Today I'm Coming for You

Li Banfeng sat in Yao Lao's courtyard, watching a group of Stone Man, each a little over a meter tall, carrying bricks and mixing mud and sand, building a wall.

A kiln was set up outside the courtyard, and several Stone Man were firing bricks.

When Qiu Zhiheng went up the mountain, he only carried a sack of stones up with him.

Pour two buckets of water over this sack of stones, and the stones become craftsmen, capable of all kinds of skills, including masonry, bricklaying, and carpentry.

"Brother Qiu, where did you get this?"

Qiu Zhiheng said, "I bought it from a high-level engineer. I've always liked engineer stuff. If I hadn't been forced into Joy Cultivator, I would have really wanted to be an engineer."

Forced?

Was it forced by Lu Dongliang?

Li Banfeng didn't ask any further questions about it.

"Brother, from now on I'll stay here and watch over Yao Lao. As long as the news doesn't leak out, outsiders won't know that Yao Lao is in trouble, and they won't dare to cause trouble for Medicine King Gully."

Don't worry about the pharmacy. It's a bit far away, but you can still manage the business.

Li Banfeng asked, "What about your sister-in-law? Will she move in with you?"

Qiu Zhiheng sighed softly; this was indeed a difficult matter.

He didn't want his wife to suffer with him, but he was Joy Cultivator, and his wife had to stay by his side.

"I'll go back and discuss it with her."

Li Banfeng nodded and said, "Tell your sister-in-law that we'll move here in a few days, and then we can take turns guarding the mountain."

"You want to stay here and guard this place? That won't do. You're Travel Cultivator; you have to travel around. How can you stay in one place all the time?"

"Anyway, I have a way."

These past few days, Li Banfeng has been thinking about this one thing: who should take care of Medicine King Gully?

Ultimately, he came to the conclusion that it was inappropriate to let any Local Earth God come to Medicine King Gully.

Medicine King Gully isn't very popular; it certainly can't compare to Green Water Bay.

But this is the Proper Land, the Proper Land of Pro State, which local Local Earth God wouldn't covet it? Even if we invite Feng Daiku here, it's hard to say whether she'll have other intentions.

Let's stay here and wait for Yao Lao to wake up.

I'll stay here for a month, and when I have nothing to do, I'll wander around the nearby mountains, but I won't go far. If I really can't take it, I'll use pills to keep going. I'll switch to Qiu Zhiheng next month.

A few days later, the house was repaired, and Li Banfeng also gained a deeper understanding of the surrounding environment.

The terrain here is very complex, with crisscrossing mountain paths that can easily make people get lost.

Yao Lao's courtyard is located in a location that is easy to access yet difficult to attack, a location that is extremely rare to find. This shows the vision of a great general.

Moreover, this place is extremely remote, and Li Banfeng couldn't help but wonder how the Mourning Star had found him in the first place.

As long as the news doesn't leak out, Li Banfeng believes that no one will find this place within a few years.

But one afternoon, while he was strolling in the mountains, he found an old man approaching him.

The old man was dressed in coarse cloth, with a towel wrapped around his head. He had a basket on his back and a sickle in his hand, so he looked like a herb gatherer.

Why come here to gather herbs when there are so many other places to go?

He followed the path up the mountain, and at this rate, he would soon find Yao Lao's courtyard.

Li Banfeng wanted to stop him, but if he did, it would only arouse suspicion.

Let's just scare him away with a paper cutout of a girl.

Li Banfeng returned to Portable Abode, retrieved the paper doll, and upon going outside, saw the old man heading down another mountain path.

Li Banfeng let out a long breath and turned back to Yao Lao's courtyard.

There's really no need to be so nervous about just an old man. Even if we see Yao Lao's yard, so what? There are plenty of desolate mountains and wilderness areas in Pro State; encountering a family's house occasionally isn't unusual...

Etc.

Li Banfeng walked to the vicinity of the courtyard, Thread-Pulling Earring heard the noise.

It seems there was more than one old man.

There was also an old man who had already entered Yao Lao's house.

Upon hearing the old man's voice, Li Banfeng broke out in a sweat.

He recognized the old man.

"Yao Lao, stop pretending. Do you think I don't know? You just don't want to see me, right?"

If you don't get up, don't blame me for being impolite; I'm going to take all the good stuff in this room.

Where can you find such fine things as this flag and this knife?

Pan Dehai!

That's Pan Dehai's voice!

Why is he here?

"Where did you hide the contract?" Pan Dehai asked Yao Lao with a smile. "You won't tell me, huh? If you don't tell me, I'll dig it up! I'll search this whole house, I don't believe I can't find it!"

Li Banfeng gritted his teeth.

He is now a seventh-level Travel Cultivator and a sixth-level House Cultivator.

Can he beat Pan Dehai?

A direct confrontation is definitely not an option, but if we can drag Pan Dehai into Portable Abode, we'll have a chance of winning.

My Wife can handle the Mountain Pulling Master all by herself. If she joins forces with Hong Ying, they should be able to deal with Pan Dehai.

I'll be there to help, and a bunch of other experts can help too. The key is how to get him involved.

As Li Banfeng was pondering a solution, he suddenly heard someone speaking in the courtyard again.

"Looks like we're too late."

"It's not too late, it's the perfect time."

A strong sense of danger washed over him, and Li Banfeng instinctively reached for his keys.

No rush, we must not act rashly, otherwise we might not even have a chance to hide the key.

He is a sixth-floor House Cultivator, and with his talent as House Cultivator, he shouldn't attract much attention.

But what kind of people are these two in the yard?

They were so calm even though they knew Pan Dehai was in the house.

Could they have already discovered me?

Taking advantage of his familiarity with the terrain, Li Banfeng found a secluded spot to hide. The view from there was decent enough to barely see what was happening in the courtyard.

As luck would have it, the old man who was gathering herbs walked into the courtyard.

How come this old man is so good at timing?

Why did you have to come here of all places?

"Is anyone there? I'm just passing by, could you please give me a drink of water?" The old man stood at the gate of the courtyard, peering into the yard.

A beggar and a richly dressed man stood in the courtyard.

The man, who was in his fifties, glanced at the old man at the door and said to the beggar, "Someone's come to their death."

The beggar shook his head and said, "Let's ignore him for now, he can't see us anyway."

Ordinary people really couldn't see the two of them. Li Banfeng had a cultivation level of seven plus six, and he still had to rely on his Golden Eyes Autumn Down technique to see them.

The beggar called out into the house, "Great Virtuous Person, come out! It's been a while since we last met."

Pan Dehai came out of the house and looked at the two people in the courtyard. "Gentlemen, it's been a long time. What fragrant breeze blew you here today?"

The middle-aged man said, "The way you talk, it's like this is your home. I was just about to ask you, what are you doing here?"

Pan Dehai smiled and said, "I've come to see an old friend."

"Friend? You dare call yourself that? When has Yao Lao ever considered you a friend?"

Pan Dehai raised an eyebrow. "We've been childhood friends, so naturally we're good friends. Yao Lao has no children, so his belongings naturally belong to me."

Lin Dexing, you're definitely not Yao Lao's friend. You know perfectly well what kind of person you are.

Lin Dexing!

Li Banfeng gritted his teeth.

That bastard!

Yao Lao's life was ruined by this bastard.

He's still alive.

His cultivation level had also reached the Cloud Realm.

We need to find a way to kill him.

Lin Dexing looked at Pan Dehai and said, "Stop spouting this useless nonsense. I can't even be bothered to look at you. While I'm in a good mood, get the hell out of here."

Pan Dehai Orthodox God and said, "That's not how it works, is it? I was here first."

"So what if you go first? Just say so if you want to die!"

The beggar spoke up, "Let's talk this out and not hurt each other's feelings. Since Old Pan arrived first, let him catch up with his old friend."

The beggar's voice sounded familiar; Li Banfeng felt like he'd heard it somewhere before.

However, due to the limited angle of his view, he couldn't see the beggar's figure clearly.

Pan Dehai looked at the beggar and his tone became much more polite. "Green Brother, you are a master of your own sect, unlike that bastard Lin Dexing."

Green Brother?

Green Water Beggar?

Li Banfeng felt a tingling sensation all over his body.

This is troublesome.

What can we use to fight the Green Water Beggar?

The newcomer was indeed the Green Water Beggar. He smiled and looked at Pan Dehai, saying, "Tell me, what's the difference between me and Brother Lin?"

Pan Dehai said, "You have status and position, how can you lower yourself to be compared with such nobodies?"

The Green Water Beggar laughed and said, "I'm just a beggar, and you think so highly of me?"

Pan Dehai waved his hand and said, "Heroes come from all walks of life. My brother and I are just kindred spirits."

The Green Water Beggar laughed until his face was covered in pustules, "You still call me a hero?"

Pan Dehai nodded and said, "I've always respected you as a hero, but since you're a hero, we need to be reasonable."

"In terms of age, I'm your elder brother; in terms of experience, I'm your senior. Shouldn't we uphold the greater good of respecting elders? Shouldn't we follow the proper order of arrival? And in terms of etiquette, if I show you respect, you should show me even greater respect. Isn't that reasonable?"

Green Water Beggar looked at Lin Dexing and said, "You know what, that's really the truth."

"That Pan guy is the most shameless, let's not waste our breath on him!" Lin Dexing charged straight at Pan Dehai.

His movements were precise and clean, without a single unnecessary motion. His skillful strikes clearly indicated that he was a martial arts practitioner.

Pan Dehai frowned. "Young Master Lin, this is wrong of you. How can you bully the few with the many?"

Lin Dexing suddenly felt as if he had stepped on cotton, his legs went weak and he staggered. Just as he reached Pan Dehai, he realized he couldn't use his martial arts skills and couldn't gain the upper hand, so he retreated.

Cultivate virtue and skills; Seeing Virtue, Think of Equaling It.

Lin Dexing looked at the Green Water Beggar, waiting for him to join forces with the Green Water Beggar.

Green Water Beggar looked at Pan Dehai and said, "I didn't lay a hand on him just now, so is that considered bullying the weak with numbers?"

Pan Dehai said, "One shouldn't adjust one's shoes in a melon patch or straighten one's hat under a plum tree. Standing here watching like this, won't it arouse suspicion?"

Green Water Beggar's vision blurred for a moment; Pan Dehai's technique had affected him.

Green Water Beggar smiled and nodded, saying, "Can I not look?"

He closed his eyes.

Lin Dexing was startled, sensing that Green Flower's attitude was somewhat strange; he seemed unwilling to put in any effort.

Since Green Flower didn't contribute, Lin Dexing had to. Medicine King Gully was very important to him, and he wanted to Medicine King Gully to protect his cultivation.

He approached Pan Dehai again, Pan Dehai slowly said, "Propriety is the foundation of virtue. To wage war without declaration is to break propriety, and to lose a shred of virtue. The power of a single shred of virtue is heavier than a thousand pounds!"

Lin Dexing's steps grew increasingly slow, as if a mountain was pressing down on him.

Cultivate virtue and skill; with Great Virtue Carries All Things, one can bear great responsibilities.

Lin Dexing retorted angrily, "You dog, what virtue are you talking about? How many immoral things have you done over the years? Can you even count them yourself?"

"Speaking rudely is another breach of morality."

Lin Dexing's back was bent, and he almost fell to the ground.

He turned to Green Flower for help.

Green Flower remained unmoved with her eyes closed.

Pan Dehai said, "You are powerless to fight, yet you seek help. This is despicable and a further loss of virtue."

Lin Dexing rushed forward to fight Pan Dehai, but Pan Dehai said, "Overestimating yourself is unethical."

Lin Dexing could no longer support himself and wanted to retreat, but Pan Dehai said again, "To be cowardly in the face of battle is a breach of virtue."

Each time Lin Dexing lost his temper, he had to bear an extra thousand pounds of weight. Before he could even make a move against Pan Dehai, Lin Dexing was already pressed to the ground.

Pan Dehai looked at Lin Dexing and said, "I've put a lot of effort into getting this little advantage from Yao Lao. Medicine King Gully is very close to Sea Eat Ridge. As the old saying goes, 'Those near the water get the moon first.' This place should belong to me. I advise you not to compete with me."

Green Flower said from the side, "If we're really talking about proximity, Green Water Bay should be closer to Medicine King Gully."

Pan Dehai said, "Since you're so close, you shouldn't have made a move. As the old saying goes, 'A rabbit doesn't eat the grass near its burrow.' You should find another place."

As they spoke, Pan Dehai secretly intensified his technique, causing Lin Dexing to vomit blood from the pressure.

Green Flower frowned and said, "As the old saying goes, you have to consider the owner before you beat a dog."

Pan Dehai laughed and said, "As the old saying goes, killing the chicken is a good example for the monkey."

As he spoke, Pan Dehai intensified his techniques, intending to kill Lin Dexing first and then deal with Green Flower slowly.

Green Flower sighed and said, "Old Pan, do you really want to take over Medicine King Gully?"

"Green Brother, I'm taking Medicine King Gully."

"I'm right in front of you, and you're still so arrogant. I really don't know who gave you the guts!" Green Water Beggar wiped his sweat and flicked it at Pan Dehai.

Pan Dehai hurriedly dodged, but his technique subsequently went out of control.

Freed from the pressure, Lin Dexing rushed straight to Yao Lao's house. His plan was to have Green Flower deal with Pan Dehai while he went to dig up Yao Lao's contract.

Li Banfeng was about to make a move when Pan Dehai suddenly blocked the doorway and started fighting with Lin Dexing.

If the two sides are more than two zhang apart, Dexiu will have the advantage.

Now that the two sides are only three or five feet apart, how can a virtuous cultivator possibly defeat a martial cultivator?

After three rounds of fighting, Pan Dehai's face was covered in blood, and his round-framed glasses were shattered. Fortunately, he had many magical treasures on him, including a long sword, which temporarily forced Lin Dexing back.

"I'm taking this place today, and no one can take it away from me!" Pan Dehai wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and spat on the ground.

Li Banfeng was stunned for a long time. He didn't understand why Pan Dehai was so bold today.

Does he really want Medicine King Gully?

Has something happened at Sea Eat Ridge?

Green Flower opened her eyes and took two steps forward. "You've made up your mind? Why should you? I'll go dig up his contract right now and see if you dare touch me."

Pan Dehai was terrified; he dared not touch Green Flower, for if he did, he would be finished.

But he didn't move; he was still standing at the door.

Li Banfeng was ready; he was going to launch a sneak attack on Green Flower.

Green Flower suddenly appeared in front of Pan Dehai: "Try touching me!"

"How can you be so arrogant? Are you the only one I can't mess with?"

A voice came from outside the courtyard. Everyone looked over and realized that the old man who had been asking for water was still there.

How could he see three people in the yard?

How did he see it?

The old man entered the courtyard, and Green Flower asked, "Who are you?"

"You don't need to know who I am." The old man waved his hand, and a young man suddenly appeared beside him.

Li Banfeng was shocked; he recognized the young man.

The old man said to the young man, "Genzi, give me the bucket."

Little Genzi handed the bucket to the old man.

The old man, carrying a bucket, said to Green Flower, "Today I'm going to do something to you."

P. S.: What's the background of this old man?