Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1276 607: Lifeline Rope

Li Banfeng repeatedly relived the memories of the past few days and denied the accusation of the peddler on the spot: "I did indeed feel like I was above the clouds, but setting a fire, I definitely didn't do that. I myself was burned these few days."

The peddler was also surprised: "Who burned you?"

Li Banfeng's expression turned serious: "This matter is not as simple as we imagine. I still don't know who burned me, but it should be the same person who set fire to your house. He might not have intended to burn me, perhaps he wanted to burn you!

This person is very insidious; he has a grudge against you, or maybe against someone close to you, or perhaps has an affair with someone close to you. The two of them want to conspire against you,

I think the possibility of them having an affair is greater. Every time I think of the cloud, my body catches fire, which proves that someone has already set up an ambush above, specifically targeting you!"

The peddler thought carefully, shook his head and said: "When I was on the cloud, I was never burned; they are not targeting me."

After pondering for a moment, Li Banfeng's expression grew even more severe: "Then they are targeting me."

The peddler was even more puzzled: "Why target you?"

Li Banfeng organized his thoughts and gave a reasonable speculation: "Because they think I've discovered their conspiracy. To silence me, they keep targeting me. When they see me, they use fire to burn me, and then they brazenly accuse me, telling you it was me who set the fire!"

The peddler and Li Banfeng sat shoulder to shoulder, both falling into deep thought.

After ten minutes of silence, Ban Feng couldn't resist scratching an itch, and the peddler asked: "If they want to kill you, why must it be fire? Surely there are other ways?"

Li Banfeng answered seriously: "I think it's to destroy any traces."

The peddler nodded slightly and said: "If you were an honest man, I'd actually believe you."

"I am an honest man! Think carefully, besides your enemies, who else could have set fire to your house?"

This question really stumped the peddler: "Very few people know the Cloud Gate Skill, and only a handful can find that specific cloud. First, tell me, how did you get up there?"

Li Banfeng answered truthfully: "At first, I couldn't get up there either. After careful observation, I got a clear impression of that cloud."

"Observation? With your eyes?" The peddler was astonished.

"Yes, with my eyes," Li Banfeng pointed to the window, "isn't that cloud right there? You don't need to open the window; you can see it through the glass."

The peddler looked at the window. It was the same window he came in through, and nothing seemed special about it.

Under normal circumstances, Li Banfeng shouldn't have been able to see that cloud.

The peddler stood by the window and looked outside, asking: "You saw that cloud from here?"

Li Banfeng nodded: "Yes, the view here is quite good."

The peddler asked again: "How many times have you seen it?"

"I can't really remember. It's easy to spot just by glancing up; I didn't count carefully."

"Just by glancing up..." The peddler squinted his eyes, then asked, "Let's not talk about casual glances. How many times have you seriously looked at it?"

"There's no need to look many times. That cloud barely changes, so once should be enough. Honestly, I only seriously observed it once."

"When did you see that cloud?"

"At dusk."

The peddler nodded slightly: "So you saw a fiery cloud?"

Li Banfeng recalled briefly and nodded repeatedly: "It really was a fiery cloud, burning very vividly; the weather was incredibly clear that day..."

Halfway through his sentence, Li Banfeng frowned: "You can't seriously be saying that because I saw a fiery cloud, I ran up to set a fire?"

"A decent person wouldn't, but you, it's hard to say."

"Why would you say I'm not decent?"

The peddler sat back beside Li Banfeng and handed him a cigarette: "Do you even know what the Cloud Gate Skill is?"

"I don't know!" Li Banfeng answered candidly, "If it's a skill I can learn, it must be a technique for Traveling Cultivation or Home Cultivation, right?"

"Neither," the peddler shook his head, "the Cloud Gate Skill is a Boundaryless Skill, it doesn't depend on sects, and doesn't consider cultivation level, it's a technique everyone can learn."

"Then there should be many who know this technique."

"Not many!" the peddler shook his head, "Because this technique is too difficult. Many with high cultivation levels haven't been able to master the Cloud Gate Skill in their lifetime. As for why you learned it by accident, there are likely many complex reasons."

Li Banfeng humbly lowered his head: "Actually, I haven't mastered the Cloud Gate Skill. I probably didn't truly reach the cloud; I just used the Fake Moving Skill to move the scene from the cloud into the room. Your house being burned certainly has nothing to do with me."

"Still refusing to admit it? I personally saw you set my house on fire yesterday."

"Why should I admit it?" Li Banfeng recalled the details clearly, "When I used the Fake Moving Skill, I only saw white clouds, no fiery clouds."

The peddler nodded: "If you were an honest person and didn't see the fiery cloud, you'd think you were in the wrong place. But if it's you, not seeing the fiery cloud, you'd probably end up burning the cloud."

"Do you think I'm crazy? Why would I do such a thing?" It wasn't that Li Banfeng was denying it, he genuinely had no memory of setting a fire.

"You really don't understand the Cloud Gate Skill, some things you don't know how to control," the peddler took a puff of his cigarette and asked another question, "Why are you so intent on learning the Cloud Gate Skill? Are you looking for a backup plan, or trying to conceal your combat power?"