Chapter 145: Selecting a Plot of Land

Among the four major families, the Ma family likes to buy land the most and open up the most new land. Ma Wu has also watched the land opening and has some experience.

But he has seen it, but Ma Wu has never really experienced land opening. With the strength of his family, there is no need for him to take risks. Such things are done by hiring special land openers.

Even now, Ma Wu does not want to take risks. He prefers to let Zuo Wugang take two supporters to open up the land.

But Li Banfeng disagrees.

In addition to being conducive to cultivation, this new land is also a refuge for Li Banfeng and Ma Wu. Before Zuo Wugang completely gains trust, Li Banfeng does not want him to know the location of the new land.

Zhen Jincheng and Cao Zhida are the same. They cannot go with him.

Seeing Li Banfeng's firm attitude, Ma Wu had to agree.

In fact, land opening depends more on luck. Ma Wu thinks that the risk is very high. This is the experience summarized from the experience of the Ma family's land opening. From an extreme case alone, there have been examples of a first-level cultivator who successfully opened up the land alone.

Moreover, if they encounter danger, they can at most give up the land reclamation and still have a chance to escape, but they can no longer reclaim land within a radius of 100 miles.

"In Pro Province, as far as I know, the private detective Daboyens has the most experience in land reclamation. He has helped our family to prepare supplies. I still remember some of the types and quantities. These things are easy to prepare, but we have to choose a good location first."

Li Banfeng has two options, one is the wasteland between Hulugou and Tiexian River, and the other is the wasteland between Xiaohuangquan and the orange orchard.

The two finally chose the wasteland between Xiaohuangquan and the orange orchard.

It is easy to replenish food here, and the oranges in the orange orchard are edible, which Ma Wu also knows.

From Li Banfeng's point of view, the owner of the orange orchard has a good relationship with Li Banfeng, and he can take care of him at critical moments.

After choosing a good location, the rest is Ma Wu's practice.

The girl cannot be brought with him, and Ma Wu also said that the previous Jinyuan Dan is enough for him to consume for a period of time.

Li Banfeng also gave Ma Wu seven Xuan Chi Dan, which could help him survive for a few more days in case of an accident.

After all kinds of expenses were prepared, Ma Wu chose a pair of spiritual shoes with thick soles and deep patterns, which could nearly double his usual speed, and set off with Li Banfeng.

Before leaving, Ma Wu entrusted Lanyang Village to Xiao Chuanzi and Zuo Wugang.

Xiao Chuanzi was responsible for daily affairs, and Zuo Wugang was responsible for special situations.

Xiao Chuanzi was a little worried: "Master Wu, I can't read a few words, and you let me take care of the business. Isn't this a joke?"

"This is not a joke," Ma Wu was very confident in Xiao Chuanzi, "It's the end of the year, and the hunters are at home for the New Year. There is not much business.

Besides, you usually accompany me to purchase and ship goods, and you have learned a lot of skills. It's time to practice."

Ma Wu really trusts Xiao Chuanzi, but he doesn't trust Zuo Wugang a little.

Through these days of contact, Ma Wu found that Zuo Wugang was a good supporter. As long as there was trouble in the village, Ma Wu gave an order and Zuo Wugang could settle the matter immediately.

But if Ma Wu did not give an order, things would be a bit troublesome. Zuo Wugang was not good at making decisions.

When he walked to the entrance of the village, Li Banfeng saw Xiao Genzi searching for gold juice.

It was cold and the gold juice was not easy to find. Xiao Genzi carried two buckets on his back, sweating profusely, and searched around.

Li Banfeng whispered, "Has he reached a higher level?"

Ma Wu nodded and said, "Yesterday he told me that he felt he had reached a higher level. Cultivation is something that can be sensed, so it must be correct."

"Even if he reached a higher level, he only needs to carry one bucket. He only needs to carry two buckets when he reaches the second level. Isn't that what the peddler said?"

Ma Wu said, "Xiao Genzi said that carrying one more bucket can save more time."

Li Banfeng praised repeatedly, "This kid has a promising future."

Because they were carrying Ma Wu, they walked a little slower along the way, but they were well prepared in advance, and basically encountered no obstacles in Hulugou.

Hongnigang was not bad either. Li Banfeng walked through it once and found a basically safe route. With the memory of the direction of the trip, he took Ma Wu through the swamp smoothly.

Tiexian River was a bit troublesome, and Ma Wu didn't have a flying device.

Li Banfeng did. He had the Judge's Pen given to him by the two gangsters.

He drew a circle with the Judge's Pen on the spot, and Li Banfeng and Ma Wu waited in the circle for the Judge's Pen to respond.

After waiting for more than half an hour, the tip of the Judge's Pen trembled.

For ordinary people, this is considered a response. Li Banfeng has the skill of perceiving spiritual sounds. Not only can he see the pen tip trembling, but he can also hear the Judge's Pen speaking.

"Where to go?"

Just two words, and the sound of these two words is very light, and you can't distinguish them without listening carefully.

Is this Lan Xiu's magic weapon?

Li Banfeng pointed the tip of the pen to the other side of the river, and the Judge's Pen was silent again.

After waiting for another half an hour, the tip of the Judge's Pen trembled again: "Stand firm."

Still two words.

The two waited for a long time, and a cloud of dust slowly rose from the ground under their feet, carrying Li Banfeng and Ma Wu, and flew up.

How high did they fly?

Less than two feet.

Almost flying close to the ground.

The entire Iron Wire River is full of iron wire worms.

One by one, they are winding and crawling under their feet.

Ma Wu's hair stood up: "Brother Li, is your magic weapon reliable? We can't fall down, or we'll be finished."

Li Banfeng didn't dare to say that the Judge's Pen was reliable, so he flew slowly to the other side. In the cold winter, both of them were sweating.

Ma Wu was still in shock and asked: "Which sect's magic weapon is this?"

Li Banfeng was about to talk about this: "Brother Ma, do you know that you are too lazy to cultivate this Taoism?"

Ma Wu nodded: "I know, this sect is special. The secret of spiritual practice lies in the word laziness. They have three maxims that they often recite."

"Which three sentences?"

"First, don't sit when you can lie down; second, don't stand if you can sit; third, don't walk if you can stand!"

Li Banfeng was stunned for a while, put away the judge's pen, and thought for a long time: "Can this Taoist sect be defeated?"

"You can't say you can fight, and you can't say you can't fight..." Ma Wu didn't know how to describe it, "Lazy cultivators are rare. I saw it once when I was fifteen years old.

At that time, in Haichiling, a lazy cultivator wanted to fight Shi Xiu for life and death. The two made an appointment to meet at a place. Lazy Xiu was an hour late, and Shi Xiu was so angry that he scolded his mother.

When the two were about to start fighting, Lazy Xiu kept staring at Shixiu and yawned. "

"Then what?"

"Lazy Xiu said he didn't want to fight, and Shi Xiu yawned along with him. He couldn't open his eyes. He yelled a few words and said he wouldn't fight anymore. The two of them went to find a place to sleep, and that's how it ended."

Li Banfeng stopped and turned to look at Ma Wu: "You rich people, do you call this a battle of life and death?"

"That's not what I said. It's what they said. It takes two to decide whether to live or die."

There is such a Taoist door in the world!

Li Banfeng was familiar with the road, so Ma Wu reluctantly followed him. They walked for six full days before reaching Xiaohuangquan.

Ma Wu's shoes did increase his speed, but Huan Xiu was too weak and had to have enough rest time every day.

Li Banfeng was not in a hurry. He set up two tents and the two of them rested separately. He took a Jin Yuan Dan every day and needed time to recover, and he went back to stay overnight every night.

When crossing Xiaohuangquan, Li Banfeng was very cautious and explained the rules to Ma Wu in detail.

When they finally walked onto the path, Ma Wu was so frightened that his hair stood on end. Li Banfeng held a feather duster and walked calmly. The wind direction was always southward, which proved that everything was fine.

After walking for more than one hundred miles and more than five hours, fear and exhaustion were mixed. When they reached the wilderness, Ma Wu lay on the ground, unable to get up for a long time.

After resting for two hours, the two continued on their way and selected a site to open up wasteland next to a pine forest more than thirty miles away from the orange orchard.

Being close to the pine forest will help you search for building materials. If you build a wooden house in the future, at least there will be no shortage of wood.

It is close to the orange orchard, which is convenient for food supply, but of course it cannot be too close. Li Banfeng does not want to offend the owner of the orchard, nor does he want hunters who go to the orange orchard to notice this new land.

Ma Wu took out a small table from his bag and began to measure the location of the altar table.

This is a crucial part and must be operated by Ma Wulai personally.

A land god is in charge of a land with a radius of hundreds of miles. The territories are connected to each other, but the boundaries are invisible.

If the offering table is placed in the wrong position, on the boundary of the territory of the two earth gods, and attracts the attention of the two earth gods at the same time, it will be troublesome. Ma Wu cannot imagine the specific trouble it will cause.

Ma Wu had chosen plots of land several times with his father and knew the essentials.

He grabbed a piece of soil, tested the texture, moved ten steps to the left, grabbed another piece of soil, put it in his hands and kneaded it carefully.

After testing the soil in dozens of places like this, Ma Wu roughly got a sense of proportion.

"Brother Li, the soil in these places is soft and sticky. They should belong to the same land god. Let's choose the land here."

Li Banfeng nodded, and together with Ma Wu, he set up the offering table and offerings, and lit the incense candles.

The number of offerings came from Ma Wu's past observations. When the Ma family opened a new land with a radius of one mile, they only used a pot of high-quality old wine. Ma Wu did not dare to increase or decrease the offerings as usual.

Ma Wu took out the deed and read it over. There is only one fixed version of this kind of deed, and the content is to open a residence here and ask the gods for permission.

The deed was burned into ashes, and a short time later, it was swept up by a whirlwind.

Li Banfeng looked around with his golden eyes, trying to see the origin of the Earth God that Ma Wu mentioned.

After watching for a moment, I suddenly saw a group of green flames hovering around the altar table. The wine bottle shook twice, and the wine inside quickly reached the bottom.

Ma Wuyi smiled: "Brother Li, it's done."

Li Banfeng didn't smile.

Is the earth god an undead?

Not long after, a blur of light appeared on the ground in the distance. Ma Wu said to Li Banfeng: "Brother Li, look carefully. This is the boundary of the land. The gods have responded to our contract. Brother Li, it's time to You spilled blood."

The person who spills blood on the land will become the owner of the land.

Before they left, they discussed that the first piece of new land to be opened would belong to Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng took out a short knife and cut his palm, spilling blood on the ground at his feet.

"Brother Li, the contract has been reached. At this time tomorrow, the land reclamation will officially begin. We can guard the land ourselves, or we can ask others to help. But once the land reclamation begins, no one can step outside the boundary. As long as we hold on for three days, This land is ours!”

Li Banfeng thought for a moment and said, "Did you just say that no one can step outside the boundary?"

"Yes, not even one. You must find trustworthy people to open up wasteland. It doesn't matter how many people there are, but they must be reliable. If you find a hundred people to open up wasteland, if one person steps out of the boundary, it will be considered a failure. This is what I said before, there are too many people It’s a troublesome thing sometimes.”

"As long as you don't step outside the boundary, you'll be fine..." Li Banfeng found a loophole in the rules.

As long as I don’t come out of my mobile home, does that mean I’m out of bounds?

I slept in my portable home for three days. Doesn’t this count as a success in pioneering land?

As he thought about it, Li Banfeng suddenly laughed.

PS: Is there really such a cheap thing in the world?