Hiss!

A burst of steam scalded He Haiqin, breaking his train of thought.

He said Hong Ying was a house spirit, which the phonograph didn’t like to hear.

He Haiqin glanced at the phonograph, not really knowing what kind of magical treasure it was; he didn’t dare to ask more, turned his face towards Li Qi and said: "You’re Jia Qing’s friend, right?"

Li Qi still remained silent.

He Haiqin laughed: "I initially thought Jia Qing handed the Red Lotus over to you. At the time, the Lu Family was looking for your whereabouts, and I was worried for you."

How artfully spoken.

When he said he was worried, he meant he never harmed Li Banfeng and had even been concerned for him.

But in reality, at that time, the He Family targeted Lu Xiaolan and didn’t bother with Li Banfeng.

At the time, what was Li Banfeng’s status? In the eyes of Patriarch He, he was not even worth considering, yet they were worried for him?

Li Banfeng still kept silent.

Seeing Li Banfeng’s attitude, He Haiqin didn’t bring up the past anymore, and started talking about the current situation: "Today, I came here truly due to some misunderstandings with my sister,

there are some things I just want to clarify with her, I never intended to actually fight with her, I honestly didn’t know about the bond between you and my sister."

Li Banfeng smiled.

Now, this was a true expert, trying to steer the conversation elsewhere.

"Let me ask you first, how did you find this place?" Li Banfeng spoke up.

He Haiqin said: "Shen Jinzhong of the Three Heroes Gang with the Great Gold Seal told me."

"How would Shen Jinzhong know He Yuxiu’s whereabouts?"

"Shen Jinzhong and my sister had a thing when they were young, to this day, they still keep in touch; my sister must have told him."

Li Banfeng nodded slightly, inwardly complimented He Haiqin’s fabrication skills.

If Li Banfeng really were He Yuxiu’s lover, those two sentences alone could have directed all his attention to Shen Jinzhong.

He Haiqin said convincingly: "If you don’t believe me, you can call Shen Jinzhong over, I can confront him face to face."

Li Banfeng shook his head and said: "No need for Shen Jinzhong to come, I believe you."

The phonograph intentionally remarked: "Shouldn’t we let Shen Jinzhong come over, just to be sure not to wrongly accuse the Great Gold Seal?"

Li Banfeng replied: "Not convenient, wife, Shen Jinzhong went to the soda kiln to meet his old flame."

The phonograph asked: "And who is his flame?"

"Luo Lijun," Li Banfeng patted He Haiqin’s face, "that girl who looks like a snail, do you know her?"

He Haiqin pondered for a moment, said nothing.

Li Banfeng directly revealed the truth, making it difficult for He Haiqin to continue fabricating.

Since He Haiqin couldn’t continue, Li Banfeng did it for him.

"Old He, I don’t want to make things difficult for you, you’re right, Jia Qing is my friend. When I first came to Puluo State, your He Family really didn’t trouble me. Had it not been for you holding the Lu Family’s attention, I might not have made it this far."

Li Banfeng started paving the way.

"Back in the soda kiln, Yuxiu and I were betrayed by Jiang Xiang Gang. Had we not fought our way through, we would’ve lost our lives at their hall entrance."

He Haiqin nodded slightly; he did know about this.

The event was real, the camaraderie was real, alongside a piece of ironclad evidence, making the paving smoother.

"Then just days ago, Jia Qing and I ran into Green Flower outside the provinces; you’re clear on how capable Green Flower is, yet we still beat him. What does this show? This shows united brothers can break any obstacle!"

This incident, He Haiqin truly didn’t know about.

Li Qi, Jia Qing fought Green Flower?

Was there a grudge between them and Green Flower?

"Then why do you still involve Green Flower? And arrange five thousand three-headed people for him?" He Haiqin climbed on, though puzzled, began following Li Banfeng’s line of thinking.

Li Banfeng laughed: "Is there ever an overnight grudge in Jianghu? Once things pass, why dwell on them, must it end in life or death?

Big Brother He, Yuxiu and I are truly lovers, Jia Qing and I are true brothers, can our friendship be fake?

Today, we had a fight, consider it a gift exchange between brothers; let bygones be bygones,

Let’s let go of this grudge now, bring Jia Qing, and later we’ll bow and become sworn brothers."

Generational ranks felt messed up, but He Haiqin didn’t mind: "Can we truly let go of this grudge between us?"

Li Banfeng smiled: "I went through great effort to get a piece of land from Luo Lijun, others wouldn’t give it, but I gave it to our Xiuer, does this friendship still not earn your trust?"

He Haiqin nodded and said: "Alright, I trust you. Since you spoke the truth, I won’t hide anything from you either. I came today specifically for this new land, and the ones who told me about it are the people from the Inner State,

they not only told me but others as well; the news travels fast, and they’re coming one after another. The Inner State declared that whoever can seize it, gets it; whoever acquires this land won’t be under Inner State jurisdiction, and become a free land deity."

Li Banfeng frowned and said: "Many people already know about this?"

"What did you think?" He Haiqin pointed outside and said, "How do you think He Haisheng found out? It proves the news has reached him!

Let me tell you straight, several local deities of new lands nearby, including Lu Huowang, Sha Dingzhong, Chu Yaoxian, Rong Si Jiao, Xie Laizi, are all heading here,

And from afar, there are major figures also on their way, Pan Dehai, Tao Xuehong, Hua Manchun, Dou Jiyan, Song Baijin; which of them can you afford to mess with?