Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1167 582: Ocean Car Formation_2

If you hold grudges against me, then let's assume that we have no friendship. I know both you and Old Qi are capable people now, and if you really want to turn against me, I'll accompany you to the end!"

"You said it like this, we brothers have to take it," Ma Wu brought up one last demand, "Let Miss Qin go, and let's have a dignified fight."

The coachman stomped out his cigarette butt: "Didn't I say already, if Qin Bulou is gone, I'll definitely let his daughter go. As for whether we fight, let me remind you, what you say doesn't count, wait for Old Qi to speak."

Ma Wu also pinched out his cigarette butt: "Let me remind you, Old Qi isn't here yet, so there's room for discussion. Once Old Qi arrives, it will be too late for you to regret."

Back at North Bridge, Ma Wu counted his crew: Zuo Wugang, Zhen Jincheng, Cao Zhida, Xiao Genzi, Xiao Chuanzi... brothers who have faced life and death together, they all came.

Ah Qin, Huoling, Duan Wuchou, Xiang Fenglan... several close confidantes also arrived.

But Feng Daiku did not come; Feng Daiku had to manage two territories, and she really did not want to get involved with the matters of Loess Bridge.

Morally speaking, this place should belong to Qin Bulou, but Loess Bridge is the territory left by Grandpa Train to the coachman. Feng Daiku knew this, and it's not easy to clarify the rights and wrongs.

Qin Bulou was wounded too severely and has been bedridden: "Master Wu, this matter shouldn't drag you down, blame me for not being capable enough, yet still wanting to be the local deity. Tomorrow I'll dig up the contract book and hand it to the coachman, he can dispose of me as he pleases, as long as he releases my daughter."

Ma Wu advised: "You focus on recovering, once our Old Qi returns, things will be resolved naturally."

"It's tough," Qin Bulou sighed, "The coachman and the local deity Tang Shijiang from Black Stone Slope are fellow disciples; I suspect Tang Shijiang will get involved too. I sincerely want Seventh Master's help, but I really don't want to burden Seventh Master."

"Even if you don't want to burden him, you must. We have contracts between us." Li Banfeng handed Qin Bulou an elixir, and Qin Bulou was stunned for a while.

Ma Wu was used to it, and he quickly ordered his men to prepare food and drinks: "Old Qi, you arrived so soon?"

Li Banfeng said: "I should've come earlier; I went to Medicine King Valley to see the coachman."

Ma Wu was puzzled: "Didn't I ask Old Luo to tell you, the coachman has already arrived at Loess Bridge."

Li Banfeng suspected the coachman at Loess Bridge wasn't real, so he went to Medicine King Valley to verify.

As it turned out, Li Banfeng didn't find the coachman at Medicine King Valley.

He went to find Qiu Zhiheng, and Qiu Zhiheng told him that this coachman with the fire wheel hadn't appeared for a while.

Li Banfeng then went to find Old Xu, but Old Xu was worried about someone stealing bamboo and had been on Kuwu Mountain for a while, so Li Banfeng didn't find him.

Is the coachman at Loess Bridge real?

Ma Wu said: "Old Qi, Tang Shijiang from Black Stone Slope is the coachman's fellow disciple; if he intervenes, we could have trouble dealing with it."

Xiao Chuanzi said nearby: "I heard from folks that Tang Shijiang is a chivalrous hero with a sense of loyalty, and the coachman's actions are not honorable, so Tang Shijiang probably won't help him."

Li Qi remained silent.

Loyalty, chivalry, these are indeed true.

But Tang Shijiang is the coachman's fellow disciple, and this territory is left by his master; that's also true.

"Old Five, what's the origin of those helpers brought by the coachman?"

"They all pull foreign carriages, and they are all Traveling Cultivators."

Li Banfeng was stunned: "Such coincidence?"

Ma Wu shook his head slightly: "Not exactly a coincidence; Puluo State has this profession, Traveling Cultivators pulling foreign carriages, known as carrying a Fire Wheel. This group of people call themselves the Fire Wheel Gang, and the coachman is their gang leader."

Li Banfeng frowned: "What are they after?"

Ma Wu said: "If a gang can seize a piece of Proper Land in Puluo State, it would be quite prestigious, and the gang leader would also become the local deity. Such a gang can rise above Three Heroes Gang."

The reasoning makes sense, the idea also makes sense, but Li Banfeng always felt something was amiss.

Ma Wu said: "Shall we schedule a time to talk to the coachman again?"

Li Banfeng shook his head: "Nothing worth discussing. You've said everything the needs to be said; if he doesn't agree, we can only take action. Besides the coachman, are his men with high cultivation level?"

Ma Wu looked at Qin Bulou, and Qin Bulou recalled the previous encounters: "It's hard to judge, they don't really use techniques, but their foundation is solid, they are fast and have good endurance, their carriage skills are smooth."

"What do they do with the carriages?"

Qin Bulou said: "At first, I didn't understand. Later, I learned that this is a special technique of the Fire Wheel Gang, foreign carriages serve as their weapons and also their arsenal and camp,

normally they eat and sleep in the carriages, equipped with mechanisms to prevent sneak attacks; during battles, various weapons are stored in the carriages for easy access,

the carriages themselves have spikes and blades, making it possible to charge individually, or form a foreign carriage formation for offense or defense, with barely any flaws."

Foreign carriages can be used like this?

Li Banfeng asked: "What do you mean by barely any flaws?"

Qin Bulou said: "I've used techniques to check, there truly are no flaws."

It's one thing for others not to see it, but Qin Bulou is a high-level Arithmetic Cultivator who even authored mistake repair. If he can't spot a flaw, how complete must this formation be?

His wife is an expert in breaking formations, Li Banfeng seized an opportunity to return to his Portable Residence and explained the foreign carriage formation to his wife.

Before Li Banfeng could finish, Hong Ying interjected: "This isn't any foreign carriage formation, it's the Madman Craftsman's train formation."

The phonograph smacked Hong Ying, in their home, they shouldn't randomly talk about Madman Craftsman.