Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1115 571: Fabricated Civilization

Li Banfeng returned to the Portable Residence, greeted his wife, and headed straight for the Ninth Room.

Hong Ying looked at the phonograph and said, "Xiaowan, Qi Lang has been acting strange lately; every time he gets home, he runs straight to the Ninth Room!"

The phonograph chuckled lightly, "Let him run, why should I be jealous of Red Lotus, that wench?"

Hong Ying glanced towards the door and whispered beside the phonograph, "Xiaowan, the Jianghu is dangerous, some things mustn't be overlooked."

The phonograph was taken aback, "Overlook what?"

Hong Ying lowered her voice even further, "Red Lotus has seven tricks up her sleeve, more business than all of us combined."

"Bah!" The phonograph spat at Hong Ying, "Never serious all day, I really don't know what's in your head, you definitely haven't been disciplined enough!"

Hong Ying looked aggrieved, sitting at the dressing table, she picked up the blush, applied it twice, and put it down again, "Xiaowan, I'm sincerely thinking of you, how could you treat me like this? Xiaowan, you..."

Where did the phonograph go?

Hong Ying pushed open door after door, and found the phonograph crouching at the Ninth Room's door, peeking through the crack.

The phonograph was furious, inwardly cursing: This crazy man, getting physical right away, he and Red Lotus really are up to no good.

Li Banfeng held ten elixirs, feeling the Lotus Heart, and gently said to Red Lotus, "Do you recognize these ten pills?"

Red Lotus calmly replied, "I recognize these elixirs, refined from the iron of Iron Bamboo."

Li Banfeng laughed, "Didn't you just say yesterday it couldn't be refined?"

"I said it couldn't be turned into entry-level medicine powder, I can refine this elixir; the first batch of iron made by the peddler was refined by me into elixirs."

"How come you never mentioned this?"

"You never asked about it."

What Red Lotus said wasn't unreasonable; Li Banfeng indeed hadn't asked before, but now he needed to ask carefully, "To produce entry-level medicine powder, must the iron first be refined into elixirs?"

If this step really is needed, then the peddler at least has another Red Lotus on his hands.

Red Lotus said, "At first, that was the case, but later the peddler used some method, without needing my help with alchemy, he could also refine the powder, and since then, the peddler had a fallout with those in the Heavens."

"How can these elixirs be turned into powder?"

"Choose any three from them, refine them again, and they can become some Taoist Sect's entry-level medicine powder, but exactly how to refine, which Taoist Sect corresponds to which three elixirs, that I don't know."

Red Lotus's answer matched Sun Tiecheng's, but that doesn't mean she was completely truthful.

Li Banfeng continued to stroke the Lotus Heart, continuing to ask, "Are the people from the Heavens male or female, what do they look like?"

Red Lotus thought for a long time, sighed, and said, "I can't remember if they're male or female, nor can I recall their appearance, I only remember they're so beautiful, more beautiful than Zhao Xiaowan."

Li Banfeng scoffed, "That's pure nonsense, in this world, who could be more beautiful than my wife."

Red Lotus tightened the Lotus Leaf, pinching Li Banfeng's fingers, "Have you ever seen your wife?"

"I have, right there in the hall."

"Do you know what your wife looks like?"

"How could I not know, you throw her into a sea of people, and I could recognize her at first sight."

"I mean not her current appearance, I mean her original appearance."

Li Banfeng stood up, "No matter what my wife looks like, there's no one more beautiful than her in this world."

And with that, Li Banfeng returned to the main room.

The phonograph hurried back to the main room first, standing at the door, its horn covered in dewdrops.

Li Banfeng said, "Wife, is that sweat?"

"Ah, it's sweat; I was thinking just now to cook a bowl of noodles for my husband, but I couldn't decide whether to cook wide noodles or thin noodles, and was sweating as I fretted," his wife's voice as melodious as ever, though slightly hoarse.

"What's there to fret about," Li Banfeng laughed, "just cook wide noodles, I love wide noodles too."

"Sweetheart, do you prefer soup noodles or dry noodles?"

"Soup noodles please."

"Sweetheart, the noodles will be ready soon, change your clothes first, Little Servant will wash them for you."

"No rush to wash, I'll be going to the Outside Provinces later, still need to cross two lakes."

"Beloved husband, once you're out of the lake, hurry back home to change clothes, make sure not to catch a cold."

Hong Ying sighed beside, "Xiaowan, when have you ever been so nice to anyone."

Li Banfeng finished eating the noodles, and immediately headed to Yuezhou; he needed to find out some things:

How deeply have the Outside Provinces researched Iron Bamboo? Is there a link between the Guidance Agent for Dark Energy Users and Bamboo?

To what extent has Snowflake Beach penetrated the Outside Provinces? Is there anyone from their side inside the Dark Star Bureau?

Returning to the Dark Star Bureau, Li Banfeng called over Dumpling, Dumpling hadn't heard of Dark Star Bamboo.

Even she hadn't heard of it, let alone Chuuni and Light Bulb, likely the only person in the bureau who knows about Dark Star Bamboo is Shen Jingye.

Li Banfeng dialed Shen Jingye's number, only to hear a busy signal; Shen Jingye's landline was engaged, he was in his office answering a call from above.

The call was from Guan Zhengyang, younger than Shen Jingye, in a slightly higher position than Du Wenming.

"Director Shen, the document instructs your bureau to focus on investigating Li Qi, what have you initiated? What's different about the report you submitted compared to his earlier statements?"

Shen Jingye was already prepared: "Precisely because there's no difference, it proves the investigation results are authentic; Li Qi is a science enthusiast, driven by a love for science, he went to Yuezhou University to attend the academic conference; the conference did not have a ticket and anyone could attend, before it, Yuezhou University did a lot of promotional work, hence Li Qi appeared at the scene on the day of the incident."