CHAPTER 381: CHAPTER 265: STRICT LAW SOCIETY (SEEKING MONTHLY PASS)

"Blood Gun Detective" premiered on schedule, with the streets of Greenwater City deserted as everyone flocked to see it.

Whether in its story, visuals, source material, or impact, this movie was unprecedented in Puluo State. The male lead, Song Chunjie, first cleared the layers of suspicion within the city before immediately switching to New Land, where he began a fight to the death.

In Li Banfeng’s view, even if the movie were to be released in the Outside Provinces, provided it could be successfully premiered, the impact would surely be sensational and could even lead to a whole new breakthrough in film concepts.

At the very least, the movie had already made a breakthrough in terms of species.

The movie was a huge success, and it was time for Li Banfeng to fulfill his promise to Qiu Luoye.

During the filming, Qiu Luoye had provided great assistance to the crew, and Li Banfeng had promised to open up three New Lands in Qiu Luoye’s territory.

This was also a significant breakthrough.

In Puluo State, there were generally only two choices for developing New Land.

One was to fight hard, defeating all the Strange Monsters that came for assessment.

The other was to wear them down, avoiding direct confrontation with Strange Monsters and using all sorts of means to drag out the time.

Qiu Luoye didn’t want to trouble Li Banfeng with the task of developing New Land, saying that just going through the motions would suffice.

Li Banfeng was fully confident, but Qiu Luoye, fearing an accident, even went to Shui Yongquan to discuss it.

"Which methods did Li Qi and Ma Wu use? Did they fight hard, or did they wear them down? I told my men not to give them a hard time."

After much thought, Shui Yongquan found the question difficult to answer.

"Ma Wu is more of the fighting type, and Li Qi is into wearing them down," Shui Yongquan finally said after deliberating.

Qiu Luoye made thorough preparations. Since Li Qi was skilled at wearing opponents down, he decided not to send Strange Monsters with keen insight or great combat strength for the assessment.

After the assessment ended, Qiu Luoye realized that all his previous preparations were unnecessary, as Li Banfeng didn’t show up at all for the full three days.

This made Qiu Luoye extremely dissatisfied. Even if he’s really good at hiding, he should at least show up and fight symbolically!

He went to ask Shui Yongquan, "Old Shui, is Li Qi such a shameless person?"

After thinking about it, Shui Yongquan asked, "Who is the next one to develop New Land?"

"Ma Wu."

Shui Yongquan was very certain in his response, "Li Qi is a man who values his reputation, very much so."

Ma Wu began developing New Land. On the first day, Qiu Luoye watched carefully.

On the second day, Qiu Luoye didn’t want to watch anymore; he wanted to stomp Ma Wu to death.

On the third day, he abandoned the idea of killing Ma Wu; he didn’t want to get close to that plot of land anymore.

He warned all the female Strange Monsters in his territory not to approach that land, and the matter was not to be mentioned to anyone.

But though Qiu Luoye might not want to mention it, there were still quite a few disgraced female Strange Monsters who went to Ma Wu of their own accord.

At the end of his patience, Qiu Luoye sent an old crone to Ma Wu’s plot of land.

Ma Wu was in the middle of things, holding a hedgehog in his arms with a Pangolin waiting behind him.

Looking at the old crone with her white hair and stooping figure, she seemed to be over seventy years old.

"Old lady, are you here for me too?" Ma Wu was willing to make some sacrifices to develop the New Land, but he had to get things clear.

"PTUI!" The old crone spat and cursed loudly, "All men in the world are born with their equipment, but I’ve never seen a despicable bastard like you who makes a living with his! An eight-foot-tall man should have an ironclad backbone, yet it can’t support your nine-foot-thick shameless face!

You female hedgehog under him, get out! You’ve truly thrown away all shame as a woman. And you Pangolin next to him, get lost! You’ve drilled through mountains for half your life, and now you’re giving away hole-digging for free, aren’t you embarrassed?"

This old lady really knew how to swear!

The Pangolin and the hedgehog both knew her and whispered to Ma Wu, "Wulang, don’t be fooled by her human form; she’s a creature from the New Land called a Swearing Woman, and she’s not easy to mess with. Wulang, don’t fight her; just listen to her curse. Her words are nasty; Wulang, you absolutely mustn’t take them to heart."

The Pangolin and the hedgehog ran off scared, and the old crone scolded Ma Wu for a whole day and night.

The old crone’s swearing was indeed unpleasant, and her Technique while swearing could easily provoke anger.

But Ma Wu had a good temperament; he’d been scolded all his life and had heard all manner of insults.

Initially, it did make him angry, but Ma Wu could restrain himself. That was the Swearing Woman’s characteristic: if the person being cursed could endure the first half, the second half wasn’t a problem.

The problem arose when someone had a short temper, failed to bear even three sentences, and became increasingly angry. In such cases, one was bound to suffer greatly.

Ma Wu successfully endured until the end. The other female Strange Monsters on the New Land didn’t dare to approach anymore, and so the plot was successfully developed.

The third one to develop New Land was Xiao Genzi. Qiu Luoye breathed a sigh of relief; finally, a proper person had arrived.

Unlike Li Qi and Ma Wu, who used unorthodox methods, Xiao Genzi was always open and aboveboard in his actions. Qiu Luoye promised again that if he came to develop the land in a fair and square manner, the assessment would be just a formality, and he wouldn’t be troubled.

After setting the Contract Book, Xiao Genzi was ready to start.

On his plot of land, taking the auspicious meaning of ’everything going smoothly,’ he built thirty-six Golden Mountains.

Qiu Luoye looked over from afar and turned to the crowd of Strange Monsters, "Who will go through the motions?"

Everyone looked down in silence.

Qiu Luoye then turned to the Tree People, "You go. It’s all good fertilizer."

The Tree People pondered for a while, "It’s too rich for me; I can’t take it."

「...」

All three New Lands were thus developed. Ma Wu then called his people to build houses and set up scenes on the plots, preparing for the next movie.

Li Banfeng told Ma Wu, "Don’t just prepare for one movie; get ready for several at once."

Ma Wu was astonished, "Do you mean to shoot the sequels to Blood Gun Detective together? I’m afraid that’s not feasible. The actors can’t manage the costume and role changes, and if we change the lead actor, it just wouldn’t be the same."