“Jiang Ming is too powerful.”
“Not only is he powerful, but he’s also ruthless!”
“Many masters came from Wang Family Village, but none could withstand a single strike from his sword!”
“Having killed so many people, including an official Inner Sect Disciple, the Xianyan Sect will certainly not let him off lightly…”
The onlookers’ gazes towards Jiang Ming were filled with deep dread.
Jiang Ming spoke indifferently, “If you’ve seen enough, then all of you, scram.”
He didn’t look up, disdaining to even glance at those people.
The crowd dared not linger and all left one after another.
Li Ping’an approached Jiang Ming, “Brother Jiang, what happened?”
“Just dealt with some troublemakers,” Jiang Ming chuckled, his face full of indifference. “Wang Family Village found an Inner Sect Disciple of the Xianyan Sect as their backer and thought they were hot stuff.”
“They’ve been occupying Ling Lake and oppressing others for years. Today, I merely taught them how to behave.”
Li Ping’an scanned the corpses.
All of them had only one wound, an arrow-like hole directly through their foreheads.
This showed just how terrifying Jiang Ming truly was.
Jiang Ming looked at Li Ping’an, “Are you afraid of me?”
“Why would I be afraid of you?” Li Ping’an shook his head with a light laugh; he genuinely wasn’t afraid.
Firstly, he had confidence.
Secondly, he probably had no reason to act.
Jiang Ming put away his battle sword and said, “Brother Li, do me a favor.”
Li Ping’an spoke, “Say it.”
He had already guessed the reason for the entire incident.
It might be related to Ling Lake and the seven Wang Family Village Disciples who were killed.
Jiang Ming said, “Soon, Xianyan Sect enforcement Disciples will come for me. I will go with them to the Xianyan Sect and will likely be held for some time.”
“At that time, please help me look after Jiang Family Village. If there are any difficult problems, you can go to the Nameless Blacksmith Shop and find someone named Ou Chunyang.”
Li Ping’an pondered, “Why not leave here now?”
Jiang Ming shrugged, smiling bitterly, “As a village guardian, how can I leave before it’s time to leave?”
He paused slightly.
He continued, “I won’t let you help for free. The Spirit Field near Jiang Family Village is more suitable for planting. Don’t destroy the ancestral graves; you can plant whatever you want.”
“This token was given to me by my master. With it, you can enter the Xianyan Sect and find my master.”
“Generally speaking, even if I’m not here, no one dares to cause trouble easily. Look after your dog and cow, and including yourself, don’t touch anything in the village.”
Jiang Ming moved his palm lightly, handing a token to Li Ping’an.
Li Ping’an took it, “Alright, I’ll look after Jiang Family Village, and I’ll visit you when I have time.”
After a few exchanges.
Four figures flew on Flying Swords from the distant sky.
The leader was a woman. She held an enforcement token and said coldly, “Jiang Ming, you killed thirty-five people from Wang Family Village, as well as Gao Shengqiang, an Inner Sect Disciple of Jian Ming Peak. You…”
“Noisy!”
Jiang Ming roared.
The moment his left palm lifted, a massive palm print appeared in the sky, actually suppressing all four enforcement Disciples to the ground.
Their Flying Swords trembled violently, none able to break free!
The four of them turned pale, each seemingly bearing immense pressure.
Jiang Ming sneered, “Don’t you dare babble in front of me. I’m more familiar with the Xianyan Sect’s Enforcement Hall than you are.”
With that, he strode away.
The four Disciples looked resentful, yet none dared to say anything more.
After they left.
Li Ping’an learned from others that the reason those people from Wang Family Village and the Inner Sect Disciple Gao Shengqiang died here was indeed because of Ling Lake.
It was just as Li Ping’an had guessed earlier.
Wang Family Village suffered heavy casualties this time, even their old village chief died here. The happiest ones were the Utility Disciples of Outer Gate Spirit City.
As long as Wang Family Village’s strength was greatly reduced, they wouldn’t be able to hold onto Ling Lake.
Not long after.
People from Wang Family Village arrived.
They weren’t there to cause trouble, but to collect the bodies.
Jiang Ming was right; even if he wasn’t here, no one dared to enter Jiang Family Village, and they all bypassed it.
“Let’s go, find Niuniu.”
Li Ping’an called out to Heihei and walked towards the east.
In the mountains, Niuniu was diligently reclaiming land.
Dahuang followed behind, prancing around. Both of them had excellent stamina and didn’t feel tired at all.
In less than half a day, the area of tilled land alone was about a hundred mu.
They weren’t slacking off, so why were there no cultivation points?
Li Ping’an frowned, “System, you said before that the little ones helping with land reclamation is the same as me doing it myself.”
System: ‘That’s right.’
Li Ping’an: “Then where are the cultivation points? Did you eat them?”
System: ‘This System doesn’t have that appetite. Why doesn’t the host try getting closer?’
Li Pingfan quickened his pace.
And sure enough, as soon as he approached Niuniu, there was a notification: (Ding: Cultivation points +600)!
“Holy cow, 600 points in less than half a day!”
Li Ping’an was truly surprised.
He reached out and called Niuniu, “Niuniu, come here and rest.”
“Moo~” Niuniu shook its head, “No rest! Can’t you see we’re working up a good rhythm!”
Li Ping’an scratched his head.
What kind of cooperation was this?
It was clearly just accompanying a run.
There’s a saying that men and women working together don’t get tired, but no one said that cows and dogs working together would double the power.
Heihei bared its dog teeth, “That hateful big stupid cow, trying to lure my Dahuang away, woof~”
It felt a crisis and rushed over.
Soon, the three little ones became lively.
In the end, it was only after Li Ping’an’s kind persuasion and taking out a large amount of Spirit Stones that they buried the hatchet.
Out of 35,000 Spirit Stones, he directly gave them 30,000, keeping only 5,000 for emergencies.
Niuniu ate the fastest, its body glowing with green light, and its horns looked even more intimidating.
No need to ask, it had made considerable progress.
Every time Dahuang and Heihei swallowed a pile of Spirit Stones, they would show an intoxicated expression, their divine aura becoming even more extraordinary.
Jiang Family Village.
Upon returning here, Li Ping’an used stones to encircle the Jiang Family Village ancestral graves.
After finishing, Li Ping’an instructed, “Little ones, next we’re going to reclaim land and plant Spirit Plants here.”
“But remember, you must never touch their ancestral graves, and you also need to help guard them. This is something I promised them.”
Dahuang tilted its dog head, “How come I didn’t realize that boss is also a kind person?”
Li Ping’an grinned, “Hey, hey, hey, why am I not a kind person?”
Niuniu: “Boss definitely wants to kindly occupy their land.”
Li Ping’an gave them an exasperated look; they were all talkative rascals.
The land reclamation proceeded, with incredibly high efficiency.
After tilling these two mu of Grade Three Spirit Field soil, he gained 20 cultivation points.
That is to say, the cultivation point gain from Grade Three Spirit Field was twice that of Grade One and Grade Two.
To confirm this judgment, Li Ping’an immediately took Heihei to Ling City and bought 20,000 Spirit Rice seeds for four hundred Spirit Stones.
Not long after.
The two mu of Grade Three Spirit Field were planted and watered.
He indeed received 60 cultivation points, confirming his previous speculation.
“Observe the mountain terrain.”
Li Ping’an whispered, and as his Spirit Power value decreased, a layer of perceived aura began to expand.
(Ding: Discovered a Grade Three Spirit Field.)
Li Ping’an marked it and continued his perception.
The scope of Jiang Family Village was not small; the person who chose this place back then had quite the foresight.
Excluding ordinary plots, any Spirit Field found was certainly Grade Three.
Li Ping’an ultimately spent 50,000 Spirit Power points to mark 10 Grade Three Spirit Fields, totaling 50 mu in area.
Among them, the best Spirit Field was flat terrain, and this one plot alone accounted for 18 mu!
In addition to this,
Li Ping’an also found a Grade Four Spirit Field, but its location wasn’t quite right; it perfectly coincided with all the houses and civilian dwellings of Jiang Family Village.
So, he got excited for nothing.
After a simple meal.
Li Ping’an called Niuniu and the others over, “When working here, you must be discreet. I will also use a great spell to hasten growth.”
“If 50 mu of Grade Three Spirit Field perfectly mature, our harvest will be huge. Maybe I can even get you a cow sister.”
A cow sister?
Niuniu’s ears twitched, “Spotted cow, white cow, black cow, yellow cow, or green cow?”
Heihei curled its dog lips and teased, “Do you want a big dairy cow, the kind that squirts you in the face?”
“Pfft~”
Li Ping’an burst out laughing; Heihei’s mouth was just full of fun…