Chapter 368 Abnormal

Li Lan took a deep breath and replied:

"Haha, Elder Zou is so ridiculous. This junior is just making a living."

"Besides, Shopkeeper Lu treats me well, and it's quite good to work in Jingxue Pavilion."

"Besides, Jingxue Pavilion is also a member of your business alliance, isn't it?"

Li Lan smiled and his tone was very tactful.

When Zou Pinghai heard this, he smiled but didn't smile. He couldn't see anything unusual and said straight to the point:

"Actually, I'm here this time for personal reasons. I want to invite you to be my guest of the Zou family and plant some high-level spiritual plants for my family."

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

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

"It's just that this junior has agreed to Shopkeeper Lu and signed an agreement to cultivate land in Jingxue Pavilion for thirty years. During this period, he cannot join any other forces. I'm afraid I will disappoint Elder Zou."

Zou Pinghai frowned when he heard this. He did not expect that there would be such an agreement between them, so he asked:

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

"Are you willing to do this?"

Li Lan didn't expect the other party to be so persistent. The meaning of his refusal was actually very obvious.

"this"

Although Li Lan is now a third-level spiritual plant master, he does not dare to offend the powerful elder of the Wandaoshang Alliance in front of him.

It was hard to decide for a while.

"Grandmaster Li seems to be worried? Why don't I go talk to Shopkeeper Lu first?"

After Zou Pinghai finished speaking, he said goodbye and left regardless of Li Lan's reaction.

"Alas!" Li Lan sighed heavily.

His mother-in-law just heard the conversation between the two of them and said worriedly: "Husband, do you think anything will happen if people from the Wandao Merchant Alliance come to your door?"

"Elder Zou's matter doesn't matter. I'm just afraid of misunderstanding from Shopkeeper Lu!" Li Lan said.

In the Five Elements Spiritual Field.

Qin Ming was working on the spiritual field with a spiritual hoe when he saw a purple ray of light coming from far away and falling outside the formation.

He just used his spiritual mind to scan briefly and found that the person who came looked familiar.

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

"Hey! It's Elder Zou who's here. It's hard to welcome him from afar! I'm inviting you inside!" Qin Ming put on a smile and saluted Zou Pinghai.

There was not much expression on Wrinkle Pinghai's face, but the old god waved his hand on the ground, "No need, I am here to discuss something with you."

"Oh? I wonder what's wrong with Elder Zou?" Qin Ming showed a look of surprise. He didn't expect that this senior executive of the Ten Thousand Daos Merchant Alliance would actually have something to do with him.

Zou Pinghai then told Qin Ming about his crush on Li Lan.

Qin Ming was startled after hearing this.

He is a dignified elder of the Ten Thousand Dao Merchant Alliance, and it is indeed a bit presumptuous to come to poach people so blatantly.

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

only--

Qin Ming was not short of these three melons and two dates now, so he smiled slightly, cupped his hands and declined: "I'm afraid Lu will betray Senior Zou's kindness."

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

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

Zou Pinghai's expression suddenly froze when he heard this.

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

After that, he came and left in a hurry, and flew away directly.

Qin Ming looked at the direction the other party was leaving, thinking thoughtfully, 'Didn't Zou Pinghai go to do business with Hua Tianxiong? ’

‘Why did you fall in love with the spiritual planter again? ’

Immediately he contacted Hua Tianxiong through the black talisman.

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

"Reporting to the master, we have already hauled several batches of goods. What's wrong?"

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

"Oh? What's his unusual behavior?" Qin Ming asked after hearing this.

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

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

"Okay, continue to keep an eye on me and report to me if anything happens."

"Yes, Master!"

…

A few days later.

The Sky-eating Rat emerged from under the spiritual field and said to Qin Ming with a depressed look:

"Master, I've dug all over the spiritual land below, but I haven't found any high-level spiritual mines?"

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

Qin Ming heard this and said, "Isn't it possible? As the saying goes, no matter what happens, you don't go to the Three Treasures Palace. The two elders of Shendao Mountain must have some agenda when they personally go out."

Then he frowned and thought for a moment and said, "How about you take the spiritual field as the center and dig in the surrounding directions?"

The Sky-eating Rat received the order and immediately nodded in agreement, and then continued to dig holes in other directions to explore.

But just when Qin Ming was working.

An urgent voice came from Hua Tianxiong's side.

"Master, something bad is going on!"

"Our caravan encountered an ambush near the Five Elements Mountains, and Elder Zou and Zou Pinghai died."

Qin Ming raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and was very surprised: "Ah? Do you know who did it?"

"It seems that it was done by the people from Shendao Mountain," Hua Tianxiong stammered back, "The death of the elder of the Chamber of Commerce is a big deal, and I will definitely be held responsible for this."

"I have another piece of news to tell the master. It turns out that the goods that Zou Pinghai asked us to transport are a third-level spiritual plant called "Rotting Spirit Grass", and the quantity is quite large. He secretly operated this matter, which 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 Shendao Mountain," Qin Ming secretly thought for a moment and was a little confused.

But he did know a little about this third-level low-grade Rotting Spirit Grass. After this spiritual grass rots, it can release its lifelong 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 spent so much effort to get such a large number of rotten spirit grass, probably to continuously supply some spiritual plants to grow fat.’

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 still has to protect him.

…

After an incense stick.

Qin Ming rushed to the place given by Hua Tianxiong.

When he arrived, Hua Tianxiong was driving the Golden Palace Treasure Chariot alone, rushing around the Five Elements Mountain Range in a panic.

Behind him, there was a Jindan cultivator chasing him closely.

Qin Ming opened his mind and swept, and immediately saw the person clearly, it was the Jindan late elder of Shendao Mountain - Yun Yangzi.