The Peddler

The record player stood by the bed. He first looked at Li Banfeng, who was fast asleep on the bed, and then at Hong Ying, who was standing in front of the dressing table.

I can't sit still anymore; I've been able to stand for the past two days.

After a moment of silence, Hong Ying suddenly shouted, "Wicked Woman, how are we going to settle this score?"

"Count it? My man got off easy for you, and you dare to try and hold me accountable?" The record player was even more furious than Hong Ying. "If you were even slightly more useful, would I have had to suffer so much last night?"

"What do you mean I'm useless? Your madman can't even tell the difference between a proper household and a proper family, how can you expect me to be useful?"

The record player scoffed, "Even if he can tell the difference, do you think you can succeed?"

Hong Ying laughed too, "If I can't succeed, do you think you can? We were both naive when we were alive, knowing nothing but fighting. What are you showing off to me for?"

Sizzle~

"That's true, you wretch. You could have been Royal Concubine, but you were all ruined by me. Don't you hate me to death?"

"Wicked Woman, I'll tell you one more time, my killing you has nothing to do with this! I killed you for the sake of tens of thousands of lives in the entire army, tens of thousands of lives that you never cared about at all."

"You bitch, what makes you think I don't care?"

"If you care so much, why continue fighting?"

"Because I can win!"

"You think you can win? That grocer is already on the battlefield. What are you going to use to fight him?"

"I'm not afraid of him!"

"That's utter bullshit!" Hong Ying roared. "Ask anyone who wasn't afraid of him back then! Even if you brought out the toughest guys from Inner State, they'd all tremble in his presence, wouldn't they? What made you think you could fight him?"

The record player was silent for a moment, then gritted its teeth and said, "Why don't you believe me? Why don't you believe I can win?"

Hong Ying responded, "I believe you. I've been following you ever since we went to the battlefield. I believe everything you say!"

Of the three vanguards, two died, leaving only Thin Donkey Yuan. He ran away, saying he'd rather beg for food than fight again.

Even now, I still believe in you, I believe you can win, but what's the use of winning? It's still the same dead end!

The two were about to argue when the record player suddenly noticed that Li Banfeng's eyes moved.

"Hey, my dear husband, if you're awake, get up quickly."

Li Banfeng opened his eyes. He had wanted to listen a little longer, but his Wife had seen through his plan.

"What exactly happened back then?"

The Wife remained silent.

Hong Ying sat down in the chair angrily, then stood up angrily again.

"Sit down," Li Banfeng said, looking at Hong Ying with surprise. "Sit down and talk slowly."

"Why should I sit? You made me like that last night, how can I sit?"

Li Banfeng scratched his head; he couldn't remember what he had done to Hong Ying last night.

Was the peddler they were talking about earlier a general store vendor?

Could Peddler make even the most ruthless people in the Inner State tremble? Just how powerful is he?

Li Banfeng got up and went to check on the third room, where Heaven Spring Joy Soil was still piled up all over the place.

"This wasn't taken to repair the station, was it?"

Portable Abode responded, "Have you chosen a location yet?"

"I get to choose the location? Anywhere is fine with me?"

"Ordinary places definitely won't work. You've been on a train, you know what a train station looks like. The platform has to be big enough to stop the train and also have room for passengers to stand."

However, people can't just enter the platform freely; there has to be a fence to prevent those without tickets from getting on the train.

This place is not easy to find.

Being able to stop the train isn't the real problem.

Li Banfeng roughly calculated the length of the Portable Abode. Each room is only a little over three meters long. There are currently eight carriages. In the future, when it is promoted to the cloud, theoretically there will be twelve rooms. The three rooms are not included in the length calculation. The remaining eleven rooms will only be about thirty meters long. There are many places to choose from.

As for whether there is enough room for passengers to stand, that is not a concern. Portable Abode is Li Banfeng's home, and under normal circumstances, the passengers are only his family members. If you include the whole family, there is no possibility that there is not enough room for them to stand.

The key issue is the wall.

Where can we find a wall to enclose such a large area?

Should we hire someone to fix it?

In the middle of nowhere, a strange building suddenly appears, which is tantamount to telling others that this place is special.

Looking for a natural wall?

Where can I find such a place?

Li Banfeng thought for a moment and actually came up with an idea.

The residence of the Mountain Pulling Master.

Since returning to his new home, Li Banfeng has not been back to his residence.

The residence of the Mountain Pulling Master was built deep in the mountains, with no entrance and surrounded by mountains on all sides. This barrier certainly could not stop him from Portable Abode, but it did form a natural wall.

Li Banfeng arrived at the edge of the cliff and, using his Deep Mansion Technique, borrowed a means from Hong Ying to Unimpeded Travel and slipped into the rock face.

Through the stone wall, Li Banfeng entered a tunnel. At the end of the tunnel was the mansion of the Mountain Pulling Master.

The station could not be built directly into the mansion, because there were still many blind guards in the mansion.

This tunnel is over 100 meters long, making it a very suitable choice.

Li Banfeng hid the key, entered Portable Abode, and asked, "How's this place?"

Portable Abode Ju sighed, "Who builds a platform inside a tunnel?"

"It's nice inside the tunnel; we don't need to repair the roof, and we don't have to worry about rain."

Portable Abode agreed, "Hide the key well, and don't let me leave this place for ten days."

Li Banfeng said, "Why do you have to hide the key? You can just stay put."

Portable Abode gave a bitter laugh, "You think I don't want to leave? If I could just leave whenever I wanted, I wouldn't be here anymore."

"I have only two paths: either I follow you, or I follow the key. I can't choose yet."

What does "cannot be selected" mean?

Portable Abode did not respond.

Li Banfeng hid the key and went to the mansion of the Mountain Pulling Master.

There used to be two guard wolves at the gate. One was killed by Li Banfeng, and the other has now been promoted to steward of the mansion. He no longer needs to guard the gate, and a blind, headless ox has taken over.

The headless cow has no head; there is only a clean cut on its neck.

Although it has no head, the headless cow has complete facial features.

On the left side of the headless bull, there is a notch that connects to its stomach; this notch is its mouth.

There were two holes in his back, which were originally his eyes, but were gouged out by the Mountain Pulling Master.

On each of its two front hooves was an ear. Hearing footsteps approaching, the headless bull wagged its tail and blocked Li Banfeng.

"Who are you?!"

Li Banfeng looked the headless bull up and down and asked, "You don't recognize me?"

"Don't know him!" This headless cow really didn't recognize Li Banfeng. The day Li Banfeng announced that he was the owner of the house, this headless cow fell ill and had diarrhea. It had never heard Li Banfeng's voice before.

Li Banfeng didn't bother with the cow and simply walked around it.

Unexpectedly, the ox was very loyal. Knowing it couldn't stop Li Banfeng, it immediately shouted, "Help! Someone's entered our house!"

That cow has a very loud voice; many people in the house could hear it.

The Mountain Wolf was the first to rush out, shouting loudly, "Who dares to cause trouble here!"

Li Banfeng smiled and stepped forward to pat the Mountain Wolf's head.

With that touch, Mountain Wolf learned of Li Banfeng's identity.

"You blind Old Cow, don't you recognize our master? Quickly apologize to him!"

Upon hearing that its master had arrived, the Old Cow wagged its tail and stepped forward to apologize.

Having overheard something, the Mountain Wolf barked at the Old Cow, "You dare wag your tail in front of your master? You're so ill-mannered, get out of here!"

The Old Cow quickly left, Li Banfeng asked the Mountain Wolf, "What rule did he break by wagging his tail?"

"Master, you don't know this, but this Old Cow's nose is on its tail. It was shaking it so vigorously just now; it must have farted and is just spreading the smell!"

The mansion was well-managed by the Mountain Wolf, and the various Strange Monsters inside were much fatter than when the last time the wolf visited.

Li Banfeng asked the Mountain Wolf, "Are the Strange Monsters in the land sending more food than before?"

The Mountain Wolf shook his head and said, "To say something that our master may not like to hear, the food they bring is less than before, almost half of what it used to be."

Li Banfeng couldn't understand. "If we gave you less food, why did you still gain weight?"

"Although it's only half, it's enough for us to eat. When the Mountain Pulling Master was around, we couldn't even get a tenth of it."

Mountain Wolf had previously told Li Banfeng that they could only eat what the Mountain Pulling Master left behind.

"Can the Mountain Pulling Master eat 90% of it by herself? She's not Food Cultivator."

"She couldn't eat it and wouldn't give it to us. There were many caves around the house filled with rotten, smelly food, but even though it smelled bad, she wouldn't give it to us."

She said, "We are all of lowly fate, and starvation is our destiny. Since I came to this cave, I have finally had my first full meal with you. Master, I really don't know how to thank you..."

"You don't need to thank me, you earned this yourself."

Li Banfeng went down into the cellar and took out the Local Earth Seal.

He rewarded the Mountain Wolf with a sum of money for his service, and the others also received their own rewards.

After leaving the courtyard, Li Banfeng went to Meng Yuchun's residence, took out the Local Earth Seal, and said, "I will give you half of the cultivation here as payment for these days."

Meng Yuchun shook his head repeatedly and said, "I owe you my life, so it's only right that I help you."

"It's only right that you help me, and it's only right that I pay you after you've done it. One thing at a time. First, tell me about Bei Wushuang and Pan Dehai. Their territories are far apart, so how did they end up in a conflict?"

"According to the information the cook gathered, it seems to be related to the Insect Plague at Sea Eat Ridge."

Insect Plague?

The Insect Plague at Sea Eat Ridge was caused by the Insect Chief, and the Peddler killed the Insect Chief himself for it.

Why is this related to the Bei Wushuang ?

Meng Yuchun continued, "I heard that Pan Dehai has already said that he must take Bei Wushuang's life. I have never met the Local Earth God of the Proper Land, but I know that they are all of a high level and have more methods than us Local Earth God. If this battle really breaks out, I am worried that we will also be implicated."

Li Banfeng nodded. "This is indeed something to worry about. We need to prepare early, give the cook more pay, and ask him to gather more information."

Meng Yuchun nodded and said, "In case of any disturbance, I will light up the territory. I don't care how they fight, as long as they can't invade my territory."

Li Banfeng lowered his voice and asked, "What exactly was the technique you used to light up the boundary line?"

Meng Yuchun frowned and said, "Why are you asking me about techniques again? You can't just tell others about techniques."

"What time is it now!" Li Banfeng said seriously, "Do you know that we're going to war? Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle. Do you understand this principle?"

I don't even know how much capital we have, and we're all so wary of each other. How do you tell me how we're going to fight this war?

Meng Yuchun thought for a moment and felt that Li Banfeng's words made some sense.

"This is the Shut-in Cultivator Eighth Layer Skill, Close Doors and Windows."

"What are the key techniques?"

PS: Thin Donkey Yuan was originally the Local Earth God of Beggar Bay, but he was defeated by Green Water Beggar, Beggar Bay became Green Water Bay from then on.