Lord of Puluo

#749 - Mirror Image

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In the narrow secret passage, Zhao Lanmeng was crawling in front and Lao Huoche was following behind him. "Can't this place be made more spacious?" Lao Huoche was tired of crawling. He hated this narrow and cramped environment.

Zhao Lanmeng turned around and said, "It took me more than ten years to dig this secret passage. It was not easy to dig it so wide."

Lao Huoche said, "Isn't this secret passage something from a dream? Aren't you the one who decides everything in a dream?"

Zhao Lanmeng said, "I can't make the decision casually. This secret passage is real. If you don't believe me, go to Chaoge and take a look. If you pull out the bricks from Mengqian Tower, you can also crawl in through this secret passage."

“Why do real things appear in my dreams?”

"Because I connected your dream with Mengqianlou."

There was a corner ahead, and Zhao Lanmeng took a lot of effort to turn around.

"Do you need my help?" The old train wanted to cut off the road.

Zhao Lanmeng waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Don't do anything rash! This place is real. If you make too much noise, Meng Qian will find you."

"Aren't you going to fight her to the death?"

"I'm not afraid of fighting her, but we can't let her prepare in advance and plot against us."

The two men climbed for more than an hour and finally reached the exit of the secret passage. They came to the base of the wall of a shed and looked inside through the window of the shed. They saw a man drawing a blueprint on a blackboard and another man helping him calculate some data.

The man in charge of the calculations was named Zhao Dajun, a number theorist, also known as Suanxiu.

Lao Huoche said, "I recognize this man, and Lao Qi also recognizes him."

When Li Banfeng accidentally entered Mengqian Tower, he witnessed with his own eyes the dream manor built by Zhao Dajun and a group of charming and gentle teachers in the manor.

"Doesn't he want to live in his manor forever?"

Zhao Lanmeng said: "Some people are willing to live their whole life, but some people want to do something else."

The old train was curious: "What does he want to do?"

"He wants to build a city and is working with this engineer, who has already built a city," Zhao Lanmeng said with some shame, "There are already dozens of cities in Mengqianlou. In this respect, Mengqian is indeed better than me."

"Dozens of cities? Are there so many?" Lao Huche counted them one by one. As far as he knew, there seemed to be no more than ten cities in Mengqian Tower.

"Don't count," Zhao Lanmeng shook his head and said, "You and you here are still somewhat different. You can communicate with each other through dreams, but he knows much more than you in Mengqian Tower.

He has been to almost every corner of Mengqian Tower. When you merge with him, it may have a great impact on your memory."

Lao Chuche was mentally prepared for this: "No matter how big the shock is, it's better than the half of repair work. Just thinking about that half makes me feel like I'm going crazy.

Actually, you see I talk incoherently, but most of the time I am not crazy. Lao Zhao, why did you fall asleep?

What are we doing here?"

Zhao Lanmeng explained: "I will sleep for a while and sense the location of your soul. This is a complicated process and will take a long time."

The old train translated it: "You want to sleep for a long time?"

"I've walked such a long way, I must sleep a little longer. Actually, I - I'm doing this for your own good." Zhao Lanmeng fell asleep.

The train driver squatted under the wall of the shed, looking at the people passing by and the neat buildings around him. Some memories that did not belong to him began to emerge in his mind.

His soul had a deep connection with him, the closer the distance, the stronger the connection, which made him realize that he might have overlooked something.

Mengqian is doing something big, something beyond imagination.

Zhao Lanmeng suddenly opened his eyes and said to the old train: "Here it comes! I saw it in my dream!"

"What is coming will eventually come!" Lao Huoche stretched his muscles. He had fought with Meng Qian many times in his dreams. Facing such an opponent, he couldn't say that he took it too seriously, but he would never slack off.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, the old train felt danger approaching, and suddenly turned around, and saw the train coming at lightning speed.

He was not mistaken, this was another train uncle, half of the soul trapped in the Dream Tower.

The two train drivers looked at each other, tears streaming down their faces. Without saying a word, they hugged each other.

Yes, they did hug each other, because after hugging, they became the same person.

The two parts of the soul merged together, and the soul of the train man was basically complete.

Zhao Lanmeng shouted, "Retreat quickly!"

The train master asked, "Aren't you going to fight Meng Qian?"

"Now is not the right time, let's leave Mengqian Tower as soon as possible."

The train master bit his finger and said, "But I think Mengqianlou is quite interesting."

"Let's go!"

Zhao Lanmeng took the train uncle back to the secret passage, wanting to leave Mengqianlou as soon as possible.

But no matter how fast it goes, it will still take an hour at a crawling pace.

Lao Huoche followed behind him and asked Zhao Lanmeng: "You dug this tunnel, so it should be your territory. You shouldn't suffer any loss if you fight Mengqian on your territory."

"You can't count it that way. Mengqian Tower is Mengqian's territory. If we talk about fighting, this tunnel is useless."

"You said it was useless?"

"Yes, the tunnel is also part of Mengqian Tower." Zhao Lanmeng regretted it. He felt that he had expressed himself incorrectly. He shouldn't have said that it was useless.

Boom!

The tunnel, which was originally only wide enough for one person to crawl through, was converted into a train tunnel by the train operator by cutting off the path.

"Mingming! Get in the car!"

Zhao Lanmeng stood there in a daze.

The train driver shouted, "What are you standing there for? Get on the train!"

"I haven't bought the ticket yet—" Zhao Lanmeng was a little dazed.

“You can make up for it on the train later.” The train driver picked up Zhao Lanmeng, carried her on his back and started the train.

"Dear passengers, this train is bound for Pillow City. Please check your tickets and take your seats according to your ticket number. Passengers who do not have a ticket and refuse to pay for the ticket will be responsible for cleaning the toilets in each carriage. If they are not cleaned well, they will not be given food. Huh~ Huh~"

The old train was spewing smoke and carrying Zhao Lanmeng all the way. A refreshing smell of powder gradually came from behind her.

Zhao Lanmeng looked back at the dark tunnel behind him, and two long sleeves flew over quickly along the stone wall of the tunnel.

Meng Qian came after her.

Zhao Lanmeng shouted angrily: "Shrew, stop being so arrogant. If you have the courage, come and fight me for three hundred rounds!"

The old train turned around and asked, "Really?"

Zhao Lanmeng whispered, "It's fake, hurry up and leave!"

The old train was running faster and faster, and Meng Qian was getting closer and closer.

Her speed is definitely not as fast as that of an old train, but Mengqian Tower is her territory, and both space and distance will be affected by her.

The tunnel opened by the old train is getting narrower and narrower, and will soon affect the speed of the old train.

Zhao Lanmeng yawned, and Mengqian suddenly felt sleepy. Suddenly, the tunnel stopped shrinking.

She was also left far behind by the old train.

When she woke up, Meng Qian continued to chase, but found an extra bed in the tunnel.

The bed was very wide and the silk quilt was smooth and soft. Meng Qian felt even more sleepy when she sat on the bed. The quilt gently wrapped around her, and was about to put her into a deep sleep.

Too lazy to practice skills, too deep in love in bed.

People who have been affected by the technique will develop an inseparable attachment to their beds and beddings, and would wish to hold on to the quilts tightly and never be separated from them for the rest of their lives.

But Mengqian woke up anyway. She bit a lock of her hair, suppressed her tiredness, and kept speeding up the chase.

Lao Huoche looked back at Zhao Lanmeng and said, "She's not asleep. Your lazy cultivation skills are not good enough."

"You don't understand! Even if Meng Qian is asleep, she can still chase us in her dreams. It's not easy to make her like this in her territory."

"Are you two going to fight or not?"

Zhao Lanmeng said: "Let's fight in your dream. I won't take advantage of her, but I will definitely not suffer any loss from her.

"Hoot!" The old train blew its whistle. "Next stop is Dreamland. Passengers arriving at the station, please be ready to get off."

It takes an hour to climb the tunnel, but when the old train really starts running, the time is much shorter. In the blink of an eye, they reached the cave entrance. The old train jumped up and ran out of Mengqian Tower carrying Zhao Lanmeng on its back.

Zhao Lanmeng turned around and used the technique of Mirror Flower and Water Moon.

Meng Qian chased to the entrance of the cave and bumped into a barrier. She slid down slowly along the barrier and watched the old train carrying Zhao Lanmeng disappear from her sight.

Mengqian Tower belongs to Meng Qian, but the Chaoge City in front of him belongs to the dream of Lao Chuoche. There is a barrier between dreams and reality. Zhao Lanmeng used the technique of mirror flowers and water moons to further thicken the barrier.

The old train asked, "You're not going to fight her anymore?"

Zhao Lanmeng responded: "It's over. One move wins."

"Does this count as a fight?"

Zhao Lanmeng half closed his eyes: "You don't understand the rules of dream cultivation."

"It's all over, do I not have to run anymore?"

Zhao Lanmeng yawned and said, "You still have to run. She can break through the barrier."

Meng Qian stood up from the ground and touched the barrier in front of her.

It was not difficult for her to break through the barrier of dreams, but after she fumbled for a while, the barrier did not break.

It's not that she can't, it's that she doesn't want to.

She turned and walked back to Mengqian Tower with a smile on her face and tears in her eyes.

He left.

The eighteenth round is finally gone!

Guarding half of Shi Ba Lun's soul was the task assigned to Meng Qian by Shang Guo.

Now the mission has failed, but it cannot be blamed on Meng Qian’s incompetence.

Zhao Lanmeng, a dream cultivator, brought the other half of Shi Ba Lun's soul into the Meng Qian Tower. Two fists are no match for four hands, not to mention that these two people are so powerful. Can this be Meng Qian's fault?

The more Meng Qian thought about it, the more excited she became. If this crazy old man hadn't been causing trouble all these years, the city in Mengqian Tower would have been at least twice as large.

A charming woman, wearing a dress and heavy makeup, came to Meng Qian, bowed and said, "There is a big shot from another state who is staying with me."

Meng Qian gave the woman a pill: "Squeeze out everything he knows."

The woman accepted the pills and thanked him repeatedly, “Don’t worry, I’ve squeezed them all out.

2

A large amount of information was presented in front of Meng Qian, and she smiled even sweeter: "I have done a great deed this time. I can barely explain the Eighteenth Round incident!"

Zhang Gunli looked around and asked Li Banfeng, "Is this a small train?"

Li Banfeng pulled a chair, sat in front of Zhang Gunli, and praised him, "You are very knowledgeable."

Zhang Gunli stretched out one leg and found a chair to sit down: "I am the leader of a school, and also the master of a school."

Li Banfeng looked disdainful and asked: "You are also the leader?"

Zhang Gunli took out two silver coins, one of which was inscribed with "The Leader of Loan Repair" and the other with "The Grandmaster of Loan Repair".

"This was given to me by the peddler himself. Even if you don't believe me, I should at least believe him, right?"

Li Banfeng looked at the quality of the silver dollar and found it was genuine. "I guess there are too few people who want to borrow money. The peddler couldn't find any other suitable candidates, so he picked you from among the short guys."

"It's true that there aren't many people who borrow money to repair, but I'm not as useless as you say. Li Qi, if I hadn't encountered the 18th round today, I wouldn't have been injured, and I wouldn't have lost the will to fight. You really might not have defeated me."

Li Banfeng sighed and said, "I also feel that this battle is not fair to you. How about this, we can fight again openly and honestly later, provided that you tell me a few things."

Zhang Gunli said, "Let's be clear. If I fight you again and I win, what should I say?"

Li Banfeng said, "I'll let you go. No matter how you beat me, it's my fate. I won't pursue it."

"Okay, it's a deal!" Zhang Gunli's eyes lit up. He had his own techniques here.

The core of loan repair lies in the IOU, but some debts do not have IOUs.

It’s like someone is in a hurry to borrow money, or an acquaintance borrows money from a loan company but no IOU is left. Should the debt be collected?

If you don't collect the debt, it's not called a loan.

The technique of offering money and treasures is to deal with debts without promissory notes. As long as you take the loan money, you will be considered to have been hit by the technique and the debt has been recorded.

In the previous fight outside Suishenju, Li Banfeng had touched Zhang Gunli's ocean, and his skill of offering money and treasures had been successful.

Zhang Gunli just gave Li Banfeng another dollar for the leader and another for the master. Adding them together,

This means that Li Banfeng owes Zhang Gunli three debts.

There is another type of debt that cannot be measured by money, but this debt also needs to be collected.

The loan repair technique just now is called a promise worth a thousand gold, and it is designed to deal with debts that are not directly related to money.

He made a deal with Li Banfeng. If Li Banfeng regretted it later and did not fight with Zhang Gunli, it would be equivalent to owing Zhang Gunli a debt. Zhang Gunli's loan repair skills could still work on Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng first asked a question: "What is your purpose in coming to see Zhao Lanmeng?"

Zhang Gunli replied, "This is the mission given to me by the court. I was asked to kill the local god of Zhuangtou City, find his deed, and bring it back to Chaoge. Chaoge will assign someone else to take charge of this land."

Li Banfeng asked, "You mean, I asked you to kill Zhao Lanmeng just to seize a legitimate piece of land?"

"This is a big deal. Nevada has never occupied Pro Province's legitimate land. This is a rare opportunity for them."

Is this an opportunity?

“Why must it be in Pillow City?”

Zhang Gunli said honestly: "I really don't know. I just heard some rumors. Pillow City is a special place. One piece of land can be turned into several pieces of land. Once Neizhou occupies this land, it may be able to do other things in the future."

Li Banfeng nodded slightly without commenting. He then asked, "Why did you attack Fool City back then?"

Zhang Gunli shook his head and said, "I really have never been to Fool City. Sun Tiecheng and I have been friends since childhood. He taught me my skills."

"You are still stubborn even when you are about to die." Li Banfeng called out, and Jiuer came close to Zhang Gunli.

The moment he saw the Ninth Girl, Zhang Gunli's heart trembled, but his expression did not change.

The Ninth Miss smiled and said, "Uncle Zhang, how are you?"

Zhang Gunli asked, "Ayu, why are you here?"

"Don't worry about where I am. Let's talk about what happened back then. Why did you bring Shan Chengjun into Fool City?"

Zhang Gunli said: "I was forced to do this. Below the peddler, except for Shi Ba Lun and your father, no one else can fight Shan Chengjun.

Your father followed the peddler and went to fight against the bandits. Shi Ba Lun went crazy at that time and couldn't control Shan Cheng Jun. Shan Cheng Jun found me again. What can I do? I want to survive, so I can only lead him to a way out.

And I didn't lead them the right way. I led them into the trap you set. I want to join forces with you to get rid of Shan Chengjun and the others. I dare to say this even in front of your father!"

"You dare to say that? My father will definitely believe you, because even I believed you at that time!" The Ninth Miss smiled, with tears in her eyes. "At that time, I really thought you led them into a trap. I brought enough people to fight them to the death. How could I have thought that on the battlefield, you would be the first one to plot against me!"

Zhang Gunli immediately denied it: "Don't talk nonsense, I didn't do anything to you!"

"It looks like no one took any action, but how do you explain the huge pile of silver coins on the battlefield?"

Zhang Gunli said: "This is the ambush I set up to deal with Shan Chengjun."

Jiuer laughed and gritted her teeth: "I really admire your ability to lie, why do you think so highly of yourself?

Not to mention all the money you have, even if you take out all your belongings, don't you have any idea whether you can meet Shan Chengjun?

I trampled on your big bucks, was suppressed by your loan cultivation skills, couldn't use the magic circle on the battlefield, and finally the whole army was annihilated. Do you dare to say that this is not your method? "

Zhang Gunli shook his head and said, "No matter what I say, you don't believe me. There are still many people alive in Fool's City. No matter if they are alive or not, they can still speak. Go ask them, did I enter the city when Fool's City was breached? Did I kill anyone in the city?"

Jiu Er shook her head and said, "You really didn't go into the city at that time, because you knew it was useless to go into the city, and you knew that you needed medicine powder to learn the skills of Yu Xiu.

You know Shan Chengjun can't find the powder, but you can find it. Wait for Shan Chengjun to kill everyone in Fool City, and then you can go into the city and get the powder. Then everything will be perfect, am I right?"

Zhang Gunli shook his head and sighed, "Did you see those words in a dream? You are determined to blame me for all these things, so you can say whatever you want."

Li Banfeng said to Ninth Girl, "Zhang Gunli knows how to talk about bitterness and sourness. He said he learned it from your father."

Zhang Gunli looked at the Ninth Miss and said, "I definitely didn't lie. If you don't believe me, we can confront your father!"

Jiuer looked at Zhang Gunli and wondered if he really dared to confront her.

After thinking for a moment, Jiuer smiled: "You don't dare to confront, but you just want to leave the train, right?"

Zhang Gunli sighed, "Your father really taught me how to cultivate. You have no idea how deep the relationship between your father and I was at that time!"

Jiuer nodded and said, "If the bitter and sour technique was taught by my father, he would definitely tell you all the essentials of the technique. You must have learned all the techniques. Try using it on me and see if you can fool me. If you can fool me with the technique, I will believe you."

Zhang Gunli hesitated for a moment and did not use his skill of speaking sourly and bitterly.

His skills could only make Li Banfeng soft-hearted for a short while, how could he possibly deceive Jiuer.

Zhang Gunli looked at Li Banfeng and said, "She doesn't believe anything I say, and I don't want to say any more. Master Qi, I will tell you everything you ask me, and you should also fulfill your promise. Let's fight again."

Li Qi owes Zhang Gunli a triple debt. As long as it is a fair fight, Zhang Gunli is sure to beat him.

If Li Qi is unwilling to fight with Zhang Gunli, Zhang Gunli can still use the technique of keeping a promise to take advantage of Li Qi's change of heart and force Li Qi to owe him a heavy debt.

"Okay!" Li Banfeng drew out his sickle and gave it to Jiuer, "Fight him and cut him a thousand times."

Zhang Gunli stood up and said, "Li Qi, you are not trustworthy."

"How can I have any credibility with a birdman like you?" A woman walked in from the second room.

This appearance seemed unfamiliar to Zhang Gunli, but he remembered this voice and figure.

Hong Ying!

Is she in the train too?

Is she also Li Qi's person?

Hong Ying and A Yu were both in front of him. Zhang Gunli knew that he had no chance of escaping, so he focused all his attention on Li Qi.

This is the last chance. As long as Li Qi is held hostage, there is still a possibility of escaping.

Li Qi sat leisurely on the chair, feeling the danger slowly approaching.

Before Zhang Gun could use his skills, Hong Ying and Jiuer attacked at the same time, each chopped off one of Zhang Gunli's legs.

Zhang Gunli fell to the ground with his legs still sticking out.

He looked at Li Qi and used the technique of "mountain of debt" to crush him.

"You are untrustworthy and you use your numbers to bully the minority. Even if I have to die today, I will take you with me!"

Li Qi was unharmed and the technique did not work.

Why doesn't it work?

Zhang Gunli thought that his techniques were not used enough and he was still increasing his efforts.

The record player in the room laughed: "Who broke his promise? Isn't this a fair fight with you according to the agreement we made before?"

The gongs and drums sounded, and the woman began to sing "Five Ghosts Catching Liu": "When I was asleep, I heard the ghosts howling, which frightened me. When I looked up, I saw the ghosts struggling with their faces and ringing their bells. This ghost's soul-calling banner is pinching your soul."

The original singing style was mournful and long, but the lady changed it to be short and shrill, which made Zhang Gunli feel creepy.

"Zhao Xiaowan! Why are you here too—" Zhang Gunli looked at Li Banfeng, "Let's have a fair fight!"

"It's supposed to be a fair fight, and that's how Zhai Xiu fights." Li Banfeng crossed his legs, listening to his wife singing, his body swaying slowly to the rhythm.

Home renovation?

The little train became his house?

How could he be a home repairman?

How can travel cultivation be combined with home cultivation?

The skill of keeping a promise and paying a fortune could not suppress Li Banfeng, but the skill of offering money and treasures could definitely suppress him, after all, Li Banfeng did accept a lot of money from him before.

Zhang Gunli wanted to use his skills on Li Banfeng again, but found the chance was too slim.

The lady blew out steam and heated up the hot pot.

Hong Ying watched from the side, trying to see what other tricks Zhang Gunli had up his sleeve.

Jiuer took the sickle and cut Zhang Gunli into pieces one by one.

While the family sat down to eat, Li Banfeng was still thinking about something.

Zhang Gunli came to kill Zhao Lanmeng, was it really to seize the Pillow City?

If things were so easy, Neizhou would have seized the land from Prozhou long ago.

The peddler would never give up after killing Zhao Lanmeng in the Pillow City. Even if he let Zhang Gunli take the deed, he would not be able to keep this land. No one in the inner state could keep it.

What is Neizhou's purpose in letting Zhang Gunli come here?

Lao Huche woke up and looked at Zhao Lanmeng lying on the bed.

He slapped Zhao Lanmeng on the face: "Get up!"

Zhao Lanmeng opened his eyes and said, "I helped you get half of your soul back. Is there anything else?"

"We've arrived at the final stop, Pillow City. It's time for you to buy your ticket." The old train tore off a piece of toilet paper and handed it to Zhao Lanmeng.

Zhao Lanmeng took the toilet paper and looked at it for a moment: "How much is the ticket price?"

"three hundred!"

“So expensive?”

"It's not expensive. You're sitting in a soft seat! Lao Qi, do you think this price is expensive?"

Li Banfeng said, "The price of a soft seat is really not expensive. Brother Zhao, don't you feel bored staying in the Pillow City all the time?"

"I'm not tired of it!" Zhao Lanmeng took out three hundred Huanguo notes and handed them to Lao Huoche, "I'm willing to sleep here forever."

Li Banfeng took out a stack of banknotes and said, "I'll buy you another ticket. You go out for a walk and we can go back to sleep."

Zhao Lanmeng shook his head and said, "I can't leave. If I leave, the people in Pillow City won't be able to sleep well."

The old train was ready to go: "If you are not at ease, then don't be at ease. You can sleep three seasons a year, so it doesn't matter if you sleep less."

Late at night, Chu Shaoqiang came to Chu Er's plot and lowered his voice to Chu Er, "What do you want from me?"

Chu Er didn't say anything. Chu Shaoqiang felt that something was wrong and turned to leave, when he suddenly saw Li Qi appear in front of him.

Chu Shaoqiang looked back at Chu Er and said, "Why did I give birth to someone like you—"

Li Banfeng asked, "General Pingyuan, what do you mean? The court asked you to follow me, but you still don't want to see me?"

Chu Shaoqiang smiled and said, "Your Highness has misunderstood. I am worried that Huaiyuan will act rashly and cause trouble for Your Highness." "Shaoqiang, there is a real troublesome matter now. Zhao Lanmeng, the local god of Pillow City, has been killed, and the deed is missing. The peddler is very angry. Please help me find out who did this. Don't let the news leak out."

PS: Chu Shaoqiang did not dare to express his opinion. With such a big incident, he would definitely inform Neizhou.

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