Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1320 617: Barren Wasteland (Part 4)

The entire situation at De Song Cliff is so.

Virtue Cultivation doesn't care at all, while Li Banfeng only remembers the positions of his people, a batch of Luo Zhengnan's subordinates, and those left behind by the Sand Snake Gang to help; they are all still alive.

Along the way, Li Banfeng developed several rashes, and he repeatedly returned to the Portable Residence to resolve them with the High Pillow Worry-Free Skill.

As he walked to the foot of Decheng Mountain, Li Banfeng saw Cui Tiq.

Cui Tiq and Knife Labor Ghost had dug a grave together, burying the child.

"Hum hum~" The Knife Labor Ghost, who couldn't cry, let out a low, hoarse moan beside the grave.

Cui Tiq stood beside the grave, speaking to Li Banfeng: "When I first came to De Song Cliff, I thought things were very simple. I just wanted to kill everyone and then let the peddler deal with it.

If the peddler spared me, I would have profited greatly; if the peddler killed me, at least I had taken a big step towards my dream!

But when I reached the entrance of De Yuan Village, I saw him; he was being bullied and abused by a group of people,

I originally thought I shouldn't care about him, but I did anyway. After I took him in, I wanted to find a different way to resolve this war. I wanted to avoid killing as much as possible because I felt that living is a beautiful thing,

If only I hadn't met him back then... after all, the result would be the same..."

At this point, Cui Tiq gave a self-deprecating laugh.

Li Banfeng asked: "Did your technique succeed?"

"Which technique are you talking about?"

"The one that's somewhat similar to the Contract Book, the technique that only kills those who should be killed."

Cui Tiq, who had been relatively calm, fell silent for a long time and suddenly seemed less calm.

He struggled to explain his technique to Li Banfeng:

"That technique, the technique, it's called, 'Give Me Noodle Soup...'

Noodle soup, you know, it's the noodle soup I make; he loves to eat it,

That technique, I can't learn it anymore, I will never be able to learn it again..."

Cui Tiq seemed to forget the language of Puluo State, and he spoke every sentence with great effort.

He picked up a can from the cave entrance, which housed a wild flower inside.

Hugging the can, he looked at Li Banfeng and said: "He's an angel, even the Knife Labor Ghost liked him so much, but, those most moral people, they... they..."

Cui Tiq's speech grew more labored, unable to utter a complete sentence.

Li Banfeng said: "I estimate his soul hasn't gone far; I have some methods that can bring him back to life."

Seeing a glimmer of hope, Cui Tiq asked: "Are you talking about resurrection?"

The child's soul indeed hadn't gone far; he sat under the flower petals of the can, looking up quietly at Cui Tiq.

He saw Cui Tiq shaking continuously and thought Cui Tiq was hungry or thirsty; he didn't have anything to eat, and he wanted to catch a dewdrop to give to Cui Tiq.

The child's soul was very faint, imperceptible to Cui Tiq, and Li Banfeng could barely see it with his Golden Gaze Autumn Hair.

Li Banfeng didn't know what power left the child's soul in the human world and didn't know if he could resurrect the child with Foolish Cultivation Skill, but he knew this was different from Cui Tiq's understanding of resurrection.

"To be precise, if I succeed, he can't be considered alive; he can't be considered dead; he should be considered some kind of living dead in a certain sense."

Cui Tiq's expression darkened: "You mean, similar to the Ghost Servant of Nightmare Cultivator?"

"Pretty much." Li Banfeng couldn't find a more suitable metaphor.

Cui Tiq hesitated for a long time before shaking his head, still holding the can.

"Let him not be insulted anymore, let him not be tortured anymore. If life has reincarnation, let him enter a better reincarnation; if there's really a Heaven, I am willing to go there to find him."

"What are you going to do?" Li Banfeng turned to look at Cui Tiq.

"The peddler is coming soon; he won't let me go," Cui Tiq tucked the can into his chest, "Friend, you have many subordinates; they should be infected with lesions too, I'll take you to save them."

Even at this point, Cui Tiq still considers Li Qi a friend.

The two were walking along the road when they encountered Song Demei piled by the roadside.

Song Demei had turned into a mass of mud, only her head intact, and she was still pleading: "De Song Cliff is yours, spare me, everything is yours, I know where our family's second son is, I'll tell you, I'll take you to find him."

Li Banfeng looked at Song Demei: "She's not dead yet?"

Cui Tiq said: "Not so quickly; she'll last for a long time."

"What about the others?"

"Faster than her; sooner or later, they will die, except her second son, Yue Congde."

Li Banfeng asked: "Is there anything special about Yue Congde?"

"According to Song Demei, the current Yue Congde isn't the real Yue Congde; he's one of the Inner State People, and Song Demei knows Yue Congde's true identity but has always pretended to be ignorant,

Yue Congde is an Inner State spy; he has given Song Demei a lot of help, including financial and material support; otherwise, Song Demei wouldn't have lasted until today."

Li Banfeng said: "Where did Yue Congde go? This person cannot remain."

"He's already returned to Inner State, taking with him my gift to Inner State." Cui Tiq squatted down and saw one of Luo Zhengnan's subordinates.

He retrieved the lesion, and the subordinate's body recovered somewhat.

"An hour later, he can return to normal; the antibodies in his body will last for five hours, allowing him to leave De Song Cliff within those five hours."

Li Banfeng instructed his subordinate a few words and then went to find the next person.

Cui Tiq looked at Li Banfeng: "You don't have many lesions on your body."