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Chapter 368 Abnormality
Li Lan thought for a while and replied:
"Haha, Elder Zou, you are too kind. I am just trying to make a living."

"Moreover, Manager Lu treated me well and did a good job in Jingxue Pavilion."

"Besides, Jingxue Pavilion is also a member of your business alliance, right?"

Li Lan smiled, her tone very tactful.

Zou Pinghai smiled but didn't seem to be smiling at the words, and said directly:

"Actually, the reason I came here this time is for personal reasons. I want to invite you to become a guest of my Zou family and plant some high-level spiritual plants for our clan."

"As for the conditions, it will be double what Jingxue Pavilion gives you, and if you have other requirements, you can also raise them."

After listening to this, Li Lan thought for a moment and then politely declined, "Thank you, Elder Zou, for your kindness."

"It's just that I have already promised Shopkeeper Lu and signed an agreement to cultivate the land in Jingxue Pavilion for 30 years. During this period, I cannot join any other forces. I am afraid that Elder Zou will be disappointed."

Zou Pinghai frowned upon hearing this. He had not expected that there would be such an agreement between them, so he asked:

"Haha! What if I can convince Shopkeeper Lu?"

"Are you willing here?"

Li Lan did not expect the other party to be so persistent. The refusal in his words was actually very obvious.

"This"

Although Li Lan is now a third-rank spiritual plant master, he does not dare to offend the powerful elder of the Wandao Merchant Alliance.

It was difficult to make a decision for a while.

"Master Li seems to have some concerns? Then why don't I go talk to Shopkeeper Lu first?"

After Zou Pinghai finished speaking, he said goodbye and left without caring about Li Lan's reaction.

"Oh!" Li Lan sighed heavily.

His wife had just heard the conversation between the two and said worriedly, "My husband, you said that the people from the Wandao Merchant Alliance would come to our house, so nothing will happen, right?"

"Elder Zou's matter doesn't matter. I'm just worried that Manager Lu will misunderstand me!" Li Lan said.

Inside the Five Elements Spiritual Field.

Qin Ming was using a spiritual hoe to tend to the spiritual field when he saw a purple light coming from afar and landing outside the formation.

He just sent out his divine sense to take a quick look and found that the person looked familiar.

"Why is this person here?" Qin Ming pondered to himself, then put down the spirit hoe in his hand, opened the formation and went out to welcome him.

"Oh! It's Elder Zou who has come to visit. I'm sorry for not welcoming you in person! Please come in!" Qin Ming put on a smile and bowed to Zou Pinghai.

Zhou Pinghai didn't show much expression on his face. He just waved his hand calmly and said, "No need. I came here to discuss something with you."

"Oh? I wonder what Elder Zou wants to say?" Qin Ming showed a look of surprise. He didn't expect that this senior executive of the Wandao Merchant Alliance actually wanted to find him for something.

Zou Pinghai then told Qin Ming about his liking for Li Lan.

Qin Ming was stunned for a moment after hearing this.

As an elder of the Wandao Business Alliance, it was really presumptuous of him to come and poach people so blatantly.

However, the conditions offered by Zou Pinghai were extremely tempting to both Jingxue Pavilion and Li Lan, and could be said to be full of sincerity.

only--

Qin Ming was not short of these small things now, so he smiled slightly, cupped his hands and declined, saying: "I'm afraid that I will have to refuse Senior Zou's kindness."

"My Jingxue Pavilion has just acquired these two hundred acres of spiritual farmland, and we need a third-level spiritual planter like Li Lan to manage the cultivation."

"In order to train him, this pavilion has also spent a lot of effort, so we will not let him leave for the time being."

Zou Pinghai's expression froze when he heard this.

"Haha, since Shopkeeper Lu has made up his mind, I won't bother you any more."

After that, he came and left in a hurry, and flew away directly. Qin Ming looked at the direction where the other party left, thinking in his heart, "Didn't Zou Pinghai go to do business with Hua Tianxiong?"

'Why are you interested in spiritual plant masters again?'

He immediately contacted Hua Tianxiong through the black talisman.

"Hua Tianxiong, are you still transporting Zou Pinghai's goods recently?"

"Reporting to the master, several batches of goods have been transported. What's the matter?"

"Is there something wrong with Zou Pinghai?" Hua Tianxiongxiong replied from the other end, "I also feel that he has been acting a little strange recently."

"Oh? Is he behaving abnormally?" Qin Ming asked.

"Zou Pinghai seems to have been aggressively recruiting high-level spiritual plant masters in the past two years, but I don't know what they are for."

"And it has nothing to do with the Wandao Business Alliance. It seems to be purely his own personal matter."

"Okay, keep watching and report to me if anything happens."

"Yes, Master!"

……

A few days later.

The Sky-Devouring Rat crawled out from under the spiritual field and said to Qin Ming with a depressed look on his face:
"Master, I have dug all over the spiritual land below, but I haven't seen any high-level spiritual ore?"

"Did the people at Shinto Mountain make a mistake?"

Qin Ming heard this and said, "Impossible? As the saying goes, no one goes to the temple for no reason. The two great elders of Shendao Mountain have come personally, so they must have some ulterior motive."

Then he frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "How about you try digging around the spiritual field?"

When the Sky-Eating Rat received the order, it immediately nodded in response, and then continued to dig holes and explore in other directions.

But just when Qin Ming was working.

However, an urgent voice came from Hua Tianxiong's side.

"Master, something terrible is happening!"

"Our caravan was ambushed near the Five Elements Mountains, and Elder Zou Pinghai was killed."

Qin Ming raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and asked in great surprise: "Ah? Do you know who did this?"

"It looks like it was done by the people at Shendao Mountain," Hua Tianxiong replied stutteringly, "The death of an elder of the Merchant Alliance is a big deal. I will definitely be held responsible for this."

"I have another piece of news to tell you, Master. It turns out that the goods that Zou Pinghai asked us to transport are a third-level spiritual plant called 'Rotten Spirit Grass', and there are quite a lot of them. He secretly operated this matter, and it seems to be related to the fourth-level spiritual vein of the Five Elements Mountain controlled by Shendao Mountain."

"It was done by the people from Shinto Mountain." Qin Ming thought secretly for a moment and was a little confused.
However, he did have some knowledge about this third-order low-grade corrupted spiritual grass. After this spiritual grass rotted, it could release its life-long essence and turn into nutrients to help other spiritual plants grow faster.

It is a rare nutrient-type spiritual material.

"It seems that Zou Pinghai has gone to such great lengths to obtain such a large amount of Rotten Spirit Grass. He is probably continuously supplying some spiritual plants with fertilizer."

This also aroused Qin Ming's curiosity.

The next moment, Qin Ming's figure instantly disappeared from the spot.

Hua Tianxiong is an important chess piece of Qin Ming, so he has to be protected.

……

After a stick of incense.

Qin Ming rushed to the location given by Hua Tianxiong.

When he arrived, Hua Tianxiong was driving the Golden Throne Chariot alone, rushing around the Five Elements Mountains in a panic.

Behind him, there was a Jindan cultivator chasing him relentlessly.
Qin Ming spread out his divine sense and scanned the area, immediately seeing the person clearly. It was none other than the late Jindan elder of Shendao Mountain—Yun Yangzi.

(End of this chapter)