Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo'

Chapter 860 - 508: Who Is the Boat Master

Li Banfeng asked Luo Zhengnan, but he hadn’t heard of the Ferry Gang either.

Among the influential figures, Ma Wu is sociable and has many connections.

Within the gang, Luo Zhengnan is seasoned and has a wealth of experience.

These two are well-informed individuals, and even they don’t know about the Ferry Gang, which proves that the Ferry Gang has a different identity in Puluo State.

Now, the only one who knows their identity is Qin Tianjiu.

The two chatted while waiting, and before they knew it, two hours had passed. The Medical Cultivator came over to report that Qin Tianjiu was awake.

Li Banfeng sat quietly in the corner, unnoticed by the Medical Cultivator.

Ma Wu looked down on the Medical Cultivator: "Didn’t you just say he could only hold on for a day?"

The Medical Cultivator was ashamed: "Master Wu, with someone as skilled as you around, don’t make fun of someone as foolish as me."

Ma Wu laughed, signaling the Medical Cultivator to rest, and he and Li Banfeng entered Qin Tianjiu’s room.

There was a nurse taking care of him in the room, and Ma Wu sent the nurse out, only then did Li Banfeng speak: "Little Fatty, how are you?"

Before he spoke, even Qin Xiaopang hadn’t noticed Li Banfeng.

When Qin Xiaopang saw Li Banfeng, he teared up: "Brother Seven, Fifth Brother, I owe you again..."

Ma Wu laughed: "We’re brothers, there’s no need to talk about that."

Li Banfeng frowned and said: "What happened before, why didn’t you tell us?"

Qin Tianjiu pursed his lips and said: "I came to Hai Chi Ridge to cultivate for a while, but ran into a few bastards who wanted to rob my money. I fought with them and ended up like this."

Ma Wu blinked and asked: "Rob your money? How much money do you have?"

Qin Xiaopang replied: "I had three hundred Ocean Dollars on me."

Ma Wu laughed: "You’ve got to be kidding? That group with such skills, risking their lives for three hundred Ocean Dollars?"

Qin Xiaopang nodded: "They’re greedy people too..."

Ma Wu smiled without saying anything, obviously not believing him.

Li Banfeng asked Little Fatty: "Make it clear, was it for the Ocean Dollars or for a woman?"

Ma Wu was startled: "Brother, you have a woman?"

Qin Tianjiu pursed his lips, hesitated for a long time, and said: "Brother Seven, how did you know?"

Li Banfeng frowned: "Don’t ask how I know, I’m asking you, was she your woman?"

Qin Tianjiu’s eyes reddened: "I don’t know if she’s my woman, I don’t know what we are, Brother Seven, you’re a capable person, you might have seen it long ago. When I was in Medicine King Valley, there was a girl in my yard,

I don’t know her name or where she came from, I could only see her sometimes when I was full,

I saw her, and she saw me, she sat foolishly on the tree, I stood foolishly under the tree, and we just stupidly looked at each other for about an hour."

As long as a Food Cultivator eats enough, their combat power and Perception will rise, so seeing ghosts isn’t surprising.

Ma Wu was astonished: "You just kept watching and didn’t do anything else?"

Qin Tianjiu said: "She was so beautiful, just being able to look at her satisfied me, what else could someone like me want?

I’m not good at anything, I can’t even take care of myself, when there’s a lot going on in the gang, I can even forget to eat,

A Food Cultivator can’t skip meals, if I miss one, I can’t hold up. That day I was so hungry that I got up at midnight to find something to eat, and when I opened the pot, there was rice,

I ate the whole pot of rice, and I looked up at the tree, I saw her, and for the first time, she smiled at me,

Since then, I go home to eat every day, and she cooks for me every day, mends my clothes, washes my clothes,

I saved some money to buy her jewelry, but she didn’t wear it, she hung it on the locust tree, looked at it every day, I knew she really liked it,

Later, I had to go to Greenwater City, I told her about it, I said I wanted to take her with me, she broke a locust tree branch for me, I planted the locust tree at home, the tree survived, and she came too, but the sapling was too small, she couldn’t get on, so I invited her into the house to sit."

Ma Wu nodded: "At least you understand, what happened after you got into the house?"

Qin Xiaopang said: "We just kept looking at each other..."

"Just kept looking at each other like that?"

"I wanted to kiss her, but I’ve never dared,

Thanks to Brother Seven and Fifth Brother, I’ve gained a bit of status in the Three Heroes Gang, and I’ve had more guests at home,

Once, a guy named An Zongding came to visit, brought gifts, and insisted on having a meal at my place. I usually don’t like leaving people to eat at home, but he was a friend of the Great Gold Seal, so I couldn’t disrespect him. So I had my men order food and drinks from a restaurant, set a table at home,

After dinner, I thought there would be nothing else, but who would’ve thought, An Zongding, that bastard, was casing the joint, and the next day I came home, the girl was gone. I asked the neighbors, and found out An Zongding had come with people,

I took my brothers to find that bastard, and later learned he had gone to Hai Chi Ridge, I took my brothers and planned to go to Hai Chi Ridge, but after buying the tickets, the brothers wouldn’t go."

Li Qi asked: "Why wouldn’t they go?"

Little Fatty sighed: "As I said earlier, An Zongding is a friend of the Great Gold Seal, the brothers secretly told me that An Zongding is very powerful, even the Great Gold Seal has to speak to him respectfully, they don’t dare offend such a ruthless person."

Li Banfeng’s eyebrows shot up: "So, your Great Gold Seal knew about this all along?"

Little Fatty replied: "I never mentioned it to him, but he should have guessed it, I went to Hai Chi Ridge alone that day, inquiring about An Zongding’s whereabouts everywhere,

and eventually, I found out he was at Shiweitian Restaurant, talking business with someone. I waited for him in front of the restaurant, and finally caught him."