Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1224 594: Corpses Strewn Everywhere (Part 3)

Li Banfeng shook the rattle and asked Cui Tiq, "Was it he who gave you the task?"

Cui Tiq nodded, "You advised me to get along well with the peddler and try to gain his support. I thought it was a very correct suggestion, so in Qi Qiu City, I decided to accept the task given to me by the peddler."

"Was the task given to you to kill all the gambling cultivators in Thousand Tael House?"

"Not exactly. He first asked me to gauge the situation. If Dou Jiyan could continue to maintain the stability of Thousand Tael House, this action would be directly canceled,

if Thousand Tael House fell into Ding Liusan's hands, I was to observe the trend of changes in Thousand Tael House,

if Thousand Tael House went out of control, I was to eliminate the threat. Whether living gambling cultivators or dead ones, they must not threaten the safety of Puluo State,

I believe my understanding of the task was correct. All the gambling cultivators alive in Thousand Tael House are dead, and their corpses will not be used by others again."

Cui Tiq indeed accomplished it. No matter how much one wishes to become a gambling cultivator, they would not dare to consume that mass of orange-red sticky substance.

One thing must be acknowledged, the peddler chose the right person to execute the task, Cui Tiq thoroughly eliminated the threat of Thousand Tael House to Puluo State.

"Friend, I guess you came here to find something, right?" Cui Tiq took out a wooden box and handed it to Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng opened it to see the contract book and the land seal inside.

"Please convey to that beautiful lady, huge changes have occurred in Thousand Tael House, whether she still wants to return here is her own decision, I suggest she starts anew elsewhere."

Li Banfeng accepted the wooden box, looked at the hooded figures around him: "Did they all come from Sage Peak? Have they already reached this far?"

Cui Tiq laughed, "You finally care about our intellectual masterpiece. They came from Sage Peak, but unfortunately, they have not completely rid themselves of the ability from Knife Ghost Ridge,

I only used some techniques the peddler gave me to temporarily bring them out of Knife Ghost Ridge. After the task is completed, the peddler will immediately send them back to Knife Ghost Ridge."

"They have changed a lot."

"That credit goes to our improvements on them, allowing them more possibilities of evolution."

Li Banfeng pointed at the sticky substance on the ground, "What is this lesion? It can actually transform a living person into this?"

Cui Tiq said, "This lesion comes from a technique I created, I named it 'Corpses Strewed Everywhere',

this technique is not just a unique skill, the peddler was very generous, after I accepted the task, he awarded me in advance by acknowledging my Taoist Sect, and even configured medicinal powder corresponding to disease cultivation, I created the first technique of disease cultivation that can be passed down in the Taoist Sect,

because this technique is of a higher level, I designated it as the Cloud Top Second Layer Technique. The key to the technique is not the destructive power of the lesion, but its rapid spread and diffusion in a short time,

just like a virus, its destructive power is limited, not causing severe harm to high-level cultivators, but it can quickly spread among lower-level cultivators,

if one day, you are willing to become a disease cultivator, I can teach you this technique."

"Thank you for your offer. When you went to Qi Qiu City initially, it wasn't to find me, but rather to gather information on Dou Jiyan, wasn't it?"

Cui Tiq laughed, "Don't underestimate our friendship. I really wanted to see you, but as time went on, I seemed to develop special feelings for Miss Dou."

Li Banfeng looked again at the surrounding corpses, "Is Ding Liusan still alive?"

Cui Tiq nodded, "Still alive, he escaped. His power is too strong, and it is difficult for me to kill him in a short time. But this is irrelevant, as the peddler clearly told me, Ding Liusan's fate is not within my task scope."

Li Banfeng returned the rattle to Cui Tiq, took Dou Jiyan's contract book, and left Thousand Tael House.

Cui Tiq advised, "Be sure to convey to that beautiful young lady, that she must live well."

Li Banfeng glanced back at Cui Tiq, who was whistling, slowly pacing along the path between the stalls, under the moonlight, as if performing a special dance with a certain rhythm and tune.

Perhaps that was a dance from his homeland.

The red brick walls, the orange-red corpses, and the dark red robes of the hooded figures, everything around was so in sync with his dance steps.

Green Flower could never have imagined in his dreams that the first technique of disease cultivation came from Cui Tiq.

A new year was approaching again, on Li Banfeng's first New Year in Puluo State, he learned of Cui Tiq's dream.

Two years have passed, and many people and things have changed, but Cui Tiq's dream has never changed, and he is getting closer to his dream.

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Seeing Li Qi had returned, Dou Jiyan excitedly greeted him, "Brother Seven, how is Thousand Tael House?"

Li Banfeng wanted to tell Dou Jiyan the result in a relatively tactful way, but he thought for a long time and couldn't find a more tactful expression.

"To be precise, there is no more Thousand Tael House." Li Banfeng described the situation briefly, and Dou Jiyan sat on the ground in a daze.

She struggled to get up, wanting to go back to Thousand Tael House for a look. Li Banfeng handed her the contract book.

"You can bury the contract book back, or start anew in another place. If you encounter the foreigner Cui Tiq on the way back, try not to have a conflict with him."

Li Banfeng turned and left, Dou Jiyan asked, "Is there no place in this world for gambling cultivators?"