Chapter 599: Immortal Alliance Elder Becomes a Major Farmer
Qi Huang, using the powerful speed of the Heavenly Punishment Realm, took her main body back to the Xihui Dynasty in just a few hours. However, she didn’t plan to go home immediately and found an excuse to visit the Juyin Auction House in the Prefecture Capital alone.
Time was short, and Qi Huang didn’t dare to delay. She had to understand the current acquisition situation of Ghost Tomatoes immediately. Of course, she had to disguise herself first.
Qi Huang bound her chest, put on a cloak and mask, and changed her clothes before confidently walking into the Juyin Auction House.
“Young Master Li is here!” Liu Yingyue greeted her enthusiastically, her beautiful eyes overflowing with affection, almost to the point of auras connecting. It was clear that she now considered Qi Huang her spiritual pillar.
“Manager Liu, how has the acquisition of Ghost Tomatoes been for the past three months?”
After entering the private room, Qi Huang got straight to the point.
“About thirty to forty pieces come in each month. I will have someone deliver them to you later,” Liu Yingyue explained while pouring tea for Qi Huang.
“Thirty to forty pieces? That’s too few!” Qi Huang lamented to herself. She needed at least ten thousand pieces to advance to the second level of the Heavenly Punishment Realm.
“Young Master, there’s no need to worry. The Immortal Alliance has also been cracking down on the wild cultivation of Ghost Tomatoes in these months. With their help, it’s fine if we collect a little less. After all, the Ghost Tomatoes in the wild of the Xihui Dynasty should be extinct soon!” Liu Yingyue comforted her. In her opinion, the “Young Master Li” in front of her was acquiring Ghost Tomatoes for the common people. Therefore, as long as the number of wild Ghost Tomatoes could be reduced, how much she could acquire didn’t really matter.
Qi Huang smiled noncommittally. Naturally, she couldn’t tell the truth.
“Young Master, I have something to report to you!” Liu Yingyue suddenly leaned closer, her breath like orchids as she spoke, her red lips seemingly about to pucker, as if she might kiss him at any moment.
Qi Huang felt a little embarrassed and leaned back slightly. Then, she cast a divine sense barrier and quickly instructed, “I have set up a divine sense shield. Manager Liu, please sit down and tell me. You’re not my servant, so there’s no need to stand and talk.”
“Thank you, Young Master!” Liu Yingyue smiled flirtatiously and then gracefully sat down beside her.
“It’s like this, the Immortal Alliance cracking down on the wild cultivation of Ghost Tomatoes is a good thing, but I accidentally discovered that they are secretly selling the confiscated Ghost Tomatoes to our auction house.”
“Is that so?” Qi Huang offered no comment.
“Young Master, it is the duty of the Immortal Alliance to eliminate these evil things, and they have gained enough reputation. But they are selling Ghost Tomatoes to us for personal gain. Isn’t that bad? Don’t you plan to do anything about it?” Liu Yingyue deliberately reminded her.
“Do what? Report them to the higher-ups of the Immortal Alliance? I’m not interested in cleaning up the moral standards for the Immortal Alliance!” Qi Huang casually declined.
“No… Even if you don’t think for others, you should think for yourself. If you don’t intervene, won’t you be cheated by them for nothing?” Liu Yingyue said somewhat excitedly.
“It’s fine! As the saying goes, no profit, no early rising. Let them have a little sweetness, so they can sincerely do good deeds for the people. After all, it doesn’t matter who sells them to us,” Qi Huang said magnanimously.
… Liu Yingyue was stunned, and the admiration on her face became even more obvious. She did not expect that there would really be a living Bodhisattva in this world.
Qi Huang put away the more than 300 Ghost Tomatoes, hid her merits and fame, and quietly left the Juyin Auction House. Liu Yingyue personally saw her out, her face filled with reluctance.
Qi Huang then rushed to the Imperial Capital. She wanted to see if Elder Zuo, that old fellow, had seized the opportunity to get rich that she had provided. It couldn’t be that the few sold to the Juyin Auction House were the only results, right?
Qi Huang lodged at an inn near the Immortal Alliance branch and then took out the Recording Mirror to observe. The situation she saw next almost made her drop her jaw.
Facts proved that Elder Zuo was not only a shrewd person but also a talented one. The branch now had four to five thousand Ghost Tomato plants, and the earlier ones had already blossomed and borne fruit.
Where did this old fellow get so many Ghost Tomatoes? Could it be from other countries or even other continents? Qi Huang exclaimed in astonishment, because she knew that given the current situation in the Xihui Dynasty, it would take at least ten to twenty years to gather so many. Therefore, they could only have been collected from elsewhere.
Not long after, Qi Huang saw Elder Zuo walk into the greenhouse and instruct those responsible for planting to be careful. He even personally went down to weed, looking so diligent and skilled, like an experienced old farmer.
“Who would believe that a dignified Immortal Alliance elder has become a major farmer?” Qi Huang was once again dumbfounded.
“Tomorrow, clear out the empty land next to it for me. The next batch of Ghost Tomatoes will arrive! I repeat, do not reveal this matter to anyone, or you will face the consequences!” Elder Zuo warned while taking a break.
“Yes!” Several confidants respectfully took their orders.
“There’s another next batch?” Qi Huang was overjoyed. At this scale and speed, Elder Zuo might really be able to provide over ten thousand Ghost Tomatoes before next June. This way, her advancement to the third level of the Heavenly Punishment Realm would also be hopeful.
Qi Huang was completely relieved after seeing this and then returned home.
Qi Huang returned to the HongHua Sect and then began to seize the time to improve the strength of her main body. She did this not only to prevent feminization but also to quickly possess a stronger body. Once the main body’s strength reached the Shentong Realm, she could cultivate a Huashen Realm body again. This would be much faster than cultivating it herself. Qi Huang happily calculated. This was also why she had never cultivated herself: after all, the efficiency of the two was incomparable.
Of course, Qi Huang did not forget that the Body-Substitution Technique was only a temporary solution. Therefore, she still went to bed at the usual time, hoping to find a way to solve the feminization issue in her dreams.
“Where did the last dream end?” Qi Huang searched her memory and quickly found the relevant information. The last dream ended with Lu Yao knowing that she was being monitored by the Heavenly Dao, so she tried to break the status quo and prepared to go to other stars to find “Tian Ji Zi,” who could predict the future.
Sigh! I hope it can be soon. May I dream of her soon, otherwise, with the passage of time, even I will almost forget the progress of the dream. Qi Huang thought with full expectation.
Lin Tu was in the study, reviewing memorials. Eunuch Zhong was as usual waiting by his side.
