Feng Celebration's Second Battle

Li Qi, Ma Wu, and Feng Daiku rode together in a carriage toward the new land.

Li Qi believed He Jiaqing was going to make a move against Ma Wu's territory, and Ma Wu felt Seventh Brother had a point.

He did not dare wait another moment. Without even packing his luggage, he took only a few weapons and magical treasures and set off at once with Li Banfeng.

Ma Wu truly needed to go to the new land as well. As the Local Earth God, he had been absent from his territory these days. No one had answered the calls for land reclamation, and progress had been delayed considerably.

Li Banfeng reminded him, "Once you return to your territory, don't rush to respond to the reclamation efforts either. Otherwise, He Jiaqing won't come."

Feng Daiku said, "Young Master Li, are you still hoping He Jiaqing will come?"

Li Banfeng said, "You need not fear a thief stealing from you, only a thief keeping you in his thoughts. If he never comes, this matter will keep hanging over us, and that will make it even harder to guard against."

Ma Wu felt deeply uneasy. "Seventh Brother, you still remember where I buried the deed, right? In that peach grove halfway up the mountain, right at—"

Li Banfeng said, "One hundred paces east of the spring. Fifth Brother, I have never forgotten this. Rest easy."

Feng Daiku was somewhat worried as well. "If we only had to guard against one He Jiaqing, that would be one thing. But there are so many land reclaimers on the new land. Who can say whether any of them are He Jiaqing's accomplices?"

Li Banfeng asked Ma Wu, "You didn't investigate the backgrounds of the land reclaimers?"

Feng Daiku repeatedly shook her head at those