Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo'
Chapter 941 - 526: Appointment (3)
"Yes, husband," the phonograph didn’t find curse cultivation too troublesome, "Among the hundred skills, each has its strengths. Home cultivation isn’t very afraid of curse cultivation. If you are afflicted by a curse, as long as you return home early, you can rely on the house and the house spirit to endure it,
Virtue cultivation also restrains curse cultivation. During battles, if it senses the situation is unfavorable, virtue cultivation forces the curse cultivator to speak the truth, revealing the methods of the curse and the way to break it,
Peeping cultivation restrains curse cultivation the most. They can see the roots and origins of the curse technique, able to uproot it completely, and can also locate the curse caster. Curse cultivators are not adept at facing direct confrontations. Once found, it’s practically a dead end for them,
Of course, this is also related to levels. Low-level peeping cultivators certainly can’t see high-level curses. Only when the levels of both parties are not vastly different can they truly restrain each other."
Li Banfeng touched the earrings: "Eat more, grow well, and help me when I encounter curse cultivators in the future."
"Don’t worry, master!" The earrings were very moved, burrowing into An Zongding’s body, eating voraciously.
Li Banfeng wanted to discuss something with his wife: "I want to go to Green Flower’s residence, lure Feng Chongli and Mu Yuejuan into the house together, and have you deal with them."
The phonograph was startled: "Husband, how do you plan to lure them?"
Li Banfeng replied: "The simplest method, door to door. I put a lock on Green Flower’s door, these two shouldn’t be able to get out for now,
Soon, I’ll unlock the lock, and then open the portable residence, waiting for the two of them to rush into it."
The door-to-door tactic wasn’t new. Li Banfeng had used it several times, becoming quite adept at it.
Hong Ying said beside him: "Good idea, Qi Lang. I’ll guard the door, whoever comes, I’ll kill them, saving a lot of trouble."
The phonograph pondered for a while but did not agree: "Husband, if it’s an enemy from the earth, you can do whatever you want. But if it’s an enemy from above the clouds, using this door-to-door method would barely suffice,
These two are from above the clouds. If you make even a slight mistake, you’ll fall into their trap. This method is absolutely not to be used,
Cultivators from above the clouds can use techniques and methods that you cannot foresee. We’ve already won a victory today, husband. You shouldn’t lose this advantageous position because of underestimation."
Li Banfeng listened to his wife and did not go looking for Feng Chongli and Mu Yuejuan.
He didn’t go, and these two were suffering for it.
They exhausted every means to leave the Dark Dimension Space. Feng Chongli couldn’t unlock the lock, and the only way they could think of now was Mu Yuejuan’s painting.
Mu Yuejuan could travel back and forth within her paintings, and she was a famous painter. Many collected her paintings. As long as there was a connection between the paintings, Mu Yuejuan could invade another painting.
But Mu Yuejuan was reluctant to use this method.
This wasn’t because the technique was too costly but because she disliked bringing others along within the scrolls, as it would expose many of her secrets.
But for now, there was no other idea. Mu Yuejuan quickly painted an ink painting. With a few swift strokes, a landscape appeared before the two.
Mu Yuejuan took Feng Chongli into the landscape painting, riding a small boat, drifting downstream.
They traveled for an hour.
After an hour of rowing, Feng Chongli became impatient: "Isn’t this a painting? Do you really take it seriously? Do you really expect me to row honestly here?"
Mu Yuejuan frowned and said: "Why are you complaining? Don’t I need to find a place to land?"
The place she spoke of wasn’t to be found in the scroll itself but was a passage connecting to another scroll.
This passage might be in the cave ahead or at the edge of the woods. It all depended on which scroll Mu Yuejuan could sense.
The Unnameable Place and normal space had a significant barrier between them. Normally, it wouldn’t even take a minute to find a passage, but today, even after an hour, they still couldn’t find one.
A gentle breeze brushed against them, and a drizzle fell, signaling a connection.
Mu Yuejuan was delighted, quickly urging Feng Chongli to row faster as they entered a lotus pond.
This lotus pond was a courtyard painted by Mu Yuejuan, purchased later by He Jiaqing, used by the two for communication.
Mu Yuejuan wanted to come ashore, but found only scorched earth on the screen.
What happened?
Mu Yuejuan’s painting had been burned by He Jiaqing.
With the painting burned, naturally, the courtyard was also destroyed, rendering this passage useless.
Mu Yuejuan and Feng Chongli sought the next passage. After over eight hours of travel, their small boat entered a lake, bringing another spark of joy to Mu Yuejuan.
But when they were about to come ashore, Mu Yuejuan’s eyes dimmed again.
This painting was also burned–a portrait she had made for Ling Miaoying, a contemplative oil painting by the lake.
He Jiaqing hadn’t known before that this painting was by Mu Yuejuan; otherwise, he wouldn’t have kept it until today.
Feng Chongli asked: "Is there any other way?"
"If you have a way, why don’t you think of it!" Mu Yuejuan retorted irritably, "If you can’t think of anything, then keep rowing!"
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In the portable residence, the family had finished their meal, leaving cleaning to the Red Lotus.
An Zongding had three magical treasures. The Red Lotus didn’t consume raw items, so the three magical treasures were handed to the phonograph.
The phonograph first examined the first magical treasure, which was an incense burner. When the phonograph tapped it twice with the needle, the incense burner immediately comprehended and demonstrated its technique.
It first lit the incense, and amidst the drifting smoke, transformed into a long sword, dancing in mid-air. The wind whooshed as the sword blade moved, and Li Banfeng could sense that this sword had a solid form, and it was extremely sharp.