaoping nodded: "It was indeed out of sympathy. I am a person with a sense of justice. Leader must know about Cui Cui Tike's childhood encounters. It was truly heartbreaking to hear! He was so pitiful, what other thoughts could I have about him?"

Li Li Banfeng sprinkled some cleaning agent on the casing: "How is your relationship with the White Collection Alliance?"

Yuan Yuan Miaoping licked her lips: "It's okay—"

Every time she was hit on the vital point, Yuan Yuan Miaoping would subconsciously lick her lips.

"What level of friendship do you consider 'it's okay'?"

Yuan Yuan Miaoping lowered her head: "Walking in the world, paying respects to a few more piers is never a bad thing. But those are all things of the past. Now I am loyal to the Leader alone."

Li Li Banfeng asked: "Are you trying to cultivate a Disease Cultivator for the White Collection Alliance?"

Yuan Yuan Miaoping answered in a low voice: "Leader, I really didn't think that way back then. I really pitied Cui Cui Tike. How could I use such a small child? Leader, what kind of person do you take me for?"

"I take you as a normal person," Li Li Banfeng wiped the casing clean and went to clean the back cover. "Normal people always have some selfishness when doing things, but they also talk about some morality."

Yuan Yuan Miaoping's eyes turned red, and she sobbed softly: "Leader, I knew I followed the right person. I knew you are the most wise, most considerate, and most worth following Ming Lord in this world!

I helped Cui Cui Tike indeed out of good intentions. As for the Bai Sun Alliance wanting to cultivate a Disease Cultivator, that was purely a coincidence."

Sure enough, there was an arrangement by the White Collection Alliance here. No wonder the White Collection Alliance kept wanting to win over Cui Cui Tike. In this matter, they had invested capital.

But one couldn't completely deny Yuan Yuan Miaoping's motivation because of this matter. She helped Cui Cui Tike take revenge after making him a Disease Cultivator; there were also components of sympathy and pity here.

"Did you sacrifice your body just for the inheritance of the Disease Cultivation Daoist sect?" Li Li Banfeng carefully cleaned the back cover, wiping even the dust in the crevices clean.

"Leader, you wouldn't wash me clean and then execute me on the spot, would you?" Yuan Yuan Miaoping cried even more pitifully. "Helping the Daoist sect inheritance is also true. I did have some difficulties at the time. After all, Electricity Cultivation had already surpassed Disease Cultivation, and the Daoist sect backlash was something I couldn't hold on to anymore."

Selfishness and morality were entangled together; this was Yuan Yuan Miaoping's temperament.

After thoroughly cleaning Yuan Yuan Miaoping, Li Li Banfeng sat quietly in front of the screen, and Yuan Yuan Miaoping trembled in fear behind the screen.

"A-Qi," the Leaving Suishenju wanted to speak, but stopped.

It believed Yuan Yuan Miaoping was a disaster and should be eliminated directly. For Li Li Banfeng, eliminating Yuan Yuan Miaoping wasn't difficult. Regardless of how strong she was, in terms of single-soldier combat power, she wasn't enough to look at in the Leaving Suishenju. Li Li Banfeng could take her life at any time.

But Li Li Banfeng didn't do so.

There were many threats in the Star Fall Continent. If one killed every threat one saw, many Daoist sects would have been extinct long ago.

Just like Green Flower, everyone felt he was a disaster to the Star Fall Continent, but who could have thought he had just saved the Star Fall Continent.

"How high is your status in the White Collection Alliance?"

Yuan Yuan Miaoping shook her head: "I don't have any status. I just occasionally had some cooperation with them."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Li Li Banfeng threw the rag onto the screen, hitting Yuan Yuan Miaoping right in the face. "The Electricity Cultivation medicinal powder is in the Peddler's hands, and the Electricity Cultivation disciples are basically people from the Star Fall Continent. The appearance of Star Fall Continent people is significantly different from that of the Inner Outer Amikan Kingdom. If you didn't rely on the White Collection Alliance, what did you rely on to repair televisions in the Outer Amikan Kingdom?"

Yuan Yuan Miaoping started licking her lips again. This word hit the vital point again.

Even one or two could be explained. Yuan Yuan Miaoping planted dozens of televisions in the Inner Outer Amikan Kingdom. If there was no assistance from other organizations,

relying solely on Electricity Cultivation, it definitely couldn't have completed such a large project.

"Leader, I—"

"I'm not trying to catch a traitor, nor have I thought about making things difficult for you. I want to investigate some things through the White Collection Alliance now. If you can build a bridge in it, things might progress more smoothly."

Yuan Yuan Miaoping said: "May the subordinate ask, is the Leader trying to find Duan Duan Tielu's whereabouts?"

Li Li Banfeng nodded. Yuan Yuan Miaoping was really sharp in this aspect.

"Leader, Duan Duan Tielu is a very cautious person. I estimate that the White Collection Alliance doesn't have many clues either. Instead of joining hands with them to investigate,

it's better to let me collect some news first. Once there is a general direction, the Leader can investigate personally. After all, the Leader is also a person of status in the Shang Kingdom, and the means you can use might be more than the Bai Sun Alliance."

Li Li Banfeng nodded repeatedly upon hearing this. This line of thinking was very correct. He carried Yuan Yuan Miaoping and prepared to go out, and heard the Leaving Suishenju shout again: "A-Qi, be careful."

Li Li Banfeng could understand the Old Man's mood at this moment, but this wasn't the first time he had taken Yuan Yuan Miaoping out.

He had precautions before, and he still had to have precautions now.

He had some trust before, and he still had to continue to trust her.

Li Li Banfeng took Yuan Yuan Miaoping to Xiaoyao Dock. Yuan Yuan Miaoping stood in the room, and the images on the screen kept switching.

First it was a snow mountain, then a lonely island on the sea, then a cloud, and then a mountain cave on a cliff. "According to the clues investigated before, Duan Duan Tielu should be on the border between the Shang Kingdom and the Tu Fang Kingdom." Li Li Banfeng didn't want to let Yuan Yuan Miaoping search aimlessly.

A picture-in-picture appeared in the lower left corner of the television. Yuan Yuan Miaoping shook her head: "I have also heard the news the Leader mentioned. I have just investigated the border between the Shang Kingdom and the Tu Fang Kingdom.

At least based on the current observation results, I haven't found Duan Duan Tielu's residence, let alone discovered his whereabouts."

Duan Duan Tielu moved?

This person is so shrewd, he must have received the news of the Shang Kingdom's defeat and found a place to hide.

Where could he hide?

"You just said you didn't even see Duan Duan Tielu's house. What does his house look like?"

The main screen kept switching. Yuan Yuan Miaoping opened another picture-in-picture: "Leader, this is the house Duan Duan Tielu had on the border between the two countries back then."

Li Li Banfeng saw a hill, but didn't see a house.

Yuan Yuan Miaoping presented another photo. It was still this hill, and it was almost indistinguishable from the previous photo.

After overlapping the two photos for comparison, Li Li Banfeng saw the difference.

The hill in the first photo had a little more. In the lower left area of the photo, there was an extra piece of mountain body.

This piece of mountain body itself was very round. After adding it, the curve of the hill remained smooth, without any abruptness. Building one's own residence so exquisitely shows how superb the Crafting Cultivator Patriarch's skills were.

Yuan Yuan Miaoping listed several more pictures, including reefs near the sea, sand dunes in the desert, snow on high mountains, and ponds on the grassland.

These places were all Duan Duan Tielu's residences, but as far as these photos were concerned, Li Li Banfeng couldn't see any flaws.

In the Star Fall Continent, the strength of many Daoist sect patriarchs was very poor, but there were also many patriarchs who represented the ceiling of the Daoist sect. Duan Duan Tielu might be the ceiling in Crafting Cultivation. Of course, the old train might not agree with this statement.

Yuan Yuan Miaoping was still searching for Duan Duan Tielu's whereabouts. Li Li Banfeng first contacted Eight Calculations and Pineapple.

The two of them were driving the Added-Wing City and had been inquiring about news of Chaoge. Strangely, there had been no news from Chaoge since the end of the war.

Li Li Banfeng also contacted the Luo sisters. According to the situation currently mastered by Luo Su Lijun, the cabinet of the Shang Kingdom was still under Lan Qiao Yi's control, but the imperial court had issued a ban, not allowing various feudal lords to go to Chaoge during this period. Therefore, the Luo sisters had never seen Lan Qiao Yi.

Was Lan Qiao Yi really resurrected?

Why restrict feudal lords from various places from going to Chaoge?

This matter was interesting.

Li Li Banfeng took Yuan Yuan Miaoping, went to the Soda Kiln, sat in the Added-Wing City, and first went to Xiaodu.

Xiaodu had just restored order recently. Because the Shang Kingdom and the Star Fall Continent were at war, Xiaodu was the fief of Prince Prince Pingyuan, and the situation was very awkward. Figures like Tie Tie Baisheng and Ban Hai Chi Ling, because they were closely related to Li Qi, could lose their lives at any time due to the crime of colluding with the enemy. Therefore, many people in the Shang Kingdom took the initiative to cut off business dealings with Xiaodu.

Other countries were also worried that Xiaodu would have accidents, so the business that had been negotiated was all slowed down.

Now that the war was over, Xiaodu was safe and sound, and the business with surrounding countries was done again, but the business within the country hadn't started yet. Merchants from all over were still waiting to see the next move of the imperial court.

Tie Tie Baisheng was also very careful. The security around the mansion was tightened, and ships were prepared at the port at any time, ready to go to sea at any time.

Li Li Banfeng simply appeared in front of Tie Tie Baisheng: "Who is in charge of the imperial court now?"

Tie Tie Baisheng was scared out of his wits: "Your Highness, when did you come?"

Li Li Banfeng said: "I just arrived. Seeing that the business in Xiaodu is quite prosperous."

Tie Tie Baisheng looked bitter: "Your Highness, the subordinate has no extravagant hopes for business, only hoping that the imperial court won't punish us. I sent people to Chaoge City to inquire. Although they lost the war, the imperial court is still managed by Lord Lan Qiao. I estimate that they won't spare us lightly in the future."

While speaking, Tie Tie Baisheng carefully observed Li Li Banfeng's attitude.

Just yesterday, he had received another piece of news: Prince Prince Pingyuan had become the big leader of the Star Fall Continent.

Be very careful with words, mention less about the war, and don't offend the Prince.

Li Li Banfeng didn't care about Tie Tie Baisheng's attitude. He had some doubts about the news from Chaoge. Even someone as strong as Face-Not-Big didn't have the strength to split a person into three parts. Lan Qiao Yi died twice, and Li Li Banfeng cried twice. He felt Lan Qiao Yi should be dead thoroughly.

"Did Ban Hai Chi Ling go to Chaoge to inquire?"

"I don't know about this," Tie Tie Baisheng shook his head repeatedly. "That old cow ran away a few days ago, and I don't know where she is now."

"She ran so fast?" Li Li Banfeng's impression of Ban Hai Chi Ling wasn't too good. "Did the imperial court send people to beat you? Or did they send people to inquire about the situation?"

Tie Tie Baisheng said: "Your Highness, if the imperial court really had movements, we wouldn't be afraid. What we are afraid of is that the imperial court has no movements, but we don't know when they will take action against us."

This was really Lan Qiao Yi's style. Before taking real action, he would never alert the enemy.

Could it be that Lan Qiao Yi was really alive?

It was best to go and see for himself.

Li Li Banfeng arrived at Chaoge. From the first city to the ninth city, Chaoge was heavily guarded.

Especially after reaching the fifth city, the city gate tower was piled with first-class weapons, and it couldn't be piled anymore. With Li Li Banfeng's high cultivation, walking on the streets of the city, he could still feel a burst of chill.

Was this Lan Qiao Yi deploying defenses?

Was he worried that the Star Fall Continent would fight back?

Li Li Banfeng fully mobilized his Residential Cultivator talent and walked into Lan Qiao Yi's mansion.

This move was very risky. There was more than one Insight Cultivator weapon around the mansion. If these weapons exerted force at the same time, they would definitely be able to discover Li Li Banfeng's whereabouts.

Fortunately, these weapons performed their own duties. Li Li Banfeng walked smoothly from the front yard to the back garden without making any noise.

He searched every room, but he didn't find Lan Qiao Yi.

In the study, Li Li Banfeng saw some documents. The dates of the documents were mostly before the war. There was a document sent after the war started, and this part of the documents hadn't been opened.

In other words, since the war started, Lan Qiao Yi had never returned to the mansion.

It could even be concluded that Lan Qiao Yi had never returned to Chaoge.

Of course, it didn't exclude one possibility: Lan Qiao Yi moved after returning.

But if he moved, why did this mansion need to be guarded so heavily?

Who exactly was this defending against?

Leaving Lan Qiao Yi's mansion, Li Li Banfeng relied on the means of seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster to turn around in more dangerous places in Chaoge City. He originally thought there was no place in the city more dangerous than Lan Qiao Yi's mansion, but he didn't expect Li Li Banfeng to misjudge.

The mansion of Prince Prince Anshun was arranged with more first-class weapons, even more dangerous than Lan Qiao Yi's mansion.

Li Li Banfeng had entered Chaoge City several times, but he had never seen such a formation. Looking at the Prince's mansion in front of him, Li Li Banfeng had a clear understanding: as long as he stepped into the gate, his whereabouts would definitely be exposed. So many weapons just to protect a Prince?

There were many royal family members in Chaoge City, and the number of Princes was not small.

Li Li Banfeng still had some impression of this Prince Prince Anshun. He went on an expedition with Lan Qiao Yi. When Li Li Banfeng left, Prince Prince Anshun had already contracted an epidemic. There were only two endings left for him: either he became a Knife-Labor Ghost, or he died of illness directly.

Why could he return to Chaoge?

Was it really him in this mansion?

Li Li Banfeng returned to the mansion and asked Tian Nv for a way. Tian Nv used the image presented by the projector to look at the deployment of the Prince's mansion.

Tian Nv shook her head repeatedly: "This place can't be entered. Even I have no way. Even if I bring the other half of my body on the clouds, there is no way."

Li Li Banfeng said: "I just want to see if Prince Prince Anshun is in the mansion. Ayu should be able to do it, right?"

Tian Nv really didn't have confidence: "Ayu might be able to do it, but this is very risky. You and I will take Ayu out together, find a way to protect her, don't get too close to the mansion, take a look, and bring her back immediately."

Tian Nv was so cautious, which showed how much effort the Prince's mansion had put in.

Li Li Banfeng picked up Ayu from Gourd Village. The projector released the image of Prince Prince Anshun. The two of them protected Ayu and arrived near the mansion. Ayu had watched for less than two seconds. Tian Nv gave a look, and Li Li Banfeng unscrewed the room door and brought Tian Nv and Ayu back together.

Ayu said angrily: "What's the rush? I hadn't even caught my breath, and you dragged me back!"

Tian Nv said: "When is it not okay to breathe? Why do you have to breathe in that place? Did you see Prince Prince Anshun just now?"

Ayu closed her eyes and recalled for a moment: "I didn't see the layout of the whole house clearly. I barely saw a few people, and I'm not sure if it was Prince Prince Anshun. Let me see Prince Prince Anshun's appearance again."

The projector leaned forward and flashed its lens at Ayu: "Beautiful lady, I am willing to serve you."

Ayu rolled her eyes at the projector, her face full of disgust.

The projector released Prince Prince Anshun's image again. When it was filmed, it was on the battlefield. Prince Prince Anshun was wearing armor, which was significantly different from the clothing Ayu saw. Plus the time was rushed, Ayu didn't see many details, which brought no small difficulty to the final identification.

After carefully comparing for a long time, Ayu said to Li Li Banfeng: "Prince Prince Anshun should be in the mansion. I have at least sixty percent certainty. His appearance has changed significantly, but some habits in his behavior still have obvious characteristics."

His appearance changed, but his habits in behavior were retained.

Li Li Banfeng made a deduction: "The soul is real, but the body was newly changed?"

Ayu pondered for a moment: "I can't draw a conclusion, but it's indeed possible."

Was this the Great Totem letting him be reborn?

Li Li Banfeng frowned: "If this guy is really alive, I still have to see him once."

Tian Nv shook her head: "You had better not go. If you go, there is almost no chance of coming out alive."

Ayu agreed with Tian Nv's judgment: "Although I only took one look, the defense in this house is indeed remarkable. Prince Prince Anshun is currently in the main garden. There are two layers of courtyards east, west, south, and north of the main garden, and each layer of courtyard has hundreds of first-class weapons. Wanting to sneak in, I'm afraid it's nine deaths and one life."

Xiang Xiang Hongying couldn't help but speak: "I don't want to discuss things with you Residential Cultivators. Isn't it just a five-entry mansion? This isn't a dragon's pool or a tiger's den. What's there to be afraid of?

Seventh Brother, they don't dare to go, let's go. Let's kill our way in and capture that Prince back!"

Tian Nv shook her head: "This definitely won't do."

Xiang Xiang Hongying had already prepared her armor: "Seventh Brother, just say when to take action!"

"Take action on what?" Li Li Banfeng looked at Xiang Xiang Hongying and said, "Am I going to rob or snatch someone? Am I that kind of person? Can I do that kind of thing?"

Xiang Xiang Hongying felt that the business of robbing wasn't bad, but Seventh Brother had turned over a new leaf, so she wouldn't do it.

Li Li Banfeng asked Yuan Yuan Miaoping: "Let Ayu show you the way and help you determine Prince Prince Anshun's location. Can you contact Prince Prince Anshun?"

"Why would I contact him?" Yuan Yuan Miaoping looked terrified. "Leader, you wouldn't suspect me of colluding with the enemy, would you? I don't have any dealings with this Prince."

"Who said you were colluding with the enemy?" Li Li Banfeng opened the map. "Find a suitable place to make an appointment with him. I want to meet him and talk about some serious business."

"A suitable place?" Yuan Yuan Miaoping had also seen the current situation in Chaoge City through the car window. "Is there still a suitable place in Chaoge City now? I feel that no matter where we negotiate, we will be the ones suffering."

Tian Nv came up with an idea: "Let him go to Xiaodu. We can be more at ease in that place."

"Xiaodu?" Li Li Banfeng laughed. "Why don't you say let him go to Green Water City? If he arrives at Xiaoyao Dock, I will be even more at ease!"

Tian Nv nodded: "Going to Xiaoyao Dock is also fine. That is also our home."

Li Li Banfeng shook his head: "This Prince will definitely not leave Chaoge. He deployed so many weapons, it shouldn't just be to guard against the Star Fall Continent. Let him go to Lan Qiao Yi's mansion. Just say I want to meet him in Lan Qiao Yi's study."

Prince Prince Anshun sat in the bedroom, looking at the food on the table, in a daze.

A servant stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, the food is cold. I'll go heat it up for you."

Prince Prince Anshun shook his head: "No need. Take it away. I'm not hungry."

The servant said with concern: "Your Highness, you haven't eaten much all day, eat a little—"

Prince Prince Anshun looked up at the servant: "You talk too much."

The servant hurriedly covered his mouth and ordered people to withdraw the table of wine and food.

The Prince had people fetch hot water, prepared to wash up and sleep. Soaking in the hot water, the Prince closed his eyes. Amidst the steaming mist, Li Qi's figure appeared in front of him.

Prince Prince Anshun was startled at first, but when he opened his eyes, he found Li Qi was gone.

Illusion?

Prince Prince Anshun took two weapons and checked them carefully for a long time. He didn't see Li Qi again.

Several servants were serving on the side, and they didn't see anyone else enter the room.

The first-class weapons in the courtyard didn't react. Prince Prince Anshun closed his eyes again. After a while, Li Qi's figure appeared again.

Prince Prince Anshun was about to shout for people, but heard Li Li Banfeng say: "Shunzi, don't be anxious, I have urgent business to discuss with you."

What kind of situation is this? Li Qi killed his way to his home?

Are the many layers of defense inside and outside the mansion just for show?

Li Qi even explained specifically: "I didn't come in person. This is just an image. It can't hurt you. I'm here to help you. Do we have anything to discuss?"

Prince Prince Anshun opened his eyes and looked around, then ordered the servants to go out temporarily. He wanted to take a nap.

Once the people were gone, Prince Prince Anshun closed his eyes and responded in a low voice: "What do I have to discuss with you?"

Li Li Banfeng said: "Lan Qiao Yi didn't come back, right?"

Prince Prince Anshun said: "Who did you hear that from?"

"I'm in Lan Qiao Yi's house, and I didn't see anyone at all!"

"Why must you see him? Does Lan Qiao Yi have to wait for you at home?"

Li Li Banfeng laughed: "Bickering is meaningless. I'm really here to help you. You have deep entanglements with the former Emperor, and even deeper entanglements with the former Chief Secretary. Whether it's the Sage or Lan Qiao Yi, they have offended many people. Now that they are gone, should this account be settled on you?"

Prince Prince Anshun sneered: "Why, do you think I'm afraid? I've walked through bloody storms all my life, when have I ever been cowardly?"

"If you really weren't afraid, would this mansion need so much defense?"

Prince Prince Anshun said in a calm tone: "We just lost the war, so we are tightening security in the capital. Is there anything inappropriate about this?"

Li Li Banfeng nodded repeatedly: "Almost forgot, lost the war, this matter also has to be settled on you."

Prince Prince Anshun pursed his lips and didn't speak.

Li Li Banfeng said: "Stop being stubborn. I'm really thinking for you now. If you can't be the Emperor, don't even think about keeping your life. I hope you can be, but I have to know how much capital you have."

Prince Prince Anshun said: "What capital do you want to ask about?"