Waiting for the Result

"Brother Hua is so handsome!" The woman in green said, her eyes shining as she saw Hua Xiaomei enter. "If only I could make Brother Hua's head into a human skin lantern and hang it by my bed every day to look at!"

Hua Xiaomei's mouth twitched, too lazy to respond.

This woman before him was Jiang Ning from the Jiang family, part of the Hua Huang Xiong Jiang.

She wasn't overly beautiful, but she was very pleasant to look at, becoming more attractive the longer you looked. With a slight smile, she gave off a very gentle and refined feeling. Below the corner of her left eye, there was a black mole that seemed quite out of place, disrupting her overall gentle face, but it also made her appear very sharp.

Unlike the fool who was only thinking about dual cultivation just now, Hua Xiaomei knew that the Jiang Ning before him was quite cunning.

Three Talents Manor was originally named Three Dishes Manor, and it was an annex of their Hua family used for cultivating great medicines outside. Although Zhan Yunfan was the Manor Lord, he was merely a servant and steward of their Hua family.

He had originally only planned to pass through Three Talents Manor to check the accounts for the year and incidentally see if Sun Daoren of the Yellow Sky Sect had put pressure on Three Talents Manor after settling in Yi Yang City.

How could there be any secluded paradises or ownerless lands in the Jianghu? Every force was intertwined like dog's teeth! Every piece of land, every acre of fertile field, was fought for by people!

The land of Three Talents Manor, being near the lake, convenient for transportation, and having fertile fields, could serve as the foundation for a sect or school.

It was the ancestors of the Hua family who had snatched it from others!

Sun Daoren had been dormant in the Jianghu for many years, originally only having a small reputation. His sudden forceful entry into Yi Yang City was truly unexpected. Since Sun Daoren could forcefully enter Yi Yang City and slaughter extensively within the city to control it, it was highly likely that he would put pressure on the forces around Yi Yang City and bring Three Talents Manor under Yi Yang City's management.

Three Talents Manor had not yet publicly revealed its relationship with the Demonic Sect, so the Demonic Sect was not convenient to directly intervene. Only then did Hua Xiaomei prepare to first come and see the situation before discussing it with his father upon his return to see how to handle the matter.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Ning actually got the news and forcefully intervened in the affairs of Three Talents Manor.

She claimed that the four families of the Demonic Sect were like one family, and mutual help was only right. In reality, she wanted Three Talents Manor to place an additional great medicine cultivation technique in the Stele Forest; and for the Jiang family to receive thirty percent of Three Talents Manor's annual income.

Hua Xiaomei had been perfunctory with her these past few days, never expecting her to actually bring Huang Wufeng over, wanting to muddy the waters.

Alas! Within the Demonic Sect, they were all such petty and scheming individuals, how could they accomplish great things!

The position of "Ju King" had been vacant for several hundred years, he wondered when he would be able to become the "Ju King" and unify the Demonic Sect!

"Brother Hua, there are dozens of cultivation techniques in your vegetable garden, what does it matter if you put one more or one less?" Jiang Ning in green still tilted her head, staring at Hua Xiaomei's face, pondering where it would be best to make a cut.

"You haven't grown vegetables before, you don't understand the techniques at all," Hua Xiaomei shook his head and said, "Among those dozens of cultivation techniques, only three are great medicine cultivation techniques. The others are half-true, half-false techniques, so that after failing multiple times, they will accidentally choose the great medicine cultivation technique and willingly practice it!"

"Then I am willing to provide a dozen more cultivation techniques!" Jiang Ning immediately said.

"Brother Hua, this little sister is also willing!" Amidst a fragrant breeze, Huang Wufeng came to Hua Xiaomei's side and said. She reached out to touch Hua Xiaomei's face with her hand, but Hua Xiaomei knocked it away with his fan.

"I told you a few days ago, the influence range of this Three Talents Manor can only accommodate three great medicine cultivation techniques!" Hua Xiaomei blew on the fan with his mouth in disgust, that was the spot where he had hit Huang Wufeng's hand.

"The Jianghu is so big, why don't you go to other places and set up a vegetable garden?" He added.

"Insufficient experience, poor harvest!" Jiang Ning said with a smile.

The Hua family's vegetable garden had a good harvest, naturally attracting the imitation of the other three families.

However, these things looked simple but were actually complex. How to choose a vegetable garden, cultivation techniques, build momentum to expand influence, and form a virtuous cycle of a vegetable garden that was both talented and famous, with a good harvest of great medicine, was the unique experience that the Hua family had experimented with for hundreds of years.

The Jiang family had previously set up a vegetable garden in Liang Province in the southwest, but they were too eager for a harvest and were reviled by everyone.

"You also know that a vegetable garden is so hard to come by, how can you drink poison to quench thirst and drain the pond to catch fish? This matter absolutely cannot be agreed to!" Hua Xiaomei said very firmly.

Not every seedling patch of their Hua family could grow up, and good seedling patches like Three Talents Manor were something they could only manage to cultivate one after many years.

Although the effort was great, the harvest was also great. Otherwise, would he need to personally come and check the accounts?

In Hua Hao Hall, Zhan Yunfan could only stand in the corner. On the surface, he was Manor Lord Zhan of Three Talents Manor, a benevolent and righteous person renowned in Yi Province, but in reality, he was just a servant of the Hua family.

For him, the three people here had no room to speak. All he could do was wait for the three of them to discuss a result, then inform him and let him do it.

He waited for the result.

"Then the Huang family and I will join forces with you to fight against Sun Daoren of the Yellow Sky Sect. How about dividing some of the manor's income among us as compensation for our hard work?" Seeing that Hua Xiaomei was not budging, Jiang Ning turned to talk about money.

The entire Three Talents Town, including the small lake, belonged to Three Talents Manor's private property. The annual rental income from Three Talents Town alone was a huge income, not to mention some other income?

It truly made her envious.

With this money, she could do what she wanted to do and no longer be restricted by the internal constraints of the Jiang family.

"That's right! That's right! As long as Brother Hua is willing to pay, this little sister is willing to go through fire and water for Brother Hua, even if it's dual cultivation!" Huang Wufeng, who was beside him, also said sweetly.

In the Jianghu, the role of money was no less important than that of martial arts!

While the three of them were discussing, at the Stele Forest in the West Manor of Three Talents Manor, Cat Master was lazily basking in the sun. Suddenly, a strong wind came from the north, and in a moment, the sky was covered with leaden clouds, as if it was going to rain.

Cat Master looked at the sky with displeasure, put the sign that said "Big Cat can be petted, five taels per time" into the feeding basin. He then swallowed the silver in the other basin in one gulp, finally stacked the two basins together, and disappeared in two or three leaps with the basins in his mouth.

Only a few people were left at the scene, looking at Cat Master's figure with regret. Cat Master had been appearing these past few days, and they would come to watch Cat Master for half a day every day.

Cat Master walked silently and skillfully came to an elegant courtyard within Three Talents Manor. The courtyard was of a very high standard, even having a small river specially diverted from the lake outside the manor, flowing through the courtyard.

In the main hall of the courtyard, there was a huge circular mat woven from wool. Cat Master lay down on it, preparing to continue his beautiful sleep.

"Mei Ren of the North Sea Demonic Sect, greets Cat Revered One!" A figure, who seemed to have been waiting in the room for a long time, saw Cat Master lie down in his nest and knelt down to salute.

Cat Master had known there was someone in the room for a long time, so he was not surprised, but he did not pay attention to this person.

"The North Sea Demonic Sect requests Cat Revered One to go to the North Sea!" The figure kneeling down said again.

Wait! The show begins!