Fairy, don't be afraid, I, Wang Daqi, am truly an honest man.

The next morning, before the morning dew had dried.

Zhang Bao, picking his teeth, swaggered towards the spirit field on the back mountain with two henchmen.

He had a wonderful dream last night, in which Wang Daqi knelt on the ground begging for mercy, and Xu Yan cried her heart out, pleading with him to intercede with his senior brother Chen Liang.

Then, he took the beautiful Xu Yan to his senior brother Chen Liang's place.

He not only received five spirit stones as a reward from his senior brother Chen Liang, but also watched the live performance from outside the window.

Xu Yan was bound to the bed in a spread-eagle position, unable to move!

"Tsk tsk tsk, that Xu Yan is truly a stunner!"

Thinking about this, Zhang Bao got angry again!

What merit does Wang Daqi possess to have married such a beautiful female cultivator!

I'm so angry!!!

"Come on, guys, let's go check on that ill-fated couple. I bet their three acres of moonflowers are already as yellow as a sheet of toilet paper by now."

Zhang Bao chuckled coldly, plotting how to make an exorbitant demand later.

however.

The moment he stepped onto the ridge, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and the smile on his face froze instantly.

The moonflower in front of me did not wither.

Instead, each tree stands tall and straight like a pine, its green leaves glistening with moisture.

Under the morning light, the shimmering light on the leaves was even more intense than before, and there was even a faint fragrance that soothed the soul.

"This!...This is impossible!!"

Zhang Bao's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. He strode into the field, ignoring the mud, and casually squatted down to touch a moonflower.

The root system is strong and there are no signs of insect damage.

"Is this some kind of ghost?! Those were top-grade iron horsehair worms that Senior Brother Chen specially obtained. Unless you're a highly skilled spirit plant master, it's impossible for an ordinary spirit plant cultivator to get rid of them completely!!!"

Zhang Bao was in turmoil, completely baffled.

"Hey, isn't this Manager Zhang? Coming all this way so early to help us pick vegetables?"

A soft laugh rang out.

Xu Yan leaned against the door frame of a thatched hut not far away, holding a small fan in her hand, laughing heartily.

Wang Daqi, still looking honest and simple, stood behind Xu Yan, carrying a bucket in his hand, grinning憨厚ly.

"What methods did you... what methods did you use?"

Pointing to the vibrant spiritual field, Zhang Bao's voice was filled with disbelief: "Yesterday, I saw it with my own eyes—this spiritual field was infested with insects!"

"Look at what the steward is saying, what kind of sorcery is this?"

Xu Yan covered her mouth and chuckled, a sly glint in her eyes. She deliberately lowered her voice and said, "We have to thank Senior Sister Shen Ruyan for this. She heard yesterday that our fields had suffered a disaster and was very distressed. She specially gave us a bottle of 'Azure Wave Insect Repellent.' That's a high-grade product for the inner sect. We outer sect disciples have never even seen it before."

Wang Daqi chimed in at the opportune moment, "Yes, Senior Sister Shen said that anyone who dares to cause trouble in this field is going against her."

"Shen Ruyan!"

Zhang Bao's face turned pale and then red.

Shen Ruyan's reputation is too strong. Although he has Chen Liang's backing, Chen Liang does not dare to directly confront that rising star.

"Hmph! You guys are lucky!!!"

Zhang Bao gritted his teeth and spat fiercely.

He thought bitterly, "But Xu Yan, don't think that everything will be fine just because you've latched onto a powerful figure. This spirit field might not even grow properly!!!"

With that, he left with a gloomy face and his men in a dejected manner.

Back at his lodgings, Zhang Bao grew angrier the more he thought about it.

I messed up the task that my senior brother Chen Liang asked me to do.

Not only will he not get any benefits, but how will Senior Brother Chen Liang trust him in the future?

"Insect repellent, right? Shen Ruyan, right?"

A ruthless glint flashed in Zhang Bao's eyes. He slammed his fist on the table. "Fine, since the bugs can't kill these vegetables, I'll just poison them! I want to see if your damn insecticide can neutralize the poison of 'Pesticide Killer'!"

This "Hundred Insects Detox" is made by boiling the juice of hundreds of poisonous insects. It is extremely toxic. Once it is put into the soil, the sacred plant will definitely have problems that very night.

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late at night.

The night was dark and the wind was high.

A dark figure crouched low and sneaked into the moonlight vegetable field.

He was holding a black jar in his arms, from which emanated a nauseating, fishy stench.

It smelled like a latrine, both sour and foul.

Zhang Bao squatted by the field, looking at the vegetables shimmering in the moonlight, a cruel pleasure gleaming in his eyes: "Wang Daqi, Xu Yan, you forced me to do this!!"

He lifted the lid of the jar, preparing to pour the pot of poisoned water into it.

"Manager Zhang, it's so late, are you still practicing your martial arts here, or are you planning to 'give the crops an extra treat'?"

A faint, eerie voice suddenly rang in Zhang Bao's ear.

"Wow!"

Zhang Bao shuddered in fright, nearly spilling the poisonous liquid from the jar in his hand directly onto his feet.

He turned around abruptly and saw that Wang Daqi was standing three steps behind him.

The moonlight shone on Wang Daqi's honest and simple face, weathered by years of wind and sun, yet for some reason, it gave Zhang Bao an unprecedented sense of oppression.

"Wang...Wang Daqi! Why aren't you sleeping in the middle of the night? Are you trying to scare me to death?!" Zhang Bao roared, his voice trembling with fear, as he instinctively tried to hide the jar behind his back.

"I'm a heavy sleeper, but the crops in the fields can't sleep."

Wang Daqi took a step forward, his smile still honest, but his voice was as cold as ice, "What are you doing sneaking around here in the middle of the night?"

"What can I do? I... I was just passing by, on patrol!!"

"patrol?"

Wang Daqi sniffed and let out a meaningful chuckle.

"Zhang Bao, you're really thorough in your patrols, even carrying this 'Hundred Insect Killer' with you? This smell... it's sour and stinky, it can give you a headache even from three zhang away. Are you planning to patrol the fields and poison my vegetables?"

Zhang Bao's heart leaped into his throat, and his knuckles turned white from gripping the mouth of the jar so tightly.

He screamed inwardly: How did this kid figure it out by smell?!

"You...you stop spouting nonsense!" Zhang Bao took a step back, his voice trembling with fear, his mind racing.

Destroy the sect's spiritual fields.

If this charge is proven true, at best their cultivation will be crippled and they will be banished from the mountain; at worst, they will be thrown into the mining area to work as a mining slave for the sect.

Thinking of this, a vicious glint flashed in Zhang Bao's eyes.

"Since your nose is so sensitive, then we don't need it!"

Zhang Bao gritted his teeth and his spiritual power surged.

In his eyes, Wang Daqi was nothing more than a useless person at the third level of Qi Refining.

So what if they killed him?

When the time comes, just pour the poisoned water on them and say that the vegetables guarded by Wang Daqi withered, and that he fled to avoid punishment!

Who will be able to find out then?

"Die!!"

Zhang Bao roared ferociously, holding the jar in his left hand and pointing his right hand like a knife, gathering a hazy gray energy that aimed straight at Wang Daqi's throat!

Wang Daqi stood still, watching the rushing energy, a golden light flickering deep in his pupils.

In his eyes, even before Zhang Bao made a move, the fluctuations of spiritual energy on his body had already been seen through by his Azure Golden Eyes!

Therefore, he was full of weaknesses.

Just as Wang Daqi was about to retaliate, a sharp shout, like a thunderclap from a clear sky, made Zhang Bao's eardrums ache.

"You wretched creature, how dare you!"

Immediately afterwards, a gust of azure spiritual energy swept out from the shadows to the side.

It struck first, landing heavily on Zhang Bao's chest.

"Bang!"

"ah!!!"

Zhang Bao flew backwards for more than ten meters with a scream, like a kite with a broken string, before crashing heavily to the ground.

The jar of "Hundred Insect Killer" also slipped from his hand and shattered into pieces, the foul-smelling venom splattering all over his head and face.

"Zhang Bao, I knew you were up to no good, that's why we're waiting for you here."

Xu Yan swayed her slender waist as she emerged from behind a large tree, waving a small fan in her hand, her face full of a playful smile.

Beside her, Shen Ruyan, dressed in pristine white, slowly stepped out.

The moonlight shone on her cool face, making her look like a goddess from the heavens, but at this moment, her beautiful eyes were filled with disgust and icy killing intent.