Chapter 133 Crouching Dragon! It’s Wolong!
"Brother Li, are you sure you want to find the Zhuge family?"
Leng Ningshuang followed Li Yanmo and tried to persuade him in a gentle manner.
"Brother Li, the governor has already said that there are only three people left in the Zhuge family, and the inheritance of the mechanical magic weapon is less than one tenth. Even the sect has given up. You..."
Li Yanmo shook his head. "Detective Leng, seeing is believing, hearing is not. Before meeting them, we shouldn't make preconceived judgments based on other people's descriptions."
After hearing what Li Yanmo said, Leng Ningshuang seemed to be thinking about something, but when she arrived at the thatched hut covered with IOUs, her face drooped again.
"Brother Li, you have seen this too..."
"Well, using the IOU to repair the household expenses shows that you are a frugal person, not bad."
The numbers on the IOUs vary, but the majority are in large numbers.
Li Yanmo was very satisfied with this.
This was obviously the talent he was looking for.
Seeing that Li Yanmo had such a unique vision, Leng Ningshuang didn't know how to respond for a moment, and could only watch Li Yanmo knock on the door that was patched with an IOU.
Soon, an impatient shout came from inside the door.
"It's coming, it's coming——don't rush——"
With a slight sound, the door opened, and a few flies struggled to fly out. A man in tattered clothes, wearing worn-out shoes, with a big beard and looking extremely depressed appeared in front of the three people.
The man scratched his head and yawned, his eyes half asleep. "Are you here to collect debts? Sorry, I don't have any money right now. Goodbye?"
After saying this, the man planned to close the door and return to the warm bed.
But before the door could be closed, it was blocked by a hand.
The man met Li Yanmo's gaze with impatience.
"Mr. Zhuge Liumu?"
"Sir? Aren't you here to collect debts?" The man raised his eyebrows slightly.
"I heard that the Zhuge family's skills in mechanical devices and magic weapons are unparalleled in the world, so I came here to invite you to come out of seclusion."
Dao Hai and Leng Ningshuang looked at each other, and each of them grabbed Li Yanmo's shoulders and tried to drag Li Yanmo away.
Because when Zhuge Liumu in front of him heard the request to come out of seclusion, there was a gleam of greed in his eyes, as if he had seen some sucker.
It’s a pity that Li Yanmo burst out with tremendous strength from somewhere and was not pulled away. If he had used more force, Li Yanmo would probably have been split in two by the two of them.
With no other options, Dao Hai and Leng Ning Shuang had to let go.
"Oh? Have you heard of the name of the Zhuge family?" Zhuge Liumu scratched his beard and raised his chin in an unfathomable manner.
"Of course. I wonder how much I should pay to get Mr. Zhuge to come out?"
"Money is not the point," Zhuge Liumu snorted, "The point is your sincerity. I think you should know that the skills of my Zhuge family's mechanical devices and magic weapons are unparalleled in the world. Ordinary pens, ink, paper and inkstones are not worthy of the inheritance of my Zhuge family."
"Please tell me more, sir."
Li Yanmo ignored the eye contact from Leng Ningshuang and Dao Hai, smiled and clasped his fists.
"I want to use tiger pen, dragon ink, phoenix paper, and black inkstone!"
Dao Hai couldn't hold back when he heard Zhuge Liumu's condition, and Leng Ningshuang rejected it directly, "Impossible! Each of the things you mentioned is a spiritual treasure that was born and raised naturally. It would take at least 10 to 20 billion spiritual stones to make it!"
Zhuge Liumu snorted and looked at Li Yanmo.
At this moment, Li Yanmo was frowning and feeling very embarrassed.
Zhuge Liumu snorted and was about to close the door, but Li Yanmo reached out to stop him again.
"Mr. Zhuge, to be honest, I'm from Ganzhou, and I can't come up with your conditions in a short time."
"What? It's actually a poor place like Ganzhou? Let's go, let's go——"
"But I have 300,000 acres of spiritual fields."
"Come in and have a seat. Ganzhou is a good place, a remote and poor place, ahem - far away from worldly struggles, which is in line with the consistent style of my Zhuge family."
Upon hearing that Li Yanmo had 300,000 acres of spiritual fields, the light in Zhuge Liumu's eyes almost materialized. He laughed and opened the door, inviting Li Yanmo and others in while bragging.
"You don't know, Emperor Yu personally visited my Zhuge family three times, and my Zhuge family turned him away every time!"
Leng Ningshuang and Dao Hai were resisting visibly, but Li Yanmo followed Zhuge Liumu with a smile on his face.
There is a different world inside the thatched cottage of the Zhuge family. When you look up, you can see light leaking in!
Leng Ningshuang and Dao Hai were not snobbish people, but when they saw the IOUs and dice everywhere, they couldn't help but frown.
"Please sit down, please sit down——"
Under Zhuge Liumu's hospitality, Li Yanmo sat on a small stool, while Zhuge Liumu sat on a futon. He also took out a black feather fan and posed like a hermit.
"Ahem, ahem - this gentleman, what is your last name or your name?"
"My name is Li Yanmo."
"Oh~ It turned out to be Master Li. I have seen Master Li's sincerity, but my Zhuge family has ancestral teachings. As the only remaining descendant of the Zhuge family, I cannot break the rules," Zhuge Liumu stretched out his voice, waved his folding fan, shook his head, and sighed regretfully.
"But... there is still room for maneuver."
"Oh? What do you mean, sir?"
"Well - my Zhuge family can go back to Jingzhou with you. When you have collected all the writing brushes, inkstones, paper and inkstone, I will make a magic weapon for you. However..."
Zhuge Liumu's eyes turned and he spoke slowly.
"You also know that in this world, even Emperor Yu wants to recruit my Zhuge family."
"Sir, I am a fool. You could have been more direct."
"Ahem - you have to give me one year..."
Zhuge Liumu's eyes flashed and he raised a finger.
"One million low-grade spirit stones? Sure," Li Yanmo agreed without even thinking about it.
Zhuge Liumu started coughing on the spot.
"Hmm? That's not right? Could it be 10 million low-grade spirit stones?" Li Yanmo thought he had guessed the wrong number.
"cough!"
Zhuge Liumu coughed loudly and pretended to be calm.
"My Zhuge family regards money as dirt. I only want one spirit stone as a token of my appreciation, but since you insist, then I'll give you one million spirit stones. However, you must first pay a deposit of 300,000 spirit stones for the one million spirit stones..."
"Give me - one million spirit stones in full."
Li Yanmo placed a storage bag on the table on the spot.
“…”
"Okay - I like straightforward people, but this matter concerns the future of my Zhuge family. Please go back first. I promise that I will give you a reply within three days."
"good--"
Li Yanmo smiled and shook hands with Zhuge Liumu to say goodbye.
As soon as Leng Ningshuang walked out of Zhuge's house, she said directly, "You've been deceived. That Zhuge Liumu is not even a weapon refiner. He just wants to go to your place to get free food and drinks."
Even Dao Hai shook his head.
"It's hard to say - I think Mr. Zhuge is the real Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick," Li Yanmo put his hands behind his back and laughed.
On the treetop, a sparrow witnessed the whole process.
After the three men walked away, the sparrow flapped its wings and turned into a stream of light, flying over the city wall and disappearing into the mountains and forests.
A Jindan-stage dominant monster beast became furious when it saw something dared to fly over its head, and stood up to intercept it, but as soon as it opened its mouth, the light quickly turned back.
The dominant monster was cut in half by the light before it could even roar.
After defeating the overlord monster, the ray of light continued to advance and soon found the black-haired girl who was digging bamboo shoots. It landed steadily on the girl's head. With a few crisp sounds, the sparrow's appearance began to deform and reorganize into a little man. When it opened its mouth, it talked about the conversation between Zhuge Liumu and Li Yanmo, as well as what Li Yanmo said before leaving.
The girl raised her eyebrows in surprise, and just as she was about to speak, a hoarse voice sounded in her ears.
"I'm afraid the people coming this time are from the Dayu Dynasty. Mo'er, remember——"
"The Dayu Dynasty is definitely not a good dynasty, and there are even evil people hiding among them. I must not let Dayu know of my existence!"
The girl's eyes flashed, but she didn't answer and continued to dig bamboo shoots.
(End of this chapter)
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