Civilization and Fabrication

Li Banfeng Trample Ten Thousand Rivers with one foot, tearing away half of Hua Manchun's flesh and blood.

The skeleton, along with half of the remaining flesh, was still hanging on the Tang Blade, which was entirely fiery red and looked exceptionally excited.

"My lord, this man's blood is extraordinary."

The blood of the Joy Cultivator in the clouds is indeed of extraordinary quality.

The pendulum jumped out and quickly sucked blood, Hua Manchun took this opportunity to try to break free from the Tang Blade.

The Tang Blade sprouted barbs all over its body, the shape and size of which kept changing, Hua Manchun tried to break free several times but failed.

How can this knife be so powerful?

Hua Manchun found it hard to understand; he didn't know how many high-level cultivators Tang Blade had devoured.

After struggling for a moment, Hua Manchun suddenly became stronger, and Li Banfeng discovered that flesh and blood were growing back on his bones.

Hua Manchun was quite famous among the Proper Land Local Earth God, and even Pan Dehai was somewhat afraid of him, so he must have had extraordinary abilities.

He's not only a skilled fighter, but also incredibly resilient. He possesses a similar ability to Green Water Bow, capable of regenerating flesh and blood that has been torn from his bones. Even more remarkable is that his methods are more subtle than Green Water Bow's; his process of regenerating flesh and blood...

Li Banfeng was unaware.

But Feng Daiku noticed.

Like Chu Yaoqian, she had suffered at the hands of Hua Manchun wanted to get rid of him. However, Feng Daiku did not place all her hopes on others; she did many things herself.

She found the perfect opportunity to ambush Hua Manchun and was very familiar with Hua Manchun's tactics.

Seeing that Hua Manchun had been beaten to a pulp by Li Banfeng, Feng Daiku nudged Ma Wu Ma Wu, who then mounted Mei and took her child away.

Leeches have a bloodthirsty nature. A large number of tiny leeches, having just crawled out of their egg cocoons, frantically rushed towards the scattered flesh and blood.

Hua Manchun has recovered less than half of his body; the other half is beyond repair.

Suddenly, many plump leeches appeared around us, and the remaining flesh and blood were swallowed by the leeches.

Hua Manchun wanted to kill the leech, but he was still hanging on the Tang Blade. Li Banfeng was not in a hurry to kill him. He watched as the Tang Blade churned inside Hua Manchun's internal organs.

Having gained an advantage, Li Banfeng did not change his tactics or act rashly, but instead took full advantage of the situation.

This fighting style was unbearable for Hua Manchun. Hua Manchun moved forward, and Li Banfeng followed. Hua Manchun jumped to the side, and Li Banfeng jumped to the side. No matter what Hua Manchun did, Li Banfeng followed closely behind, always keeping the Tang Blade inside Hua Manchun's body.

The Tang Blade kept changing. Hua Manchun's exterior was still relatively intact, but his insides were pulverized into mincemeat, yet Li Banfeng still refused to stop.

Despite his severe injuries, Hua Manchun forced his body to break in two, freeing himself from the Tang Blade, and ran towards the new land.

The new land ahead was the swamp they had come from. Ma Wu, riding his sister, was about to give chase when Li Banfeng stopped him. "We haven't taken over Flower Immortal Manor yet. You and Miss Feng should take care of things at the manor first."

Ma Wu led Feng Daiku into the village, while Li Banfeng raced all the way and quickly caught up with Hua Manchun.

Hua Manchun stopped and unleashed her technique, "Dry Wood and Raging Fire," at Li Banfeng.

This technique was very crude; to put it bluntly, it greatly aroused Li Banfeng's desire, making him want to touch everything he saw.

If a moth flies by, you have to catch it to check if it's male or female.

Hua Manchun was too badly injured. His eyes were there, but his technique hadn't arrived yet. Li Banfeng quickly dodged more than ten feet away, exceeding Hua Manchun's casting range.

Unable to execute the technique, Hua Manchun did not linger in the fight. He continued to flee for his life in the swamp, when a dark-skinned man ran up to him and pointed ahead.

Hua Manchun had no idea where the man came from or what he meant. The man kept pointing ahead, and Li Banfeng explained, "He's asking you if you've been running straight ahead."

The black-clad man bore a striking resemblance to Li Qi, and his clothing was almost identical. Could he be Li Qi's shadow?

Why can Li Qi control shadows? This must be a cloud -Cloud Above Skill House Cultivator.

Hua Manchun used Dry Wood and Raging Fire on Li Banfeng again. Li Banfeng quickly dodged, but the shadow did not. The shadow believed that it was not a complete physical body and should not be harmed by the Joy Cultivation Technique.

After dodging the technique, Li Banfeng charged forward with his sickle, and in a few strokes, he forced Hua Manchun into a corner.

If Shadow were to join the attack now, he could easily subdue Hua Manchun. But when Li Banfeng glanced over, he saw that Shadow was lying on the soft swampy ground, swaying his body up and down.

Whether or not Hua Manchun can be subdued quickly is not the point; the key issue is that the situation is somewhat embarrassing.

Li Banfeng retracted his shadow and began using his footwork frequently, sometimes only three to five steps away from Hua Manchun.

Sometimes they are dozens of meters away from Hua Manchun, leaving Hua Manchun with no way to defend herself and even less of a chance to fight back.

They ran for more than two miles, one after the other, until they came to a pool of water.

A whirlpool appeared in the center of the pool. It wasn't very big, but the center of the whirlpool was deeply sunken, which gave Li Banfeng a lot of ideas.

That's really strange.

Why do I find myself fascinated by whirlpools?

Looking at the captivating lines of the vortex, Li Banfeng felt a surge of excitement.

Could it be that I've also fallen victim to the Joy Cultivation Technique?

After carefully examining his body, Li Banfeng realized that he had indeed been affected by the Joy Cultivation Technique.

Hua Manchun's technique was used on the shadow, and the shadow was hit.

Now that Li Banfeng has withdrawn his shadow, he seems to have been affected as well.

If this impact isn't addressed, it's hard to say what Li Banfeng might do.

However, there's no suitable place to deal with it right now.

The situation became increasingly obvious, and Li Banfeng now felt a strange unease whenever he saw a hole.

Left with no other choice, Li Banfeng opened the door and entered Portable Abode.

Hua Manchun, and I was delighted to find that Li Qi was missing.

Where did he go?

It was good that he left, allowing her to escape quickly. Hua Manchun hurried a few steps, but in the blink of an eye, Li Qi caught up from behind.

Back at Portable Abode Ju, the Wife helped Li Banfeng deal with the situation. Fortunately, she acted quickly enough to avoid delaying the pursuit.

Li Qi summoned his shadow again, this time with extra caution, ensuring that neither his main body nor the shadow was affected by Hua Manchun's techniques.

The main body wields a sickle, while the shadow holds a shovel. The two work in perfect harmony, occasionally slashing at Hua Manchun with a single blow.

Hua Manchun, covered in wounds, stood on a mud puddle and suddenly stopped moving. He looked at Li Banfeng's true form.

He discovered that Li Banfeng was experimenting on him with some kind of method.

Hua Manchun was indeed injured, but given his status, he absolutely could not tolerate such mockery.

Having run so far, he had left Feng Daiku and Ma Wu behind, and now only he and Li Qi remained.

"Come on, let's settle this once and for all!" Hua Manchun ignored Li Banfeng's shadow and didn't care about its origins. He only focused on Li Banfeng's real body.

He chose to stand on the mud because the mud was the softest part of the ground, unsuitable for Travel Cultivator to use his skills, and might even control his Travel Cultivator.

Once the movement of the Travel Cultivator is controlled, all that's left is to be beaten.

Hua Manchun decided to take a gamble and first kill Li Banfeng in the mud pit. With his main body dead, his shadow would naturally disappear as well.

Once things are settled here and I recover properly, I'll figure out a way to deal with Feng Daiku.

While pondering, Li Banfeng rushed towards Hua Manchun with Shadow. Just as they approached the mud pit, Shadow suddenly stepped into the mud, stretched out his hands, and supported Li Banfeng's feet.

Li Banfeng stepped on the shadow's hand. He had two choices: one was to use the shadow's support to jump up and fly to Hua Manchun's side, then kick him over.

This option is relatively safe, but the problem is that the time spent in the air is a bit too long. With Hua Manchun's combat strength, she could easily take the opportunity to use her skills on Li Banfeng.

The second tactic is to use the shadow's support to perform a step forward, stealthily advancing and directly engaging in close combat to defeat Hua Manchun.

The second tactic was the result Li Banfeng wanted; he hoped that he could still use the movement technique when Shadow was around.

However, this tactic is somewhat risky. If he fails to execute it, Li Banfeng may find himself in a quagmire.

Li Banfeng decided to take a gamble. Hua Manchun was seriously injured, and even if something went wrong, Li Banfeng was confident he could escape.

Following the steps, he stepped on the shadow's hand and rushed towards Hua Manchun.

Hua Manchun thought Li Banfeng jump up and was just ready to block the high-altitude area when she discovered that Li Banfeng was stuck in the mud.

The shoe step failed; Li Banfeng couldn't steal that step, and now he's about to get stuck in the mud.

He felt like he was standing on hot iron, his feet thumping back and forth in the mud, trying to find a foothold, but he couldn't find one.

"Li Qi, you've chosen to die."

To Hua Manchun, you need to use techniques!

What should we do? I can't even stand up straight now, how can I dodge?

Li Banfeng walked faster and faster across the mud, his toes tapping the ground frantically, his movements becoming almost blurry.

But the ground beneath his feet became softer and softer, Li Banfeng couldn't find a foothold. No matter how fast he went, it was useless; he couldn't control the direction of his movement.

Hua Manchun's technique is about to begin. This time, he will use the "Joyful Fire Burning Body" technique. Once Li Banfeng is infected, he will inevitably be engulfed in flames from the inside out.

In a moment of desperation, Li Banfeng suddenly lifted his feet off the ground and soared into the air.

Did he jump?

Impossible. In the mud, Li Banfeng didn't even have a place to stand. How could he possibly jump on such soft ground?

Li Banfeng is flying!

The moist air in the swamp felt like flowing water underfoot.

Li Banfeng used a footwork similar to treading water while swimming to take off by stepping on the air; this was the skill of Riding the Wind and Driving the Clouds.

Ever since he went up to the second floor of the Travel Cultivator, Li Banfeng had been looking forward to flying every day, but he could never learn how. Unexpectedly, he actually learned how to fly at this time.

Hua Manchun's technique came at him, but Li Banfeng sensed the danger and easily dodged it in mid-air.

This is the difference between flying and jumping. If it's a jump, as long as Hua Manchun accurately observes Li Banfeng's movements, Li Banfeng will definitely not be able to dodge.

However, if he is flying, Li Banfeng can change direction at any time in the air.

Li Banfeng, flying in mid-air, was overjoyed. He looked down at Hua Manchun, knowing that even more exciting things were yet to come.

The shadow, mired in the mud, is wielding a shovel and battling against Hua Manchun.

The fact that the shadow was still there proved that Li Banfeng was able to use other techniques while employing the "Shadows Pitying Each Other" technique, including high-level techniques like "Riding the Wind and Driving the Clouds."

Li Banfeng was so excited that he circled Hua Manchun twice before bursting into laughter. "Hahahaha...!"

Shadow picked up a clump of mud from the ground and threw it at Li Banfeng's face, abruptly stopping his laughter.

Looking down, he saw that his shadow was halfway sunk into the mud, and he was having a very difficult time fighting with Hua Manchun.

This really put Shadow in a difficult position. Li Banfeng swooped down and hooked Hua Manchun's chin with his sickle. "I heard you have a kind of hook that's especially useful for your men. Is this how you use it?"

Hua Manchun's mouth was full of blood, yet he still tried to fight Li Banfeng. Li Banfeng pulled the sickle from Hua Manchun's chin and hooked it onto his cheek. "Is this how you use it?"

Hua Manchun remained silent, her techniques flowing continuously from her body.

As soon as the technique was used, Li Banfeng would Auspiciousness and Avoiding Calamity, determined not to suffer any losses.

"The cheek isn't right either, so where should it be hooked? Come to my house and tell me!" Li Banfeng dodged Hua Manchun's technique, hooked the back of his head, and brought him back to Portable Abode.

The shadow was stuck in the mud, which was already waist-deep.

He wanted to spit out a mouthful of saliva from Li Banfeng, but there was no water in his body. He made a "two" gesture, but no saliva came out.

Once inside Portable Abode, Hua Manchun still tried to resist, but Hong Ying swung her sword and severed Hua Manchun's Achilles tendon. Hua Manchun fell to the ground and temporarily gave up the idea of resisting.

"Brother Li Qi, I'm from Snowflake Port. Snowflake Port is Peddler's business; I work for Peddler."

I know you're a friend of the Peddler. Let's set aside any past grievances between us. For the Peddler's sake, spare my life.

"Are you really from Snowflake Port?" Li Banfeng started to chime in, "You don't seem like it. When I first arrived at the Flower Immortal Manor, I chatted with Lian Cui'er for a bit."

She said the village is short of money right now, and that since you always do business in the surrounding areas, Snowflake Port is a place where coins are minted.

How could we possibly be short of money?

"I am indeed from Snowflake Port. Yuan Chunping from my estate is Snowflake Port's messenger. If you don't believe me, we'll confront her in front of her later, and then you'll know whether what I said is true or false."

Hua Manchun outwardly yielded, but secretly used his skills to quickly repair the severed Achilles tendon.

Li Banfeng followed up by asking, "Then why are you short of money?"

"Snowflake Port has taken a lot of money from me. I don't know why Puzi is short of money. Many of Puzi's friends have sold their magical treasures in order to keep Puzi afloat. I've been able to survive until today thanks to the business in my own territory."

"What kind of businesses in your area are so profitable?"

Li Banfeng was very curious about this. Flower Immortal Manor had a small population, and there weren't many women engaged in production there either.

But the whole manor was very prosperous, and Li Banfeng didn't understand where Flower Immortal Manor's economy came from.

Hua Manchun explained, "There are several mountains around the village, and there are many local specialties on the mountains. I can make a lot of money by picking and selling these specialties."

Li Banfeng shook his head. "Your claim that relying on a few local specialties to cover the expenses of the entire Flower Immortal Manor and still being able to provide financial support to Snowflake Port is far-fetched."

"I'm telling the truth."

"He's lying!" said the Dream Virtue hanging on the wall.

Hua Manchun was seriously injured and in poor condition. In addition, Dream Virtue had recently consumed a lot of cloud flesh and blood, which greatly improved his strength. She saw through Hua Manchun's lie.

"Master Hua, this is where you're wrong." Li Banfeng raised his sickle and aimed it at the part that Joy Cultivator valued most.

"My lord, why use a sledgehammer to crack a nut? Leave this to me!" Tang Blade drew his sword. Ever since drinking Hua Manchun's blood, he had been quite excited, and the blade had grown considerably larger.

Seeing the blade fall, Hua Manchun cried out, "Brother Li, you mustn't! There are some secrets that shouldn't be revealed, but since you've asked, I'll tell you."

In the surrounding mountains, I mainly refine medicinal powders, which are worth a hundred times more than gold.

Li Banfeng asked, "What kind of medicinal powder?"

"Entry Medicine Powder for cultivators."

The room immediately fell silent.

Li Banfeng remained calm and continued, "This kind of medicinal powder seems to only be available from Peddler."

Hua Manchun said, "The powder in the Peddler's hand is his unique powder, and it's also the proper powder for cultivators to enter the Dao. But the Peddler's business is a bit special. There are some powders he doesn't have on hand, and he can't buy them even if he wanted to. There are some powders he does have, but he doesn't want to sell them, and no one can do anything about it."

Wealthy families, not wanting to be bound by Peddler, would pay high prices to buy medicinal powders and store them at home for emergencies. Regardless of where they bought the powders, in Pro State, half of these powders originated from me.

"Half of it is with you?" Li Banfeng was still somewhat incredulous. "Have you calculated it?"

"I haven't calculated it, but I've seen it. My medicinal powder is mixed with some rouge. I've seen medicinal powders in the homes of several wealthy families, and they all have this cosmetic smell."

It's not that I wanted to fake it, but rather that these rouges have another use.

Li Qi shook his head and said, "I understand even less about this. What use could be there in basic medicinal powder mixed with rouge?"

Hua Manchun tightened his Achilles tendon slightly, and the repair was almost complete. "Brother Li Qi, I can't say what it's used for right now. As long as you spare my life, I'll teach you the art of alchemy, and I guarantee you a steady stream of wealth in the future."

Before he could finish speaking, Tang Blade and severed Hua Manchun's Achilles tendon, which had just been repaired, causing Hua Manchun to cry out in pain.

"That was fast!" Tang Blade was very perceptive today; he could tell that Hua Manchun was reconnecting his Achilles tendon.

Li Banfeng said to Hua Manchun, "Tell me the truth, what method did you use to refine the medicinal powder?"

Hua Manchun said, "To the east of the manor is a mountain called Hundred Birds Mountain, where many rare birds and beasts live. If you collect the blood of some of these beasts and mix it with rouge, you can make medicinal powder."

Taking martial arts cultivation as an example, there are three types of golden eagles on Hundred Birds Mountain, all of which possess exceptional martial prowess. If one could obtain their blood—

"Seventh Master, there's no need to listen to him, he's lying!" Dream Virtue exposed Hua Manchun's lie once again.

Li Qi was a little angry. With a wave of his hand, he used his Tang Blade to sever Hua Manchun's right hand.

After this last strike, the Tang Blade had already made three strikes and should have taken a break.

But the Tang Blade remained defiant and never returned to its sheath.

Hua Manchun wailed incessantly. He had many ways to torture the women in the manor, but Li Banfeng's methods of torturing people were no less ruthless.

"Brother Li Qi, I'm telling the truth."

Tang Blade stood up again, and Hua Manchun shouted, "Enough! What I collected on the mountain wasn't rare birds and beasts, it was corpses."

"Whose body is this?"

"The corpses of the people from my manor," Hua Manchun finally told the truth this time, "... the thousands of people in the Flower Immortal Manor were all bought by me. Many of them possessed cultivation."

These women with cultivation levels who died were not buried in the village, but were buried on the surrounding mountains according to their different levels of cultivation.

Hundred Birds Mountain is a place specifically for burying scholars, Cold Blade Mountain is a place for burying martial artists, and the other desolate mountains are a mixed burial ground for various Daoist sects.

Every now and then, I go up the mountain and dig out the corpses that are about 50-60% rotten. I use their remains to make medicinal powder, enough to recreate the medicinal powder they used to learn how to make their first medicine.

As for the specifics of how to refine it, what kind of heat to use, and what kind of auxiliary ingredients, I can tell you everything, as long as you spare my life!

Li Banfeng recalled Lian Cui'er's description and then asked, "I heard that you often kill people on the estate."

Why is it that people who are old and out of favor are often found to be killed on some pretext?

Hua Manchun said, "It's because I have a bit of a bad temper."

Tang Blade slashed across, cutting Hua Manchun's stomach. Hua Manchun gritted her teeth, stuffed the protruding intestines back in, and covered her wound, saying, "I really didn't lie. Sometimes it's because I have a bad temper, and sometimes it's because of business matters—."

Li Banfeng said, "The business matters you mentioned, you mean killing cultivators from a certain Daoist sect because you're short of a certain medicinal powder, is that what you mean?"

Hua Manchun lowered her head and said, "Someone is pressing me hard for the goods, and I really can't do anything about it."

Li Banfeng stroked the blade of his Tang Blade and chuckled, "In Pro State, I've seen many villains, but someone as utterly wicked as you is truly rare."

Are those women just materials for your inventory? If the Peddler knew you were doing this,

He should tear you to pieces.

"That doesn't make sense," Hua Manchun shook his head. "These women are women I've bought from each year at high prices, directly from the women themselves, without going through anyone else."

I'll give them money and three days to spend it however they want. After three days, they'll willingly come to my estate as slaves and servants, and I can do whatever I want with them.

"This isn't just something I said offhand. I have a written contract with them. I'll take you to my place right now so we can look at the contract and then settle things. Even if the Peddler were here, I'd dare to reason with him!"

Li Banfeng still didn't believe it, and the phonograph player beside him said, "Sir, Pro State value contracts, and what he said is indeed the way things are in Pro State."

In Pro State, if someone is willing to sell themselves, as long as it's clearly stated in the contract, any way they are sold is considered reasonable, and even if they are killed or tortured, there's nothing wrong with it.

Li Banfeng shook his head and said, "Who would sell themselves like that?"

"Yes, everyone on my estate sells like this," Hua Manchun said, giving examples. "Take Lian Cui for example, you've met her before."

She was a martial arts practitioner, but she was also a gambler. To pay off her gambling debts, she owed Zhang Gunli three thousand silver dollars. Zhang Gunli had said that if Lian Cui'er couldn't repay the money, he would skin her alive and use her as a snack.

If you've heard of Zhang Gunli's reputation, you'll know he's capable of such a thing. If Lian Cui'er hadn't sold herself to me, she definitely wouldn't be alive today.

Every contract I have was written by them themselves. I never forced them. Brother Li Qi, if you want to be a hero, I advise you to find someone else to do it. You can't kill me just for this matter.

Li Banfeng was silent for a moment, then laughed and said, "I didn't say I was going to kill you over this. First, tell me why you contacted people from Outer State to harm me?"

"Since He Jiaqing has entered my estate, I certainly can't let him off the hook. And since you humiliated me before, I'm worried you'll stab me in the back. Therefore, I'm trying to find a way to keep you occupied."

I really didn't expect Outer State officials to be so unreliable. They just said they were holding you up, and then you showed up in the blink of an eye.

"Which expert from Outer State did you find? What makes you think he can hold me off?"

Hua Manchun lowered his head and said, "I wouldn't dare call him a master, but his position is certainly high. I don't know exactly who he is. The person who helped me contact him is a branch of our Snowflake Port in Outer State called the Ferry Gang."

"I've heard of the Ferry Gang; Chu Zikai is their Gang Leader."

Hua Manchun shook his head and said, "He is the Boat Boss, but the Boat Boss is not the Gang Leader Gang Leader. When the gang leader falls, the Ferry Gang disbands. When the Boat Boss captain is gone, a new one comes in. Now that he has disappeared, the Ferry Gang has a new Boat Boss, but the Gang Leader is still the same Gang Leader."

Along with us at Snowflake Port, the Birch Hermit Association also formed the Ferry Gang. Their methods are similar to ours; they also have a president, but the president isn't the head of the hermitage. The true head of the hermitage rarely shows himself.

"Who is in charge of the monastery?"

"I really don't know."

Who is the Gang Leader of the Ferry Gang?

"I don't know either."

"He's lying!" Dream Virtue saw through Hua Manchun's lie once again.

Hua Manchun lowered her head and said, "I really can't say."

Li Banfeng picked up the Tang Blade and said, "Speak, or you'll suffer."

Hua Manchun remained silent. Li Banfeng glanced at Tang Blade and said, "It's rare to see you in such a good mood. Why don't you open a door for him?"

Let him be your woman for once.

Tang Blade, with the same intention, prepared to open the gate, his body ablaze with flames.

Hua Manchun gritted her teeth and blurted out, "Don't be fooled by how civilized people from Outer State seem; it's all made up."

As soon as she finished speaking, Hua Manchun's face contorted in pain.

The record player shouted, "Husband, get away! Hand him over to Little Slave, this guy's about to explode!"

PS: So-called civilization is all fabrication. There are two people who have said this. The previous one was Chu Zikai.

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