Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo'-Chapter 663 - 458: Traveling Cultivation Eighth Layer Technique_3

Tan Fucheng repeatedly shook his head. "Seventh Master, please spare me. All that is just to fool children. I truly can’t go to the Ink Shop."

"Do you think you have a choice?" Li Banfeng pulled out the Contract Book. "Hurry up and leave, and take the "Hundred Family Surnames" with you."

After running several laps around Qi Qiu City, Li Banfeng gradually rediscovered his desire to travel.

I want to leave, not just stay in Qi Qiu City. I want to venture out, and this is a good opportunity to visit Black Stone Slope.

I’ve definitely been promoted this time! Li Banfeng felt he couldn’t sit still for a moment.

I need to go back and ask Hong Ying what the Traveling Cultivation Eighth Layer Technique is.

Returning to the Portable Residence, Li Banfeng took Hong Ying’s hand and said affectionately, "Ying Ying, I bought you a gold chain."

Hong Ying snorted coldly. "How tacky!"

Li Banfeng stuffed the gold chain into Hong Ying’s hand. "Feel its weight."

Hong Ying clutched it, weighing it in her hand. It was nearly half a pound.

She calmly tucked the gold chain into her robes, then tidied her makeup and said softly, "Qi Lang, why spend so extravagantly? If there’s anything you need, just tell me."

Sometimes Li Banfeng really couldn’t figure out Hong Ying’s temperament. She was of noble birth, so why did she care so much about money?

"Ying Ying, what is the Traveling Cultivation Eighth Layer Technique?"

The Phonograph in the corner snickered. "Well, well, my lord, you’ve reached the Eighth Layer already?"

Li Banfeng laughed. "I... I’ve come to borrow a Technique from Ying Ying."

Hong Ying said to the Phonograph, "Xiaowan, some things we all understand in our hearts. It’s like a thin paper window between us; it’s time to pierce it through. Why make things difficult for Qi Lang?"

"SLAP!" The Phonograph struck Hong Ying. "You wretch! Debasing yourself like this just for a chain! Look how shameless you are!"

Accustomed to the Phonograph’s beatings, Hong Ying rubbed her Peach without a hint of anger. She looped her arm through Li Banfeng’s and said, "Qi Lang, come paint with me first."

Paint? Li Banfeng was a bit flustered. The Home Cultivation Fourth Layer Technique, Golden House Concealing Beauties, required painting. I hadn’t made any progress due to my poor painting skills until Zhang Wanlong’s seed finally took effect. And now the Traveling Cultivation Eighth Layer Technique requires painting too? This Technique seems very unfriendly to me.

Hong Ying didn’t explain. She unrolled a scroll and painted a landscape. "Ink wash painting values artistic conception. This piece was rather rushed, Qi Lang, so please bear with it."

"Qi Lang, look at these mountains first. Do you know what is the highest among them?"

Li Banfeng proudly answered, "It’s the peak!"

His voice was so loud it made the Gloves beside him tremble.

Hong Ying nodded. "Qi Lang is right; the highest in the mountains is the peak. Now, Qi Lang, look at this mountain path. It leads from the lakeside straight to the summit. How is the scenery along the way?"

Hong Ying’s painting skill was exquisite. The scenery surrounding the mountain path was half-hidden amidst dense fog, with rocks, dead trees, and wild grass each possessing unique forms. The lines, dimensions, and proportions were inconsistent with reality, displaying the characteristic exaggeration and distortion of ink wash paintings. Yet, after Li Banfeng viewed it, he felt a sense of reality that touched his soul and stirred his nerves.

"The scenery is beautiful," Li Banfeng exclaimed.

Hong Ying then asked, "Qi Lang, has your cultivation level increased?"

Li Banfeng carefully sensed the state of his body. My desire to travel has suddenly diminished considerably!

Hong Ying put down her paintbrush. "Congratulations, Qi Lang. You’ve already learned the Eighth Layer Technique, Mind Traverse Thousand Mountains."

P.S. Lu Dongliang once said that when Traveling Cultivators reach a certain level, they no longer traverse the Earth Skin. See Chapter 114 for details.

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