Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1103 567: Flawless (Part 2)
Hua Manchun's reputation is truly well-deserved; it's not just talk. The contract book records nineteen battles for local deity, Hua Manchun lost five times, winning the remaining fourteen.
But all five of these losses were to the same person, the Greenwater Beggar.
No wonder when mentioning Green Flower, Hua Manchun's gaze became so tender.
Feng Daiku battled Hua Manchun three times and lost every time, conceding over a thousand boundary squares to Hua Manchun.
Li Banfeng first took Hua Manchun's contract book under his name, then established a contract, returning all the lands Feng Daiku had conceded.
Feng Daiku didn't know how to thank Li Banfeng: "Young Master Li, in the past, it was my lack of ability that made me lose the lands. I'm not daring enough to ask for them back,
but if you give me one or two hundred miles, I'll consider that I've contributed somehow and shamelessly accept. But giving me over a thousand miles, how could I dare accept that?"
"They were originally your lands, why not take them back? In the future, if Flower Fairy Mansion faces any issues, I'll rely on you and Old Five to look after things for me."
This was the first time Li Banfeng was claiming a territory in front of others, and Feng Daiku and Ma Wu saw it.
Li Banfeng wasn't worried about them spreading the news. If those from Snowflake Beach dared retaliate, he'd take them one by one.
Now that the Home and Travelling Cultivation is at the Cloud Top Second Layer, Li Banfeng no longer worries about cultivation backlash, so he simply claimed the human energy from Flower Fairy Mansion first.
The Land Seal contained quite a bit of stock, and it took Li Banfeng about ten minutes to collect it all.
Liberated and refreshed, Li Banfeng circled Flower Fairy Mansion several times, familiarizing himself with the territory while honing his techniques.
Not only must he practice Family Treasures Self-Counting and Riding the Wind and Clouds, but Shape and Shadow Suspension too must be well-practiced. Li Banfeng hopes that Shape and Shadow Suspension can be used together with Foolish Cultivation Technique, both to fight and deceive, ensuring nothing is wasted—the real winning strategy.
But changing his mind, with Home Cultivation and Traveling Cultivator steadily advancing, Foolish Cultivation shows no progress. Would this invite backlash?
Is it time to visit Senior Brother Sun, to learn two more techniques?
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Sun Tiecheng squatted beside the Copper Lotus Flower with hands folded: "Brother, your arrangement isn't right; you promised three Xuanyun Pills, but you only gave two. What's the meaning of this?"
Red Lotus Flower's leaves trembled as if speaking, and after listening for a while, Sun Tiecheng frowned: "What, you need supplementary ingredients? Iron Bamboo shoots? That stuff on Kuwu Mountain isn't easy to get!"
As he spoke, Sun Tiecheng glanced at Gui Jianchou.
Gui Jianchou quickly said: "City Master Sun, you can have both Xuanyun Pills, I don't want them."
"That's not acceptable!" Sun Tiecheng took out a Xuanyun Pill and gave it to Gui Jianchou, "Ah Gui, this elixir is yours. We're true to our word, but you'll need to make a trip to Kuwu Mountain."
"I can't do that!" Gui Jianchou returned the elixir to Sun Tiecheng, "I really don't dare go to Kuwu Mountain."
"What are you afraid of?"
"Why shouldn't I be afraid? You know what he's capable of. If he decides to be ruthless, whether I return alive is uncertain. And you want me to get Iron Bamboo?"
"You're not going, are you?" Sun Tiecheng was angry.
Gui Jianchou shook his head like a rattle: "I really can't go. If you're angry, you might as well kill me; either way, it's death, but dying by your hand can be clean."
Sun Tiecheng scratched his head: "Xu Han, the old guy, is not very clean."
He turned his face to Red Lotus: "Does it have to be Iron Bamboo shoots? Can other things work?"
Red Lotus made squeaking sounds, seemingly responding, but Gui Jianchou could hear a bit but couldn't make out what Red Lotus was saying.
Sun Tiecheng turned again to Gui Jianchou: "He can't reach an agreement, do you have no compromise either?"
Gui Jianchou lowered his head: "Everything else can be negotiated, but I definitely won't go to Kuwu Mountain."
Sun Tiecheng was furious: "If you won't go to Kuwu Mountain, stay at home!"
"Stay at home!" Gui Jianchou sat down steadily.
"Don't get up before I return!" Sun Tiecheng walked off angrily.
"Don't get up!" Gui Jianchou was a person of great integrity, squatting by the door and not getting up, quietly watching Sun Tiecheng go away.
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Beneath Kuwu Mountain, it was crowded, Qiu Zhiheng wore a short shirt and carried a medicine basket, getting ready to collect herbs on the mountain.
Qiu Zhiheng's business was growing increasingly prosperous, with three Medicine Shops established in Medicine King Valley. Collecting herbs should not require his personal involvement, but today's herbs were special; the Blood Skin Apricot in the mountains was ripe.
Blood Skin Apricot is a specialty medicinal herb of Kuwu Mountain. The apricot's skin is blood-red, but its flesh is white. Dried apricot flesh, once consumed, can heal all sorts of internal injuries.
Apricot seeds are extremely bitter, but they can detoxify, even some unique Poison Cultivation poisons can be counteracted using the seed of Blood Skin Apricot.
The most precious part is the skin; it can stop bleeding and replenish blood, for those suffering loss of blood from external injuries, it stops bleeding when applied to wounds, and consuming a few pieces can replenish blood.
The value of Blood Skin Apricot far surpasses Snake-Patterned Chrysanthemum, and it's much rarer. Only in deep mountains can they be found; low-level cultivators dare not venture, and high-level cultivators are unwilling to risk themselves for this. Thus, major Medicine Shops rely only on their skilled personnel to gather the herbs.
Qiu Zhiheng's wife was uneasy: "Zhiheng, I say it's better not to go. It's not worth it for those few apricots. We can search more in Greenwater City; perhaps we could buy a few."