Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo'

Chapter 973 533: Sui Xing and Shen Wai

Lu Huowang didn't respond. His body transformed into a Fire Dragon, rushing up to brawl with Li Banfeng.

He hadn't expected that jar of explosives to blow up Li Qi; he just wanted to grab the initiative for himself.

Li Banfeng laughed. "What, can't handle losing?"

Lu Huowang really couldn't handle losing. He refused to hand the Contract Book to Li Banfeng, and at this point, all he could do was go all out.

Li Banfeng couldn't be bothered to fight him. As he dodged, he casually tossed out the Old Teapot.

Chi-la~

The Old Teapot splashed a pot of water onto the furnace.

A cloud of steam rose from the furnace, and the fire inside looked about to go out. If all the Fire Seeds were extinguished, it could endanger his life.

Lu Huowang hurried to save the furnace, and a Light Halo lit up under Li Banfeng's feet as he first scraped off a layer of flesh from Lu Huowang's body.

Lu Huowang fell to the ground. Li Banfeng stepped up and grabbed him, tossed him into the Portable Residence first, then threw the furnace in as well.

Hong Ying looked at the mangled Lu Huowang, then glanced at the furnace beside him. Before she could speak, Lu Huowang opened his mouth first.

"What kind of monster is this?" Lu Huowang stared at Hong Ying and blurted that out.

Hong Ying flew into a rage, drew her Sword, and nailed Lu Huowang to the ground.

There was still a little flame left in the furnace. Lu Huowang wanted to use the Nameless Fire Technique, turning himself into fire to break free from the sword edge.

But Hong Ying moved too fast. As the sword light danced, she stabbed more than sixty holes into Lu Huowang's body.

After more than sixty thrusts, Lu Huowang still hadn't managed to ignite that fire.

"Ying Ying, stop messing around, this man is still useful to your husband!" The Phonograph hurriedly stopped Hong Ying.

Hong Ying sheathed her Sword and said, "Relax, he won't die. I have a sense of proportion with my hand."

The Phonograph stared at that furnace for a long time and couldn't help but praise, "Clumsy on the surface, but truly exquisite within—what a mysterious Craftsmanship Method."

The Portable Residence sighed. "You really do have an eye for it. This Craftsmanship Method has been lost for many years!"

...

Li Banfeng didn't rush back to the Portable Residence; he went to find Tang Changfa first.

"Changfa, you did great today. I'll get you something nice in a bit."

Tang Changfa shook his head. "You're the Shopkeeper; it's only right I work for you, how would I dare ask for a reward? Besides, I didn't help much just now, I only spat twice."

Li Banfeng smiled. "How did you know Lu Huowang's Fire Seed was in the furnace?"

Tang Changfa looked a little ashamed. "At first I didn't know it was in the furnace. I suspected he'd hidden it somewhere else. Later I noticed that furnace kept releasing Techniques, and that's when I felt something was off."

Li Banfeng froze. "Do Fire Cultivators often hide their Fire Seeds somewhere else?"

Tang Changfa thought carefully. "In his case, you can't really call it common. Back in the day, Fire Cultivation had two schools. One was called the Suixing School; all their Fire Seeds were carried on the body. The other was the Shenwai School; all their Fire Seeds were off the body.

Someone like him, with half on the body and half hidden in the furnace, this is the first time I've seen it too."

Suixing School, Shenwai School—these two concepts, it was the first time Li Banfeng had heard of them.

Tang Changfa's actions were also something Li Banfeng couldn't wrap his head around.

"Why did you spit on that furnace just now? Even if there's no water, taking a piss on it would work better than spitting, right?"

Tang Changfa laughed. "I spat to trick him. That's another way to use Words Carved in Stone. I didn't speak, but I made him take me for a Tanxiu."

"Tanxiu?" Li Banfeng had never heard of this Taoist Sect. "You mean Disease Cultivation, right?"

Tang Changfa shook his head. "I've never seen Disease Cultivation, but I've seen Tanxiu. That Taoist Sect is formidable—Fire Cultivators' greatest nemesis."

"Fire Cultivators' greatest nemesis isn't Water Cultivators?"

"It really isn't Water Cultivators! Water Cultivators and Fire Cultivators counter each other, so the world thinks Fire Cultivators' greatest nemesis is Water Cultivators. But Tanxiu restrain Fire Cultivators even harder.

Some fires can't be completely put out with water. If the fire's heart isn't fully extinguished, it can reignite when it meets wind.

But if you spit a mouthful of thick phlegm on it, the phlegm covers the Fire Source, and it can smother that fire to death completely!"

Li Banfeng pictured the process. "How big a mouthful of phlegm would that take?"

Tang Changfa said, "Tanxiu is a Taoist Sect, of course they have their own unique means. A Tanxiu can spit out one mouthful of phlegm that easily covers a rickshaw. With higher cultivation level, if they put in more effort, they could flood the entire main hall of our Book Residence."

That scene... Li Banfeng didn't dare imagine it further.

"Old Tang, go back and rest first, I still have something to do."

"Shopkeeper, let me go with you."

"No need. Get a good sleep, we still have to hurry on the road tomorrow."

After sending Tang Changfa away, Li Banfeng returned to the Portable Residence and saw his family eating.

"You already started eating?" Li Banfeng was stunned for a moment, then turned to anger. "I still have things to ask him!"

The Phonograph smacked Hong Ying once. "It's all her fault. Just because he called her a monster, she slashed him more than sixty times. The kid couldn't take it, he had to eat or he'd die.

I asked some things for you. You want to find his Contract Book, right? He drew me a map. Follow the map and you'll find it."

Li Banfeng looked at the drawing Lu Huowang had left behind, stained with blood and extremely sloppy.

"Could he have just doodled something at random to fool me?"

Hong Ying was very confident. "He wouldn't dare. At the time his soul was scared half out of his body. Even if I told him to lie, he wouldn't have the guts."

Li Banfeng glanced at Lu Huowang's furnace. "Did he mention where this furnace came from?"

The Phonograph said, "He made this furnace himself. He said he was the last surviving successor of the Huxiu Shenwai School."

"Wife, you've heard of the Shenwai School too?"

"Heard of it? I've seen quite a few. It's just that the Huxiu Shenwai School later went extinct. As for the exact reason, I never figured it out.

Beloved husband, this furnace is greatly useful. It can store a lot of things. I have to study the Craftsmanship Method here properly. Let your Little Servant add a fine household treasure for husband!"

PS: What kind of household treasure can Wife make with this furnace?

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