New Land, Old Acquaintances

In the second room, Li Banfeng and Tang Blade each stood with their backs against a wall.

Tang Blade spoke first, "The day of the decisive battle has finally arrived."

Li Banfeng's expression was icy. "What's meant to happen will happen eventually; that's fate."

Tang Blade swayed slightly, indicating his agreement. "Gold is easy to obtain, but a true friend is hard to find. Today, I am willing to die a hundred times for the World's First Swordsman."

Li Banfeng's eyes were sharp, seemingly moved by Tang Blade's words. "Unfortunately, you are not a sword."

The Tang Blade was drawn. "But I possess Sword Qi!"

After a long standoff, Tang Blade asked again, "Why haven't you drawn your sword yet?"

Li Banfeng said, "I have the Sword Intent in my heart."

"Ah~"

Tang Blade trembled twice, cried out in pain, and fell to the ground. "My lord, I was injured by your Sword Intent, and now I am powerless to fight. From now on, I am willing to follow you at your service."

Li Banfeng was very disappointed. "How many times have I told you not to be so quick to admit defeat? You need to fight my Sword Intent seriously!"

Tang Blade explained, "I have already fought my lord very seriously, but I am powerless to resist!"

Li Banfeng was not satisfied with this explanation. "You didn't even recite a single poem, and you call that putting in effort?"

Tang Blade quickly retorted, "Reciting poetry isn't that important; as long as the artistic conception is there, that's enough."

Li Banfeng was about to play another round when he suddenly heard the record player shout, "Hey, husband, it's such a beautiful morning, don't just stay home and play around, hurry up and go buy some groceries!"

Li Banfeng returned to the main room and stared in astonishment at the record player, feeling that his Wife had gone a bit too far.

Just yesterday, Li Banfeng brought back five Thorn Swallow Pearl. Each bead had vengeful spirits on it, with the fewest having six and the most having nineteen.

The record player was completely empty, and now Li Banfeng is being asked to buy groceries? Is this appropriate?

"My Wife, although I like you to be a little plumper, shouldn't we also control our diet a bit...?"

"My husband treats Little Slave badly!" the record player cried out, spraying steam all over the room.

Lianhua closed the door to the second room, and Tang Blade huddled in the corner, not daring to move.

Li Banfeng, his body flushed red from the burns, left Portable Abode.

We're going to New Town today.

Ma Wu found a large lump of clay in Xindi. He didn't bring the tin can with him last night and couldn't bring it back. He set off early this morning to quickly collect this treasure.

In a large mansion in Will Pond Village, Medicine King Gully, Detective Dabo Ensi's sat opposite Zhuo Yuling.

The huge mansion had three courtyards and three entrances, but only the two of them lived there.

"Madam, what is the matter that you summoned me in such a hurry? I am looking for clues about Li Banfeng."

Zhuo Yuling shook her head. "Let's put Li Banfeng's matter aside for now. The situation is critical. We need to save my daughter first."

Dabo Ensi paused for a moment and then said, "As far as I know, Lu Xiaolan has been rescued by Qiu Zhiheng, the head of the Lu Family, and is currently in the Lu Family mansion."

Zhuo Yuling nodded and said, "That's why I asked you to save her."

Dabo Ensi was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed and said, "Madam, don't make such jokes. Are you trying to make me an enemy of the Lu Family?"

With tears welling up in her eyes, Zhuo Yuling said, "I only have this one child. You are the only one I can rely on now. I will agree to any condition as long as you can rescue her."

Dabo Ensi sighed. "Do you think I'd believe you? Think about it, have you ever told me the truth in your entire life?"

Zhuo Yuling suddenly grabbed Dabo Ensi's hand. "At least I was real that night. I gave myself to you that night, don't you believe me?"

Dabo Ensi looked into her eyes.

A tear welled up in her eye, but it wouldn't fall, carrying with it a unique stubbornness and obstinacy, as well as a unique helplessness and pitifulness.

Dabo Ensi pushed away Zhuo Yuling's hand and said with a smile, "Madam, let's get down to business. If I save your daughter, how much money will you give me?"

Don't even mention the previous ten thousand silver dollars; the situation is different now, and that amount is far from enough.

Zhuo Yuling wiped away her tears and said, "Ten thousand, I'll give you ten thousand."

"Not enough."

Two hundred thousand.

Dabo Ensi paused for a moment and said, "Two hundred thousand dollars, three round-trip travel Travel Permit to Outer State, and two round-trip travel Travel Permit to Inner State, with no time limit."

Zhuo Yuling frowned and said, "Travel Permit from Outer State are easy to obtain, but Travel Permit from within the Inner State are really..."

Dabo Ensi laughed, "I only want two, and you can't even get them? If that's your attitude, I'm afraid you can't save your daughter."

Zhuo Yuling bit her lip and said, "The silver dollars can be delivered within three days, the Travel Permit for Outer State will take at most five days, and as for the Travel Permit for Inner State, I'll go and inquire first..."

Dabo Ensi sighed again, "You'd better go ask quickly, I've already heard quite a few rumors in Medicine King Gully."

Many people say that Li Banfeng is dead. He died at Lu Xiaolan's hands after arriving at Medicine King Gully. If these words reach Lu Dongliang's ears, you know what the consequences will be.

These rumors have already reached Lu Dongliang's ears.

Some of the rumors even made it into the newspapers.

Zhuo Yuling didn't know where these rumors came from, but they were spreading throughout Pro State, and many people believed that Li Banfeng had long since died at Lu Xiaolan's hands.

At Yuezhou Third Hospital, on a hospital bed.

Upon realizing that no one was around, the unconscious He Jiaqing couldn't help but smile slightly again.

Li Banfeng wiped the cobwebs off his face and observed his surroundings.

There are two things that are hardest to endure when trekking through the jungle.

First, mosquitoes swarm around you.

Secondly, there were spider webs on his face.

Ma Wu's face was also covered in spider webs. "Only spider webs are good; whatever you do, don't get spiders on you. The spiders in Xindi are unpredictable in their venom."

Li Banfeng asked, "Do you remember this place? How far is it from the clay you mentioned?"

Ma Wu nodded and said, "I remember the place. It's about ten miles north. Finding the clay isn't difficult, but the piece of clay is a bit big. The difficulty lies in how to bring it back. If the Song family finds out, it will be troublesome."

The Song family is truly a remarkable entity.

They didn't know much about New Territories, but they firmly controlled its resources. If it weren't for Ma Wu's special channels, all the prey obtained from New Territories would have been squeezed for huge profits by the Song family.

Li Banfeng sighed, "No matter what business you do, you can't avoid the Song family. Is the Song family really a monolithic entity?"

Ma Wu shook his head and said, "Brother Li, the Song family isn't impenetrable; they're much tougher than iron, because they have other forces behind them."

As far as I know, the highest-level cultivator in the Song family is their patriarch, Song Jia Sen. Song Jia Sen is a third-level martial artist, which is considered quite powerful, but it's far from enough to protect the entire Blue Poplar Village.

Li Banfeng asked, "Is it because his family is powerful?"

Ma Wu shook his head. "Although some people can accumulate time through special encounters, for ordinary people, cultivation is ultimately a matter of years."

The Song family members are all lacking in natural talent. Song Jiasen consumed a lot of tonics, but even in his early fifties, he only had a cultivation level of three. His two sons, Song Zhigang in his early thirties and Song Zhiyi in his twenties, are still only at the first level of cultivation.

"Is it because his subordinates are so capable?"

Ma Wu said with a hint of disdain, "He only has one fourth-level expert under him, who can't really be considered his subordinate; he's just a hired helper."

Green Water City is right before us. How many people with cultivation levels reaching the third level would be willing to settle down in this poor and remote place?

"So what exactly does the Song family rely on?"

"The Song family has powerful backers. Their backer is the Liu family, and above the Liu family is the Si Family. Above the Si Family is the Lu Family, one of the Four Great Families."

More than 80% of the Song family's annual income is handed over to the various layers of Lineage above them. Through these connections, the Song family has established a deep foundation, enabling them to firmly control Blue Poplar Village.

The Lu Family, it's the Lu Family again.

In Pro State, getting rid of the Lu Family completely is not an easy task.

After resting for a while, the two set off again, when suddenly they heard someone say, "Brother, watch your step."

The two responded simultaneously, "What's wrong with your feet...?"

After responding, Li Banfeng and Ma Wu looked at each other in bewilderment.

Who was speaking just now?

Li Banfeng looked up and saw a huge cocoon slowly falling from the tree.

In an instant, Li Banfeng recalled his most terrifying experience in Jiangyue Mountain New Land.

"Run!" Li Banfeng grabbed Ma Wu and they sprinted away, shouts echoing behind them.

"Don't go, did I guess right?"

"If I guess right, you'll stay and play with me."

"If I guess wrong, then it's your turn to guess."

Three voices rang out in succession, and Li Banfeng ran faster and faster.

Ma Wu struggled to keep up behind, asking, "What is this thing?"

Li Banfeng replied, "A bagworm!"

"A raincoat moth? What, what is that again..." Ma Wu had seen it in a book, but couldn't remember for a moment.

The description in the book seems different from what I just saw.

After running for a short while, a large willow tree ahead began to shake violently, and Li Banfeng knew that something terrible was about to happen.

"Take a detour!"

Go around?

The jungle is full of vines and thorns, how can it be so easy to get around?

While Li Banfeng was still searching for a way, a plump, emerald-green figure had already fallen to the ground from the tree.

"This, this, this is Bagworm Moth Madam? The inescapable Bagworm Moth Madam?" Ma Wu recalled the description in the book.

The appearance of this green caterpillar is almost exactly the same as the description in the book.

Li Banfeng was plunged into despair in an instant.

Why would I encounter this thing?

Why are these creatures also found in Xindi Blue Poplar Village?

Do these creatures appear on every new piece of land?

"Run! Run faster!" Li Banfeng and Ma Wu took off running, with the big green caterpillar in hot pursuit.

"Don't run away, stay. My child likes you, and I like you too."

Li Banfeng discovered that the Bagworm Moth Madam was a very magical creature. He had only seen it twice. The two Bagworm Moth Madam looked the same, had the same build, spoke in the same way, said the same things, and even had the same voices.

Was this product mass-produced in a factory?

"Stop running around. If you don't want to play with my child, then play with me. I have a lot of tricks up my sleeve."

After running for a long time, Li Banfeng saw a fork in the road. According to his judgment, taking the left fork would lead him back to Blue Poplar Village.

He had just taken a step to the left when a wisp of Insect Silk blocked his path.

Just like before, Bagworm Moth Madam was in no hurry to kill. She allowed her prey to escape, but she did not allow her prey to leave the new land.

Ma Wu couldn't run anymore, Joy Cultivator, coughing and panting incessantly.

Even if you can't run, you have to run!

Li Banfeng dragged Ma Wu along as they ran, Bagworm Moth Madam followed slowly behind, saying, "Don't run! Are you just going to abandon me like this? Don't you care about our past relationship?"

Who cares about you? Bagworms love to get close to people, young and old alike!

Li Banfeng continued running, Bagworm Moth Madam said from behind, "We played in the woods all day long, and you killed three of my children, and I didn't blame you. Have you forgotten me so quickly?"

Etc!

What does that mean?

What's going on?

Li Banfeng's head was buzzing.

Bagworm Moth Madam sighed and said, "You are such a heartless person. Your friend is not like you. He and I were affectionate for three whole days, and I bore him many children."

My friend?

The one that can turn into a spider?

Detective Dabo Ensi?

He had many children with you?

Is this true?

We need not dwell on Dabo Ensi's predicament for now.

Now we need to think about another issue.

Is this Bagworm Moth Madam the same Bagworm Moth Madam from Jiangyue Mountain New Land?

How is that possible?

Jiangyue Mountain New Land is a thousand miles away from Blue Poplar Village!

How did this worm get here?

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