To anyone paying attention, although the castle seemed lively inside and out, as if everything were going smoothly, a closer look revealed the undercurrent swirling beneath the surface.
Jiang Yue was especially alert, watching the movements of every side almost constantly. Things were relatively simple on Cen Qi and Master Duo's end: they only wanted to make the cooperation happen. They had gradually reached an understanding, too. To avoid provoking Master Hu and Steward Old Zhu, they were deliberately leaving the cooperation over the remaining few thousand mu of spirit fields untouched for the time being.
Steward Old Zhu clearly felt the timing wasn't right, and made no further moves. He had decided to first get a sense of Master Duo of the Treasure Tree Clan and sound him out. If Master Duo showed that he would treat talks with Cen Qi the same as talks with them, and that it didn't matter who negotiated, Steward Old Zhu would unhesitatingly pull Cen Qi down and take his place.
Master Hu, meanwhile, was wholly focused on seizing someone else's estate and making careful, urgent preparations for it. He sent people to scout the castle's forces, look for weaknesses in its defenses, and draw up an attack plan.
Of course, all this hinged on one thing: the transplanting had to be completed, all the spirit medicines had to be successfully planted in the new spirit fields, and he had to make sure his own people were there to watch over them.
Only then would he have no worries behind him.
Jiang Yue was also one of the army of medicine workers, but he was close to Master Qian and was unquestionably someone with connections, so he had the privilege of slacking off.
Master Qian was clearly intent on promoting Jiang Yue as