Seventh Brother, Live Well!

Chu Shaoqiang was not surprised by Qiu Luoye's attitude.

"Qiu Luoye, as I just said, I've heard your name in the Inner State and seen the contract that came with you. Don't you believe me?"

"So what if you've seen it?"

"I will come to see you again in three days, at the same time, and I will also introduce you to two friends. You can give me your answer then."

Chu Shaoqiang turned to leave, Qiu Luoye smiled.

"You still want to come? I told you to get lost, but you didn't listen? Then you don't need to wait three days."

Today is a good day; it's perfect to hold your funeral before the New Year, saving us from adding bad luck during the first month of the lunar year!

As soon as the words were spoken, the Qiu Luoye, unhurried and gentle, walked towards us.

Chu Shaoqiang flicked his sleeve, and a rain of arrows shot towards the Qiu Luoye.

Qiu Luoye neither dodged nor hid, letting the arrows hit her body, waiting for Chu Shaoqiang to run out of arrows. Qiu Luoye shook her body, shaking off all the arrows.

"What a powerful body cultivator!" Chu Shaoqiang was secretly shocked. He pulled out a long knife, a long spear, and a pair of long swords from his outer robe and began to slash and attack Qiu Luoye.

Qiu Luoye Leaves caught all the weapons with his bare hands, broke them one by one, and continued walking forward.

It seems we'll have to use some special methods; ordinary weapons are ineffective against Qiu Luoye.

Chu Shaoqiang's clothes trembled, and a clump of lime flew towards the Qiu Luoye.

Using this lime trick, Chu Shaoqiang once severely injured Green Water Beggar.

The Qiu Luoye swung their long trunks, and whoosh! A gust of wind blew, sending lime flying into Chu Shaoqiang's Chu Shaoqiang, almost injuring his eyes.

Chu Shaoqiang was startled; he hadn't expected Qiu Luoye to be on guard.

Did he know that this lime was special?

Did Green Flower tell him?

Do they have contact?

Actually, he was overthinking it; Qiu Luoye hadn't taken any precautions beforehand.

He had experienced the ups and downs of life in the underworld, and he had seen and dealt with many of these kinds of tactics, such as throwing lime and sand.

"You lowlife!" Qiu Luoye chuckled. "Is that all you've got?"

Chu Shaoqiang changed his strategy. He secretly activated the Dream Cultivator Treasure to bring Qiu Luoye into his dream.

Qiu Luoye, my eyelids felt heavy, and my steps slowed slightly.

Just as Chu Shaoqiang was about to unleash his killing move, he suddenly heard Qiu Luoye roar, "Woo~"

This roar caused Chu Shaoqiang to experience severe chest pain and also brought Qiu Luoye back to her senses.

In Inner State, rumors about the Qiu Luoye portrayed him as a complete brute, which is a misunderstanding.

Qiu Luoye cultivated in the new land, relying on the Strange Monsters in the area, and reached the Cloud Above Second Layer. He was able to control so many Strange Monsters for many years, so he naturally had his own schemes and methods.

He would only be fooled once, and he wouldn't suffer the same loss twice. When he fought Li Qi, Qiu Luoye was tricked by the Dream Cultivator Treasure once. Since then, he has been wary of Dream Cultivator and has a special way to counter it.

He had practiced that roar countless times; it could withstand the attacks of Dream Cultivator and was equally effective against mind cultivators, literary cultivators, moral cultivators, and voice cultivators.

Chu Shaoqiang wanted to change his magic weapon again, but Qiu Luoye had already thrown a punch.

Bang!

Chu Shaoqiang raised his arms to parry, his arm armor shattered, and he was thrown into the air, crashing into several large trees behind him.

I underestimated the Qiu Luoye.

With thorough preparations and a decisive first move, Chu Shaoqiang defeated the Green Water Beggar.

Now that they've prepared quite thoroughly and are making the first move in every step, they're finding it surprisingly difficult to deal with Qiu Luoye.

Qiu Luoye's cultivation level is probably not as high as Green Flower's, and physical cultivation is far more common than Disease Cultivator. However, the Daoist sects are mutually restraining and mutually reinforcing, which is sometimes unpredictable. It is truly rare for Qiu Luoye to bring out the advantages of physical strength to such an extent.

Chu Shaoqiang didn't want to fight Qiu Luoye anymore; he realized that his previous battle strategy was clearly wrong.

Moreover, he doesn't need to fight Qiu Luoye to the Decide Life and Death today; the real battle will take place three days later.

Chu Shaoqiang pulled a water pipe from his waist, took a deep drag, and exhaled the smoke, which instantly spread out and blocked Chu Shaoqiang body.

This is a magical artifact for healing; it can blind you and is also highly poisonous.

Call out!

Qiu Luoye inhaled all the smoke through its long nose, and the smoke came out of its ears.

It only covered my eyes for a short while.

As for poison, Qiu Luoye are not afraid of it at all.

"That's powerful!" Qiu Luoye exclaimed, kicking Chu Shaoqiang.

Whoosh!

Chu Shaoqiang is completely broken.

Puppet?

As the Qiu Luoye looked around, the real Chu Shaoqiang had vanished without a trace.

"You bastard, don't let me see you again!" Qiu Luoye cursed. "If you dare come looking for me in three days, I'll make sure there's nowhere in Inner State to collect your corpse!"

The next evening, Li Banfeng walked out of the construction site.

During the day, construction was proceeding normally at the site. Li Banfeng stayed in his Portable Abode, which didn't prevent the old man from observing the construction process. However, after observing all day, the old man still couldn't understand the Work Method Outer State.

When evening came and the workers had all left, Li Banfeng moved to another location and continued to have Portable Abode until late at night. Portable Abode responded:

"I seem to have grasped something, but I can't quite put it into words."

Li Banfeng asked in astonishment, "So profound?"

The glove wagged its index finger beside him and said, "Our old man is educated, but he didn't learn it. He said it was hard to express, and it sounded like a foreign language."

Clang!

The Old Teapot fell off the coffee table, and the gloved hand dodged it.

The teapot cried out, "Don't drop me, brother! I'm fragile. Drop something else instead!"

Bottles and jars flew everywhere in the room. Gloves dodged left and right, and someone burst into laughter. "Old man, you can't hit me, aren't you angry?"

Snap!

A broom slapped the glove, and the glove stopped moving.

The Portable Abode trembled slightly, and the record player played a slow melody. "Old man, don't be angry. This Work Method is the foundation for our survival in Outer State. How could it be so easily cracked?"

"My dear husband, tomorrow you should take the old man to see how they actually work. If he sees it a couple more times, he should be able to figure it out."

Li Banfeng shook his head and said, "The day after tomorrow is Lunar New Year's Eve, and the construction site will be closed for the holiday tomorrow."

"New Year's Eve?" The record player paused, "Hey, my dear husband, it's almost New Year's and we haven't even prepared any paper-cut window decorations or couplets yet!"

"No rush, I'll prepare it tomorrow."

On New Year's Eve, Ma Wu held a banquet in his courtyard, and He Yuxiu, Lu Chunying, Chu Huaiyuan and others came to eat New Year's Eve Dinner together.

Once the food and wine were served, He Yuxiu asked, "Why isn't Seventh Brother here yet?"

Ma Wu said, "Seventh Brother said not to wait for him, he has something to do and won't be back until late at night."

He Yuxiu frowned and said, "It's rare for the few of us to get together for a New Year's Eve Dinner, and Seventh Brother insists on waiting until the wee hours of the morning."

We're getting along fairly well now, but who knows how badly we'll fight if we fall out later? Then it'll be hard to get together for a meal again.

Xiao Yeci said, "Sister Xiu, we're all family, how can we fight?"

He Yuxiu smiled and said, "Little sister, the Four Great Families used to be on good terms, but they still ended up fighting each other later, didn't they?"

Lu Chunying shook her head. "I will listen to Seventh Brother. As long as Seventh Brother gives the word, there is no grievance that cannot be resolved with me."

Chu Huaiyuan lowered her head and said, "I will listen to Seventh Brother. I will do whatever he tells me to do. I will listen to everything he says."

He Yuxiu pinched Chu Huaiyuan's cheek and laughed, "Girl, when you talk like that, I don't even think it's you anymore!"

Chu Huaiyuan blushed and said, "Aunt Xiu, I was ignorant before and caused you a lot of trouble."

"Don't call her Aunt Xiu, call her Sister Xiu. They all call her Sister Xiu."

"That won't do; we can't break the rules."

"Oh dear, the moment you mentioned the word 'rules,' I almost burst out laughing. When have you ever followed any rules, you brat?"

Ma Wu looked at everyone and sighed inwardly.

He Yuxiu was not wrong. Based on the past conduct of the major Lineage, they would inevitably start fighting sooner or later.

But if the Seventh Brother were there, things might really change.

Where did Seventh Brother go?

Li Banfeng carried two jars of wine and went up the mountain to find Qiu Luoye for the New Year.

The Qiu Luoye have been in the new land for so long that they have long lost the concept of the New Year. Now that they have become the Proper Land Local Earth God, it is a good time to have a New Year's Eve Dinner together and experience the life of the Proper Land.

He also spent the last New Year in Pro State. That time, it was at Sea Eat Ridge, where he and Cui Tike were the only two people braving the wind and snow to deal with pests.

This year is different. Qiu Luoye has many Contract Guardian Spirit around him. He drinks at Lao Wu's place in the first half of the night, and then goes to Lao Wu's place for another drink in the second half. After eating and drinking his fill, he goes home and cuddles with his Wife all night. This is what it feels like to celebrate the New Year.

When they arrived at the house where Qiu Luoye, there was no one inside.

That's not right.

We made plans to celebrate the New Year together yesterday, but where did this elephant go?

Li Banfeng searched the mountain but couldn't find any Qiu Luoye; instead, he found the tiger.

"Where is Brother Qiu?"

Tiger laughed and said, "It's New Year's Day today, and Qiu Ye was in a good mood. He drank a couple more cups in the cave and got drunk. He said he wanted to sleep, so we didn't dare disturb him and let him sleep in the mountains first."

He also specifically told us, "Just letting you know, I can't drink anymore today, let's have some fun together tomorrow!"

"I see..." Li Banfeng turned and left.

After watching Li Banfeng walk away, the tiger ran up the hillside to gather herbs. It had just picked two when Li Banfeng returned. "You big worm, how dare you lie to me?"

Tiger exclaimed in surprise, "Seventh Master, why are you back again?"

"Where did Brother Qiu go?"

"Didn't I tell you? Master Qiu is drunk..."

"Nonsense! What kind of wine could get Brother Qiu drunk? What are you doing gathering herbs?"

When Li Banfeng fought Qiu Luoye, he couldn't get Qiu Luoye drunk even with Yao Lao's wine.

"Well, Master Qiu drank too much, really too much... He, he..." Tiger's voice trembled as he spoke, and tears fell. "Seventh Master, Master Qiu didn't want me to tell you. Master Qiu is injured, he can't get up anymore, he's in a cave in the back mountain, he's dying."

Li Banfeng was shocked. "How did you get injured?"

"I don't know how he got hurt," Tiger cried. "The day before yesterday, someone came, I don't know where he came from. He fought with Master Qiu, but he couldn't beat Master Qiu, so he ran away."

He said he would come back in three days, but Master Qiu didn't take him seriously. Who would have thought that Master Qiu would suddenly be injured today, covered in blood, and nobody knew how he got hurt.

Li Banfeng ran off to the cave behind the mountain.

Qiu Luoye sat leaning against the cave, his clothes soaked with blood, his whole body a blood red.

Upon seeing Li Banfeng, Qiu Luoye smiled, "Seventh Brother, what brings you here? I almost forgot, it's New Year's Day today, did you come to ask me to have a drink?"

"Brother Qiu, who hurt you like this?"

"Someone from Inner State came and tried to make me his servant again. I refused and chased him away. He must have contacted Inner State, Inner State they must have messed with my contract there."

"A contract?"

"I have a contract in the Inner State."

Li Banfeng was taken aback. "Don't you still have two deeds? The two Kinless Madam! They shouldn't be able to touch you!"

Qiu Luoye sighed, "That's what I thought too, but I still got hurt. We haven't figured out the contract yet."

That man will come again tomorrow night, and he'll bring two helpers. You can't beat him, so don't fight him. My other two contracts are on this mountain; I'll have Tiger take you there.

"Take these two deeds, find a place to cultivate yourself, and when you reach the clouds, instead of suffering in the Inner State, rely on these two deeds to sustain yourself. That's what Green Flower did back then."

"Brother, you focus on recovering. Leave this to me. I'll go gather the men right now..."

"Seventh Brother!" Qiu Luoye grabbed Li Qi. "We agreed that you would handle the brain-related matters and I would handle the fighting. You have to stay alive, and you better stay alive!"

"Once you reach the clouds, go get revenge on those bastards! I'll be cheering you on from the afterlife!"

P. S.: Hang in there, Qiu Luoye!