Surging Blood and Qi Through the Gate (Two Chapters Combined)

Under the gentle caress of the steam, Li Banfeng slowly opened his eyes.

"Hey~ my husband, you're finally awake!"

Steam helped Li Banfeng sit down on the edge of the bed.

Li Banfeng rubbed his throbbing head and asked the record player, "What sound did I just hear?"

"The Unspeakable Voice".

"Shall I listen to it again?"

"Hey, my husband, if you keep listening, I'll be a Little Slave."

"Why can't we listen anymore? Is it because this house has a high ceiling?"

"Yes, my lord, his height is unfathomable."

"But I just heard some sounds."

"Well, well..." The record player couldn't explain either. "Maybe it's because this house isn't so shy, and it deliberately let my husband sense something."

My lord, every treasure in this world comes at a cost. These earrings don't have much of a cost, but if you use them too often, you'll hear strange sounds. Some sounds are harmless enough to hear, but others will bring trouble. My lord, please be very careful.

Did you hear some strange noises?

This amount of money is about the same as putting on heavy makeup, it's not a big deal.

Li Banfeng was also thinking about what other spiritual things might be in his home.

All spiritual things were refined by the Copper Lotus.

The record player chimed in, "Husband, whether intentionally or unintentionally, that vile woman Red Lotus just crafted a magic weapon for you. Why don't you try it out? Do you despise magic weapons? Or do you despise that vile woman Red Lotus?"

It's not disgust, it's forgetting.

Li Banfeng took out the earring, listened to it for a moment, and shook his head, saying, "There's no sound."

"Listen carefully, my lord."

I listened for a while longer, but still nothing.

"My lord, concentrate your mind on your ear and listen more carefully."

This time, Li Banfeng held the earring close to his ear and finally heard some sounds, as if someone was talking.

Li Banfeng pressed the earring even tighter and finally managed to hear it clearly.

It was a woman who whispered in Li Banfeng's ear, "Master, what do you want to hear? Just tell me."

"I'd like to hear what my Wife has to say."

"Yes, sir."

Sizzle~

The record player chuckled twice.

Li Banfeng was struck by a series of loud noises, his ears were ringing, and he almost went deaf on the spot.

He was too close to the record player; it was as if he had added a super-powerful amplifier to the record player.

Li Banfeng quickly removed the earrings, and the record player chuckled, singing, "Hey, my husband, your Little Slave is right beside you. Why bother with this magic weapon? Wait until you need something you want to hear but can't, then you can use these earrings."

These earrings have strings and hooks, so let's call them "Thread-Pulling Earring."

Thread-Pulling Earring, nice name.

Li Banfeng picked up the scissors and asked, "Doesn't this thing have a name?"

"My lord, what need is there for a name for such a foolish and stupid creature? Why not give it to Red Lotus to refine into a pill?"

No, these scissors are still very useful in Li Banfeng's opinion.

He held the scissors to his ear and listened for a moment, only hearing one word. "Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Indeed, in terms of intelligence, scissors and earrings are on different levels.

Li Banfeng put away the earrings and scissors, straightened his clothes, and went out to find out what was going on with Jiang Xiang Gang.

As Li Banfeng was leaving, he heard the record player start playing a song.

"The rose is the most beautiful."

Roses, the most beautiful

Long summer blooms on the branches

Rose Rose I Love You.

Portable Abode the phonograph, the clods in the house were moved one by one into the newly opened room, and then Li Banfeng's clothes, which he had changed out of, were steamed and washed clean.

Li Banfeng suddenly felt very happy.

Walking down the main street of Inner Gully, Li Banfeng looked for a place to eat.

It's eight o'clock, and restaurants are hard to find.

No matter how big Medicine King Gully, it is still a town. Without electricity, most of the small restaurants have closed down.

The hotel was crowded and noisy. Li Banfeng had just blew up Jiang Xiang Gang's dance floor, so it wasn't worth the risk for a meal. After walking around for a while, he still chose Fuwang Steamed Bun Shop.

I was planning to finish my meal quickly and leave as soon as I pulled up a chair, when someone called out, "Seventh Brother!"

Qin Xiaopang kept waving, beckoning Li Banfeng to come and sit with him.

This is why Li Banfeng didn't want to choose Fuwang Steamed Bun Shop; Xiao Pang ate there almost every meal.

Today, Zhang Liu Ge had something to do, so Little Fatty came alone. He was worried about having no one to keep him company, so he quickly asked the waiter to add two more dishes and bring out a jar of wine.

Since he had been recognized anyway, Li Banfeng didn't stand on ceremony and ate two baskets of steamed buns to fill his stomach first.

After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, Qin Xiaopang pulled Li Banfeng aside and said, "Seventh Brother, come and see where I live. I have a home in Inner Gully now."

Go and take a look.

Li Banfeng followed Xiao Pang to his lodgings, a small courtyard in Line Skewer Alley with only one room. The house was rented, but Xiao Pang was very satisfied.

He was satisfied, but Li Banfeng didn't like the place.

Line Skewer Alley is where the He Family Old House is located, and Lu Xiaolan is still living in the house.

Once inside, Little Fatty brewed a pot of tea for Li Banfeng. While they were drinking tea, Little Fatty took out a cloth bag from his pocket and poured out twenty pills.

Snake Spot Pill!

Little Fatty handed the pills to Li Banfeng: "Seventh Brother, this is a gift from me to you."

Li Banfeng was taken aback. "Where did this elixir come from?"

"This afternoon, I passed by the Geng family mansion, and the man who compensated me was Geng Zhiwei's father!"

Li Banfeng chuckled, "His dad backed down?"

Little Fatty gritted his teeth and said, "He wouldn't acknowledge me before, and when he saw me, he was all glaring and blustering. He thought I wouldn't dare touch him because he had Jiang Xiang Gang."

Today he chickened out, invited me to a teahouse, apologized profusely, bowed repeatedly, and even gave me so many pills, telling me not to hold it against him.

Later, I heard from the brothers of the Three Heroes Gate that Jiang Xiang Gang had abandoned the Geng family. The old man was terrified and came to apologize to me that very day!

Li Banfeng frowned slightly. "You're just an ordinary disciple at the Three Heroes Gate, and the Geng family is a powerful clan in their own right. Why are they so afraid of you?"

"If it were any other gang, it would be hard to say. But the status of the Three Heroes Gate in Pro State is different. Not to mention the Geng family, even powerful families like the He Family and Lu Family would have to give our Three Heroes Gate members a lot of face."

Shopkeeper Yu also sent someone to inquire about the situation today; it seems the cloth shop will be opening soon.

"Seventh Brother, I don't care how that Man Granny repays his kindness, you absolutely must accept this elixir."

Li Banfeng had no shortage of pills. "Keep them for yourself, and save up some more time."

Little Fatty shook his head and said, "It's useless for me to keep it. I can't reach a higher level, so eating it would be a waste."

"Why can't I advance to a higher level?"

Little Fatty sighed, "My stomach is a bit small, it's not big enough. Our Brother Zhang Liu said he'd get me some stomach-clearing powder, that stuff works."

Li Banfeng had heard of this medicine before; it wasn't uncommon in Medicine King Gully: "Isn't Stomach Clearing Powder everywhere?"

"This is no ordinary Stomach Clearing Powder. Zhang Liu Ge said it can increase the size of the Stomach Clearing Powder and intestines. I'll take it for a while and see if it can improve my condition. If it can't, I'll just accept my fate."

After chatting for a while, Li Banfeng got up to take his leave. Little Fatty, holding the pills, said, "Seventh Brother, you absolutely have to accept these."

Li Banfeng shook his head. "If you don't want to eat it, take it and exchange it for money. Also, you should inquire more about the Stomach Clearing Powder, so you don't get scammed."

Li Banfeng put on his top hat and walked to the door when he suddenly heard Little Fatty ask, "Seventh Brother, have you heard? Jiang Xiang Gang's dance hall was bombed."

Li Banfeng feigned ignorance. "What dance hall?"

After a moment of silence, the chubby boy asked, "Seventh Brother, did you do this?"

Li Banfeng smiled slightly and said, "What do you think?"

Little Fatty quickly lowered his head. "Seventh Brother, pretend I didn't ask. I owe you a life, and this life is yours. Whenever you feel that I am useful, I will give this life to you."

"You only have one life, so take good care of it." Li Banfeng didn't say much more before leaving Xiao Pang's yard. Xiao Pang saw him off at the door and watched Li Banfeng's figure disappear, feeling a surge of joy in his heart.

This must have been done by Seventh Brother.

Only Seventh Brother has such ability.

I'm sticking with Seventh Brother for life.

"Seventh Brother, where should I go to see you in the future?"

Li Banfeng pondered for a moment and looked at the old locust tree in Xiao Pang's yard.

This tree is a bit special; it always makes a rustling sound, whether there's wind or not.

Little Fatty doesn't usually care much, but Li Banfeng is very particular about this tree. "If you want to see me, pick three leaves from this tree and stick them in front of the Steamed Bun Shop."

Little Fatty blinked and said, "There are many locust trees in front of the Steamed Bun Shop. Who knows, some leaves might stick to the wall. If Seventh Brother misunderstands..."

"Don't worry, there won't be any misunderstanding." Li Banfeng glanced at the locust tree in the yard, slightly raised his hat as a gesture of respect, then put on his hat and left Xiao Pang's house.

A woman in a green dress sat on the locust tree, her body covered in green flames that clung to almost every leaf.

These leaves tinged with will-o'-the-wisp are rare, and Li Banfeng wouldn't mistake them.

She glanced at Li Banfeng as he walked away and felt a bloody aura about him that frightened her.

She looked at Little Fatty again; Little Fatty had already made his bed and was getting ready to sleep.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Xiangbang backed down so quickly. Li Banfeng felt refreshed and walked along the streets of Yaowanggou, feeling that the roads were much wider.

"Breaking news! Breaking news! The Xianle Dance Hall has been bombed, suspected to be the work of Jia Quansheng. The young master of the Jia family has been brutally murdered, his eyes gouged out and his heart ripped out, his body lying in the street. When will this feud between the martial arts world end!"

The newsboy's cries caught Li Banfeng's attention.

Was this done by Jia Quansheng?

How dare Jia Quansheng blow up the Xianle Dance Hall?

Jiang Xiang Gang actually found this good-for-nothing to take the blame.

Li Banfeng bought a newspaper and happily flipped through the news.

Is the matter over?

Is that all?

Is it really over?

Isn't it a bit too fast?

Five days later, Li Banfeng saw three locust tree leaves in front of the Steamed Bun Shop, locust tree leaves with will-o'-the-wisps.

The Stomach Clearing Powder that Zhang Liuze promised has arrived. After Xiao Pang took it, he felt that his stomach had increased in size.

Zhang Liuze booked a banquet at the Steamed Bun Shop that day, inviting everyone to witness Qin Tianjiu's Food Cultivator.

On that day, all of Zhang Liuze's brothers arrived, as did several familiar shopkeepers from the street.

Qin Xiaopang didn't plan to make such a big fuss. He just wanted to treat Li Banfeng and Zhang Liuze to a drink, and then find a place to eat twenty catties of steamed buns and be done with it.

But Zhang Liuze wouldn't have it, insisting on supporting Xiao Pang.

Steward Feng of the general store arrived. "Boss Qin, congratulations, congratulations!"

"No, no, you're saying that too early. I haven't done that yet..." Little Fatty was still busy explaining when the manager of Qingwen Pharmacy came over to offer his congratulations.

Yu Nan didn't come, but Wang Xuejiao from Yu Family Cloth Shop did. "Boss Qin, our manager went out to buy goods and couldn't make it back today. I brought this as a token of her appreciation!"

"Going out to purchase goods" is a euphemism.

Yu Nan is still in Xindi and hasn't dared to go back to Inner Gully.

Li Banfeng walked to Wang Xuejiao's side and asked in a low voice, "Is everything taken care of?"

Wang Xuejiao blushed. "Seventh Master, are you talking about marriage?"

"Who will marry you? I'm referring to Old Man Yao's matter."

"It's all done. Here's the yellow paper you ordered." Wang Xuejiao quietly slipped the yellow paper into Li Banfeng's hand.

As more and more people gathered, Qin Xiaopang said to Zhang Liuze with a distressed expression, "Sixth Brother, what... what do we do? There are so many people here..."

Zhang Liuze ignored the chubby boy, exchanged a few pleasantries with the guests, and then shouted, "Serve the food!"

The Steamed Bun Shop has never hosted such a large banquet before; many of the dishes were prepared by other restaurants.

Before long, the restaurant brought out a table full of hearty dishes. Little Fatty looked troubled and said, "Brother, I'll just eat steamed buns. This isn't the time for these..."

Zhang Liuze grabbed Qin Xiaopang's hand and shouted to the crowd, "I've spent most of my life in Medicine King Gully, and I have some influence among you villagers."

Tonight, I've set out this simple feast to give my brother courage and support as he faces this challenge.

I'm putting my face on the table. If my brother doesn't get through this today, I'm never walking the streets of Inner Gully again!

The chubby boy's face turned green. "Sixth Brother, why are you saying this? I..."

The guests cheered in unison, and Zhang Liuze slammed his hand on the table. "The auspicious time has arrived, brothers, let's eat!"

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Qin Xiaopang started eating.

He started by eating steamed buns and didn't even dare to drink a drop of water, for fear of taking up space.

Seeing that the steamed buns were more than half gone, a busybody in the Three Heroes Gate handed Little Fatty a chicken leg. "Brother, try this!"

Qin Xiaopang took a bite of the chicken leg, but the greasy feeling instantly killed his appetite.

Zhang Liuze stepped forward, snatched the chicken leg, and then kicked one of his men, yelling, "Who the hell told you to steal?!"

The table is full of fancy dishes, not for eating, but for looking at and stimulating the appetite.

Little Fatty has to eat 20 pounds of food within an hour. Food that is too oily is no good, food that is too dry is no good, food that is too salty is no good, and food that is spicy or bitter is even worse.

Steamed buns are the most suitable.

The chubby boy ate sixteen pounds of steamed buns in the blink of an eye.

In the past, this would have been the limit; if he ate one more, the chubby boy would have vomited.

But I have to eat it today!

Firstly, he took Stomach Clearing Powder) and believed that his stomach had become larger and he could eat more.

Secondly, he couldn't back down in front of so many people.

Thirdly, Zhang Liu Ge has staked his reputation on this, and Li Banfeng is watching from the sidelines. Today, he'll risk his life to eat these twenty jin of buns.

After eating his seventeenth pound, Little Fatty's face started to turn pale. Zhang Liuze encouraged him from the side, "Brother, grit your teeth and keep going!"

The surrounding guests also cheered, "Master Qin, well done! A true hero!"

"Little Fatty, eat like there's no tomorrow! Our Three Heroes Gate produces no cowards!"

After eating his eighteenth pound, the little fat boy's face turned from white to red.

Everyone took one look and exclaimed in approval:

"Ninth Master has recovered!"

"Good job, bro. Just two more pounds and we'll be done."

Zhang Liuze's expression turned grave, and he muttered to himself, "This is bad..."

Li Banfeng, standing nearby, asked, "What's wrong?"

"Food Cultivator nourishing the blood through food, but this kid's blood and energy are too strong; he can't handle it!"

P. S.: Salad is in high spirits, so I'm posting two chapters together. Hope you're all satisfied now! Leave a comment for Salad, vote for Salad!