Gang Xiu, known as Bully in the Outside Provinces, seems unrelated to the term "bullying," but after going through the information provided by Liao Zihui, Li Banfeng found that the Outside Provinces’ understanding of this Taoist Sect was much more precise.
A Bully must choose an appropriate target before taking action. The main principle of selecting a target doesn’t lie in how strong the opponent is, but in how strong their own confidence is.
They establish their confidence through verbal provocation. This is the rule of cultivation and combat for Bullies. In Puluo State, this move is called Flowering on the Pole, the only technique of Gang Xiu. In the Outside Provinces, this technique is described as building confidence superiority over different types of opponents, arousing various levels of combat power layers, and maintaining the confidence superiority.
To put it bluntly, it’s about bullying you once and owning you for a lifetime!
Needless to say, the information provided by Liao Zihui was extremely valuable, and it directly changed Li Banfeng’s perception of Gang Xiu.
Li Banfeng wasn’t marked by Gang Xiu; Gang Xiu had marked his consciousness.
The Coachman, when facing Li Qi, had an absolute confidence superiority in his consciousness mark, allowing him to unleash twice the combat power.
If the Coachman realized that his opponent was not Li Qi, the confidence superiority in his consciousness would vanish.
Now, the Coachman’s confidence was almost exhausted, as the current situation did not match his understanding of Li Qi.
Did Li Qi bring out a Sound Cultivation Technique, dual-cultivated with sound cultivation, or obtained a magical treasure of sound cultivation?
All these reasons seemed far-fetched, and under the urging of the Foolish Cultivation Technique, the Coachman gradually believed that the person before him might truly be Li Liu.
Li Banfeng couldn’t rush; he must not give the Coachman a chance to rebuild his confidence.
After repeated attacks, Li Banfeng dripped blood on the ground, activating the Door-Closing Technique.
"Do you still think this is a magical treasure?" The moment the ground lit up with a light halo, Li Banfeng laughed.
The moment he saw the light halo, the Coachman was in despair.
He believed the person before him was indeed Li Liu, a home cultivator with at least Eighth Layer cultivation.
He completely lost his fighting spirit; he just wanted to flee the battlefield immediately.
But to escape, he needed Li Banfeng to give him the opportunity.
With his confidence lost, the Coachman’s physique severely declined, making it necessary to get injured to break through the boundary. While hesitating, Li Banfeng grabbed him from behind.
The Coachman wanted to struggle, and Li Banfeng chuckled, "Don’t waste your energy, you should know what it means when Arrow Homing."
Arrow Homing, again a Home Cultivation Technique; he truly wasn’t Li Qi...
Li Banfeng opened the door, dragging the Coachman into the Portable Residence.
"Wife, I brought the Gang Xiu back."
The Phonograph exclaimed, "Beloved husband, what method did you use?"
Golden House Concealing Beauties mainly used this one technique.
Who would have thought it would be this least proficient method?
The Coachman wanted to escape at the right moment, but a cloud of steam attacked, peeling off one layer of his skin.
The Coachman laid on the ground, not daring to move, looked at the Phonograph, and cautiously asked, "Is this your House Spirit?"
Li Banfeng did not respond, the Coachman continued, "I had some quarrel with your brother Li Qi, but the conflict itself came from a misunderstanding,
since you’re a home cultivator, you must have been cultivating in Bridge Yesong for quite some time, surely you’ve heard of my reputation. I have great admiration for promising juniors, and Li Qi is quite a promising person. I want to offer him a chance."
Li Banfeng laughed, "What kind of chance?"
"I want to give Li Qi a good cultivation level."
"Hehe~" Li Banfeng laughed aloud, "Your so-called good cultivation level, is it to turn them into ashes and let them fly in the wind, is that what you mean?"
The Coachman pondered for a moment and said, "Where did you get that from? Are you talking about Scabby-headed Song? That person..."
Li Banfeng picked up the teapot and poured a pot of hot tea on the Coachman.
Under normal circumstances, the power of the teapot would have a hard time harming a Cultivator Above the Clouds, but with Gang Xiu losing combat power, this scorching pour stripped off a layer of old skin, and the new skin was cooked again.
Li Banfeng put the teapot away and said, "This pot of water was scalded on behalf of Scabby-headed Song. Without him, your territory’s people would have been slaughtered by marauders. I still don’t understand why you had to kill Scabby-headed Song?"
The Coachman said, "It was because he was ungrateful, I intended to give him a chance, but he dared to offend..."
Thud~
Li Banfeng poured another pot of tea onto the Coachman.
The temperature of this pot of water was extremely high, with some special materials mixed in the tea, pouring on the wound causing excruciating pain, the Coachman couldn’t bear it, grunted twice, looked at Li Banfeng and said, "I am telling the truth."
Li Banfeng looked at the Coachman and said word by word, "There aren’t many heroes in this world, but Scabby-headed Song is a hero, he is the hero of Bridge Yesong. For the sake of this hero, I will gift you an extra pot of water."
The Coachman argued, "At the time, I also thought he was a hero, so I..."
"Be cautious with your words, I have plenty of tea water," Li Banfeng looked at the Coachman with an expressionless face, "Genius Liu Yuansheng, Heroine Wang Saihong, and so many others are queuing up behind, waiting to come for your life,
you should be straightforward, how exactly did these people die?"
The Coachman was still hesitating, Li Banfeng ordered the Clock Pendulum, "Peel off a layer of his skin!"
The Clock Pendulum said nothing more and simply complied, with the Sickle helping on the side, while the Teapot occasionally topped with some tea water.
An hour later, the Coachman could no longer endure and started telling the truth.
"I did it for cultivation."
Li Banfeng frowned, "You’ve reached Above the Clouds, cultivation level must be earned through human energy, what does it have to do with Scabby-headed Song, Wang Saihong, and them?"
The Coachman shook his head, "Bridge Yesong isn’t a big territory. Solely relying on human energy, I can’t even reach Cloud Top Third Layer,