At dusk, Li Banfeng took a walk through the wilderness.0

The previous night, he had practiced using the iron ruler with the Gramophone inside the Pocket Dwelling for the entire night. After eating two cans of food, he went to sleep. When he woke up, it was already five in the afternoon.0

Making use of the remaining daylight, Li Banfeng quickly finished his daily foundational cultivation requirement as a Wanderlust Cultivator.0

Mount Pricklebamboo was vast and treacherous. Walking five hundred meters along its steep mountain paths yielded the same cultivation progress as walking seven hundred and fifty meters under normal conditions.0

After trekking for over one hundred and fifty kilometers, Li Banfeng felt a response within his body. He had completed his daily foundational cultivation requirement.5

Since beginning his journey on the Wanderlust Cultivator's path more than two months ago, Li Banfeng had never missed a day of cultivation. By his calculations, after accounting for the time he spent following the proper order of his cultivation path, he had still managed to accumulate more than three months' worth of cultivation progress.0

That was mainly because he often chose to cultivate in dangerous environments, where his life was always on the line.0

Li Banfeng intended to walk a few more kilometers to gather additional cultivation progress, but he suddenly spotted figures moving among the bamboo trees.0

Taking out the Threaded Earring, Li Banfeng listened for a moment and heard Wu Jinming's voice.0

"Keep your eyes peeled. Once we get past this ridge, we'll call it a day."0

"Come on, Captain, we've been patrolling this mountain since last night. Not once in my entire career as a patrol officer have I done a patrol like this before."0

"What can we do? The Lu Family's got too much power. They insisted we search for Li Banfeng."0

"We work for the Border Controller, and he's from the Outer Provinces. Why should we get involved in the...0