Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo'

Chapter 1037 550: Sleepless Town (Part 2)

How to bridge this gap?

Can I guess again and still be in time?

If it's a binary puzzle, guessing wrong once and guessing again might not count.

Crucially, there isn't just one binary puzzle. Is he a Sound Cultivator? A Martial Cultivator? A Body Cultivator? Li Banfeng didn't know which was wrong and which was right. He had messed up several times before, and if he was wrong once more, his combat prowess might be completely diminished.

He can't be wrong, he had to be right from the very start.

"Li Qi, what are you thinking about? It's no use thinking anymore. You're wrong, and so terribly wrong!" Guo Gaoge grabbed at Li Banfeng, who dodged, and a large tree that took two people to embrace was snapped in half by Guo Gaoge's one grab.

Li Banfeng shouted, "Your ten fingers turned into sharp blades, you truly are a Martial Cultivator!"

Guo Gaoge laughed, "I told you, you're ridiculously wrong. Prepare to die!"

Indeed, this was the puzzle Guo Gaoge had meticulously prepared.

While dodging, Li Banfeng shouted, "To learn martial arts is to cultivate, to be full of martial skills is to have cultivation level. Is it wrong to call you a Martial Cultivator? I never said you were of a high level Martial Cultivator!"

"What nonsense are you talking…" Guo Gaoge extended his hand, suddenly feeling it lose strength.

What is happening?

Was the puzzle broken?

Guo Gaoge was not a Martial Cultivator. Li Banfeng didn't guess correctly, so how was it possible to break the puzzle?

Learning martial arts is cultivating, being full of martial skills is cultivation level, such words are too far-fetched. Could this really count as solving the puzzle?

But thinking about it carefully, there is some truth in what he said…

Guo Gaoge's speed slowly decreased while Li Banfeng's speed recovered.

Guo Gaoge dared not delay and wanted to finish the battle quickly, then Li Banfeng shouted again, "You're a Sound Cultivator!"

Guo Gaoge denied directly, "I'm not a Sound Cultivator!"

"Sound Cultivators defeat their enemies with sound. Anyone who uses sound to defeat an enemy is a Sound Cultivator."

"What kind of reasoning is this?" Guo Gaoge didn't want to admit it because Li Banfeng's deduction was simply absurd. On what basis does using sound to defeat an enemy make one a Sound Cultivator?

But denying it verbally was useless; he admitted it in his heart, and for a moment his mind was confused, unable to find a flaw in Li Banfeng's logic.

Without a flaw, even if it was logical, this proved Li Banfeng guessed correctly from the start.

The puzzle was broken again, leaving Guo Gaoge dazed.

BOOM!

Li Banfeng's Trample Over Thousands of Rivers was successfully activated.

Amidst the dust and smoke, Guo Gaoge was injured. Seeing that Li Banfeng was slow to withdraw, he bore the severe pain and reached for the top of Li Banfeng's skull.

The grab came up empty, Li Banfeng used Carefree Freedom Technique to evade it.

Although the speed was still a bit lacking, the technique had pretty much recovered, and as Li Banfeng and Guo Gaoge fought, they talked, "Isn't there something distinctive about your fighting style? Jumping and pouncing, using your claws to injure people, isn't this called Cricket Fist? You should be a Cricket, right?"

Guo Gaoge had no time to speak. Indeed, his fighting style had its nuances. He deliberately imitated a cricket, causing his opponent to misunderstand and think he was a Body Cultivator, when in reality, it was part of the puzzle to confuse his opponent.

But Li Banfeng didn't think so, "You are so good at Cricket Fist, you must have talent. You're a Body Cultivator, originally a Cricket, am I wrong?"

Body Cultivator?

Originally a Cricket?

This is absurd.

Guo Gaoge leaped high and his sharp claws came crashing down, "I'm not a Body Cultivator, stop guessing wildly!"

Even more absurd, even Guo Gaoge found it ridiculous. Did he really need to explain this to Li Banfeng?

Actually, it wasn't to explain to Li Banfeng, but to remind himself that he truly was not a Body Cultivator.

He didn't know what spell he had fallen under; whatever Li Qi said, to him, was the truth. He had to quickly rouse himself.

"Body Cultivators don't have entry medicine powder, you have quite a talent, entered the Taoist Sect on your own and didn't even know it. Just look at yourself, paint yourself green, and you look like a living Cricket. Seize this talent, and you will achieve great things in the future."

The more Li Banfeng spoke, the more Guo Gaoge moved like a Cricket, his movement technique becoming more adept, but his combat power was increasingly inadequate.

Originally, Li Banfeng had guessed the wrong puzzle solution three times. But by insisting the wrong was right, he had in essence solved the puzzle three times.

Guo Gaoge was increasingly powerless, while Li Banfeng quickly recovered, his combat power rising considerably.

In the small log cabin, Ju Gong looked afar; the battlefield had fallen silent.

He turned to the Wild Boar and said, "Shall we get started?"

The Wild Boar shook its head, "Seventh Master hasn't ordered, who dares to start? Let's wait."

Ju Gong chuckled, looking into the distance, muttering, "These Enigma Cultivator bird people, they only have so much skill. A bit more fighting, and I'd feel secondhand embarrassment for you."

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Inside the Portable Residence, Li Banfeng looked at Guo Gaoge grimly, "Where has Shui Yongquan gone?"

Guo Gaoge gritted his teeth, "Guess!"

A cloud of steam scalded Guo Gaoge, making him cry out miserably, while the Phonograph sneered, "Doom is upon you, and yet you dare use techniques? Ying Ying, keep grinding the knife. Meal after meal today, the good food never ends."

"You go ahead and eat," Hong Ying looked at her waist in the mirror, "If I get too fat, Qi Lang might not like me."

The Phonograph slapped Hong Ying, "Don't worry, eat well. Put the weight in the right places, and your husband will adore it."

"Really?" Hong Ying looked carefully at Guo Gaoge, contemplating cooking methods and skills.

In fear, Guo Gaoge didn't dare to pose riddles, and haltingly told the truth, "My real name isn't Guo Gaoge. I'm Guo Erning. The name Guo Gaoge is a part of the puzzle."

Hearing the name Guo Gaoge, people would always think he was a Sound Cultivator.

Guo Gaoge continued, "I really didn't want to kill Shui Yongquan. I just wanted his territory,