Chapter 240: Sage Peak

Li Banfeng slept until dusk, and when he got up, it was already six o'clock in the evening.

He really missed the time to get off the train.

If he missed it, he missed it. The Judge's Pen was still powerful, and Li Banfeng was too lazy to think about it.

After leaving Suishenju and picking up the key from under the berth, Li Banfeng had to think more.

On his berth, two women were sleeping, one above and one below.

To be precise, this was not Li Banfeng's berth, but the berths of two girls. Li Banfeng should have gotten off the train long ago.

Seeing the two girls grinding, Li Banfeng hurriedly explained: "I went to the wrong car, you don't have to mind..."

A shrill scream came out of the car, and the attendant rushed over.

The two female passengers explained that Li Banfeng suddenly crawled out from under the berth.

Li Banfeng explained that he should have gotten off the train long ago, but he just overslept.

The conductor looked at Li Banfeng and asked: "Did you oversleep under the berth?"

Li Banfeng explained for a long time, but failed to give a reasonable explanation.

The conductor gnashed his teeth and said, "You boarded the train past your stop and harassed other passengers. This is extremely bad behavior. You will be fined three thousand."

"Three thousand is easy." Li Banfeng paid the money first.

The conductor counted the money and put it in his pocket without giving a receipt.

He took out the iron rod.

Li Banfeng looked at the scenery outside the window that was rapidly retreating, guessed the speed of the train, and waved at the conductor, saying, "Listen to my explanation first. I have a universal pass that can be used everywhere in Provo. Let's wait until the next station..."

Bang!

The conductor opened the door and pushed Li Banfeng out with a pole.

Li Banfeng rolled beside the railway track and climbed up.

At the moment he flew off the train, Li Banfeng heard the shouts of the two girls.

They shouted as if: "Kill this hooligan!"

Hooligan...

Isn't this ruining my reputation?

This incident really ruined my reputation. The two girls cried everywhere and finally alarmed the conductor.

The train conductor was extremely angry. He took the three thousand yuan from the conductor and checked the ticket information.

After checking, the conductor reported to the conductor: "This passenger is called Ma Junyang."

Li Banfeng's ticket and pass were both issued under Ma Wu's identity.

The conductor said angrily: "I have heard of this person. He slept with his sister-in-law. He is the most shameless person in Prosperity. It is not surprising that he can do such a thing."

...

Li Banfeng walked along the railway on the hillside for a long time without seeing a single figure.

There are mountains here, connected to each other, and each mountain seems to be made from the same mold, and there does not seem to be much difference.

After walking for more than three hours, Li Banfeng stopped.

According to the previous idea, what he was most worried about was encountering the border.

Li Banfeng still remembered the power of the border. If he took a wrong step, he would be wiped out.

The railway can cross the border, but the smugglers dare not walk along the railway because there are also checkpoints on the railway.

Li Banfeng is not afraid of the checkpoints, he has a pass, he is not a smuggler.

What stopped him from moving forward at this moment was not the border line, but a piece of bald grass.

How could the grass near the railway be bald?

One possibility is that something suddenly fell from the train and hit the grass, and the grass was bald while sliding.

Li Banfeng touched his back, and it seemed to be stained with grass leaves.

This is where he fell from the train.

Back to the original place.

The fourth-floor travel repairman walked along the railway for three hours and actually walked back to the original place.

This does not make sense logically.

Could it be that this railway has been drawing circles?

The railway cannot draw circles, I am the one drawing circles.

Li Banfeng thought for a moment and moved away from the railway.

There may be some kind of force around the railway that interfered with his judgment of direction.

But where else can he go if he does not walk along the railway?

Li Banfeng looked at the starry sky. On a clear night, there are many ways to locate the direction.

He quickly found the true north and walked all the way. Less than ten miles away, a high mountain blocked the way.

This mountain is higher than the surrounding mountains, and some buildings can be vaguely seen on the hillside.

For Li Banfeng, climbing a mountain is not a hard thing. He ran along the mountain road and soon found the houses on the hillside.

The architectural style of these houses made Li Banfeng feel a little unfamiliar.

Earthy red brick walls, vermilion gates, rusty door nails on the gates, and a pair of huge door knockers.

This bright red style of architecture should make people feel festive, but Li Banfeng always felt that there was a heavy silence in the house.

Under normal circumstances, Li Banfeng would stay away from such people.

But he had to ask for directions.

He walked to the door, pulled the door knocker, knocked twice, and a teenager of seventeen or eighteen opened a side door.

The teenager wore a slanted collar long gown and a round-top hat on his head, which made him look particularly old-fashioned.

He stood at the door, looked up and down, and asked Li Banfeng: "Who is making a noise here?"

The question was quite formal.

Li Banfeng replied: "I am just passing by, and I want to ask what this place is?"

"Wait here for a while, I will ask Master."

The boy left.

I just want to ask what this place is, I don't need to ask your Master for permission, right?

Li Banfeng waited at the guard for nearly half an hour, and the boy came out again: "Master has said, don't look at it, don't listen to it, don't say it, don't do it, come back another day."

What's going on?

I came to ask for directions, how come it's considered indecent assault?

Li Banfeng was about to ask, but the boy had already closed the door.

Ask somewhere else?

There are many houses around, with similar styles, all lifeless.

Forget it, this place is quite remote, and it's not the same as Green Water City. It's really not polite to knock on the door in the middle of the night, so don't scare people.

Li Banfeng found a suitable place, hid the key, and went back to Suishenju to sleep for a night.

The next morning, Li Banfeng left Suishenju and wanted to ask for directions, but found that there were basically no pedestrians on the road.

The door of the house we met last night was still closed. There was a family whose door was ajar. Li Banfeng just walked forward, and the family slammed the door shut.

What's this?

I'm not a robber, a thief, or a beggar, why are you hiding from me like this?

Even if it was my first time to Tiemenbao, at least someone would answer when I asked for directions.

Li Banfeng was about to look up the mountain again when he suddenly saw a man in a white shirt walking towards him with a solemn look.

Finally seeing someone, Li Banfeng hurried forward to ask for directions: "Excuse me, this is..."

Before he finished speaking, the man in white knelt on the ground with a plop, which frightened Li Banfeng.

"I'm asking for directions, not robbing, I haven't done that for a long time..."

The man in white glanced at Li Banfeng, his expression was very surprised, but he didn't say much after all.

His eyes were always fixed on the house in front of him, and Li Banfeng realized that he was not kneeling for himself, but for the owner of this house.

What on earth did he have to ask for help that he had to kneel for him?

It's useless to kneel in front of the door, at least wait until the other person sees you, then kneel.

If he wants to kneel, then kneel. Since they are strangers, Li Banfeng can’t stop him, so he doesn’t waste time asking for directions: “Excuse me, where is this place?”

The man in white said with his eyes fixed on the mountain: “You are in the peak of sages, but you still ask where you are. It’s ridiculous that people are ignorant.”

The peak of sages?

Li Banfeng had never heard of this place.

“Excuse me, how can I get to the nearest train station?” Li Banfeng had a pass and could buy a ticket.

The man in white sneered: “How can the land of sages accommodate such vulgar things?”

Is a train considered a vulgar thing?

Li Banfeng tried to be as polite as possible: “This is my first time in the land of sages. Now I have something to do and I need to leave in a hurry. Please show me the way.”

The man in white suddenly frowned and replied to Li Banfeng with four words: “Don’t say anything inappropriate!”

It’s useless to say more to him. This man is not normal.

A person who kneels in front of the gate can’t be normal.

Li Banfeng continued to walk up the mountain. The people on the mountain were in basically the same situation. The gates were all closed and no one would answer when he knocked on the door.

When he met a few people pushing carts and dumping dirt, they all hid far away from him.

Occasionally, when he met a few people who didn't avoid him, Li Banfeng asked a question, and the other side said a lot of things, but none of them was useful.

The people on this mountain are sick, seriously ill.

Li Banfeng stopped asking for directions and went straight over the mountain along the mountain road.

He walked north along the col for more than ten miles, and there was another high mountain in front blocking the way.

Walking up the mountain road to the hillside, Li Banfeng saw the familiar building again.

The earth-red high wall, the vermilion gate, and dozens of people kneeling in front of the gate.

The formation of this house was more exaggerated than before. Li Banfeng glanced at the crowd and saw a familiar face.

The man was wearing a white dress. Could it be...

Walking closer and looking at him for a long time, Li Banfeng asked: "Have I seen you somewhere?"

The man in white snorted coldly: "Don't look at it if it's not appropriate!"

Li Banfeng was at a loss.

I walked back again?

Is it them or me who is wrong?

The door creaked open.

The 17-18-year-old boy from yesterday came out again.

"Master said that your opportunity has not yet arrived, so you should go back."

Everyone looked at the boy with surprise and disappointment on their faces.

The man in white asked, "We have gone through countless hardships and come to your door day and night to seek advice. Why do you say that our opportunity has not yet arrived?"

The boy replied expressionlessly, "This is what Master meant."

After that, the boy left.

Everyone was very depressed, and some even shed tears.

"Go back? Let's go back just like that?"

"What else can we do if we don't go back? This is the will of the saint."

"I have waited for eight years just to see the saint, but now I am asked to go back, how can I be willing?"

"You have waited for eight years, so what? I have waited here for eleven years!"

The crowd kept complaining, and the man in white said: "The saint is unwilling to see us because we are not sincere enough. It doesn't matter if it's ten years or eight years, but ask us, apart from waiting here, when have we ever shown perseverance and determination in studying!"

Someone next to him asked: "What do you think we should do?"

The man in white said: "From today on, I will kneel here for a long time. If the saint doesn't see me for one day, I will kneel for one day. If the saint doesn't see me for one year, I will kneel for one year."

Li Banfeng was shocked when he heard this.

This man is so mean!

PS: What is this place?