Neighbors

Hong Ying was doing her makeup in front of the mirror when she heard a noise outside the door, so she quickly went to greet her.

"My lord, you're back?"

"Yingying, give me your hand."

Li Banfeng grabbed Hong Ying's hand.

Hong Ying lowered the gun tip shyly, eagerly anticipating the record player's reaction.

Wicked Woman, are you about to cry?

Li Banfeng cut a gash in Hong Ying's palm, squeezed out some blood, and then left.

The record player chuckled.

Hong Ying covered her wound, returned to the mirror, and continued to do her makeup.

Before long, Li Banfeng ran back, followed by seven or eight Cantaloupe Hong Ying, each carrying seven or eight aliens, and delivered them into Portable Abode.

The record player chuckled and said, "Isn't our Yingying useful?"

Li Banfeng nodded. "It works well. Don't let the fact that it's made of cantaloupe fool you, it's just as strong as me."

Hong Ying threw down the comb and hid in the third room to wipe away her tears.

Li Banfeng carried Strange Monsters home one trip after another, filling all the rooms in the blink of an eye.

The record player chimed in, "My lord, there's no need to bring this kind of food home. Little Slave can't eat it."

"I can't eat" is a euphemism; what the record player really meant was that she didn't want to eat this kind of food, but she was afraid her husband would get angry if he heard that.

Li Banfeng wasn't angry. "My dear Wife, these aren't for eating; they're meant to be delivered to my territory."

"Use our house to deliver it?" the Wife exclaimed in surprise. "This is something we must be very careful about!"

Li Banfeng brought many living people into his Portable Abode, but apart from his Wife and his magical treasures, Li Banfeng never took any living people out.

Although these beings lack intelligence, it's hard to say when they might suddenly become aware of this matter again.

The Music Box peeked out of Li Banfeng's pocket. The little bronze figure on the box stared confidently at the record player, as if to tell the lady that she would take care of the matter.

The record player frowned and said, "You can't even speak properly, how can you expect me to trust you?"

The Wife certainly didn't trust the Music Box. Steam spread throughout the various rooms of the Portable Abode, and the record player carefully examined all the Strange Monsters.

Once it was confirmed that all the Strange Monsters were asleep, the record player said to Li Banfeng, "Little Slave will keep watch along the way."

Li Banfeng went to the third room. Hong Ying thought he had come to apologize. She wiped away her tears, turned her face to the wall, and remained silent.

Li Banfeng ignored Hong Ying and said to Portable Abode, "Go to the station in my territory."

Hong Ying remained silent, Portable Abode also kept quiet. The old man seemed to be deep in thought.

Li Banfeng waited for more than half an hour, and when he went out, he found that he had indeed arrived at the station.

He carried the Cantaloupe Hong Ying down the train with a group of Strange Monsters. But unloading them here wasn't enough. The station was built inside the residence of the Mountain Pulling Master, where Li Banfeng's contract was hidden, and no one could enter or leave freely.

Li Banfeng returned to Portable Abode and said with a simple smile, "Yingying, can I borrow your technique?"

Hong Ying asked calmly, "Seventh Son, do you treat me like a servant girl?"

Li Banfeng held Hong Ying's hand and said affectionately, "Yingying, you understand me."

Hong Ying spat in Li Banfeng's face and lent him the technique.

Li Banfeng wiped his face, led the group of Strange Monsters through the rock wall, and scattered them across his territory.

We need to act quickly, as the stop time is only half an hour.

After making three round trips, Li Banfeng had delivered almost all the Strange Monsters creatures in the Qiu Luoye area, and then he ran around his own territory.

Before, you might not see a single Strange Monsters even if you ran for miles, but now you can see Strange Monsters wandering around with just a glance.

Qiu Luoye used the number of Strange Monsters to advance to the Cloud Above Second Layer, but all the capital he had accumulated over the years was taken away by Li Banfeng.

Back at Portable Abode, Li Banfeng said, "Let's go back and clean up the mess, to prevent any fish from escaping."

Portable Abode said impatiently, "There's not much oil left. Save it for something more important. Let's hurry back to the Qiu Luoye's Territory. There are some things I haven't figured out yet."

The old man is studying the boundary.

Li Banfeng thought that a new boundary would be created on the Qiu Luoye's Territory, but to his surprise, the Qiu Luoye's Territory moved directly from the deep earth to the edge of the Proper Land and merged with the original boundary of the Proper Land.

Why do boundaries move?

In the process of combining the old Proper Land, will the true nature of the boundaries be exposed?

But where exactly are the Qiu Luoye's Territory?

These things all need to be verified.

But one thing has now been confirmed.

The Qiu Luoye's Territory was combined with the original boundary of the Proper Land. The Guanfang Envoy did not participate in this process, at least Li Banfeng did not see them participating.

This means there are two possibilities.

One possibility Guanfang Envoy secretly manipulated the situation, moving the Qiu Luoye's Territory and directly using the existing boundaries to seal off this area.

Another possibility is that the generation and merging of boundaries have nothing to Guanfang Envoy; they simply know how to utilize boundaries.

What exactly is the boundary?

Returning to the Qiu Luoye's Territory, Li Banfeng took a walk around.

He Yuxiu and Ma Wu were both anxious about their current situation. They couldn't get out of this area and didn't know where they were.

There were a few villagers on the other side of the border. I called out to them for a long time, but they didn't respond much.

The Three-Headed People wasn't worried. They were busy rebuilding the collapsed wooden house and salvaging the damaged farmland. This was their home, and whether they could leave or not wasn't important to them.

Li Banfeng walked to the edge of the boundary, moved a stone, and sat down.

The Portable Abode has rules: when Li Qi is in the house, the Portable Abode follows Li Qi; when Li Qi is not in the house, the Portable Abode follows the key.

Portable Abode closer to the border would allow for a clearer view, and Li Banfeng wanted to observe more closely to see if he could uncover any secrets.

After looking for a while without finding anything, Li Banfeng took out the Music Box and said with a smile, "You've done a great job this time, you'll be rewarded."

The Music Box seemed to understand Li Banfeng's words. The little figure on the rotating platform bowed slightly and then began to spin.

Do what?

Play me some music?

The Music Box wasn't playing music; it was playing the sounds of two people arguing.

"You bitch, you don't believe I'll really chop you up?"

"Let's get started, let's make it quick."

"You show absolutely no remorse?"

"There's nothing to regret. If I had to choose again, I'd still kill you!"

This was the sound of his Wife and Hong Ying arguing. Li Banfeng put the Music Box to his ear and listened carefully.

Qiu Luoye stood at the entrance to the new place, ready to walk in.

The Shui Yongquan advised, "You are now the local Local Earth God of this Proper Land. Try not to go to new lands, or others will think you are trying to seize territory."

Qiu Luoye shook its head. "Can't the Proper Land Local Earth God go to the new land? Didn't Green Flower often go to the new land before?"

Shui Yongquan sighed and patiently explained, "Green Flower went to the new land, really to seize territory."

Qiu Luoye waved her hand. "I'm not like him. I don't bully people. I just went to ask for directions."

"Let's wait a few days. You've just arrived, it's definitely not appropriate to be so abrupt."

"Still waiting? I don't think you're in a hurry. I don't even know where I am right now, I can't wait a second longer!"

Shui Yongquan said, "I'm even more anxious than you! I don't even know how to get back to my territory!"

"If you're in a hurry, come along. As the saying goes, you can't hit a smiling face. If we visit each other more often, we can maintain good relations with our neighbors."

The Qiu Luoye, facing their reflection in the pond, gave a friendly smile and strode into the new land. Helpless, the Shui Yongquan followed.

Just like the new land they were familiar with, it was pitch black even at noon.

Shui Yongquan frowned and said, "This place is right next to the Proper Land, so it should be considered shallow. How come there's not a ray of sunlight?"

Looking around, there was no light at all, which proved that there was no successfully cultivated Land Block nearby. They didn't see any settlers, and they didn't even see any hunters.

Qiu Luoye thought for a moment, "Perhaps this isn't shallow water, or maybe it just came here with me."

The two walked for more than an hour without seeing anyone, not even a single sentient Strange Monsters.

Shui Yongquan frowned slightly. "Qiu Daxiang, is this new land? Could it be Old Land?"

The Qiu Luoye looked around. "If this were Old Land, there should be houses, but there's nothing here."

"Perhaps it's been so long that there's nothing left but broken bricks and tiles. We need to be more careful." Shui Yongquan tightened his guard. Although his cultivation was at the Cloud Realm, he didn't want to tread the Old Land, as it was hard to say what he might encounter.

Qiu Luoye don't care much; whether it's new land or Old Land, as long as there's an owner, they're all neighbors.

After crossing a hill, there was an open space ahead, and a house could be vaguely seen in the open space.

Shui Yongquan pulled Qiu Luoye back, saying, "A house has been built on this wasteland; it's probably Old Land!"

Qiu Luoye laughed and said, "I also live in a house, and my yard is even bigger than his. Mine has become Old Land too."

Don't be alarmed. If there's a house, there are people. Finding people is a good thing.

Arriving at the gate of the house, Qiu Luoye grabbed the door knocker and knocked on the door a few times.

Before long, the gate opened, and a burly man stood inside.

This burly man was so strong that he couldn't get out of the double-open door; he had to squeeze through sideways.

The burly man stood in front of the Qiu Luoye. The two were of similar build and even seemed to have a certain affinity in terms of appearance.

This burly man had a round face, two long protruding teeth, and a large nose. Of course, compared to Qiu Luoye, his nose was only average.

The two look so alike, they should get along very well.

The burly man asked, "Who are you?"

Qiu Luoye laughed and said, "A neighbor from the north."

"Where did it come from Nowhere Buried?"

Qiu Luoye looked at the Shui Yongquan; he had never heard of this place where Nowhere Buried.

Shui Yongquan shook his head; he hadn't heard of it either.

The burly man said impatiently, "I'm asking you a question, are you all mute?"

Qiu Luoye paused, Shui Yongquan quickly chimed in, "We didn't come from there Nowhere Buried."

"Where did you come from?"

This question is not easy to answer yet; the Qiu Luoye's Territory does not yet have a name.

The burly man shouted, "I only have this one neighbor to the north. If you're not Nowhere Buried cargo, where did you come from? Who are your neighbors? What are you trying to curry favor with by coming here?"

Goods that Nowhere Buried...

The Qiu Luoye silently.

Shui Yongquan didn't say anything either. He knew Qiu Luoye's temperament well, and it was too late to say anything now.

The burly man asked, "Are you unable to understand human language, or unable to speak human language? I'm asking you where you came from? Why are you all silent?"

Qiu Luoye laughed and said, "I didn't say anything to give you a chance to escape, but you didn't seize that chance."

P. S.: Where is it that Nowhere Buried?