Reborn in Flesh and Bone

Li Banfeng said he would help Qiu Luoye pass the three tests tonight.

The Wife quickly dissuaded him, "Husband, you mustn't. He's probably not prepared for the first and third tests."

"Then let's prepare together." Li Banfeng leaned over the speaker on the left side of the record player and said in a low voice.

The record player shuddered and said softly, "My dear husband, don't speak so hastily, Little Slave ears are so itchy."

Li Banfeng spoke a little too slowly, which made the record player even more itchy, and it kept giggling.

"My dear husband, how did you come up with this idea?"

"Ever since I learned the Flesh Grafting Technique, I've been thinking about it for days, but I still don't know if it will work."

After thinking for a moment, the Wife said, "It makes sense in theory, but this contract has already been targeted by the Inner State. If they discover any changes, I'm afraid the Inner State will use other methods. If you, my Little Slave, are to risk your life, I will absolutely not agree."

Li Banfeng also thought of this, "I can find someone who is not afraid of the methods used by the Inner State."

"Little Slave don't believe it. Who in this world is not afraid of death? Where can you find such a person? If she didn't come willingly and was tricked by you, my lord, and then changed her mind at the crucial moment, I'm afraid you'll regret it."

"This man will definitely not change his mind! I'm just afraid he and the contract don't have a connection." Li Banfeng told his Wife about this man through the loudspeaker.

The Wife smiled upon hearing this, "It's fortunate that my husband came up with this idea. We're all from the same lineage, so we should be able to sense each other. I just don't know if this nickname will work."

Li Banfeng was very confident. "It's even more effective than Li Furong."

The record player was also a little worried. "If we get too familiar with the Qiu Luoye, I'm afraid we might get involved in something."

Li Banfeng said, "Don't worry about that. He may not admit it himself, but it really works!"

The record player enveloped Li Banfeng in steam as he said, "Since you have such a brilliant plan, then let's make it happen tonight."

Li Banfeng patted the back door of the record player cabinet. "Why don't we get it done right now?"

Whew~

A puff of steam pushed Li Banfeng aside. "With such a big event approaching, you're still not serious. Husband, we need to calculate the timing carefully."

Little Slave thought about it briefly and realized that time was extremely tight; if any step was delayed, things could go wrong.

Timing was indeed crucial. Li Banfeng called Dream Virtue over, clearly defined each milestone, and then transformed Dream Virtue into Pocket Watch, which he carried with him.

The Wife instructed, "After we dig up the contract, let Qiu Luoye soak in hot water. Her skin will peel off quickly, and she won't feel the pain yet, so that the first stage won't be delayed too long."

Soaking in hot water, waiting for my skin and flesh to peel off completely.

That probably won't work. How can anyone not be afraid when they see their own flesh and blood falling off?

The Wife then instructed, "Having just separated from your flesh and blood, your soul can't see anything. This is a perfect opportunity to strike, so the faster your flesh and blood detach, the better!"

I can't see it!

This made things much easier.

After leaving Portable Abode, Li Banfeng asked Ma Wu to prepare a large basin for Qiu Luoye, a basin that could hold two Qiu Luoye.

This large basin was hard to find, so Ma Wu had no choice but to find a bathhouse and book it for himself. "This is the only suitable place we have."

Li Banfeng looked at the bathhouse and said, "This place is alright, it's just a bit far from the mountain."

Ma Wu sighed and said, "Then I'll go look again."

"No need to look anymore, this is the place." It's much better to trick Qiu Luoye into taking a bath at the public bathhouse than to let him soak in a wooden tub directly.

Li Banfeng looked around the bathhouse and scooped some ash and mud out of the pool.

This mortar was rubbed off people's bodies.

Ma Wu quickly explained, "The place was just booked, and the water hasn't been changed yet. Someone will come to clean it soon."

Li Banfeng stared at the plaster and laughed, "This stuff is good! I was thinking of using lime before, but this is much better than lime."

Ma Wu glanced at the mud in Li Banfeng's hand and tentatively asked, "Seventh Brother, you're not joking, are you? You said this stuff is good?"

"Great! Absolutely great! Brother, get me a whole sack!"

"A whole sack?" Ma Wu was stunned for a long time. "Where are you going to get that?"

"The public bathhouse! If that's not enough, call all of us brothers over, and those who haven't bathed yet will all get scrubbed together!"

Helpless, Ma Wu called Chuanzi over and asked him to bring some men to work in the mud.

What are you doing with this?

Chuanzi didn't understand, but he didn't want to ask too many questions. He led his men to visit all the bathhouses in town, but only managed to collect half a sackful.

With no other options left, just as Li Qi had suggested, they found a group of unwashed men and scrubbed them clean.

Having collected enough mortar, it wasn't over yet. Ma Wu then ordered Chuanzi to lead his men to set up a checkpoint between the Qiu Luoye's Territory and the territory of Kinless Village, prohibiting passage after 8 p. m. tonight.

Li Banfeng went to the market and bought up all the spinning tops, slingshots, bamboo dragonflies, glass beads, and shuttlecocks, then sent them all to Portable Abode.

I bought these things to please my Portable Abode and to put my skills for Live and Work in Peace to good use.

"Old man, I'm going to do something big today, so I need to have some good luck."

Portable Abode Ju scoffed, "You're going to try your luck with this? Where's your sincerity?"

"We are sincere!"

Li Banfeng spent the afternoon playing with the old man's spinning tops, Portable Abode was very satisfied.

In the evening, Li Banfeng and Ma Wu brought the Qiu Luoye to the bathhouse.

Qiu Luoye found this place very unpleasant. "The ground is too slippery, even more slippery than the stones in the river. When my cultivation was still at the Earthly Realm level, I didn't want to come to the bathhouse. It was so much better to bathe in the river!"

Li Banfeng laughed and said, "Brother, let's take a bath here first, have a good drink, and then we'll get down to business."

We discussed this before; we're going to dig up your contract. We're going to do it tonight, brother. If you regret it, it's not too late.

Qiu Luoye chuckled, "Brother, that's a redundant question. Since it's been decided, when has your elder brother ever been ambiguous about it?"

"Alright!" Ma Wu ordered someone to prepare wine and food, and the three of them began to eat and drink.

Qiu Luoye are like heroes, but when it really comes down to it, it's impossible not to feel nervous at all.

While drinking and eating, Qiu Luoye was not very talkative. After eating, Qiu Luoye soaked in the pool and drank more than a dozen jars of wine. The effects of the alcohol hit her head, and the steam from the pool also rose up.

Li Banfeng said to Qiu Luoye, "Brother, I Want You blood."

"Come on!" Qiu Luoye cut his palm and squeezed out blood, which Li Banfeng caught in a small bottle.

After collecting the blood, Li Banfeng said to Qiu Luoye, "I'm going to dig up the deeds in a bit; this is for real!"

"Come on!" Qiu Luoye picked up a jar of wine and gulped it down in one go.

It was clear that he was still somewhat flustered.

Ma Wu quickly ordered someone to send more wine.

Li Banfeng told Ma Wu to keep drinking with Qiu Luoye, and specifically reminded him that the bathhouse attendant would arrive in two hours.

Ma Wu glanced at his Pocket Watch, nodded, and instructed his men, "Clean the bathhouse thoroughly, but don't let me see a speck of dirt!"

The men understood and quickly placed a sack of mud they had prepared in the bathhouse.

Li Banfeng left the bathhouse, found a quiet place, and poured half of the blood from the small bottle onto the melon seeds, while sealing the other half in the small bottle.

It took almost two hours for two Cantaloupe Qiu Luoye to grow.

The Cantaloupe Person took much longer to form than the Cabbage Man, but it was also much more exquisite. Li Banfeng led the two Cantaloupe Qiu Luoye into the Portable Abode, had the pendulum decorate one of them, and had the record player inject steam into the Cantaloupe Person to ensure that it could make simple responses.

Li Banfeng left a Cantaloupe Qiu Luoye at Portable Abode for his Wife to use.

He brought another Qiu Luoye into the bathhouse and coughed.

Hearing the noise, and seeing that everything was almost ready, Ma Wu quickly said to Qiu Luoye, "Brother Qiu, let's go get a scrub!"

Qiu Luoye waved her hand and said, "No, I didn't like being scrubbed when I was young. They didn't have enough strength, and it made me uncomfortable."

Ma Wu said, "This master has a strong grip; let's go take a look."

The two went to the bathhouse, where the masseur was waiting with a smile.

Qiu Luoye stared at the bathhouse attendant for a moment, noticing that he was tall and strong with thick eyebrows and big eyes. Qiu Luoye couldn't help but exclaim, "He's quite handsome!"

These are Cantaloupe Qiu Luoye, adorned with blood.

Qiu Luoye down on the bed, and Cantaloupe Qiu Luoye took a towel and gave him a bath.

After rubbing it for a bit, Qiu Luoye nodded repeatedly. "That's a good amount of pressure!"

As the Qiu Luoye began to fall, Li Banfeng scurried up the mountain like the wind.

Tiger and the others in the house immediately led Li Banfeng to the place where the deed was buried.

The contract was buried on the hillside. Li Banfeng dug it up, sent Tiger away, and immediately returned it to Portable Abode.

The Wife took the contract and first covered it with a cloud of water mist.

This is to create a mirage.

"My lord, Inner State is definitely eyeing Qiu Luoye's contract as well. Since the contract has been dug up, Inner State should be able to see it. Little Slave can only try to deceive them for as long as possible. Right now, I can only hope that Qiu Luoye will leave this world soon."

If the contract is dug up, the Local Earth God will lose cultivation and his soul will leave his body, which is equivalent to dying again.

However, this process takes time. Some Local Earth God will leave their bodies in less than an hour, while others may not leave their Local Earth God even after three to five days.

"My lord, the length of time the soul leaves the body depends on the relationship between the Local Earth God and the land. The deeper the relationship, the faster the soul leaves the body. My lord, please observe carefully. The key is after the soul leaves the body."

Li Banfeng immediately ran back to the bathhouse.

The Qiu Luoye have little affection for their Kinless Village, but a deep affection for their own territory. Li Banfeng estimated that it would take at most one or two hours for their souls to leave their bodies.

Of course, if the Qiu Luoye don't leave their spirits for a day or two, Li Banfeng can only prepare in this way, because once they leave their spirits, not a moment can be wasted.

When Li Banfeng arrived at the bathhouse, Qiu Luoye was lying on the bed, still enjoying herself.

Cantaloupe Qiu Luoye was also very diligent in scrubbing his back. He was scrubbing Qiu Luoye's back when, with a swish, he rubbed off a piece of flesh from Qiu Luoye's body.

"What fell?" Qiu Luoye exclaimed in surprise.

Ma Wu pretended to be calm and said with a smile, "Just rub off a clod of dirt."

"Such a big chunk of mud!" Qiu Luoye was incredulous and wanted to take a closer look.

Li Banfeng entered the bathhouse, distracting Qiu Luoye: "Brother Qiu, how long has it been since you had a scrub? Shouldn't you have some dirt on you? Master, put some more pressure on me and scrub all the dirt off."

He spoke without changing his expression, but Li Banfeng's heart was in his throat.

The Qiu Luoye have already departed; I really didn't expect them to fall so quickly.

The Cantaloupe Person rubbed vigorously, regardless of what he was rubbing off, and pieces of flesh and blood fell off Qiu Luoye's body.

Li Banfeng then chatted with Qiu Luoye, while Ma Wu quietly prepared the sack of mortar.

Qiu Luoye lay on the bed, feeling that something was wrong with her body.

"Seventh Brother, is this bathhouse attendant using too much force?" As he spoke, another large piece of flesh was rubbed off by the Cantaloupe Person.

Qiu Luoye felt something was wrong with his face, so he grabbed it and almost tore off the flesh.

"Brother Qiu, you think I'm being too rough?" Li Banfeng shoved the bathhouse attendant. "Couldn't you be a little gentler?"

The Cantaloupe Person stumbled and fell onto the Qiu Luoye.

Clang!

It's already quite remarkable that this scrubbing bed can withstand the Qiu Luoye; imagine what would happen if two Qiu Luoye were stacked on top of it.

The bed collapsed!

The Qiu Luoye fell to the ground with a thud, tearing off their flesh and even popping out their eyeballs.

In an instant, everything went black before Qiu Luoye's eyes.

His soul left his body.

Li Banfeng quickly used the method of body-building to attach the Cantaloupe Person's body to the Qiu Luoye.

Ma Wu was throwing mud onto the ground with a burlap sack.

Qiu Luoye cried out, "Seventh Brother, what's wrong? I can't see anything!"

Li Banfeng said, "I can't see either. Someone's poisoned it. Fifth Brother, where are you?"

Ma Wu was carrying a sack and sprinkling mud on the ground when he heard Li Qi calling him. He quickly replied, "I've grabbed that bathhouse attendant! He's an assassin, I'll fight him to the death!"

Thump!

Ma Wu accidentally stepped on the blood and flesh of Qiu Luoye, slipped, and fell.

He fell hard, Ma Wu gritted his teeth and groaned twice.

Qiu Luoye suddenly panicked. "Fifth Brother, don't fight him head-on! You hide first, I'll fight him!"

Qiu Luoye really wanted to hit him, but he couldn't move. His soul had just been attached to Xianggua's body and he wasn't used to it yet.

He thought he was really poisoned. He hadn't been poisoned in many years and wondered what kind of poison could be so potent.

But then he thought about it again and realized something was wrong. Why could Ma Wu move, but he couldn't move himself?

Li Banfeng shouted, "Fifth Brother, hold him tight, wait for me!"

Bang!

Li Banfeng used his "Trample Ten Thousand Rivers" technique to crush the flesh and blood that had fallen from the Qiu Luoye into powder, picked up the burlap sack on the ground, and sprinkled the ash and mud into the minced meat.

Hearing the sounds of fighting around him, Qiu Luoye panicked. "You two brothers go first, don't worry about me, I'll fight him to the death!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Qiu Luoye, carrying Xianggua, stood up.

Li Banfeng was shocked; the Qiu Luoye recovered far too quickly!

Qiu Luoye stood still and slowly opened their eyes.

The vision went from blurry to clear, and the Qiu Luoye became visible.

Looking around, Qiu Luoye saw blood and flesh scattered all over the ground, mixed with mud and ash, making it impossible to discern any shape.

Li Banfeng and Ma Wu had prepared quite a few scenes, but now that the Qiu Luoye could be seen, there was no need to perform the rest.

The Qiu Luoye asked, "Where did the bathhouse attendant go?"

"I bombed it with Ride a Horse and Admire Flowers." Li Banfeng pointed to the blood and flesh on the ground; the physical evidence was right there.

Qiu Luoye asked, "Is this his corpse?"

Ma Wu nodded. "Yes, this is his body."

The witnesses are here too.

Qiu Luoye stretched, but still felt something was off. "Why is my body so stiff?"

Li Banfeng said, "I've been poisoned, and my body is stiff as a board!"

Ma Wu said, "We were all poisoned just now."

Qiu Luoye blinked and said, "What kind of poison did he use? Why was I the only one who couldn't move just now?"

Li Banfeng said, "You were seriously injured; it's already good that you've recovered."

Qiu Luoye looked at Li Qi, and what he said made sense.

After a moment of stunned silence, Qiu Luoye stepped forward and stomped on the minced meat. "I even praised him for being handsome, who sent him to harm us?!"

Don't use too much force, Brother Qiu. The melon is too crunchy, don't crush it.

Seeing the state of the Qiu Luoye, Li Banfeng had a plan in mind.

First hurdle passed!