You're Selling Yourself Again?

Yellow Earth Bridge South Bridge, Cement Platform Coal Yard.

Back when Yellow Earth Bridge was still a legitimate area, Yanghuitai was a large coal yard that supported dozens of coal merchants and tens of thousands of workers.

Later, after the Mourning Star took over Yellow Earth Bridge, the Cement Platform Coal Yard experienced dozens of accidents in succession.

Several mine shafts collapsed, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries among workers. Coal merchants dared not do business there, and the coal yard gradually fell into disrepair.

Ma Wu was somewhat superstitious. After taking over Yellow Earth Bridge, he failed to manage the Cement Platform Coal Yard. Now, this coal yard has been occupied by this group of Carriage Driver.

The Carriage Driver parked the cart next to the coal yard, picked up some coal, and threw it into the cart shed.

This coal has been sitting here for many years and has long since weathered. Although it's not easy to burn, his carport is really not picky about fuel.

Actually, these weathered coals were considered good stuff for these rickshaw drivers. When there was no coal to burn, they could burn firewood. If they didn't even have firewood, they could make do with scraps of cloth, waste paper, and leaves.

The two Carriage Driver counted the number of people. There were a total of 85 people. When they fought with Li Banfeng, 18 of them were killed, leaving more than 60 people.

Losing manpower isn't a problem; we can make up for it. The key is getting all the vehicles back.

The Carriage Driver smiled, and his other Carriage Driver smiled too.

After laughing, his men each put coal into the truck and took turns adding water to the well. After burning for more than an hour, the gas pressure in the truck reached the right level.

The Carriage Driver all looked up, their faces turned to the sky, their mouths wide open, emitting long whistles similar to steam horns, and exhaling white mist.

Tang Shijiang was very familiar with steam engines, and he knew that this was to release excess steam and maintain stable steam pressure.

But this process is hard to understand. Why would Carriage Driver exhale steam to release pressure when burning coal in a rickshaw?

After the air pressure was released, the Carriage Driver got into his rickshaw and fell asleep.

The other Carriage Driver also got into their rickshaws and went to sleep. The coal yard was quiet except for a few Carriage Driver pullers who patrolled the area with their rickshaws.

Despite their small number of personnel, their patrol methods were extremely meticulous. The first layer of sentries patrolled around the coal yard, the second layer patrolled between the houses surrounding the coal yard, and the third layer patrolled the main streets leading to the coal yard. With three layers of sentries, they were on high alert and almost no loopholes were found.

After resting for a while, the Carriage Driver suddenly woke up and saw a Carriage Driver pulling a rickshaw to the coal yard and stopping in front of him.

The Carriage Driver pointed into the distance, seemingly sending a message to his Carriage Driver.

The Carriage Driver remained silent.

After waiting a moment, the Carriage Driver finally spoke up, "A thug came and stole one of our brothers' rickshaws. I guess he was sent by North Bridge."

"Bad guys? Brothers?" The eldest Carriage Driver laughed.

Laughter emanated from all the rickshaws around.

The Carriage Driver who came to deliver the message lowered his voice and said, "It doesn't seem to work."

It's definitely not working. These Carriage Driver have a special way of communicating; they don't use gestures or words. His actions just now clearly had a flaw.

"If it doesn't work, it doesn't work. We're already here!" As soon as he finished speaking, Li Banfeng jumped out of the carport.

This car was stolen by Li Banfeng.

The cart was pulled by Tang Shijiang, who had altered his appearance Work Method.

Li Banfeng was in the carriage. Now that they had arrived at this point, it was indeed time to make a move. At this distance, he could directly use his skills to strike the Carriage Driver.

But the other Carriage Driver also woke up. Without the leader's prompting, they all climbed out of their carriages, pushed them, and formed a circle, quickly surrounding Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng was fighting with a group of Carriage Driver when Tang Shijiang walked up to the leader of the Carriage Driver.

The Carriage Driver stared at Tang Shijiang for a moment, seeing through his disguise. "Senior brother, I went to Black Stone Slope before to discuss the Yellow Earth Bridge with you, asking for your help. At the time, you seemed quite troubled, so I didn't say much."

I know you have a relationship with Li Qi. Whether you help me or not is fine with me, I won't force you. But it's wrong of you to come looking for trouble today. We'll have to have a serious talk with our master."

Tang Shijiang stretched his limbs, his tall, previously hunched-over frame slowly straightening out. "I didn't quite understand what you just said. I do have a junior brother who pulls a cart in Medicine King Gully, and I genuinely look down on him. But we're from the same sect, and I can't abandon that bond."

"But I can't tell which school you belong to. If your master wants to confront me, invite him to Black Stone Slope. I'd love to see him and, while I'm at it, have him collect your body."

The Carriage Driver's eyes twitched slightly. "Having said all that, we're severing all ties!"

Tang Shijiang said impatiently, "How can you be so shameless? I've never done you any favors!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the rickshaw Carriage Driver rushed forward, Trample Ten Thousand Rivers towards Tang Shijiang.

An iron shield appeared in front of Tang Shijiang, easily blocking the attack. "I must say, the quality of this 'Trample Ten Thousand Rivers' skill is actually quite similar to that of my junior brother."

The Carriage Driver was somewhat surprised; he couldn't figure out where Tang Shijiang had taken the iron shield from.

It's truly rare for a mechanic to act so swiftly.

The Carriage Driver used his Riding the Wind and Driving the Clouds skills to pull the coach into the air, scattering a Shuttle Dart from the coach, which flew towards Tang Shijiang's head.

A bag popped out from the top of Tang Shijiang's head, collecting all the Shuttle Dart inside. A long spear emerged from the bag and stabbed at the Carriage Driver's rickshaw.

The Carriage Driver turned the handlebars to dodge the spear, and the axle spewed fire, aiming to burn Tang Shijiang.

A water pipe extended from the back of Tang Shijiang's collar, spraying out a jet of water that deflected the flames. The water sprayed onto the car body, creating layers of white mist.

The Carriage Driver desperately pulled the cart to avoid the water, which cooled the cart down, a situation extremely detrimental to the steam engine.

But the water jets were hard to dodge; they seemed to have eyes, spraying the rickshaw relentlessly. The Carriage Driver couldn't avoid them, so he circled around behind Tang Shijiang, bracing himself against the water jets, and stuck out his right foot, ready to use his Trample Ten Thousand Rivers technique.

Bang!

The moment his foot touched the ground, a row of nails sprang up and pierced the Carriage Driver's right foot.

The Carriage Driver was in excruciating pain and was unable to perform his technique.

When was this trap set up?

How could repair and maintenance techniques be used so covertly?

The Carriage Driver hesitated for a moment, and the nail stuck in his foot quickly knotted, binding Carriage Driver right foot to the ground.

A First Blade came crashing down on the Carriage Driver's head. The Carriage Driver had no idea where the First Blade had come from.

They could only barely dodge using their Carefree and Unrestrained techniques.

Having dodged the First Blade, Tang Shijiang sprouted another axe from his back, sweeping it horizontally towards the Carriage Driver's waist.

Carriage Driver head coachman had nowhere to avoid it and was stabbed in the stomach by the giant axe.

As the axe and knife came at him again, the Carriage Driver used his Carefree and Unrestrained skills to adjust the position of his right foot, forcefully breaking free from the iron nails on the ground, and quickly putting distance between himself and Tang Shijiang.

His gaze locked onto Tang Shijiang, preparing to make a quick, Ride a Horse and Admire Flowers.

A dozen or so mirrors of various sizes suddenly appeared around Tang Shijiang, reflecting hundreds of figures. The Carriage Driver, peering through the gaps in the mirrors, was dazzled and couldn't distinguish which figure was real.

Ride a Horse and Admire Flowers was ineffective.

The Carriage Driver grabbed the rickshaw and smashed a mirror.

The shards of the mirror transformed into a silver dragon, relentlessly pursuing the Carriage Driver, missing not a single fragment.

They all stuck to the Carriage Driver.

Since they started fighting, if Tang Shijiang dodges even a single step, the Carriage Driver can use his advantage in Travel Cultivator to crush him in one fell swoop.

But Tang Shijiang didn't move an inch, just stood there, responding to every move and going head-to-head with the Carriage Driver.

This is the disciple of the Train Grandpa —tough as nails and ruthless as he is.

The Carriage Driver turned the lever, pushed the cart, and rushed towards Tang Shijiang again. A scissor blade extended from the shed. Let's see how Tang Shijiang will defend himself.

Tang Shijiang put on a pair of iron gloves, held the scissor in his right hand, and unscrewed it from the carport.

With his left hand, he tore open the carport and snapped a pipe in the middle of it.

Mouth!

The rickshaw made a loud noise and began to shake uncontrollably.

This is the experience of a top-notch mechanic. Tang Shijiang sprayed water on the carport just now and saw fog forming on it. From the density of the fog, he judged the temperature of different parts of the carport.

By observing the temperature changes, Tang Shijiang located the steam pipe. He was wearing iron gloves.

The steam pipe was torn off.

The steam pipe broke, causing a sharp drop in steam pressure, which in turn slowed the Carriage Driver's speed.

In this situation, if the Carriage Driver continued to fight Tang Shijiang, it would be tantamount to suicide.

The Carriage Driver tried to escape by pulling the cart, but Tang Shijiang grabbed the roof and chased after him.

If the Carriage Driver slows down even a little, Tang Shijiang can dismantle the cart, but right now the steam pipes are leaking steam, so the Carriage Driver can't go fast even if he wants to.

In the face of life and death, the Carriage Driver repeatedly whistled, calling for his men to come and help.

No tactical arrangements or orders were needed; a single whistle was all it took for the Carriage Driver, who had been locked in combat with Li Banfeng, to immediately change formation and move forward to surround Tang Shijiang.

Their awareness of changing tactics remained unified; everyone had only one thought at this moment.

We must do everything in our power to hold off Tang Shijiang and save the Carriage Driver.

They were aligned in their thoughts, but their actions went awry.

Tang Shijiang scattered twenty screws on the ground.

These screws ran wildly across the ground, heading towards the wheels of the rickshaw.

A screw caught a wheel, went through the spokes, and through the canopy, locking the wheel in place.

Of the more than sixty Carriage Driver, more than forty quickly changed formation, while the remaining twenty were unable to keep up because they couldn't push the rickshaws and were moving too slowly.

The biggest problem with Steam Train Formation is a lack of unified action.

If these twenty people are slow, it's like they're being separated from the formation.

The Carriage Driver pulled out tools from the shed, trying to remove the screws that were locking the wheels.

But Li Banfeng wouldn't give them a chance. Taking advantage of their chaotic positioning, he flashed by and killed all twenty Carriage Driver.

With so many men lost at once, the fighting strength of the Carriage Driver's formation was greatly reduced.

But the head Carriage Driver had no other choice. Tang Shijiang was still clinging to the canopy from behind, so he could only order his Carriage Driver to fight Tang Shijiang to the death.

Tang Shijiang had plenty of screws, but he didn't use many; he just scattered twenty.

This is the Train Grandpa's formation, which Tang Shijiang knows inside and out. His goal is simple: to make some trains move while others cannot, and to force the formation to reveal its weaknesses through his own methods.

This was a tactic the two had agreed upon: as soon as the formation showed any weakness, Li Banfeng would immediately make his move.

He leaped around in the formation for a moment and killed twenty more Carriage Driver.

There are still more than twenty Carriage Driver left. To form a formation, at least twenty people are needed. If Li Banfeng continues to kill, the Carriage Driver formation will be gone.

The Carriage Driver whistled again, but this time he didn't order the Carriage Driver to change formation.

He told the Carriage Driver to stand still and all of them to use the technique of Cut Path Opening Road to clear a way.

This is the last resort, the only option available.

Tang Shijiang, who was chasing after the car, suddenly saw a mud wall appear in front of him, Cut Path Opening Road. If it could open a path, it could also block it.

A mud wall was nothing to Tang Shijiang; he smashed through it and continued his pursuit.

With the combined efforts of more than twenty Carriage Driver, more than twenty earthen walls appeared in front of them. Tang Shijiang crashed through the tenth earthen wall and his speed slowed down.

The Carriage Driver sped off Unimpeded Travel, leaving Tang Shijiang behind him.

He managed to escape, but at a heavy price.

The remaining twenty-odd Carriage Driver who continued to perform their skills on the spot were essentially handing Li Banfeng their lives.

Li Banfeng, of course, showed no mercy and killed all the Carriage Driver without leaving a single one, then turned to chase after the Carriage Driver leader.

The leader of the Carriage Driver rushed out of the coal yard, gathered the five Carriage Driver who were patrolling outside, and fled for their lives.

Of the group of Carriage Driver, only five survived, and these five, along with himself, became the only remaining hope for this mission.

They hadn't gone far when a bamboo forest suddenly appeared ahead, blocking their path.

Where did this bamboo forest come from?

These Bamboo grow so densely that they wouldn't be much of an obstacle for Travel Cultivator; he could easily make his way through them in a few steps.

But for these Carriage Driver, the bamboo forest was a bit of a problem, because while they could get through, their carts couldn't.

Little Chuanzi and Little Genzi hid in the bamboo forest, watching the commotion outside.

Chuanzi asked in a low voice, "Genzi, who did you learn these skills from? What level of cultivation are you at now?"

Little Genzi laughed and said, "We brothers entered the Daoist sect together. Don't you know what level of cultivation I have?"

Because he created a home projector, Little Chuanzi's Work Method gained widespread recognition in Pro State, and his cultivation level soared. In addition, with the occasional rewards of pills from Li Banfeng, he is now a fourth-level craftsman.

He assumed that Little Genzi's cultivation level was definitely not as high as his, at most around the third level.

But tonight, Little Chuanzi realized he had underestimated the Genzi: a bag of seeds and a bucket of golden juice.

Little Genzi planted a bamboo forest in just over ten minutes, a method that amazed Ma Wu.

While we are amazed, now is not the time for idle chatter.

"Cheer up, they've gone into the woods!"

The Carriage Driver originally intended to bypass the bamboo grove to take a look around, but found that the grove was quite large.

Li Banfeng is about to catch up, there's no way around him, so we have to force our way in by Cut Path Opening Road.

Ma Wu and Genzi covered Little Chuanzi as they began setting traps along the road. The fourth-level craftsmen had very limited means in front of the Cloud Above Cultivator.

However, Little Chuanzi was well-prepared, and many of his traps were ready-made and took root.

The Carriage Driver was not in good condition. He had forcibly blocked the steam pipe, but the steam pressure was almost gone, and he didn't have much strength left either.

After traveling through the bamboo forest for a while, one of his Carriage Driver fell into a pit. Ma Wu used his Joy Cultivation Technique to cause the Carriage Driver's blood vessels to burst in extreme agitation.

Another Carriage Driver was knocked down by falling rocks, and before he could get up, he was doused with a bucket of molten gold by Genzi.

The person and the car were corroded together, and they quickly lost their lives.

Li Banfeng chased them into the bamboo forest, killed two Carriage Driver first, and then caught up with the Carriage Driver leader outside the forest.

The Carriage Driver stopped running away.

He turned the car around, blocking it in front of him, and stared intently at Li Banfeng.

This is a decisive battle with Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng waved behind him, signaling Ma Wu and the others to stay as far away as possible, to a place where they couldn't see the Carriage Driver and the Carriage Driver couldn't see them either, otherwise Ride a Horse and Admire Flowers might endanger them.

The head Carriage Driver looked at Li Banfeng and said, "Brother, I never thought we'd get to this point."

Li Qi sighed, "I didn't want things to come to this either. How about this, you put the car down..."

Release Little Qin, and this matter will end here.

The Carriage Driver laughed, "Brother, I've been around for years, and you're treating me like a novice. If I put the rickshaw down now, do you think you can spare my life?"

Li Banfeng laughed too, "If you don't put down the car, I can't spare your life. Do you think I'm a novice? Who do you call 'brother'? Do I even know you?"

The Carriage Driver knew he couldn't keep up the act any longer. If he continued, Tang Shijiang would arrive soon, and then he would have no chance to escape.

"Let's have a match here, using only one move, no fancy tricks, just Ride a Horse and Admire Flowers."

Now you're staring at me, and I'm staring at you. We'll move together in a bit and see who's faster.

"Who can save this life!"

These are the rules set by the Carriage Driver: both sides stare at each other, locking their gaze on one another, and then act together. The one who moves faster disappears from the other's sight first, and the "Quick Ride a Horse and Admire Flowers" effect takes effect, allowing them to blow up the other.

Li Banfeng didn't really need to gamble with the other party; his condition was much better than the Carriage Driver's.

But he agreed.

"We're all good lads from the Travel Cultivator sect," Li Banfeng, staring intently at the old Carriage Driver. "Let's fight this fair and square today!"

The Carriage Driver nodded and said, "A gentleman's word is as good as his horse's. Let's have a fair duel, and we'll have no regrets even if it means death." The two got into position and stood face to face.

A gust of cold wind blew by, stirring up a cloud of dust, but neither of them blinked.

The Carriage Driver's eyes twitched, and he lifted his right foot.

Li Banfeng touched the ground with his toes and took the lead.

He was about to leave the Carriage Driver's sight when, unexpectedly, the Carriage Driver remained where he was, suddenly crouched down, and hid behind the carriage shed.

This was a very underhanded move, because Li Banfeng couldn't see him anymore.

If he can't see it, it means his gaze can't be locked on, Li Banfeng can't use his "Ride a Horse and Admire Flowers" technique right now.

But there's a mechanism in the shed that allows a hole to be made, so the Carriage Driver can lock onto Li Banfeng at any time.

The Carriage Driver smiled. He now had the upper hand. All he needed to do was wait for the right moment to blow up Li Banfeng.

To be honest, the losses in this battle were considerable, but eliminating Li Qi would be a great achievement for him.

He had heard some rumors about Li Qi when he Inner State, and all the rumors described Li Qi as an extremely difficult person.

After actually fighting him, he discovered that Li Qi was not only difficult to deal with, but also ruthless. In one battle, he almost wiped out the Fire Wheel Gang that he had painstakingly cultivated.

But what can we do?

He was still a reckless young man; he didn't understand what a real duel was.

He thought duels were just about skill and luck; he had no idea how much scheming and strategy was involved, or how many tricks a real duel involved.

Puff!

The Carriage Driver felt a chill run down his spine. He turned around and saw a man in black stabbing him in the back with Tang Blade.

Didn't we agree to a duel? Why did he bring helpers?

The Tang Blade churned and twisted inside the Carriage Driver's body, tearing his internal organs to shreds, and the Carriage Driver instantly lost all ability to resist.

Li Banfeng walked up to the Carriage Driver and opened the door to Portable Abode's room.

"A duel? You're really funny!" Li Banfeng picked up the eldest Carriage Driver and threw him into Portable Abode.

The car was too big to fit through the door, so the old man laughed and said, "Leave it to me."

Hehehe~

An invisible force struck, twisting and deforming the rickshaw, which was then carried into the house.

Li Banfeng closed the door, returned to the bamboo forest, and called to Ma Wu and the others.

Ma Wu, Chuanzi, Genzi came out together.

Chuanzi asked, "What about the cart pullers?"

Li Banfeng said, "Clean it up, including the corpses."

Genzi laughed and said, "Seventh Master is so efficient. We were just worried about Seventh Master. I was even thinking of getting a couple of Bamboo figures to help Seventh Master out—"

As they were chatting and laughing, Ma Wu, with a worried look on his face, muttered to himself, "Something's not right."

"What's wrong?"

"The numbers aren't right," Ma Wu counted carefully. "There were six people who went into the Bamboo Forest just now. Genzi and Chuanzi killed one, Chuanzi and I killed one, Seventh Brother killed three, so where's the last one?"

Li Banfeng was startled and checked the surrounding area.

There were two tire tracks, indicating that the car had gone far away.

"This is bad, these people are special, we can't let any of them escape!"

The Carriage Driver moved so in unison that Li Banfeng thought they might be clones of some kind of life form.

Li Banfeng had heard Qiu Luoye talk about this before; a man from Inner State had become a house.

It appeared in Pro State, and one house quickly became a cluster of houses; the Peddler called this "having offspring".

If Li Banfeng's guess is correct, letting one go is equivalent to letting a whole brood go free.

"Hurry and chase after him!" Li Banfeng told Ma Wu. "Call all our men here. We can't let this man leave Yellow Earth Bridge!"

He first followed the tire tracks, chasing them all the way from the coal yard to the Coal Sand River.

An old man was scooping coal ash from the river when Li Banfeng approached and asked, "Have you seen a Carriage Driver?"

The old man nodded and said, "I saw it. They were pulling a cart and hurriedly heading east."

Li Banfeng chased eastward for a while and saw a woman selling wontons pushing a cart and calling out her wares.

"Hey lady, have you seen a Carriage Driver?"

The woman thought for a moment and said, "A rickshaw puller just walked by; it seems he went onto the East Bridge!"

Li Banfeng quickly caught up to East Bridge, where a Peddler was pushing his cart across the bridge, shaking Pellet Drum.

Li Banfeng asked, "Did you see a Carriage Driver go onto the bridge?"

The Peddler thought for a moment and asked, "What kind of Carriage Driver? Male or female? Pulling a cart or pushing a cart?"

Upon hearing this, he didn't see it.

Li Banfeng continued to chase after him, but after taking two steps, he retreated.

He stared at the Peddler for a moment, then asked, "You're out selling again?"

The Peddler nodded and smiled, "Of course! I heard you've been selling for me while I was away. You've really worked hard."

"You're still laughing?" Li Banfeng frowned. "Where did you run off to?"

The Peddler pointed behind him. "I'm going to find him."

Only then did Li Banfeng notice that there was another person standing behind the Peddler.

The man looked to be around fifty years old. He had a round face, fairly regular features, small eyes, thick eyebrows, a slightly low nose bridge, and a very round nose tip. He had a very kind appearance.

He recognized Li Banfeng and went up to greet him, "Li Bufeng, we meet again!"

PS: Only one person calls Li Banfeng "Li Bufeng meaning "Crazy Li"). See Chapter 302 for details.

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