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Li Banfeng had run for over half an hour and was now more than fifteen kilometers away from Greenwater Bay.
The land lay wide and empty. There were no villages, no homes, and not a single traveler in sight. Only wild grass swayed in the wind beside a lonely, unattended lake.
Li Banfeng thought the spot was just right. He reached for the key, ready to free the poor fellow he had dragged out of the mud. Just then, a middle-aged man came rushing toward him, swift as a sudden gust of wind.
"Big Beardie, where did you come from?" The middle-aged man wore a short gray striped jacket and held a black-stemmed cigarette between his teeth.
Big Beardie? Li Banfeng felt a twitch in his eye. He had stuck a fake full beard onto his face, but he still wasn't used to being called this.
"What do you need from me?" Li Banfeng asked as he stared at the middle-aged man with a fawning smile.
With the cigarette pinched between his fingers, the man said, "Our master wants to meet you."
"Do I know your master?"
"Do you not know the Lu Family of Puluo Province?" the middle-aged man replied.
This middle-aged man was Huang Guangshi, a Wanderlust Cultivator that worked under Monkey Qiu.
Monkey Qiu had ordered him to seize anyone carrying a gramophone. Li Banfeng had nothing of the sort, so what exactly had caught Huang Guangshi's attention?
Huang Guangshi was a man who excelled at seizing opportunities. While the others scattered to hunt down whoever carried the gramophone, he took a more calculated approach. He tracked down Xing Qiushan, the Ghosthand Sect's Junior Pickmaster, asked what Li Banfeng looked like, and learned that his most recognizable trait was a fully bearded face.
So while everyone else searched for someone with a gramophone, he simply looked for anyone with a full beard. It saved him from pointless fights and gave him a far better shot at getting the right person.
Li Banfeng said, "I have heard of the Lu Family, but there's no reason your master would know me."
"You will know when you arrive. Our master is waiting." Then, without a warning, Huang Guangshi lunged to seize him. He...
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