Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1315 616: Disaster of Bloodshed_3

Li Banfeng didn't want to put Cui Tiq in a difficult spot, so he agreed to Ah Xia: "I'll go with you to find Pan Dehai right now."

He turned back and instructed Cui Tiq a few times: "These three friends of mine, I'm leaving them all in your care. Cure their illnesses, get their potions ready, and just hand everything over to them. They'll deliver it to the Outside Provinces.

I will definitely finish what I promised you, and see it through to the end. The grain will arrive in two days. If anyone in the village still stirs up trouble, I'll help you deal with them."

"Li Qi, in this world you will always be the friend I trust the most!" With that, Cui Tiq took out some Contract Paper and wrote up a Contract Book. One of the clauses said that before the ceasefire was completely settled, Pan Dehai must not be allowed to reach De Song Cliff."

Li Banfeng snorted: "You even have to write a Contract Book for this kind of thing? And you call that trust?"

"Friendship is friendship, business is business. It's best if we put it down clearly."

The two of them signed the Contract Book. The child knew Li Banfeng was leaving, so holding a big piece of bread, he handed it to Li Banfeng: "For you to eat!"

Li Banfeng stared at the child for a moment, pinched his cheeks, and laughed: "How come you're so likable?"

After Li Banfeng left, Cui Tiq picked the child up: "From now on you have to keep your distance from people like him. He's a very ruthless man."

...

Ah Xia brought along the Traveling Cultivation Spiritual Object, and Li Banfeng matched her pace. They walked for two days and a night through the New Land and arrived at Hai Chi Ridge.

Pan Dehai had set out a banquet at Yunmen Tower. Yunmen Tower was Pan Dehai's own business. The largest private room was reserved just for Li Banfeng, with food and lodging all covered.

Li Banfeng wasn't in the mood to eat or drink, and directly asked about Little Fatty.

Pan Dehai sighed: "Qin Tianjiu is a black sheep!"

"What do you mean by that?"

"I raised a herd of horses in the New Land. Qin Tianjiu stayed there for three days and ate six of them. Tell me, isn't that being a black sheep?"

Li Banfeng didn't really understand what Old Pan was getting at.

Hundred-Eyes Fish called Qin Tianjiu out. Qin Tianjiu's face was flushed red, head lowered: "Brother Seven, I caused trouble for you."

Li Banfeng had pulled Qin Xiaopang out of the wormhole, given him one hundred Ocean Dollars as travel money, and let him stay in Pants Belt Pit for a while, waiting for Feng Daiku to send people to pick him up.

Qin Tianjiu had just found a place to stay. While eating at a street stall, he wolfed down more than thirty bowls of noodles in one sitting, scaring the stall owner half to death.

The owner had seen Food Cultivators before, but someone as skinny as Qin Xiaopang who could eat like that—this was the first time.

Qin Tianjiu had only eaten until he was half full, and then noticed a crowd gathered in the street watching him. Among them was a face that looked familiar, seemed to be that professor from the Outside Provinces, named Yu Yaoming.

Little Fatty wasn't mistaken; it really was Yu Yaoming. Boss Lu had seen how hard he'd been working on his research these days, so he specially brought him to Pants Belt Pit to relax for a few days.

Yu Yaoming was wandering around the street, and when he heard someone had eaten dozens of bowls of noodles, he stopped nearby to watch the spectacle. In truth, he didn't recognize Little Fatty. Back then, the moment Little Fatty showed up, he was sent into the wormhole, so Yu Yaoming hadn't really remembered his face.

Even if he had, Little Fatty looked different now; he was much more gaunt than before.

But Little Fatty was terrified. Seeing Yu Yaoming was the same as seeing Boss Lu, so he decided to leave Pants Belt Pit immediately.

But leaving wasn't that easy. He needed a Guide Token and a ticket. The Three Heroes Gang had a Hall Entrance in Pants Belt Pit, so if he could find the brothers at the Hall Entrance and give his name, it wouldn't be hard to get a Guide Token and ticket.

However, if he really went to the Hall Entrance and reported his identity, he worried it would draw Boss Lu over. With Boss Lu's skills, the brothers at the Hall Entrance definitely wouldn't be able to take him on.

Qin Tianjiu was helpless; he could only go hide in the New Land for a couple of days and wait for Feng Daiku's people to come find him.

According to Little Fatty's reasoning, Pants Belt Pit was Feng Daiku's territory, and the New Land right next to Pants Belt Pit would definitely be connected to Feng Daiku. Even if the New Land wasn't Feng Daiku's territory, it would probably still be within Feng Daiku's perception.

He'd oversimplified things. The patch of New Land he went to wasn't Feng Daiku's territory and wasn't within Feng Daiku's perception. It was Pan Dehai's territory.

In the New Land, there was no guarantee of food or drink. Little Fatty was starving out of his mind and saw a herd of horses in the wilderness, not knowing whose they were. He charged in and started eating. Two horses a day, three days straight, and Pan Dehai caught him red-handed.

After Li Banfeng understood the whole story, he asked Pan Dehai: "How much is one horse worth? Name a price, I'll compensate you double."

He really did need to pay. No matter how much Li Banfeng despised Pan Dehai, he still had to abide by basic principles.

Pan Dehai waved his hand: "That herd of horses has a bit of my heart and effort in it. This isn't something that can be settled just by paying money."

Li Banfeng frowned: "Then what do you want?"

Pan Dehai smiled: "I want to take him as my Disciple. But Qin Tianjiu insists this has to be discussed with you first. So I went out of my way to invite you here just so we could talk this over."

"Disciple? You want him to follow you in Virtue Cultivation?"

Qin Tianjiu shook his head repeatedly: "I'm not doing Virtue Cultivation."

Pan Dehai sighed: "What kind of talk is that? Is Virtue Cultivation somehow beneath you? I really didn't say I wanted Qin Tianjiu to do Virtue Cultivation. He's a fine seedling for Food Cultivation.

I've been at Hai Chi Ridge for many years and have done quite a bit of research into the cultivation path of Food Cultivators. I want to pass on the key Food Cultivator techniques to Qin Tianjiu. I don't know if you, Brother Li Qi, are willing to agree?"

Li Qi looked at Qin Tianjiu. Little Fatty's eyes were full of longing.

This was a good thing.

The problem was: why would Pan Dehai want to do a good deed?

"Taking Qin Tianjiu as a Disciple and teaching him Food Cultivator techniques—what's in it for you?"

Pan Dehai said: "My Taoist Sect is based on Virtue Cultivation, but Hai Chi Ridge is a treasure land for Food Cultivators. I've occupied this treasure land for so many years and haven't cultivated a single decent Food Cultivator. It's truly the regret of my life.