Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo'

Chapter 995 539: The Peddler’s Unique Technique

He hit the nail on the head.

You can't blame him for being treacherous, because what he said was true. Feng Chongli solved his debt problem and could avoid fighting for He Jiaqing; he could leave at any time now. If it were someone like Zhang Gunli, they would indeed do such a thing.

But Feng Chongli was different: "I conduct legitimate business, I'm not like you moneylenders. In business, I value integrity. Old Zhang, lend me your manpower so I can repay the kindness to Young Master Wu!"

Feng Chongli flicked the beads on his abacus, and with the crackling sound, Zhang Gunli's flesh exploded layer after layer.

Business Cultivation Technique, a complete accounting.

As Feng Chongli calculated, Zhang Gunli suffered blows; the faster he calculated, the harsher the blows.

Seeing his bloodied body, Zhang Gunli remained calm, and dozens of silver yuan flew up beside him, rushing towards Feng Chongli.

It was the Credit Cultivation Technique, Money Presenting Treasure, a technique that proactively forces money on you to spend.

This technique is extremely malicious; some guard against credit cultivation and refuse all loans, but he can use this move to forcibly lend money.

The silver yuan were all Zhang Gunli's; once they hit Feng Chongli, they would burrow into his flesh, and the loan would be considered made. Without a loan note, the binding force on Feng Chongli would be weaker.

At this level of confrontation, being bound could be life-threatening; Feng Chongli immediately ceased the accounting technique and swiftly dodged the incoming silver yuan from Zhang Gunli.

These dozens of silver yuan injured Feng Chongli quite a bit, but he was agile enough not to let a single silver yuan penetrate his flesh.

Zhang Gunli was also injured, but he rubbed two walnuts in his hand, and all his wounds quickly healed, restoring him to his original state.

Feng Chongli looked at the walnuts in Zhang Gunli's hands.

Zhang Gunli rotated the walnuts twice: "With these Magical Treasures, you can't harm me in the slightest."

Seeing him rub those two walnuts daily, I never knew their use; who would have thought they were so powerful?

It's very difficult to seize the Magical Treasure from him; without it, Zhang Gunli remains unharmed. Feng Chongli pondered his strategy, then suddenly heard He Jiaqing say: "Big Brother Feng, don't fall for it, those two walnuts aren't Magical Treasures; they're his storeroom keys.

The reason his wounds can heal is that he replaced his flesh; he stores a lot of flesh in his storeroom. Big Brother Feng, keep attacking, let's test how long he can last."

Feng Chongli flicked his abacus beads again, and the accounting technique fell once more on Zhang Gunli.

This technique appears simple but is very difficult to withstand, it is one of the Business Cultivators' killing moves.

Zhang Gunli defended against the technique and surveyed He Jiaqing, surprised at how well the young man knew him.

The walnuts were indeed the storeroom keys, Zhang Gunli could borrow flesh, but naturally needed to repay with flesh, hence the stored flesh in his storeroom.

But this flesh could not withstand the consumption of the technique; Zhang Gunli stamped his foot, causing silver yuan piled up like a mountain in the room to fly up.

Money Presenting Treasure couldn't control such a large number of external objects, Feng Chongli wondered aloud: "Is this Strength Cultivation Technique?"

Zhang Gunli laughed: "Good eye, I can borrow the Hundred Schools' cultivation levels, so naturally I can use their methods. Brother Feng, watch carefully, just one silver yuan on you, and I can take your life."

Evading these silver yuan wasn't difficult, what concerned Feng Chongli was Zhang Gunli's follow-up move.

He Jiaqing said: "Big Brother Feng, don't overthink, he's not targeting you, he wants to use these silver yuan to kill me."

Zhang Gunli nodded: "You talk too much and meddle too much, indeed deserve to die."

As the words fell, the silver yuan flew towards He Jiaqing, but before they touched him, each one fell to the ground.

Zhang Gunli paused, seeing He Jiaqing smile: "You're not using Hundred Schools' Technique, you're employing Strength Cultivation Magical Treasure. The Credit Cultivation Taoist Sect has rules, external objects are shared, cultivation levels are not activated,

The things you store, including gold and silver, Magical Treasures, flesh, viscera, bones, are all external objects, if you want them, keep them for yourself, accountable for profit and loss,

But things related to cultivation levels can only be lent out, you can't use them yourself, including techniques and combat strength; those are your Taoist Sect's iron rules, am I right?"

As Feng Chongli sparred with Zhang Gunli, he listened to He Jiaqing explain Zhang Gunli's combat techniques.

This benefited Feng Chongli greatly, as he had already thought of several strategies to counter Zhang Gunli during their exchange.

Zhang Gunli pushed Feng Chongli back and looked at He Jiaqing: "Young one, how much effort did you spend to seek revenge against me?"

He Jiaqing smiled: "Taking your life is worth every effort."

Zhang Gunli squeezed the walnuts, and a man and a woman descended from the sky, surrounding He Jiaqing on either side.

He Jiaqing stood in place, not making a move, watching the pair approach without attacking him, instead beginning to fight each other.

The man still wanted to attack He Jiaqing, but the woman turned on the man.

He Jiaqing laughed: "Old Zhang, these are Gong Xiu Puppets, right? Without Gong Xiu Technique, they can only act independently. I have Gong Xiu Technique, now the puppets are mine."

As he spoke, the male puppet stopped fighting, both stood obediently beside He Jiaqing.

This pair of puppets was made by Chu Shaoqiang; recently Chu Shaoqiang fell into dire straits and was in urgent need of money, he couldn't repay the loan, so he had to use the puppets as debt repayment.

Without Gong Xiu Techniques to control them, the puppets could only fight autonomously, essentially acting as wooden robots, only unleashing 20% of their combat strength.

Zhang Gunli intended to use the puppets to restrain He Jiaqing, but unexpectedly He Jiaqing didn't even lift a finger and took control of the wooden robots directly.