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"The sinners of the Sinner City, what exactly are their sins?" Li Banfeng was unfamiliar with these terms.

Qiu Luoye shook his head and said, "It's hard to say for sure. In short, these people are not friendly, and it's said that they have ties with Outer State."

"What connection do they have with Outer State? Are they sent from Outer State?" Li Banfeng immediately became vigilant. If they were sent from Outer State, he would not allow them to set foot on the Land Block.

Qiu Luoye said, "The message spread by the Guanfang Envoy of the Outer State is that no one is allowed to take in anyone who escapes from the Sinner City. If anyone is taken in, it's considered going against the Guanfang Envoy."

If I can't get through, I can't get through. I'm not afraid of the Guanfang Envoy, but these monsters are tough to deal with. I have to make my move as soon as possible.

"Be extra careful during these days when we're clearing the land. Those three-headed monsters are all in the eastern part of the territory; make sure our people avoid going that way."

As the Qiu Luoye were about to fall, Li Banfeng said, "Brother Qiu, let's switch. You stay here and oversee the land clearing, I'll go check on those people."

"Now is a critical time for us. Unless they are sent by people from Outer State or Inner State to cause trouble, we should try to avoid using force."

Qiu Luoye waved his hand and said, "I think they're just here to cause trouble! It's safest to leave them here alive!"

Unable to persuade Qiu Luoye using ordinary methods, Li Banfeng changed his strategy.

"Brother Qiu, hundreds of people are clearing land every day. How am I supposed to keep an eye on them? Can I collect offerings, or send someone to scout them out?"

In fact, Li Banfeng could do all these things, but Qiu Luoye didn't know that.

"Brother, I'm not trying to make things difficult for you..."

Li Banfeng said, "I can't handle things like dealing with Local Earth God. I'll go talk to some outsiders and see what's going on. I can handle this kind of thing."

Qiu Luoye was worried. "We can fight any monsters from Sinner City. I'm afraid something might happen to you, so I've asked them to send someone to our territory to talk."

"That won't do," Li Banfeng, still worried. "It's fine if one of them comes in, but what if a whole group comes in? I'll go alone. Even if something goes wrong, I'll have a way to get out."

"Seventh Brother, how about we try to deal with them in writing?" Qiu Luoye planned to write a letter and have Li Banfeng take it with him to intimidate the other party.

Just think of the letter that Qiu Luoye wrote to the Strange Monsters; just for its literary talent, I'd rather not write letters for now.

Li Banfeng went directly to the east side of the territory and saw Juanzi waiting by the roadside from afar.

This person is quite good-looking.

Having lived in Pro State for a year and a half, Li Banfeng had seen too many things to find the Three-Headed People unacceptable.

One of Qiu Luoye's henchmen, a tiger, was negotiating with Juanzi: "Let me tell you, don't be ungrateful. Master Qiu is telling you to get lost right now, or I won't be so polite."

Juanzi said politely, "It's okay if you don't accept us, but could you give us some food?"

"Where are you going to get so much food? Get out of here right now, or I'll make you fight!"

Mengzi got angry. "So what if I use force? Do you think I'm afraid of you?!"

Just as the two sides were about to fight, Tiger saw Li Banfeng arrive and quickly retreated to the side.

Li Qi looked at Juanzi, then at Mengzi, and then at Xiao Shan, and asked, "Who's in charge here?"

Juanzi said, "It's me."

Juanzi is over two meters tall, Li Banfeng found it difficult to crane his neck to look up. He pointed to a stone by the roadside and said, "Can we sit down and talk?"

Juanzi nodded, but as soon as she sat down, she was pricked and stood up again.

Stone spoke, it was an old man's voice. "Seventh Master, I was sent by Master Qiu to discuss something, but I haven't even opened my mouth yet, and this girl has sat on my face."

When I was younger, I could sit down without a problem, but now that I'm older, this girl is quite heavy, and I'm having trouble carrying her.

Li Banfeng nodded, sat down on the ground facing Juanzi, and asked directly, "What do you want here?"

Juanzi said, "We want to find a place to settle down and we want to ask the Local Earth God if they would be willing to take us in."

"If you want to settle down in this new place, why don't you just clear the land? What's there to ask?"

The three men looked at each other, seemingly not knowing much about the person in front of them.

Juanzi heard Shi Tou Li Banfeng "Seventh Master" and she echoed, "Seventh Master, we can't cultivate the wasteland; the Local Earth God won't tolerate us."

"Why can't it be tolerated?"

"We are sinners, sinners from the Sinner City." Juanzi spoke frankly and calmly. They couldn't hide this fact; the markings on their bodies were too obvious.

"What crime have you committed?"

Mengzi asked, "Don't you know about the Sinner City?"

Juanzi glared at Mengzi: "Don't interrupt!"

Li Banfeng said to Juanzi, "Even though you're in charge, you still have to let others speak. With me, everyone can speak."

Juanzi didn't quite understand what he meant by "everyone can speak"?

Moreover, this person's attitude was strange.

He knew nothing about the Sinner City, but when he saw the Three-Headed People, he didn't look at him as a monster.

Juanzi saw hope in Li Qi: "Seventh Master, we all come from the Sinner City, and we are all sinners. If the Local Earth God are willing to give us food, we are willing to work like oxen and horses. We would never even dare to think about reclaiming wasteland."

"What crimes have you committed?"

"In the Sinner City, people are divided into two categories. One category consists of those who came from outside to Three Heads Junction, failed to enter the Dao, and did not become body cultivators. Instead, they became three-headed monsters. These people are guilty and will be sent to the Sinner City."

Another category consists of people born in the Sinner City. According to the rules of the Sinner City, three-headed monsters are not allowed to marry and Shengzi, but some people still managed to give birth to children.

These children originally had only one head, but they were born with sin and had to stay in the Sinner City. Gradually, they all grew into three heads and became monsters...

"Stop calling me a monster," Li Banfeng frowned slightly. "It sounds harsh."

Juanzi looked at Li Banfeng for a moment. Although she hadn't eaten for several days, she seemed a little more confident and spoke a little louder:

"The Sinner City is constantly bathed in sunlight, but this year it's been particularly intense. On some days, it happens at least once every three days, and on others, it happens two or three times a day."

When sunlight shines on a person, they explode within a few hours. You probably haven't seen that scene, and I don't know how to describe it.

Li Banfeng nodded and said, "I understand, I almost saw it."

Juanzi continued, "We don't know how many people died in the city, and we don't know how much longer we can live. There are boundaries outside the Sinner City, and we can't get out. Later, a benefactor came and showed us a way to survive."

"Who is this benefactor?"

"Our benefactor wouldn't let us reveal his identity. He gave us a map and told us to follow it, saying we'd definitely find someone willing to take us in."

Seventh Master, we've endured so much, every step we've taken has been stained with blood. Please tell Master Qiu that if he's willing to take us in, we'll be eternally grateful.

"It's alright if they don't want to take us in, we just ask that Master Qiu give us something to eat, even just one meal would be fine."

Li Banfeng was silent for a moment, then asked, "There's something I don't understand. When you say you've taken us in, do you mean you're fed and watered every day, and supported by them?"

Juanzi shook her head repeatedly and said, "We just want a place to live together. We'll figure out how to make a living ourselves. We'll agree to do anything that can be of help to us."

Li Banfeng looked at Mengzi: "What do you say?"

Mengzi lowered his head and said, "What my sister said is what I said."

Li Banfeng then looked at Xiao Shan: "And you?"

Xiao Shan said in a very soft voice, "I'll listen to my sister."

The three of them spoke in turn, and Li Banfeng felt that they were somewhat familiar.

"Talking isn't enough; you need to do something."

Upon hearing this, Mengzi became wary, as they had just suffered a loss.

"What do you want us to do?"

Li Banfeng pointed to a forest in the distance and said, "Let's cut down some trees and build some houses first."

Mengzi sneered, "It's the same old trick again."

Li Banfeng frowned and asked, "What kind of trick?"

Juanzi bit her lip, raised her head and said, "We agree."

Having been fooled before, why did you agree again?

Because there was no other choice.

I haven't eaten for days. Even if it's just to get a meal, I'd be willing to do hard labor.

"Having a house isn't enough; you need to farm. Do you know how to do farm work?"

Mengzi laughed; all these deception methods are the same.

Juanzi nodded and said, "I can do farm work too."

"From now on, you're people of this area. If anything happens, you'll have to step up!"

"We'll do whatever Seventh Master tells us to do."

"It's settled. Once I write a contract, you all have to put your fingerprints on it."

Li Banfeng has passed away.

Mengzi gritted his teeth and said, "What's the point of making a contract? They're just spouting nonsense."

Juanzi advised, "As long as you have something to eat, don't say anything more."

"We should listen to Aunt Fang in this matter; we should just go and take it."

"Stop yelling! Our benefactor said we can't do that kind of thing!"

Li Banfeng returned to Portable Abode, took out a large piece of paper, and wrote a contract.

The record player chimed in, "My dear husband, do we really need such a large sheet of paper to write a contract?"

"My dear Wife, if we were using small pieces of paper, we'd need to write three thousand copies."

"Three thousand?" Hong Ying exclaimed in surprise. "Husband, what kind of contract requires three thousand?"

Hong Ying shivered from the heat of the steam. Li Banfeng didn't explain, finished writing the contract, and left Portable Abode.

The record player saw the contents of the contract. "The master has brought in three thousand permanent residents. Is he truly going to turn this new land into the Proper Land?"

Hong Ying exclaimed, "Our husband is truly capable!"

The record player brandished the paddle and said, "If I don't tear your mouth apart today, I'll consider my family rules too lenient!"

Hong Ying covered the peach and said, "If you're going to tear my mouth, fine, but why do you keep hitting the peach?"

"Do you even have a mouth, you bitch!"

Li Banfeng placed the contract in front of Juanzi and watched her press her fingerprint on it. "Have your people press their fingerprints on it as well."

Juanzi said, "They all listen to me..."

"That won't do. They all have to be installed. Not one can be missing. All three leaders have to agree. If even one leader disagrees, that person isn't allowed into the territory."

Li Banfeng sat there, watching more than three thousand people press their fingerprints one by one onto a large sheet of paper, which was covered with fingerprints.

With over three thousand Three-Headed People standing before him, even the tiger sent by Qiu Luoye trembled.

"Seventh Master is no ordinary man; how come he doesn't seem to feel fear?"

Li Banfeng wasn't afraid at all.

What's wrong with having three heads? Isn't it nice to discuss things together, come up with ideas, chat, and play cards?

Aunt Fang sighed as she looked at the contract, "Juanzi, why don't you ever learn your lesson?"

Juanzi lowered her head and said, "Aunt Fang, say no more, let's get everyone something to eat first."

Li Banfeng had already prepared the food: two thousand oranges bought from the orange grove. "These are good stuff. One orange for each of us will be enough to fill us up. Put the cost of the meals for the next few days on my tab, but you'll have to pay me back later!"

Aunt Fang sneered, "They tricked us into doing hard labor and then demanded money for our meals. That's worse than Two Needle Cries!"

That being said, after being starving for so many days, the group ate all two thousand oranges in no time.

"Eat your fill and get to work!"

Li Banfeng drew a boundary line and allowed the Three-Headed People to build houses and cultivate the land on it.

Qiu Luoye was very nervous. "Brother, are you sure you can manage bringing them all in?"

"Don't worry, Brother Qiu, the Land Block is getting more popular, isn't it?"

One of the support characters muttered, "Can such a monster even be considered human?"

Zuo Wugang glared at Zhi Gua: "From now on, you're not allowed to call them monsters. Seventh Master doesn't like hearing that!"

Li Banfeng returned to his territory via the station, found Zhang Wanlong, bought several bags of Fast Crop Seeds, and handed them to Juanzi.

"These seeds will yield a harvest in three days, but you can only use this one crop, otherwise the soil will be damaged. Just get through this year first, and next spring you will have to plant proper seeds."

After Li Banfeng left, several Three-Headed People laughed, "They said they'd kick us out after this crop was planted next year."

Juanzi didn't say much. She led her people to plant the seeds, water and fertilize them. Three days later, the harvest was ready. Juanzi led her people to collect and bag the grain, then found Li Banfeng and asked, "Seventh Master, how much do you think we can take away?"

All the Three-Headed People were prepared to be driven away.

Li Banfeng looked at the grain and said, "These are all yours, take them back and eat them."

"Take it back..." Juanzi didn't understand.

Li Banfeng pointed to the wooden house. "That's your home, come home and have dinner."

Home...

This word is too unfamiliar.

A group of Three-Headed People stared blankly at Li Banfeng.

Mengzi looked at Aunt Fang, Aunt Fang remained silent for a long time.

Juanzi couldn't believe it was true and asked, "Seventh Master, is there any more work for us to do?"

Li Banfeng pointed at the group of people clearing land. "Ask them if they need to hire workers, so they can earn more money. Remember to pay me back for the seeds and oranges."

After saying that, Li Banfeng lowered the brim of his hat and left.

The Three-Headed People kept watching Li Banfeng's back until he had walked a long way away.

This new place is different; it's very bright here with plenty of sunlight, and you can see very far.

P. S.: I like to Salad and talk with other Salad; it's such a lively thing.