Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1114 569: The Peddler's Secret Technique

"Then let's go to the Flower Fairy Mansion, that's also our territory!"

"What about Hua Manchun?"

"He's from Snowflake Beach, tried to plot against me, so I killed him!"

"Hua Manchun is dead?" Sun Tiecheng said with tears in his eyes, "He was quite a character, did you cry when he died?"

Li Banfeng's eyes were red too: "I cried, shed tears, even cried out loud."

Sun Tiecheng wiped his tears and said: "As long as you cried, that shows heartfelt sorrow, then he died swiftly.

I said the people at Snowflake Beach aren't to be feared, but you must watch out for Snow Cream, that kid can be terrifying when he turns on you."

"It's okay, I have a relationship with Snow Cream..."

In conversation, Li Banfeng kept watching Red Lotus.

The Iron Bamboo is inside, what will it refine into?

...

Li Banfeng had a meal at Sun Tiecheng's place, during which he talked about some encounters in the Outside Provinces.

"I plan to pull Tang Changfa out of the black market and find him another occupation."

Sun Tiecheng said: "Why pull him out?"

"Snowflake Beach is eyeing people around me, Qiu Zhiheng almost got poisoned, I fear Ah Fa and the others might be targeted too."

Sun Tiecheng put down his chopsticks, thought for a moment, and said: "You must not pull him out!"

Li Banfeng said: "If Snowflake Beach finds out Ah Fa and the others have ties with me, then this matter will..."

"Even if discovered, you must not retract," Sun Tiecheng shook his head, "As you mentioned, Snowflake Beach lacks money, and there aren't many good places to earn in the Outside Provinces, Snowflake Beach will surely reach for the black market,

as long as they haven't discovered Ah Fa, Ah Fa can gather intel on them, and if they discover Ah Fa, you can follow the trail and capture them."

Li Banfeng shook his head: "If Ah Fa is discovered and I haven't arrived in time, those three will be in danger."

"Then it's their fault for being incompetent," Sun Tiecheng looked at Li Banfeng, "Old Qi, I handed Tang Changfa and the others to you, not for you to pamper them, but to make them work for you,

they enjoy life with you, they must use their true skills to earn it, if they can't even preserve their lives, why go out with you? They might as well stay in Fool's City and muddle through."

"Ah Fa has done quite a lot for me."

"Then you should trust him even more," Sun Tiecheng poured Li Banfeng a cup of wine, "Using people around you as a threat is a cheap trick, I've suffered from this cheap trick, you must not fall for it again. Listen to me, Tang Changfa must not be pulled back!"

The two talked while eating, until dusk, the Light Halo on Red Lotus hadn't faded, the medicine seemed unfinished.

That night, Li Banfeng didn't leave.

He stayed at Changsan Book Residence, Yan Cui'er and Yan Hong'er had gone to the Outside Provinces, leaving only Yan Qing'er to guard the place, still practicing music, dance, and mirror work, doing business that didn't exist.

The bedroom was always reserved for Li Banfeng, usually cleaned by someone, Li Banfeng entered the room, hid the key, then entered the Portable Residence.

He walked to the Ninth Room and sat beside Red Lotus: "Hua Jiu'er, can you tell me the truth?"

Red Lotus unfurled its petals: "I've never lied to you."

"I saw another Red Lotus, it looks just like you, sounds similar too, is this Red Lotus real?"

"I've never seen that Red Lotus, how can I tell the real one from a few words?"

The words made sense.

Li Banfeng got straight to the point: "If that Red Lotus is real, can it refine entry-level medicine powder?"

"No," Red Lotus answered decisively, "In this world, only the Peddler knows how to refine medicine powder, no one else knows the recipe."

"Wasn't the recipe researched by the Heavens and him together?"

"The Heavens helped the Peddler a bit, but the recipe is solely his, and because of the recipe, they turned against each other, not resting until one perished."

So it turned out the Heavens fought with the Peddler over this matter.

If what Red Lotus said is true, then it proves Senior Brother Sun hasn't mastered the method to refine medicine powder yet.

After spending the night in the Portable Residence, at daybreak, Li Banfeng went again to Sun Tiecheng's residence, he was contemplating about how to persuade Senior Brother Sun, before entering, he suddenly saw Senior Brother Sun rushing out.

"Old Qi, it's done, the thing is refined!"

Li Banfeng exclaimed: "What is refined?"

"The elixir is refined, quick, come and have a look!"

Li Banfeng followed Sun Tiecheng to the residence, and saw Gui Jianchou holding ten elixirs, waiting in the main hall.

Sun Tiecheng sternly questioned Gui Jianchou: "You didn't sneak any, did you?"

Gui Jianchou was very upset: "Why would I sneak any? I don't even know what these elixirs are about!"

Sun Tiecheng counted them twice, indeed there were ten, not one less.

"Old Qi, take a closer look at these ten elixirs, each one is different."

Li Banfeng looked through them, and each elixir had a unique pattern: "Were these ten pills refined from Iron Bamboo?"

Sun Tiecheng nodded: "One bamboo corresponds to one pill, choose three from the ten, refine it once more, and you can make an entry medicine powder of the Taoist Sect."

Li Banfeng stood there in a daze, pondering a question, with ten choosing three, how many combinations are there in total?

Gui Jianchou's eyes sparkled: "City Master Sun, you're not tricking me, are you? Can you really refine it into entry medicine powder?"

Sun Tiecheng laughed: "Tricking you would be appropriate, but how could I trick my own junior brother?"

Gui Jianchou asked: "You just mentioned refining again, exactly how should it be refined?"

Sun Tiecheng crossed his arms, shook his head: "That I don't know."

Gui Jianchou looked at the elixirs, and asked again: "I am a Nightmare Cultivator, I don't pry into others' affairs, but I have to ask about our own Taoist Sect's issues, among these, which three elixirs correspond to the entry medicine powder for a Nightmare Cultivator?"

Sun Tiecheng shook his head: "That I know even less."

Gui Jianchou looked disappointed: "You know nothing, wasn't all this for nothing? How about we randomly pick three, and try refining?"

"Try? You make it sound easy?" Sun Tiecheng retrieved the elixirs, "There are only ten in total, how many times can you try? If you can bring a hundred bamboo shoots, I'll let you try as you please!"

Gui Jianchou was really tempted: "How about I try up on Kuwu Mountain!"

Li Banfeng understood, in Puluo State, many people wanted the secret formula for the medicinal powder, and these people were no ordinary folks.

Perhaps it's not just Puluo State...

Li Banfeng questioned in his heart, Senior Brother Sun, it would have been fine if you tried it with Red Lotus yourself, why did you tell Gui Jianchou about this?

The Red Lotus indeed couldn't refine medicine powder, it could only refine the iron from the bamboo, this scene reassured Li Banfeng a bit.

Sun Tiecheng had Gui Jianchou guard the house, and sent Li Banfeng outside the city: "Old Qi, there's no one to look after you in the Outside Provinces, be extra careful."

As soon as he finished, Li Banfeng felt his sleeve become a bit heavy.

"Senior Brother, is this...?"

Sun Tiecheng smiled: "Take it and study it well, don't tell anyone about this, the things I do have nothing to do with you."

After saying this, Sun Tiecheng vanished.

Li Banfeng touched his sleeve and took out a handful of elixirs from inside, exactly ten.

The ten elixirs each had ten different patterns, with ten corresponding to ten pieces of iron.

...

"Does it have to be ten? Wouldn't nine do?"

Xiao Genzi counted bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest all afternoon but didn't find a single one with ten iron cores.

Zhang Wanlong shook his head: "No, it must be ten, only the ones with ten iron cores can be used as materials for treating internal injuries, once we cultivate such materials, we'll make it big! We'll earn enough to buy Hundred Joy Gate!"

The two searched every bamboo shoot, not a single one had ten iron cores. Zhang Wanlong looked at the bamboo forest before him and sighed: "We still haven't planted enough bamboo."

"Not enough?" Xiao Genzi looked around, "This forest is so dense we can barely move, and we don't have more territory to plant bamboo."

Zhang Wanlong pondered for a while: "If there's no other way, we'll have to clear another plot."

Xiao Genzi clapped the dirt off his hands: "Then we'll have to prepare offerings?"

Zhang Wanlong shook his head: "No rush, the Local Deity isn't home."

He casually scattered some moss, which quickly grew in the bamboo forest, covering all the bamboo, including poles and leaves, tightly.

Before long, the moss gradually became transparent, eventually disappearing.

Each bamboo in the forest remained lush green, but the iron cores were nowhere to be found, looking just like ordinary bamboo.

Xiao Genzi watched silently, remembering in his heart.

PS: It seems Old Xu underestimated his disciple.

Thanks to the Alliance Hierarch for looking back at Qingmao Mountain, and for the strong support towards the Lord of Puluo and Grandpa Train!