Li Banfeng repeatedly reviewed his memories of the past few days and denied the peddler's accusation on the spot: "I did have the feeling of being on top of the clouds, but I definitely did not set fire to something. I was also burned by fire in the past few days."

The peddler was also surprised: "Who burned you?"

Li Banfeng looked serious: "This matter is not as simple as we thought. I don't know who burned me yet, but it should be the same person who set fire to your house. He may not have intended to burn me.

Maybe I want to burn you!

This person is very sinister. He has a grudge against you, or has a grudge against your good friend, or has an affair with your good friend. The two of them want to join forces to harm you.

I think it's more likely that the two of them are having an affair. Every time I imagine Yun Duo, my body starts to catch fire, which proves that someone has set up an ambush up there, specifically targeting you!"

The peddler thought about it carefully, shook his head and said, "I was not burned by fire when I was in the clouds. They are not targeting me."

Li Banfeng thought for a moment and his expression became more serious: "Then they are targeting me."

The peddler was even more confused: "Why are they targeting you?"

Li Banfeng followed his thoughts and gave a reasonable guess: "Because they thought I discovered their conspiracy, they wanted to kill me and silence me, so they have been targeting me. When they saw me, they set me on fire, and they even accused you first, saying that I set the fire!"

The peddler and Li Banfeng sat side by side, both lost in thought.

After more than ten minutes of silence, Banfeng couldn't help scratching his itch, and the peddler asked, "They want to kill you, why do they have to set fire to you? Isn't there any other way?"

Li Banfeng answered seriously, "I think it was to destroy the body."

The peddler nodded slightly and said, "If you were a decent person, I would really believe this."

"I'm a serious person! Or think carefully, who else could set fire to your house except your enemy?"

This really stumped the peddler: "There are only a few people who know the skills of the Cloud Gate, and even fewer who can find that cloud. First, tell me, how did you get up there?"

Li Banfeng answered truthfully: "At first I couldn't get up there either, but after careful observation, I had a clear impression of that cloud."

"Observe? With your eyes?" the peddler was surprised.

"Yes, look with your eyes," Li Banfeng pointed to the window, "Isn't that cloud right there? You don't need to open the window, you can see it through the glass."

The peddler looked at the window, the same window through which he had come in. There was nothing special about the sash or the glass.

But under normal circumstances, Li Banfeng shouldn't have seen this cloud.

The peddler stood by the window and looked out, and asked, "Is this the cloud you saw?"

Li Banfeng nodded: "Yes, the view here is pretty good."

The peddler asked again, "How many times have you looked at it?"

"I can't remember. If I just look around, I can see it as soon as I raise my eyes. I haven't counted carefully."

"You can see it as soon as you raise your eyes." The peddler narrowed his eyes and asked, "Let's not say you just looked at it casually, but how many times have you looked at it seriously?"

“There’s no need to look at this many times. This cloud barely changes. Isn’t it enough to look at it once?

If we talk about careful observation, Li Banfeng really only observed it once.

"When did you see this cloud?"

"dusk."

The peddler nodded slightly: "So you saw a fire cloud?"

Li Banfeng recalled for a moment and nodded repeatedly, saying, "It really was a fire cloud, burning particularly thoroughly, and the weather that day was very clear—···

Li Banfeng frowned as he spoke: "You can't just say, I saw the clouds and I ran up to them to light a fire, right?"

"A decent person probably wouldn't do that, so it's hard for you to say."

"Then tell me why I am not serious?"

The peddler sat back down next to Li Banfeng and gave him a cigarette: "Do you know what the Cloud Gate technique is?"

"I don't know!" Li Banfeng answered very frankly, "Since it is a technique that I can learn, it should be a technique for traveling or staying at home, right?"

"Neither," the peddler shook his head. "The Yunmen technique is a boundless technique, which means it does not distinguish between sects.

Regardless of their level of cultivation, this is a technique that everyone can learn."

"There must be a lot of people who know this technique."

"Not much!" The peddler shook his head, "Because this technique is too difficult, many people with extremely high cultivation have never been able to learn the Yunmen technique in their entire lives. As for why you learned it by accident, there are probably many complicated reasons."

Li Banfeng lowered his head modestly: "In fact, I haven't learned the Cloud Gate technique. I probably didn't really get on the clouds. I just used the fake moving technique to move the scene on the clouds into the room. The burning of your house has nothing to do with me."

"You still don't admit it? I saw you burning my house yesterday."

"Why did you admit it?" Li Banfeng still remembers the details of the incident clearly. "When I performed the fake moving technique, I only saw white clouds, not the burning clouds."

The peddler nodded and said, "If a decent person didn't see the fire clouds, he would think he was in the wrong place. If you didn't see the fire clouds, you would probably burn them."

"Do you think I'm crazy? Why would I do such a thing?" Li Banfeng was not denying it. He really had no recollection of arson.

"You really don't understand the skills of Yunmen. There are some things you don't know how to control at all," the peddler took a puff of cigarette and asked another question, "Why do you insist on learning the skills of Yunmen? Do you want to leave a way out, or do you want to hide your combat power?"

Li Banfeng didn't understand what the peddler meant: "Why do you have to hide your fighting power?"

"That's right. How much combat power do you have? Why are you hiding it? Are you preparing for a promotion?"

Does promotion have anything to do with Yunmen's skills?

Any unexpected gains?

Li Banfeng said directly: "I really should make preparations."

The peddler asked, "You have three floors?"

"The house has been repaired, but the travel has not yet been repaired." This is a true statement, and it is so firm that the slope feels more solid.

The peddler asked, "Don't you want to go above the clouds?"

"Who wants to go above the clouds? There is no level above the clouds, and the name sounds so tacky!"

The peddler agreed with this: "I also think it's unsophisticated. Some people used to call the clouds "stars" or "stars". I said, do you know where the stars and stars are? How dare you call them so loudly?

In my opinion, this above the clouds is not the right way to practice. There is no level at all. It is just blindly walking with eyes closed. This is obviously unscientific!"

Li Banfeng nodded repeatedly: "I also think this path is unscientific, so I want to learn the skills of Yunmen."

"The Cloud Gate Technique is a method, but do you know how to use it?"

"I've only heard some rumors and don't know any details. I just want to learn the techniques first!" Li Banfeng looked at the peddler sincerely. The slope was ready, just waiting for the donkey to get off.

"It's still early. To advance from the third level of the cloud, whether to the higher level of the cloud or the fourth level of the cloud, you need a lot of popularity. You should accumulate enough popularity first."

The peddler didn't walk along the slope.

Li Banfeng drooped his eyes, very dissatisfied with the result.

"I have accumulated popularity, and I have almost accumulated it. The key is that I don't know what to do next. What if I use the wrong method and rush to the top of the cloud, then all my efforts will be wasted, right?"

The peddler shook his head slightly: "You think things are too simple. To rise from three to four on the cloud, a lot of popularity is needed.

It’s not just a green bay that can solve the problem.”

Li Banfeng shivered.

The peddler laughed and said, "What's wrong, brother? What are you afraid of? You have long been the local god of Green Water Bay.

Do you think I don’t know this?”

Li Banfeng folded his hands and said with an honest smile: "I didn't intend to hide it from you. There is nothing that cannot be said between us brothers."

"Then why didn't you tell me last time we met?"

"I was just wondering, wasn't it your lover who messed things up?"

The peddler sneered, "Well, I'll let you get away with it anyway. Lu Huazi has already reached the third level of the cloud, and he has accumulated so much popularity, just waiting to rush to the fourth level of the cloud. Now he has gone to Daogui Ridge to become a living immortal, and you have eaten up all the popularity he worked so hard to accumulate."

Li Banfeng asked, "Luhuazi has so much popularity, isn't it enough to upgrade to the fourth level?"

"It was enough, but he couldn't ascend because I didn't recognize this door and didn't give him the medicine powder. After reaching the third level of the cloud, he couldn't find the way and was unwilling to ascend above the cloud, so he was stuck at the third level of the cloud.

Although he is only at the third level, many cultivators above the clouds cannot beat him. It's a pity that he has such a good talent. The disease cultivation is too weird. In order to practice, Lu Huazi often spreads the disease. I wanted to kill him, but when I was about to do it, he did something great. "

Li Banfeng thought for a while: "What good can Lu Huazi do?"

"There was a plague in Neizhou that spread to Prozhou, and many people died. This plague was cured by Luhuazi." Having said this, Li Banfeng finished his cigarette and refilled it for the peddler.

The peddler recalled the situation at that time: "This matter is very difficult to handle. Whether it is compensation or profit, neither side owes anyone anything. I have to be fair in everything I do. Lu Huazi saved Purozhou. I can't kill him, but I can't let him run around either.

I made a contract with him, allowing him to go out to beg once a year. He can go anywhere he wants, a village, a town, a city. Even if the place is not in Green Water Bay, I cannot interfere with him.

But no matter where he went, there was one condition: he had to beg along the way. As long as three people gave him alms while crossing the land, he had to return to his own residence. "

"What if there aren't three of us?"

"He will spread a plague."

Li Banfeng recalled the experience in Lanyang Village: "At that time, Lu Shuigong went to Lanyang Village to beg, hoping to spread the disease in Lanyang Village, but Lanyang Village was his own territory. What was his purpose in doing so?"

The peddler shook his head: "I still haven't figured this out."

Li Banfeng asked again, "There is one more thing. The spread of the disease depends on population density. Why didn't he go to a city with a large population? Lanyang Village is so remote, the disease may not spread."

"According to the agreement in the contract, if he goes to the city, he has to pass through a city. There are many people in the city, so he will definitely receive three alms, and there will be no chance to spread the disease. This is the beauty of the contract," the peddler said to Li Banfeng,

"You want to learn the skills of the Cloud Gate, I can teach you. We might as well sign a contract. I am not trying to restrict you. I am also trying to help you gain popularity. There is a very popular place in Puro State called Desong Cliff. It is a good place for cultivation. You can go there and be a local god for three years."

"No!" Upon hearing Desongya, Li Banfeng felt sick to his stomach. "Why do you want me to be a local god in Dexiu's territory? Where are their original local gods?"

The peddler sighed and said, "The previous local god of Desong Cliff was called Wang Zhengde, a man of great virtue.

Perhaps because of his old age and unclear mind, he went to Heishipo to open a lecture hall, focusing on moral studies, and recruited many disciples.

Last month, Tang Shijiang couldn't stand it anymore and told Wang Zhengde to leave immediately, but he didn't listen. Later, Tang Shijiang tried to persuade him, but as you know, Tang Shijiang is not good at speaking, so he didn't say much. "

Li Banfeng didn't quite understand: "He didn't say much, how could he persuade others?"

The peddler gritted his teeth and said angrily, "That idiot Tang Shijiang beat Wang Zhengde to death. Even if he was left with a breath, Desong Cliff wouldn't be in such a mess.

Now that the local god is gone, a group of Dexiu are fighting for the position of local god and causing chaos at Desong Cliff.

I think a truly virtuous person does not rely on Taoism, but on his state of mind. If you reach Desong Cliff with this state of mind,

I will definitely convince everyone, just trust me——"

"Don't believe me, I'm not suitable," Li Banfeng shook his head repeatedly, "Old Pan is suitable. Pan Dehai is a local god. He has the qualifications, strength and experience. This position belongs to him."

"As soon as Wang Zhengde died, Pan Dehai went to Desong Cliff. He fought there for nearly a month, and all his old teeth were knocked out. He just returned to Haichiling yesterday to recuperate.

So think about this matter again.

Li Banfeng squatted on the ground and said, "I'm not going to Desong Cliff. This matter is not negotiable!"

The peddler squatted down beside Li Banfeng and said, "Brother, I am doing this for your own good. Wang Zhengde also praised him for his popularity. He also wanted to rush to the fourth floor of the cloud, but he didn't find the way and couldn't get up.

I'm telling you this secret now. If you go and take advantage of Wang Zhengde's popularity, you'll make a fortune. No matter how you calculate it, you'll make a lot of money."

"I just don't like the area of Dexiu."

"That is a good place, and you still complain that it is not good. If you are so picky, I can't help you. You should learn the skills of Yunmen by yourself.

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Li Banfeng sniffed, tears welling up in his eyes: "I'm in such a critical moment, if you don't help me, what about our brotherhood? What about our friendship?"

"I remember the sentiments and friendships, but doing business cannot just be about friendships. The key is to negotiate the price.

It's about fair trade, no cheating."

When he heard the words "honesty and honesty", the tears that were about to flow were held back by Li Banfeng.

No wonder the peddler refused to get off his donkey. Sun Tiecheng once said that the peddler had created a unique skill of being honest and trustworthy, which helped him to restrain foolish cultivators.

"If you don't want to help me, then forget it. I'll figure it out on my own." Li Banfeng stared at the cloud in the sky again.

The peddler picked up the truck and said, "Brother, you can figure it out yourself, but don't always think about burning my house.

You change to another cloud.

"Are there any suitable clouds?"

"Yes!" The peddler looked at the sky. "There are many clouds in the sky of Prosperity. Some of them you can see, but most of them you can't.

Among the visible clouds, some remain motionless, and they have owners; others change in a myriad of ways, and they have no owners.

You can grab the clouds that belong to the Lord, and you can collect the clouds that do not belong to the Lord, as long as you do not burn my house.

The sky and the sea are vast, you can go wherever you want. "

As the peddler was about to leave with his cart, Li Banfeng thought of another important matter: "I want to find water snake grass. Where should I go?"

"Hay or fresh grass?"

"Hay will do."

"I have them here. They're twenty dollars a piece."

The peddler was too reliable. Li Banfeng was excited: "How much do you have?"

"More than thirty."

"I want them all!"

Li Banfeng gave the money, the peddler delivered the goods, pushed the cart, walked out of the window, landed steadily on the ground, shook the rattle, and continued to push the cart and sell.

Looking at the peddler's receding back, Li Banfeng smiled to himself.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t tell me about the Yunmen skills. My wife must know something about it.

When Li Banfeng returned to Suishenju, his wife was overjoyed to see the water snake grass: "My husband actually brought back so much. This thing is quite hard to find."

"Are these enough?"

"It's enough. There's still a lot left after making the ropes. This is a very valuable medicinal material and will definitely be of great use in the future."

"My dear lady, do you know the skills of Yunmen?"

The lady thought for a while and said, "I have heard some rumors before. It seems that this technique can be performed on the clouds."

Li Banfeng was very disappointed: "Even our Ah Bi knows about this, but my wife has only heard some rumors?"

The record player laughed, "My dear husband, you underestimate our Ah Bi. He is a wise man, a top figure in literary cultivation. He has probably read more books than all of our family members combined."

"Hmph!" The judge's pen shook at Li Banfeng's waist.

"But he couldn't remember the key points of the technique."

"Why does my husband want to learn the skills of Yunmen?"

"For future promotion, my dear lady, I don't want to go above the clouds, I want to go to the fourth level of the clouds."

The record player was stunned for a while: "My husband, the fourth level of the cloud is also a rumor. I have seen people who claim to be more than three levels of the cloud, but it is impossible to verify whether it is true or not.

There are indeed people who want to avoid the clouds and continue to practice on the clouds, but it is said that this requires special means to assist. There are many different opinions on what the specific means are, and it is difficult for me to distinguish. In short, this is not the right way to practice, so my husband should not think too much about it. "

The lady was walking on the road above the clouds, and was not familiar with the road to break through the fourth level of the clouds.

Hong Ying’s situation was the same as his wife’s. She didn’t even believe that there was a fourth floor on the cloud.

Judge Pen knows best. He may have really taken this path, but he can't remember it.

Honglian might know more, but she said she had forgotten, and Li Banfeng couldn't do anything about her.

what to do?

Rely on your own to figure it out?

Or you can grit your teeth and go to Desong Cliff to become the local chief god.

It is too early to think about this now. Home cultivation has just reached the third level of cloud, and travel cultivation is still on the second level of cloud. The popularity in various areas has been almost collected by Li Banfeng. It is still unknown how long it will take to gather enough popularity to reach the fourth level.

Let’s wait for my wife to make the rope and rescue Xiaopang first.

Two days later, the rope was completed.

It was a khaki hemp rope, three fingers thick. Li Banfeng didn't see anything special about it, but his wife had worked hard on this rope, and every detail was arranged very carefully.

Li Banfeng did not go to Mazhu Village this time. He was afraid of arousing suspicion by always using the hidden bridge cannon in one place.

He went to Yueqing Town, which is the border of Lushui Bay and Kudaikan. The border line passes through a large swamp. This place is deserted all year round and is even more desolate than Mazhu Mountain.

Li Banfeng carried his wife out of his personal residence. His wife was operating the dark bridge cannon, casting two overlapping shadows on the boundary line.

"Sir, be careful when using the rope. If you feel something is wrong, throw it away immediately.

Get out of the wormhole quickly. Whether Qin Tianjiu can be saved depends on his luck. My husband must not let himself be implicated. "

Li Banfeng agreed, took the rope, and walked into the shadows.

A cloud of dust fell, and Li Banfeng entered the wormhole. After walking for more than ten seconds, he saw the white crane first.

The white crane stood on one leg next to the dark bridge, its long neck bent backwards and its long beak inserted into its wings.

He is sleeping.

Li Banfeng passed Baihe quietly and walked forward for a while.

Li Banfeng didn't see Qin Tianjiu until he almost reached the end of the secret bridge.

Where did this kid go?

The visibility in the wormhole was extremely low. Li Banfeng touched the wire earrings, trying to find Qin Tianjiu's location through the sound.

He could vaguely hear some breathing sounds, but he couldn't be sure if it was Qin Tianjiu.

In desperation, Li Banfeng called out, "Qin Tianjiu?"

This sound echoed in the wormhole for a long time.

The white crane woke up, stretched its neck, looked around for a moment, tilted its head, and looked at Li Banfeng with one eye.

This white crane has an extremely strong sense of perception.

Li Banfeng was considering whether to continue calling Qin Tianjiu. If Bai He took Qin Tianjiu hostage,

How to deal with it?

While thinking, Bai He suddenly spoke: "Little brother, come quickly, someone is looking for you!"

Qin Tianjiu walked out of the darkness to the dark bridge. He was thinner than before, with sunken eyes and looked around. He shook his head and said, "Senior, who is looking for me?"

Bai He didn't say anything, Li Banfeng responded: "Xiaopang, it's me."

Qin Tianjiu was very excited. He wanted to call "Seventh Brother", but he didn't dare to open his mouth. He knew that he couldn't easily reveal Li Qi's identity here.

Li Banfeng stared at the road under his feet, his sight slowly extending outward from his feet, using his golden eyes to slowly search for the gap between the dark bridge and the wormhole.

It is not difficult to determine the location of the gap. Near the gap, due to the influx of light, there will be a certain degree of visual change in brightness and darkness.

Li Banfeng found the approximate location of the gap and placed the rope near it.

The thick hemp rope crawled like a snake. After testing for a while, the rope suddenly flattened and widened, and slipped out of the gap like a piece of paper.

The rope has a certain perception ability, but it does not recognize Qin Tianjiu and can only crawl towards the living target.

It crawled to the feet of the white crane.

Bai He looked at the rope on the ground and was silent for more than ten seconds.

He hid aside and said to Qin Tianjiu, "Little brother, this guy is here to save you, go quickly."

Qin Tianjiu bowed deeply to Bai He. Just as he grabbed the rope, the man in white suddenly rushed over and shouted, "Don't leave yet, take us with you, don't leave yet!"

Baihe stopped the man in white and prevented him from getting close to Xiaopang.

The man in white shouted, "My Lord, let this little brother take us with us. We have never treated him unfairly."

Bai He shook his head. No matter how the man in white cried and shouted, Bai He would not let him get close.

Li Banfeng followed his wife's instructions and slowly pulled the rope.

Xiaopang and the rope-holder came to the gap together. Under the pull of the rope, Xiaopang's skinny body was slowly flattened.

"Cough, cough!" Unable to bear the severe pain, the fat boy coughed up a mouthful of blood foam. Not long after, he didn't even have the strength to cough. His whole body was pressed like a piece of paper and slowly slid into the gap.

He was not squashed by the gap in the dark bridge, but by the special magic on the rope. After entering the dark bridge, the magic was lifted. Xiaopang was not seriously injured, but only broke a few bones. This was the best result in the plan.

Bai He was still outside the dark bridge, still looking at Li Banfeng with one eye: "My friend, if you still have the energy to help us, we will never forget your kindness. If you can't save us, take this brother with you. Take care of yourselves."

Li Banfeng looked at Bai He, turned around and helped Xiao Pang up, and walked to the end of the dark bridge. A cloud of ashes rose up.

The two walked out of the wormhole together.

There was a swamp in front of him. Xiaopang rushed into the muddy water and took two gulps.

In the past few days, he could only quench his thirst by eating moss on the ground. Although the muddy water in the swamp was so dirty, it became very sweet in Xiaopang's mouth.

Li Banfeng pulled him up and handed him a kettle.

Xiaopang held the kettle, his knees trembling a little.

Li Banfeng frowned and said, "If you dare to kneel, I will throw you back."

Xiaopang didn't dare to kneel, but tears still flowed down.

“Seventh Brother——”

He cried with his mouth wide open and couldn't speak for a long time.

Someone was crying even more miserably than him. The man in white was sitting next to Bai He and crying loudly: "My Lord,

How could you do this? We only had this one chance, why did you just let him go?

How long have we been stuck here: Can we ever get out? Is this the end of our lives?

"Stop howling!" The white crane flapped its wings and slapped the man in white.

The man in white lowered his head and saw a rope moving on the ground.

This is the rope that was used to rescue Qin Tianjiu just now.

Li Qi came back and released the rope from the secret bridge again.

Bai He looked at the man in white and said, "You go first."

The man in white wiped his tears, grabbed the rope, hesitated for a moment, and then gave it to Bai He.

"My lord, you should go first."

"No need to push around. Everyone can go out. You go first." Bai He let the man in white enter the gap first.

Can everyone really go out?

Bai He couldn't say for sure, maybe the other side could only rescue one person, but he still gave the chance to the man in white.

Soon, the rope stretched out again. Bai He breathed a sigh of relief. He was about to bite the rope, but after thinking for a moment, he turned back and shouted, "Girl, come quickly and grab the rope."

Li Banfeng admired the white crane very much. It had been trapped in the wormhole for two whole years and finally waited for a chance to get out, but it was still able to give the opportunity to others. There were very few people like it.

A woman came over and said, "Senior, you go first."

Bai He shook his head and said, "You can go now. I have a high level of cultivation. Even if I can't get out, I won't die if I stay here for a few more years."

The woman wanted to refuse, but Bai He urged her, "Hurry up, the people who came to rescue us also took a big risk, don't waste time here!"

The woman said nothing more and quickly grabbed the rope.

Although she looked much more haggard, Li Banfeng could still recognize the woman at a glance. Li Banfeng was very familiar with her appearance, figure and voice.

Teacher Song.

Why did you end up in a wormhole?

PS: I think Bai He is a good person to get along with.