“Buzz~”
“Woof, woof~”
The Void Realm rippled slightly.
Accompanied by the tender barks of a puppy, a fluffy little yellow dog appeared.
It was quite small and adorable.
“Another dog,” Li Ping'an scratched his head, then smiled with relief, “It’s nothing. As the saying goes, a yellow dog with a white face is worth more than gold. This puppy truly has an excellent appearance.”
“Woof woof,” the little yellow dog barked, its tail curling into a circle to the left, commonly known as a money tail.
Heihei ran over, overjoyed. It circled the little yellow dog non-stop, occasionally licking it a few times.
Is this not the epitome of a lickspittle?
Niuniu was a little displeased. “Hmph, forgetting friends for beauty, what a scoundrel. Moo, moo~”
Li Ping'an pulled Heihei aside and picked up the little yellow dog. “Get out of here, look how angry you’ve made your old friend?”
“This dog doesn’t play with cows,” Heihei held its head high, “It hit me so hard last night, I almost got diarrhea.”
Niuniu: “Who told you to bother me? I was very sleepy, didn’t you know?”
The two of them started bickering again, and then came the fighting.
Li Ping'an rubbed the little yellow dog’s head. “From now on, you’re also a dog with an organization and a team.”
“You need a name. ‘Huanghuang’ doesn’t sound good. How about ‘Dahuang’?”
“Woof woof~” Dahuang responded, very satisfied.
Li Ping'an looked at Heihei and Niuniu, who were in a fierce fight. “Come here, both of you. It’s time to husk the corn.”
He took out the corn cobs and started working, with the same result: no extra harvest of Corn Essence.
Having nothing to do,
Li Ping'an focused on the Secret Realm and buried 100 Spirit Stones in the soil, giving it some spiritual charm.
Then, another 100 were buried.
It took a total of 300 Spirit Stones, and three Rain Summoning Techniques, before the soil in the Secret Realm finally became vibrant.
However, throughout this entire process, Li Ping'an did not gain any harvest.
Five days later, the dried corn was all collected, including the horse manure from Da Huai Village, which was also taken away.
There was still a lot left; he couldn't possibly go to Ma Family Village’s horse farm to secretly buy manure again.
The two acres of spiritual fields were nearing maturity. Li Ping'an used the Myriad Things Growth Technique and Rain Summoning Technique daily to promote their growth.
All the cultivation points obtained were used to replenish his spiritual power, and he now had over 300,000 points stored.
Xiao Huang grew very slowly, as there was no Corn Essence.
Heihei was overjoyed all day, playing with Xiao Huang, taking good care of it, not letting Niuniu get close, and not playing with Niuniu.
This greatly angered Niuniu.
It came before Li Ping'an, its eyes full of longing. “Boss, you need to give birth to another calf. Niuniu is very lonely.”
Li Ping'an curled his lips fiercely. “Niuniu, I’m a man. I don’t have reproductive functions.”
“Even if I could give birth, I’d give birth to a child, not a calf.”
Then,
He grabbed Heihei. “You, stop this internal strife. Dahuang plays well with you, but do you know how distressed Niuniu is?”
Heihei bared its teeth. “This dog is deliberately annoying it. Who told it to hit me?”
Under Li Ping'an’s persuasion, the two finally reconciled and worked together to help Dahuang grow.
At noon,
Qin Ying arrived as scheduled, bringing many people with her.
However, judging by the tools they carried, they didn't look like they were here to farm; they looked like they were building a house.
Li Ping'an asked, “You’re not going to build a courtyard here, are you?”
“Indeed,” Qin Ying said, then smiled, “A small pavilion in the mountains, a few acres of good land, it’s about having a poetic and picturesque state of mind.”
Finally,
She motioned for Li Ping'an to come closer, whispering, “You might have some trouble recently, including your father-in-law.”
Li Ping'an was confused. “What do you mean?”
Qin Ying said, “The Zhang family’s excessive bullying was ordered to be destroyed by your father-in-law.”
“Someone from the Zhang family is a general in the Holy Martial Empire. He has already met Crown Prince Yan Beixuan, and they will make a move against you in the next few days.”
“Don’t doubt my words. Don’t forget that your parents were Lord Zhendong, and there were rumors before that they died at the hands of the Crown Prince and the Imperial Advisor.”
Li Ping'an raised an eyebrow. “How do you know the Zhang family was destroyed by my father-in-law? And how do you know all this?”
Qin Ying’s red lips moved slightly. “The Fengyun Chamber of Commerce spans the entire Empire. Do you think it would be possible without someone from the imperial family behind it?”
“Tell your father-in-law, if he has nowhere to go and wants to plot something big, he can find me. If he wants to withdraw from the world, that’s also fine.”
After saying this, she walked away.
Li Ping'an called out to Niuniu, Heihei, and Dahuang, and they also walked elsewhere.
Here at the spiritual fields, the corn had not yet matured.
Li Ping'an decided not to wait any longer. If what Qin Ying said was true, he needed to inform his father-in-law as soon as possible.
He once again used 10,000 spiritual power points to accelerate the ripening.
After swiftly harvesting the corn and obtaining two Cultivation Treasure Chests and one Heavenly Dao Reward Treasure Chest, he rushed towards Tiankui City, opening the treasure chests along the way.
(Ding: Cultivation Points +50)
(Ding: Cultivation Points +50)
(Ding: Congratulations to the host! You have obtained the Farmer’s Legacy wondrous technique, Desolate Ancient Myriad Manifestation Array, upon opening the Heavenly Dao Reward Treasure Chest!!!)
Li Ping'an focused on checking it.
‘Desolate Ancient Myriad Manifestation Array: It is said that the Desolate Ancient Immortal Farmer specially created this grand array to avoid being disturbed. It can set up nine illusion arrays, nine killing arrays, and teleportation arrays!’
“Killing arrays, illusion arrays, teleportation arrays, it’s all here.”
Li Ping'an murmured softly and chose to use it.
(Ding: 100 Cultivation Points deducted. Desolate Ancient Myriad Manifestation Array comprehension level one. Due to the host’s low mastery, only low-level illusion arrays, low-level killing arrays, and low-level teleportation arrays can be set up.)
“Giddy-up~ Giddy-up~”
As Li Ping'an was running, someone rode towards him from the opposite direction—it was Huang Jinye.
“Whoa~”
Huang Jinye reined in his horse not far from Li Ping'an and said urgently, “Son-in-law, the City Lord instructed you to leave Tiankui City immediately, leave the Holy Martial Empire’s territory, and go find the Young Miss.”
As he spoke,
He handed Li Ping'an a package. “This is the travel money the City Lord prepared for you. The Young Miss is cultivating at Xianyan Sect on Tianling Mountain!”
Huang Jinye did not dismount. He tugged on the reins and was about to leave.
“Wait a moment,” Li Ping'an called out to Huang Jinye, “Commander Huang, tell me what happened?”
“Nothing,” Huang Jinye shook his head, unwilling to say more.
Li Ping'an said, “Is Crown Prince Yan Beixuan going to make a move against my father-in-law?”
Huang Jinye was very surprised. “How did you know?”
“Qin Ying from the Fengyun Chamber of Commerce told me,” Li Ping'an said, continuing, “What is my father-in-law planning to do?”
Huang Jinye was silent for a moment, then spoke, “The City Lord will lead us into the mountains to live as free and unconstrained individuals.”
“But you cannot go, and you must leave as soon as possible. Don’t let me be scolded by the City Lord!”
Li Ping'an nodded. “I understand. Go back and tell my father-in-law not to worry about me at all.”
“Also tell him that with the help of a hidden master behind me, a super high-level master, there will be no danger.”
Huang Jinye nodded and galloped away.
Li Ping'an did not mention what Qin Ying said about plotting something big, not wanting to involve his father-in-law in other whirlpools.
After all,
What Qin Ying said was true: if the Fengyun Chamber of Commerce was so large without someone from the imperial family as a backer, it would surely have been plundered long ago.
And she, knowing that the Crown Prince was about to make a move, still dared to recruit An Lan. This so-called 'plotting something big' was very likely to be about killing the Crown Prince.
There is no kinship in the imperial family, only supreme power!
“Heihei, let’s go.”
Li Ping'an called out to the three little ones and walked towards Da Huai Village.
He needed to find Qin Ying and discuss some other matters…