Chapter 1452: Traitor Revealed (Part 4)

This young man being able to find the Underground City, well, that was his fortune, but alas, it still fell short by one step.”

As he spoke, Tan Jinxiao glanced at Juanzi in the distance.

Juanzi lowered her head, Mengzi clenched his teeth, and Xiao Shan closed his eyes as they recalled some very unpleasant memories.

Xiao Yeci turned to look at Li Banfeng, who was holding a vial of potion. He walked over to the young man, pried open his mouth, and poured the potion down.

Tan Jinxiao was startled: “What did you make him drink? At this point, whether he lives or dies is up to fate; giving him any medicine is useless.”

Li Banfeng said nothing, he just kept staring at the young man.

Blood occasionally spurted from the young man’s shoulder, and those two heads looked as if they were about to grow out at any moment.

After waiting for more than half an hour, the bleeding stopped, and Tan Jinxiao thought the young man had bled out and was gone.

But upon closer inspection, the young man was still breathing, and his breath was very steady.

“Is he asleep?” Tan Jinxiao glanced at Li Banfeng, then looked at the vial in his hand.

Taking another look at the young man’s shoulder, the previously swollen and protruding wound was gradually retracting, seeming to show signs of healing.

“Wow!” Tan Jinxiao was even more surprised, “The head can shrink back in?”

Juanzi also looked at Li Banfeng, her eyes showing some longing.

Mengzi was very nervous: “Sis, what do you want to do?”

Li Banfeng asked Juanzi: “Do you all want to Enter the Path Gateway?”

“Seventh Master, what do you mean?” Juanzi didn’t understand.

Before Li Banfeng could explain clearly, there came a crying shout from afar: “Mr. Lü, I really have no money, I paid the rent yesterday, not a cent less, you can’t do this, you can’t cut off our pipe!”

Tan Jinxiao looked at Li Banfeng: “Pal, about yesterday’s matter, will you uphold justice, or see it through to the end?”

Li Banfeng lowered the brim of his hat: “Can’t these two things be put together?”

“They could be, Lü Qingfu is also from Qing Garden, but let me make it clear, I’m the guide, but I cannot take you to Qing Garden, I have my reasons.”

Li Banfeng didn’t ask what those reasons were, he directly walked toward the direction of the cries: “Can’t we just get someone else to lead the way?”

Exiting White-bearded Alley, as Li Banfeng was walking outside, he took a couple of steps and suddenly saw a row of tiles appear on the dirt road beneath his feet.

Tiles? Where did tiles come from in the alley?

Li Banfeng was taken aback as the surrounding scenery changed.

Flickering lights and the deafening chaos of music filled the air.

On both sides of the alley’s dirt walls, dark yellow wallpaper was plastered, with one after the other, the doors to private rooms appearing on the walls.

Is this a karaoke hall?

Tan Jinxiao was shocked: “Be careful, this is an Illusion Technique!”

Liang Wucui touched the light switch on the wall, and as soon as the switch clicked, he flinched back in fright.

The tall Juanzi reached up to touch the ceiling light shade, and the sudden flickering of the light scared her into quickly withdrawing her hand.

Xiao Yeci dared not touch anything randomly, and as she looked at the wallpaper on the wall, she asked Li Banfeng: “Benefactor, is this from the Outside Provinces? I read about it in some books.”

Li Banfeng nodded: “Yes, it’s from the Outside Provinces. This is an underground karaoke hall.”

“Is it the same kind of place as Xiaoyao Lodge?”

“Somewhat similar…” Li Banfeng walked forward step by step; he had been to this karaoke hall before.

Tan Jinxiao shouted: “I say, brother, should we stop? The person who uses Illusion Techniques isn’t kind!”

Li Banfeng didn’t heed the warning and continued walking forward. From deep within the corridor, a woman’s laughter echoed: “President Wang, would you like another drink? Just one more!”

“Who is President Wang?” Li Banfeng turned to look at Tan Jinxiao.

“How could it be me?” Tan Jinxiao was very nervous as he prepared to deal with a very troublesome enemy.

Li Banfeng reminisced for a moment: “You say it’s not you, and he says it’s not him, so who could it be?”

The corridor lights flickered, like the whispers of a ghost, echoing in everyone’s ears.

“President Wang, have a drink.”

“President Wang, I miss you so much.”

“President Wang, how long has it been since you’ve been here?”

“Who exactly is President Wang?” Li Banfeng asked once more.

He stepped forward, determined to find out what was inside the private room!

A sigh sliced through the calm, stirring ripples in the corridor, the dazzling lights twisted and shattered, the chaotic music receded, and the Illusionary Realm dissipated.

“Gone?” Tan Jinxiao let out a deep breath, “I thought that old thing was going to fight me.”

Li Banfeng looked up and once again saw the alleyway ahead.

A restaurant shopkeeper clung to Lü Qingfu’s leg, crying and wailing: “Mr. Lü, you can’t cut off our pipe.”

Lü Qingfu grabbed the shopkeeper by the hair, kicking and hitting: “Let go, you let go right now, am I not giving you face?”

Li Banfeng gestured to Lü Qingfu: “Come here.”

Lü Qingfu looked up, sizing up Li Banfeng: “Are you talking to me?”

“Who else but you.” Li Banfeng seized Lü Qingfu’s head, pressing it to the ground.

…

Zhu Yugu looked at his pocket watch and said to the adviser, Du Zhihuan: “See, it’s already six o’clock, and no one’s making trouble outside.”

Du Zhihuan hurriedly poured tea for Zhu Yugu: “Lord, your vision is above mine, I must admit.”

Zhu Yugu picked up the teacup with a smile: “The people in the Underground City, they look like they are protecting their food, but they don’t have the guts to do so, They bowl rice and squat at the door, eating happily, but if you snatch the bowl away, they might dare to struggle a bit, but if you just take a spoonful from their bowl, they wouldn’t dare utter a sound, If they can take one spoonful, they can take two, take half a bowl, and they can take seven or eight parts. As long as you leave them with a little, so they won’t starve, they can endure.”

Du Zhihuan nodded: “What you say is true, but still, something must be left for them, as you said, you can’t take it all.”

Zhu Yugu lit a cigarette: “Occasionally going hungry isn’t that big of a deal, later, if you give them a spoonful of rice, they’d feel grateful to us.”

Du Zhihuan didn’t quite know how to respond: “Yes, you’re right…”

Knock! Knock! Knock!

Someone was knocking at the door.

Zhu Yugu said: “It should be Qingfu, having completed the task, I assume Tan Jinxiao should be arriving as well.”

Bam!

Lü Qingfu pushed open the door and walked in: “Lord, I’ve taken care of everything, hiccup~ gurgle!”

He let out a hearty belch.

From the smell of it, Zhu Yugu knew something was amiss.

“Did you come back alone?”

“All my brothers came back.” Lü Qingfu’s subordinates followed him into the office.

Zhu Yugu looked around for a long time but didn’t see that skilled fighter he had sent: “Where is Huan Wuchang? Did you not see him?”

“We didn’t see him! We ate something good on the way, and specially came to deliver it to you!” Lü Qingfu opened his mouth, oozing yellow-green liquid, as he approached Zhu Yugu.

PS: The role of President Wang appeared in Chapter 535, titled The Resentful Spirit of the Underground City.

The traitor has shown their true colors.