Green Water Beggar

The Peddler took off his Feather Duster and handed it to Li Banfeng, saying, "If you want to buy this, I'll sell it to you for eight dollars."

Li Banfeng was taken aback. "Eight yuan? That's so cheap?"

The Peddler nodded. "It's this cheap. We'll break even, and we'll call it even. I'm a fair trader. You should know what kind of stuff you get for eight dollars."

What's the meaning?

The Peddler made it clear that it was just an ordinary Feather Duster.

An eight-yuan Feather Duster couldn't possibly have any spirit, so why did Li Banfeng hear the Feather Duster talking?

The Peddler picked up the Pellet Drum and said, "Some magical treasures are good, but all magical treasures have a cost."

Clang, clang.

The Peddler then went to attend to other customers.

Li Banfeng stood there silently, lost in thought, carrying a pile of odds and ends. Once Xiao Chuan and Little Genzi were safe and sound, everyone returned to Blue Poplar Village together.

Sitting in the bedroom, Li Banfeng took out the Thread-Pulling Earring and placed them on the table.

He used his Discern Spiritual Sounds Technique to listen carefully to the sound of the Thread-Pulling Earring.

She was crying, she had been crying for many days.

The reason she cried was simple: she missed Lu Dongliang's meal.

A magic weapon crafted by a first-level cultivator wouldn't have high intelligence, but unexpectedly, after so many days, she was still holding a grudge about Lu Dongliang.

Was it the Feather Duster that was talking, or did I hear something else?

Li Banfeng stared at the Thread-Pulling Earring, and then he heard the voice calling out again, "Have pity on me, have pity on me."

The price of Thread-Pulling Earring is hearing things you shouldn't hear.

Li Banfeng brought the Thread-Pulling Earring back to Portable Abode, hoping to calm her down first.

He gave his Wife all the Snow Cream, rouge, face powder, and pearl flowers, making Wife smell wonderful. He also placed the pearl flowers next to the trumpet.

The record player spoke softly and tenderly, "Thank you for your kindness, my Little Slave. I know you are good to me, but Little Slave have something to ask, though I don't know if I should."

"Please speak, my Wife?"

"Husband, are we going to eat this as food?"

"Wife, could you please stop thinking about food all the time?"

"Hmph! I can't even get enough to eat, how can I possibly have the energy to put on makeup and dress up for you?"

At the Blue Poplar Village, a beggar covered in sores carried a bowl and begged along the way.

"Have pity on me, give me something to eat..."

The villagers of Blue Poplar Village are so simple and honest, they wouldn't be too friendly to a beggar, especially considering the beggar's appearance. His body was covered with sores that almost completely covered his skin, and green pus was oozing from the sores.

The pus actually protected the beggar. He thought of asking the noodle shop for a bowl of food. The noodle shop owner originally wanted to kick him, but seeing the pus covering him, he withdrew his foot.

Having received no food, the beggar slowly carried his bowl forward, continuing his begging journey.

"Have pity on me, have pity on me, give me something to eat."

Disease Cultivator Cui Tike arrived at the center of Blue Poplar Village, raised his head, and looked at the wooden house in the distance.

Dabo Ensi left, afraid of offending the Chu family again, and dared not linger in Blue Poplar Village any longer.

Therefore, Cui Tike had to rely on himself to investigate Li Banfeng's whereabouts.

"I wonder how my luck will be today? Is there any chance I'll find him directly in that little building?"

It was very cold. Cui Tike sneezed, sniffed, and was about to walk towards the cabin when a strange smell wafted into his nose.

"Have pity on me, give me something to eat." The beggar came over.

He walked halfway through the village but didn't get a single bite to eat.

This was expected.

Any beggar who knows the way will not go to Blue Poplar Village to beg.

Blue Poplar Village has no tradition of giving alms to beggars, let alone this beggar covered in green pus; no one would dare approach him.

But Cui Tike really wanted to get close to him.

He was drawn to the beggar's body covered in pus.

So delicious!

How could there be such delicious pus?

The rich aroma instantly excited Cui Tike.

The beggar was asking Little Chuanzi for food. Little Chuanzi had just started working on the project and was in a particularly good mood.

Just now, Ma Wu taught Little Chuanzi a few words. Today, Little Chuanzi found everyone pleasing to the eye, and even felt a sense of kinship with this beggar.

He took two eggs and put them in the beggar's bowl.

The beggar blinked, then nodded repeatedly, saying, "Thank you, thank you."

He took two more steps with the bowl in his hand, and Li Banfeng came out of the wooden house.

Whether he was hallucinating or not, Li Banfeng felt that the beggar's voice was exactly the same as the voice coming from the Thread-Pulling Earring.

He took two steamed buns and put them into the beggar's bowl.

"Thank you," the beggar managed a weak thank you, his expression not very pleasant.

Li Banfeng did not linger and turned to leave Blue Poplar Village.

Was this beggar coming for me?

Li Banfeng always felt that this beggar's origins were unusual. According to his sense of Auspiciousness and Avoiding Calamity, it was right to feed him, but he should try to stay away from him as much as possible.

The beggar held his bowl, a hint of coldness appearing in his eyes.

How could someone in Blue Poplar Village receive charity twice?

Today is really weird.

He needed to get through the village as soon as possible, receive one more act of charity, and then he should head back.

The beggar was looking for a less crowded path when he suddenly felt something was wrong with him.

The pus on the boil has disappeared.

All the pustules are disappearing at a visible rate.

Who?

Who did it?

The beggar looked at Cui Tike: "You ate my boils?"

Cui Tike was taken aback, not expecting the other party to be able to see through his technique.

"It doesn't matter if you can tell," Cui Tike laughed. "I cured your illness; you should thank me. Your ailment was truly delicious."

"Delicious? Are you Disease Cultivator?" The beggar stared straight at Cui Tike.

Cui Tike stopped laughing.

Throughout Pro State, very few people knew about his Daoist sect.

How could this beggar have such good knowledge?

Cui Tike decided to kill him.

The beggar looked at Cui Tike and asked, "You ate my pus, what will you give me in return?"

Cui Tike was ready to act immediately. "I cured your illness, aren't you happy?"

The beggar shook his head and said, "You've eaten so much green pus, is the water in Green Water Bay still green?"

Cui Tike shuddered and immediately lowered his head.

He then realized that he couldn't possibly kill the person in front of him.

I shouldn't even look directly at the person in front of me.

"You, you are..."

The beggar laughed, "Now you know who I am?"

"You, you are the owner of Green Water Bay."

"Anything else?"

Green pus churned inside Cui Tike's body, and Cui Tike sensed the other party's other identity.

"You, you are, me, the founder of my Daoist sect..." Cui Tike retreated step by step, then knelt on the ground with a thud, his forehead touching the ground, begging for the beggar's forgiveness.

"Great Ancestor, I have no disrespectful thoughts. Although I did act disrespectfully, it was because I was unaware of your identity."

"I beg your forgiveness, I beg..." Cui Tike was trembling all over, and various colored blisters kept emerging on his body. The blisters kept breaking, and green juice spread all over his body.

Pedestrians were passing by, but they couldn't see Cui Tike or the beggar at that moment.

At this moment, the beggar and Cui Tike are still in Blue Poplar Village, but under the influence of the beggar, they have exceeded the range of normal people's perception.

"I thought all cultivators in the Daoist sect were extinct, but I didn't expect there would still be one left," the beggar sneered. "I should have left you here to be buried with them, but I saw you had some talent, so I spared your life."

"Hurry up, go far away, the farther the better."

Cui Tike staggered to his feet and ran away.

His body was covered in pus, which kept flowing out. He kept sucking it off himself, not letting a single drop fall to the ground.

To lay it on the ground is blasphemy; it is blasphemy against the founder of Daoism.

The beggar continued walking south of the village, this time choosing a less crowded path.

Once he reaches the end of the village and no one gives him any more alms, Blue Poplar Village will be struck by a terrible plague.

And this plague will spread to the entire Green Water Bay.

Under normal circumstances, no one in Blue Poplar Village would give alms to a beggar. The beggar's estimate was correct; he walked all the way to the edge of the new land, and no one gave him a single grain of rice or a single copper coin.

The beggar silently looked at the village, a slight smile on his face.

One after another, pustules appeared on his body, with specks of green pus at the tips.

He saw that many young people were going hunting in the new land and decided to start with them.

The beggar's figure disappeared from people's sight again without them noticing. Even if someone wanted to give him alms now, he would not give them the chance again.

One by one, the pustules on his body burst open, and the green pus was about to spread into the air when a cold wind suddenly blew in, scattering the pus.

Who?

This is Green Water Bay!

Who can dispel his magic?

The beggar glared fiercely at his surroundings, but the sharpness in his eyes suddenly faded considerably.

He didn't see the other person, but he heard his voice.

Clang, clang!

The beggar trembled.

Why is he still nearby?

Didn't he leave?

I'm not afraid of him coming; I'm just following the rules.

"A truckload of great goods from a long-established brand, bargain prices guaranteed, take your pick! Want to buy something?"

The Peddler's voice reached the beggar's ears.

Although he was prepared, the beggar still shuddered and replied, "There's nothing I want to buy today."

"If there's nothing you want to buy, let's go home. What's the point of wandering around outside?"

The beggar replied, "According to the rules, I can come out once a year."

"I didn't say you couldn't come out, but according to the rules, if three people have given you alms, you should leave."

The beggar argued, "Only two people gave me alms: two eggs and a few steamed buns, which are all here."

"I saw all three people. One of them cured your illness."

The beggar continued to argue, "This doesn't count as charity."

"So, treating your illness isn't considered charity?"

"He didn't give me anything, and I didn't receive anything from him, so that doesn't count."

"I think it counts."

"That doesn't count."

I think it's possible.

"This can't be..."

"Don't push your luck." The Peddler's tone changed.

The beggar stopped arguing and disappeared without a sound, as if he had never been to Blue Poplar Village. Apart from the part that was sucked away by Cui Tike, not even a drop of pus was left behind.

The Peddler stood in the wilderness, leaning against his cart, lost in thought.

Why did the Green Water Beggar come to Blue Poplar Village to beg for food?

Knowing full well that no one in Blue Poplar Village would give him alms, he deliberately wanted to bring disaster to Green Water Bay.

Green Water Bay is his territory. What is he trying to achieve by doing this? Does he want to wipe out his own family?

Inner State.

It's likely that the Inner State made him some kind of promise.

The price offered by the other party was not low, enough to make the Green Water Beggar willingly give up his territory.

Of course, we cannot be arbitrary; it could also be from Outer State.

Green Water Beggar might not be the only one to receive the promise; who else could it be?

The Peddler pushed his cart toward the depths of the wilderness.

Upon returning from Green Water City, Li Banfeng went directly to the original site of the Song family mansion.

The original house was bulldozed by Li Banfeng with a road roller. There was no time to rebuild it. Fortunately, there were plenty of able-bodied men in Blue Poplar Village. As long as money was paid, there were plenty of people willing to work. The house could not be rebuilt, but the wooden houses were built. Several rows of them were built.

The most spacious wooden house in the very center of the front row is a dance floor.

On either side of the dance floor were taverns.

Next to the tavern is a restaurant.

Next to the restaurant is Ma Wu's large warehouse.

Here is the order of consumption for a hunter returning from hunting in the new area.

Go to Ma Wu's place to ship the goods first; you'll definitely have a lot of money in your pocket.

Now that I have money, I definitely need to have a good meal, and there are restaurants right next door.

During the meal, everyone would gather together to chat, reminiscing about their past experiences of life and death in the new land. A meal alone was never enough, so they would inevitably go to the tavern for a few drinks.

After a few drinks, the alcohol kicks in, and just bragging to friends isn't enough anymore; we can go somewhere else to brag about something else.

The dance floor was right next to the tavern.

If you're not used to Western stuff and want something more traditional?

There are also traditional ones.

Ma Wu moved the Ji Qing Class to the back of the dance hall.

At first, the head of the Ji Qing Class refused, but later, after Li Banfeng went to the Ji Qing Class every day to give lectures and teach the girls to sing for five consecutive days, the head of the troupe stopped refusing Ma Wu's kindness and moved over.

The hunters indulged in their leisure time here, dancing and listening to music to their hearts' content. The rows of wooden houses behind them served as inns and activity areas.

Ma Wu named this place Dream Spring Garden.

A hunter venturing into new lands, once he enters Dream Spring Garden with money, will inevitably spend it all.

Even if he only has one Huan Country Notes left in his pocket, a girl will give him a farewell kiss, making him willingly take out that one banknote!

A gentleman loves money, but he earns it in a proper way. At Dream Spring Garden, every penny spent is done willingly!

The dance floor is all set up, but one thing is missing.

Li Banfeng went to Green Water City for this very thing.

He bought the windmill record player from the Wonderful Sound Phonograph Store.

Little Chuanzi led everyone to set up the record player. The back window of the dance hall faced the wind, the windmill started spinning, and the record player started spinning as well. Li Banfeng put on a record.

This album is special because it was specially recorded by Song Queen Jiang Mengting by Ling Miaosheng to celebrate the opening of Ma Wu's business.

Jiang Mengting's singing voice was incredibly sweet, with a playful and lively melody and a cheerful rhythm. After listening for a while, everyone couldn't help but start dancing along with the music.

"Dream Spring Garden, Dream Spring Garden, you are a city that never sleeps, where lights shine, music plays, Peaceful and Prosperous Song and Dance!"

The dance hall was filled with laughter and joy. The Liu family's paper horse shop was the first to send their congratulatory gifts.

A paper figure silently entered Blue Poplar Village.

PS: Green Water Bay wasn't originally called Green Water Bay.

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